Here She Rules was born out of a very vivid dream.

I could give lofty ideals and deep meaningful reasons behind the story-line and characters, but honestly, I wrote the book piece by piece, serial form in the beginning.

It coalesced into a book because, honestly, I was sick and tired of reading stories and seeing television shows and movies about women who always had to be saved or protected.

I get that, it’s nice to be safe like that, but it isn’t very realistic. I read and watched “heroine” after “heroine” stand by and watch her man save her without even pitching in to help him, just standing by wringing her hands.

I felt almost condescended to by books and movies. Why couldn’t a woman character be proactive, make sound decisions, be able to save herself?

So, I took this vivid dream and turned it into fantasy in my very fertile imagination, and I will be honest, I kinda gave as good as we (women) have been getting, but in a much more humane, non horrific way. Then men in the female dominant countries are sex slaves. No excuses, no apologies, it is what it is (hey, it was my dream, my fantasy).

Their Ladies, on the whole, do not abuse them or treat them cruelly. They are beloved and pampered.

Their Ladies are fierce, formidable women, warriors for their countries. They fight, they bleed and they die for their country with pride. They behave in what is may be considered a “traditionally” male manner but retain their femininity and identity without becoming male caricatures.

Here She Rules is about a woman from our world who is taken by a trans-dimensional rift to the world of Jiva. Cassie is a normal every day woman who happens to have learned self defense and karate, and it serves her well in her new world. The books that follow do showcase women who do not have any fighting skills, each woman told me her story as I wrote the books.

The Portal picks the Woman.

The book chronicles Cassie’s adventures in her new environment. She experiences the whole gamut of emotions as she realizes she can never go home. The world and lifestyle are dramatically different, so much so that she believes she is dreaming or comatose. She experiences internal conflict and indulges in behaviors that are not normal for her due to the surreal events.

This is a fantasy novel, and a great deal of female fantasy is very much involved. She acquires six incredibly gorgeous men that live to serve her every desire, every need.  There is a certain amount of domination but without abuse that would label it as BDSM. I like to think of it as true Fem-Dom, where the women are dominant but not abusive.

The book is not single faceted, it contains a great deal of suspense and adventure, Cassie earns her place in her new world and earns the love and respect of the warriors who fight under her. She experiences the darkness of the human spirit, cruel enemies and finds the strength to thrive in her new world.

I have created a rich world with histories, mythology, and religion.

Looking back from the last book to the first, which was written in 2010, I see the progression of my writing skills and am proud of the maturity I have achieved in my writing.

Each of the sequels basically wrote themselves. The story-line and plot-lines gave themselves to me as each woman brought her own personality and struggles with her to Jiva. The women therein told me their stories, and it was an amazing experience.

I went on to write the Trilogy “Portal’s Gift” to tie up loose ends, to give some of our favorite men a happy ending and to show that even women who are not cut out to be warriors could still be strong, and save themselves, and occasionally, their men.

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