My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material.

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I had an idea for a story about a young woman who was living with...

I had an idea for a story about a young woman who was living with...

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they...

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they...

It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and...

It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and...

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and...

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and...

I really fell in love with Africa.

I really fell in love with Africa.

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that...

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that...

I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really...

I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really...

I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find...

I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find...

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them...

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them...

I'm just writing a story that I want to read.

I'm just writing a story that I want to read.

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for...

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for...

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.

Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back...

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back...

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than...

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than...

From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story...

From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story...

And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe...

And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe...

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if...

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if...