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Teenage hit-girl, Junco, controls the fate of two civilizations in FLIGHT.

I originally wanted to write a silly paranormal romance as my first novel, a way to practice and work out all my new author mistakes before I started on my (awesome) science fiction series.

But when I decided to use the SF world I had already built, Junco sorta went psycho in chapter three and the story turned very dark.

I gave up the idea for a PNR, adapted it as a sort of prequel to the original SF idea, and let her have control as a character. That’s how the I Am Just Junco series was born.

FLIGHT is the third book in the series, but the entire saga revolves around Junco.

I love Junco. Pretty much everyone loves Junco, both in and out of the books. She’s tough, she’s a survivor, but she’s still very fragile.

In FLIGHT, she’s literally got the weight of the world on her shoulders, but at the same time she’s being confronted with lies about her past at every turn. She makes the most of any situation, but she’s not perfect and she’s never pretended to be good.

I have two day jobs actually. I inspect farms for a state government and I run an online subscription website where I sell non-fiction science materials for home learners.

When I inspect farms, I travel all over the eastern half of Colorado. This is where I built my fictional AF world for the first book, CLUTCH, so it’s a special place for me.

My background in science definitely helps me write science fiction. I never have to research scientific facts for my books, it’s nice when that part can just roll off the keyboard.

Hand to hand combat and sniper training – now that’s another story. I spend all my research time on that kind of stuff.

Book four in the I Am Just Junco series is called RANGE and is due out April 1, 2013.

In this story Junco is alone and in charge of everything. Quite a change from where she’s been (surrounded by guards or friends or teammates). All the choices in this book are hers, as are the mistakes. There is no one to blame if it all goes wrong.

(And since there is a book five, there’s time for lots of things to go wrong in RANGE!)

If you liked The Hunger Games or Ender’s Game, you’ll probably like the I Am Just Junco series…as long as you’re up for a more violent and foul-mouthed version of both. 😉