Ask the Author: Cheri Gillard
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Cheri Gillard
Hi Johna,
As you may know, Chloe’s Watcher is the second book in my Nephilim Redemption series, so Chloe’s Watcher was my chance to continue with the main characters of Book 1 and further develop secondary and new characters. I also got the chance with Watcher to go to World War II, which is a favorite historical time period of mine. In Book 1, Horatius is trying to find some redemption while helping Chloe (if you can call it help:) so in Book 2, I gave Panahasi, his brother, a chance for a little redemption too.
Just to give a little background on the whole series, I based the idea on an obscure, odd passage in the Bible that tells about the Nephilim, the offspring of the “sons of God” and the “daughters of man.” When I read that, I thought a Nephilim could be the perfect choice for a protagonist. Half angel and half human, he could have the traits of both and use them in his pursuit of goodness. And in the process, do things like fly out of the Time Band and enter at other times and dimensions. It was a lot of fun creating the rules of their world and letting my characters experience all that could happen in the story.
Thanks for asking!
Cheri
As you may know, Chloe’s Watcher is the second book in my Nephilim Redemption series, so Chloe’s Watcher was my chance to continue with the main characters of Book 1 and further develop secondary and new characters. I also got the chance with Watcher to go to World War II, which is a favorite historical time period of mine. In Book 1, Horatius is trying to find some redemption while helping Chloe (if you can call it help:) so in Book 2, I gave Panahasi, his brother, a chance for a little redemption too.
Just to give a little background on the whole series, I based the idea on an obscure, odd passage in the Bible that tells about the Nephilim, the offspring of the “sons of God” and the “daughters of man.” When I read that, I thought a Nephilim could be the perfect choice for a protagonist. Half angel and half human, he could have the traits of both and use them in his pursuit of goodness. And in the process, do things like fly out of the Time Band and enter at other times and dimensions. It was a lot of fun creating the rules of their world and letting my characters experience all that could happen in the story.
Thanks for asking!
Cheri
Cheri Gillard
Something triggers a concept, and I get the story idea and get excited and map out the possibilities and plot points and all that. Then the discipline must come. I can have all kinds of inspiration, but I MUST have the discipline to implement the process, or it just remains a good (hopefully) idea and a dream. As I'm writing, new inspiration comes in little spurts here and there as I crank out the words. Once I have the basic skeleton of the story, I go back and add meat and flesh (that's how I see it) and it's during the building up and the packing on substance, that more, new inspiration comes.
Cheri Gillard
I was doing research for a contract freelance job I had and I came across Nephilim for the first time. I thought, "Wow, one of those would make an incredible protagonist!" And I love time travel, so the more I thought about a half human, half angel character, and what he could do going outside of time, I just knew that was the story line I had to go with.
Cheri Gillard
1) Re-reading a scene the next day or week and just loving it, 2) having a reader tell me something they loved in my story.
Cheri Gillard
I pound my head on the desk a few times, then promise I'm going to start writing, then I just have to file off a rough edge on my fingernail, then promise again. Then I check my e-mail, then open my document and read the last line I wrote, then realize I forgot the laundry in the washer, then hit my head again against the closest surface, then stare again at that last sentence, then check my notes to see where I was going, then check facebook, then pluck a hair I just can't ignore anymore on my chin, then set the timer and tell myself, JUST TEN MINUTES, and I type the first word. Then another comes, and I type another, and before I know it, an hour has passed—most days. The other days, I lie down to think and end up falling asleep.
Cheri Gillard
"Chloe's Watcher," the sequel to "Chloe's Guardian." It's coming along great, with some fun surprises I didn't even anticipate myself!
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