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About Rhonda Denise Johnson

Why Rhonda Writes

Rhonda sits down at her computer and looks at that first blank page, wondering what on Earth she's supposed to do with it. What makes her think she can . . .? But when an idea is percolating in her head, she knows a story is there, and she must write it. She imagines you, the reader, smiling, laughing, hollering at her characters, remembering something in your life, and she gets a very good feeling. It's like when you know what your purpose is in life, and it's something that affects people in a good way.

What Rhonda Writes

As a reader, Rhonda's fascinated by well-written fantasy novels. As a writer, she finds that magic just naturally works its way into her stories, even when she's not purposefully writing a straight-up fantasy novel.

Travel through time and space in The Crossroads of Time , Book One of the Orisha Series.

Discover the captivating secrets of a very small world when you join Jawan's quest to stop the bad guys in Queen of the Quantum Realm, Book One of the Nanosia Series. Then follow Jawan's friend Loby as he unravels the secret of his power in Fire Master, Book Two of the Nanosia Series.

Personal Motto

Despair will not help me solve a probllem or make it go away, so why give in to it?

Education

Rhonda has a masters in English from California State University, Los Angeles, where she taught basic writing to undergraduates as part of the Teaching Associate program. Most of her students spoke English as a second language or came from high schools that did not adequately prepare them for college level writing. It was her job to prepare them to pass the writing proficiency exam. She wrote a paper for and moderated over a graduate conference and served as vice president of the Creative Writing Club.

Some of Rhonda's Favorite Authors

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Note: For series I've only linked to the first book.

Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth - In this multi valume series, an ordinary guy finds out he's not who he thought he was. He falls in love with a woman whose magic power destroys the minds of every man she kisses.
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale - Terror and injustice prevail when the Church regains the power it had during the Middle Ages in this modern-day inquisition.
Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files - Harry Dresden, magical private eye, fights preternatural criminals in this multi-volume series that was also made into a TV show.
Deborah Harkness - A Discovery of Witches - When a witch and a vampire decide to fall in love, all hell breaks loose. Three-volume series.
Carl Sagan - Contact - A message from outer space sends scientists scrambling and preachers heralding doom.