Second novel published
Finally! For the Sake of Revenge is finally published via Foxboro press for paperback and Empress for Kindle copies. It's available now on Amazon and soon to be on BAM and Barnes and Noble.
I'll be honest, I was beginning to have my doubts if I would ever finish. A fellow writer had told me after my first novel, "Well, you've written one. That's great. Now write another." Her deadpan expression should have hinted to me that the second one might be even harder to bring to fruition.
How correct she was! In between marketing and all that jazz and, of course, working to actually pay the bills, I struggled to find the time to sit down and put fingers to keyboard. So when I finally sent the final manuscript, it was with unparalleled relief so far as my writing has been concerned.
This novel is based on the legends of the Russian vampires. These were unusual creatures to say the least and since their conversion was usually related to some type of schism with the church, the back stories were often fascinating.
I set the story in Sitka, Alaska which I visited three times to perform the research. (My husband claimed I was just making excuses to travel but I admit to nothing of hte sort.)
It's a beautiful town but the kind of place where no matter how hard you try, you just can't seem to blend in. Maybe it was my shoes or my coat, I'm not sure, but everyone seemed to recognize me for the tourist I was. Still they were gracious and kind and allowed me into their historical storage as if they did it everyday.
Southeast Alaska is definitely the type of place that can inspire you to think of vampires. In the winter, it's dark, dreary and in the summer, much the same.
A thick mist is always tumbling along the ground and twisting through the trees and the moss that covers everything is so green, so velvety that you just want to lie down and take a nap in it's softness.
The cemeteries are a rich mix of the old and the new and it's nearly impossible to tell which is which. It's a land where even the ground is alive. A wild place and easy to understand after being there why this state inspires normal, average people to sell everything they own and
move up there to homestead.
The story came to me while I was standing in the original Russian Orthodox cemetery and I wrote it, almost unchanged, from that original idea. It's a story of revenge and betrayal with a dollop of romance and I hope you will give it try.
I'll be honest, I was beginning to have my doubts if I would ever finish. A fellow writer had told me after my first novel, "Well, you've written one. That's great. Now write another." Her deadpan expression should have hinted to me that the second one might be even harder to bring to fruition.
How correct she was! In between marketing and all that jazz and, of course, working to actually pay the bills, I struggled to find the time to sit down and put fingers to keyboard. So when I finally sent the final manuscript, it was with unparalleled relief so far as my writing has been concerned.
This novel is based on the legends of the Russian vampires. These were unusual creatures to say the least and since their conversion was usually related to some type of schism with the church, the back stories were often fascinating.
I set the story in Sitka, Alaska which I visited three times to perform the research. (My husband claimed I was just making excuses to travel but I admit to nothing of hte sort.)
It's a beautiful town but the kind of place where no matter how hard you try, you just can't seem to blend in. Maybe it was my shoes or my coat, I'm not sure, but everyone seemed to recognize me for the tourist I was. Still they were gracious and kind and allowed me into their historical storage as if they did it everyday.
Southeast Alaska is definitely the type of place that can inspire you to think of vampires. In the winter, it's dark, dreary and in the summer, much the same.
A thick mist is always tumbling along the ground and twisting through the trees and the moss that covers everything is so green, so velvety that you just want to lie down and take a nap in it's softness.
The cemeteries are a rich mix of the old and the new and it's nearly impossible to tell which is which. It's a land where even the ground is alive. A wild place and easy to understand after being there why this state inspires normal, average people to sell everything they own and
move up there to homestead.
The story came to me while I was standing in the original Russian Orthodox cemetery and I wrote it, almost unchanged, from that original idea. It's a story of revenge and betrayal with a dollop of romance and I hope you will give it try.
Published on July 03, 2013 15:18
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