Kailin’s Comments (group member since Feb 03, 2011)

Kailin’s comments from the Q&A with Kailin Gow group.

Welcome Jen!

What an honor that you joined Goodreads after reading the Pulse series. Thank you! To tell you the truth, I'm not on Goodreads very often, and I only joined because a few fans of mine asked me. So, I've been on for half a year now. Glad you enjoyed Pulse enough to find me here!

Hi Everyone,

The winner of the Signed Blue Blood ARC goes to: #4 - picked by Random.org.

The fourth member here is:

Heather!

Congratulations and thank you everyone for joining!

Kailin

Just wanting everyone to know the book we're discussing in this Q&A - Blue Blood PULSE 4 is now available! There is a gift with purchase, which the details are found within the book itself.

And this has been the conclusion of this group's run, which means 1 of you will win a SIGNED Copy of Blue Blood today.

I'll use random.org to pick the winner, which will be posted tomorrow night!

Thank you everyone. See you soon.

Lauren wrote: "Can't wait for Brotherhood of Blood. I love Octavius and Jaegar."

Brotherhood of Blood will be out perhaps Spring or Summer this year. I'm hard at work on it right now.

Heather wrote: "Hey Kailin-

Boy, I'd love to be part of this group, but I haven't read any of the Pulse books and I don't want to ruin the stories for me so I won't be following along.

Heather"

Welcome Heather!

That's fine if you haven't read PULSE yet. Thanks for joining! When you do read PULSE, some of these reveals will hopefully provide some more insight into the characters and mythology surrounding the vampires and their world in PULSE.

Talk to you soon!
Kailin

Lauren wrote: "Mrs. Gow, there are many vampire books. What makes your vampire books different?"

In PULSE, the story revolves around the vampire legend of Life's Blood. Of course there is romance and action, but the main story is about the blood itself.

In Wicked Woods, without giving away the spoilers, the vampires are not what they seem. You'll see in the third book, Silver, that the vampires are not just vampires...

In the Stoker Sisters, vampires are based on what I was told by the locals of Romania, about Dracula, which is completely different than Bram Stoker's Dracula. It is a play on the entire vampire lore with a heavy dose on romance (heavy in Stoker's Dracula), Mina, and Dracula.

Then there's the middle grade book, Harold the Kung Fu Kid: A Date with a Vampire. Vampires and nerds clash in a battle to the death. It's meant to be a nod to the 80s and 90s vampire films.

Lauren wrote: "What inspired you to write the Pulse books?"

PULSE was inspired by my personal experience dealing with blood or the lack of it. I've always been a vampire lore enthusiast and even more so when I visited Transylvania and Dracula's Castle when I was a young journalist. But when I had a major blood loss from surgery a few years ago, it made me think how precious it is for life, not only in vampire lore, but to humans. PULSE is really about Life's Blood...what if there was such a blood with that kind of power, allure, and influence in the vampire world? How would it affect individual vampires and the carrier of that blood?

The other real life tie-in to this is that I grew up in a family of biological and engineering professors. My uncle was a biologist who won a prize like the Nobel Prize in Asia for discovering some kind of heart medication that had to do with the blood condition. In Book 2 of PULSE, Life's Blood, it goes into the history of the mystical blood so in a way...now you can see where lore meets science in this book series.

Daizc wrote: "Hi Ms. Gow,

I'm a huge fan of yours. I'm in college with Lauren. We're using your books to study young adult fiction in school. Your style is so unique and different from other young adult books. ..."

Daizc,

Thank you for telling me you're reading my books in college. That is so thrilling to hear!

Lauren wrote: "Hi I'm Lauren. I don't know Mrs. Gow personally, but I'm a huge fan. I'm a college student and an English major. I find her inspirational. I love the Frost Series, Wicked Woods and Pulse. I tell m..."

Hi Lauren,

Good to have you here and enjoy college. It's a great time for you to explore what you want to do. I'm glad you enjoy Frost, Wicked Woods, and PULSE. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm about these books.

You're the moderator for the UC Students and Alum for Kailin Gow Group? I didn't know you can have one for alums and students. That is awesome! I would love to visit and join this group, for obvious reasons ha!

Jodie wrote: "My name is Jodie. I am a blogger/reviewer and a huge fan of Kailin's! No questions for now. Just excited to read Blue Bloods!"

Welcome Jodie!

Good to see you here :D

2) Announcement Tonight is: Contests!

Besides being able to win 1 Signed ARC of Blue Blood at the end of this Group meeting here are other contests associated with Blue Blood (PULSE 4):

- Goodreads Giveaway - Win 1 Signed Copy of Blue Blood.

- WIN a NOOK COLOR with a BLUE Cover by entering the contest within Blue Blood (PULSE 4) itself.

The latest on PULSE is:

1) Brotherhood of Blood (a PULSE novel) is going to be a series. Octavius will be a main character as well as the Greystone Brothers. New characters from his army of vampire mercenaries will be introduced, and it will go into the world of the Consortium.

Second Announcement coming tomorrow night!

Thank you Shannon-Michelle. All the Quads will be back in Blue Blood, and each will be faced with an immense challenge.

Hi Everyone,

I noticed almost everyone here is a Goodread friend. Yay! Love it when friends can get together LOL.

Just so you know, there is another group started by Kristi Stern and Heather Rosdale that talks about all the books.

This one is primarily to discuss in more detail about the newest PULSE book, Blue Blood, and also about PULSE itself.

Shannon had some really good insight and questions. Do anyone have any questions on PULSE? If so...please post here, and I'll try to answer them when I return tonight.

Chat with you soon!

Shannon,

I'm glad you brought that up...Octavius just strode into PULSE and took over, didn't he LOL! Characters sometimes do that in books, but when you have a series, there's a chance for the other guys.

Octavius will be a central character in the Brotherhood of Blood novel which brings him back to the time he was the youngest general in Rome, when he was turned, and when he turned Jaegar and Stuart. It will definitely give more room to his backstory.

Hi Shannon! Welcome to this Q & A session. I'm so glad you enjoy the quad relationship. Somehow it works for this story. Yes - Blue Blood will be out earlier than March. In 5 days in fact!

Want to hear the latest on PULSE? I'll be back February 10 to tell you. See you soon!

I get inspired to write by real life inspirations. How much is PULSE based on real life?

Now that we're into the 4th book of the PULSE series, who do you think had the most growth in the series? Who would you like to see more of?

Thanks very much for joining my group. I will be back on February 10 to start the discussion. In the meantime, please feel free to introduce yourself.