Liar's
Game
The
One Rises
Book
Five
Anna
Wolfe
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal
Date of Publication: February 1st, 2016
ISBN: 9781311994134
Word Count: 75,900
Cover Artist: Kip Ayers
Book Description:
The Seer yanks his chain, and
Silas could swear she does it for fun. Knowing that she manipulates everyone
around her hasn't helped him at all over the last two centuries.
His little band of misfits has
come apart. Edie is gone and refusing to speak to him. Mark is still trying to
figure out how to control his ability and the Seer has ordered him to keep the
boy in the dark. And Callie tempts him with a life he cannot have.
A seat on the powerful Witches
Council has opened up and Silas is stuck in the middle of the machinations
unfurling over which faction of the witches will gain the upper hand. Angry
witches, lies, and murder are just the start.
Events in the Windy City will
push Silas to the edge and reveal an unexpected enemy.
About
the Author:
Anna Wolfe is a college professor
by day and a novelist by night. In fact,
writing urban fantasy is the only reason she is still (mostly) sane
post-dissertation. When she isn't
writing, teaching, or dicking around on the Internet, she is probably cooking
with her husband or watching trashy television.
You can visit her at: http://anna-wolfe.com
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Interview:
Where are you from?
Minneapolis, MN
Tell us your latest news?
My
husband and I recently purchased and renovated a home. Renovating a house was quite an adventure.
When and why did you begin writing?
If by
writing, one means trying to create stories, then I started writing as a child
and I did so because I couldn't help myself.
Most of my early "work" was a quick sketch of an idea or a
scene that popped into my head or the description of a character. I didn't write a cohesive fiction story until
I started writing fan fiction seven or eight years ago.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
The
first time I got an academic article published, though I still have days
(weeks… months) where I question whether or not I can really write.
What inspired you to write your first book?
First,
general frustration that I could write fan fiction but couldn't come up with my
own world and characters. And two,
profound dissertation-itis. The deep
desire to work on anything not my dissertation finally helped me crack open my
own world.
Do you have a specific writing style?
Most
everyone does. J I usually start by establishing where the
story starts and ends. Then I spend some
time imagining and dreaming about the plot and write the scenes that pop into
my head, in whatever order they arrive.
Then I do some work pinning down the plot development. Then, I let myself wander and dream and write
whatever comes to mind. Then, I pin the
plot down pretty firmly. Towards the
end, I have to make myself write the scenes that I wasn't naturally inspired to
write. These are the ones that usually
take the longest. I often re-read what
I've written as I do this, looking for plot holes and making sure the text that
exists makes sense with the books that came before it. This sometimes helps me answer questions that
then allow me to write the final scenes.
By the time I'm done, there are parts of the book that I've read dozens
of times.
How did you come up with the title?
Painfully. I got dinged with my first book for having a
boring title. It was a reasonable
critique and I learned from my mistake.
Usually, I brainstorm a few names that sound interesting, read some
quotes that are related to the main point of the plot, and brainstorm some
more. Then I search major websites to
make sure I'm not picking a name that lots of other folks have also selected.
Is there a message in your novel that you want
readers to grasp?
Life
is unfair. Very few things in the world
are black and white. And sex is super
fun and astonishingly varied.
How much of the book is realistic?
Most
of the parts that relate to how people build relationships are fairly
realistic. None of the parts involving
demons, dimension hopping, and magic are realistic.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events
in your own life?
It's
hard to write about something you know nothing about. So, the relationships I have with other
people (both good and bad) and the traveling I have done and the things I have
learned all shape the things that I write about. Nothing in my fiction work is a direct
lift-and-drop from real life; everything has been altered and filtered and
rearranged.
What books have most influenced your life most?
Octavia
Butler, the Xenogenesis Series. In
particular, the first book Dawn had a
profound effect on me, though it took a while to bear fruit. Ten years after I first read the book (around
age 12), I wouldn't have put Dawn on
a list of my top ten favorites. But when
I found out Butler died, I cried my eyes out for days. Just thinking about it now makes me feel a
little misty. I've never had that
reaction to an author's death before or since.
I spent quite a bit of time thinking about why and came to the
conclusion that Octavia Butler taught me enduring lessons about human nature
that deeply impacted how I perceive people and the world around me. The lessons were so deeply embedded that I
didn't even recognize them as something I learned, just something that I had
always known.
If you had to choose, which writer would you
consider a mentor?
To
me, a mentor is someone that you know who actively fosters a relationship with
you with the goal of helping you to become better. I've never had a relationship like that with
a fiction writer.
What book are you reading now?
Are there any new authors that have grasped your
interest?
The
authors I've read aren't particularly new.
I read a lot more in the summer than I do September through May.
What are your current projects?
I'm letting the plot for Book 6 burble up.
What would you like my readers to know?
That
I'm grateful to every person who reads my books, including the people who
decide it's not their cup of tea. There
are so many books in the world that I appreciate anyone taking the time to give
my work a chance to entertain them.
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