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Guest - Noemi Ghirghi aka Mimi Sebastian
Good morning! We have a very interesting post today from Noemi Ghirghi who writes as Mimi Sebastian. Noemi will be writing about one of my favorite topics - Zombies! Read on while she describes how she creates an unusual breed of zombie for her latest books. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Having Fun with Zombies
When the idea for my upcoming
novel, The Necromancer’s Seduction, popped in my head, it definitely included
Vampires. I love Vampires…the kick-ass kind. The first actual written words
involved a werewolf. He was going to be my hero. I’d always envisioned a
necromancer as the heroine because I wanted to explore an urban fantasy heroine
that struggled with a dark power. Control of the dead is not glamorous, like
casting spells or giving chase in stilettos, but she has this crazy, rather
gruesome power. I was very into exploring how a supernatural character dealt
with such a power. Does it twist her? Yes! Yes, I say. It's how she transcends
the darkness or will she???
But zombies?
I've always enjoyed, well not
enjoyed, because the Romero zombie movies are way too disturbing, but
appreciated the Romero zombie movies, and, yes, I enjoyed Zombieland, Shaun of
the Dead, 28 Days Later, but never thought I'd write a book that dealt with zombies
and raising the dead. Now that I’m writing book two, I find I enjoy writing
horror, and zombies are horrifying. But there's also a lot of fun zombie
mythology to explore from the legends of necromancers, revenants, Haitian
voodoo, even gaming, like World of Warcraft.
First decision: will the zombies
shamble and shuffle or attack its victims with speed? I decided to make my
zombies of the fast and furious kind, not the slow motion kind that one can
easily run away from, but why do they always manage to catch up somehow?
And appearance? Will they be
normal or in various states of decay? Decay is always fun to describe and mine
decay pretty rapidly and really aren’t meant to stay reanimated for too long.
No zombie should.
But it was the mythology of revenants
that provided a wonderful, tortured character for The Necromancer’s Seduction.
In the world of the undead, revenants are zombies who basically retain their
soul. They come alive with their minds intact and can be powerful. In role
playing games, evil necromancers often raise revenants to fight battles. My
necromancer, Ruby, created her revenant, Adam, a former witch, to help track a
killer. And raising a supernatural revenant was an unprecedented task that
resulted in all kinds of trouble for Ruby. As Ruby noted in The Necromancer’s
Seduction:
Revenants are usually pissed at the necro who wrestles them from the grave and jump at the chance to kill him or her. The idea of creating a supernatural revenant was one that resided in some dark chamber of a Lovecraft nightmare.
Because revenants retain their
memories, they also retain their emotions which provides wonderful conflict to
plunder. The best part with Adam was exploring how he dealt with returning to
life, and realizing he was now a nightmarish creature. He was pretty pissed at
Ruby, and controlling him proved to be a great and interesting test of her
power.
I didn’t explore much humor with
my zombies in Necromancer’s Seduction, but in the second book, which I’m
currently editing, titled The Necromancer’s Betrayal, Ruby creates a zombie
named Charlie. He shambles. He moans. He has a fondness for worms. Charlie’s
fun. Sadly, Ruby doesn’t think so. Oh well, guess it’s a good thing, as
writers, we like to make our heroines miserable!
EXCERPT
She has never feared the walking
dead. It’s the power required to reanimate the dead that startles her, seduces
her. The power that dwells inside her…and is growing.
For Professor Ruby Montagne,
being a necromancer has brought her nothing but heartache, and she walked away
from that part of her life long ago. However, her quiet existence in San
Francisco is shattered when she stumbles upon the body of a slain witch, and
the supernatural community insists she transform him into a revenant to track
the killer. But his murder was just the beginning, and Ruby soon realizes that
the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine—and that revenants have nasty
minds of their own.
Now demonic creatures have
escaped into the human world, and zombies once again walk the streets. For
humanity’s sake, Ruby forms an unlikely alliance with a witch, a zombie, and
Ewan March, a demon warrior who sets her senses on fire. She’s always
distrusted demons and Ewan is no exception, but circumstances push them closer
together, and Ruby not only finds it harder to resist him, she isn’t sure she
even wants to. But she suspects his job of patrolling the portal separating
humans and demons conceals a dark and deadly past that may consume them both.
With events spiraling out of
control, Ruby unravels a plot that not only threatens the human and demon
realms, but puts Ruby’s very soul in jeopardy. Because when the dead walk, no
one is safe. Especially Ruby.
The Necromancer’s Seduction comes
out July 15, 2013 with ImaJinn Books. Join my release notification mailing list
by e-mailing me at mimi@mimisebastian.com.
BIO:
Noemi Ghirghi writes as Mimi Sebastian and
raised herself on books and the strange and unusual with an unhealthy dose of
comics and Saturday morning cartoons. Loving angst-filled romance thrown in the
mix, she decided to blend all those elements in a steamy mix in her first Urban
Fantasy series, the Necromancer Books. The first book, The Necromancer’s
Seduction, debuts July 15, 2013, with ImaJinn Books.
Noemi spent two years in the
Ivory Coast with the Peace Corps and loves to introduce tid-bits from her
experiences in her writing. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America and
the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal chapter of RWA. A transplant from the
beaches of Florida, Noemi now wanders the desert in Phoenix, AZ, and attempts
to balance writing with a day career, fantastic family, and household diva: her
Amazon parrot.
Contact:
Noemi Ghirghi
Writing as Mimi Sebastian
mimi@mimisebastian.com
Twitter@ SebastianMimi
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-- Lynda Again,
Hope you enjoyed this peek at Noemi's creations. What do you think about zombies or revenants? Do you like the current zombie craze as much as I (and a bunch of others) do?
Have a Blessed Day!
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3 Responses to "Guest - Noemi Ghirghi aka Mimi Sebastian"
Good morning and thanks for being with us Noemi! Zombies are so popular right now across all forms of media. I've got one that I'm working on myself but mine will be more like 'The Walking Dead' lol. I do like your idea of revenants though. That puts a whole new spin on the idea of The Walking Dead.
What a wonderful change for an old tale. Your book sounds fasinating and Ruby sure has her hands full is she is going up against a fast and speedy bunch of Zombies. Thank you for allowing us into your world Mimi.
Lynda, thanks for the opportunity to guest post on your blog! It was lots of fun, and so excited to hear about your WIP that involves zombies. Can't wait to read your take on them. Thanks again.
And @ Virginia, thanks! Yes, Ruby wears sneakers a lot, LOL!
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