Today in a series of replies to FAQ (frequently asked questions) sent to me by fans (and sometimes not so much), I answer the question: “Who is Villainessa Tittel?“
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Does Avon Test Their Products On Animals?
Hello there, friends and fans! I’ve noticed a heck of a lot of advertising from Avon in my Facebook feed lately. In fact, just over the last couple of weeks, my wife remarked that she’d noticed the same, sudden frenzied number of postings by Avon recruiters and sales reps on Facebook based in our immediate…
Looking Inside #22: The Vampire Underground. No, Really.
In “High Steaks“, the most recent addition to the Quantum Series, a resistance rises to meet the fascists who’ve overthrown the legitimate local government of the Terran colony Deanna – a resistance with friends in low places. Together with bovine torpedoes, time travel, a mad scientist, an invisible space ship, and a well-camouflaged operative, the…
Looking Inside #21: Sona Kilroy – High Admiral Of The Corsair’s Black Fleet & Consumate Villain
Hello there, friends and fans. Sona Kilroy is the chief villain in Dead Beckoning – and as an example of Humanity, he’s the very worst – a Corsair. In the Galaxii series, the Corsairs are space pirates – and they have a reputation for attacking cargo carriers and raiding isolated colonies and outposts. They’re hunted…
Looking Inside #20: Time Travel, Beck the Badfeller & Cindy-Mei Winter
In the most recent additions to the Quantum Series, a resistance rises to meet the revolutionaries – a resistance with friends in low places. Together with the Vampire Underground, bovine torpedoes, a mad scientist, an invisible space ship, and a well-camouflaged operative, the nasties must also contend with another unseen enemy: Time, and its agents.
Looking Inside #19: Who Is Cindy-Mei Winter?
Today I answer the question: “Who is Cindy-Mei Winter?” the first main character of the Quantum Series, and a transwoman. “Who is Cindy-Mei Winter?” …or if you tripped over the first paragraph, and your head’s still spinning, you might also be wondering “What’s a transwoman?” Is it some kind of rock star? A character shaped…
Looking Inside #18: What Is The Time Saving Agency?
Hello there, friends and fans! Today I answer the question: “What is the Time Saving Agency?” Go on – admit it: – you’re just dying to know! When I started writing the Quantum series in 2005, one of the questions I asked myself after introducing – of all things, a walking, talking alien plant called…
Looking Inside #17: What Inspired Me To Write The Five New Books In Quantum?
Today I’ll be answering question asked by some fans (and sometimes not so much): “What inspired me to write the new books in the Quantum Series?“ In 2017, I published “Prodigal Sun“, which was the first new title in the Quantum series in a decade. The previous title, “Loderunner” was released in 2007, and the…
Looking Inside #16: Who (Or What) Is Fred?
In the Quantum Series, readers encounter a character unlike any other – Fred the Arborian… But who…or rather what, is Fred? Of all the characters in the Quantum Series – or in fact any I’ve created, Fred has to be the most unusual! First, let’s address the ‘who’ part of the question: Fred is a…
Grief & Loss: A Writer’s Conduit To Creating Authentic Characters
Most of us have already tasted the bitter sting of death at one time or another – the loss of a loved one, or the ending of a powerful relationship, the pain of separation, the guilt of things that passed between us, the things that were said or done that should’ve been – or the…