Today I have the pleasure of having author Olivia Harden stop
by on her tour for Bitten Shame.
When I was writing Witch Way Bends it took me
a bit to make my way through the first “fight” scene. I mean, having never been
in any type of fight, hand-to-hand or otherwise, I didn’t have much experience
to call upon. Lucky for me, that first mini-battle was short and anticlimactic.
It did, however, result in a serious injury to one of the protagonists in the
story. This was good though because my heroine needed to flex her magical
muscles a bit.
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Every gift has both a reward and a price, because All of it fits…
Youtube Trailer: http://youtu.be/9I0C2V6DFUQ
Thanks for stopping by, Olivia!
by on her tour for Bitten Shame.
I’ve found inspiration in the weirdest places. It’s a strange
thing, inspiration; and that isn’t a complaint. Without it, I would probably
never have finished book 1 and certainly wouldn’t be on the verge of publishing
book 3.
Maybe I was worn out or emotionally strung out from writing the
little battle, but when it came time for Devan to work her magic… I came up
with nothing. I knew it needed to be something different but my mind was blank.
How the heck would this gal who doesn’t know she’s a witch manage to draw forth
her powers and heal? I mulled it over for days and days until finally, a jog
through the woods got my rear end out of that bit of
writer’s block. I ran into a sticky mass of spider webs and the inspiration struck me.
[…] hundreds of tiny threads moving back
and forth across the gashes on Langston’s chest. Those little strands were
sewing themselves into his flesh by some force unseen and they were busily
closing the wounds one by one. When he was completely stitched she felt the
heat within her belly ooze up through her chest and to her arms and then her
hands.
While we’re talking about fight scenes, the battles in my book
are extremely intimidating. I avoided that first one like the plague until my
friends began to mock me for being a coward. I needed a real kick in the pants
so for a full week on the drive into work I amped up Muse’s “Uprising” to max
volume. If I listen to it over and over and over I can get the gist of the
combat scenes mapped out in my head.
And speaking of driving into work, my most recent flash of
inspiration occurred when I was on my way to my day job and some guy in a big
red truck wanted to pass me. I was already driving about 10 miles over the
speed limit so I wasn’t going to go any faster. I wrote an entire scene for my
third book around that crazy dude waving his hands for me to move out of his
way.
All this just goes to show you never know where you’ll find some
inspiration. Sometimes it’ll even try to run you off the road!
~Olivia
Bitten Shame
Book 2 of the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy
By Olivia Hardin
By Olivia Hardin
Genre: Paranormal/ Romance
ISBN-10:
0615645380
ISBN-13:
978-0615645384
ASIN: B0085W2BAW
Number of pages: 232
Word Count: 52,310
Book Description:
Jill Prescott
returned from self-imposed seclusion to help save her best friend Devan’s life.
Throwing herself into Devan’s problems and bringing an evil organization to its
knees might just be the distraction she needs to keep living without the only
man she’s ever loved. Her life changed forever when she was hired to spend a
week with Doc Massey.
On the day she
became a vampire her youthful innocence ended, but Doc’s love rescued her from
being consumed by the darkness. The shadow of that former life continues to
loom over her, keeping her from realizing her own self-worth. Running from her
past only brings her closer to a destiny that is inextricably connected to what
she is trying to escape…
Every gift has both a reward and a price, because All of it fits…
Author Bio:
Olivia Hardin
realized early on how strange she was to have complete movie-like character
dreams as a child. Eventually she began putting those vivid dreams to paper and
was rarely without her spiral notebooks full of those mental ramblings. Her
forgotten vision of becoming an author was realized when she connected with a
group of amazingly talented and fabulous writers who gave her lots of direction
and encouragement.
With a little extra
push from family and friends, she hunkered down to get lost in the words. She's
also an insatiable crafter who only completes about 1 out of 5 projects, a
jogger who hates to run, and is sometimes accused of being artistic, though
she's generally too much of a perfectionist to appreciate her own work. A
native Texas girl, Olivia lives in the beautiful Lone Star state with her
husband and their puppy Bonnie.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OliviaH_Writer
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/oliviahardin
Thanks for stopping by, Olivia!
Thanks so much for having me today! Happy reading, All!
ReplyDelete~Olivia