Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in Silicon Valley and have worked in tech my whole life. I started as a secretary at age 19, worked my way through self-study and got my dual major degree in Physics and Psychology with a very strong major (as in one more lab class would have finished it) in Biology. I then got into graduate school at Stanford. But like many high tech types, I dropped out… as I was still working full time as an engineer.
I worked for a number of large firms but I really loved working at high tech start-ups including a few I founded myself. I raised millions from venture capitalists and sold one of my companies to Samsung. Along the way I was granted a bit over a hundred US patents including some for PenTile Matrix display tech. If you have a Galaxy phone, you are using PenTile tech.
I have a chapter in Mobile Displays: Technology and Applications… and a chapter in Kay Koplivitz’es “Been There – Run That”
Most of my writing until now has been non-fiction for articles in tech journals and magazines.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first novel is called “All The Stars Are Suns”. It is the first of what I hope will be a series. This first book is set in our own solar system, Earth, Earth Orbit, and Venus… and tells the tale of how we go to the stars. It is “hard” science fiction in that there is no “Phake Physics(tm)” or magic. No warp drive, no ray guns, no faster than light comm systems. But the science and tech is very advanced. Many of the ideas are things I know about because of being in tech and having lots of connections with folks working on the cutting edge and beyond… plus, some of the ideas are inventions that I couldn’t develop or patent because they are “ahead of their time”.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My desk at home is set opposite my husbands. We talk all of the time as we write. He is a retired journalist and editor… He edits my work, both fiction and non-fiction. But one thing I do that perhaps is unusual is that I mostly write in the very early morning as I drink my one cup of coffee, then switch to unsweetened tea. I think about my next bit of writing as I’m going to sleep. In that fuzzy wuzzy state I often half-dream all of the action and dialog. When I awake the next morning, it flows through the keyboard.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve an avid reader. My husband and I have a library of over 10,000 books at home. We converted a detached garage into a small town library! I love Jane Austin, David Weber, Heinlein, Asimov, and David Brin. But I also read non-fiction, including science textbooks to stay current.
What are you working on now?
I’m “day dreaming” scenes for a sequel called “Ravens’ Rook”… it will be a challenge because while it will remain “hard” science fiction it will have the flavor of fantasy because as Arthur Clark said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” The tech will be very high bio-tech that would if you didn’t know that tech seem like pure magic. But the rules of science and how the tech works limit what can be done with it…
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Don’t know… just starting out!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write!
What are you reading now?
I’m ready West With The Night by Beryl Markem. It is a perenial favorite among women pilots. Imagine, growing up in colonial Kenya, working with horses and flying your own airplane? Wow! What a great life.
What’s next for you as a writer?
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Air Force Survival Manual !!! and the entire Honorverse series by Weber.
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