Who is one of your favorite characters from the Students of Jump series? That depends on what you mean by character. Human character: I would say Mick Jenkins from books 1, 2 and 3. Non-human character: Puff from book 4. Mick Jenkins: I really like Mick because he is a good mix of the tough…
If your next book was not science fiction or fantasy what genre would it be in? I’m a bit split on which it would be. I write quite a bit of poetry. I have the beginnings of a series of selections all based on pieces of heirloom china I have received from various family over…
When is the next Students of Jump book coming out and what is it about? Puff – manufactured pet extraordinaire. I am planning to begin writing book 5 in the Students of Jump series in August. As soon as all three of the Standing Stone books are out, then I’ll shift back to SofJ. So…
mixing it up in SF genres One of the really difficult things I have found about writing SF is that there are so many subgenres. I have been doing research so I can be certain which one(s) I fall into. After reviewing the various sites that explain SF subgenres, I sat down to list the…
Branch of the family tree, okay vine. Often when I read science fiction, the main characters and certainly the supporting and stock characters rarely have family. I don’t mean they don’t ever have family, but family is not the cause of change or action in them. Family is window decoration in most novels. Yet family…
