When I set out to write grydscaen, I wanted to make sure that we could expose the grydscaen message to the global market. With the short stories that were first made available in grydscaen: tribute regarding the character Rom, I am making the grydscaen world accessible in other languages. To date, some of the grydscaen short stories are available in Japanese, French and English with planned translation into Spanish coming soon. Currently the story “A Storm’s Coming” is available as…..
When I was 16 I went to college. This might have been a little young to set out into the big world and experience new things. I was ready to learn more about the world having lived in a very sheltered community. My parents were computer scientists so getting good grades was always a thing. But one thing I learned going to college was that I was not ready for the experience. When I first dated my boyfriend I learned…..
So I wanted to publish 2 books this year. Right off the publication of grydscaen: alliance we began work on grydscaen: insurrection. Insurrection is one of my favorites in the series as it deals with mobile frames, pilots and the military. It allows me to write military scifi with an anime feel which is something I have been going for in the series. Insurrection introduces us to Sati Ima and Nathaneal Barjan who are both pilots in the Pacific Territories…..
The grydscaen series provides an outlet for me to give back to society. Having recently released the ebook versions of “A Storm’s Coming” and the sequel “Rogue,” I see this as a movement forward in my mission. grydscaen allows me to support LGBT homeless youth services and young adult self esteem. These two stories in particular which focus on the teen Rom, the 16 year old LGBT youth living on the streets show the struggles of young people to be…..
This is Rom from the Packrat Sprawl creating waves and coming to you live from the middle of the Echelons down on Astor street right before you get to Drake and the Tram eatery. The food trucks are out today. You best get there early if you want to eat. They have ramen today with mushrooms and shallots. Pretty sophisticated if you ask me. They must be wanting to treat us homeless derelicts with class. There is an action coming…..
Rom is an LGBT teen living on the streets. We learn more about him in grydscaen: tribute. Rom who’s real name is Eleric Stuart was originally from the metropolitan City before he was captured by the government and they wiped his memory. Rom is a hacker who was affiliated with Jester’s hacker guild in the City before he had his memory wiped and they threw him out on the streets of the Echelons with no memory, no history and only…..
The production process has started for grydscaen: alliance. This book is one of the shorter books that explores the Packrat culture as it progresses the plot. Faid Callen, the leader of the Packrats plays a prominent role in the story as Lino’s knight and the head of the Packrat hackers. I wanted to explore the Packrat culture more, and this book allows me to do that. About a week and a half ago, I sent the manuscript, cover illustration, author…..
With the European ministry taking action and blocking questionable Internet sites that insight terrorism or hate we see governments taking action. France was recently in the news for blocking five websites which carried questionable content, the crux, there was no court order to block the sites. Internet service providers were given 24 hours to comply and take the sites off the air. With this new action, the rules of the game may end up being changed. In the past a…..
I wanted to talk about ending domestic violence today using characters from the YA dystopian scifi novel grydscaen: utopia because the main character Lino has to deal with that in this book. First, as a writer I need to relate my experience to domestic violence. It can be physical, emotional and sexual including rape. I have not had a lot of relationships, I can count them on one hand but in those few I have experienced violence. Having a…..
In the big cities and metropolitan areas the world is harsh, cold and sometimes frightening. The LGBT youth who flee their homes for reasons such as abuse, being neglected, being ridiculed when they come out or being bullied at school or by family, take to the streets for their existance. The street is harsh and unforgiving. There is not a lot of work for street youth if any and many times they are forced into certain acts just to…..
