Short Bio:
Lynn
Rush began her writing career in 2008. She has both an undergraduate and
graduate degree in the mental health field and has enjoyed applying that unique
knowledge to developing unique characters.
A former
inline speed skater and mountain biker, Lynn has been known to test the limits
of her athletic endurance. So, when she's not writing, she spends time enjoying
the Arizona sunshine by road biking nearly 100 miles per week with her husband
of fifteen years and going on jogs with her loveable Shetland Sheep dogs.
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Hey, everyone. I’m super excited to be here today! The
Wasteland Blog Tour has been so much fun. I’ve got to meet tons of people and have
found lots of blogs I’ve added to my list to follow.
Throughout the tour so far, the most asked question I’ve
found was about my characters. How did I come up with them, specifically David?
He’s the main character, and Wasteland is written in first person from a male
point of view and that male is a half-demon…
Some people found that intriguing.
I’ve never really thought about it. It’s just how I roll. I
write what comes to me. And strangely enough, a four hundred year old, male,
half-demon came to mind one day in early December 2009.
But I’m a chick, how can I write a male point of view. And in first person!
Yeah, well, I guess we’ll be able to tell if I can by the
sales, huh? No, but seriously, I had to pull on my resources for sure. Talking
with guys, studying guys’ reactions to things, drawing from my psychology
degrees…lots of resources out there for research.
David was fun to write because he’s mean. Kinda grumpy (who
wouldn’t be after 250 years in solitary, huh?) And, he’s a killer. Can’t exist
for over four centuries without having killed a few people, right. Plus, he
runs souls for the devil, and that tends to get messy.
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So tell me, what questions do you have? Leave one in the
comments below, and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a signed copy of
Wasteland! If the winner doesn’t reside in the US, I’ll send an electronic copy
of the book in its place.
I’ll check back and answer your questions…and you never
know, David might show up too, so feel free to leave him a question as well!
I’ll have William draw a winner some time tomorrow and then we’ll be in touch!
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Book Blurb:
Bound by the blood contract his human mother signed four
centuries ago, half-demon, David Sadler, must obey his demonic Master’s order
to capture fifteen-year-old Jessica Hanks. But as he learns more about her, he
realizes she may be the key to freedom from his demonic enslavement.
The only obstacle—Jessica’s
distractingly beautiful Guardian, Rebeka Abbott. He must not give in to their
steamy chemistry, or he will lose his humanity. But fresh off a quarter
millennia of sensory deprivation as punishment for not retrieving his last
target, he may not be able to resist temptation long enough to save what’s left
of his human soul.
Hi, William. Thanks for having me here and being a part of the blog tour!!! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lynn,
ReplyDeleteMy question is about David. He's such a complex character, did you plan this from the beginning or did it develope as you wrote the story?
Anytime. Thank you for coming! :D
ReplyDeleteLynn,
ReplyDeleteWhen writing David in first person, did you ever have to go back and scrap a piece you had written because it seemed a bit feminine?
-Amy Eye
These are great questions above and I can't wait to see the answers. It is funny how someone (like David) you don't think you'd ever root for, but in this story you do! Have you written any other characters (heroes or heroines) in any of your other books like that- where you don't think you'd want them to "win" but you do? Can you discuss or would that be a spoiler? ;)
ReplyDeleteWill you ever write another book from a male POV?
ReplyDeleteHey, Murdersandmysteries: Oh, David developed as we went along, for sure. He morphed into something deeper than I'd originally planned, but that's usually how it works. I start with a little picture/idea and I let my characters grow as I write. It's really fun to watch. :)
ReplyDeleteDranea: Yep, for surely did. I had to chip away my feminine tendency to over describe/talk about feelings....And my Super Editor caught more of it during the editing process as well! But I do love writing from the Male POV! :)
Erin: I have a couple books that might never see the light of day in which my character is pretty rough in the beginning....not very likable at all...but in the end, they turn it around. They aren't quite demons...but still. But like I said, these books might never see the light of day because of that unless I do some serious rewriting. :)
Ciara: Yes, actually. Book II to Wasteland is done in another male character's POV. I really enjoy writing that perspective a lot! So we'll see what happens after that. :)