Badass Teens Meet The Galaxy! - Paperback
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In Book 2 of The Water Bear Cycle, their alien mentor Spot asks our group of human friends to join her out in the Galaxy. Now almost 2 years older, everything's getting more complicated for our crew. Can you fall in love with an alien who looks like a giant slug? What will your friends think? Whether they're being thrown in jail. caught in explosions, or fighting alien foes, life is never dull. Old friends--and lovers--always keep changing. Join Mari and the gang as they face the excitement of discovery and the pain of loss.
As if their own concerns weren't enough, the Galaxy itself is facing deadly threats from an ancient power. But what can a small group of teens do in the face of such colossal challenges? You may be surprised! Sometimes small actions have enormous consequences. But will it be enough?
I've been enthralled by science fiction almost as long as I can remember. The top of my little head exploded the first time I saw the 1951 movie classic, The Day The Earth Stood Still. I identified with Gort, the robot. A few years later I read Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, leading to my very first fan letter, which he graciously answered. I stalked him for a while after that, but stopped before he could take out a restraining order.
From my father, I inherited a great fear of spending time behind bars. That philosophical stance has informed most of my major life choices. After spending my 20's in the usual random selection of jobs, my plan to run away to the circus was derailed by sobriety, marriage and medical school- a dangerous combination if ever there was one.
I've changed the names to protect, well, me, and so far it seems to be working. Most of my alien characters are based on family members, so if you catch a whiff of authenticity in my writing, that's probably the source. Years of toil in the trenches of psychiatry have given me a keen understanding of human nature, something which, having learned, is frightfully hard to un-learn. Since many people fear psychiatrists- rightly so- I usually tell people I'm a proctologist. This leads to some awkward conversations, as you might imagine, but so does admitting I'm a psychiatrist.
I'm currently living in New Mexico, in what Philip K. Dick might call the Neutral Zone. If you notice the absence of identifying tattoos, birthmarks, age, gender, and race in this account, that's not an accident. Given the choice between notoriety and invisibility, I'll opt for obscurity every time. It makes staying out of jail so much easier.
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