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Style:
Science Fiction, Fantasy
Recognitions:
Sample: Chapter
from Shapers' Veil
A
Brief Bio: Mother of Heroes
Each morning, my feet pick their way over a
floor strewn with bodies. Bodies of tiny warriors, beside
tiny dismembered limbs, plastic guns, swords, knives and alien
blasters. From the hallway, my feet cross shark-infested carpet,
where pirate ships with tall sails loom with magnificent bravado.
With a series of mighty leaps, my feet escape the tall ships
only to become enmeshed in a maze of cables, at one end of
which is a roaring amphibious monster shedding swarms of vile,
slimy offspring. At the other end is my own offspring, one
of five sons, doing electronic battle with fierce, relentless
glee.
These five sons and I fuel each other's imaginary
acts of daring. They surround me with the images, props and
verbiage of great deeds. With plastic weapons and a trampoline
as a battleground, they enact action scenes from my stories,
helping me, a sedentary data processor, to visualize and choreograph
with greater credibility. When they use and expand upon that
scene in their own play, I eagerly create another, inspired
by having inspired.
And, they set the scene for the heroic journey
I take daily. With intellectual and strategic prowess, I solve
once again the maze of wires and enter at last the refuge
of the kitchen. There, the final quest begins: the search
for that most elusive, yet most sought-after of prizes--a
cup clean enough for tea.
Currently I drive wolves from the door by working
as a database designer and neophyte Web programmer. My allies
include five sons, a husband, a cat, a cockatiel, a granddog,
and imaginary friends from my writing. I have been known to
play flute for weddings, sing at Christmas parties, and belly
dance in people's basements.
Favorite
Reading Material
From youth, reading is like breathing. Animal
stories, Analog, Asimov, Bettelheim, Bujold, Campbell, Conan
Doyle, Dreamweaver user's guide, egg cartons, F&SF, Hugo
winners, Jung, Kipling, Machiavelli, etc. Put it in front
of my face and I'll read it.
- Moon of Three Rings - Andre Norton
- Lord of Thunder - Andre Norton
- The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling
- The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Last Unicorn - Peter Beagle (I
have a signed copy! Thanks M&M)
- The Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
- Hero with a Thousand Faces - Joseph
Campbell
- The Uses of Enchantment - Bruno Bettelheim
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