1. Could you tell us a little bit about the world you created in The Ghost and the Goth?Sure! Alona Dare is the ghost of the recently dead Homecoming Queen. (In talks, I always like to say I killed the Homecoming Queen with a bus!) Will Killian, social outcast and school pariah, is the only one who can see or hear her (and other ghosts as well. The two of them would never have spoken when Alona was alive, but now they have to find a way to work together, despite how much they dislike each other initially.
The world involves a lot of ghosts (obviously) but also two people figuring out who they want to be, who they can be, in this place where life and death merge.
2. Would you be willing to tell us where you see the series going?
The third book, Body & Soul (May 2012), is the final book in the trilogy. And I had so much fun with it! It’s been really wonderful to write the scenes I’ve been imagining since writing the very first book several years ago.
3. Which of your own characters do you most enjoy writing?
You know, that’s a tough question. I enjoy different things about writing both of them. Alona is always straightforward about what she wants, what she expects, what she thinks she deserves. Will is a little harder to read, but his temperament is more similar to mine.
4. Which of your characters do you find most difficult to write?
My answer to this is going to be similar to the previous one, I’m afraid! Alona is difficult in that her reaction is often very different than my own would be in similar circumstances. As for Will, though his reactions are more like what mine would be, I have a tougher time reading him, figuring out what it is that he truly wants. He’s quieter than Alona, so it takes me a little longer to work out what he’s after.
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1. Could you tell us a little bit about the world you created in Under My Skin?The SKINNED series is set in fictional town called Redgrave, Alberta. It’s cold, isolated and nothing is at it seems on the surface. There are hidden agendas. Newcomer, and series main character, Eryn McCain fits in more than she originally expects – she’s got her share of secrets. As the series progresses readers learn more about Eryn’s backstory, as well as the colourful, paranormal lives of her new acquaintances – from a motley crew of teen hunters who track and kill her kind, to a witch who controls time, and a police chief who happens to be a master vampire. Factor in a love triangle full of fangs, fur, and tragic romance…that’s SKINNED for you.
2. Would you be willing to tell us where you see the series going?
I predict Eryn and her crew will have many adventures and riddles to solve before SKINNED and the town of Redgrave will be laid to rest.
3. Which of your own characters do you most enjoy writing?
Paige, Eryn’s cousin, is a spoiled, cheerleader-wannabe, unrepentant bitch and I adore writing her scenes. In the first book, Under My Skin, readers will hopefully love to hate Paige and her self-absorbed ways. Second Skin introduces a whole new Paige as a magic spell goes awry and the blue-eyed, Medusa-locks becomes someone…else. Mucking around with Paige’s personality was a highlight in writing Second Skin.
4. Which of your characters do you find most difficult to write?
Since the series is told through Eryn’s point of view, I often find her the toughest to write. I want readers under her skin, feeling what she feels, fearing what she fears, etc. I try to accomplish this through many passes over her emotional scenes, adding more depth each time and digging for the most evocative, sensory language. Eryn is half wolven, a human/wolf hybrid. Her senses dominate her experiences and I endeavor to go above and beyond when describing situations through her eyes.
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I'm such a huge fan of the Ghost and the Goth and I love reading the two PoVs, and I love Alona, she has layers and is so much more than just a mean girl. I like Will and the fact that he actually sounds like a boy.
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