Really?! This is one of the first things I was told when I talked to people about writing Y'keta. I was told to keep it simple, make it move fast, and assume that your readers are stupid. As an example I was given a few 'teen' books to read. They weren't bad books, but if … Continue reading Just assume your reader is stupid!
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Let There Be Hope!
I've talked to many people today who are looking at tomorrow and the events in the US and feeling anything from uncertainty, to fear, to desperation. No matter which side of the political spectrum you come from, you see the great gulfs that divide ideologies and governments getting wider as more and more people fall into … Continue reading Let There Be Hope!
A beautiful fire
Sooner or later the tension has to break and when it does sparks will fly.
A Goddess for every moon.
In working on the story for Y'keta, I unwittingly included a triad of powerful women who shape my hero in different ways. One of my beta readers pointed out to me that I was following a classic maiden-mother-crone progression. I think knowing that my female characters held such archetypical power, made them stronger and gave me … Continue reading A Goddess for every moon.
May You Dance.
My character Siann stepped off the Sky Road this year. Raised as the only child of the village Elder she knew from birth that her life was a straight road to responsibility. She would study, learn, take over her mother's position and never leave the expected path. Then in one brutal night her mother was dead, her … Continue reading May You Dance.
Myths, Monsters and the Marvel Universe.
If you ask someone of my father’s generation who Thor or Loki were, you would get this for an answer. “They were ancient Norse gods.” Ask a young person that question now and you will get a twenty-minute history of the Marvel movies, the alternate timelines involved in the Infinity War, and a treatise on why … Continue reading Myths, Monsters and the Marvel Universe.
Legends around the campfire
I know my voices tend to overrun me at times. Between the writer, mother, wife, and worker there is just too much to process for just one human. How do you think Y'keta will assimilate all the voices that howl in his mind?
I Myth’d
Hi, My name is Sandra Hurst, author of the fantasy novel. Y’keta. As a child growing up in England stories and legends surrounded me. My mum made me understand at an early age, how important imagination was. We had an old set of encyclopedias that contained sections called ‘stories from around the world’ and I … Continue reading I Myth’d
Giftapalooza 2016
Though Christmas is still a while away, I wanted to ask for a moment of your time to talk to you about a cause that’s near and dear to my heart: Giftapalooza. Giftapalooza is an online charity event started by best selling author T.E. Ridener in 2013. Her only goal the first year that time was to help … Continue reading Giftapalooza 2016
My Guardian – Alanea Alder
Can Adriel serve Noctem Falls as its Unit Commander and still keep an eye out for Eva and her pregnant human cub? The answer is hilarious.
delusions of literacy 