This grumpy Gideon is finished! Fun fact: about two years ago, while writing Meganeea, I hit a massive block at the point where Faahvrigüo grows up. I could not move on at all. I decided to shake it up by reintroducing a child character’s point of view. It helped a lot, even though I’m already at the writing stage where Gideon, himself, is a young adult. He turned out to be a pivotal (and very major) character in the first book –the story does not work without him at all.

Fun fact #2: Gideon’s necklace (only barely visible here) is based on a necklace my mom wore as a teenager, which she passed on to me, and then I wore as a teenager too. The only reason I retired from my daily wear it was fear of it breaking.