The world needs your magic: How I came up with the Sitka Saga

The Beginnings

Books aren’t always crafted in a linear fashion. In fact, my own personal experience shows that this is rarely the case for me. This year I am planning to launch the first part of my fantasy trilogy, the Sitka Saga, a story that has evolved and changed through the ten years I’ve spent writing it. So I thought I’d share a bit about how this story came to be, and why I’m pouring so much of my time and energy into sharing it with the world.

I live in northern Minnesota, a land ...