Tonight we welcome Joyce Reynolds-Ward to The Authors Porch.
Joyce Reynolds-Ward is a speculative fiction writer who splits her time between
Enterprise and Portland, Oregon.
Her short stories have appeared in Black-Eyed Peas on New Year’s Day, Children of a Different Sky, River, How Beer Saved the World 1 and 2, Fantasy Scroll Magazine, and Trust and Treachery among others.
Her books include three series: The Netwalk Sequence (Netwalk: Extended
Edition, Netwalker Uprising, Netwalk’s Children, and Netwalking Space),
Goddess’s Honor (Beyond Honor, Pledges of Honor, Challenges of Honor,
Choices of Honor, and Judgment of Honor) and The Martiniere Legacy (base
trilogy Inheritance, Ascendant, Realization; related work The Heritage of Michael Martiniere and Broken Angel: The Lost Years of Gabriel Martiniere plus three forthcoming books), as well as current standalone Alien Savvy and Klone’s Stronghold.
Joyce has edited two anthologies, Pulling Up Stakes and Whimsical Beasts. She
has earned Semifinalist and Honorable Mention placements in Writers of the
Future. Her book Pledges of Honor was a 2018 Self Published Fantasy Blog-Off
Besides writing, Joyce enjoys reading, quilting, horses, and other outdoor
activities. She is a member of Soroptimist International of Wallowa County.
Joyce is also a Board member of the Northwest Independent Writers Association.
Joyce spent ten years working as a special education teacher in a small rural
middle school on Mt. Hood. That job opened the pathway for skiing and spending a few years as a teacher ski bum.
She spent two years teaching online PE and Health (yes, it’s doable, no, it doesn’t involve Skype) which was a fascinating experience in many ways. This experience provides the foundation for one of Joyce’s recent books, Klone’s stronghold, in which the central character needs to figure out how to teach her cryptid construct students. The ski bum teacher life also drove a good part of the background of Joyce’s characters in the Netwalk Sequence series.
Joyce also currently owns one horse, a 20-year-old Quarter Horse mare, Miss
Olena Chic (Mocha). Joyce’s horse experience goes back to age nine when her parents were given a yearling Shetland pony. She acquired not only a lot of bruises from that pony but a decent riding seat.
Unlike many other writers in the science fiction and fantasy genre, however, Joyce rides Western and not dressage, and aligns more with cowboys than knights.
Somehow that shows up in her fantasy stories. Joyce’s horse background also plays a large role in her most recent work, The Martiniere Legacy series.
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