C. Fern Cook's Blog

Looking for a new read after Christmas?
Check out The Wild Child Goes Home
Will have start the new year with a giveaway.

the wild child goes home is available for pre-order on amazon,

This is my life, not just my writing. I started out trying to make every animal I saw a pet. Turtles, from the lake, rabbits from the garden. Kittens that came into the neighborhood.
My grandparents didn't understand, but they tolerated.
Eventually, I got married because I didn't want to give away my dog. Housing rules forbid dogs and cats. My boyfriend in the army, agreed to marry.
Still married, still an animal lover.

looking for someone who is interested in doing a review for soon to be released book

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What's the difference between a skin walker and a werewolf? A werewolf is only a wolf, a skin walker can be any animal.

There are two different folklores of skin walkers: one is from the southwest Native American's and the second is from Viking folklore.

In the upcoming fourth edition of the wild series, these two folklores come together. Liz, the child from Dan, ventures to the Faroe Islands where she encounters another family of skin walkers. They are not confined to wolf skin walkers, they have experienced different types of transformations.

'The Wild Child Goes Home' is set to come out in January. Liz begins a new chapter in her life. Hope to get you interested in this edition.

My favorite author, I have all his books and a few from his daughter.
He had written one book about skin walkers. He writes about the Navaho legends. I especially like how he paints a picture with his writing.
I found that I also try to paint a picture with my writing. I like to visualize the sitting; I want my readers to see what I see. Like Tony, I could visualize the sittings. I guess I write like that because of him.
I have written a series about skin walkers. The Navaho are not the only culture that has legends about donning the skin of a powerful creature to emulate their spiritual power. I have incorporated both cultures folklore.
Wild Evolution, book 1 of the wild series is the beginning of the series.

Most days are met with boring and repetitive chores. Cooking, cleaning, going to work. Wishing someone else would make dinner or pick up the kids.
I suppose that is why in entertainment we have daring, life threatening, and scary scenes to take us away from drudgery.
A holocaust survivor once said, boredom is good. All we need is food, water, shelter; everything else is a luxury.
Sometimes, we forget what luxuries we really have in our lives.
Sometimes I have to remind myself, that writing fiction is a luxury and be thankful for that.
Thanks to those who have read my stories and especially for those who have liked them.

Wolfbane is an interesting plant. Steeped in folklore, both in movies and books.
In Harry Potter series it cures Lycanthrope, in the Dracula movies it keeps vampires away.
The plant is poisonous, many novels have used this poison to kill off many villains and heroes.
It is beautiful plant, the flower looks like many wildflowers, lovely shade of blue, It grows wild in the northern hemisphere. I have probably picked it and didn't know it was poisonous.
I have heard mentioned in some of the old classic wolfman movies, but not as a cure. I remember in one of the movies it was lethal to the wolfman.
I thought it made an interesting experiment to actually find some and see it is really poisonous.
Haven't decided if I am going to use it in future books; we'll see.

I was wondering if anyone is interested in a free copy of Wild Evolution, book 1 of the wild series.
The fourth in the series is coming out this fall.
If you are email @ cferncook@yahoo.com

when I grew up. I was into werewolf lore. I had an uncle who liked to eat raw hamburger. One of the myths I learned said that werewolves eat raw meat. I too started to eat raw hamburger, I still do today, In posh restaurants it is known as tartar. Of course, we never went to posh restaurants.
The other myth that I use to talk about was that werewolf's ring finger was longer than their middle finger. Being the kid I was, I would try to show that my ring finger was longer.
I don't think anybody believe I was a werewolf.