Lilith – 10 Top Facts

With Lilith slowly getting closer and closer to being finished I thought I would drop a few, well ten actually, facts about her and the book. Don’t forget the most important one though: that she is a Dark Immortal, a Nephilim…

1. She can kill a human being in an instant – the bloodier the better.

2. Her best (and only?) friend is a witch, Ruth.

3. Kava is her favourite drink. NB: Kava is banned in many countries as it is highly toxic.

4. She was born in Samara, Persia - yes, the same place US troops fought in Iraq.

5. The only things Lilith owns are: her drugs, her clothes and her weapons.

6. She was given immortality by the angel Samael. He is rather fond of killing and blood, so there’s no wonder Lilith thinks the same.

Samael says:

“…my entire domination is based on killing. And if I accept the Torah, there will no longer be wars. My rule is over the planet Maadim (Mars) that indicates spilling of blood.” – ספר הזהר Zohar

7. Ruth has been ordered to assist the search for the murderer responsible for the LA Central mass-slayings (see Rhesus A).

8. Barry (‘B’) is the first gay character in either book.

9. Lilith has to leave Detroit. She is wanted for killing policemen inside the DPD.

10.Feeling empathy for bad people is impossible for Lilith.

‘Rhesus A’ Soon to be Available in Schools and Libraries Across Australasia

Getting approached by a book seller/ebook platform provider to have one’s book available for sale and loan is a surprise.

Hopefully, things go well and Rhesus A and Lilith will both be downloadable (with DRM) by people in Australia and Kiwiland who subscribe to the Wheeler’s Book Club eBook platform. Lilith is not even complete yet, so the psychopathic, drug-addicted, Dark Immortal will have to wait to see the full light of day.

You can purchase Rhesus A by visiting the Wheeler’s website.

At the moment only the paperback edition is available through Wheeler’s. Pending contracts being finalised, the eBook edition should be available via their platform in the next week or so.

Wheelers have been supplying schools, public libraries and the general public for more than thirty years.

Whilst I am not 100% happy about DRM (Digital Rights Management) being imposed as a condition of distribution, the fact is that Wheeler’s eBook platform is in addition to others such as Kobo and Kindle. Wheeler’s having, unrivalled, big local market penetration, in the student and lending sectors, throughout Aust-NZ is a huge plus. So, DRM? I don’t mind, it’s good for all parties concerned. I hope.

As my relationship with Wheeler’s progresses, I will keep you posted.

Updates on Rhesus A and Lilith

Some of you may know that the title of VN was changed to ‘Rhesus A – a Vanguard Newborn’.

Rhesus A is available from Whitcoulls and can be ordered here.

PaperPlus, Amazon and Borders Australia also have the book. Online, heaps and heaps of suppliers also have Rhesus A, either as paperback or Ebook.

Lilith Preview and Comment is Available

The first half of Lilith (I am still debating if the book shall be divided into two ’parts’ or ‘books’) is available for free download (pdf format) and review.

If you would like to have a sneak-peek of my next novel visit https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1101959 and download Lilith. Be sure to leave your comments and star-rating.

Note, that the cover being used will change (it is an adapted, tinted version of that used for Rhesus A. Obviously, I am not going to use the same image!) when the story is completed. FYI: if you look down the right-hand column you will see the paperback cover.

Enjoy!

Magic Visualization

I am having to find out heaps of stuff for Lilith. Like local cafes, restaurants, interstate locations, weapon types and effects, oh, and all about magic.

For me I have to admit to being slightly phobic about magic. Most books I read, or attract me to them, do not contain magic.

There are a couple of obvious exceptions such as Kate Tiernan’s Immortal Beloved books and the Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton. Even Richelle Mead has a brilliant series about a girl who has magic powers.

In the main though it is a theme I avoid. Writing Lilith, and more precisely, the part of Ruth is a wonderful challenge. She is a witch. A real kick-ass human who takes on the ADs. Well, maybe that is an overstatement, but Ruth has to do magic to save her life and Lilith’s… but she is locked in a dark, lonely and bare cell.

This is where her brilliance comes in: Did you know that a lot of magic can be made without the required ingredients – like herbs, equipment, organic materials – and can simply be done through ‘visualization’?

No, and neither did I. You’ll have to read the book to see just how Ruth gets on.

Just a quick note before I go to bed. Rhesus A is now available in paperback (US$15.99) and Kindle (US$0.99).

WP blog is down (maybe)

For the first time, anyone trying to read my blog homepage will/may be unable to see my posts…

Don’t worry, as this appears to by a WordPress issue and they have their best nerds on the case.

You can find out more at: http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/all-my-posts-have-vanished?replies=51

In the mean time, you can read a post by clicking the right-hand column. Hopefully this little inconvenience will soon pass.

UPDATE: WP got the blog back up and running early this morning. Seems like some problem with the theme I am using.

All Set to Go… Uh, hang-on. Stop!

Rhesus A is all complete and ready to be printed and distributed. This was going to be done through CreateSpace and Amazon.

Having battled and battled to get the novel in decent/good shape I got to thinking that perhaps I should make a serious attempt to a) find myself an agent, and b) find a publisher. Really, I owe it to myself to do this as my skills do not cover such areas. Sure, I could perhaps get Rhesus A into local bookstores and self-published on Amazon, but it is not good enough.

Thus, Rhesus A will not be seeing the light of day for a while, at-least until I have exhausted attempts to get an agent and find a publisher. That could take a while – like six months or more. Not to worry, I am still writing and have heaps of things up my sleeve to do too.

Already I have had a rejection (HarperCollins) when I tried to sneak the early YA version of the book through their submission process. I presented the story as a paranormal fiction when they do not accept YA manuscripts. And they must have read it too as back came the rejection, “we do not accept young adult manuscripts.” Brilliant! My first rejection.

This raises a worrying thought for me: given that the book is about a newborn vampire will any prospective agent or publisher simply dismiss the manuscript as young adult, when in actual fact, the finished novel is anything but? It is an adult urban fiction. But will that matter? I hope not.