Hello friends,

It's hard to believe that I'm working on my fifth book. I thoroughly enjoy the process of creating a world and populating it with characters. There is something very satisfying about the freedom to explore a fictional construct. Even so, there are necessary constraints.

As in life, characters are products of their environment with differing views depending on their perspective. Even the villains believe in their righteousness. Imagining how and why they came to that conclusion is an interesting exercise. Sometimes I wonder if what I've written is too unbelievable... and then I read a news feed. The saying "truth is stranger than fiction" comes to mind.