I I have been asked many questions about Irony of Time and have read many of the reviews. I thought it would be nice to address some of the comments and/ or questions I have been asked or have come across.

 

**I think the biggest question or one can even call it a complaint readers have about my novel is that they want to know more about Ian.  They are frustrated that he is so "murky" and shrouded in mystery.  So why didn't I provide a more indepth backstory to his character?

  Answer:   Simple, it isn't his journey.  I wanted the reader to focus on Miriam.  Ian is meant to be a character that is clouded in secrecy.   Readers are given bits and pieces to his interesting past, but never the full story.  To give his full story I felt would pull the readers away from Miriam and put an unnessary focus on who he is and his reasons for the path he has taken.  I have given many clues to who Ian is and his true reasons for his action.  I have also taken considerable time and effort into letting his true personality materialize through his actions and relationship with Miriam.  This character is essential to Miriam's journey and self discovery, but not one to be completely known about and understood by the reader.  Maybe one day he will get his time.

 

**Is there another book coming that involves Ian and Miriam further?

 Answer:  Well, yes and no.  Yes, there is another book in this "series" called Hope With Stickers . It is what has been termed a companion novel.  You get Miriam and how her journey has impacted another minor character's life (Hope)  from Irony of Time.   Miriam's chance interaction  with Hope during her time travel changes this minor characters whole life.  No, the reader does not really get to have more of Ian.  Again, though...it is not his story.  However, you get a a few new  male characters that are  just as intriguing and handsome, if not more.

 

What do you like about your characters?

**Answer: Miriam is my heroine.  What I love about her is the arc of her character.  The reader will get to know the many versions of her throughout a ten year period.  You get to see how destroyed emotionally and physically she was and how everything she was suppose to become deterorated.  Then she shows you her light hearted humorous, fiery confident side she has discovered all while living blissfully, away from the pain,  with amnesia and then you get to go travel back in time with her into her teenage self once again where she now remembers the upcoming family tragedy that was about to destroy them all again and finds this incredible will to try and bend destiny into the life she feels her family should have been given.  

 

Then there is Ian.  Or Dr. Ian Stone.  I like him because his character will make you debate with yourself over who he is and whether you love or hate him and how that changes every few chapters.  His love for Miriam runs deep, but his secret runs deeper.

 

The story has sci-fi elements with time travel, but also elements of romance. How do you classify yourself as a writer? 

**Answer: I enjoy writing romance and taking stories in unexpected directions. My first two novels, Irony of Time and the companion novel, Hope with Stickers, are in the sub-genre of paranormal romance.

 

 

"Irony of Time" also deals with grief and love and the lengths you would go to in order to change time. Is there a bigger lesson here?

**Answer: With several themes occurring throughout the story, there are a variety of lessons present in many aspects of Miriam’s journey.  Readers from 16 to 60 have discovered different themes, sharing with me the value of these lessons have had on their own personal lives.  I believe readers will continue to find their own messages.  The enjoyment of writing a book of this nature is the end result, aside from the actual storyline, often provides something for everyone.  In this novel and in life, with everything from relationships, love and loss to intentions, forgiveness and the powers that be, the possibilities are endless.

 

A few have found it to be "slow plodding." 

Comment:  I have found that this comment tends to come from males (no offense, and not all of them).  I take time to build the relationships in the story and to really show Miriam's family dynamics all the while leaving a reader wondering what happened to her that destroyed everything?  Then when you find out, will it all happen again?  I think my story is geared more toward women.  There isn't a great deal  of "blow them up or gun in your face action" just relationships that take you on an emotional journey around some interesting twists and turns.  Sorry, men.  Woman are considered the more emotional of the two, correct?