What drew me to this book, was, of course, a goddess — African goddess Oya of storms from West Africa. Check out the below image of her I found along with some great info at this site. In my fantasy series project, FISH, goddesses play an essential and active role in the world. I actually…
Category: Writing
Writer’s Borrel: come and meet up with local writers in Amsterdam! 7 March 2019 @ 7.30pm
It doesn’t matter your level or whether you’re published or not. Come and hang out, commiserate, celebrate, network. Up to you. 🙂 Check out the Facebook event for details. If you don’t have Facebook, the location is Cafe Lennep. Extra bonus: we’re always looking for new members to join the AWC Writing Group. If you’re…
Book about non-cliche merpeople: Into the Drowning Deep
Another interesting book as research for my FISH series project. I just finished reading this thriller by Mira Grant set in the near future about mermaids. It was interesting to read her take on the unfolding of the mermaid myth. I personally would’ve preferred a few less POVs, but it was still an enjoyable read….
Book with non-cliche merpeople: The Moon and the Sun
My current project, FISH (working title for my fantasy series), involves a species of merpeople loosely based on the Jengu, ancient lake mermaids from Africa. I call them Chengu in my series. Unfortunately finding good books about merpeople that aren’t cliche romances is hard to come by, so I was pleased to come across this…
cmchang.net is live (again)!
I was horrified to learn that my old author website died. 🙁 So I immediately set to work on WordPress. It took a few days, and here it is. Still some work to do, but I’m proud of myself for building it all on my own. In addition to science fiction & fantasy writing, you…