Dragon*Con interview: Linda Robertson + give away

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Katie and I got to talk with urban fantasy author Linda Robertson while at Dragon*Con 2012. Shattered Circle, the sixth book in her Persephone Alcmedi series is set to come out January 29, 2013. Linda was a lot of fun. She talks about Star Trek, stinky feet and...oh yeah...her series!

Sharon: Vampires and werewolves oh my! With Shattered Circle hitting the shelves next year what can readers look forward to in your ongoing saga?

Linda: Wow, it’s a lot about Johnny and Menessos, she’s [Seph] been a little betrayed by Johnny, she’s a little leery of Menessos. Everybody’s giving up something for this union the three of them have so she’s dealing with that and ends up sucked up into something she didn’t see coming at all.

Sharon: Your series is now 6 books, did you have the story completely plotted out since the beginning or has it changed directions as you wrote?
Linda: The second one Hallowed, I don’t know where that came from, but I wanted to do 8 so now it will be a total of 9 to get where I want to go.

Sharon: So you have an ending? You know the character will go through certain conflicts?
Linda: Yeah, in the first book she has a test of fire, third book is the test of water, test of air in the fifth, seventh is supposed to be the test of Earth, and 9 is the test of spirit. It is about her becoming the Lustrata, it is a prophesized witch messiah type character and that is the whole story arc…her getting there and all the bumps along the way.

Sharon: Is there going to be a HEA ending?
Linda: that depends, cause a lot of people tend to choose teams because of Twilight, I get people who say to me “I’m a Johnny girl” or “I’m a Menessos girl” so the ending will depend on whose team you’re on, which I’m not telling.

Sharon: How are your characters different from the ones out there now?
Linda: Most of the UF books out there are a closed world where only a select few people know about the wildness going on or an open world where everyone knows about it and I kind of split the difference. The wildness came out in the storyline 20 years ago so everyone is still dealing with those things; there is a lot of subplot stuff that threads through pertaining to that.

All the books in order

Sharon: You mention being a buff on all things Star Trek, see if you can finish this line from a Next Gen episode:
Linda: Oh, don’t do that to me!
Sharon: Q says “oh, brilliant Worf, eat any good ____ lately?”

*Linda is concentrating very hard and Katie offers to set up the episode scene. We give lots of hints trying to lead her to the answer*
Linda: Blood pudding?
*Linda is lost I don’t think she is a big Next Gen fan so I give even bigger hints, much to Katie’s dissatisfaction*
Linda: Books?

*Sharon and Katie congratulate Linda on her correct guess*

Sharon: If every time you walk into a room a theme song played, what would yours be?
Linda: My favorite favorite song is Injection by Hans Zimmer. It’s very mellow.
*Sharon doesn’t know who this is*
Katie: He does movie scores.
Linda: It’s from MI2

Sharon: Got any tattoos?
Linda: Oh yeah…

Sharon: How many and where?
Linda: Across my back

*Linda takes off coat to show a most awesome tattoo!*

Sharon: Why the Griffon?

Linda: Read the books *evil smile* Thunderbird is in book 4

Sharon: Draw a sheep for us! *hands a post card to Linda* and while you do that I will ask the Rapid Fire questions.

Sharon: Stinky armpits or stinky feet?
Linda: *gives look of disgust* Preference?
Sharon: One or the other
Linda: Feet, cause they are further from your nose.

Sharon: Vampire Strength or Vampire speed?
Linda: Strength

Sharon: Coke or Pepsi?
Linda: Pepsi (with no hesitation I might add <G>)

*Sharon celebrates and Katie grumbles*

Sharon: Journey or Boston?
Linda: Journey! Steve Perry

*maybe, a little chorus of Don’t Stop Believing is sung…maybe*

Sharon: Enterprise of Millineum Falcon?
Linda: Ohhh, you’re sticking a knife in my heart!
Sharon: Which would you rather drive?
Linda: The NCC 1701D

Sharon: Sexy chest or sexy back?

Linda: *long hesitation with much thought* Can’t you have both?
Sharon: Yes, you can.

Sharon: The Romulan Nero or Darth Vader?
Linda: *more long thoughtful silence*
Sharon: These are stumpers; usually we do them by email so the author has time to think
Linda: So favorite bad guy or most feared? I would say Darth Vader because he has the force.
*Linda shows her sheep drawing and Katie and I are amazed, but even better, Linda wants to draw a dragon for us and it is awesome!*

these are signed one of a kind!

Linda: I love to doodle.

*we close out the interview with some pictures*

Katie: Unfortunately, Sharon asked Linda what happens in Shattered Circle. Linda said she could tell her, but then she would have to kill her….Sharon didn’t believe her…

[No reviewer was hurt in this interview]

About the author:

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Linda not only writes, she also plays the piano and the electric guitar --both six- and seven-string axes.

Back in her high school days, she was the lead guitarist for a cover band that played everything from AC/DC to Metallica, with some Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, and Whitesnake thrown in for good measure. She's still a fan of all those 80's hair metal rockers.

She’s also the mother of four wild boys,and they have one big dog, a rottie mix named Bela.

She knows more about Star Trek and Star Wars than is socially acceptable, she makes awesome soups and chili, and she thinks the best things in life are: stand-up comedy,
really good margaritas, an old pick up truck that will do doughnuts and movie heroes
who make loincloths look hot

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