Theresa Crater

I just wrote the last scene of my latest novel, The Star Family. There are still some scenes to fill in. Then comes revising. But it felt good, nonetheless.

Anastasia V. Pergakis has featured Under the Stone Paw, the first novel in the Power Places series today at Beyond Worlds. She does a great Highlighted Author series. Check it out.

I have a short story in a fun anthology from Tyche Books called Ride the Moon. This collection takes the moon back from the usual suspects, werewolves and vampires, and explores the lunar legends of different creatures and cultures. It’s up on Amazon now and you can buy it by clicking this link. For other eBook formats or print copies, check Tyche’s website.

My story “White Moon” is based on the legend of the Mayan goddess Ixchel. She is the mother of the four jaguar gods of Mayan legend, the elder goddess of midwifery and healing, of fertility and procreation. Her consort is the Sun God, Itzamna, the father of her children. Being a ball of fire, Itzamna has a fierce temper, and when Izchel tires of this, she goes to Cozumel to spend time with women.

I took this theme of the tides of relationships and showed it in three couples. This story was inspired by meeting the crystal skull named Ixchel at the 11.11.11 conference in L.A. Several real people inspired the characters, but the situations are purely fiction–meant to play with the theme of Ixchel’s myth. Below is a picture of Ixchel.

My student Steve Musal has a helpful article on publishing in our student newspaper, The Metropolitan. He interviewed me and used some of the information I gave him. Here it is.

 God in a Box is now $2.99 on Amazon.

It’s the early 1970s. The time of feminism, psychotherapy and eastern philosophy. On a lark, Stacey     Carmichael attends a lecture about meditation from one of those new Indian gurus who have suddenly appeared everywhere. Intrigued in spite of her skepticism, she learns to meditate— and has the experience of a lifetime. Stacey decides to become a teacher of meditation herself—and then the human side of this organization rears its ugly head. Lesbians need not apply. Leave your partner, become a celibate, and then we’ll see. How can she give up this meditation that has given her so much? But how can she give up who she really is?