Marie
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Graeme Rodaughan:
What made you decide to write thriller books that contain lethal vampires and secret organizations?
Graeme Rodaughan
Hi Marie,
[1] I believe the thriller genre is my natural home, and that the vast majority of the stories I think about are thriller stories.
The thriller genre for me is essentially a story where something really bad is going to happen, and the protagonist is trying to stop it. The setting could be sci-fi, fantasy, real world drama, horror, depending on how the author dresses it up.
I don't think in terms of romances, or mysteries, etc, so I didn't go down those paths. While there is a certain amount of 'mystery,' in my stories as the reader doesn't know everything about how the world of the Metaframe war hangs together - mystery is not the main theme. Thrills, action, danger, daring heroes and powerful villains are my stock in trade.
[2] Any 'wake in fright,' nightmare I have has malign horrific vampires in it lurking in the shadows. They haunt my imagination - hence I write about them.
[3] Secret Organizations? Because I'm a paranoid believer in conspiracies ... just kidding. I loved the movie "The Matrix," and the concept of a secret world that exists alongside the world we generally accept is a long standing fantasy trope that I happen to love.
The secret war for the Metaframe is simply my take on this popular fantasy concept. I also liked the idea of having more than two opposed groups - as you never run out of bad guys that way.
[1] I believe the thriller genre is my natural home, and that the vast majority of the stories I think about are thriller stories.
The thriller genre for me is essentially a story where something really bad is going to happen, and the protagonist is trying to stop it. The setting could be sci-fi, fantasy, real world drama, horror, depending on how the author dresses it up.
I don't think in terms of romances, or mysteries, etc, so I didn't go down those paths. While there is a certain amount of 'mystery,' in my stories as the reader doesn't know everything about how the world of the Metaframe war hangs together - mystery is not the main theme. Thrills, action, danger, daring heroes and powerful villains are my stock in trade.
[2] Any 'wake in fright,' nightmare I have has malign horrific vampires in it lurking in the shadows. They haunt my imagination - hence I write about them.
[3] Secret Organizations? Because I'm a paranoid believer in conspiracies ... just kidding. I loved the movie "The Matrix," and the concept of a secret world that exists alongside the world we generally accept is a long standing fantasy trope that I happen to love.
The secret war for the Metaframe is simply my take on this popular fantasy concept. I also liked the idea of having more than two opposed groups - as you never run out of bad guys that way.
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In all of the books, there are high emotions running rampant throughout the series, especially during the book Dragon's Den as so much happened within that book. Was it hard to write the things that happened to the characters in Dragon's Den as compared to the previous books?
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