I'm SherryT, a fantasy author trapped on the U.S. east coast & longing to live on my fantasy world of Narenta but not during a war! I enjoy helping fellow-writers & appreciate being helped; amateur photography; creating art by hand or graphics software; music esp filk, folk & world music ex. Putumayo. I like fantasy & mysteries but these days I write more than I read. I watch just a few TV shows a season but I'm very loyal to those I watch. I love 100’s of films. Other interests: ethnic cuisine, dark chocolate, my faith, playing servant to my cats Khiva & Vartha, “wasting time with my friends”, enjoying nature—except ice storms I worked at a library for 30 years. What's better than being around books every day? Writing them. I started my 1st Narenta Tumults fantasy "Seabird" in 1979. Writing Narenta #1 was such fun as soon as I finished it, I began its sequel I began writing short stories in the mid-80's because my writing instructors assigned us short works. Wailing "I write long" gained me no sympathy. I’ve written 40-50 shorts, 33 in my new Tree House Tales collection but I rarely submit the stuph stuffed in the folder because, well, I write long After retiring from my 1st career, I focused on writing, networking with other authors like my Lost Genre Guild buddies, catching up on manuscript revisions & of course writing new material. Speaking of which, revised editions of my 1st Narenta novels, Seabird & Earthbow, will be available in early 2015. Marooned, the 3rd novel set on Narenta will appear later in 2015. Two other Narenta novels still need work. The Gryphon & the Basilisk aka “The Behemoth” aka "Its Wordiness" not so secretly wants to be a trilogy & keeps saying "Feed me!" G&B looks more like a gigantic plant every day. I'm beginning to worry. Another Narenta novel is having an identity crisis & has asked to be called, "Da Boid, da Tree-Rat 'n' da Loser”. As a loving book-mama, I’m giving it time to work through its issues.