On April 20, 2016 Travelers was released for the world to read. It was a happy yet tentative moment for me. As most authors will tell you, they don't expect everyone to LOVE their books, and the fact that we don't always get reviews or feedback on our work, makes us unsure of what the world thinks. Only the BIG names in writing get to hear a bunch of opinions, and sometimes even those aren't positive. I started with a simple cover to capture the time travel essence of the book, but re-launched it last year in June with a new cover to give it some zip. I wanted people to see what the book was about at first glance and we all know many judge a book by its cover. This wasn't my first attempt at writing about mermaids, but let's just say, my story has come a long way from the version I wrote when I was eight-years-old. The sea and the beautiful creatures of myth that live in them have always fascinated me. I wasn't ready to write a story for the world to read until I was much older, but when I figured out a way to combine a few things that interested me into a story, it had to be written. With a mixture of pop-culture, mermaids, time travel, and history, I was able to throw in all the things I really love. My first mermaid (marid maid) book.
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