Of Destiny's Daughters - Adventures in Science Fiction in Three Parts
I had an urge to try my hand at a straight sci-fi novel back in the pre President Trump days. Somewhere, perhaps on one of my early morning walks, I came up with this image of a large crippled spaceship parking over Ottawa. More thinking while in need of a plot, and characters, I turned up a brother and sister theme to share the center stage. He was a bored civil servant; she was a restless ex-military type in search of something. She just didn’t know what. A novel developed out of these loose threads.
Not sure who would be my lead character when I started this project, the sister and her girlfriends took over, hence the title choice. I had a vague idea of where I wanted to go with this in the end. For the middle of the tale I needed to develop the character’s family and backstory. What would happen when the spaceship was discovered? Who would become involved? What had happened to the spaceship and what were their intentions?
I had a lot of fun finding out. I also discovered somewhere during this creative process that I couldn’t leave the story where I originally intended. There was still too much going on. The story became a trilogy. While the novel was in editing I sketched out the middle book, “Hammer Across the Stars,” and the final episode, “Expeditions to Earth.” Both of these manuscripts are completed and now in editing.
“Of Destiny’s Daughters” came out in 2019; I expect we will see “Hammer” sometime in 2020 with “Expeditions” completing the trilogy later in 2021. Like all of my books they are available in print and ebook formats through the publisher and the usual outlets such as Amazon and Kobo. Normally you could also track me down live at a local craft sale, Con or Medieval Fair. Not these days!
Not sure who would be my lead character when I started this project, the sister and her girlfriends took over, hence the title choice. I had a vague idea of where I wanted to go with this in the end. For the middle of the tale I needed to develop the character’s family and backstory. What would happen when the spaceship was discovered? Who would become involved? What had happened to the spaceship and what were their intentions?
I had a lot of fun finding out. I also discovered somewhere during this creative process that I couldn’t leave the story where I originally intended. There was still too much going on. The story became a trilogy. While the novel was in editing I sketched out the middle book, “Hammer Across the Stars,” and the final episode, “Expeditions to Earth.” Both of these manuscripts are completed and now in editing.
“Of Destiny’s Daughters” came out in 2019; I expect we will see “Hammer” sometime in 2020 with “Expeditions” completing the trilogy later in 2021. Like all of my books they are available in print and ebook formats through the publisher and the usual outlets such as Amazon and Kobo. Normally you could also track me down live at a local craft sale, Con or Medieval Fair. Not these days!
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