By late summer 2020, I needed a fun and silly creative project. There were two ideas I’d been kicking around for quite a while: writing a gamebook and writing a book about two friends named after my grandmothers, Audrey and Esther. Putting those ideas together seemed like a perfect solution. I had no idea how …
When you read a book, do you picture the locations? Not just the imagery but the actual layout of the rooms? When I’m writing my novels, I often like to sketch the layout of a setting so I can picture it more clearly… and describe it without contradictions (though I probably still make mistakes). For …
While I prefer fictional story settings, To the Left of Death made that tricky, given that the main character spends some time in New York City. It is a fictionalized New York City, in the sense that the places the characters visit are (mostly) not real. However, I like my fictionalized cities to be grounded …
My Inspiration for The Psychic Traveler Society series, goes back to a recurring theme in my dreams. Which is fitting for a story where people can travel through their daydreams. *Note: Mild spoilers about the series’ first book, Healers and Thieves, ahead. My Dream Houses Like Amanda Jones, I have a tendency to dream about …
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The story settings in The Insistence of Memory are fictional. Though, I did have some real-life geography in mind when writing the book. Namely, the city where I grew up: Ashtabula, Ohio. That setting choice had less to do with events in my own past and more to do with it having the right elements …
