There are so many brilliant authors, what I do is study passages - or even an entire book – if I feel an author has been particularly successful in any specific area of writing.Ģ. As a librarian and lifelong avid reader, I enjoy reading a wide variety of books.

I also don’t have one particular author that I would say influences my writing. Instead of subscribing to blogs, I follow a lot of authors on Twitter and Facebook and other social media sites, and visit their blogs or websites when a specific topic or post catches my attention. I do follow Michelle Hauck and Amy Trueblood because I work with them as a mentor on their writing contests. Vicki : I don’t actually subscribe to many blogs, because I find it overwhelms my email, and I have a lot of other things I need to concentrate on in my email feed. What authors’ blogs do you subscribe to? Is there one particular author that you find the most helpful in your own writing? But when an entire species is placed in jeopardy by her actions, she must make a choice – fulfill the dream that’s always sustained her, or save the planet she’s never considered home.ġ. One offers riches, one shatters Ann’s perceptions of herself, and one reveals that the humans stranded on Eco are not its only inhabitants.Īnn’s willing to sacrifice friendship and love for a new life on Earth. Ann‘s determination to escape the limitations of her small, frontier colony never falters, until Dace’s expeditions uncover three secrets. Especially since all she’s required to do is escort Dace Keeling, a young naturalist, through the wilderness of the partially terraformed planet Eco. For a ticket to Earth, seventeen-year-old Anna-Maria “Ann” Solano is willing to jettison her birth planet, best friend, and the boy who loves her.

Facsimile by Vicki L. Weavil