What is the working title of your book?
The Children of Anu, Book Two of the Karen Wilson Chronicles.
Where did the idea come from for the book?
This being the second book in the series, I wanted to write about the concept of a lesser evil keeping a greater evil at bay. When that lesser evil was defeated in the first book, what greater evil rises to take its place?
What genre does your book fall under?
Dark Urban Fantasy.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
There are only a few actors I had in mind for the characters. Most of the visages of my characters are based loosely on people I know.
Karen – 20’s brunette Jennifer Lawrence
Aaron – 20’s Michael Shanks (SG-1)
David – 20’s Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miam)
John Corso – 30’s Johnny Depp
Luke Coleman – 30’s Gary Cole
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
When one evil falls, another one takes its place and threatens the city of Kendrick itself and all of the supernaturals within it.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
Self published. It will be published by Apocalypse Ink Productions (my company), edited by John Helfers, with cover art by Amber Clark of Stopped Motion Photography who did the cover of Caller Unknown.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
As it was originally a serial short story collection told over twelve months… it took about ten months to write the thirteen stories in this book.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I’d like to say Seanan McGuire’s October Daye series… but there’s not enough fairies for that. Or the Kat Richardson’s Greywalker series… but it’s not detective enough for that. I think it is closer to Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files with all of the different creatures, supernaturals, and secret societies… but there are no vampires in the Karen Wilson Chronicles at all. I mean… none.
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
The story inspired me. The idea of a continuing storyline told in a collection, a mosaic novel. This being the second in the series, its theme is “Consequences.” The first book’s theme was “Revelations.” I wanted to tell the story of what happens after the heroes win. All actions and revelations have consequences. I wanted to see where that would go now that places were set, secrets revealed, and deeds done.
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
The Children of Anu is a book about the bad guys doing what they planned to do and the heroes trying to figure the plan out. The heroes don’t know what’s going on. Not every ally is good. Not every villain is evil.
Also, Kendrick is rich in conspiracy, hidden worlds, and supernatural creatures. This is the kind of story that could be going on around as you walk out your front door. The Karen Wilson Chronicles is my love letter to the supernatural Pacific Northwest.
Caller Unknown is available now.
The Children of Anu will be out in August 2013.
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