This is my last post, everyone...I know, aren't you sad?!? LOL!
George - paranormal IS among the top must-reads! Hope you enjoy my series!
Jennifer - you made me laugh! Duh! And a book would be soooo much more satisfying!
Debbie - I'm so glad you love my series! Hooray! I ADORE writing it. I can't tell you how much fun it is to sink into these wonderful characters (*ahem*, especially the warriors) and tell their stories. It's been a blast, one of the finest experiences of my life!
Susan - I loved how my librarian starts out in her cloistered world then spreads her wings...literally! Parisa was a delight to write because she grew soooo much throughout the story and finally embraced all her power. It's a great metaphor, isn't it? Here's to having wings!
Sandy F. - paranormal is an interesting genre, it's also the most amazing phenomenon. And yet, when I look back at my early Regencies, I had included two aspects of the genre that later emerged: I wrote a vampire Regency novella, and in three of my full-length novels, I included characters from Greek mythology - Psyche, Eros, Anteros, Aphrodite, and Artemis. What a kick!
Alyson - The heroine of my first novel, ASCENSION, is named 'Alison'. I really like your name...obviously! My Guardians of Ascension series came from first a desire to create a vampire world that was a little out of the norm (hence the wings!) and secondly, I wanted to build a world that could compete with mythology in terms of scope. Don't ask me why that was my desire, it just was. I love BIG worlds, where you can get lost for hours. So those were my inspirations. As for authors, I've adored reading Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kresley Cole, JR Ward, Gena Showalter, and Lara Adrian. The one thing they all have in common? Super-powerful warrior-type heroes. Oh, yeah!!!
Colleen - I'm like that as well! I read paranormal most of the time, then I get on a women's fiction kick and have to read in that genre. Isn't reading great...yeah, I know, BIG understatement! Hope you enjoy my series!
Hi, Everyone, I am so looking forward to talking with you about what kind of series would hook you. I think the paranormal genre is AMAZING because truthfully, the sky's the limit! In other words, there are no limits to what can be done!
Carla - so you got away from the snow! I can't imagine a better reason than having access to a bookstore, or the local grocery store that carries books, to make sure your addiction gets properly fed and nourished! I also think you would enjoy my series because you mentioned 'secondary characters' that 'have their own books' and that's exactly what I do...and I've done this on purpose! In the first book, Kerrick and Alison are our leads, but you also meet Marcus and Havily, who in turn become the hero and heroine of the second book, BURNING SKIES! And believe me, this is sooo much fun to write!
Patti - I think you've described the ultimate, a group of men (so we get to really SAVOR), long-suffering (because usually they're all that stands between the world and some great evil) and of course they are deeply loyal to each other and are truly capable of loving their women. Okay, go write this series so I can read it! But I think you've described what we crave. I hope my series does this: Guardians of Ascension is essentially a brotherhood book, the men have suffered because the war has been going on for millennia, and yeah, they are soooo wonderful! But I'm prejudiced, because I know each of their hearts so well. Just so ya know, there are 9 men in all!
Tracie - hands down, I have the best cover art, and as I said in my post, I can say this because I had nothing to do with the art work! Hope you enjoy my series!
Diane - I know, right? I've tried to analyze why we're so drawn to fantasy and paranormal. I think it might be because it's mostly just a huge exaggeration of real life.
May Pau - The romance always begins with the couple, the stronger the better. From a paranormal standpoint, I m
Hi, again, everyone! I wanted to thank Fresh Fiction for having me here! It was great to meet some new folks and to greet some beloved fans and friends who posted as well! YOU ROCK!!!
I absolutely love writing this series...it has my heart, one hundred percent! Know that, and know that I think of my readers all the time!
So, one final chat:
**Peggy, the covers, I know, right? I've been truly blessed with all that talent in the art dept. at St. Martin's! I hope you enjoy my series!
**Alexis! You're a darling! How's the water out there in paradise?!? Miss you so much at VOS...when are you coming home? ***tears in eyes*** :-)
**Tracie, AMEN!
**Lisa, wouldn't it be fabulous, all that control?
**Alyson, it's a very good thing that in my world most ascenders can communicate telepathically...in flight, that's indispensable given 'wind conditions'...LOL! It's so much fun to twist all the laws of the known universe to suit me. Hope you take to my hunky winged vampires!
It must be late for some of you since it's 7:00pm out her in the west, Arizona that is!
**Jennifer Beck, I hope you enjoy reading the series! Can't wait for you to try ASCENSION and see if it's your cup of tea!
**Sheila, your comment cracked me up, very down to earth, honest, and probably fairly accurate. I can see you wiggling your back now and being annoyed with your wings! I'll be honest, too! I write about all sorts of things but do I actually want to experience them?!? NO!!! As I said, earlier, I'm one of the biggest chickens around!
**Leni, absolutely...flight would be the best part! The second best is what Christine suggested! ;-)
**Cecilia, God bless you as well! I love that when you would fly, you'd want to make friends all over the world.
**Narelle, so glad you loved reading ASCENSION and BURNING SKIES! The wings have been so much fun to describe and to write. That you feel as though you could reach out and touch them pleases me to no end. Of course, this world becomes so real to me that I swear I expect to turn around and find Marcus or Kerrick standing there, ready to ask me something! It's been such a fun ride!
**Jennifer Beyer, wrapping up your family in your wings is such an awesome image. I just know it will work its way into one of the forthcoming books!
**Colleen, I hadn't thought of that. I live in the Phoenix area and there's so much light pollution you can't see the stars. But if you could fly, you'd be out of the city in minutes and then what a view you'd have!
**Jeanne, I'm so with you on that, to be able to glide and soar. I think it would be a phenomenal sensation of freedom!
**Melissa, well, then, keep obsessing because that makes two of us!
**Desiree, I think my pub house has done a wonderful job on the covers! Because ASCENSION was all in blue, I built my website around all that beauty!
**Crystal, it's so great to hear you say you've read and reread my books! That's just awesome! I love my warriors, their women, and the world I've built for them. It's gratifying to know that you're taking pleasure in my world as well!
**Linda, flying would be awesome, wouldn't it? Some of the most fun scenes to write are those when I try to conjure that feeling and put my characters in flight! I hope you enjoy the series!
**Patti, so glad to hear that you love my books! Yay! As you've described flying, I'm reminded of what it's like to float in a pool, when suddenly you feel weightless. When your wings catch air and you hover in the air as we see the big hawks and eagles do, it must be like that, like just floating and as you said, 'wonderfully freeing'.
**Christine, then you're sure to enjoy WINGS OF FIRE, but I won't say more! ;-)
**Maureen, you've said it exactly, my writing brings me a lot of joy, perhaps more so now than ever because I have wonderful fans who express their enjoyment of the series as well!
**Cynthia - and those 'conclusions' would be right! When it comes to paranormal I get a little crazy...and it's soooo much fun!
**Amanda - so glad you're lovin' my books! I think you'll be surprised 'where we go'. The concept of preternatural power just keeps expanding...and of course, ultimately, we have six worlds to explore!
**Marcelle - the second book, BURNING SKIES, explores a little bit of the relationship between Mortal Earth and Second Earth, what the connections are. In each book, I work hard to expand the world...it's blast!
**G. Bisbjerg - you and me both! When I write, I can be and do anything...now in real life?!? I confess I'm the biggest chicken ever! But wouldn't it be fun to have no fear and to just soar!
**Na - I love that concept...seeing the world in an entirely new way. That would be awesome! As for your fear of heights: you, me and G. Bisbjerg!
**Carla - yes, the comfort of wings! Another commenter wrote about how great a hug would be with both arms and wings. Then there's warmth! If you needed to get warmed up, you could mount your wings and get all wrapped up! Possibilities are endless!
**Cathy - I get the feeling you're a no-nonsense, practical kind of person...and wouldn't it be so convenient to mount your wings and get a job done!
**Melissa - thank you so much for all that enthusiasm! Nothing makes me happier than hearing that a reader couldn't put the book down! Hooray! When I hear that, I always feel, more than anything, that I've done my job as a writer...so thank you for that!!! *blows kisses*
And thanks to everyone for the great comments! It's such a pleasure!
Again, I'm LOVING all these wonderful comments! I think I asked the right question because everyone is soooo inspired today and now I'm feeling inspired.
I'm writing the fifth book of the series, and all of this talk of wings and flight makes me want to get Warrior Thorne and his woman into the skies! I think inspiration comes from so many remarkable places and all this interaction for me is fantastic! Thorne in the skies...now there's a sight. The man is GORGEOUS! You know, there ought to be a way for authors to download these visions straight into the minds of readers...but for now we have to rely on mere words...LOL!
Vickie, thank you! I hope you enjoy the series! Dawn...oh, yeah, being wrapped up in both arms and wings...sigh! (But I also like your practical side: no more travel costs if you can just take to the skies!) Renee, I'm so with you on the immediacy factor, which means you and I actually might prefer dematerialization to flight. Now that would be a hard choice!!! Leisa, don't you love books because you can just pass them along, this wonderful gift you put in the hands of someone you care about? I know the digital format is the future...whatever...but I can't imagine a day when I prefer holding an e-reader to having the feel of a book in my hands... Michelle...yay!!! BURNING SKIES has one of my favorite opening lines: "Got a death wish, handsome?" (Endelle asks this of Marcus...) Minhchieu, the ocean and a rainbow...beautiful...I'm with you! Let's fly now! Sara, the sunrise or sunset among the clouds! What an image! And Joan...same thing, mist and mountain peaks and flight. I think I might have some fabulous dreams tonight. I certainly have some new images to work into my upcoming books!
Good morning, everyone! Thank you for all the great comments! Flight would be an incredible experience, whether it's above traffic jams (oh..yeah) or to have that bird's eye view or to fly into the heavens. My warriors do battle while in flight, at times, so those scenes are a challenge to write. But I think the more intriguing flight scenes are the ones where someone is learning. I really try to give a feeling for what it would be like to use your wings for the first time. It's been a kick.
May, you said you were fascinated by the Commander, which of course makes me very happy! He's a really bad guy but I know exactly how he got wounded and it was horrible. That wound makes us feel for him and even to some degree makes us wish his future would be different. At the same time, he has this 'gentleman' persona so at odds with his ease at taking out as many good ascenders as needed in order to accomplish his world domination goals.
As for the spreadsheets, Linda, I've always used them in one form or another, but with this series they've become critical. For instance, I have a column that says 'phones', since all the characters use different phones. In addition, the warriors have their 'warrior-phones' that connect them to Central...and on and on it goes!
And Marjorie, you're exactly right! It's an enormous joy to create a series and an even bigger one when I hear from fans who tell me that they're addicted. My response? I'm 'addicted' to writing the series!
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