“There’s enough evil in our world today that I want all the angst to be about anything other than sexuality. I strive to write escapist fantasy, something so out of this world that, while completely relatable, it has the power to carry you away. In most of my books, especially my fantasy and paranormal romances, I portray being gay as normalized. It isn’t just accepted, or legal, or ignored—it’s just as normal as being alive. It’s as normal as being born with brown eyes or blue, blond hair or black, pale skin or ebony. I want my readers to have a safe space from the hate prevalent in our world. Even if my books have evil and angst and high emotion and tension, it won’t be due to sexuality.

“God Jars is also not all about white guys with swinging dicks. In later books, the diversity of the cast really comes through as we meet characters of different sexualities, cultures, skin tones, and distinct regional differences from across the main continent. One thing that seems to amuse folks is that, by a small margin, women outnumber the men within the Aesriphos order. The Sovereign Priest of the monastery Valis joins is intersex but prefers female pronouns. And yes, men cry without shame if their emotions are running high, and come out the other end of their tears stronger for it.”