Author Interview & Giveaway : Brian Rowe

Summary (from Goodreads)

16-year-old Brin Skar hates everything to do with the supernatural, so the obsessive film geek isn't happy when she discovers that her junior year Film class at Grisly High is devoted to the horror genre. She's even more disconcerted when she learns that six groups in the class will be writing and directing their very own horror movies.

Brin and five classmates travel to Bodie Ghost Town in California to shoot their creepy film, but they soon find themselves fighting a real terrifying threat when a clan of mean, bloodthirsty vampires emerge from beneath the surface and start attacking the group. The teens, headed by Brin and the egotistical director Anaya Frost, have no help from the outside and become outnumbered by the vampires a hundred to one.

But when Brin meets Paul, a helpful and smoldering vampire outcast who's had enough of his shameful life, she realizes he might be the only key to her survival.

                                                                                                                                                                      

AUTHOR INTERVIEW


Hi guys ! Today I have Brian Rowe, author of the Happy Birthday To Me series on the blog. Brian has kindly donated an eBook copy of his new book The Vampire Underground which is part of the Grisly High series!

Here's the interview I conducted with Brian Rowe below ! Enjoy ! :)

1. Let's start off with a description of your book. Could you describe it in a few sentences to my readers?

I like to pitch The Vampire Underground as "film nerds battle vampires" but it's a lot more than that. My book brings back SCARY vampires to YA fiction… no one sparkly in this one. The book is a mix of horror and suspense and thriller and comedy and even some romance… it's a blast of a read!

2. There are tons of Vampire books out there. What makes yours unique?

I know it may not have been the most original idea in the world to write a novel about vampires. I know that vampire books have been a fad in the YA world these last few years, especially because of the Twilight books. But while the word, "Vampire," is in the title of this novel, I'm much more interested in the human characters than the vampire ones. The Vampire Underground is merely the first of seven books, in which my main characters, Brin and Ash, fight against various supernatural baddies, from vampires, to zombies, to demons, to werewolves, to aliens. This is JUST the beginning. For at least four years now I've had the idea of a group of teens who go to a spooky ghost town to make a movie and discover that creatures live underneath the ground. In the last year I came to the decision that the creatures should be vampires. And I really liked the idea of bringing back SCARY vampires. The vamps in this story are not sparkly and lovable; they are out for blood, and ONLY blood!

3. Where did you get your first inspiration?

My first inspiration for The Vampire Underground came ten years ago when I first visited Bodie Ghost Town in California. I liked the idea that you could be in the middle of nowhere like that and suddenly be surrounded by ferocious creatures of the night. In 2008 I considered writing my Bodie Ghost Town vampire idea as a screenplay, but I kept it on the backburner. Finally last year it was time to put my ideas down on paper and write a novel about teenagers who go to Bodie. I didn't originally intend to write a long series of books about these characters but in the end I decided I wanted to push the characters past the Bodie incident and see what other kinds of supernatural problems I can get them involved in.

4. What's the most difficult aspect of writing a book?

Writing a book is hard, no doubt about it, but the most difficult part, and definitely the most rewarding, is writing the first draft, because the writer is faced with a blank page on the screen every single day. While rewrites aren't easy by any means, at least the writer has words on the screen to work with. When you're writing the first draft of a novel you have to sit in your chair every day and face a white screen and a blinking cursor, hoping to God you can come up with someone awesome. At the same time it's an incredible feeling to create, to spin something new, and writing the first draft to me is the most rewarding part of writing a novel. It's when you take all the ideas in your head and punch them down to paper.

5. What do you do when you're not writing?

I lead a pretty busy life at the moment, and I have plenty of hobbies and interests. I'm currently taking Grad School writing classes and am preparing to apply for MFA Fiction programs all around the country. I work as a teacher, a tutor, and a videographer in Reno, Nevada. I love watching movies and watch on average one every single day. I love to exercise and try to work out at the gym 4 to 5 times a week. I like to play golf, ski, bike, and hike. I love spending time with friends, going out for nice dinners, and attending Writer Retreats, Conferences, and Seminars. And of course I love to read; I'm always with a book. Currently I'm finishing The Dark Tower III by Stephen King, and next I'm going to start Let Me In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Recently I read John Green's debut YA novel Looking for Alaska and loved it. I'm also inspired by other writers, and I firmly believe the more you read the better writer you'll be!

Thanks so much for taking your time to answer these questions, Brian ! 

Thanks for this interview, and be sure to check out my new YA novel The Vampire Underground, now available on Amazon!

                                                                                                                                                                      

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