Day One: Worlds of Wonder Blog Hop
Welcome to the Worlds of Wonder blog hop. Each day of the hop you'll learn something new about us and the other six authors participating in the hop. We're kicking off the hop with an interview, but be sure to check out our give away and the hop prizes.
Would you tell us a little bit about yourself? We're T. C. Archer, the writing team of Evan Trevane
and Shawn M. Casey. We write various forms of romantic science fiction,
romantic suspense, and paranormal suspense. We met at an online advance
writer’s workshop about ten years ago. We didn’t know one another in the
‘real’ world at that point, but each fell in love with the other’s
work. That was about a dozen novels ago.
When did you realize that you would like to write and publish a book? Evan wanted to be a writer since junior high school. Shawn got the bug to write in her thirties.
Can you tell us a little bit about your book? We were kicking around the idea of some sort of
superhero story, which led us to the mid-twentieth century where heroes
represented justice, truth, freedom and, of course, the American way.
This piqued our interest in WWII, an era rich with intrigue, love,
science, drama and, yes, love. During the war, questions were raised on
everything from Hitler’s obsession with the occult to the Ghost Army
that created tactical deceptions to fool the Germans.
Many things that helped win the war are so fantastical that they border on fiction. Consider an average man who decides to help the war effort and starts to spy for Great Britain—without actually joining British Intelligence! This man not only became one of the greatest spies of all times, but was single-handedly responsible for the ruse that fooled the Germans and allowed the Allies to land in Normandy. In Chain Reaction you’ll find some of these fantastical elements sprinkled throughout the book, some in the history books…some not.
We took a cue from the great Connie Willis, who writes science fiction/alternate history that strictly adheres to our world history. So how does a book get classified as alternate history when the history doesn’t diverge from real world history? In our case, we call the alternate history elements What you won’t find in the history books. We portray world events as being credited to someone other than the real heroes behind the scenes, which means these heroes never made it into the history books and were expunged from existence. There’s a good reason for this anonymity…some of these heroes weren’t quite human.
Where can we purchase this book?
Can we expect more novels from you in 2012-2013? We’re working on the next two books in The Phenom League. The first is entitled Desert Fox and takes place in El Alamein when Rommel marched across Egypt. Our hero is a five thousand year old mummy who has been guarding his pharaoh. The second novel takes place in Chauny, Francey, with the underground Chauny Line where Allied soldiers were hidden from the Germans. Our hero is a WWI pilot who was shot down and killed, but he never passed over. He must discover the secret weapon that the Germans are reported as having. You might even see a space ship in this book.
How much of you or people you know do you think make it into the characters in your novel(s)? Heh heh. If we admit to using people we know that
could get us into a lot of trouble. So we won’t swear on a stack of
Bibles that people we know don't make it into our books.
Why this genre(s)? We love the WWII era and we love the idea of paranormal superheroes.
Where do you see yourself at in five years—writing wise? Writing full time.
Can you tell us a few do’s and don’ts for aspiring authors?
Do write a lot.
Don't watch tv or play video games instead of writing.
Do read a lot.
Don't read only the genre you write in.
Do find people you trust to read your work.
Don't get upset at constructive criticism. (Construction being the operative word.)
If you are self-published, why did you decide to take this route of publishing? We decided to take this route of publication in order to maintain creative and financial control over our books.
OUR GIVEAWAY
For every day of the hop we are giving away a digital copy of Chain Reaction, the first book in the Phenom League. A winner will be chosen every day, so you must visit our blog and make a post on the specific day to be eligible for that day's prize.
For love of country and a woman, Jordan Pierce must sacrifice his humanity.
Former
Chicago Detective Jordan Pierce put his life on hold in order to
protect America's secret weapon against the Nazis; The Manhattan
Project. But he can't protect himself against the disease eating away at
his humanity. Jordan discovers how much of his soul this infection has
devoured when he falls in love with the woman who could destroy America.
Choosing her, means choosing the monster he's becoming, making him the
most powerful man he's ever known.
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Now be sure to visit the other authors today and get a peek at their wonderful books and their prizes.
NOW FOR THE HOP PRIZES
We're giving away two grand prizes: a bundle of eBooks and a $50 gift card to Amazon or the Book Depository (winners choice). You will also be entered to win one of the seven authors' books.
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Suzanne van Rooyen - Character Interview #1
Paul West - Book Review Quotes or blog post about your books world
Kimberly Comeau - Excerpt #1
Stephen Zimmer - Author's Questions to readers
D.A. Adams - Character Interview #2
Annie Walls- Excerpt #2
