Cayuse Coyote and the Portal of Time -- Author

I graduated from the University of Washington with a double degree in Journalism and Psychology. Basically, I consider myself a storyteller who tries to make sure that the writing doesn't get in the way. And I'm not at all opposed to extreme head-hopping.

If head-hopping (switching from one character's view to another's) bothers you, then this is not the book for you. But if you prefer watching "CSI" to "Murder, She Wrote," then you may appreciate the entourage approach to fantasy writing.

This whole thing actually started as a piece of graphic art, a 3D landscape composed in Bryce 2.0. It was OK, but it looked like everyone else's stuff. So I found a photo of my dogs wearing their cute red doggie packs. I cut Cayuse out and and pasted her into my graphic, then posted it to the Bryce Board on AOL. You have to write a description, so I wrote something about "Even a dog has heroes. Cayuse is searching for Toto." Of course, I thought it was terribly clever at the time. The next graphic that I posted continued the "saga" of Cayuse, so I created the "Legend of Toto" poem to tack onto it. Well, Toto became BoJo and the graphic became a book. A really BIG book. So big that I had to break it into two books. Then a trilogy.

My goal has been simple: to write a book that I would want to read, one that I would be willing to buy with my hard-earned dollars at the local book store. I started off with a sense of Dickens, Tolkien, and Andre Norton, then ran into a little Wizard of Oz and Leonard Elmore along the way.

I've been told that my strengths are deep, complex characters and rich world-building, and plots woven like a tapestry. Among my faults: I tend to use too many adverbs. I'm working diligently to correct that (chortle!)

Currently in the works: book three, The Crystal Keys
Projected for the future: The Fall of Gossamer (a story of the Before Times); The Dwarf King (the early adventures of Dunkin and Gannin); and Mud Dabber's Song (the adventures of Myrna's Cheawa foster daughter.)

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		I graduated from the University of Washington with a double degree in Journalism and Psychology. Basically, I consider myself a storyteller who tries to make sure that the writing doesn't get in the way. And I'm not at all opposed to extreme head-hopping. If head-hopping (switching from one character's view to another's) bothers you, then this is not the book for you. But if you prefer watching "CSI" to "Murder, She Wrote," then you may appreciate the entourage approach to fantasy writing. This whole thing actually started as a piece of graphic art, a 3D landscape composed in Bryce 2.0. It was OK, but it looked like everyone else's stuff. So I found a photo of my dogs wearing their cute red doggie packs. I cut Cayuse out and and pasted her into my graphic, then posted it to the Bryce Board on AOL. You have to write a description, so I wrote something about "Even a dog has heroes. Cayuse is searching for Toto." Of course, I thought it was terribly clever at the time. The next graphic that I posted continued the "saga" of Cayuse, so I created the "Legend of Toto" poem to tack onto it. Well, Toto became BoJo and the graphic became a book. A really BIG book. So big that I had to break it into two books. Then a trilogy. My goal has been simple: to write a book that I would want to read, one that I would be willing to buy with my hard-earned dollars at the local book store. I started off with a sense of Dickens, Tolkien, and Andre Norton, then ran into a little Wizard of Oz and Leonard Elmore along the way. I've been told that my strengths are deep, complex characters and rich world-building, and plots woven like a tapestry. Among my faults: I tend to use too many adverbs. I'm working diligently to correct that (chortle!) Currently in the works: book three, The Crystal Keys Projected for the future: The Fall of Gossamer (a story of the Before Times); The Dwarf King (the early adventures of Dunkin and Gannin); and Mud Dabber's Song (the adventures of Myrna's Cheawa foster daughter.)