Thea: I’m quite excited that the first of my Game of Shadows duology, RISING DARKNESS, has a release date of April 2, 2013. So right now I would have to say that Dragos is my favorite. Right now, though, I am between Elder Races projects…. Thea: I have said this before, and it’s actually quite true: my favorite characters happen to be the ones I’m writing at the time. Who is your favorite character from the series? TQ: And now for a really easy question! The Elder Races series presently consists of 5 novels and 4 novellas. They cracked me up several times when I was writing them! Thea: I loved the interactions between Pia and a new-to-the-reader character, Eva. TQ: Without giving anything away, what is/are your favorite scene(s) in Lord's Fall? I had to give his character a lot of thought. Putting them on again to tell the story was like revisiting friends. Thea: Dragos and Pia were the easiest characters to write. TQ: In Lord's Fall, who was the most difficult character to write and why? The easiest and why? ![]() ![]() I guess it’s kind of like reality: we never really live totally resolved lives. Thea: A lot of questions and issues that have built up over the previous four books are addressed, and more questions and issues arise. TQ: Tell us something about Lord's Fall that is not in the book description. LORD'S FALL is what happens to Pia and Dragos after their happy ever after. I’m borrowing this from something a blogger wrote (I can’t remember which one, sorry!): TQ: Describe Lord's Fall (The Elder Races 5) in 140 characters or less. I had a lot of material to draw on by the time the Elder Races was created. Thea: I would have to say, again, that it was a combination that involved years and years of independent reading, hobby interests, and college courses (such as philosophy and mythology). TQ: What sort of research did you do to create your world and mythology? Thea: Years and years of reading and enjoying science fiction, fantasy and paranormal books. TQ: What inspired you to write The Elder Races series? Since I want to keep writing, this works out very well for both the reader and I! It helps tremendously to become involved in another book or novella, which facilitates disengaging from the project I just completed. The very best way to counteract all of this waiting is to invest in another project. After that, there is more waiting, to see how readers respond, and to receive royalty checks after all the accounting. After that, there’s more waiting-months of it-between the stages of development a book goes through before it finally hits the bookshelves at a store or online vendor. I find it difficult to pour months of effort and time into a project, hit SEND and then wait for feedback and acceptance. Thea: One of the most challenging things for me is the wait. TQ: What is the most challenging thing for you about writing? After that, however, I go where the writing takes me, which means sometimes I need to rework my thinking from the original outline. ![]() Thea: I’m both a plotter and a pantser! How does that work, you ask? I create proposals for each project, or book, and those proposals have 5-10 page outlines that give my editor a clear idea of where I envision the book will go. But for the last half a dozen long trips I’ve taken – two or three days of driving in the car-I’ve ended up driving in total silence and used the time to think about stories and plots. I have a CD player in my car, and of course a radio, and I always take a collection of CDs to listen to. The most quirky thing I can think of is actually how I like to take long distance car trips. My dogs are always in the office area with me. Sometimes I write with music on, and sometimes I write in silence. :-) I don’t actually have very many quirks. Thea: I am probably the most boring writer in the world. TQ: What would you say is your most interesting writing quirk? Thea: Thank you for having me today! I’m delighted to get the chance to visit with you.
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