Terry Spear
A retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, Terry Spear has an MBA from Monmouth University. She never figured she would some day be writing novels about romantic werewolves! As an eclectic writer, she dabbles in the paranormal, historical, and true life stories for both teen and adult audiences. When she’s not writing, she makes original, award-winning teddy bears, enjoys gardening with her son and daughter, and visiting medieval renaissance and Highlander fairs.
Margay said,
July 20, 2008 at 5:48 am
Terry, I really enjoy reading your posts here and in other spots in the blogosphere and I have a question for you on settings and making it real. What if you want to place a wolf shifter story in a place where wolves don’t dwell as much these days and you want to draw on Native American culture for richness but can’t find anything to back it up in your research? Would you make up a culture to suit your needs or put it in a setting you’re unfamiliar with? As you can see, I am in something of a dilemma here.
Thanks,
Margay
terryspear said,
January 11, 2009 at 9:32 am
Yikes, Margay! I didn’t get a message anyone had sent me a message here.
I’d make up your own culture. I make up my own settings when need be. I try to use what I can that works, but when it won’t work, then it’s your fantastical world. 
You can always have that a specific group of Native Americans believed this as a local tribe and not the group as a whole. Sorry I took so long to answer! 