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J.D. Horn
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J.D. Horn
Hey, Carrie! Jee-low is the pronunciation. I really miss writing this character. Hopefully someday, I'll be able to do a follow-up to her prequel, that would take her from the end of her book up to the beginning of The Line.
J.D. Horn
You must have ESP! I'm working with my editor on revisions on the first book right now. I just sent back the first round of changes yesterday. We'll have one or two more rounds of developmental edits, then it's off to the copy editor.
The first book (final title "The King of Bones and Ashes") centers on three POV characters, Alice Marin, a young woman who returns to New Orleans after having been spent half her life in an asylum for witches with psychiatric disorders, Evangeline Caissy, solitary witch, former exotic dancer with socialist leanings, and owner of a Bourbon Street night club, and Lisette Perrault, owner of Veve, a Voodoo supply shop, and former priestess who's lost her faith. So, as you can probably guess, this one is gonna be quite the ride.
The first book (final title "The King of Bones and Ashes") centers on three POV characters, Alice Marin, a young woman who returns to New Orleans after having been spent half her life in an asylum for witches with psychiatric disorders, Evangeline Caissy, solitary witch, former exotic dancer with socialist leanings, and owner of a Bourbon Street night club, and Lisette Perrault, owner of Veve, a Voodoo supply shop, and former priestess who's lost her faith. So, as you can probably guess, this one is gonna be quite the ride.
J.D. Horn
Thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed Jilo.
I have a couple of new projects vying for my attention right now, one a new paranormal series set in New Orleans, and the other a non-paranormal mystery series set in Portland, Oregon. Trying to get the details on both hammered out.
Never say never, though, I love the Taylors, Wills, and Pooles. If the right story comes along, and my publisher is open to a follow-up, I'd love to revisit Witching Savannah in the future.
I have a couple of new projects vying for my attention right now, one a new paranormal series set in New Orleans, and the other a non-paranormal mystery series set in Portland, Oregon. Trying to get the details on both hammered out.
Never say never, though, I love the Taylors, Wills, and Pooles. If the right story comes along, and my publisher is open to a follow-up, I'd love to revisit Witching Savannah in the future.
J.D. Horn
Thank you! In JILO (coming in April), I have two lead female characters, Jilo, of course, and her grandmother May. I hope you'll enjoy meeting May, as well as Jilo's younger self. I'm also really happy with the two sympathetic male point of view characters, Jesse and Tinker. Fingers crossed they'll prove worthy counterparts to the women.
J.D. Horn
Yes. A little Alabama, a little Georgia, a lot of Tennessee. Just outside Athens, TN to be precise. :)
J.D. Horn
So happy you're enjoying! Just finishing up the prequel JILO. You'll get to see Ginny both alive and as a young woman in it.
J.D. Horn
Hey! Oliver is at the point where he no longer cares. The Void shows the characters who have held it together so far being broken down--and amusingly enough, Ellen pulling it back together.
For the first time in Oliver's life he realizes he is not in control. He's just learned his whole family life has been built on a lie. His father was a horrible person, his mother is in Gehenna, and that is on top of the fact that his big sis is trying to bring about the end of the world. :)
You gotta admit, though, the whole Picture of Dorian Gray nod was a fun red herring, no?
For the first time in Oliver's life he realizes he is not in control. He's just learned his whole family life has been built on a lie. His father was a horrible person, his mother is in Gehenna, and that is on top of the fact that his big sis is trying to bring about the end of the world. :)
You gotta admit, though, the whole Picture of Dorian Gray nod was a fun red herring, no?
J.D. Horn
Hey! Thanks for the question.
The "Hunting Beach" of the book is indeed the beach on Hunting Island. I went with "Hunting Beach" rather than "Hunting Island Beach" as the locals who introduced it to me called it that.(I do a similar thing when talking about Colonial Park Cemetery as Colonial Cemetery. Had a tussle with a copy editor over that one, and ended up using both versions at different points as a compromise.) :)
The beach at Hunting Island is such a beautiful and unspoiled stretch that I fell in love with it at first sight. I'm afraid it bumped Tybee and its lighthouse from their place in the book.
The World Horror Convention is going to be in Atlanta in 2015. If you decided to attend, please hunt me down there and say hello!
The "Hunting Beach" of the book is indeed the beach on Hunting Island. I went with "Hunting Beach" rather than "Hunting Island Beach" as the locals who introduced it to me called it that.(I do a similar thing when talking about Colonial Park Cemetery as Colonial Cemetery. Had a tussle with a copy editor over that one, and ended up using both versions at different points as a compromise.) :)
The beach at Hunting Island is such a beautiful and unspoiled stretch that I fell in love with it at first sight. I'm afraid it bumped Tybee and its lighthouse from their place in the book.
The World Horror Convention is going to be in Atlanta in 2015. If you decided to attend, please hunt me down there and say hello!
J.D. Horn
Hey, Alysa!
Very good question (he says while wiping a bead of nervous sweat from his brow).
The real answer is I don't know for sure. I'm working right now on a Witching Savannah prequel about Jilo. I feel she deserves to have her story told. JILO (A Witching Savannah Prequel) is scheduled to come out November 2015.
I've written a few drafts of another book, SHIVAREE. It is Southern Gothic Horror, and everyone who has read it likes it...except me. I have such a love/hate relationship with this story. I cannot bring myself to walk away from it, but it is way too dark for my tastes. Much darker than the Witching Savannah series. (Pretty odd to write a book you hate, huh?)
I've got another book, THE ESSENCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, that I will probably self publish late next spring under my full name (Jack Douglas Horn) to show it is mine, but very different from my other stories. It is a little too odd for publishers to take on--virtually every publisher in the whole wide world has turned it down--but I love it and want to get it out to readers. :)
Very good question (he says while wiping a bead of nervous sweat from his brow).
The real answer is I don't know for sure. I'm working right now on a Witching Savannah prequel about Jilo. I feel she deserves to have her story told. JILO (A Witching Savannah Prequel) is scheduled to come out November 2015.
I've written a few drafts of another book, SHIVAREE. It is Southern Gothic Horror, and everyone who has read it likes it...except me. I have such a love/hate relationship with this story. I cannot bring myself to walk away from it, but it is way too dark for my tastes. Much darker than the Witching Savannah series. (Pretty odd to write a book you hate, huh?)
I've got another book, THE ESSENCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, that I will probably self publish late next spring under my full name (Jack Douglas Horn) to show it is mine, but very different from my other stories. It is a little too odd for publishers to take on--virtually every publisher in the whole wide world has turned it down--but I love it and want to get it out to readers. :)
J.D. Horn
Hey, Justin -
So far I am scheduled to appear at two conventions next year-
ConDFW
Dallas, TX
February 13-15, 2015
http://www.condfw.org/
Saints & Sinners
New Orleans, LA
March 27-29, 2015
http://sasfest.org/category/speakers-...
As more dates come up, I'll post them here: http://www.witchingsavannah.com/news.....
I'm a very small fish in an enormous sea of writers, so honestly it is difficult (nearly impossible) to get venues for signings. I would love to go around and meet readers, but haven't found a way outside of conventions where I can get an in. :)
So far I am scheduled to appear at two conventions next year-
ConDFW
Dallas, TX
February 13-15, 2015
http://www.condfw.org/
Saints & Sinners
New Orleans, LA
March 27-29, 2015
http://sasfest.org/category/speakers-...
As more dates come up, I'll post them here: http://www.witchingsavannah.com/news.....
I'm a very small fish in an enormous sea of writers, so honestly it is difficult (nearly impossible) to get venues for signings. I would love to go around and meet readers, but haven't found a way outside of conventions where I can get an in. :)
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