Writing villains is so much fun. Or maybe, deep down, I’m just evil. 😉 Either way, my ‘big boss’ is Lem’po from the Proto-Uralic religion. Most of what is known about that pantheon has been corrupted by Christian influences, thus Lem’po has been recast basically as a Lucifer stand-in. But some pre-Christian sources hint that…
Publishing Update: I met with a lit agent through Grub Street and while she was not passionate enough about VOST to represent me, she liked the writing and helped me improve my query letter. After sending it out to two more agents, I quickly received personalized rejections. While that might not seem heartening, it means…
Explaining requires some personal history. In the late 90’s as a Tolkienite, I had decried the effort to bring The Lord of the Rings to screens. (‘Loudly’ my husband reminds me. “Vociferously.”) How could any movie capture the epic settings, cultures, languages, poetry of Tolkien’s masterpiece? My husband went to see Fellowship in the theater….
And so it begins… Except not really. Yes, I am now beginning my journey to ‘conquer’ the world of professional publishing, but the journey of the book started in the pandemic. In brief, moving from full-time HS ELA teacher and almost full-time theater director to staring either at a zoom full of black screens (seniors don’t turn…