CHARLOTTE, NC: Author Gail Z Martin of The Chronicles of the Necromancer (The Summoner, The Blood King and Dark Haven) just completed an international blog tour in the week that celebrated All Hallow’s Eve, Halloween, Samhain and Dia De Los Muertos in her Days of the Dead tour.
Temple Library Reviews http://templelibraryreviews.blogspot.com/ (Bulgaria) Blog host Harry Markov asked in-depth questions about the world of the Winter Kingdoms, and Gail discussed how the magic works, the worship of the Lady, and the secrets of the vayash moru.
When Gravity Fails, www.SolarisBooks.com (UK). Blog host Mark Newton wanted more details about what to expect in Dark Haven, which will be released in February, 2009.
Pat’s Vampire Notes http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com (US) Host Patricia Alter interviewed Gail about the vayash moru (not a big surprise on a vampire-themed site!) and about writing quirks, inspiration and favorite characters.
Boris Legradic (Austria), host of the Letters from Lausanne blog at http://borislegradic.blogspot.com/2008/10/gail-martin-answers.html
also explored Dark Haven and the Chronicles of the Necromancer series from a writer’s perspective, wanting more of the mechanics behind the story.
On the Shelfari blog (US) http://shelfari.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/why-do-you-read-what-you-read.html, Gail delved into why we choose what we do to read and what that says about us as readers.
Media coach and author Wayne Kelly came at things from a completely different angle. For his blog, Gail took a humorous look at marketing from an undead perspective. (Canada) http://www.onairpublicity.com/blog/?p=241
On Speculative Horizons (UK) http://speculativehorizons.blogspot.com/
James and Gail talked about “Innovation vs. Expectation†in genre fiction and what we’re looking for in a book for it to excite and satisfy.
On AsIf DreamHosters (AU) http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php, Alisa and Gail discussed what it would be really like to be immortal undead.
Martin was also a guest blogger Nov. 4 on author John Marco’s blog http://johnmarco.blogspot.com/, musing about how society would be different if the dead spoke to us in unmistakable ways.
Martin has posted a new Dark Haven page on her series web site at www.chroniclesofthenecromancer.com/page/page/4571270.htm
Gail Z. Martin is the author of The Summoner and The Blood King in the Chronicles of the Necromancer series, published by Solaris Books. The Summoner was Solaris Books’ top selling release of 2007. Both books have garnered praise from reviewers as well as strong sales and spots on several bestseller lists. The third book in the series, Dark Haven, will be released in February of 2009 Learn more at www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com
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