Welcome back for our next Author Spotlight.
Welcome M.K. Theodoratus. Ms. Theodoratus is the author of a fantasy novel, Taking Vengeance. In Spring 2014, The Grumpy Dragon will release her YA urban fantasy novel There Be Demons.
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Taking Vengeance is a novella that takes place just before a Far Isle Half-Elven novel – Dark Solstice – now being considered by The Grumpy Dragon. It highlights the estrangement between Mariah, the instigator of the Half-Elven Rebellion against genocide, and Linden – the ruler of the Marches and former lover of Mariah’s and the half-brother of her partner, Ashton.
Logline: Mariah’s awash in loneliness after Ashton, her ring-mate, goes to spy on their southern enemies. When sea raiders attack their daughter’s family, Mariah and Ashton go hunting for vengeance – only to discover the raiders wield a strange new magic that threatens the Marches. It’s up on Amazon, Smashwords, and Nook.
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How did you come up with the idea for this book?
I’ve always been interested in the effects genetic drift would have on the politics of a hybrid population. I think it was an election year at the time. Since I read mostly fantasy of one kind or other, I picked elves and humans. But I didn’t have any characters to hang the action onto.
I started writing my first draft when an image of Mariah standing on a cliff-edge over the sea with her hair blowing in a receding gale popped into my head while petting my cat one morning. The resulting Taking Vengeance and Dark Solstice are part of the resulting 450,000+ plus word draft about the Far Isles Half-Elven.
Not being an erudite professor, my Half-Elven are much different than those in The Lord of the Rings, being a cantankerous lot who fight constantly. Mariah can out-snarl the best of them … though her attitude is tempered by being fostered by human parents.
What are your current projects?
I’m working on two novellas or one novel about the beginnings of the Marches – Forbidden Fruit -- starting when Teemon is stranded on the human planes after the Elf Queen orders the main portals closed and ending when Mariah, Ashton, and Linden begin rescuing refugees from the Suderlands, against Teemon’s wishes. Plus I’m keep getting interrupted on the edits for Black Tail’s War, the sequel to Troublesome Neighbors.
My other main project is edits on There Be Demons, my YA urban fantasy novel to be published by The Grumpy Dragon in Spring 2014. The Dragon wants a sequel, but I’m dithering on a villain. Did demons.
Then there’s the novels about Mariah’s granddaughter, Kerry, who appears for the first time in Dark Solstice.
I think it is important to know an author as well as her work. Just to be silly, I have a couple questions for you.
What is your favorite snack when writing?
Coffee. Yeah, I’m addicted to the writer’s drug of preference. The mess at my computer table doesn’t allow any room for more conventional snacking.
Share one thing that drives you crazy.
Marketing. Maybe it’s because I’m relatively immune to advertising. I don’t have a hype-bone in my body. Short answer. I’m lousy at it.
Before we end the interview, Readers love following their favorite authors, which social networking sites can fans find you? Please provide links.
I waste waaaaay too much time on social media, but I enjoy the people I have connected with.
Author Website – http://www.mktheodoratus.com
Dedicated Far Isles Half-Elven Website – http://www.half-elven.com
Twitter – https://twitter.com/kaytheod
Facebook Author Page – https://www.facebook.com/pages/M-K-Theodoratus/235376633158175?ref=hl
Facebook Far Isles Half-Elven Page – https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Far-Isles-Half-Elven/100514986718681?ref=hl
Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/0/114959381917569899950/posts
Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5478544-m-k-theodoratus
Thank you for joining me. I wish you a wonderful holiday season. Best of luck in 2014 with your upcoming novel There Be Demons.
