Please
share a little about yourself, your genres, any other pen names you use.
Hello, and thank you for having me! I write
paranormal romances, which I think is the coolest job in the world. I’m lucky
enough to explore fantastic worlds in my head and then actually write them into
books. Though I’ve had a couple different jobs in my life—a child care provider
when my daughter was little and briefly a real estate agent until I realized
I’m too shy to be a decent saleswoman—I always come back to writing.
Tell
us a little about your latest or upcoming release.
I’m so thrilled to release the third book in my Dark
Caster paranormal series. In books one and two I became obsessed with Cole
Burkov, the necromancer slash comic book nerd, and I finally wrote his story in
Spell of Vanishing.
The fourth and final book in the series, which I’m
writing as we speak, will be Derek Walker’s story. He was a villain in book
one, tortured in book two, disappeared in book three… Find out Spring 2015 how
he finds redemption while going up against his old boss, the Dark Caster.
Are
you a mom ?
Yes, I have one daughter.
If
yes do you find it hard to juggle writing and parenting?
Yes! It’s a constant struggle. She’s ten and still
needs a lot of attention. I get frustrated, but I try to write before she wakes
up in the morning or after she goes to bed at night, because I also work during
the day. Finding time to write is a challenge, but it’s also very important to
me. So, I find small pockets of time to write. Even if it’s only fifteen
minutes.
Have
you ever based your book or characters on actual events or people from your own
life?
Definitely! The little girl, Hunny, in the Red
Plague series is based on my daughter when she was that age. I based the
Labrador, Buster, in the Dark Caster series on my brother’s rambunctious dog. I
find myself adding characteristics of people I know into my characters all the
time. It’s fun because later I can tell them they inspired a certain character
and I think it gives the characters a touch more realism.
Is there a theme or message in your work that you
would like readers to connect to?
When
you’re not writing what do you do? Do you have any hobbies or guilty pleasures?
I have a ton of hobbies (or potential hobbies). The
problem is I never have the time to really get involved. I love comic books,
crochet, baking, quilting, and scrapbooking. I try to squeeze at least one between
writing projects. This summer I finally finished a scrapbook for my daughter
and was so relieved I got it done.
What
is next for you? Do you have any scheduled upcoming releases or works in
progress?
Currently, I am writing book four in the Dark Caster
series as part of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Once that is
released in Spring 2015, I’ll compile a boxed set of all four volumes. And then
I’ll start writing a brand new paranormal series that I’m super excited about.
I hope to release the first book, The
Shopgirl’s Prophecy, in Fall 2015.
What
book are you reading now?
I read all different genres. Naturally, paranormal
romance is at the top of my list, but I am also looking forward to reading The Martian and more Elizabeth Hoyt
regency romances.
Spell of Vanishing
Dark Caster Series
Book 3
Anna Abner
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Mild Red Books
Date of Publication: Nov. 1, 2014
ISBN: 978-0-9914031-3-4
Number of pages: 300
Word Count: 70k
Cover Artist: Jaycee Delorenzo
at Sweet & Spicy Designs
Book Description:
Cole Burkov is a formidable necromancer, but waking from a devastating nightmare spell has left him confused about what’s real and what’s fantasy. Afraid of hurting more of his friends, he casts a vanishing spell on himself, except something goes wrong. He’s not invisible to spirits. He’s invisible to everyone.
Talia Jackson doesn’t want to help Cole cast his vanishing spell. She’s on a mission to collect him for the Dark Caster. But when Cole uses her, against her will, to create the spell she becomes the only human being on earth that can see him.
Together, the unlikely allies will seek out one of the most diabolical casters in the dark cabal—the White Wraith. But when the witch fights back, Cole and Talia discover they may not be strong enough to survive her furious assault.
Excerpt:
Chapter One
Rough asphalt
dug into Cole Burkov’s knees, but he couldn’t remember why he’d knelt in front
of a burned down church in the first place. His memory was in tatters, made up of
a pinch of nightmare, a dash of reality, and a whole lot of lost time.
Blood was what
brought him back to himself. The old, itchy blood on his hands and the fresh,
slimy blood smeared across his left forearm, obscuring the line of scars of
varying ages running up his wrist like railroad tracks.
When he cast
magic he was always careful to cut shallow slices, but maybe sometime during
the night, lost in his muddled memories, he’d cut himself too deep.
He couldn't
remember.
Cole sucked in a
deep breath, hoping the rush of humid, North Carolina air would stimulate his
memory, but it only made him dizzy.
As he gazed up
at the charred skeleton of a former religious building, he got the funny
feeling he was supposed to be doing something. That he wasn't there on his
knees by chance.
A large, ebony
crow peered at him from a willow tree at the edge of the parking lot. Crows
were bad luck, but one in a churchyard was an omen of death. The bird flapped
his wings once and took flight, soaring low over the parking lot before
disappearing behind a brick wall.
"Cole!"
A familiar ghost appeared in front of him, her face a mask of agony. He had
never seen his spirit companion Stephanie so distressed. "I found Dani.
She's coming. Can you hear me? She's on her way. Just hang tight and everything
will be okay."
Daniela Ferraro.
His friend. The witch.
Bits and pieces
of the last few days resurfaced. He had strangled Dani in a hospital room and
then escaped, hiding out on the streets and in the woods ringing the town. The
night before he’d slept sheltered among a copse of pine trees behind Auburn's
movie theater. The night before that? Hard to say. He thought the clothes he
wore, black scrub bottoms and a yellow smiley face tee, were castoffs from the
hospital. Or maybe that was part of the nightmare spell. Maybe he’d never been
inside a hospital.
Either way,
unable to suffer the guilt a moment longer, he’d come to the Dark Caster's last
known gathering place to face him. Or join him. That, too, was vague.
Of course the
bastard wasn't there.
But if Dani was
on her way it meant one of two things. Either he was still in the nightmare
spell and Cole would be forced to kill her again when the evil inside him rose
up, or he hadn't killed her and she’d try to stop him from going to war with
the Dark Caster.
Neither of those
things was going to happen.
“Tell her not to
come,” he said. “Tell her not to come anywhere near me.”
About the Author:
Anna Abner has been a writer for nearly her entire life, but some of her day jobs have included teaching, childcare, and real estate. She lives in North Carolina with her family and loves hearing from fans.
@AnnaAbner
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