by Willamette Sutta | Apr 9, 2026 | Author Note
I’s April, and we’ve got fools on our minds. Yet, I’ve been ruminating about these fellows long before the first of this month. At the start of my freshman year in college, a long time ago, the professor in my General English class gave us an assignment to write a...
by Willamette Sutta | Mar 9, 2026 | Author Note
I’ve heard it said that reading fantasy helps us escape the harshness of reality, giving us a refreshing break. I agree it is enticing to immerse myself in an alternate reality full of thrilling action and likable characters who share their lives with me. But I do not...
by Willamette Sutta | Jan 12, 2026 | Author Note
The new year is a time for reflection as well as resolution. As I think on the obstacles to my writing career, I have to go back to the beginning. An Inauspicious Start I walked into the narrow New York City apartment, still in a daze from the long plane ride. My...
by Willamette Sutta | Oct 5, 2025 | Author Note, Book Excerpt, Books Info
You know the drill: a prequel short story always precedes the launch of the next book in the Far Stone Cycle. Well, it’s here! Sense Shattered, Riven Origins Book 3, tells the story of how Oyan, the Stone of Wisdom, was splintered into 27 pieces. But this one...
by Willamette Sutta | Sep 6, 2025 | Author Note
Where did you get the writing from? This question came from a friend, after learning that all my brothers and I studied science or engineering in college. I had never thought about my literary legacy before. What’s more remarkable is that I’m not the only one of my...
by Willamette Sutta | Aug 12, 2025 | Author Note
For over two weeks in July, we traveled by car to a writer’s conference in Michigan, a two-star swimming championships in Wisconsin, and then back to Michigan for a family vacation. It was the longest I’ve been away from home since college. The many wonderful...
