E. Writes asked Kendra E. Ardnek:

How does your home state influence your writing? I'd love to hear! :-)

Kendra E. Ardnek My "home state" is complicated, 'cause I lived my first six years in the shadow of Pike's Peak in Colorado, and then my parents moved to East Texas and I refused to consider Texas my home state until I was twelve. (ie, had lived half my life here), but I'm now 27 and still haven't moved from the Piney Wood, so ... fair enough.

There's not a lot that I can strictly point to and say "I write this way because I live in Texas", but the Earth portions of both The Ankulen and Lady Dragon, Tela Du are set in a vague approximation of East Texas, (and there's a reason that Andrew lives in Colorado), and I, in general, write a lot of forests inspired by the woods I grew up exploring. (complete with pricker vines.)

My particular area is a veritable mixing pot (and, honestly, so was Colorado Springs, being a military town), so that's a main reason that I try to write similar casts, especially if I have an urban setting.

I also occasionally have a colloquialism slip into my writing; I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I've occasionally had betas question what I mean by a phrase that is something I use all the time IRL.

And I am on the edge of the Bible belt, so yes, I'm writing Christian Fantasy.

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