Micky Cocker
asked
Raven Belasco:
I noticed your Blood and Ancient scrolls books have a lot of history and darker magic in it. Is that because it's a subject you're into? Or did you have to do a lot of research?
Raven Belasco
That's a great question, thank you so much for noticing!
Yes, I do massive research for these books. I've had long and detailed discussions with biologists and forensics scientists working up the hows and whys of my "am'r" (vampires) (every detail you read about has been explained in my head, even if those details never make it into the books). In that case, it's to ensure that I'm always consistent with the am'r, and that their strengths and limitations fit within their universal rules.
I also deep-dive the history of all the historical figures who go in the books. For my longer-live characters, I have time-lines that I work on of all that has kept them busy over the centuries. So if one of the am'r tells you a story about their past, that is on their timeline. Again, that's for consistency as the series continues. I don't want to say in one book that Sandu was Italy in the 1600s, and then in another that he was in Mongolia.
But you totally saw right through me that this is a bunch of subjects I'm super into. I'm a huge geek. I love vampire myth and tradition, and having to think about the science of why someone would (and could) survive and become stronger ingesting only blood is a pleasure for me. And to "have to" research history for my books is really just an excuse to spend hours reading history books. This is me getting to have the most fun I could doing my job! 🤓
Yes, I do massive research for these books. I've had long and detailed discussions with biologists and forensics scientists working up the hows and whys of my "am'r" (vampires) (every detail you read about has been explained in my head, even if those details never make it into the books). In that case, it's to ensure that I'm always consistent with the am'r, and that their strengths and limitations fit within their universal rules.
I also deep-dive the history of all the historical figures who go in the books. For my longer-live characters, I have time-lines that I work on of all that has kept them busy over the centuries. So if one of the am'r tells you a story about their past, that is on their timeline. Again, that's for consistency as the series continues. I don't want to say in one book that Sandu was Italy in the 1600s, and then in another that he was in Mongolia.
But you totally saw right through me that this is a bunch of subjects I'm super into. I'm a huge geek. I love vampire myth and tradition, and having to think about the science of why someone would (and could) survive and become stronger ingesting only blood is a pleasure for me. And to "have to" research history for my books is really just an excuse to spend hours reading history books. This is me getting to have the most fun I could doing my job! 🤓
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