Wednesday, April 18, 2018
INTERVIEW/BLOG TOUR: Interview with Marlena Frank Author of The She-Wolf of Kanta (Interview by Cindy Hannikman)
Fantasy Book Critic is excited to welcome Marlena Frank to
our blog as she makes her way across the Blog-o-sphere on her blog tour for The
She-Wolf of Kanta. We were able to catch up with her and conduct a
brief interview about her latest book release.
A huge thank you goes out to Rockstar Book Tours for helping
organize and arrange for the interview. And a huge thank you goes out to Marlena
Frank for taking the time to stop by and talk to us about her newest release.
Learn more about The She-Wolf of Kanta:
Title: THE
SHE-WOLF OF KANTA
Author: Marlena Frank
Pub. Date: April 17, 2018
Publisher: Legion Imprint of Radiant Crown Publishing
Formats: Paperback,
eBook, audiobook
Pages: 256
"A pair of yellow eyes caught the moonlight
and locked onto hers."
Mercy has always dreamed of becoming a werewolf trapper like her father. In Kanta, one must learn how to survive one way or another. A dark-skinned, blue-eyed young beauty, Mercy understands that she brings out the beast in monsters and men. When a routine werewolf delivery turns into a vicious assault from a pair of human traffickers, Mercy’s life changes forever. Somehow she must endure in a dangerous city where women and werewolves are hunted.
Visit some of the Other Stops on the Blog Tour!
Tour
Schedule:
Week One:
4/9/2018- BookHounds- Interview
Week Two:
Interview with Marlena Frank:
1) The She-Wolf of Kanta
is a novella. What was your writing process like working on this novella? Did
you do anything to help make sure your story was well rounded yet didn't go to
500 pages.
Going into this piece, I knew what the world was like and I
knew who I wanted Mercy to be. The main trouble I had was figuring out the
beats of the plot. Unlike some novels I’ve worked on, The She-Wolf of Kanta
took years to write. I would work on it for a while, hit a wall in trying to
decide how to get from step B to step C, then walk away from it for a while.
Each time I returned to it though, I had fresh eyes and I kept streamlining it.
I didn’t realize at the beginning that it would be a novella either, I let the
story determine how long it needed to be.
2) Do you ever see
yourself revisiting this world with more novellas?
One of the most frequent questions I get about this story is
will there be a sequel. I do see myself revisiting Kanta in the future and
probably picking up where it left off. When I do return to it though I want it
to be for a good reason, so it’ll take some time to figure out. I want it to be
a proper continuation.
3) What do you think
makes your novel stand out from other werewolf novels out there?
I made a conscious effort to make the werewolves of Kanta
both fearsome and yet relatable. The fascinating part about werewolves is that
they are both humans and monsters at the same time. When you capture a werewolf
for money, you are in fact capturing another human being for profit, so using
them as metaphors for human trafficking isn’t that far of a leap. Since the
city is recovering from a terrible werewolf onslaught, many problems are blamed
on werewolves regardless of how true it is. When you have a whole city
terrified of a group, it’s easier to blame things on them.
4) Who are some of your
horror author idols?
Some of the classic horror authors I love are Stephen King,
Anne Rice, Richard Matheson, H.P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, and of course
Shirley Jackson. More recent horror authors that I’ve enjoyed are Josh Malerman
and Cherie Priest. One author who writes some gruesome dark fantasy that could
easily be classified as horror, and who honestly doesn’t seem to get enough
attention, is Scott Hawkins. I draw from so many styles and stories when I
write, but these are the authors I draw inspiration from again and again.
5) If you novella were
made into a movie, who would be your ultimate choice to star in your movie?
I actually thought I would have a tougher time casting
someone for this story than I did. I think Idris Elba would pull off an amazing
performance for Solomon Pinkerton, Mercy’s father. He’s a rough man, and not
very likeable, but a type of character you would find in southern gothic
stories. He loves his daughter, but he’s certainly not a kind person. There’s a
lot of room for interpretation in him that I think Elba would pull off
beautifully.
Learn more about Marlena Frank:
I write about strange creatures.
Typically they shouldn’t exist, or they have bled through from a different
reality, or they’re pretending to be a crying baby in a crib. Sometimes that
lands my stories in horror and other times in fantasy, but there’s always an
air of strangeness to my tales. If you want to get a better feel for what I’m
talking about, check out a few clips or read a few drabbles.
My work has appeared in a spattering of short story collections, but I do have a few novellas and novels in the pipeline. Other than talking about writing, I also talk about cryptozoology, werewolves, wildlife conservation, and of course kitties. I’ve also been known to nerd out about Batman and The Hobbit, and have recently discovered the cracktastic fun of Black Butler cosplay, so there will likely be more of these incidents.
By day I work as a web developer, so
I’ll occasionally talk about web issues like finding the right theme.
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1 comments:
Great interview! The author and I have the same taste in reading. I've read the same authors. I know I will love this book!