'Daughter of Hope' and her origins...

Editor and publisher, Dario Ciriello, has interviewed me about my new novel Daughter of Hope, its origins, and how it is situated in The Siaris Quartet. As I've said to Dario, a bright star was shining when I sent him the novella Daughter of Hope grew from; his astute advice and encouragement along the road to this novel's publication have been a fantastic gift!

You can read the interview at Dario's blog.

Check out Dario Ciriello's post about 'Openings'

This blog post by dear friend, writer, publisher and mentor Dario Ciriello on story openings - and creating hooks - is worth a read. As a small press editor specializing in science fiction and fantasy, Dario has read plenty of story openings, and has some interesting observations to make about generating reader involvement.

http://dariospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/openings/