Do you
ever wish you were someone else? Who?
Firstly – thanks for having me on your site today!
When I was a child, I’d daydream I was someone exciting like
a British spy: a James Bond type.
Always in peril. Always fighting villains. And always quick with the one-liners.
I guess it’s not a surprise that now I write urban fantasy with a thriller
edge. Except with vampires. And Light? He’s more leather jacket than black-tie.
More pint than vodka martini. And he definitely doesn’t need a license to kill.
What did
you do on your last birthday?
Had a wild party, danced all night and ate a huge chocolate
cake with candles. Did you spot the lie in the last sentence? OK…lies. Plural.
Three of them… I wrote. Like most days. But I did get cake. It wasn’t
chocolate. Inside I died a little.
I always say please feed me reviews because they’re better
than chocolate. See how much I love reading your reviews?
What part
of the writing process do you dread?
None of it. If I dreaded it, I couldn’t do it. If anyone
thinks this is the easy option, they don’t know what goes into it. I’m
passionate – all right – obsessed with
writing. I always have been. It tells the stories, which are rushing through my
mind, like…speeded up movies, which I need to get down. Before they’re lost. I
only write about what matters to me. I care about it. It’s from my…whatever it
is that wiggles inside us. Deep down.
In the first book in my new fantasy series Rebel Vampires - Blood Dragons - the idea was sparked by my autistic son, who has a
photographic memory. Light – the Blood Lifer in both books – has one too. I
wondered what it would be like to live through the centuries witnessing
glorious wonders and devastating horrors. And remembering everything with the
clarity of a photograph.
Rebel
Vampires is set in the supernatural world of Blood Life, where
vampires are both predator and prey. I love vampires. But I wanted to write a
vampire book for adults. Where they were not simply the hunters but also the
hunted. Vampires, rebels and romance. Don’t leave out the romance.
In this latest book – Blood
Shackles – the idea was sparked by freedom. Or the loss of it. Human
trafficking and slavery. But what would happen if it was the Blood Lifers, who
could be trafficked? Like Taken with
vampires.
I was also fascinated by the different types of freedom we
have. Mental, as well as physical. How we give it up when we’re in love – or
how love can free us.
Do you
ever suffer from writer’s block? If so, what do you do about it?
Touch wood – I’ve never suffered so far. My brain’s too
busy. If you’re authentic to who you are – and what you want to write – writer’s
block is less likely. Know yourself and all that. It’s not easy but you have to
stick to what you believe in. Write what you want to read. I love intelligent,
dark, subversive books. With antiheroes at their hearts. So that’s what I
write.
Tell us
about your latest release.
Blood Dragons (Rebel Vampires Volume 2) is the standalone second
book in my new fantasy series.
It
explores a hidden paranormal world in London, where vampires are both predator
and prey. It’s a story of redemption and love in a divided world beneath our
own. Blood Lifers are a camouflaged species, who use venom to paralyse and
mimic heart attacks in First Lifers (humans). Yet they fear the First Lifers
they prey on.
I
loved the idea of a novel, which was written from the vampire’s perspective in
the style of a slave journal. But
which also had a British vampire front and centre. The ultimate anti-hero. A
vampire book truly for adults.
What happens when SPARTACUS
meets VAMPIRES? Welcome to the Blood Club…
BLURB:
WELCOME
TO THE BLOOD CLUB
Light is
a Rocker Blood Lifer with a talent for remembering things. He’s meant to be the
predator. It’s been that way since Victorian times. But not now. Not since
someone hunted him. Enslaved him. Ripped out his fangs. Who are these ruthless
humans? Who’s their violent leader? And who betrayed the secret of the Blood
Lifer world?
WHERE THE
PREDATORS
London,
Primrose Hill. Grayse is the commanding but alluring slaver’s daughter. The
enemy. She buys Light, like he’s a pair of designer shoes. So why does Light
feel so drawn to her? Especially when his family is still in chains. Will he
risk everything – even his new love – to save them?
BECOME
THE PREY
Does a
chilling conspiracy lie behind it all? A stunning revelation leads Light to an
inconceivable truth. If he can face his worst terrors, he can save his family
and his whole species from slavery.
Maybe he
can even save himself.
The third
book in the series, BLOOD RENEGADES, will be out Spring 2017.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
ROSEMARY
A JOHNS is a traditionally published author of short stories under the name R.
A. Johns. She is the author of Blood Dragons the compelling first installment of
the Rebel Vampires series.
Rosemary
A Johns wrote her first fantasy novel at the age of ten, when she discovered
the weird worlds inside her head were more exciting than double swimming. Since
then she’s studied history at Oxford University, run a theatre company (her
critically acclaimed plays have been described as "uncomfortable,
unsettling and uneasily true to life"), and worked with disability
charities.
When
Rosemary’s not falling in love with the rebels fighting their way onto the
page, she heads the Oxford writing group Dreaming Spires
Rosemary
is a Goodreads Author: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31348711-blood-dragons
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