Courting Ice – Canadian Style

Below, dear reader, please find bonus content for Suzanne’s book: ELEMENTS: A Collection of Speculative Fiction. This series of posts provides stories-behind-the-stories for each tale in ELEMENTS. Sitting in the 5th slot in the Table of Contents is: “Courting Ice” I live in Canada and my writing can’t help but be affected by our seasons, particularly winter. “Courting Ice” takes place in the fictional Daslak. When I wrote the story, I imagined Daslak  as a remote area of Newfoundland. I’ve…

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Storm Child – Putting a Fresh Face on a Timeless Myth

Below, dear reader, please find bonus content for Suzanne’s book: ELEMENTS: A Collection of Speculative Fiction. This series of posts provides stories-behind-the-stories for each tale in ELEMENTS. Sitting in the 4th slot in the Table of Contents is: “Storm Child” In the summer of 2000, AKA “2K”, I attended my first writers’ workshop, taught by Ann C. Crispin and held at DragonCon. At the end of the workshop, we students formed a writers group, which we named the “DC2K” writers.…

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March of the Forgotten – The Origins of Sebbee

Below, dear reader, please find bonus content for Suzanne’s book: ELEMENTS: A Collection of Speculative Fiction. This series of posts provides stories-behind-the-stories for each tale in ELEMENTS. Sitting in the 3rd slot in the Table of Contents is: “March of the Forgotten” Here’s the thing: I spend at least half (if not more) of my writing time at Starbucks, because (a) they allow me to linger as long as I like (b) they have electrical outlets so I can plug…

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