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I recently read all of your currently available Children of the Gods books and really love them. Are you publishing independently because you did not find a publishing house interested in your books or did you made a conscious decision to publish on your own? What are some of the pluses and minuses of self-publishing in your experience so far?

I.T. Lucas I’ve never even considered the traditional route. My writing doesn't fit their formulas (no more than 2 points of view etc.) and I hated the thought o…moreI’ve never even considered the traditional route. My writing doesn't fit their formulas (no more than 2 points of view etc.) and I hated the thought of changing my story to accommodate stale attitudes. I knew some readers would not like it but trusted my instincts that others would appreciate something new and different.
I love the independence of making all the decisions, from choosing models for my covers to marketing and everything in between. The down side is that everything is up to me and there aren't enough hours in the day to do it all. Sometimes I wish I had the luxury of dedicating all my time to writing and having someone else take care of the rest. The problem with that daydream is that publishers no longer do that for authors.
I could go on and on but those are the major points. :)(less)

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I.T. Lucas Reflecting upon the mythologies of the Sumerians, the Egyptians, the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans and Norse, it struck me that their pantheons bore remar…moreReflecting upon the mythologies of the Sumerians, the Egyptians, the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans and Norse, it struck me that their pantheons bore remarkable similarities, and it got me thinking, what if at the source of those myths were events and personalities that left an impact so profound that their echoes could be heard in the mythologies of civilizations continents and millennia apart.

The most fascinating were the original, the Sumerians, and yet they're not as well known as the others. More than seven thousand years ago, the Sumerian civilization had been more advanced – socially as well as scientifically – than those that came much later. The records found in archeological digs tell the story of an advanced society that knew all about our solar system and placed the sun in its center, with schools for children, both girls and boys, laws that protected personal property and afforded women the kind of rights they hadn't enjoyed since Sumer's decline and up until modern times.

The Sumerians accredited their gods with providing them with not only the blueprints for their civilization, and their advanced scientific knowledge, but with the creation of humankind itself – a hybrid they engineered for menial labor, combining the genetic material of a god and a less advanced creature. The abbreviated version of their creation myth isn't the only one to find its way into the bible, modified of course to fit its monotheistic agenda. Adam and Eve and the garden of eden, the garden of the gods, are there as well. Though in the Sumerian version, the snake is a sympathetic god who decides to grant them knowledge of a carnal nature (which is the way the term knowledge, or to know is used throughout the bible), giving humans the ability to procreate, which as hybrids they previously lacked. Another god, the head of the Sumerian pantheon, throws them out of the gods' garden, worried that he humans would rapidly multiply and pose a threat to the gods (implying that the gods were not as fruitful). The biblical story of the gods taking human mates, and the many children born from these unions – the near-immortals as I call them in my series – is also an abbreviated version of the Sumerian original. There are many more examples, in stories adapted for other mythologies as well as the bible, in which the Sumerian original makes much more sense, portraying the gods not as capricious and callous, but mostly as judicious and well meaning.

Still, if it wasn't for a very modern day event, these musings might've never coalesced into a story. Learning of the Stuxnet computer worm – a virus that managed to damage the Iranian nuclear program – a computer program so ingenious, it seemed like alien technology, I couldn't help but think that perhaps we were given a little help, a nudge in the right direction…
And that's how the idea for Children of the Gods was born – Ancient Sumerian mythology meets modern day computer technology.
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	Dark Stranger: The Dream (The Children of the Gods, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 19,836 ratings — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Stranger Revealed (The Children of the Gods, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 9,624 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Stranger Immortal (The Children of the Gods, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 8,365 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Enemy Taken (The Children of the Gods, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 6,698 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Enemy Captive (The Children of the Gods, #5) 4.27 avg rating — 5,900 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Enemy Redeemed (The Children of the Gods, #6) 4.32 avg rating — 4,925 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Warrior Mine (The Children of the Gods, #7) 4.36 avg rating — 4,346 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Guardian Found (The Children of the Gods, #11) 4.49 avg rating — 3,778 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Warrior's Destiny (The Children of the Gods, #9) 4.39 avg rating — 3,782 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Warrior's Promise (The Children of the Gods, #8) 4.36 avg rating — 3,758 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I.T. Lucas answered Jennifer's question: How to sign up for ARCS? I'm obsessed with your books and would love to become an arc reader if possible. Hi Jennifer, Thank you for being a fan. To join the ARC team, you can email me at Isabell@itlucas.com and I will add you to the list. Happy reading, Isabell
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