Coming in May, an all-new Darkover anthology featuring tales of decisions, turning points, love lost and found, all in the beloved world of the Bloody Sun. Stories by Jenna Rhodes, Pat MacEwen, Gabrielle Harbowy, Evey Brett, Rosemary and India Edghill, Diana L. Paxson, and more! Order yours today at: iBook, Kindle, Kobo, Nook. Table of Contents is here.
Deborah J. Ross: Tell
us about your introduction to Darkover.
Jenna Rhodes: I
met Marion Zimmer Bradley at a Westercon in northern California, while browsing
the book dealer room. She indicated a selection of books and I looked them
over, saying, “Oh, I don’t know her.” I did buy one or two paperbacks then and
found out the next day I had been talking to the author.
DJR: What about
the world drew you in?
JR: I always
thought of Darkover as a challenging and intriguing world full of
possibilities.
DJR: What inspired your story in Crossroads of Darkover?
JR: I’ve always been curious about the
matrixes and how they live/function beyond the holder to which they’ve bonded.
My story touches on that a little. How did you balance writing in someone
else’s world and being true to your own creative imagination? If you are
steeped in the books’ backstory, I think it’s easier to write stories that fill
in the empty spots. Researching the canon is the challenge.
DJR: Is there
another Darkover story you would particularly like to read?
JR: At the
moment, I am looking forward to reading the latest book from Deborah Ross. She
always incites my imagination, and I will probably have story ideas that bloom.
DJR: What have
you written recently? What is your favorite of your published works and why?
JR: The anthology
stories I’ve had accepted these last few months: “The Locksmith’s Dilemma,” “Trust,”
and “The Windlost” are all under my pen name Jenna Rhodes and I’m pleased with
all of them. I’ve had more than 55 novels published, so it’s difficult to pick
a favorite. I do love the four book series The
Elven Ways I just finished for DAW. They please me because I like to
stretch my writing and think I succeeded.
DJR: What lies
ahead for you?
JR: I’ll be
re-writing The Late, Great Wizard, a
novel for DAW soon, and have forged ahead in its sequel, The New, Improved Sorceress. The more I write, the more I think of
to write.
DJR: Anything
else you’d like our readers to know about you, Darkover, or life in general?
JR: I write under
a number of different pen names: Jenna Rhodes, Elizabeth Forrest, Sara
Jenna Rhodes is one of the pen names of Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz, known for her breadth of talent in science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. (She’s so prolific, she also writes as Emily Drake, Anne Knight, Elizabeth Forrest, Charles Ingrid, Rhondi Vilott Salsitz, R.A.V. Salsitz, Rhondi Vilott, and Rhondi Greening.) She’s been writing since she was in third grade and has published over 50 books and short stories.
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