While lightning bugs brought stars to earth, as a little girl, I stood outside, and wished with every bit of me, as I whispered into the night:
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.
Please, let me learn to write a book.
Let me tell stories and bring those stories to life.
As far as back as I can remember, that's all I've ever wanted to do. Write books.
After working jobs most of my adult life that required extensive overtime, with some writing eked out along the way, jumping into writing full-time, while taking writing craft classes on line, was one exciting, scary, hot mess.
I fumbled and stumbled my way through one book, which turned out to be the skeleton of a five-book series. The series, a story of fantasy and adventure, turned out better than I had hoped. The story is fact-paced, with lots of twists and turns to entertain and fun characters that will touch a reader's heart.
Since I intend to write in other genres as well, I wanted to write under a name specifically set aside for Young Adult fiction.
R.J. Merle, derived from my mother's initials and my father's middle name, is that pseudonym. You are welcome to visit the Amazon author page for the series, while the series will appear in other formats, such as Nook, Smashwords, and iBooks, in February. Also, the R.J. Merle website is up and running.
Savage Winds is the first book in the series.
In the near future, I've planned for a story blog and a second series, more geared toward paranormal and the supernatural.
2015. Exciting times!