Fate is cruel.
Especially when the one you’ve sworn to love for all eternity, the very soul
who changed your destiny is the last person you should trust.
After more
than three hundred years of running, Lucia Dicomano must make a choice.
Forced to take
her place as a Pharo of Redemption, the divine slayer needs to master her
forgotten powers. Lucia turns to Vittorio, the one vampire she’s failed to
deliver from eternal damnation. But overcoming smoldering remnants of love,
lust and anger aren’t their only obstacles.
Samuel, who
may know Lucia better than she knows herself, hunts her with a fervor stoked by
a thousand years of vengeful hatred. His plan—capture and enslave the weakened
Pharo then take control of her elusive power.
Can Lucia trust
Vittorio long enough to reclaim her powers? Or will she have no choice but to
kill him and battle Samuel alone?
Thanks for having me on the blog today, Gabrielle. I’m
excited to be here, blogging with a fellow vampire lover.
Making an Old Idea
Fresh, New, and Exciting
How do you take something that’s been done over and over and
create a story others will want to read? And…how do you create characters
readers will become devoted to, care about, even wonder about late at night
months after they’ve read the book?
Before I began writing I could not understand how writers
came up with ideas, how they could think of these things, and of course, I
thought several of them were quite twisted. Since writing the first draft of
Perpetual Light I’ve learned the answers to all those questions and confirmed
that yes, many of us are twisted. (It sort of helps in story development.)
Everything in life impacts a writer’s thought process, just
as it does anyone else’s. Writers draw from big events like 9/11 to the mundane
like laundry. We mull things over, inspecting and wondering, “what if…” until
our little question becomes the entire reason for our book to exist.
I was raised Catholic. I believe in God and heaven and
redemption. The idea of vampires as soulless creatures of the night has been
written, and many writers have also written vampires with humanistic traits,
for example, the ability to love. But what if vampires have souls? What if
they’re simply lost? What if a vampire is a frightened soul who mistakenly
believes he is condemned and soulless? What if God has ordained a divine slayer
to bring lost vampire souls back to The Light?
That is my twist on vampires. In the Perpetual Light series
vampires have souls. They just need some help getting out of the shadows. My
heroine is tasked with helping them find redemption, but to do this she must
slay them, even the ones she loves.
When I think about that, having to kill the people (even if
they are vampires) she loves, it makes my stomach knot. I could never kill
someone I love. I’ve been driven to lunacy by some of them, but I’ve never even
considered killing one! So for me this is pretty steep conflict.
Now to make the hero and heroine likeable, no lovable I
needed to understand them both. I also needed to understand their relationship
and commitment to each other. Knowing the ins and outs of each character is
crucial to creating characters readers can, will, and want to relate to. I had
to learn all their flaws and be able to demonstrate their love for each other.
These are the things that make a reader stick with a book
once the back cover copy has intrigued them enough to buy it. Readers must
connect with the characters. When I think about the books I have not finished,
I know I walked away for one of two reasons. Either I did not care enough about
the outcome of the story or I didn’t like the characters, and sometimes both.
Of course, this is simply my perspective and the foundation
I use to get my stories going and completed. What about you? What do you do to
create new twists on old ideas?
About Jordan:
After trying her
hand at many, many things- from crafting and art classes to cooking and sewing
classes to running her own handbag business, Jordan finally figured out how to
channel her creativity. With an active imagination and a little encouragement
from her husband she sat down and began to write, each night clicking away at
the keys with her black Labrador, Dino curled up under the desk.
A few short
years later she’s entered the publishing arena with no plans to ever turn back.
Jordan’s a member of Rhode Island Romance Writers, as well
as RWA National, and the New England (NEC), Connecticut, and Fantasy,
Futuristic and Paranormal (FFnP) Chapters.
Her first book, Perpetual Light, is available on Amazon,
Barnes and Noble, kobo, and All Romance Ebooks from Crescent Moon Press.
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Perpetual-Light-ebook/dp/B007COSXB0/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1330177727&sr=1-3
Barnes and Noble Link:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/perpetual-light-jordankrose/1109252447?ean=9781937254063&itm=1&usri=perpetual+light+jordan+rose
All Romance eBooks link: http://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html
Find Jordan on
her website at www.jordankrose.com.
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1 comments:
Gabrielle, thanks for having me. I'm thrilled to spend a little time with another vampire romance writer and I can't wait to read Blood Betrayed. Jordan
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