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Thomas W. Everson
First and foremost, I'm a husband and a father. I've been married a long time and I have one son, who is growing up fast. They are the loves of my life. It's tough managing family life, working ful...view moreFirst and foremost, I'm a husband and a father. I've been married a long time and I have one son, who is growing up fast. They are the loves of my life. It's tough managing family life, working full time, and being an author, but I make it work.
My imaginative side emerged when I was young. About Five-ish. I watched a lot of the cartoon classics like Thundercats, Voltron, GI Joe, Ninja Turtles, and my dad introduced me to video games. They spawned that active imagination, and in turn I would reenact the adventures I saw.
And then came reading. My first memory of reading fantasy was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. That led to reading the sequel books. As I grew, so did my love for escapism. I dove deep into other worlds like 'Pern' (Anne McCaffrey) and 'Punja, the Southron desert' (Jennifer Roberson) and they solidified the hold. I was completely hooked into the fantastic.
About middle school was when I really put pencil to paper for school projects that included creative writing. Their idea of school work became my idea of fun. At the time, the TV show Sliders and the video game Shining Force were inspirations. After the school projects, I began a fanfic from Shining Force. It sits unfinished to this day though.
Things took a more creative turn for me when I got into college and wrote a short story that would sit for a few years. Randomly, I picked it up and began outlining ideas for chapters and story arcs. It took a few more years, but an 11 page story was developed into the 'Rain Experience' series which is over 1200 unedited.
When I was writing, rather than conform to Earth's history, I decided it would be best to make up a different world with humans on it. That allowed me to use similarities in culture, but gave the freedom for it to be its own story.view less