Author’s NoteDear Reader,
I began writing this series over a decade ago. For five and a half years, I drafted several volumes, edited, re-wrote, edited again, and sent dozens of query letters off to agents. I leaned on a small set of beta readers, including Natasha Lepore, Beckie Scotten Finn, and Helen O'Brien, who encouraged me to keep going. Thank you for putting up with my early efforts!
I joined several writers' groups, both online and in real life. The now-defunct Fantasy Writer's Dream Yahoo group was a warm and supportive community, my online writing home for many years. I'm thankful to all of my fellow writers there for being on this journey with me. I attended the Viable Paradise Writers' Workshop in 2003. There, I connected fellow writers in the genre there and learned about t
