The Clometheons follows a solitary seamtress living in a remote valley facing past trauma while finding herself and her friends pulled into a strange interdimensional conflict. Where did the idea behind this novel come from?

My ideas stemmed from viewing a high mountain plain during a motorcycle trip in Wyoming and wanting a woman to be the main character and heroine of an epic tale, simply because I do not feel that women are chosen for such roles as often as they could be, and mountains are majestically inspirational. The rest of the “active ingredients” came from bits and pieces I gathered from friends and family that I considered amazing elements for “some story, somewhere.” From there, I began formulating a storyline. As I progressed, I often found myself in a state of wonder, thinking not only about where I wanted the story to go, but how to get there in the least expected, least predictable way I could conjure. 

The science inserted in the fiction, I felt, was well-balanced. How did you manage to keep it grounded while still providing the fantastic edge science fiction stories usually provide?

Because I wanted to write a story that would reach across genres and demographics, to write something almost anyone could enjoy, I intentionally steered away from things becoming too complex for younger readers or too simple for older readers. I also felt that the genre has a stereotypical public perception of being deeply intricate, “nerdy,” and over-the-top detailed with the inner workings of things involved. While the mainstream sci-fi releases are still great books and wonderful stories, they mostly cater to a niche audience. Therefore, having a desire to reach as many readers as possible, I chose to ignore the common molds and branch out in new ways, creating a uniquely suspenseful, unpredictable journey. Maintaining suspense was one way to turn the scientific details over to the readers, allowing their own minds to visualize the moment instead of dissecting it. Instead of me explaining how things work or why such things are possible, I simply let the science happen. We all use things in our daily lives without knowing the science of how they operate or why they work the way they do. This story resembles that commonplace presence, where the knowledge isn’t as critical as its application.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

Women’s empowerment by creating a female role model, who seeks kindness, fairness, and generous goodwill towards humanity, but also comes to realize that sometimes there is no avoiding the need to draw a line and stand behind that decision for the greater good. Men have traditionally held this role, and many have been very good at it; I simply wanted to do something for the girls that might give them courage and strength to be whatever they desire, and the confidence to believe that they can do whatever they must when tough circumstances and choices confront them.

Outside of that intention, I’ve noticed that today’s culture has strongly abandoned the value of “escape” entertainment. Instead of deliberately platforming throughout the content of a story and forcing anyone to swallow the author’s perceptions about anything, I chose to write an old-fashioned good vs evil tale, where the readers can immerse themselves in the characters and storyline, and enjoy the story for what it was intended to be, a momentary escape from all the pressures of the world. From there, I chose the common desires across all cultures, where peace, love, loyalty, honor, accountability, responsibility, integrity (and many more), all have a valued presence and core existence between the members of their society and communities. 

Can we look forward to more work from you soon? What are you currently working on?
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Yes! I am hard at work wrapping up the sequel, The Clometheons: Return of the Bringer, and beginning the third installment, The Clometheons: The Power of Seven. I do have some other genres, both fiction and nonfiction, that are already in the mix. If The Clometheons doesn’t get too crazy, you can also expect a detective/crime/sci-fi trilogy in the near future that contains an original plot twist! As far as I have been able to find, I have something that has NEVER been done before! While I’ve seen things that come close, I must believe that if other authors had thought of my twist, they would have chosen it to prevent paralleling any other authors at the very least.

Don’t nobody go nowhere… I have some incredible works lined up for the next two to three decades! 
 
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