Today, I'm very excited to welcome Georgia L. Jones. Check out her guest post and read all about her fabulous books!
First of all, I would like to thank Heather's Book Chatter
for having me as a Guest. I always appreciate opportunities to talk to
fans and reach new ones as well.
I have always enjoyed reading, especially in the
fantasy genre. I have also always enjoyed writing. When I began
Legends of Darkness back in early 2010 I really wasn't intending on it becoming
a series book. I have read a lot of series books and enjoy them, but I
didn't start the series with the those intentions in mind. I had been
thinking of the concept of Legends for about a year before I began writing it.
I was working through the details of finding something fresh. I was
actually bored with same old concept of vampires and wanted to spin it on its
ear. I wanted to find something that would be as shocking and different
as Bram Stokers Dracula was back in 1897. I just wanted a fresh concept
and an explanation for why they are considered to be evil. Once I found
my beginning I began writing.
Legends begin with just an average woman who dies in an
unfortunate accident. She leaves behind a life of family and friends.
She is thrown into an afterlife where she becomes Samoda, a Warrior in
the army of Nuem. She is not only a Warrior but destined to become a
leader in this army. Through her struggles with the afterlife, we learn
many things about the species that she has become and about the hierarchy of
all the species that exist in the Remnants of Life stories. The Warriors
have been on earth since before humans existed. They were made to destroy evil,
it is innate to them and they really can't help it. I intertwine the
story of the Warriors with legends of vampires. I mix it up a little and make
Vlad Tepes a really bad guy. In Legends he fell in love with one of the
Warriors and when she denied him, he became filled with vengeance towards all
of them. He began to do horrible things and blame it on them.
He falsely accused them of being evil vampires that were
nothing more than blood sucking killers. When this happened they began to
stay away from humans as much as possible. I have created the Warriors as
"Dangerous Saviors". ..They are here to protect the world from demons
that continuously plot to take over the human race and sometimes really evil
humans just get in their path and they can't help but destroy them as
well.
Witches, the second book in the Remnants series, is due to
be out on December 1, 2012. It is a continuation of the story, but from
the perspective of a seemingly human woman, Kali Rose Marriott. Her life
becomes entangled with the Warriors and well...all hell breaks loose. In
Witches, I get a little more involved in world building as I being to really
take on Atheria and Vicus, which are the two places that the other species
reside when they are not here either saving the humans or trying to take us
over.
I anticipate the Remnants of Life Series to be five books
long. I am currently working on the
third book in the series. As I said
earlier when I began writing Legends, I did not know it would become a series
book. As I worked on Legends, it evolved
not only in my mind but on paper. I
began outlining the whole series as I wrote the first book. Some of the storylines have varied a little
from the beginning outline, but for the most part it has stayed on course with
that original outline. In light of vampires being used so much in books today,
I believe the Remnants series gives a completely fresh idea to the concept.
I’m always glad to get feedback from fans. Please visit WWW.GEORGIALJONES.COM to learn more about me and my writing.
Remnants of
Life Series Tour
Presented
by First Rule PR
Remnants of Life: Legends of Darkness by Georgia L. Jones
Genre: Urban Fantasy
181 pages
181 pages
Dangerous Saviors… What would you do if your life rested in the
hands of something that really wanted to eat you? Come journey through the
realms of the next world where everything you know about Good and Evil are put
to the test.
Samantha Garrett lives and dies a good life in the human world.
She awakens a new creature, Samoda, a vampire-like warrior in the army of Nuem.
She is forced to realize that she has become a part of a world that humans
believe to be only “Legends of Darkness.” Samoda finds her new life is entwined
with the age old story of greed, love, betrayal, and vengeance.
Join our heroine as she battles not just for her own existence,
but for the entire human race’s future.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Georgia L. Jones
was born in
At a young age Georgia
In 1996 Georgia Missouri State University
Over the years Georgia January 10, 2010 she embarked on
the dream as she began to bring the characters from her first novel, “Legends
of Darkness”, to life. Upon completion in June 2010 she realized that it was
not a single book but a series and created the concept of the series “Remnants
of Life”. She is currently working diligently on the “Remnants of Life” series.
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Oooh, a vampire warrior!! Go girl power. :) I like it already.
ReplyDeleteI am going to FINALLY finish this book next month! I love love love the author (one day I will sit in her place of business and let her play) ANYWAY thank you for hosting, this is a great guest post. First Rule Tours was lucky to have you hosting! *eskimo kisses from Kriss at First Rule*
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Georgia! The series is fantastic, and with Christmas looming, it would make an excellent gift.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting series. I love vampire novels with a healthy twist. I'll have to check it out. Great post. WRITE ON!
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