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May 22, 2012
Quartz (Galaxy Playmates) by Michelle M. Pillow
Galaxy Playmate Quartz is a woman who knows what she likes and she likes variety in her men. Knowing she’ll never be satisfied with just one man in her bed, she doesn’t even try to have a monogamous relationship. But when Thor, her new bodyguard, is sent to protect her from a stalking fan, she discovers that she just might be happy with one man in her heart–so long as he’s the right man.
Thor has loved Quartz from the first moment he laid eyes on her. A complete shifter, he’s able to play Quartz’s games and give her the variety of lovers she wants. For, in the end, she’ll belong completely to him.
Reviews
“5 HEARTS! This is perhaps one of the hottest stories this reviewer has read (…) The passion, lust and sensuality fairly drip off the pages.” –Love Romance
“QUARTZ, Michelle M. Pillow’s newest addition to her Galaxy Playmates series, totally rocks.” –Romance Reviews Today
May 14, 2012
Just Released – A Midnight Seduction [Kindle Edition]
A Midnight Seduction by Michelle M. Pillow
with a special forward from Author Mandy M. Roth
Approx 11,000 words
Paranormal Romance
After her mother’s death three years ago, Audrey Hayes is mildly content to run the greenhouse left to her. She has a good life, though she is alone. Then, on All Hallows’ Eve, a man walks into the store looking for her mother, Clara.
Porter is a full blooded lycan sent to collect Clara and bring her back to the Dark Realm to be with Audrey’s vampire father so they may conceive a child by midnight in fulfillment of the elfin prophecy, or both their worlds will be lost to demons forever. Instead, he discovers Clara is dead and must he take her daughter instead —a woman who has no clue she’s even of supernatural descent. Getting Audrey to the realm is the easy part, it’s convincing her to join him in fulfilling the prophecy that proves to be a challenge.
This book was previously published in an anthology.
If you enjoyed this story, you might like the following books by Michelle M. Pillow: Cupid’s Enchantment, Call of the Sea, the Realm Immortal Series (King of the Unblessed, Faery Queen, Stone Queen).
At ARe – http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-amidnightseduction-791195-139.html
May 8, 2012
Most Wanted Authors Contest
Most Wanted Authors Contest
No rest for the wicked…
It’s a well known fact when authors Yasmine Galenorn, Michelle M. Pillow and Mandy M. Roth get together, bad, bad things are going to happen. Threats of tequila and tattoos, scorpions and nipple clamps have flown across Twitter. Musings involving riding flying monkeys and Thor have also been rampant among this trio, as well as the delightful imagery of Michelle as an ethereal bunny riding cloud maiden. But next year when they get together at RT? We’re sure that hell is going to break loose.
This is where you come in. Tell us what you think will happen. What alleged “crimes” will they have committed? Who will end up in another country with no memory of how they got there? Who will have the photo evidence of the night? Who will need bail money? The Hangover has nothing on these ladies.
Use your imagination to dream up what trouble these three gals will get themselves into. You have three different places to enter this contest. Each author will be selecting her own winner(s) and have their own rules as per entering. Be sure to visit each author’s site for information on how to enter! Most importantly, have fun with this!
Michelle M. Pillow – http://www.michellepillow.com/blog/
RULES for entering here at Michelle M. Pillow’s Blog: You must write your ideas/suggestions/for sure facts of what you crimes you think will take place in the comment section of my blog. Open May9-22, 2012.
Prize: What you’re being entered for a chance to win… (taken from the lovely and talented Yasmine Galenorn herself) You Get What You Get! aka… if you’re selected you might win ebook(s), a print book, Amazon Gift Certificate, cool promo or swag. If you’re a winner you get whatever I decide to give so get those comments coming!
Remember to enter at Mandy and Yasmine’s blogs!
Mandy M. Roth – http://mandyroth.com/blog/
Yasmine Galenorn – http://www.galenorn.com/index.php?body=contest.htm
Have fun and be creative!
May 7, 2012
Julia Phillips Smith, Interview by Michelle M. Pillow
Julia Phillips Smith, Interview
Michelle M. Pillow, www.michellepillow.com
Horror novelist, Julia Phillips Smith (juliaphillipssmith.com) is celebrating the release of her debut paranormal book, Saint Sanguinus: A Dark Ages Vampire Novel (November 2011). A graduate of Ryerson University’s film program, Julia’s previous writing credits include scripts for radio and television. She has donned various creative hats, including stage manager (theatre), 3rd Assistant Director (independent feature film), and editor (TV documentary).
Saint Sanguinus is currently for sale at Amazon and Smashwords with print-on-demand coming soon. “A dark, dramatic take on the vampire genre,” writes Anna Campbell, Publisher’s Weekly’s Top 100 Books pick for Captive of Sin. “This book kept me awake into the wee hours.”
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Q: In your book, Saint Sanguinus, you delve into the world of vampires. What inspired you?
JPS:I’ve been enamored of vampires since childhood. I used to try to watch Dark Shadows, but my mom would always turn the channel if she walked in and found me sitting there enraptured by Barnabas Collins, and me all of five years old.
Since then, I’ve fallen for the Big Cheese himself, Count Dracula, and for another count—the Count Saint-Germain, written by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Currently Eric Northman from True Blood most definitely commands my attention.
Q: When world building, did you base your story off of known myths throughout history?
JPS:I really started with the caution, ‘be careful what you wish for.’ I was thinking about soldiers and warriors laying on their final battlefields, and what would happen if one of them cursed God with his dying breath instead of praying to be welcomed into heaven. Or Valhalla.
That led to supposing that God might have a use for a man so attached to life. What if the life offered back to these men became exceedingly lengthy? And who did I know with long life spans?
Vampires, perhaps?
Q: How is your world different?
JPS: Vampires have morphed in the past few years into a type of bad-boy character. The vampire qualities which I love were slowly frittering away in favor of gloomy, Goth types more interested in striking a pose than plunging fangs into anyone’s necks.
Saint Sanguinus takes readers back into a world where vampires remember who they are.
Q: What myths or legends inspired you?
JPS:I’ve been a fan of Dark Age Britain since I was a girl, devouring Mary Stewart’s The Crystal Cave. This led to a lifelong love affair with all things Arthurian.
I love everything about the Arthur legends, including the more mystical aspects like the Lady of the Lake, Merlin and the Isle of Avalon. But nothing beats the origin of Arthur’s kingship—the sword in the stone itself, Excalibur.
This in turn led to another devoted attachment–to swords.
Q: Why do you think readers, and society in general, are fascinated by the paranormal?
JPS:Earlier societies like the ones featured in Saint Sanguinus believed in the paranormal world as a matter of course. Although we have a lot for which to thank the Enlightenment period, the resulting trend toward scientific theory really managed to crush the non-measurable aspects out of respectable life.
However, privately people still believe. Or at least want to believe. The American Film Institute’s Top 20 Hollywood films list includes four with paranormal/fantasy elements: The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, 2001 Space Odyssey and It’s a Wonderful Life, while TV Guide’s list of the Top 50 shows of all time includes The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twin Peaks, Star Trek Next Generation and Bewitched.
Q: Do you have any paranormal pet projects?
JPS:As a graduate of Ryerson University’s film program, I do have some film projects in mind, including one that features a small town, its tourism industry and the undersea creature which feeds the economy while feeding on the inhabitants.
Q: What are your favorite paranormal shows, movies and books?
JPS:Supernatural—I pretty much watch one episode per day!
True Blood
Sleepy Hollow by Tim Burton
The Harry Potter series
The Count Saint-Germain series of books by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Q: Do you believe in the supernatural?
JPS:A definite believer. For example, I’m descended from the Mi’kmaq First Nation of eastern Canada, and as often happens within this cultural group, I receive animal totem messages regularly.
These come to us when the spirit world wishes to communicate. For example, if you live in a city suburb with a wide assortment of neighborhood cats and dogs, you wouldn’t count sightings of these animals as totem messages unless there was something odd about them.
However, if you were heading out your front door on your way to work, and a cat slipped off the roof to nearly land on your head and scare you out of your wits, looking up the message from Cat Totem would be a good idea. Then you would find out that the Universe is reminding you to trust in your own instincts.
Q: Have you ever had a paranormal experience?
JPS: Many. In fact, here in my apartment we have a spirit who likes to communicate with my husband and me through our Mo’s Tavern Simpson’s alarm clock. There are four characters who speak, and if you press a button on the bar, you can make them randomly say things. But you can’t control what phrase comes out.
The spirit here likes to make the Duffman character call out “Duffman!” It’s always in response to something I’ve just said, or a thought I’ve just had. For example, one time I called Hope For Wildlife animal rescue to report an injured seagull, on a night when I was singing in a choir concert and a snowstorm was brewing. When I got back from the performance, I checked my phone messages and heard one from Hope For Wildlife. I said, “I wonder if I should call them back?”
“Duffman!” rang out.
“I’ll take that as a yes,” I said, and called to find out they’d successfully located the seagull, who was then in care.
Q: How would you react if you came face to face with a ghost?
JPS:Since I do seem to bump into spirits regularly, I’m not afraid of these meetings. When my dog Xena was still with us, she would sometimes follow an unseen presence with her gaze and then look at me meaningfully. I learned to say, “Is there someone here with us? We’ll just say hi.”
Q: What does the future hold for your Dark Ages vampire series?
JPS:Saint Sanguinus is book one in a trilogy, and is really a superhero origin story as well as a vampire tale. One of my writer friends assumed I was going to write a book for each member of the vampire Brotherhood , which is made up of six warriors plus the main character. So we’ll see where that takes me.
Q: Have you ever been to a psychic or a past life regression?
JPS: I’ve been to both.
The psychic predicted I was “very near” my soul mate, who would be wearing a uniform, even though I was new to the city and still getting set up there. I left the reading, and 20 minutes later I was putting in my application for a job as a box office/popcorn counter attendant at a movie theatre. That’s where I met my husband, who was wearing his usher’s uniform when we met.
The past life therapist worked with me over several years, whenever I would get a strong urge to make an appointment and do some clearing out of old energies. The lifetimes that came up were a mix of male and female, took place in Scotland, England, Eastern Europe and Tahiti, and addressed issues of imprisonment, execution, suffering the consequences of forbidden love, pregnancy issues, sexual assault and being at the mercy of a killer cyclone.
To learn more about Julia Phillips Smith and Saint Sanguinus: A Dark Ages Vampire Novel visit www.juliaphillipssmith.com.Interview by Michelle M. Pillow, www.michellepillow.com
Promotional Stories *free short stories*
Rings of Gold by Michelle M. Pillow
Contemporary Romance Short Promotional Story
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Ryan Anderson had expected retaliation in some form. A guy just didn’t cross a woman with a sword, especially if that woman was Molly Shanahan, 2016 Olympic women’s fencing hopeful. She’d been born with the glint of a gold medal in her eye. She might be the girl of his dreams, if he can get past her guard.
PROMOTIONAL FREE COPY INCLUDES…
This is a free promotional short story, “Rings of Gold”, provided by Michelle M. Pillow and The Raven Books. After the story there are several extended first chapter excerpts to help give you a taste of the author’s many titles.
Author Note:
Rings of Gold was a promotional short story originally published in the giveaway anthology The Twelve Days of Christmas. This promotional short story appeared in it and, in fact, can still be found within it. However, this version has been expanded in length. It should be noted that this story is tamer than my other works. Most of my work is longer in length and includes violence, graphic language, sexual situations, and is not meant for those under the age of 18.
I hope you’ll keep reading after the story where you’ll find first chapter excerpts to some of my more popular books, a booklist, and an author recommended read to discover a new author you might like. These extended excerpts are meant to give you a taste of other stories you might enjoy reading.
Thank you and enjoy!
First Chapter Excerpts from:
Dragon Lords: The Perfect Prince
Lords of the Var: The Savage King
Maiden and the Monster
Emerald Knight
Call of the Lycan: Call of the Sea
Divinity Warriors I: Lilith Enraptured
and more!!
FREEBIES By Other Authors…
King, King, Goose
by Mandy M Roth
Paranormal Romance Short Promotional Story
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Paranormal Dragon Shifter Romance
Very Short Promotional Story
As dragon shifter and king of his people—the purple dragons of the east— King Najarni wants to make his lovely wife happy. Her Earthly customs and holidays are strange to him so he sends men forth to her realm to learn of these bizarre rituals. When his wife, Queen Tara, sees what her husband and his faithful guards have done, she can’t help but laugh.
Peek in and catch a glimpse into what Najarni has done for his beloved wife.
PROMOTIONAL FREE COPY INCLUDES…
This is a free promotional short story, “King, King, Goose?”, provided by Mandy M. Roth and The Raven Books. After the story there are several extended first chapter excerpts to help give you a taste of the author’s many titles.
Authors Note:
King, King, Goose was created to be part of the promotional giveaway anthology The Twelve Days of Christmas. This promotional short story appeared in it and, in fact, can still be found within it. However, this version has been expanded in length. I hope you enjoy this taste of my writing and worldbuilding and I hope it leaves you hungry for more. It should be noted that King, King, Goose is a much lighter tale than I normally tell both in subject matter and sexual heat level and is not meant for persons under the age of 18. My work is generally much hotter in the way of the “bedroom”. It is normally action packed as well. At the end of this very short story you’ll find free excerpts from select titles and a booklist of works by me. Thank you and enjoy!
Thank you for reading The Raven Books.
First Chapter Excerpts from:
Critical Intelligence
Master of the Hunt
Blaze of Glory
The Guardians
Winter Solstice
Civil Twilight
Gypsy Nights
and more!!
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They Call Me Trixie
by Elle Erotique
Contemporary EROTIC Romance Short Story
Being an escort is easy…if you know the Trix of the trade.
They call me Trixie. I’m whatever you need me to be. Some like me to bend to their whim. Some like me to take charge. Others just like to take me, any way they can. I’m not ashamed of my job. It pays the bills and sometimes—I get off on it. I don’t have those puritanical hangups most Americans do. I like men. I like women. Mostly, I like to make money. Peek inside my world. I dare you. Be warned, my story is short and it is not a romance. It does not have a happily ever after.
Warning: This short story contains graphic language and sexual content.
Captive of the Deep (Lords of the Abyss) by Michelle M. Pillow
Merman Rigel the Hunter has prayed for an end to his people’s curse. Immortality has come with a high price–loneliness. When a beautiful human female–Lyra Harne–is thrown into the ocean, her fate is in his hands. Unable to deny her, he saves her, but at what cost? Living in the lost city of Atlantes, women are rare and this sexy mortal is more than this hard up warrior can resist.
Is the beauty Rigel saves a gift from the gods? Or just another part of their curse? Temptation and desire are no match for fate, and the truth of Lyra’s shipwreck just might prove too much for this underwater affair.
Reviews
“5 ANGELS! Michelle M. Pillow has created an awesome fantasy world for all of us to enjoy…This is a keeper for all the fantasy romance lovers out there. I cannot wait for the next one in this series.” –Fallen Angels
“Michelle M. Pillow will keep readers enthralled from beginning to end…” –Romance Reviews Today
May 1, 2012
Juliana Stone, Interview by Michelle M. Pillow
Juliana Stone, Interview
By Michelle M. Pillow, www.michellepillow.com
Paranormal Romance author, Juliana Stone, has lived an interesting life. This Canadian rock star toured with an all female band before settling down as a wife and mother, though it is rumored she still sneaks out for a gig now and again. However, over the last few years music has taken a back seat to writing. New York Times Bestseller, Christine Feehan, has called Juliana’s newest release, His Darkest Hunger (Avon Books, March 30, 2010), a “fantastic fresh world (that’s) impossible to put down.”
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Q: In your book, His Darkest Hunger, you delve into the world of shapeshifters, vampires and black magick. What inspired you to write about this?
JulianaI’ve always loved the idea of sleek sexy shifters, so when I was deciding on what kind of shapeshifter to feature, black jaguars were my number one choice.
Q: When world building, did you base your story off of known myths throughout history?
Juliana:I knew I wanted to write about jaguars and while researching them came across the Jaguar Warriors and Eagle Warriors from the Aztec culture. They were fierce and became the basis for the world I created.
Q: What myths or legends inspired you?
Juliana:I don’t think any one in particular, but I certainly loved the idea that the jaguar warriors were linked to the dark underworld.
Q: Why do you think readers, and society in general, are fascinated by the paranormal?
Juliana:I think we love to escape. No, I think we need to escape. I think that most adults are overworked, over stimulated that the world we live in can easily leave us weary. Books, music and movies help us to escape, and the paranormal world takes us anywhere and everywhere, with dangerous heroes and strong heroines. These kinds of stories challenge our imaginations in a way, a contemporary doesn’t. It’s also very rock and roll!
Q: What are your favorite paranormal shows, movies and books?
Juliana:I love True Blood, Supernatural and Vampire diaries. I also love all the Resident Evil movies! As for books there are way too many to name, although Christine Feehan is a fave!
Q: Do you believe in the supernatural? Or are you a skeptic?
Juliana:Nope, totally believe. Saw a ghost for reals when I was a teenager.
Q: Have you ever had a paranormal experience?
Juliana:When I was about 12 I was visited in my room by a very old lady. A picture had fallen off the wall and woke me up and there she was at the end of my bed. She was dressed very old fashioned and just stared at me. It scared the crap out of me at the time. I remember I could see her feet as if she was floating off the floor. Months later my father was knocking down walls to make a room larger (we lived in a century home) and in the walls were pictures, photos of young children and old fashioned cars….and guess who was in them?
Q: What kind of paranormal creatures do you wish you could meet?
Juliana:I would love to meet a shifter, any kind will do.
Q: If given the chance, would you become a shifter?
Juliana:I think it would be amazing to have such strong magick that you could actually change your physical body into something dark, sexy and strong!
Q: How would you react if you came face to face with a vampire?
Juliana:I’d probably say “Holy F—k” and hope like hell it was a friendly!
Q: What does the future hold for your jaguars?
Juliana:The Jaguar Warriors is my first series for Avon and it revolves around three sexy brothers. I’ve very excited to tell all of their stories. There will be the whole end of the world thing for them to deal with, but hey, they’ve all got strong women in their corners ready to deal.
Q: Have you ever been to a psychic and/or a past life regression? What did they predict for you?
Juliana:I went to a psychic once….she told me I’d outlive 3 husbands! LOL, I never did tell my husband that particular piece of info.
Q: Have you ever been abducted by aliens?
Juliana:Um, that would be a big NO…at least not that I remember….although there is that strange mark on my…
Thanks for joining us, Juliana!
You can learn more about Juliana and her books at her website, www.julianastone.com.
April 30, 2012
Raven’s Recession Gift Card Giveaway!
Raven’s Recession Gift Card Giveaway!
We know times are tight. We’re feeling the pinch too. We also know that the first things to be cut from most household budgets are the luxuries like book buying. Often we have contests that features free downloads or paperbacks (yes, we’re including those in this too) but we thought it would be nice to do more—to help ease the pinch as best we could. Our solution, a massive gift card giveaway contest. We’re giving away thousands of dollars worth of prizes! (We’ve given away thousands and are STILL doing it!)
How does it work?
Glad you asked! Once a month we’ll randomly select winners from those who have entered. They’ll be notified via email.
What are you entering to win?
You’re full of awesome questions! We have lots and lots and lots (can’t really stress this enough) of gift cards to nationwide retailers to give away, plus free book downloads, free paperbacks, and pretty much whatever else we can think to toss at folks come winner selection days. Examples of just some of the ones we’ll be giving away—Wal-mart, Meijer food, Gordon Foods, Kroger, Visa pre-paid cards, Borders, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Outback, Chilis, Red Lobster, Old Navy, Macy’s, Sears, Hot Topic, JcPenny, prepaid gas cards, starbucks, and many, many more. Also, we’ll be tossing in free downloads of our books and paperbacks as they’re available to us to giveaway. UPDATE to prizes: DSI Lites, kindle ereaders, video games, moives, tv box sets and much, much more!
How often are we selecting winners?
Monthly! Again winners will be notified by email and if it’s a gift card (rather than an e-gift card) that you won, we’ll need your snail mail addy to send it to you. Don’t worry, we’ll ask you for it if you’re a winner.
Can I pick which gift cards or prizes I get?
No, sorry. We’re randomly selecting winners and pairing them equally as random with prizes.
How do I enter for a chance to win?
We’ll be drawing out winners from a few different places this time around. From our Raven Books newsletter mailing list members, from Raven Books Twitter Followers and from Raven Books’ owners Michelle Pillow & Mandy Roth’s personal mailing lists, facebook followers and twitter followers. If you’re already on all the mailing lists and follow each twitter/facebook, yay, you’re already entered to win! If not, here are the direct links for each.
The Raven Books Email Newsletter
Mandy M Roth Email Newsletter
Michelle M Pillow Email Newsletter
Michelle M Pillow Twitter
Mandy M Roth Facebook
Why aren’t you posting winners name publicly?
We got dinged for doing this and are taking a small break. Apparently, not all people who enter contests want their name out that they entered and won. (Frankly, I find this odd but that’s me… Ouch, Michelle just slapped me for saying that publicly. I feel someone had to.)
When should I start?
Now! The sooner the better. We’ll repost this contest page in its entirety at the start of each month of the contest as a refresher for any who might have missed it and a reminder to any who might want to enter more than once.
Can I get a bonus entry if I also promote this contest in addition to promoting Raven Books?
You sure can! Just be sure you’re promoting Raven Books first and foremost. Then, if you spread the word about the contest too, you’ll be entered multiple times.
Any stipulations?
Yes, you must be 18yrs old or older to enter. Contest is void where prohibited. No, we will not send you cash equivalent and all the other normal disclaimer stuff inserted here_____. Yadda yada yadda yada….
April 28, 2012
Call of Temptation (Call of the Lycan) by Michelle M. Pillow
James O’Connell lives simply, except for the whole hunting werewolves part. As one of the three lycan princes of the O’Connell clan, it’s his duty to enforce the lycan law. When a member of their clan begins killing humans, he’s sent to bring the rogue wolf in.
Claudia Hughes lives an ordinary life as a computer software analyst. Her mother and grandmother had psychic intuition, but hers is severely underdeveloped. Taking a solitary vacation, she trusted where instinct led her and ended up at the end of some crazy woman’s fangs. She’s led into a surreal world where lycans exist and passion for the man who saved her is the least of her worries.
Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, adult language, and violence.
Reviews
“5 Hearts! Ms. Pillow always delivers an exciting story with characters the reader can care for. A must read!” – Valerie, Love Romances, March 2008
“5 Stars! As always, Michelle does a slam up job… Top marks!” Euro-Reviews, March 2008
“5 Stars! Michelle Pillow, I have to say that three times, is definitely the charm. Call of the Lycan – Call of Temptation exceeded my expectations. Not only does it deliver suspense, action, a bit of adventure, a hot road trip, and conspiracy, it also gives two fantastic characters you can’t help but to love, and a villain you can’t help but to hate. … Michelle definitely knows how to turn the heat up. …Call of the Lycan – Call of Temptation was well written and a wonderful way to see the final brother get his girl.” Literary Nymphs Review
“Having read several Michelle Pillow novels in the past, I had very high expectations for this release as well, and was not disappointed. ” Simply Romance Reviews
“Anyone looking for an action-packed, suspenseful, and erotic tale that reads quickly should enjoy this series from the talented Ms. Pillow.” ParaNormal Romance, March 2008
April 24, 2012
Jess Granger, Interview by Michelle M. Pillow
Jess Granger, Interview
By Michelle M. Pillow, www.michellepillow.com
An adventurer at heart, Jess Granger has done everything from working as a balloon artist, brewing her own beer, traveling through Europe, and working to rehabilitate injured birds. When she isn’t writing like a mad fiend, you can find her pondering the complexity of ecosystems while tending her massive butterfly gardens. She’s a national bestselling, science fiction romance author with her series, Realms Beyond. Her latest work, Beyond the Shadows, arrives in bookstores May 4, 2010.
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Q: In your book, both your hero and heroine are aliens. What inspired you to create such characters?
Jess:Part of the fun of Science Fiction, especially on the Space Opera end, is creating new worlds out in the vastness of space with new rules. I love world building from scratch. The universe is endless and full of possibility for wonder, adventure and excitement. In the case of my hero and heroine from Beyond the Shadows, it was fun to portray a matriarchy that isn’t all good, or all bad for that matter. It was also interesting to play with male/female dynamics when both characters come from a completely alien culture that has very different rules from ours. It led to some pretty entertaining fireworks. It was also a challenge to create a world and a culture that developed into a matriarchy through a natural state of cultural evolution dictated by the nature of their planet and the needs of war in an arboreal realm.
Q: Why do you think readers, and society in general, are fascinated by the paranormal?
Jess:I think people are excited by possibility. I think it is fun to ponder what is out there. Who knows what is really out there? It gives us the thrill of fear, but that lingering excitement that what we know as truth may not be truth, and in fact we are small in the face of true wonder.
Q: Do you believe in the supernatural? Or are you a skeptic?
Jess:I like to believe in possibility. When faced with something that might be possible but seems impossible, I err on the side of, well maybe, who knows?
Q: How would you react if you came face to face with an alien?
Jess:I’d freak out. Hands down, I’d freak out. I’m really a skeerdy cat. After the freak out, I’d freak out in a different way. If they didn’t intend us harm, wow, could you even imagine the nature of a feat of exploration like that?
Q: Have you ever been abducted by aliens?
Jess:Um, barring some entertaining shenanigans in college, I’m pretty sure that no, I have not been abducted by aliens. I fell out of my body once and landed on the ceiling while sleeping, and I’ve dated a couple of guys that I believe might have been aliens, but no, in the grand scheme of things, I have not seen any little green men, nor have any tried to kidnap me because Mars needed women. I guess the night is still young.
Thanks for joining us, Jess!
You can learn more about Jess and her books at her website, www.jessgranger.com. Interview by Michelle M. Pillow, www.michellepillow.com
