Goodreads asked Linnea Tanner:

How do you get inspired to write?

Linnea Tanner As a young girl growing up in the 1950's, I was inspired by myths and legends of powerful women warriors and sorceresses. In third grade, when most of my friends were reading Nancy Drew mysteries, I was devouring books on Greek and Nordic mythology. By eighth grade, I was reading adult historical fiction with bigger-than life adventures of epic heroes and heroines who steered the fate of humans. Since then, I wanted to be a writer.

I was inspired to write "Apollo's Raven" when I saw the statue of the Celtic Warrior Queen Boudica with her two daughters in a chariot prominently displayed in London, Her determination to lead a resistance against the Romans in 61 AD intrigued me. In the Victorian Era, Boudica’s fame took on legendary proportions as Queen Victoria became associated with Boudica's "namesake", their names being identical in meaning.

Modern readers can draw on the rich traditions of ancient civilizations where women owned property and could become rulers and spiritual leaders. Women fought with weapons, hunted, rode horses and used bows and arrows, just like the men, to maintain the integrity and protection of their family and society.

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