Danielle Freeman

Well, the series started out as just a short story that I wrote and published on my DeviantArt page back when I was 18. I wanted to write a short story about a werewolf hunter who ends up finding out that everything he thought he knew was wrong. I didn't want it too emo, though, which is where the character of Falor came in.

Not long after, I started writing a sequel, which eventually merged with the first story and ballooned into "The Rebirth and Awakening of Wolfie Star-Runner". By this time, I had become more motivated by the fact that, although I love werewolves, I was having a very hard time finding books, movies, and T.V. shows that went in a more traditional fantasy adventure direction instead of the horror, urban fantasy, or paranormal romance route and actually showed a werewolf protagonist enjoying and mastering his powers and the potential versatility of a werewolf's shapeshifting abilities. It was kind of frustrating, really, so I kind of took maters into my own hands.

Personally, I'm not fond of the "werewolves as immortals" angle myself. I believe that werewolves are at their best when they are mortal beings with a few superhuman abilities and immortal werewolves feel very forced to me. It sometimes feels as if the trend is based around trying to make werewolves more appealing to the masses by making them a bit more like vampires: more sex-appeal, more angst, immortality, etc. By doing this, you run the rust of ultimately just end up with vampires who eat meat instead of blood and can go out in the sunlight.

Where the werewolf's charm comes from, for me at least, is that a werewolf can be your average guy on the street, the dude sitting in the cubical next to yours playing WoW when he thinks the boss isn't looking, the girl behind the counter at Taco Bell, the sweet old lady across the street who acts like the neighborhood grandmother...anyone. This is why keeping them mortal makes them more fun to work with and why I feel like there are just so many missed opportunities in characterization for them...Like, for instance, as protagonists in fantasy adventure stories.