Thanks Brenda and the Roses for inviting me here today.
I have a question
for you and your readers: What do you know about your beloved? Is it enough to
save him if the gods decided he’d slighted them?
I posed that
question in my debut novel The Artist’s Inheritance.
As
romance authors you’re sort of squashed into a certain format—boy meets girl,
boy and girl face obstacles on the road to happily ever after, heck, maybe at
first they don’t even want HEA with each other. Eventually they jump over all
those hurtles and make it to the altar, or at least broach the subject.
It’s
such an ingrained format most of us can sing it in our sleep.
But
when I sat down to write my novel, that tried and true format just didn’t work.
Caitlin, my main character, knew far too much about her beloved. She knew that
his brother and sister were artists, she knew that his mother had gone missing,
she knew that the brother and sister both committed suicide. Being realistic
and rational, these are not things one usually brings up to a girlfriend in the
opening stages of a relationship. I contemplated the reunion format but,
they’re not my favorite types of books either.
What to do then?
Caitlin had an answer: She insisted they were married. “I
have to see what he does in those off hours to see this weird thing he’s
creating in secret, don’t you think? I have to live with him, at least. It’s
all about his family, sister!”
So, what else could I do?
Marriage of Convenience maybe? Since it’s set in Present Day Florida and the
characters are not of a culture that might choose that for their children, that
didn’t work either. Nor did Caitlin like the idea of a shotgun wedding, so to
speak.
I had no other choice.
I had to begin the story
after Caitlin and her beloved Trevor married and I ask you, what’s more
romantic than a man or woman willing to fight imps and gods bent on your family
or your beloved’s destruction?
This is just the beginning of
Caitlin’s fight for her beloved, so I hope you will give The Artist’s Inheritance a chance, and like what you see.
Would you like to read more about it? Here’s the
synopsis:
How far would you go to save your beloved?
Trevor and Caitlin were once
happy newlyweds, profiting from Trevor's art. Until Trevor inherits his
brother's house, and with it, his part of a family curse. Now, Caitlin will
stop at nothing to save her beloved husband from insanity and suicide, even if
it means she must embrace her destiny and become a witch.
The Artist’s Inheritance is available at:
Amazon: http://bitly.com/RDkat0
Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/ORLQyF
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/RH0GCI
And in paperback at
Createspace: http://bit.ly/RkOdr0
About Juli D. Revezzo
Juli D. Revezzo has long been in love with
writing, a love built by devouring everything from the Arthurian legends, to
the works of Michael Moorcock, and the classics and has a soft spot for classic
the “Goths” of the 19th century. Her short fiction has been published in Dark
Things II: Cat Crimes, The Scribing Ibis, Eternal Haunted Summer, Twisted
Dreams Magazine and Luna Station Quarterly. She also has an article and book
review or two out there. But her heart lies in the storytelling. She is a
member of the Independent Author Network. The Artist’s Inheritance is
her first novel.
For more information on Juli and her books, see her website
at:
at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Juli-D.-Revezzo/e/B008AHVTLO/
on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/julidrevezzo
on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/JD-Revezzo/233193150037011
On Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5782712.Juli_D_Revezzo
Thanks, ladies, for having me here
today! Have a ahem, rosy day!
3 comments:
Juli,
First of all, welcome! Your blurb packs a lot of punch. Your book sounds like a real heart tugger, too. Thanks for sharing a part of your writing process. Nice to have a look behind the scenes.
That is a definite twist! Woman's fiction meets science fiction - very interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing with us today, Juli.
Thanks, Margo and Jannine. I hope y'all will like it. Thanks so much for your kind words on my blurb, Margo. I keep tweaking it. I never feel like they're exactly right. Aren't they ornery little things? hehe. Anyway, thanks for having me, ladies!
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