NRR: What age were you when you knew
you wanted to become a author?
Eight. That's the earliest attempt I
made anyway. I tried again with a much more serious effort at 13, and a real,
full length story at 17. I made the mistake of rewriting that one for a LONG
time, but eventually I did move on to another story and another.
NRR: How were you inspired to write
Persephone Alcmedi series?
I blame a shrimp po-boy at the New
Orleans airport. I was there early and waiting for my plane and after eating
that, I sat down to take some notes. Johnny was there on the page first and
Seph was born out of the "what would his ideal woman be like" question.
Then she took over.
NRR:What books/authors help inspire
your career in writing?
I'm from the age of Dungeons and
Dragons high fantasy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I was searching for a
strong female lead and I though I always liked the characters Laurana and
Kitiara I wanted to read about a strong female LEAD character. Eventually I
found Jennifer Roberson's Sword Dancer series. Del was great, a strong woman
who held her own as a swordswoman--though those stories were told through the eyes
of her lover, a swordsman called Tiger. After that I delved into writing,
making stories about tough women just so I could have that story I sought.
NRR: Not only are you a writer but a
musician. Does your love of music influence your writing? And what is your
favorite song to perform?
Well, Johnny is a rock and roller.
:-) I have to say yes it influences my writing. I listen to movie scores while
I write and an action scene gets action-oriented background music, a tender
loving scene gets love themes in the background. My favorite song to
perform, back in the day when I was still performing regularly, was Iron
Maiden's Hallowed Be Thy Name. It was dramatic and just fun to play on guitar!
NRR: The Persephone Alcmedi series
contains romance and mystery. Which one would you say comes more natural for
you to write?
Neither! No, that's a cheat answer.
I'll say romance if those two are my choices. However, while I rarely watch TV
but when I do, I love to watch shows that have something to figure out (CSI,
Bones, the Mentalist, Burn Notice etc.) but putting the mystery elements into
writing is tough.
NRR: Can you tell us a little about
Arcane Circle?
Well, I kind of left a question hanging
in Fatal Circle's end...mwahahahaa. I do address that, but the main focus of
the story is on Johnny. He's had to take over the leadership of his pack and
since they all know he can change without the moon, he can no longer hide that
he is the Domn Lup. The Zvonul, the global head-honchos of the werewolves, have
been made aware of it too. The Rege (the title given to the highest ranking
wolf in the absence of a king) is coming to meet Johnny. Thusly, Johnny needs
his tattoos to be "unlocked" so that his powers can be truly at-will.
Seph helps him search for the person who magically locked up his power, but
doing so forces her into a confrontation she doesn't want.
NRR: What is a guilty pleasure for
you?
Coffee with chocolate syrup,
peppermint syrup, and Kahlua or Bailey's in it. Mmmmmm. It's all sugar and
totally horrible for me but I love it!!!!
NRR: Can you tell us what readers
can expect to see from you next?
I'm working on an as-yet untitled
fifth book in the Persephone Alcmedi series. I'm doing something
different...the first four books were all first-person narratives from Seph's
point of view. In this fifth installment I maintain her scenes in first-person,
but I have expanded the storyline to allow me to get into a few other people's
heads. Some new characters and also--Johnny. I want to know what he's thinking!
There is so much happening to him because of the events of Arcane Circle and
because of where I'm pushing him now in this manuscript...I just have to know!
I hope readers are with me on that.
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