Post by Admin Kbatz on Feb 27, 2020 17:47:05 GMT -5
Here's the transcript from our Thursday afternoon Shout Box Chat with award winning Horror Author Nancy Kilpatrick
Nancy has been a 4 time Bram Stoker Award finalist, a 7 time Aurora Award finalist, a 2 time Paris Book Festival winner for anthologies, the ForeWord Reviewers Award silver winner for collections, the winner of the Murder, Mayhem & the Macabre award; The Standing Stone short fiction winner award; Interzon winner; and winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for best mystery story.
For more information, visit nancykilpatrick.com/
Admin Kbatz: Hello everyone! We're chatting at 2 p.m. est with Horror Author Nancy Kilpatrick!
nancyk: Hi Everyone! See you at 2 pm today!
Admin Kbatz: Horror Author Charles F. French is also chatting with HOW again 8 p.m. Thursday February 27! Tell us what you think of HOW in our Thursday 12 est / 9 p.m. pst Shout Box Late Night Finale Party!
Admin Kbatz: Thank you for being part of HOW Nancy!
trinity: I'm here! Is Nancy in the house?
Emz: Yay! Hi Nancy!
trinity: Ah everyone's arriving now. Yay!
nkassa: Yay! Hi, Nancy!
Admin Kbatz: Nancy has also been a guest speaker on writing at the college level including UCLA and U of Toronto summer writing program. Her series Thrones of Blood has been optioned for television.
nancyk: I'm here. Just refreshed and now I can see you all! Hello!
Emz: Oh yay! hiya Nancy! So happy to have you here!
trinity: Hi Nancy! Glad you're here.
Admin Kbatz: Attendees should comment with a question mark "?" and the moderator will call on you to pose your question.
nancyk: Gads! I haven't been on one of these since GEnie days and I doubt any of you will remember that.
nancyk: Is everyone here a writer?
trinity: I am.
nkassa: I am!
trinity: You've won so many awards for mystery writing. When you start, and you have your mystery ending in mind, do you decide the era after that? Or do you start ending first?
nancyk: Trinity, I've only published 8 mystery stories. Most of my work is in the Horror/Dark Fantasy realm, with some fantasy, sci fi, and erotica. All but one award was in the Horror/Dark Fantasy world. The mystery one was for "Mantrap". That story came from my experience of working at a large museum. It's about their security system and a murder taking place, which didn't happen in reality. Most crimes were objects stolen. I wrote that story in a very speculative. I had no plan, just wrote and it evolved. A lot of my writing has been like that. I'm an emotional writer, not a thinking type. Trinity, the mysteries I have written are all a bit outside the box. I can't call them conventional, the point of view is weird, or the plot itself. But conventional mysteries DO take a lot of thought. They are also plot heavy because it's usually a complicated plot where the reader should not know Who Done It. It's a letdown if they figure it out too soon.
Emz: Nancy, I bet you were excited when your book was optioned. What is your biggest fear with them producing it?
trinity: Thank you. Tell us more about your option experience.
nancyk: Emz, I don't have fears atm. Mainly because a) a previous book was optioned by 2 different companies and it was never made into film. b) I know the director personally of this company and trust him. But...who knows if he can get financing. The film biz is not publishing and it's so contingent on many things and big money is one of the major needs.
Emz: It is so interesting and people think movie just get "MADE". Hhaha. Not as easy as that.
nancyk: Back in the day I used to do book launches in the goth part of town at Savage Garden. Always packed with people. One of whom was the director who optioned my series. We hung out and had lunch every 5 or so years. He always wanted to work with me. The book I mentioned (Near Death in the Power of the Blood series) was optioned both times he wanted it. Recently I told him about Thrones of Blood. He wanted to see it. Then he wanted to option it. He has the screenwriter already who loves the series. BUT... It's money. And this director is very popular, well known, and has done a ton of film and TV. Still, ideas are plentiful in the visual media. We Shall See.
trinity: Just wondering how long your options last. I've heard some authors get the work back to sell again in three years.
nancyk: True, Emz. It's usually a min of 5 yrs from when a work is optioned. Sometimes, decades.
Emz: I've had a little bit of experience with this, but it's either TAKING FOREVER AND JUST DO IT ALREADY!!!! Or... it happens so quick you didn't even see it coming. So weird.
nancyk: Emz, do you mean film? If so, that's GREAT!
Emz: Nancy, more like TV stuff, but nothing national. Always crossing my fingers though.
nkassa: Nancy, you've written many terrific vampire novels. What makes your vampires different from the others?
nancyk: nkassa, I have been in love with the vampire since childhood. And, being a maniac, I began collecting vampire novels several decades ago. I now have about 2500 last count, but there are more. I used to be a completist. Now I just buy what I want to buy. I've read all the books in my library so I know what has been done and what hasn't. And of course, like every writer, I have my own vision.
nkassa: How are your vampires different from the vampires of other writers?
nancyk: I've written so many different types of vampires I don't think I can say why they are different. Other people say that, though. I suspect it has something to do with my writing style. As I said, I'm an emotional writer.
Admin Kbatz: When did you first start writing vampires?
nancyk: My first was a novel in 1975, the year Anne Rice's Interview came out. I hadn't read it and my novel wasn't like IWTV at all. It was set in 2006, the future. I had a lot of at that time innovative ideas in there: moving sidewalks; computers; cryonic suspension. It didn't get published until the year 2000. Between 1975 and 2000 I rewrote it MANY times because everything I envisioned had come to pass. I ended up setting it in the 1960s as flashback in time. Also, it became book 4 in the Power of the Blood series because I had a publisher who wanted a 4th book and the main characters in Bloodlover appeared in Books 1,2,3. Setting the novel in the wild 1960s allowed me to explore those things I had written about much earlier in a way where they came to pass, sort of. Computers weren't prevalent then BUT I had one in a travel agency with just a screen that listed flights.
Admin Kbatz: Why were there so few vampire novels for decades and then the 90s to now has there been such a vampire explosion?
nancyk: I really think Interview With the Vampire was so popular that it touched the imaginations of many writers and that fed into the publishing world which has always jumped onto the success bandwagon.
Emz: I *fan girl* read your stuff starting back in the 90s with the Vampire Masquerade AS ONE DEAD. I loved that book btw... but I always wondered... Did you write a vampire book and they had you alter it for VTM or... did they ask for a VTM book and you wrote it real quick?
trinity: Loved As One Dead too.
nancyk: Emz and trinity, thanks! As One Dead came about because the White Wolf people came to me and asked me to write a vampire novel in their World of Darkness. I knew about the world, of course (wasn't sleeping under a rock!) but had not played the RPG. So I agreed. White Wolf was huge then, paid well, had amazing distribution. I went to an RPG (actually, at the same Savage Garden club). The 'storytellers' I think they were called, who kept everything according to the world worked with me. I came out thinking: wow!!! THIS is complicated. The vampires novels in the WW World were often written by 2 people. I knew Don Bassingwaithe and asked if he'd like to do it with me. WW was onboard and kind enough to pay us both a big chunk. Don had already written a novel set in Toronto. 'The box' was the goth area of town, which I knew well. The camarilla were trapped there. The sabbat had the rest of the city. You guys probably know the world well and all the layers of identity from how close someone is to Cain, the sect, etc. etc. down to the individual's personality.
Emz: I was so in love with that world and the clans, etc... and it fit in seamlessly. Thank you for that. I was a storyteller at the time and could find no fault, so good job.
nancyk: Because I'm a rebel at heart, and because I thought I couldn't really come up with a character that would be unique in a world where there were bound to be people who were in that same gen, sect, etc. I had a brilliant (to me) idea.
Emz: Those were great books. I read the whole series back then. Still have them on my shelf.
nancyk: My character would be Inconnu. 'Unknown'. Couldn't be placed anywhere and identified. WW was ok with that. And I think it also allowed the relationship to be that Don and I had envisioned as we hammered out the plot. We did write it fairly quickly. We alternated writing chapters. We collabed on the ending. It was a fun experience.
nancyk: The whole series! Wow! I'm impressed.
trinity: What an experience!
nancyk: Emz. Thank you.
trinity: I think I still have some wine glasses from that game series. nancyk: trinity...wine glasses! WW just sent me books!!! lol
Emz: So cool to hear about. Thank you for explaining. Yes, I have a wine glass too.
nancyk: My pleasure, Emz.
Emz: And I have the wine bottle from them too (empty). It was a whole big thing.
trinity: They were marketed for I think one Christmas season as "must have" collectibles. I had to have them.
nancyk: Wine glasses and wine bottles!!! Look what I missed out on!
nancyk: At the other end of the spectrum of writing in other people's worlds, I wrote 2 books in the Jason world. He, the insane serial killer. Jason X was the film where he went into space and Black Flame Pub. and New Line Cinema wanted novels.
nancyk: I recall my editor phoning me when I was working on the book and saying, "Now, you have to have a lot of people killed. Do you have enough?" I figured at the time he wasn't sure about a woman writing bloody. I said, "Well, there are 200 here, 20 there,etc
nancyk: "Oh, OK," he said. LOL.
Emz: Hhahaa! I love that.
nancyk: That Jason X series had 5 novels. I wrote 3 and 5. In 3, I had my main character escape in a shuttle. Usually no one escaped Jason. Of course, he murdered everyone else on the ship, and down on earth before it left. I was peeved that in book 4, that writer found my escapee and killed her off. I demanded to write book 5! They let me. I had her descendant survive and face-off with Jason who was almost virtual reality in book 4, so it was easy. Revenge is sweet! Lol
Emz: My husband has now put me on the mission to go buy the Jason books. hahhaha
trinity: I'm going ask you Nancy since you mentioned a hesitation about a woman writing a bloody massacre of characters. Aside from your dedicated readers, do people react with shock when you say I write in the horror genre? I find a good deal of rejection to it. Even among writers in critque groups.
Admin Kbatz: Remember the old 'women write paranormal romance' not horror
nancyk: trinity, when I was young and cute and signing books and people would stop and say What's it about? and I'd tell them, I often got variations on: You look to nice to write horror. Now, I don't get the 'nice' anymore, just the 'what's it about'.
trinity: I'm glad to hear there's more acceptance. I once had a reading shut down just because of a character description in the story.
nancyk: But I did get a lot of face changes in the past, from smiles to looks of terror. Also, I write a lot of sex in most of my books (not all but some call for it). There is violence and sometimes violent sex. I've had reviews where people commented on that.
nancyk: Not many reviews like that but more the odd person who likes their sex scenes written through gauze. I'm a huge believer in transformation, personal, and in characters. And a lot of reviewers, pro or readers, mention that.
trinity: I've noticed a number of sites specifically defining no sexual violence in their guidelines.
nancyk: They wonder how they could hate someone at the beginning and then suddenly realize they liked them. I think that's the power of art in general, to tap into a lot of emotion and changing emotion. Sort of like real life.
nancyk: trinity, I'm sorry your work was shut down. That's not right at all. I figure if people don't like a book, they can stop reading it. Turn off the TV. Leave a reading, etc.
trinity: He did have carefully sharpened teeth. LOL
Admin Kbatz: When was your erotica released? That is another genre that is not new the way people seem to think it is steamy and hot.
nancyk: kbatz, I've written erotica in novels but I also wrote a series of 7 novels called The Darker Passions which still sell madly for some reason. They were published by one company, reprinted later by another, and now they are expensive. But, fortunately, Crossroad Publishing did them as eBooks. They are pastiches, taking the classic horror novels like Dracula; Frankenstein, etc. and retelling them, the scenes between the scenes. They are meant to be tongue in cheek humor and really hot. They are full of pansexual acts, something for everyone. There's also tons of b&d and S&M. NOT for the faint of heart. However, if any of you like audio books, you can get an audio book from Audible for free for The Darker Passions: Dracula, the first in the series.
trinity: Thank you. They sound enticing.
Admin Kbatz: Did you ever have to change your content for certain editors or publishers?
nancyk: I've never had to change my content for anyone and likely wouldn't. I'm not writing to be 'accepted'. If some people love my work, I'm happy. Publishers go by the market and what sells. What sells is not always good in the mainstream.
trinity: Excellent point.
nancyk: And I live with myself. I'm sure you all understand that since you write. You have to be able to face yourself and not be a sell-out. Self honor is important to me.
Emz: Just really great to have you here!
Admin Kbatz: Last call for ? Thank you for sticking around Nancy since we started a bit late
nancyk: Thanks everyone for stopping by. Good luck with your writing. Luck and love!
nancyk: Thank you Kbatz!
nkassa: Thank you, Nancy!!
trinity: Thank You Nancy! Thank you Kbatz!
Emz: Thank you, Nancy!
Admin Kbatz: We are chatting 8 p.m. est tonight with Professor Charles French and going wild for our 12 midnight est Finale Party.
Admin Kbatz: Nancy where can readers find you?
nancyk: nancykilpatrick.com Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. My newsletter can be had from my nancykilpatrick.com site.
Admin Kbatz: What are you working on or doing next?
nancyk: Working on book 6 (the final, I think) book in Thrones of Blood. And also a horror/sf crossover novel that is almost done.
Admin Kbatz: Thank you for being with us this afternoon at HOW!
nancyk: Thank you, Kbatz!
nancyk: Bye for now!
During our Chat Session, Nancy graciously and generously offered us at HOW several links to free download copies of her novels. These may only have a limited number of copies and may expire and are also only available to readers in the US and UK. Thank you Nancy!
DRACULA: THE DARKER PASSIONS freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_details.php?BOOK_ID=475&fbclid=IwAR1Inl0DhMyUaxkD11q8BSTHlUkNs8R3Es_cAwQMUcAi_5IPcZsqMMKcHfk
THE VAMPIRE STORIES OF NANCY KILPATRICK: freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_details.php?BOOK_ID=1944&fbclid=IwAR0gSKbfcz7pA_d_z_5nMm6EavTLvRHE1Us_dsG3aQJkQelNbeb1BHo4P4A
Nancy has been a 4 time Bram Stoker Award finalist, a 7 time Aurora Award finalist, a 2 time Paris Book Festival winner for anthologies, the ForeWord Reviewers Award silver winner for collections, the winner of the Murder, Mayhem & the Macabre award; The Standing Stone short fiction winner award; Interzon winner; and winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for best mystery story.
For more information, visit nancykilpatrick.com/
Admin Kbatz: Hello everyone! We're chatting at 2 p.m. est with Horror Author Nancy Kilpatrick!
nancyk: Hi Everyone! See you at 2 pm today!
Admin Kbatz: Horror Author Charles F. French is also chatting with HOW again 8 p.m. Thursday February 27! Tell us what you think of HOW in our Thursday 12 est / 9 p.m. pst Shout Box Late Night Finale Party!
Admin Kbatz: Thank you for being part of HOW Nancy!
trinity: I'm here! Is Nancy in the house?
Emz: Yay! Hi Nancy!
trinity: Ah everyone's arriving now. Yay!
nkassa: Yay! Hi, Nancy!
Admin Kbatz: Nancy has also been a guest speaker on writing at the college level including UCLA and U of Toronto summer writing program. Her series Thrones of Blood has been optioned for television.
nancyk: I'm here. Just refreshed and now I can see you all! Hello!
Emz: Oh yay! hiya Nancy! So happy to have you here!
trinity: Hi Nancy! Glad you're here.
Admin Kbatz: Attendees should comment with a question mark "?" and the moderator will call on you to pose your question.
nancyk: Gads! I haven't been on one of these since GEnie days and I doubt any of you will remember that.
nancyk: Is everyone here a writer?
trinity: I am.
nkassa: I am!
trinity: You've won so many awards for mystery writing. When you start, and you have your mystery ending in mind, do you decide the era after that? Or do you start ending first?
nancyk: Trinity, I've only published 8 mystery stories. Most of my work is in the Horror/Dark Fantasy realm, with some fantasy, sci fi, and erotica. All but one award was in the Horror/Dark Fantasy world. The mystery one was for "Mantrap". That story came from my experience of working at a large museum. It's about their security system and a murder taking place, which didn't happen in reality. Most crimes were objects stolen. I wrote that story in a very speculative. I had no plan, just wrote and it evolved. A lot of my writing has been like that. I'm an emotional writer, not a thinking type. Trinity, the mysteries I have written are all a bit outside the box. I can't call them conventional, the point of view is weird, or the plot itself. But conventional mysteries DO take a lot of thought. They are also plot heavy because it's usually a complicated plot where the reader should not know Who Done It. It's a letdown if they figure it out too soon.
Emz: Nancy, I bet you were excited when your book was optioned. What is your biggest fear with them producing it?
trinity: Thank you. Tell us more about your option experience.
nancyk: Emz, I don't have fears atm. Mainly because a) a previous book was optioned by 2 different companies and it was never made into film. b) I know the director personally of this company and trust him. But...who knows if he can get financing. The film biz is not publishing and it's so contingent on many things and big money is one of the major needs.
Emz: It is so interesting and people think movie just get "MADE". Hhaha. Not as easy as that.
nancyk: Back in the day I used to do book launches in the goth part of town at Savage Garden. Always packed with people. One of whom was the director who optioned my series. We hung out and had lunch every 5 or so years. He always wanted to work with me. The book I mentioned (Near Death in the Power of the Blood series) was optioned both times he wanted it. Recently I told him about Thrones of Blood. He wanted to see it. Then he wanted to option it. He has the screenwriter already who loves the series. BUT... It's money. And this director is very popular, well known, and has done a ton of film and TV. Still, ideas are plentiful in the visual media. We Shall See.
trinity: Just wondering how long your options last. I've heard some authors get the work back to sell again in three years.
nancyk: True, Emz. It's usually a min of 5 yrs from when a work is optioned. Sometimes, decades.
Emz: I've had a little bit of experience with this, but it's either TAKING FOREVER AND JUST DO IT ALREADY!!!! Or... it happens so quick you didn't even see it coming. So weird.
nancyk: Emz, do you mean film? If so, that's GREAT!
Emz: Nancy, more like TV stuff, but nothing national. Always crossing my fingers though.
nkassa: Nancy, you've written many terrific vampire novels. What makes your vampires different from the others?
nancyk: nkassa, I have been in love with the vampire since childhood. And, being a maniac, I began collecting vampire novels several decades ago. I now have about 2500 last count, but there are more. I used to be a completist. Now I just buy what I want to buy. I've read all the books in my library so I know what has been done and what hasn't. And of course, like every writer, I have my own vision.
nkassa: How are your vampires different from the vampires of other writers?
nancyk: I've written so many different types of vampires I don't think I can say why they are different. Other people say that, though. I suspect it has something to do with my writing style. As I said, I'm an emotional writer.
Admin Kbatz: When did you first start writing vampires?
nancyk: My first was a novel in 1975, the year Anne Rice's Interview came out. I hadn't read it and my novel wasn't like IWTV at all. It was set in 2006, the future. I had a lot of at that time innovative ideas in there: moving sidewalks; computers; cryonic suspension. It didn't get published until the year 2000. Between 1975 and 2000 I rewrote it MANY times because everything I envisioned had come to pass. I ended up setting it in the 1960s as flashback in time. Also, it became book 4 in the Power of the Blood series because I had a publisher who wanted a 4th book and the main characters in Bloodlover appeared in Books 1,2,3. Setting the novel in the wild 1960s allowed me to explore those things I had written about much earlier in a way where they came to pass, sort of. Computers weren't prevalent then BUT I had one in a travel agency with just a screen that listed flights.
Admin Kbatz: Why were there so few vampire novels for decades and then the 90s to now has there been such a vampire explosion?
nancyk: I really think Interview With the Vampire was so popular that it touched the imaginations of many writers and that fed into the publishing world which has always jumped onto the success bandwagon.
Emz: I *fan girl* read your stuff starting back in the 90s with the Vampire Masquerade AS ONE DEAD. I loved that book btw... but I always wondered... Did you write a vampire book and they had you alter it for VTM or... did they ask for a VTM book and you wrote it real quick?
trinity: Loved As One Dead too.
nancyk: Emz and trinity, thanks! As One Dead came about because the White Wolf people came to me and asked me to write a vampire novel in their World of Darkness. I knew about the world, of course (wasn't sleeping under a rock!) but had not played the RPG. So I agreed. White Wolf was huge then, paid well, had amazing distribution. I went to an RPG (actually, at the same Savage Garden club). The 'storytellers' I think they were called, who kept everything according to the world worked with me. I came out thinking: wow!!! THIS is complicated. The vampires novels in the WW World were often written by 2 people. I knew Don Bassingwaithe and asked if he'd like to do it with me. WW was onboard and kind enough to pay us both a big chunk. Don had already written a novel set in Toronto. 'The box' was the goth area of town, which I knew well. The camarilla were trapped there. The sabbat had the rest of the city. You guys probably know the world well and all the layers of identity from how close someone is to Cain, the sect, etc. etc. down to the individual's personality.
Emz: I was so in love with that world and the clans, etc... and it fit in seamlessly. Thank you for that. I was a storyteller at the time and could find no fault, so good job.
nancyk: Because I'm a rebel at heart, and because I thought I couldn't really come up with a character that would be unique in a world where there were bound to be people who were in that same gen, sect, etc. I had a brilliant (to me) idea.
Emz: Those were great books. I read the whole series back then. Still have them on my shelf.
nancyk: My character would be Inconnu. 'Unknown'. Couldn't be placed anywhere and identified. WW was ok with that. And I think it also allowed the relationship to be that Don and I had envisioned as we hammered out the plot. We did write it fairly quickly. We alternated writing chapters. We collabed on the ending. It was a fun experience.
nancyk: The whole series! Wow! I'm impressed.
trinity: What an experience!
nancyk: Emz. Thank you.
trinity: I think I still have some wine glasses from that game series. nancyk: trinity...wine glasses! WW just sent me books!!! lol
Emz: So cool to hear about. Thank you for explaining. Yes, I have a wine glass too.
nancyk: My pleasure, Emz.
Emz: And I have the wine bottle from them too (empty). It was a whole big thing.
trinity: They were marketed for I think one Christmas season as "must have" collectibles. I had to have them.
nancyk: Wine glasses and wine bottles!!! Look what I missed out on!
nancyk: At the other end of the spectrum of writing in other people's worlds, I wrote 2 books in the Jason world. He, the insane serial killer. Jason X was the film where he went into space and Black Flame Pub. and New Line Cinema wanted novels.
nancyk: I recall my editor phoning me when I was working on the book and saying, "Now, you have to have a lot of people killed. Do you have enough?" I figured at the time he wasn't sure about a woman writing bloody. I said, "Well, there are 200 here, 20 there,etc
nancyk: "Oh, OK," he said. LOL.
Emz: Hhahaa! I love that.
nancyk: That Jason X series had 5 novels. I wrote 3 and 5. In 3, I had my main character escape in a shuttle. Usually no one escaped Jason. Of course, he murdered everyone else on the ship, and down on earth before it left. I was peeved that in book 4, that writer found my escapee and killed her off. I demanded to write book 5! They let me. I had her descendant survive and face-off with Jason who was almost virtual reality in book 4, so it was easy. Revenge is sweet! Lol
Emz: My husband has now put me on the mission to go buy the Jason books. hahhaha
trinity: I'm going ask you Nancy since you mentioned a hesitation about a woman writing a bloody massacre of characters. Aside from your dedicated readers, do people react with shock when you say I write in the horror genre? I find a good deal of rejection to it. Even among writers in critque groups.
Admin Kbatz: Remember the old 'women write paranormal romance' not horror
nancyk: trinity, when I was young and cute and signing books and people would stop and say What's it about? and I'd tell them, I often got variations on: You look to nice to write horror. Now, I don't get the 'nice' anymore, just the 'what's it about'.
trinity: I'm glad to hear there's more acceptance. I once had a reading shut down just because of a character description in the story.
nancyk: But I did get a lot of face changes in the past, from smiles to looks of terror. Also, I write a lot of sex in most of my books (not all but some call for it). There is violence and sometimes violent sex. I've had reviews where people commented on that.
nancyk: Not many reviews like that but more the odd person who likes their sex scenes written through gauze. I'm a huge believer in transformation, personal, and in characters. And a lot of reviewers, pro or readers, mention that.
trinity: I've noticed a number of sites specifically defining no sexual violence in their guidelines.
nancyk: They wonder how they could hate someone at the beginning and then suddenly realize they liked them. I think that's the power of art in general, to tap into a lot of emotion and changing emotion. Sort of like real life.
nancyk: trinity, I'm sorry your work was shut down. That's not right at all. I figure if people don't like a book, they can stop reading it. Turn off the TV. Leave a reading, etc.
trinity: He did have carefully sharpened teeth. LOL
Admin Kbatz: When was your erotica released? That is another genre that is not new the way people seem to think it is steamy and hot.
nancyk: kbatz, I've written erotica in novels but I also wrote a series of 7 novels called The Darker Passions which still sell madly for some reason. They were published by one company, reprinted later by another, and now they are expensive. But, fortunately, Crossroad Publishing did them as eBooks. They are pastiches, taking the classic horror novels like Dracula; Frankenstein, etc. and retelling them, the scenes between the scenes. They are meant to be tongue in cheek humor and really hot. They are full of pansexual acts, something for everyone. There's also tons of b&d and S&M. NOT for the faint of heart. However, if any of you like audio books, you can get an audio book from Audible for free for The Darker Passions: Dracula, the first in the series.
trinity: Thank you. They sound enticing.
Admin Kbatz: Did you ever have to change your content for certain editors or publishers?
nancyk: I've never had to change my content for anyone and likely wouldn't. I'm not writing to be 'accepted'. If some people love my work, I'm happy. Publishers go by the market and what sells. What sells is not always good in the mainstream.
trinity: Excellent point.
nancyk: And I live with myself. I'm sure you all understand that since you write. You have to be able to face yourself and not be a sell-out. Self honor is important to me.
Emz: Just really great to have you here!
Admin Kbatz: Last call for ? Thank you for sticking around Nancy since we started a bit late
nancyk: Thanks everyone for stopping by. Good luck with your writing. Luck and love!
nancyk: Thank you Kbatz!
nkassa: Thank you, Nancy!!
trinity: Thank You Nancy! Thank you Kbatz!
Emz: Thank you, Nancy!
Admin Kbatz: We are chatting 8 p.m. est tonight with Professor Charles French and going wild for our 12 midnight est Finale Party.
Admin Kbatz: Nancy where can readers find you?
nancyk: nancykilpatrick.com Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. My newsletter can be had from my nancykilpatrick.com site.
Admin Kbatz: What are you working on or doing next?
nancyk: Working on book 6 (the final, I think) book in Thrones of Blood. And also a horror/sf crossover novel that is almost done.
Admin Kbatz: Thank you for being with us this afternoon at HOW!
nancyk: Thank you, Kbatz!
nancyk: Bye for now!
During our Chat Session, Nancy graciously and generously offered us at HOW several links to free download copies of her novels. These may only have a limited number of copies and may expire and are also only available to readers in the US and UK. Thank you Nancy!
DRACULA: THE DARKER PASSIONS freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_details.php?BOOK_ID=475&fbclid=IwAR1Inl0DhMyUaxkD11q8BSTHlUkNs8R3Es_cAwQMUcAi_5IPcZsqMMKcHfk
THE VAMPIRE STORIES OF NANCY KILPATRICK: freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_details.php?BOOK_ID=1944&fbclid=IwAR0gSKbfcz7pA_d_z_5nMm6EavTLvRHE1Us_dsG3aQJkQelNbeb1BHo4P4A