Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology…

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I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since...

I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since...

I really fell in love with Africa.

I really fell in love with Africa.

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move...

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move...

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...

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...

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...

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...

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small...

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small...

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I...

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I...

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...

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

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

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...