Worlds Away Q&A

Q: Fifty books.

A: Hard to believe. I’m exhausted

Q: This is the end of the Warriors of Risnar series?

A: Risnar was always meant to be only four or five books. I think this story closes it out nicely.

Q: What was the best part about writing the Risnar universe?

A: Doing something different from Kalquor. I love Kalquor, but I needed a jolt of something new to write. I felt like I was stagnating because I was concentrating on just that particular universe. It was becoming a grind. I needed to stretch creatively, or the clans would suffer.

Q: Arga showed up in the first book, Not of This World. Why did it take so long to get to give him a starring role in his own story?

A: He wasn’t ready until now. He had some growing to do from where he was in NOTW to be the romance hero. He was ready much earlier to be a warrior hero, but when it came to falling for a special lady, he hadn’t reached that point until the fourth book.

Q: There have been very different women throughout the series. Jeannie was strong but frightened and distrustful. Anneliese was tough as nails but wounded. Velia was self-assured but fighting her past. What is the new heroine like?

A: Loud, fun, and trying to put her past to rest. From her blue-dyed hair to partying to inappropriate jokes, Serena shocks Arga. He’s not one to abstain from sexy time, but he doesn’t want a relationship. She has no intention of remaining on Risnar once she’s done her part to save Earth from the Monsuda.

Q: That changes.

A: Of course it does! They’re fascinated with each other despite the issues that make them fight the attraction.

Q: What’s up next?

A: I’ve begun work on First Mataras: Maryam, which will focus on one of the women abducted to Kalquor around the same timeframe as Alien Embrace and Alien Rule. I don’t anticipate having it done for at least six months. Ongoing obligations and health concerns continue to keep me at a snail’s pace, so everyone needs to remain patient.

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