Anne McCaffrey, The "Dragon Lady," "Mistress
of Pern," and the first woman author to win the top two science fiction
writing prizes, the Hugo and the Nebula award for Dragonflight, passed at age 85 on November 2st. Her book The White
Dragon became one of the first science fiction novels to reach
the New York Times Best Seller List.
The first time I picked up Dragonflight I was already devouring books and getting the seed of
an idea to write my own. I immediately became happily lost in the world of
Pern. No fairy tales here. No fantasy dragon story. Anne McCaffrey immersed me in
a complicated science fiction world with more depth than I, at first,
comprehended. I have to admit that I skipped over a lot of stuff and
concentrated on the dragons' stories.
Ahh, the dragons! Incredible flying creatures of all shapes,
sizes and colors. I couldn't get enough of them. I couldn't choose a favorite
because I loved them all
I sat down to write my own dragon stories. Lucky for the
reading world, those stories were eventually filed away in the garbage (LOL). But
they were FUN to write!
I never lost that fascination with Anne's dragons of Pern. I
devoured ---er---read all her books, and still dreamed of writing my own. Years,
and eight published books, later, I’ve set aside my cat-shifters (temporarily)
and written my own dragon story. Inspired by Anne, in Surrender Her Touch
I created a clan of dragon shapeshifters in a mountain compound, who mingle
with humans in the city below, but keep their heritage secret.
A heartfelt thanks to Anne McCaffrey who gave readers a
world of dragons that will live forever and inspired so many of us.
Happy Reading HUGS!
(Release date:
Dec. 7, 2011 -
Dec. 7, 2011 -
Paranormal
Romance
from Eternal Press).
from Eternal Press).
Sexy dragon-shifter Slade has to convince Summer, the only woman capable of healing dragon-shifters, to save his dragon ruler's life from a mysterious illness. Summer’s horrific memories convince her she would rather see them all dead.
A sensual love-hate romance filled with dragons, danger and death.
