Janet M. Rayner - Writer
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Janet M. Rayner
Janet M. Rayner
Being an author has been the most unexpected adventure of my lifetime.
I am intuition-driven, working from my dreams or flashes of inspiration that come to me just walking through the world. I’ll stop and render these visions on whatever’s available to capture them before they fade.
For the majority of my life my main medium of expression was visual art. But one day, I woke from a vivid dream with the undeniable urge to start following a different muse. My dream became a story and eventually grew into a novel.
I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, continuing the thoughts from a dream, and watch as tales develop and grow, taking on a life of their own. I sometimes find myself surprised by what I’ve written, thinking, "Wow, I didn't see that coming…"
I’ve been learning about writing as I go along, researching, asking questions, and finding out how to express myself within this increasingly familiar medium.
My first novel, Dreaming Reverie, is a science fiction tale that follows Rachel, a Channel, and a dreamer, living in a world of imposed normalcy, where her worth is constantly questioned. As Rachel's dreams become increasingly important to her, she finds that what she thought was merely ethereal is actually so much more.
Venture, the sequel to Dreaming Reverie, is a novel in progress. It takes Rachel on a cross-continental move to a new job and a new life, with unexpected connections being made along the way that redefine her place in the world.
Of the numerous other stories I’m working on, one has developed from a powerful dream. In Mountain Bird, 13-year-old Mia teams up with five classmates to escape an untenable situation on her home world’s sister planet.
One tale of fiction began with something I found scribbled on a piece of paper in the middle of other writings. I have no idea when I wrote it or if it came from a dream, but when I transcribed it into the computer, the characters began to develop and become dear to me. It’s a sweet tale about generations of family finding value in each other through a Grandfather's storytelling.
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