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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

12 Days of Morganville Madness: Day 12: Black Dawn

I'm thrilled to be the 12th and final stop in the 12 Days of Morganville Madness tour. Today I have an interview with the lovely Rachel Caine. 


Day 12 – BLACK DAWN

What kicked off the concept for this book?
 It’s the second half of the story continued in LAST BREATH – our last ditch struggle for survival against the draug!

Which character do I think stood out in this book, and why?
 I think maybe it was Oliver. He got a lot of point of view time in this story, and you begin to realize that his motives for hanging around Morganville might not just be all about his ambition …

Five things I loved about writing this book:
A. The draug hide in the weirdest places. I mean, the water treatment plant?
B. I got to have Shane come up with a new weapon that no one had ever considered before. And it actually fit with his character, completely.
C. I’d always meant to have Naomi have hidden agendas, and they got to emerge in this book.
D. Oliver’s defense of Amelie even when all hope is gone
E. Myrnin.

Five things I didn't love about writing this book
A. Shane’s dream sequence was really, really hard to write – it had to seem real in the beginning, then gradually become less real and more disconnected so he (and the reader) would recognize the wrongness of it. That proved to be difficult enough to have three drafts.
B. Somebody else dies in this book that I’d rather have kept around, but I needed it to happen. And it made me sad, a little.
C. I wanted to write the last chapter a whole lot longer and more elaborately, but I realized that if I did, it undermined the uneasy note of the end of the book. So. Short it is.
D. Thinking about all the ways the draug might be able to get at my characters. Water is everywhere. It made me a little paranoid.
E. Ending this storyline. I really liked having the draug around. In a terribly twisted way.

If I could do this book over, what would I do differently, and why?
I wish I could have had more of the [last chapter event] on the page.

Favorite quoted passage from the book

Theo nodded, frowning a little. "You're going to fight the draug, I gather."


"It is what she wanted. And in truth, what I want as well." Oliver's eyes gleamed a little with red sparks. "Not many good fights left in this sad, pallid world, with its frail, sensitive people. The draug at least do not mewl and whine about a few bruises."

"You've always been insane," Theo said. "Insane for your beliefs, insane for power, insane for blood. I suppose that may be what we require now. More insanity."

What I learned from this book
What happens when you take away all of the vampires’ natural predators and leave everything finally, decisively in their favor? Nothing good.

Fun research moment
I got to do a lot of chemical research into binding agents, how to make certain chemicals from scratch, and what NASA uses to clean up massive spills. Also: how many times do you get to research how a flamethrower works?


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Thank you to Penguin for providing the interview questions. 

Thank you to Rachel Caine for stopping by Mundie Moms today. Please be sure to visit Rachel via her Website | Live Journal | Twitter  | Facebook 


The hotly-anticipated twelfth instalment in the Morganville Vampires series

In Last Breath, the rain brought a new and dire threat to Morganville and its vampires... their ancient enemies, the draug. Now, the vampires are fighting a losing war, and it will fall to the residents of the Glass House: Michael, Eve, Shane and Claire, to take the fight to an enemy who threatens to destroy the town, forever.

Lovers of Morganville, rejoice: Black Dawn takes the intrigue, romance and nail-biting suspense of the series to its highest level yet! -
quoted from Goodreads

You can pick up your copy of BLACK DAWN TODAY at the following book stores or order it online Amazon | Barnes & Noble 

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You can follow the entire 12 Days of Morganville Madness tour by visiting the following blogs:

Glass Houses @ Page Turners
The Dead Girls Dance @ Melanie McCullough
Midnight Alley @ Book-Splout
Feast of Fools @Hobbitsies
Lord of Misrule @ Book Monster Reviews
Kiss of Death @ The Story Siren
Bite Club @ Total Bookaholic
Last Breath @ Literal Addiction
Black Dawn @ Mundie Moms

Thank you to Penguin, I have a SIGNED copy of Black Dawn along with a Black Dawn bookmark to giveaway!! To enter, please fill out the form below:
- US residents only
- You must be 13 yrs & older to enter
- 1 entry per person
- This giveaway ends on May 8th, 2012

6 comments:

  1. Thank you for the chance to win!!
    I've just started this series and really like it!
    DeAnna Schultz

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  2. Great interview. I'm seeing a common Myrnnin theme these past few stops...

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  3. Thank you so much. I can't wait to get a copy of Black Dawn! I love this series so much!

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  4. I have really enjoyed this tour. Thank you so much for all the fun and creative posts, as well as for the awesome giveaway opportunities :)

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