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Guest - Celia Breslin
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Please help welcome our guest Celia Breslin!
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What’s
In A World?
Worldbuilding
is one of my favorite aspects of writing urban fantasy and paranormal romance.
My brain enjoys taking the real world and twisting it like salt water taffy,
molding it into the perfect playground for my characters.
Since
I write “urban,” I tend to preserve the current cultural, societal and
political norms of our reality and then layer in the “fantasy” via the
paranormal inhabitants. I decide whether my creatures are: hidden or out, in
positions of power or imprisoned or pursued, good guys or bad guys or both, and
so on, etc. In my upcoming release HAVEN, my characters--vampires--are hiding
in plain sight and using their power to manipulate mainstream society and
maintain their secrecy. Many humans know of their existence but it’s a
don’t-ask-don’t-tell situation. Unless you want your throat ripped out. Or your
mind/memory tweaked. The vamps are cranky like that.
My
fantasy worlds remain fairly faithful to a realistic setting. Many of my
stories take place in my hometown of San Francisco. I usually like to preserve
the basic geography and beauty of my city and add new venues, such as my
heroine’s dance club in HAVEN. I plopped it in the Castro neighborhood, near
the famous landmark, Castro Theater. In reality, there’s a bank on the corner
where my club stands. :-)
And
then there’s fun with physics! So long real world science, say hello to my
powerful friend, Magic. You knew that was coming, right? In a world where
preternatural creatures like vampires and werewolves, and enhanced humans like
witches, wizards, and psychics exist alongside your everyday, average Jane and
Joe humans, otherworldly powers reign supreme. In HAVEN, I have witches and
wizards working for both Team Good and Team Evil. Team Good also has a psychic.
Vampires, too, fight for both teams. All my vamps have a basic set of vampire
mojo while some of the older ones possess additional abilities. Bottom line:
magic makes magic happen on the page. Toss in a tablespoon of prophecies plus a
pinch of impending apocalypse and voila! Good times. :-)
How
about you, dear readers - what kind of fantasy world moves you? High fantasy,
sci-fi fantasy, urban fantasy, or...? Thanks for visiting! *waves*
HAVEN
San
Francisco nightclub owner Carina Tranquilli works hard, plays hard, and never
allows the death of her parents and her twelve-year memory gap to get her down.
But her life takes a left turn when a witch attacks her on her twenty-fifth
birthday.
Three
hauntingly familiar vampires emerge to reveal she possesses a latent power. To
protect her from their enemies, they admit to wiping her memories clean and
abandoning her as a child, but now they need her help. As she struggles to
evade her new protectors and even newer enemies, she meets Alexander, an
enigmatic, undead musician. Insta-lust flares, leaving her wanting more.
About
Celia Breslin
Celia lives in Northern California with her husband,
daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance,
and has a particular fondness for vampires and the Fae. When not writing,
you’ll find her kicking butt in fitness Boot Camp, reading a good book or
indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies.
Celia’s debut novel, HAVEN, an urban fantasy romance,
releases July 2, 2013 from Champagne Books.
Connect with Celia:
Web site - http://www.celiabreslin.com/
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/celiabreslin
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CeliaBreslinAuthor
Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/CeliaBreslin
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-- Lynda Again,
I love world building, can spend hours (days or weeks, lol) doing it.
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8 Responses to "Guest - Celia Breslin"
Hi Celia! Thanks for visiting us today. World building is one of my favorite writer jobs! When I was working on Altered Destiny, I spent weeks trawling the Internet and library. It was such fun that I almost forgot that I was WRITING A NOVEL, lol. Yes, I get sucked in to research and world building easily.
Thanks again for being with us today!
It helps to base a world on places we know. It keeps us grounded when adding "the magic", and not get bogged down with details that don't move the story. Good article, Celia.
Hi Lynda!
Thanks for having me over for a visit today. I hear you on falling down those research rabbit holes. They are soooo fun. :-)
Hi D.T.,
Yes, it's good to have that solid foundation on which to build the fantasy elements. Thanks for visiting today!
Celia,
Your world building skills are popping awesome ideas in my brain. I'm with D.T. - I like writing and reading worlds that feel familiar to me, yet have the magic twists embedded.
Good luck with Haven!
Hi Paula,
Nice to see you here. :-)
And yes, the blend of fact and fantasy gives me a thrill. Love playing the "what if" game...
Sounds like an awesome read. I love paranormal and live in California.
Janice~
Hi Janice,
Thank you! :)
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