The men, on the other hand, make sense to her. She always struggles to connect with the heroines. That being said, as a reader, Alanea always gravitates towards the male characters. These two writers changed her perception. Alanea is drawn to writers like McCaffrey because they introduced her to stories with strong female characters.īefore stumbling across McCaffrey and Pierce’s novels, Alanea had never seen women in a heroic light in any of the fiction she read. A fan of authors like Tamora Pierce and Anne McCaffrey that incorporate amazing worlds into their stories, Alanea Alder writes paranormal novels because the genre is so diverse. This is why she enjoys writing about them. They are mirrors of various aspects of her being. Her characters are based on the writer’s personal traits. The author doesn’t have much difficulty weaving her plot and populating it with characters once she knows the world they will inhabit. She enjoys dreaming up new settings and concepts. Worldbuilding is one of the most appealing elements of writing for Alanea. The story grew out of the world she had already built. She was inspired to write them after creating the city at the heart of the series. She is known primarily for the ‘Bewitched and Bewildered’ books. So Alanea banished her doubts, sat down, and wrote the stories that were bubbling in her mind. She realized that nothing was keeping her from fulfilling her life’s dream of writing fiction.Īnd in this day and age, there were a thousand ways for the author to get her stories to the public. Heather’s words struck a chord in Alanea. This is why she refused to nurture any notions of writing for a living.Įverything changed when she listened to a speech that Heather Rainiers gave at a Siren Convention. The author eventually agreed that it wasn’t the most lucrative career choice. While she was quite clear about her interests, no one encouraged her to pursue her publishing dreams when she was young.

Even though she continued to write through college, it took Alanea a while to pursue her publishing dreams.

Alanea was in grade school when the hobby took a hold of her. She was a reader before she started writing.

Fated Forgiveness by Alanea Alder