Sure! I am a mother of two, and wife to the most amazing supportive man I could have ever hoped to find. I own and run a preschool part time. I teach voice lessons after school. And of course, I write. People ask me all the time how I have time, and the short answer is- I don’t. Things are left undone, and I totally pay someone to come clean my bathrooms and mop my floors. Embarrassing, but true.

The inspiration for the world without evil has been told on quite a few blogs. So instead- just because I like Haley- I am going to tell you the very beginning of this story. (Insert a great story telling mist rolling though, here) Once upon a time…. A lady I once knew insisted that I read the Twilight series. I agreed and she brought me the first book. Being a very fast reader and a person who has to know the ending or she dies, I read a book in about four to six hours. I was getting really twitchy waiting for the next book in the series. I asked her if I could just borrow all of them, which I read and returned to her a couple of days later. She was this funny little lady with a thick Spanish accent and she was going on and on about how she could not BELIEVE how fast I read, blah blah blah, and then she says, “You should write a book!” I blinked at her, and had to bite my tongue to keep from telling her how ridiculous that comment was. Reading quickly has absolutely nothing to do with writing a book! But for the next two months, everyday- multiple times a day, I would hear that little Hispanic accent whispering in my head, “You should write a book, you should write a book.” It was incessant! So finally I gave in and started writing. Turns out, I CAN write. Who knew?

Pure Fantastical Fun!

Believe in yourself!!

All my characters pull from those around me, although rarely as a whole. I will usually piece together a little of this and a little of that for my characters. So the answer to your question is yes, and no. HA!

Ahhh names. Stab me in the eye! I got so tired of trying to pick names every time I wrote in a new character. So I sat down one night and spent hours going through name websites. I poured over unique names, foreign names, fantasy names….lots and lots of names. I made a list of the ones I was attracted to and fit the world I had created. Then when a new character would pop up I would pull out my list and pick which one I liked the best.

I absolutely love the scene at the end where Emane is teaching Kiora to swordfight. So flipping cute!  (Am I allowed to say that when I wrote it? Hmmmmmmm…) I also really loved about any scene where Drustan harasses Emane. So much fun to write! How about you Haley? What’s YOUR favorite?  ;)

Wings of Arian is a fantasy that appeals to a wide age range. It is clean enough for the younger age group and entertaining enough to appeal to everyone else. It is a fantasy, so expect lots of magic, dragons, epic battles and of course, love. 

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