15 years ago, when I started writing Raven's Birth, it was mostly a way to process trauma. In all honesty, it was never even meant to be a book. I would lie awake in bed at night, unable to sleep, thinking about Lidia, James, Mark, and Cameron, their stories helping me fall asleep. They grew into something more as months went by and eventually took on a life of their own. I can't remember at what point I decided to break out my laptop and start recording the previous night's
