This time I get to focus on one of my favorite authors, me. I debated whether or not I should have someone else write the column, but I decided it would be fun to interview myself.
Linda Suzane is the pen name for L. S. Melin. She has been writing for over thirty years, but only in the last couple of years has she been able to turn to writing full-time. The Internet and eBooks have provided her opportunities that haven't been available before. Her first eBook, THE MURDER GAME, was published by Kudlicka Publishing and is available from
http://www.playmurder.com. THE MURDER GAME is a romantic mystery about a mystery game designer whose game goes murderously wrong and makes use of Linda's own experiences designing murder mystery games. Her second eBook EYES OF TRUTH is now available from Twilight Times Books.
http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com This book combines all her passions--murder, mystery, blood, and vampires. Linda has just finished the first in her Darkhour Vampires series, BLOODY CAPTIVITY, and is currently looking for a publisher.
Linda lives on the beautiful Oregon coast with her husband of some thirty years, four domineering cats, and an office full of dragons. She is the proud mother of one daughter, and even prouder grandmother of one almost three-year-old grandson, Draven. When she isn't writing or working on her web sites, she can be found playing with him.
You can find Linda at
her official homepage http://www.lindasuzane.com.
Her murder mystery game site http://www.playmurder.com.
Midnight Blood, Home of the Darkhour Vampires http://www.midnightblood.com.
e-Vampires.net Where to find the best bloodsucking fiction on the web http://www.e-vampires.net.
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INTERVIEW
How did you come to write Eyes of Truth?
Actually, I didn't set out to write a vampire novel. I was looking to write a mystery novel in a fantasy setting. Even when I described the finding the gardener's body hung over a cook pot drained of blood, I wasn't thinking about vampires. They sort of crept in. I tend to describe Eyes of Truth as a fantasy mystery with just a touch of vampirism.
Tell us about the vampires of Naj.
First, they aren't actually vampires. There are no vampires in Naj. But the word vampires can describe either the very specific Eastern European vampire of Count Dracula ilk or it can be used to describe the myriad of other legends of bloodsuckers that occur around the world.
I've always been fascinated by the superstitious fear of witches, demons, vampires, and how that fear can cloud reasonable minds. The wo-nur is just such a creature, whether it is merely superstitious nonsense or is real is a question perhaps to explore in a later story, but for some of the people of Dak-moon the wo-nur is very real and threatening. The wo-nur gave me a chance to explore what happens when superstitious fear takes over.
