Life on Earth – as I Know It!

Even though it’s a space opera, you’ll find sideways references to life on Earth as I know it between the covers of my current book, Lightfoot.

In the novel, there are two oblique references to Irish history (try to find both), one to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and at least one direct quote from Jane Austen.

What kind of ninny quotes Jane Austen in a science fiction book? The answer is me.

Being a self-published author gives me the freedom to have some fun and please myself.

With this in mind, I named a secondary character in Lightfoot after someone I know in real life. (Some of you may recognize the name.) And an alien character gets her hair styled by the same person as I do – but not in a salon in Reno, Nevada. A spaceship in the parking lot would cause too much of a stir, I suspect.

In addition to that, my protagonist corresponds with a Haitian humanitarian I’ve emailed in the past – and who is definitely resident on Planet Earth. In a fit of highhandedness, I married off a business acquaintance to the leader of a space fleet, quite without her permission. At least her fictional marriage is a happy one. Perhaps I should let her know…

Shouldn’t writing be fun?

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