Interview With Supernatural Central
Here’s my Short and Quick interview with Supernatural Central. You can see it on their site here, but since the words on the website are dark for some reason I posted the interview here for you to enjoy.
1. Tell me a little bit about your main character of this book.
The main character of Down Salem Way is James Wentworth, a
young man who left England with his father, John, in 1690 in hopes of
furthering John’s prosperous mercantile business in the American colonies. They
settle in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony where James falls in love with
Elizabeth Jones, a farmer’s daughter. James wants to be a dutiful son and he
stays in Salem helping John with his business, but he’s torn because he wants
to return to England to his studies at Cambridge. Suddenly, the Salem Witch
Trials rear their ugly heads and James and Elizabeth find themselves caught up
in the madness. Really, it’s James’ love for Elizabeth that drives this story.
Down Salem Way is written as James’ diary as he and Elizabeth experience the
witch hunt hysteria in Salem.
2. Do you believe in the paranormal and if so, do you have an experience you can share?
I’ve had a lot of questions about whether or not I believe
in the supernatural elements of the Loving Husband books. I don’t believe that
vampires or werewolves actually exist. I don’t think it’s so much about
believing in Wiccans because they’re really there. There are many all over the
world who consider themselves Wiccan. Do they have magic powers like Miriam and
the other witches in the Loving Husband books? I know Wiccans cast spells, and
I’m not one to judge whether or not their spells work!
I believe that human beings are composed of body, mind, and
spirit. I believe we’re more than our earthly experiences and five senses show
us. I do believe our souls go on after our human bodies die, and I think it’s
possible that those souls go on to be reincarnated. Down Salem Way and The Loving
Husband Trilogy are fiction, and the reason I love writing fiction above
all else is because it allows me to explore the possibilities. Paranormal
events may or may not happen—I don’t know for sure one way or the other—but writing
these books was my way of wondering aloud what the paranormal world (and
vampires and witches) might look like if it was real.
3. What titles are you working on now that you can tell us about?
My next novel is going to be a Christmas book from my Hembry
Castle series. When It Rained at Hembry Castle is based on my love for Charles
Dickens and Downton Abbey, and it’s a sweet Victorian romance. Christmas at
Hembry Castle will be released Winter 2020. You can visit me online at
www.meredithallard.com to learn more about Down Salem Way, the Loving Husband
Trilogy, and When It Rained at Hembry Castle, and my future books as well.
