Like so many other authors, most of the time I have some sort of playlist ready
to go while Iโm writing. Pandora is totally my BFF during those times. But,
every once and awhile, a book decides itโs going to be different. Sometimes it
demands total silence (or what passes for it in my house) and sometimes, like
QUEEN OF WANDS, itโs
something else altogether.
How was this book different?
It wanted horror movies as a background. Seriouslyโhorror. It took me ages to
figure it out. I flipped through more songs than words, and finally just ended
up putting on
Scream 4 as a distraction. And, suddenly, the book was
magically
cooperating.
I cannot begin to express how weird it is to write a sci-fi romance to the
chorus of screams in the background. Or the fact that Iโm not even particularly
a horror fan. I like slashers and thrillers and scary stuff that makes you
think, but overall Iโd rather hit up an blockbuster action movie or a romantic
comedy.
But horror it was. Luckily, Netflix had a variety all ready and waiting for me.
I wrote my heroine and hero into all sorts of trouble while characters on the
television got picked off by killers, ghosts, and demons. And letโs not even
talk about the giant sharks and squids. It was the strangest thing.
And then, when I finished that book and moved on to the next, suddenly music was
okay again.
So what kind of romance comes about when youโre inspired by horror movies?
Youโll have to read
QUEEN OF
WANDS to find out!
What about you? Do you enjoy horror?
I try to avoid horror movies. The Scream Movie gave me the giggles the one time I watched it. Very strange.
(Laura Gullickson 11:52pm June 18, 2014)
I will have to check out Queen of Wands! I love horror and romance and scifi. Oddly enough, I love reading all three but do not like movies with romance as the central theme.
(Debbie Kelly 6:11pm June 28, 2014)
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