Djuana Berlin

The first stories I remember that had an impact on me as a child were the Chronicles of Narnia series. These books, especially "The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe", took me away to a different land and a different time.but they also made me want to be a writer myself, because I discovered that when writing, I could go into my own world, just like I did in Narnia. I have reread these books so many times that I can almost quote them by heart. I have read them to my children many times. They have a great influence on the way I write.

I took my favorite scene in my book, an action scene, and I wrote out a synopsis in pictures.Then I looked for a designer that could take my word picture and expand it. With my Land of Nubbins series, I had some of the characters that were not quiet human. They had to have human features but also look like nuts. That is where my cover artist's talent came through. She took my ideas and created a picture of them, and she made my Nut children come alive!