Link to landing page for current series (near-future agripunk corporate soap opera dystopia): http://www.joycereynoldsward.com/the-martiniere-legacy/
Link to Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Joyce-Reynolds-Ward/e/B00HIP821Y
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Joyce Reynolds-Ward
Link to landing page for current series (near-future agripunk corporate soap opera dystopia): http://www.joycereynoldsward.com/the-martiniere-legacy/
Judith Moffitt
As an adult, I have spent years learning to live with depression and anxiety. I speak openly about that because hiding it makes it shameful and it is not.
In 2003, I wrote a fan fic for a little known show called Firefly. I thought it had the beginning of an idea for a novel. I knew I couldn't publish in that universe, so I took my idea to my own universe and developed my own characters. But life and work got in the way. In 2018 when I retired, I was still stuck at 8 chapters. I decided that I would make it a retirement project to finish the novel. I published that novel on Amazon in September 2020.
Along the way I got hooked on writing and started taking writing classes (and volunteering) at the Muse Writer’s Center in Norfolk Virginia. I wrote the first draft of two other novels and the workshop feedback made all of my work get better. I have more novels in progress as I start to polish the fantasy novels and get them ready for publication. My work has themes about aftermath because so much of my life has revolved around dealing with the aftermath of abuse, bullying, death, rape, sexual assault and harassment. My characters are diverse because I didn't read a character who I thought of as representing me until I was in my mid-thirties. Representation is important. I also make sure that older women and men are represented because I am an older woman and I am tired of only teenagers saving the world. The heroes in my first novel are mostly middle-aged. The hero of my second novel is a 66-year-old woman. The heroes of my third novel are an 11-year-old girl and a middle-aged, blind woman (who kicks ass at unarmed combat, BTW). Other characters include a disabled alien, a dragon with epilepsy, a couple of married tran people who have four children, a gay healer.
My first book is called a Line in the Sand and is available here:
Lisa Norman
She is the proud mother of 3 energetic children. She tends to collect additional children the way most people collect stray cats. Of late, she has the cats as well.
Her passion has been writing since she could hold a pencil. While that is a cliche’, she is unique in that her first novel was written on gum wrappers. As a young woman, she learned to program and discovered that she has a talent for helping people and computers learn to work together and play nice. When she’s not playing with her daughter, writing, or designing for the internet, she can be found wandering the local beaches.
Lisa graduated from Santa Clara University with a BA in English/Creative Writing, a Minor in Anthropology and a Minor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She has worked as a programmer, a pre-school teacher, a tour-guide, a planner and even as a NASA minion.
My websites:
Best social media connections are through Deleyna:
https://deleyna.com/contact/
Patricia Loofbourrow
Patricia Loofbourrow grew up on Heinlein, Bradbury, and Asimov, and found at an early age that she loved science. Earning a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry from Cal Poly Pomona then an MD from Rush University, Dr. Loofbourrow practiced family medicine for ten years before changing careers in 2000 due to disability.
After leaving medicine, Patricia Loofbourrow ran one of the first “ask a doctor” patient education websites from 2000-2004. She has been a long-time member of the Forward Motion Forums, and has worked as a freelance writer, editor, and graphic designer since 2000. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her husband and three grown children.
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