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Everything You Need To Know About Hello Satan
Hello Satan is going to be released shortly before Christmas. Here’s everything you need to know …
* It’s a prequel (of sorts) to Book 666, sharing several of the same characters. Before you ask, there are no spoilers.
* The germ of the idea formed after watching the attack on the Capitol on the news. I wondered what would have happened if they had succeeded, but didn’t want to write a conventional dystopia, since there had been far too many in the wake of the pandemic. A few months later it occurred to me that the War in Heaven could have been similar - and there was my story.
* As you’ve probably guessed, I love Malcolm and wanted him to be a main character this time round. I quickly decided the protagonist would have to be Satan, but didn’t want him to be a panto villain or a sexy antihero. I struggled to write him until I realised he *thinks* he’s Blackadder, but he’s actually more of a Prince Regent.
* He’s born Lucifer and renames himself Satan, but God - his Mother - calls him Lucky. That’s what he goes by throughout.
* Lucky was originally going to be straight, in an attempt to make the story more mainstream. It seems I’m not very interested in writing about straight people, so he was reimagined as bi.
* His unrequited love for Eve is mentioned in Book 666, but he has another crush on a major biblical figure. I loved writing these chapters.
* There’s a lot of fabulous devil related folklore out there, especially if you follow the #folklorethursday hashtag. It’s there I discovered Kitta Grau, who had to play a part in the story somewhere.
* I’ve enjoyed putting my spin on various biblical/apocryphal characters. I’ve always felt Lilith has been unfairly maligned, and made her the nearest this book has to a heroine instead.
* Junior (aka Jesus) was another tricky one to write, until I twigged it’s all in his nickname: he’s the ultimate annoying kid brother. The two of them are constantly squabbling over which of them God likes best, but it’s clear She loves them equally.
* I knew how I wanted to write God from the very beginning: outwardly fluffy but a strong, brave and loving lioness. The perfect mother, in other words.
* Fido was a later addition, but I thought it’d make sense if Lucky is a dog person to his Mother’s cat person, emphasising how different they are. The idea of a goofy, slobbery, affectionate hellhound tickled me.
* If you live in the UK, it won’t take you too long to work out who Anthony Sherrin is based on!
* It’s a prequel (of sorts) to Book 666, sharing several of the same characters. Before you ask, there are no spoilers.
* The germ of the idea formed after watching the attack on the Capitol on the news. I wondered what would have happened if they had succeeded, but didn’t want to write a conventional dystopia, since there had been far too many in the wake of the pandemic. A few months later it occurred to me that the War in Heaven could have been similar - and there was my story.
* As you’ve probably guessed, I love Malcolm and wanted him to be a main character this time round. I quickly decided the protagonist would have to be Satan, but didn’t want him to be a panto villain or a sexy antihero. I struggled to write him until I realised he *thinks* he’s Blackadder, but he’s actually more of a Prince Regent.
* He’s born Lucifer and renames himself Satan, but God - his Mother - calls him Lucky. That’s what he goes by throughout.
* Lucky was originally going to be straight, in an attempt to make the story more mainstream. It seems I’m not very interested in writing about straight people, so he was reimagined as bi.
* His unrequited love for Eve is mentioned in Book 666, but he has another crush on a major biblical figure. I loved writing these chapters.
* There’s a lot of fabulous devil related folklore out there, especially if you follow the #folklorethursday hashtag. It’s there I discovered Kitta Grau, who had to play a part in the story somewhere.
* I’ve enjoyed putting my spin on various biblical/apocryphal characters. I’ve always felt Lilith has been unfairly maligned, and made her the nearest this book has to a heroine instead.
* Junior (aka Jesus) was another tricky one to write, until I twigged it’s all in his nickname: he’s the ultimate annoying kid brother. The two of them are constantly squabbling over which of them God likes best, but it’s clear She loves them equally.
* I knew how I wanted to write God from the very beginning: outwardly fluffy but a strong, brave and loving lioness. The perfect mother, in other words.
* Fido was a later addition, but I thought it’d make sense if Lucky is a dog person to his Mother’s cat person, emphasising how different they are. The idea of a goofy, slobbery, affectionate hellhound tickled me.
* If you live in the UK, it won’t take you too long to work out who Anthony Sherrin is based on!
Free Promo: Hello Satan
Starting today, Spy Wednesday, and ending on Easter Sunday, #HelloSatan is free on Amazon!
Lucky never meant to start a war in Heaven. It’s all a terrible misunderstanding, stirred up by his enemies.
With his aide Malcolm at his left, his best friend Lilith at his right, he shambles his way through Bible times - and beyond.
Lucky never meant to start a war in Heaven. It’s all a terrible misunderstanding, stirred up by his enemies.
With his aide Malcolm at his left, his best friend Lilith at his right, he shambles his way through Bible times - and beyond.
Free Promo: Hello Satan
It’s Spooky Month, meaning #HelloSatan is free on Amazon!
The second book in the Paradise Found trilogy, it’s the story of the war in Heaven and the Fall - as told by Lucky himself.
Why did he fall out with God? What really happened in Eden? Did he seduce Judas Iscariot?
There’s only one way to find out!
The second book in the Paradise Found trilogy, it’s the story of the war in Heaven and the Fall - as told by Lucky himself.
Why did he fall out with God? What really happened in Eden? Did he seduce Judas Iscariot?
There’s only one way to find out!
Adversary
You ask why I
Forgive him
When he betrayed
Me so completely -
When he sold
My dreams
My visions
Out of spite
And fear
When he lied
Straight to
My face
Knowing that
I knew
I should have
Watched him
Fall, never
Looked back
Heard the
Rumours
With a shrug,
A sigh -
Exiled.
Damned.
Forgotten -
Save for a
Secret crack in
My heart -
But I am his
Mother, he is
My son
Family is family.
Love is eternity.
Forgive him
When he betrayed
Me so completely -
When he sold
My dreams
My visions
Out of spite
And fear
When he lied
Straight to
My face
Knowing that
I knew
I should have
Watched him
Fall, never
Looked back
Heard the
Rumours
With a shrug,
A sigh -
Exiled.
Damned.
Forgotten -
Save for a
Secret crack in
My heart -
But I am his
Mother, he is
My son
Family is family.
Love is eternity.
