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Roberta Trahan

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Best-selling author of "The Dream Stewards" quasi-historical epic fantasy series and other speculative fiction - including the post-apocalyptic sci-fi novella "Aftershock". Myth maker, dragon seeker, coffeechocoholic and antique jewelry hoarder. ...more

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Roberta Trahan A publishing mentor of mine once told me that creativity happens in the subconscious. I don't view writer's block as an obstacle - I see it as a chall…moreA publishing mentor of mine once told me that creativity happens in the subconscious. I don't view writer's block as an obstacle - I see it as a challenge. When I don't know where to go next with a story, I walk away from it and engage myself in mundane distractions like doing the dishes. This allows my mind to wander, which usually leads me to the solution I was seeking. (less)
Roberta Trahan The best thing about being a writer is being allowed to play make believe for a living. I get paid to imagine wild happenings, impossible situations, …moreThe best thing about being a writer is being allowed to play make believe for a living. I get paid to imagine wild happenings, impossible situations, even entirely foreign worlds. And then I get to explore them all, from the comfort of my favorite chair. (less)
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Wishing Will Not Make It So

Yesterday on CNN, Van Jones commented on the death of George Floyd, and in sharing his insights on this tipping point in American society, he spoke some wisdom to me. Not to me personally, but to white allies like me, who have been hoping like hell that somehow the Black community has been overstating its case all these years. I, and likely most people I know, have been desperately clinging to the

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“So this was it, she thought. So many times she'd wondered. True sacrifice was the surrender of one sacred thing in favor of keeping another. No matter how prudent or cautious one was, in the end something precious was lost. Whether the claim was in the name of family or duty or honor or truth, it exacted a terrible price. To her dismay, she did not feel the pride or pleasure that Bledig had claimed when he spoke of the sacrifices he had made for her and their children. For Alwen, sacrifice brought grief and guilt, and an unbearable sense of uncertainty.”
Roberta Trahan, The Well of Tears

“You can’t protect everybody from everything all the time. Even if you could, that’s not even your job. Your job is to help people deal with stuff on their own so that they know how to handle themselves when you can’t be there. Guess what, big man, no matter what you do, no matter how smart or strong or resourceful you are, things are going to go wrong. Some of us are going to die. Maybe we’re all going to die.”
Roberta Trahan, Aftershock

“How about we hold off on the big decisions until after breakfast? This sort of talk sits better on a full stomach.”
Roberta Trahan, Aftershock

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