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Solstice is about darkness, a wild road trip across Europe, and zombies.

I was taking a course where we studied the cultural habits of people living near the North pole, where it stays dark for six months year. All I could think of was just how awful it might be if the sun never rose again. I’m a big sun worshiper, so just the dropping temperatures and darkness would get to me.

The story just evolved from that.

I’ve written a piece of fiction, not a textbook, so obvious liberties were taken to make it work. The sun isn’t going to vanish, but then again, there aren’t any actual zombies, either.

I liked Melanie. She starts as a mousey college student with asthma and a crush on a man she cannot have. But by the end of the novel, she is a fighter and a survivor.

I’m a student–an old student, but a happy one. Returning to college has nothing but help the writing process. Plus, I find that I’m disciplined than ever before.

I have a YA zombie novel I’m working on with my daughter, Alicia. It’s going to be a sort of collage, with text and graphics. Alicia is doing the graphics because she’s the artist in the family.

If you like Children of Men by P.D. James or Autumn by David Moody, you’ll probably like my books, too!