Prophecy Trivia!!!
[image error]So I decided to do something a little different today and give you guys some Prophecy and Guardian-related trivia.
Here are ten little-known facts about the series;
1. The original tilte for Prophecy of the Sisters was Indigo Sky. Because I loved the title so much, that phrase is hidden in one place in all three books.
2. In the original version of Prophecy, Lia's driver and father figure, Edmund was named Samuel. It was changed at my editor's behest because she felt that Samuel was too close to Samael, the demon seeking passage through the Gate.
3. Birchwood Manor was named after the many Birch trees on our property. I love their papery white trunks, and there's a street near us called Birchwood that I travel when I take walks with my daughters.
4. The island of Altus was patterned as a homage to Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon, one of my all-time favorite books. If you like Prophecy of the Sisters and Guardian of the Gate, you will LOVE The Mists of Avalon.
5. Quite a few readers have mentioned that they weren't sure of the time period in Prophecy because it's not stated overtly. They're right, but it is stated on the headstone of Lia and Alice's father in the opening funeral scene.
6. I worked really hard to avoid the Massive Books that Get Massiver Series Syndrome. Prophecy and Guardian are nearly the exact same length at around 89,000 words. Circle of Fire is only slightly longer at approximately 92,000 words.
7. Prophecy of the Sisters took me three months to draft and ten months to edit.
8. In Guardian of the Gate, Dimitri Markov's character was originally named Janos Novak. Again, my editor felt the name was too close to that of Lia's first love, James.
9. *SPOILER ALERT* In my original imaginings of Prophecy, I didn't intend for Henry to die. It just felt like the thing that was supposed to happen.
10. I had never written a book in the first person present POV before Prophecy of the Sisters and I had never written something set in the Victorian era. Both were intended as an experiment to force myself out of my comfort zone and see if I could write something completely different.
[image error]Also, a quick reminder to check out the tour dates for the Ghosts and Graves Tour stops with author Jessica Verday. We'll be giving away an iPod at every stop plus tons of additional swag. There are A couple of Halloween parties planned plus a very cool reading right outside the central receiving vault at historic Sleepy Hallow, NY (yes! THAT Sleepy Hollow!). Come say hello!
