I have great pleasure in being one of the stops on Christine Rain's tour today. Throughout the whole of October she is celebrating the release of her wonderful 13th Floor series which is being released in one complete collection.
And as part of the celebrations she has been under my interview spotlight once again.
HM: Hi Christine, great to have you
back. I first interviewed you way back in January, when you were near
the beginning of your 13th Floor journey. How does it feel to have
made it to the end and be celebrating with a collection of them all?
CR: I keep going through a whole
cycle of emotions over and over again. Excitement about its release,
relief that I'm done, anxious about how well it will do, sad it's
done, and eager to start on a new project. I love the 13th
Floor series, and though I'll miss it, I can't wait to fall in love
with something new.
HM: It's been a tough decision
for me to decide which is my favourite in the series. Which is your
favourite character to read, and which was your favourite to write?
CR: Oh,
tough question. Xan and Lois together are my favorite to read. They
make me laugh. My favorite to write was Harriet. She's such a sweet
soul yet cursed. Nothing was simple with her. She has so many layers.
It's tempting to delve more into her life and write more.
HM: I'm definitely going
with The Marquis as mine, Marc is just my kind of guy. I see him as a
Wolverine sort of character, very rugged and sexy.
Do you have an image in your mind for
each character? Are they based on well known characters, or straight
from your own imagination?
CR: I'm a visual person. I
have a definite image of each character in my mind. Marc came right
from my imagination as did his lady, Mae. A few of the other
characters have appearances similar to well known ones. I imagined
Xan to look like Alexander Skarsgard (Eric Northman from True Blood)
and Meira like Morena Baccarin (Inara from Firefly).
HM: One of my favourite
things about this series is how they overlap with one another, with
characters appearing in different stories. Did you outline these
overlaps from the start of your writing process to all coincide?
CR: I'd love to say I planned it
all out, but I didn't. I'm a pantser through and through. I knew I
wanted them to all happen during the same period of time, but I
wasn't sure how it was going to work. I just let the stories take me
along as they happened.
HM: What have you learned
on this 13th Floor journey, both about yourself and about your
writing?
CR: I learned I can write a lot
when under pressure. I learned to trust my stories and let them take
me where they need to go. I've also learned how to more objectively
edit myself. Sometimes it's difficult to critique your own work, but
I've gotten much better this year.
HM: Is there anything you
would have changed about how you brought The 13th Floor into the
world over the past year?
CR: I would have written the
entire series before I started to publish them. I was a bit crazy to
write them as I went along.
HM: What has been the most
valuable thing that has got you through all the hard work for this
project?
CR: The most valuable
things are my critique partners and beta readers. They had to work as
hard as I did. I'm forever thankful for all their work. I promise
never to set myself on a schedule like that again!
HM; Will you be taking a
well-earned rest after the tour or is it straight on to the next
project?
project?
CR: I'd like to say yes, I
will be, but I'm already starting on the next one. My drive has only
increased with the release of the collection.
HM: Thanks for being here and
sharing your thoughts with us on your hard work throughout the year.
CR: Thank you so much for
hosting me today, Heather. I've had so much fun!
The 13th Floor Collection is released on 13th October 2013, only two days away!
Title: The
13th Floor Complete Collection
Author:
Christine Rains
Genre:
paranormal romance
Blurb:
Six supernatural tenants
Living in a haunted apartment building
On a floor that doesn't exist.
Six novellas telling their tales.
A retired demon acquires a price on his head.
A werewolf is hunted by her pack.
A modern day dragonslayer misses his target.
A harpy challenges Zeus for the soul of the man she
loves.
A vampire is obsessed with a young woman he can't find.
A banshee falls in love with someone who's death she has
seen in a vision.
And a sweet ghost must battle a primal monster to save
them all.
All the stories take place at the same time intertwining
their lives together on the 13th Floor.
Includes “The Shadow,” a bonus short story.
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18460150-the-13th-floor-complete-collection
Author
Bio:
Christine Rains
is a writer, blogger, and geek mom. She has four degrees which help
nothing with motherhood, but make her a great Jeopardy player. When
she's not writing or reading, she having adventures with her son or
watching cheesy movies on Syfy Channel. She's a member of Untethered
Realms and S.C.I.F.I. The 13th
Floor series is her first self-published series. She has eight
novellas and twenty-one short stories published.
Connect with Christine:
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