Ask the Author: Jessica Alter
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Jessica Alter
Hm. That's a really difficult one to answer. I don't really have a fiction super-couple who I'd read and re-read. I suppose, from my own unpublished works, Ike and Bree. They got quite a few cameos in the decade of chick lit novels I wrote.
Then again, I really like books which don't focus on romantic couples as much as teams or individuals.
Then again, I really like books which don't focus on romantic couples as much as teams or individuals.
Jessica Alter
More of the Cryptid Series!
I'm currently working on Man and Brother: Cryptid Series Volume 2.
I'm currently working on Man and Brother: Cryptid Series Volume 2.
Jessica Alter
Inspiration comes from all over, but most of the ideas which I run with germinate from vivid dreams.
The setting for the Dome Trilogy was inspired by a dream and refined by a century of extraordinary utopian and dystopian science fiction. I always liked the idea of arcologies as a social science fiction settings: They combine both the dream of an immaculate and ordered world and the nightmare of an oppressive and controlled world. Individual opinion is, as ever, the deciding factor.
The setting for the Dome Trilogy was inspired by a dream and refined by a century of extraordinary utopian and dystopian science fiction. I always liked the idea of arcologies as a social science fiction settings: They combine both the dream of an immaculate and ordered world and the nightmare of an oppressive and controlled world. Individual opinion is, as ever, the deciding factor.
Jessica Alter
I haven't yet found being a woman science fiction author to be difficult so far. I was fortunate to have great fantasy and science fiction authors like Ursula K. LeGuin, Madeleine L'Engle, and Marion Zimmer Bradley to light my way.
Though, true and funny, some people thought I was a man because I go by Jess on a certain social media outlet and used a book cover photo instead of an author portrait. Since January 2015, I've used an author portrait and had no problems.
Thanks, Bookman!
Though, true and funny, some people thought I was a man because I go by Jess on a certain social media outlet and used a book cover photo instead of an author portrait. Since January 2015, I've used an author portrait and had no problems.
Thanks, Bookman!
Jessica Alter
The best thing about being a writer is proving that daydreamers have a special place in the world. I was a daydreamer as a little girl, and I enjoyed the wonderful adventures which science fiction and fantasy novels provided. As I grew older, I thought about what I would like to see as the continuation of the story. "The End" was never the end for me. I learned how to take those daydreams and put them into words.
It's why I like to tell writers: "Keep your daydream job."
It's why I like to tell writers: "Keep your daydream job."
Jessica Alter
I am currently editing the first book in a paranormal science fiction series, which I call the Cryptid Series. The first book is titled 'Til Undeath Do Us Part.
I am also developing later books in the series right now.
I am also developing later books in the series right now.
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