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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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...

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...

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...

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 really fell in love with Africa.

I really fell in love with Africa.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

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...

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 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 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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...