Lots of different things inspire book ideas or help build characters. Sometimes things stick in your mind and you know there’s a story there, but it might take a long time to uncover. A very long time ago, when I was a kid, I went on a trip with my family and we stopped at…
Month: June 2009
Behind the Scenes: Mate Marks: Hunger-Cattitude
One of the things I enjoy most about writing animal shifters is building their world by researching and observing animals in the natural world. I’ve based some shifters on snakes, badgers, raccoons, frogs, sea turtles, wolves, cats, and hawks. Most of the time learning the characteristics of certain animals means a lot of reading. Other…