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 like fantasy & mysteries but these days I write more than I read. My favorite authors are the Inklings: all the writings of Lewis; Tolkien's Hobbit & LotR; Charles Williams' supernatural thrillers like The Greater Trumps& his Arthurian poetry; Barbara Hambly; Madeleine l'Engle; Susan Cooper; Ken Grimwood &Tony Hillerman.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, soft rock, classical guitar. I watch just a few TV shows a season but I'm very loyal to those I watch--currently Person of Interest/Scorpion/Elementary/Grimm/Good Wife/CSI/Mentalist. I love 100's of films but I refuse to play favorites by listing a few.Other interests: ethnic cuisine, dark chocolate, playing servant to my cats Khiva & Vartha who have a cameo in THT, my faith, "wasting time with my friends", enjoying nature--except ice storms.I worked at an academic library for 30 years. What could be better than being around books every day? Writing them.I wrote my 1st Narenta Tumults fantasy, "Seabird" beginning in 1979. Writing Narenta #1 was such fun when I reached the end, I began writing its sequel. And the sequel to the sequel. After retiring from my first career, I focused on writing, networking with other fantasy authors like my Lost Genre Guild colleagues & buddies, catching up on manuscript revisions & of course writing new material.Speaking of which, revised editions of my 1st Narenta Tumults fantasy 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.I began writing short stories in the mid80's because my writing instructors assigned us short works. Wailing "I write long" gained me no sympathy. I've written 40-50 shorts---33 of which are in my new Tree House Tales collection! --- but I rarely submitted the stuph stuffed in their folder because, well, I write long.***Forthcoming any d/a/y/ hour now!***Tree House Tales, a collection of short works & original art. "The Daily Scroll" an almost-daily blog focusing on creativity & imagination LinkedIn http://tinyurl.com/Sherry-s-LinkedIn-pagehttp://www.pinterest.com/sherryttreehous/