When reading do you ever wonder as I do: "How/why did they come up with that?"
If you have I thought I'd make use of this blog space and tell the story behind the story. So, here goes:
It's so cool to see folks have put this on their TBR shelves. I know I'm biased but I feel Falling Through Glass is a book that will appeal to many readers. Paranormal fans will love the time travel element, historical fans will enjoy following Emmi back to 19th century Japan and all romance fans are sure to love watching Emmi fall head over heels for the handsome young samurai she first glimpsed in a rummage sale mirror.
They always say write what you love and my loves of all things paranormal and 19th century history have influenced many of my stories, but it wasn't until I stumbled upon a cartoon--or more specifically a Japanese anime--courtesy of my daughter that I became fascinated with 19th century Japanese history.
The anime in question was
Rurouni Kenshin and the hands down coolest character to appear was a an antiheroic former samurai now cop names
Saitou Hajime. Saitou-san was the coolest bad boy ever and when I found out he was based on a real samurai who went on to become a cop I knew I had to find out all I could.
That quest for information brought me in contact with some other folks on the same quest and we've been friends ever since. Hell, I think we crossed from friends to unofficial family eons ago ^_^
Here's a little taste of Kenshin with a trailer from IMDB. And if you really want to get a feel for the scary world my LA born Emmi Maeda falls into
you can watch an awesome full length movie-When the Last Sword is Drawn--featuring the samurai troop Shinsengumi (who play an important role in my book) also on IMDB via Hulu.
video for Falling Through Glass
