Children of Tayjaru
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Building Story Playlists: Music’s Impact on Writing
Writers often speak of a muse that inspires their work. For me, that muse has always been music—not just as background sound, but as a living, breathing part of the writing process. It sets the mood, drives the rhythm, and gives each story its heartbeat. At Heart Tide Press, music shapes everything I create. It’s
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Words of light and texture: the secret language of the Kopri
The Kopri don’t use voices like humans do. Instead, they communicate through rapid changes in skin color and texture—a living language woven across their bodies. Now, you don’t need to have all this background to understand Tide Song, but since people have asked, I thought I’d give you some details to help make the world
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Lessons from Quicksand: Courage and Adaptation
When I was growing up, Tarzan was huge—TV shows, movies, even animated features. And in every single one of them, some hapless minion always got sucked into quicksand. But never Tarzan. Not the hero. To a twelve-year-old, that was pretty cool. And if the hero did fall in, you knew he’d grab a vine or