So what are you writing anyway?

On to what you really want to know: what about my writing?  Paranormal romance, huh?  So that last answer wasn’t satisfying?  So you want me to stop asking rhetorical questions?  Kidding.  

Have I read Twilight?  Of course I have.  I find it hard to believe that anyone who writes seriously in paranormal romance could avoid reading it.  Do I want to be Stephenie Meyer?  No.  Stephenie Meyer already does a great job of being herself.  I love her books and the beautiful images and emotions she creates but I'm not out there to be a copy of her.  There are plenty of things I would have done different if I wrote Twilight. When people read my books, I want to enjoy them because they're thrilling and good, not because they're "just like Twilight" without the vampires.  Or with--who know, I might write about vampires someday. 

Just not today.  The series I’m working on now is about some snazzy angels and demons who get themselves mixed up on Earth.  I’m not looking to get some big controversy stirred up like over The Golden Compass.  I’m not badmouthing anyone’s religion and I’m not picking sides or anything.  I just like Constantine more than I should admit and I’ve always liked the way it plays with what you expect about supernatural beings and turns it upside down. 

So these are the angels and demons of Rebellion: kind of mixed up immortals who have super nifty powers.  They don’t always have a direct line to the big higher powers.  They make mistakes.  They’re sexy.  They can see things we can’t.  They look a lot like us but they’re definitely not human.  They spend a lot of time messing around on Earth fighting each other and sometimes we get in the way. 

Chloe?  She’s just a high school girl in a dorky Smoothie Sultan visor trying to save up for college.  The gorgeous guy with the punk rock shirts turns out to be from the underworld and her best friend sprouts wings, but she’s taking it pretty well.  Only it’s hard to enjoy the queasy feelings of a first romance when the guy you’re locking lips with isn’t the only demon trying to get his hands on you.