Shacking up with demons in Russia, an exiled celestial heiress discovers the hard way that she can’t hide from destiny. Yep; I milked every last word out of that one. ;)
How has getting a degree in creative writing changed the way you approach publishing?
I wouldn’t say it’s had any effect on the way I approach publishing. Creative writing programs teach you to hone your craft, not how to get your writing published. It was a long, hard road from that BA 24 years ago to figuring out that one did not necessarily lead to the other. I had to learn the business of writing through trial and error.
Do you have a favorite place to sit and write? Where is your favorite place to read?
I’ll write anywhere, but I like to sit at my desk in the sunroom with a window open onto my deck garden so I can smell the flowers and listen to the birds and wind chimes, and then watch the fog roll in in the evening. (I live in San Francisco, which is a little slice of Heaven.) Unfortunately, I also have a cockatiel who shares that room with me, and he prefers to “chat.”
And it’s not actually my favorite place to read, but just about the only place I don’t feel guilty reading is on a commute via bus, train, or plane.
If your house was on fire (everyone was safe), what one book would you rescue?
That’s a tough call between the vintage volume of the complete works of Shakespeare I received from my high school drama instructor as a graduation gift and the Roget’s Thesaurus (not dictionary-style, but the full classification-system-style thesaurus) that was the last birthday present my mother gave me before she died, when I was fourteen.
As a reader do you read in the same genre as you write? What is your current paranormal creature obsession?
Definitely. I write fantasy because I love reading it. There are other genres I’ll read—horror, romance, mystery, classic literature—but fantasy is always my go-to genre for comfort and pleasure. I’d have to say my current paranormal creature obsession is demons, since I’m knee-deep in them at the moment with my series. I’m also a big fan of vampires, but nothing beats a demon for a tortured anti-hero.
Thanks so much for having me on Mission to Read!
About the book:
Against the pristine ice of Heaven, spilled blood and a demon’s fire will spark celestial war.
The exiled heir to the throne of Heaven, Grand Duchess Anazakia and her demon companions, Belphagor and Vasily, have made a comfortable home in the Russian city of Arkhangel’sk, but their domestic bliss is short lived. When their daughter Ola is taken as a pawn in Heaven’s demon revolution, the delicate fabric of their unorthodox family is torn apart—threatening to separate Belphagor and Vasily for good.
Anazakia is prepared to move Heaven and Earth to get her daughter back from Queen Aeval, risen in Elysium from the ashes of temporary defeat. But Aeval isn’t the only one seeking Ola’s strange power.
To conquer the forces amassing against them, Anazakia is prophesied to spill the blood of one close to her heart, while Vasily’s fire will prove more potent than anyone suspected. In the battle for supremacy over Heaven’s empire, loyalties will be tested and secrets will be revealed, but love will reign supernal.
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Jane Kindred began writing fantasy at age 12 in the wayback of a Plymouth Fury—which, as far as she recalls, never killed anyone…who didn’t have it coming. She spent her formative years ruining her eyes reading romance novels in the Tucson sun and watching Star Trek marathons in the dark. Although she was repeatedly urged to learn a marketable skill, she received a B.A. in Creative Writing anyway from the University of Arizona.
She now writes to the sound of San Francisco foghorns while two cats slowly but surely edge her off the side of the bed.
You can find Jane on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and on her website.
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That is one heck of a 20 word summary. You hooked me! Great interview.
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