Esen-alit-Quar. Esen for short. Es in a hurry.

Shapeshifter. Semi-immortal.

With the very best intentions

And the very worst luck.

 

 

I’m often asked which of my characters is
most like me. I try not to answer. It’s one of those embarrassing questions for an author.

However, I now confess what’s likely obvious to anyone who’s taken a walk anywhere with me when I’m in “oh, look at the slime!” mode. Fine. Yes. It’s Esen.

Or rather, writing Esen lets me be myself, more than any other stories.

On her behalf, I’m free to gather the real life oddities that fascinate me, then use them to create aliens and environments to my heart’s content, most often while chuckling to myself. Through her adventures, I can express the wonderful, messy, amazing complexity that is life, and my joy in it.

So thank you for taking Esen into your hearts, blue jelly and explosions and all. You’ve taken me too.

- Julie