We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Danielle M. Orsino. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Danielle below.

Alright, Danielle thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

My patient who inspired my novel pushed me to pursue this, the universe threw many boulders at me to help with convincing me this was my path.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Danielle M. Orsino is an award-winning fantasy novelist whose lifelong vision to create whimsical realms that her readers can escape to. Her compelling word-weaving pays homage to a multitude of personal muses, from Chris Claremont and George Pérez (both famous comic book writers), to Anne Rice and Wonder Woman.

The creative spark of storytelling has been with Danielle ever since she was a child, but martial arts and her nursing career took center stage into adulthood. Then, on a day like any other, it was reignited during the most unexpected of moments: while treating one of her patients. Seeing that they longed for a distraction during their arduous treatments, the floodgates of inspiration soon burst forth. So, Danielle took it upon herself to tell them a story; a fantastical narrative that would leave the confines of that IV room’s walls and land upon a page. Before she knew it, what started as an imaginative tale to pass the time, turned into book, followed by an entire series: The Birth of the Fae. This awe-inspiring series includes Locked out of Heaven (Book One), Thine Eyes of Mercy (Book Two), From the Ashes (Book Three), and, Kingdom Come (Book Four) all of which are published by 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc. And with an unwavering passion for cosplay and comics, it was a unanimous decision to place her on the cover of each book in all her Fae cosplay glory. Many are calling her the new “Fabio of Fantasy.”
The Birth of the Fae also features Los, an affable chameleon dragon inspired by her fun-loving Yorkie named Carlos.

When writing wasn’t at the forefront of her mind, Danielle was a successful Martial Artist. Some of her achievements include “1999 World Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee”, “Female Martial Artist of the Year”, “WKA World Champion Silver Medalist 2008”, and numerous more. She has also garnered hundreds of martial art tournament wins, various other national and world titles, and features on big-name channels like TLC and CBS. She even had the rare opportunity to perform for former U.S. President Bill Clinton and collaborate alongside Vincent Lyn and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. From there, she pursued her Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science, and she was a Licensed Practical Nurse who focused on Lyme disease research.

This “New Queen of the Fae’s” unmatched world-building and masterful Fae-origin retellings have led to an ever-growing queendom of “Fae-natics”. Her world building is garnering her critical acclaim as she picks up celebrity fans such as Grey’s Anatomy star Dawn Lewis, comic book legends’ Chris Claremont and Jim Steranko.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

I would like to have a rescue society for pups one day as my pups (who are dragons in my story )are my muses and I want to pay them back by helping other animals. I hope to start Wards of the Fae and have a portion of the book sales to support my own rescue society and a farm

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

as a martial artist I approached writing totally differently chaos pure chaos. Non creatives probably don’t understand the creative process is different for everyone. How they approach their day to day life is not the same. I was very regimented and disciplined in my training but in my writing I am all over the place it doesn’t mean I am any less dedicated, my brain just works different when I’m writing versus training.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.birthofthefae.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birthofthefae_novel/?hl=en
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-orsino-3734656b/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DanielleMOrsinoauthor

Image Credits
pro Cosplay pics Julia Juliati