Read a lot, write a lot, and learn grammar. But people tell me my books remind them of Ranger’s Apprentice and Chronicles of Prydain.īook 4 in the Unexpected Heroes series, as well as more short stories, both “contemporary” to the series and “fairy tales” set in the past. Children slowed me down to 400, and writing my own books knocked me down to 200. I used to read an average of 600 books a year. What authors, or books have influenced you? No? What counts as unusual in the odd world of writing? There’s one story for each country/race, starring minor characters from my main series, Unexpected Heroes. Unexpected Tales is a small short story collection I created to introduce my world of Kaiatan. What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it? (If she walks, she can read at the same time, which is a nice bonus.) She prefers walking over bicycles or cars, because her feet are less scary. In between writing and spending time with her family, she reads, embroiders, gardens, and teaches small children at church. She has learned to keep a notebook by her bed to jot down ideas so she can go to sleep and deal with them in the morning. If you catch her muttering to thin air, she’s probably arguing with one of her characters. Her characters take over her brain on a regular basis. Her future adult fiction will be under M. The plotted six chapters grew to an entire novel, and now a series is in progress.Ĭurrently, she writes young adult fantasy as Marty C. Lee told stories for most of her life, but never took them seriously until her daughter asked her to write a particular one. Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.

Legends of Kaiatan by Marty C. Lee