Title: WICKED PARADISE
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Crimson
Romance
Release
Date: August 13, 2012
Format: eBook and Print
My heroine Morgan would say to me, “Thanks for giving me Ryan, but did you have to pit me against a maniacal demon on a deserted island?”
What was your favorite chapter or scene to write in your book? Why?
Probably the scene Morgan and Ryan first met. They’d both “landed” on the island separately, and Ryan had been there two weeks without seeing a soul. But the moment he hears Morgan tearing through the jungle and feels her fear, he knows his life is about to change forever. It’s that moment when a seedling of life blooms in a long span of despair that always gets to me.
What
was the inspiration for WICKED PARADISE?
I wanted to write a time-travel in an unknown setting, a middle ground between my heroine’s home on Avalon and my hero’s home in Los Angeles. I was also reading Druid history & mythology at the time, so I knew my book had to have another fantasy element other than time-travel. When I conceived the book, a couple of lines from an old favorite song, “Hotel California” triggered the concept of the island paradise. “This could be heaven or this could be hell” and “you can check-out anytime you like, but you can never leave” put the idea in my head about a deserted and unchartered island, and a colony of desperate and lost people who were destined to live on the island. I had to give them a purpose for being there (a little hell), and a reason to want to stay (a lot of heaven). Read more about my setting in my article on the Crimson Romance Blog.
I wanted to write a time-travel in an unknown setting, a middle ground between my heroine’s home on Avalon and my hero’s home in Los Angeles. I was also reading Druid history & mythology at the time, so I knew my book had to have another fantasy element other than time-travel. When I conceived the book, a couple of lines from an old favorite song, “Hotel California” triggered the concept of the island paradise. “This could be heaven or this could be hell” and “you can check-out anytime you like, but you can never leave” put the idea in my head about a deserted and unchartered island, and a colony of desperate and lost people who were destined to live on the island. I had to give them a purpose for being there (a little hell), and a reason to want to stay (a lot of heaven). Read more about my setting in my article on the Crimson Romance Blog.
What’s
one of your favorite lines of dialogue from WICKED PARADISE?
“I’m not in the mood to rescue idiotic women again.” This is Ryan talking. It shows so much who he was when the story began! The man came a long way by the end of the book.
“I’m not in the mood to rescue idiotic women again.” This is Ryan talking. It shows so much who he was when the story began! The man came a long way by the end of the book.
Do you
write about where you live or where you’d like to live?
My contemporary/urban
fantasy stories usually take place in California somewhere. However, Wicked Paradise is set on a tropical
island with plenty of beaches! I wanted its setting to be a total escape from
reality. My young adult contemporary novel, VIGILANTE NIGHTS (coming July 2013
from Merit Press) takes place in a fictional California seaside town. I’d love
to live in either locale! Just not with demons plaguing me. J
Do you identify
closely with one particular character? How?
Although both my
characters have a desire to live life their own way rather than march to the
drum of others which I can relate to, I identified with Ryan more so than my
heroine, mainly because he’s from the 21st century, whereas Morgan’s
from medieval Avalon. I think it’s his stubbornness, too!
If
your heroine could visit anywhere her heart desired, where would she go? Why?
She would want to go back home to Avalon. I don’t want to give away spoilers, so you’ll have to read the novel to find out why. A part of her would like to see the 21st century before the apocalypse, just out of curiosity, but it would be her second choice.
She would want to go back home to Avalon. I don’t want to give away spoilers, so you’ll have to read the novel to find out why. A part of her would like to see the 21st century before the apocalypse, just out of curiosity, but it would be her second choice.
How do
your heroine and hero meet?
On a deserted tropical island that doesn’t exist in our world. My heroine, Morgan, comes from post-Arthurian Avalon and my hero, Ryan, comes from the apocalyptic 21st century Los Angeles. Ryan rescues Morgan from the sea after she takes a header off a cliff!
On a deserted tropical island that doesn’t exist in our world. My heroine, Morgan, comes from post-Arthurian Avalon and my hero, Ryan, comes from the apocalyptic 21st century Los Angeles. Ryan rescues Morgan from the sea after she takes a header off a cliff!
**GIVEAWAY**
Good
luck and thanks for visiting!
3 comments:
Great insights into your characters. I enjoyed the post a lot. Makes me really want to read the story.
debby236 at gmail dot com
Hi Erin - congrats on your release. I loved Wicked Paradise.
Thanks, Debby and Lynn!
Erin
Post a Comment