Peyton Stafford
Full Member
Hello everyone,
I live in the Portland, Oregon, area, where the damp and cloudy climate encourages a fantastical view of life.
My reading tastes are broad. This week, I'm reading Octavia's Brood, but recently I finished The Magnificent Ambersons, and What to Read and Why by Francine Prose will be next. Mostly, I like beautiful prose and stories that look deeply into human life, regardless of genre.
I enjoy writing fantasy stories about people who resolve their own identity issues while making a place for themselves in the world, and maybe saving the world while they're at it. I have finished writing the final draft of a high fantasy novel, in which the protagonist discovers who he is, and how decisions made in past lives led to his current situation. After battling people who have been corrupted by power, he gains power and must learn to use it wisely. The sequel will deal with this issue of having power, using it wisely, and not allowing fear of losing it to unhinge oneself. Along with his adventures, he finds true love in the arms of a sword-wielding alpha warrior princess, and he does save the world with her help.
My current WIP is about a middle-aged American businessman trying to raise funds for his company, which is in danger of failing. On the plane to a meeting with potential investors, he meets a woman who throws herself at him. When he arrives at his destination, he finds that she has bribed the hotel desk clerk to move him to a suite next to hers, and of course she seduces him. He thinks she may be insane and does not know what to make of the wings attached to her back, and of how she can fold and unfold them at will. You guessed it, she really is a Pixie, but she is a Pixie who lives in the real world, so she has advanced degrees in finance and computer science, and she works in high tech. The story goes from there with appearances by Count Dracula, a gang of evil werewolves who use social media to destroy people's minds, and many twists and turns, and a high tech gadget that lets people connect their brains directly to the Internet.
My career has been in book publishing and marketing, mostly working with small juvenile nonfiction publishers and tech startups. It's all on LinkedIn. I have a nonfiction book that I co-edited coming out from ALA Editions, which publishes professional books for librarians and information professionals. Release was delayed by the pandemic, but it should be out by summer of 2022.
Food and drink? I like nearly everything except fast food.
I look forward to participating in the colony.
I live in the Portland, Oregon, area, where the damp and cloudy climate encourages a fantastical view of life.
My reading tastes are broad. This week, I'm reading Octavia's Brood, but recently I finished The Magnificent Ambersons, and What to Read and Why by Francine Prose will be next. Mostly, I like beautiful prose and stories that look deeply into human life, regardless of genre.
I enjoy writing fantasy stories about people who resolve their own identity issues while making a place for themselves in the world, and maybe saving the world while they're at it. I have finished writing the final draft of a high fantasy novel, in which the protagonist discovers who he is, and how decisions made in past lives led to his current situation. After battling people who have been corrupted by power, he gains power and must learn to use it wisely. The sequel will deal with this issue of having power, using it wisely, and not allowing fear of losing it to unhinge oneself. Along with his adventures, he finds true love in the arms of a sword-wielding alpha warrior princess, and he does save the world with her help.
My current WIP is about a middle-aged American businessman trying to raise funds for his company, which is in danger of failing. On the plane to a meeting with potential investors, he meets a woman who throws herself at him. When he arrives at his destination, he finds that she has bribed the hotel desk clerk to move him to a suite next to hers, and of course she seduces him. He thinks she may be insane and does not know what to make of the wings attached to her back, and of how she can fold and unfold them at will. You guessed it, she really is a Pixie, but she is a Pixie who lives in the real world, so she has advanced degrees in finance and computer science, and she works in high tech. The story goes from there with appearances by Count Dracula, a gang of evil werewolves who use social media to destroy people's minds, and many twists and turns, and a high tech gadget that lets people connect their brains directly to the Internet.
My career has been in book publishing and marketing, mostly working with small juvenile nonfiction publishers and tech startups. It's all on LinkedIn. I have a nonfiction book that I co-edited coming out from ALA Editions, which publishes professional books for librarians and information professionals. Release was delayed by the pandemic, but it should be out by summer of 2022.
Food and drink? I like nearly everything except fast food.
I look forward to participating in the colony.
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Plenty of fantasy writers here!
