Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Heather Hildenbrand

Dream Killer
Little Hearts Orphanage has always been a safe haven for ‘special’ individuals. Azura, the headmistress, has gone to great lengths to ensure the resident’s true abilities remain secret from those who would exploit them. Her mantra: The secret must be protected at all costs.
That’s where Marlena comes in. Raised in the orphanage, under Azura’s wing, she has committed herself and her ‘gifts’ to Azura’s service – and to wiping out those who seek to expose Marlena and the others for what they truly are
My Review                                                                                                                                                                           A great short story that starts and ends with action.
Join Marlena, as her adventure just begins.
Links
Goodreads
Smashwords
Amazon
Where can we find Heather?
Heathers Blog
Twitter 

Questions!

1. What is your plan for this series?
It’s looking to be a four or five part series, based on where it’s going in the end.
2. Should we remember all of the characters in book 1?
Yes. and there will be more introduced but mainly, we’ll be following Marlena.
3. What made you decide to write short stories?
Originally, I wrote it to submit to online magz so I could get published and start building my platform and writer credentials. And then I realized how fun they were and how fast I could write them. It’s like TV episodes to me.
4. what are the underlying ideas behind this series.
The story idea was orgininally (loosely) based on a cross between Underworld (I’d just watched the movie like two days before I wrote this) and X-men.
5. when will book 2 be out?
 Sometime in April. Check my website for more info. www.heatherhildenbrand.blogspot.com


You can check out my interview with Heather to find out even more at http://mysticthoughts-xc.blogspot.com/2011/02/who-is-heather-hildennbrand.html

Friday, March 25, 2011

What is she working on?

Dirty Blood
A preview…
I killed a girl last night. I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that’s not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can’t seem to wrap my head around and still has me reeling, was that when she charged me, her body shifted – and then she was a wolf. All snapping teeth and  extended claws. But by the time I stood over her lifeless body, she was a girl again. That’s about the time I went into shock… And that was the moment he showed up.
Dirty Blood, coming April 4, 2011, is Book 1 in the series. Book 2 to be released in Fall 2011. Visit her website for more up to date release info.

Books Published

Across The Galaxy
Most teenaged girls have teenaged problems, like what to wear to prom and did I remember to shave my legs before gym? Alina has all of those problems and more. The list does tend to get longer when you're an alien. An empress alien to be exact.

Though dusty Arizona is the only life she can remember, Alina's true home lies far beyond the stars. A place she cannot return to, if she wants to stay alive and out of the clutches of the Shadows- a race of dark and ugle monsters who seek to destroy all that is left of the royal family- and the only one with enough power to stand in their way of taking over an entire galaxy. It would help if Alina knew that...



Dream Killer
Little Hearts Orphanage has always been a safe haven for 'special' individuals. Azura, the headmistress, has gone to great lengths to ensure the resident's true abilities remain secret from those who would exploit them. Her mantra: The secret must be protected at all costs.
That's where Marlena comes in. Raised in the orphanage, under Azura's wing, she has committed herself and her 'gifts' to Azura's service - and to wiping out those who seek to expose Marlena and the others for what they truly are

Who is Heather

Heather started writing in high school - if you want to pinpoint the day it was probably the same moment she finished reading the Lord of the Rings series. Before that, she never knew you could write for fun, making it up as you go, the more fantastical the better - and people would still read it. So she started a fantasy novel set in a world that strongly resembled the Shire and still have it to this day.

Now, she can't imagine a day without writing. It's way too much fun. And if she doesn't write, she’s really grumpy- ask her husband!

Likes and disklikes? She loves vintage tees, hates socks with sandals, and if her house was on fire the one thing she’d grab is her DVR player!

She currently lives in Virginia, near the ocean, with her husband and two children.