This week, we're pleased to welcome author Veronica Scott once again, whose latest novel, WARRIOR OF THE NILE, is set in ancient Egypt. The author will offer a free copy of Warrior of the Nile to a lucky blog visitor; leave your email in the comments for a chance to enter the drawing. Winners are contacted by email. Here's the blurb:
Egypt, 1500 BCE
Egypt, 1500 BCE
Lady Tiya is bound to the service of the goddess Nephthys, who plans to sacrifice Tiya’s body to protect Egypt from an ancient terror. She embarks to meet her grim fate alone but for the hardened warrior Khenet, who is fated to die at her side. Tiya’s dreams of love and family now seem impossible, and Khenet, who is the last of his line, knows his culture will die with him. Struggling with the high cost of Nephthys’s demands, both resolve to remain loyal.
Neither expects the passion that flowers when Tiya’s quiet courage and ethereal beauty meet Khenet’s firm strength and resolve. On a boat down the Nile, their two lonely souls find in each other a reason to live. But time is short and trust elusive.
Without the willing sacrifice of Tiya and Khenet, a great evil will return to Egypt. How could the gods demand their deaths when they’ve only just begun to live?
**Q&A with Veronica Scott**
What
appeals to you so much about Ancient Egypt?
I love that even though the Ancient Egyptians’
daily lives and their beliefs were so different from our modern experiences,
family, children, marriage, a happy life were at the core of what the average
Egyptian man or woman hoped to achieve in this world. Not very different from
us after all! I’m also fascinated by how
much we know about named individuals of 3000 or more years ago, not just the
Pharaohs, but scribes, soldiers, housewives…
Ancient Egypt gives me a rich world, already built and inhabited, in
which to place my characters and let them have their adventures. And romance!
You must
do quite a bit of research?
Oh yes, I can lose myself for hours in
researching, because one tidbit leads to another, which takes me to something
else that inspires a new train of thought…LOL, I’m hopeless about getting
sidetracked! I have a huge stack of scholarly and popular books about Ancient
Egypt which I use as references, as well as doing some online searches. I decided early on, however, that I couldn’t
write strict historical romances because I always want to put a paranormal spin
on everything and I needed the
Egyptian gods and goddesses to play an active part in my stories. This also
requires some deliberate tweaking of historical accuracy.
Quickfire
Questions:
Must watch
TV Show: Project Runway
Favorite Movie: Aliens. Or Ever After. Depends on my mood LOL!
Cats or Dogs? Cats
Favorite Flower: Roses and Purple Iris
Tea or coffee:
Tea
Morning person or evening person: Morning!
Favorite Perfume: Michael Kors Very Hollywood
(which he discontinued L
)
Book I Wish I’d Written: Dragonriders of PERN by Anne McCaffrey except
no one could have written that wonderful book but her LOL.
Any advice
for new writers:
Get words on paper (or in the WORD file on the
computer) every day. Even if the words aren’t flowing, get something
down and you can go back and build on what you have later. Also, don’t be too self critical, especially
on the first draft. Just let the Muse take over!
What are
you working on next?
I’m finishing up edits
for DANCER OF THE NILE, which I’ll be back in October to talk about a bit more.
I’m also in the middle of writing MAGIC OF THE NILE, which is a direct sequel
to my first book, PRIESTESS OF THE NILE. Most of my Ancient Egyptian
paranormals are standalone stories, but set in the same Pharaoh’s reign. MAGIC
is scheduled to be released in January. So I’m busy, but I love it!
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