An Exclusive Blackthorn Interview
A little while ago, I mentioned on Facebook that an awesome interview had landed on my desk. Charles Phipps – an all-round fantasy and sci-fi fan – discovered my series through his wife, Kat (awesome lady), and has since become a huge Blackthorn fan. Not only did he read my books, but he reviewed them too.
The minute I read his reviews for Blackthorn (all 5 stars, yay!), I was taken aback both by just how much he had picked up on as well as his unique reflections. I’ll be honest and say we don’t agree on everything (be warned – he’s not a Kane fan! *gasp of horror*), but isn’t that the great thing about books? Having now read a lot of his reviews, I totally respect how much time, effort and thought he puts into each one. Charles knows his stuff and, yes, I’m in awe of how much he knows.
An avid fan of worldbuilding (he is a fantasy writer himself, debuting with Permuted Press in 2015), Charles was keen to know more about Blackthorn’s creation. Knowing he’d come up with some nitty-gritty (and maybe tricky) questions, I simply couldn’t resist signing up to this one.
This has to be the most detailed interview I’ve ever given about creating Blackthorn and the process I went through – as well as a couple of hints of what to expect in Blood Deep (as always, no spoilers!). You can read the interview HERE.
And if you’d like to read Charles’ fabulously insightful reviews of each Blackthorn book so far, you can click on the links below:
Thank you SO much for hosting me on your blog, Charles – and for your patience in waiting for me to get Blood Deep drafted first!
And talking of Blood Deep…
My revisions came back last week and it’s all looking good (phew)!! I’ll be making it the best it can be now under my editor’s guidance before sending it back in preparation for line edits. The even-better news is we’re another step closer to me being able to disclose the release date to you. I can’t wait! 😀
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AWESOME news Linds!! My Coldplay album is just waiting to be played 🙂 huge hugs to my favorite UK PNR author!!
I thought you might be excited to know the day is drawing closer, Kat. 😉 That Coldplay album needs to be played! And huge hugs back at you – and to your hubbie for coming up with those fab questions. 🙂
Thank you, Lindsay. It was wonderful to have such a great and informative guest on my blog. I admit a lot of the questions I asked were things *I* wanted to know about your books.
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It was such a pleasure to appear on your blog, Charles. Thanks for your awesome questions and I look forward to revisiting you some time soon! 🙂
Did I just dream I saw the words ‘spin off’????
Looking forward to the release date 🙂
I definitely said it, Tracey. You’d have Blackthorn coming out of your ears if I had more time. 😉
Hi Lyndsay,
Loved your interview with Charles Phipps, especially how Blackthorn came into being, not the getting lost part though. I have absolutely no sense of direction at all and can empathise after a similar experience myself aged 17 (I ended up at the docks – really scary). My father told me to turn round every few minutes and look back the way I had come – ergo seeing what I would see on the return journey … haven’t got lost since. Especially helpful in huge shopping centres when you need to find the car!!!
Thank you, Cheryl. 🙂 I thoroughly enjoyed doing it. Charles asked some terrific questions. Ah, I’m so glad I’m not the only one with absolutely no sense of direction. That idea of turning around every few minutes to look back the way you’ve come is a really good one! Now I just need to perfect my left from my right…