Friday, June 28, 2013
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Interview with Susan Lute: Dragon's Thief Tour Stop
Roxanne,
thank you so much for having me! I thought I would start with the last question
first... (Thanks for being here, Susan ;-)
Is
there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
Getting organized, lol. And to
add insult to injury, after 15 or 16 years of writing, I discovered this
weekend, or maybe just admitted to myself, I'm a “plotter”. I've always taken
great pride in being a “pantser”, someone who writes by the seat of her pants.
It's no wonder I can't write the story until I get all my ducks in a row.
What
is your current “work in progress” or upcoming projects?
My current “wip” is Book II of
the Dragonkind Chronicles, Dragon's Keeper. For those of you who have
read Dragon's Thief, this is Carlton Pen's story. He's the youngest
quint born to Dragon Elder Daniel Pen, and Abigayle, the love of his heart, who
is also a very talented witch. Carlton's dragon has been taken from him. Part
of his journey is finding and reuniting with the great beast.
Can
you share a little of your current work with us?
This is from my research:
Isten means God in Hungarian. He controls the world, shapes the fate of humans,
observes the Middle World from the sky, and sometimes gives warning by
lightning. He is also our heroine, Sage
Turul's grandfather. She has made a promise to him to hold the Phoenix's power
of rebirth until Mother Earth needs them to usher in the thousand years of
peace. But of course you know, it's not going to be that simple.
What
book are you currently reading?
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni, and I'm re-reading Harry Potter And
The Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling.
Do
you write in different genres?
I write contemporary romance, women's fiction, and now this post apocalyptic
paranormal/fantasy romance. There are five books in this series, and I'd like
to do a novella for Daniel and Abigayle's romance. I'll be happily writing
about the dragonkind for awhile. After that I'm thinking about an urban fantasy
set in Las Vegas.
Is
there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
No matter what genre I write,
my stories are always about family, community and the journey home. This is
especially true for Dragon's Thief. Overcoming obstacles and finding
family are the hardest things we will do in our lifetimes, but also the most
rewarding.
Is
the book, characters, or any scenes based on a true life experience, someone
you know, or events in your own life?
Authors always put a lot of themselves into their stories, but I'd have to say
Idella comes the closest of any character I've written to being the most like
me...I think. She's not in her prime, cares deeply about the Pens - our
dragonkind family, and she'll do what she must to protect them.
What
book/authors have influenced your life?
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, and
The Way Of The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. There are others, but these two
have made the most profound impact.
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Dragon's Thief
The Dragonkind Chronicles
Book I
Susan Lute
Susan Lute
Genre: post-apocalyptic paranormal/fantasy
ISBN: 978-0-9849784-5-8
Number of pages: 187
Word Count: 88K
Cover Artist: Susan Lute / Crazy Hair Publishing
Book Description:
From the Dragonkind Chronicles – the battle is just beginning...
In a post -apocalyptic world where Darwin changelings emerge from hiding and humans struggle to reclaim their former glory, mercenary Logan Pen doesn’t want to save the world. His mission is to protect his greatest treasure - his family. That is until he tries to capture a shadow thief. Beyla, a beguiling, emotionless Umbra steals his telein - a talisman forged at his birth while escaping his grasp, making her by ancient dragon law his mate.
Her enemy - a fiery Naga - and the talisman she’s stolen from him rouse emotions Beyla has spent three long years in the land of shadows stripping away. Still she hasn’t been able to banish the grief and pain left by the murder of her human family.
Fighting a desire that flames out of their control, and scrambling to save humanity and their own kind, Logan and Beyla are forced to join forces to keep a weapon of incredible destructive power out of the hands of the man who would use it to conquer their world. With evil on the brink of victory, only through sacrifice do they learn to trust and embrace the love that will change them forever.
About the Author:
Susan Lute is first and foremost a wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, dreamer, and author. She is traditionally and Indie published in contemporary romance, women's fiction, and and paranormal/fantasy romance.
Her debut novel, Oops…We’re Married? has sold over 130,000 copies, was a Reader’s Choice nominee and Holt Medallion Finalist. Things you should know - she was born the oldest child of a military family; she's traveled far, but has never been to Hawaii, Paris, or Crete, an omission she hopes to correct soon; her favorite places in the whole world are New York City, Sedona (Arizona), Ouray (Colorado), and Bath (England).
Currently she is working on the second novel in her Dragonkind Chronicles, and dreaming up a new urban fantasy.
website: www.susanlute.com
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1252907.Susan_Lute
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The Reversing Worlds Trilogy by J.T. Brown
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Verses of Athine: The Daughter of Ares Chronicles by Shannon McRoberts
I found myself engrossed through the work. It was very well written and the plot and characters written with a mythological style. I found it interesting and innovative and Shannon McRoberts truly did a wonderful job. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys delving into a magical land they've never ventured into before...and be prepared to meet some new friends on the way, while learning new things about characters you thought you once knew! ~ The Indigo Quill
The characters are one of a kind and the author emotes her emotions through her writing. Very Good novel.~Pick Your Poison Book Reviews
Verses of Athine
The Daughter of Ares Chronicles
Shannon McRoberts
Shannon McRoberts
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Obsidian Poet Press
Date of Publication: April 2013
ISBN: 978-1483934112
ISBN:
ASIN:
Number of pages: 358
Word Count: 97,100
Cover Artist: Shannon McRoberts
Book Trailers: http://www.youtube.com/user/shannonmcroberts
Book Description:
Take what you know about mythology and throw it out the window....
Do you have any idea what Zeus, Odin, Pandora's Box, Atlantis, Machu Picchu, Hera, Nike, Dragons, Vlad, Clones, and Vampires have in common? Athine does!
Athine is not your ordinary immortal born goddess. Learn of her mysterious origins, learn why Zeus hates her so much, find out where vampires come from, and learn what really happened to the dragons.
The Daughter of Ares Chronicles follows Athine as she uncovers the secrets of her destiny while interacting with key figures from many mythologies.
This printed version contains novellas one through four in one complete edition.
About the Author:
My name is Shannon McRoberts. I am an independent artist, author, and poet. I have been self-publishing books of all kinds since 2005. My first book was a poetry book called Poetry for the Chronically Heart Broken and Depressed. That book has since been replaced with a more robust collection called Erosion of the Heart. I am currently working on bringing this book to paper format and expanded distribution through Smashwords.
My first ever sci-fi book, The Secret of Genetic Corp X, has been compared to Blade Runner. I am also currently working on having this book brought back to a paper edition.
My favorite series, The Daughter of Ares Chronicles, features Athine, an immortal born goddess that I created for the series. In this series, I take mythologies of all kinds and turn them on their ears!
When I am not working or creating fantasy worlds for my characters to live in I enjoy being lost in MMORPGs, good books, and in the company of my friends and family.
I currently live in Kentucky with my wonderful husband and beautiful daughter.
@obsidianpoet
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Interview and Giveaway with Mia Darien
1.
What inspired you to become an author?
I'm not entirely sure what made me think I could do this, but I know
that I grew up with books all around me. I started reading when I was three,
and never stopped. I started reading adult fantasy at eleven, stuff like Piers
Anthony and Terry Brooks, and something three years later, in my otherwise
crazy fourteen year old brain, said: give it a try! I did, and I haven't been
able to stop that either.
2.
Do you write in different genres?
Yes, I do, actually. This tour is for Adelheid, which is my
paranormal suspense, but I also write various romance stories in other genres:
post-apocalyptic erotic romance, sweet modern fairy tale romance, sci-fi
romance, historical... I am also working on an epic fantasy trilogy that I hope
I'll manage to finish someday!
3.
If yes which is your favorite genre to
write?
The paranormal, but I'm not sure if it's because of the genre or
because I really love the characters I've put in Adelheid. But I think that,
while I love all the stories I've tried to tell in my books, that Adelheid is
my first love.
4.
Is there a message in your novel that
you want readers to grasp?
You know, it hasn't been intentional, but I realize that I've kind
of created a parallel in my books to modern day life: a group of people
fighting for their right to be treated like everyone else. In my books, the
preternatural community is struggling to prove that they have the right to be
what they are and who they are, freely and safely. I guess I end up trying to
portray the message in my Adelheid stories that people are people, and have the
right to be, even if they sprout tiger fur every full moon...
5.
What books are in your to read pile?
So many! "Red Country" by Joe Abercrombie is at the top of
the pile, because he's one of my favorite authors. I've only delayed so I can
read his stuff in a less stressful phase of my life and really enjoy it, but
also cause I'm always scared of reading new books in series. Don't want to be
disappointed! I don't think I will be, though.
Let's see... "Journey to Altmortis" by Thaddeus White, and
the third Bakkian book by Jeffrey Poole. "Shadow Prowler" by Alexey
Pehov. "Luck of the Draw" by Piers Anthony. I'm way, way behind on
Terry Brooks' Shannara stuff. "Dinosaur Lake" by Kathryn Meyer
Griffith. "The Emperor's Edge" by Lindsey Buroker. "Full of
Heart" by J. R. Martinez. "Osiris" by E. J. Swift.
I'm sure there's a lot more that I'm forgetting. White, Poole,
Anthony, Brooks and Buroker I have all read before and liked a lot. Pehov and
Griffith will be a first, but they looked very interesting! Martinez is the
only non-fiction on there, but I find him such an inspiration and I loved him
on Dancing with the Stars. As for Swift, I actually knew the author prior to
being published. We've fallen out of touch, but I was thrilled to see the book
and can't wait to read it.
6.
Do you have to travel much to do
research for your books?
Sadly, no, but I wish that I did! I lived in Connecticut for most of
my life and had traveled all over New England during that time, which I could
bring to Adelheid, and now with a southern states spin-off of the series (as
I'm living in Alabama), maybe I can make an excuse to travel more to give to
that setting! Whenever I do travel, for whatever reason, I always remember it
and remember things I can use in a story.
7.
Who
designed the cover of your latest book?
I did, actually. I do all my own cover art, and cover art for some
fellow self-published authors. I enjoy it. The latest book is the fourth in the
series, and it was quite a challenge to create some unique facial scarring of
the main character.
The cover for this bundle was fun, too. I love telling people this,
but the image used on the cover didn't have a shirt on under the jacket. Since
Adelheid isn't total romance, I didn't want the cover giving the wrong idea, so
I had to put a shirt on the model! It came out rather well, if I do say so
myself.
8.
Do
you have a song or playlist (book soundtrack) that you think represents this
book?
I don't have one that represents the whole book, since this one is
the three book bundle, but the song "What Have You Done?" by Within
Temptation has always stuck with me for Dakota's story, which is the second
book in the bundle ("When Forever Died"). The symphonic metal is a
merging of musical elements that on its own makes me think of my complicated
hunter, but the actual words find themselves very well applied to the story,
and the mixing of sorrow and anger really sets a great tone.
"Voracious," the third book in the bundle, was written
with a co-author (my husband) and he had a playlist for it, primarily of stuff
from the "Underworld" soundtrack and Evanescence.
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Welcome to Adelheid
Books One -Three
Mia Darien
Mia Darien
Genre: Paranormal Suspense
ISBN:
Number of pages: Approx 375
Word Count: Approx 160K
Cover Artist: Mia Darien
Book Description:
Welcome to Adelheid, CT. Freak central. Unofficial capital of legal preternatural creatures in the Northeast. Focal point for anti-preternatural sentiments in the United States.
Who would ever guess that this otherwise sleepy New England town houses many of the most powerful beings known to exist?
* * *
In "Cameron's Law," meet Sadie Stanton, vampire poster girl for preternatural rights. She's just trying to start a business to help the community, but when vampires and werewolves start attacking each other, she gets thrust in the middle.
In "When Forever Died," Dakota is a rare shifter and hunter who has lived a long, hard life. But the past never sleeps and two simultaneous cases are going to test the personal defenses she's built over the centuries.
In "Voracious," the life D wants isn't what it seems. He certainly never planned on the fangs, but he's going to need a lot more than the pointy teeth to survive the first weeks of his new existence.
About the Author:
Mia Darien is an indie author of speculative fiction, and a New England Yankee transplanted into Alabama clay. No matter her geography, she continues to stubbornly and rebelliously live the life of her choosing along with her family and pets. She doesn't miss the snow.
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