Happy Friday! I'm pretty excited to have Ella Medler, the author of Blood is Heavier and her recent release, Martin Little, Resurrected.
About Ella Medler
I live
in Cornwall with my husband and our two teenage daughters who regularly
threaten to never leave home (must be my cooking).
Together,
we care for a large assortment of pets, some small enough to fit in a fish
tank, and some capable of causing you significant injury on impact.
I was
born in Transylvania but got chucked out due to my inability to grow fangs and
reluctance to sleep in coffins. I studied economics to masters level, and
qualified with 93.5% (damn good, considering I really wasn't interested). I
wanted to be an archaeologist, travel the world, scrape around in mud and live
in squalor. Unfortunately, my mother won that argument, and so, after refusing
a teaching post (I never did like school), I started work in business
development consultancy roles, where I met my husband, the lucky so and so. The rest is
history. If you’re reading this, you’ already know the end of the story.
Hi Ella, It's great to have you here with us. Please tell us a little about yourself.
I live in Cornwall
with my husband and daughters. I like to smile, laugh and talk a lot, and that is
reflected in my writing style: I prefer to put fun into my stories, and all of
them tend to turn into full-length novels.
Martin Little, Resurrected. Which genre does it belong to?
It’s a
contemporary fantasy, a lighthearted social satire. I have purposefully kept away
from the all-too-common wizards, vampires and werewolves and chose to make fun
instead of our current lifestyle, customs, behavior and silly society habits
such as excessive bureaucracy and extremes in general.
Do you plot a story or just write as the story comes to you?
It depends on the genre. When I write fantasy, I prefer to trust my
characters to carry the story forward. They do a brilliant job, and I am only
too happy to provide the necessary twists – my brain is never idle. When I
write suspense/thrillers I have a well-determined plot. I think the genre
requires it. The new genre I’m trying out this year is paranormal romance – yes,
it does have vampires in it – and I’m finding this one completely different;
I’m still adjusting to it, though my co-author, Kristie Drennin Haigwood is
doing a fine job of showing me the way.
What book title are you currently promoting? Blood is Heavier – a
thriller about a man who is trying to protect his family. This is part one of a
trilogy. The second one in the series is due out in December and the last one
in 2013. I am making it free to download until the next book is out, so if I
were you, I’d get it now.
Martin Little sounds like a fun character.. How did you come up with his
character and his name?
I’m a people-watcher. I created the character by
gathering together a lot of my observations about men. It’s quite uncommon for
a female author to write in first person from a male point of view, but I think
being different is a good thing. Judging by the reviews I received from male
reviewers especially, I got it right. Once I had the character, I looked for a
name that would suit him best: Martin because it’s not a particularly ‘hip’
modern name, and Little because he imagines himself as being ‘of little
importance’ in the universe in general.
Are you working on any other project at the moment?
Yes. I am co-writing
a series of paranormal romance books in collaboration with Kristie Drennin
Haigwood, the first of which we hope to release this year. I am also working on
the second in the Martin Little series, Martin Little Takes Epic Action, and
the sequel for Blood is Heavier. And I plan to release a non-fiction Author
Resources book in September. Apart from that, most of my work is going into my
daily blog which is getting a little overcrowded – I am planning to split it
into several strands so that the many Author Spotlights I organize and the book
reviews can have a dedicated page, and the book series I work on can each have
their own ‘home’, too.
What book are you currently reading?
In the last week I have read two:
Cemetery Street by John Zunski, and Unauthorized Access, by Andrew McAllister,
which I’ve finished about an hour ago. They were both good reads; both got five
star reviews from me.
What do you do when you are not writing?
I edit, or read, or play with
my dogs. Or I murder a keyboard. I left it a bit late in life, I know, but I
started piano lessons this spring. It was something I’ve always wished I could
do, and I got tangled into a half-bet discussion with an old piano teacher who
insisted anyone could learn, at any age. Not sure who’s winning the bet at the
moment, but I’m not giving up. She’s not wearing earplugs, so I’m taking that
as a good sign.
Where can readers and fans find you online?
You can reach me by simply leaving a message on my blog http://ellamedler.wordpress.com/
I’m on facebook and twitter, too, with links from my author website http://www.ellamedler.com/
Blood is Heavier is free to download from:
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/158896
and (soon) Barnes & Noble.
Amazon hasn’t price-matched yet, but it’s there, too. http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Is-Heavier-Hunter-ebook/dp/B0080UVRSQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340899731&sr=8-1&keywords=blood+is+heavier
Here’s a link to my author page on Amazon,
where you can see all my books http://www.amazon.com/Ella-Medler/e/B007FVQTFW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1
Martin Little, Resurrected is available
from
Amazon (paperback and Kindle) http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=martin+little%2C+resurrected
Barnes&Noble
And in pretty much every other format you
can think of.
Thanks, Ella!
Thank you, Cecilia. Your blog looks amazing. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. :) Was a pleasure to host you, Ella.
ReplyDeleteHi, Cecilia,
ReplyDeleteNice meeting Ella. Sounds like Ella has a busy life in between writing and her family.