Look and Listen

Biography

Elizabeth Hull, writing under the by line of C.N.Lesley, lives in Alberta with her husband and cats. Her three daughters live close by. When she isn’t writing, Elizabeth likes to read and to paint watercolors. She is also a keen gardener, despite the very short summers and now has a mature shade garden. Once a worker in the communications sector, mostly concentrating on local news and events, she now writes full time. Trivia. The by line comes about because there is a very nice lady fantasy writer already published who uses Elizabeth’s legal name. All Elizabeth’s cats are rescue adoptions. Her current boy was days away from being euthanized, as he was deemed too sick to adopt. The cat recovered within hours of being brought home. She was senior managing editor of FlashMe Magazine and now is assistant flash fiction editor for Abyss and Apex. http://www.abyssapexzine.com/ Elizabeth can be found here: http://cnlesley.wordpress.com/

Inspiration

At around exactly the same time, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien and Dune by Frank Herbert. The depth of character, level of multi-threads and wonderful settings caught me in two very different worlds. Myths and legends always caught my attention, particularly anything Arthurian, or about dragon lore. It is also fascinating to delve deeply into history and see how various emanations of folklore have been deliberate manipulated over time to suit the then current political correctness. Early readings include Beowulf and Chaucer's works. Childhood reading was The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, John Masefield, Lewis Carroll and Charles Kingsley.