BLOG TOUR with Guest Post/Q&A
Book Title: Flame and Ash (Witchbane #4)
Author: Morgan Brice
Cover Artist: Lou Harper
Genre/s: Urban Fantasy, MM paranormal, MM romance
Trope/s: Second chance, established couple, hurt/comfort, monster hunting, supernatural creatures, magic, ghosts
Themes: Learning to trust, navigating a new relationship, sticking together when the going gets rough
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Release Date: September 5, 2019
Amazon US
Amazon UK
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Dear readers, I'm really excited to be taking part in the Blog Tour for "Flame and Ash", 4th book in an amazing "Witchbane" series written by talented Morgan Brice.
Here's a Guest Post in the form of Q&A especially for you!
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Q&A with Morgan Brice on Flame and Ash
Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to be a writer?
A: I decided I wanted to be a writer when I was in middle school. I started out writing fan fiction, and that gave me the confidence that I could entertain people with my stories. From there, I started writing original stories. It took quite a while to get published because life kept getting in the way, but everything finally came together!
Q: How many books have you written?
A: I also write epic and urban fantasy as Gail Z. Martin, and I’ve written some non-fiction books on social media marketing, so when you add those together with my Morgan Brice books, it’s around 30.
Q: How long does it usually take you to write a book?
A: That depends! Most of the time, I can draft a book in a month if it’s not a really thick book and if I’m not doing a lot of travel. That’s just to draft it—not have it cleaned up, edited, and beta read.
Q: How did you come up with the idea for your book?
A: I wanted to tell the story of a guy who sets out to avenge the murder of his brother by a dark warlock, and ends up finding love and purpose along the way. That turned into the Witchbane series, and Flame and Ash is the third book, where Seth and his boyfriend Evan go looking for the other dark warlocks to stop a hundred-year cycle of ritual killings.
Q: Who are your favorite authors?
A: In paranormal MM romance I love Jordan L. Hawk, Pandora Pine, Charlie Cochet, KJ Charles, EJ Russell, Eli Easton, Jordan Castillo Price, Susi Hawke, Liv Rancourt and Irene Preston and so many more!
Q: Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
A: Even though I write full time, life still gets in the way sometimes—what I call ‘real people stuff’ (as opposed to author stuff) like grocery shopping, cooking meals, going to the dentist, that kind of thing. So I set out with a schedule that looks ambitious but do-able, and then stuff happens and I get behind.
Q: Where is your favorite place to write?
A: I really love writing on my porch when it’s not too hot or cold. It can be a very peaceful place to write and think, and I see squirrels and hear birds and my dogs like to come keep me company.
Q: When you develop characters do you already know who they are before you begin writing or do you let them develop as you go?
A: A little of both. I have a pretty clear idea of who I think they’re going to be, but sometimes they speak up and surprise me. Those are the best moments, because the character is always right, and ends up truer than what I originally had in mind.
Q: Do you aim for a set number of words/pages per day?
A: I try to get 10-15 pages a day. I’m usually closer to 10, but sometimes I get on a tear and get 20. I wish I could do more consistently, but that’s the part about life getting in the way!
Be sure to check out the LGBT Romance giveaway that I’m part of as one of the Featured Authors at GayRomanticLit (GRL) Retreat 2019! And if you’re going to GRL, make sure you come say hello! Here’s the link to the giveaway: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/rIu8BvYf550LBItMdQhG
I’d also love to invite you to join my Worlds of Morgan Brice group on Facebook—it’s where I share cover reveals, talk about what I’m writing, show pictures that inspire the people and places, and do fun giveaways! www.Facebook.com/groups/WorldsOfMorganBrice
Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to be a writer?
A: I decided I wanted to be a writer when I was in middle school. I started out writing fan fiction, and that gave me the confidence that I could entertain people with my stories. From there, I started writing original stories. It took quite a while to get published because life kept getting in the way, but everything finally came together!
Q: How many books have you written?
A: I also write epic and urban fantasy as Gail Z. Martin, and I’ve written some non-fiction books on social media marketing, so when you add those together with my Morgan Brice books, it’s around 30.
Q: How long does it usually take you to write a book?
A: That depends! Most of the time, I can draft a book in a month if it’s not a really thick book and if I’m not doing a lot of travel. That’s just to draft it—not have it cleaned up, edited, and beta read.
Q: How did you come up with the idea for your book?
A: I wanted to tell the story of a guy who sets out to avenge the murder of his brother by a dark warlock, and ends up finding love and purpose along the way. That turned into the Witchbane series, and Flame and Ash is the third book, where Seth and his boyfriend Evan go looking for the other dark warlocks to stop a hundred-year cycle of ritual killings.
Q: Who are your favorite authors?
A: In paranormal MM romance I love Jordan L. Hawk, Pandora Pine, Charlie Cochet, KJ Charles, EJ Russell, Eli Easton, Jordan Castillo Price, Susi Hawke, Liv Rancourt and Irene Preston and so many more!
Q: Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
A: Even though I write full time, life still gets in the way sometimes—what I call ‘real people stuff’ (as opposed to author stuff) like grocery shopping, cooking meals, going to the dentist, that kind of thing. So I set out with a schedule that looks ambitious but do-able, and then stuff happens and I get behind.
Q: Where is your favorite place to write?
A: I really love writing on my porch when it’s not too hot or cold. It can be a very peaceful place to write and think, and I see squirrels and hear birds and my dogs like to come keep me company.
Q: When you develop characters do you already know who they are before you begin writing or do you let them develop as you go?
A: A little of both. I have a pretty clear idea of who I think they’re going to be, but sometimes they speak up and surprise me. Those are the best moments, because the character is always right, and ends up truer than what I originally had in mind.
Q: Do you aim for a set number of words/pages per day?
A: I try to get 10-15 pages a day. I’m usually closer to 10, but sometimes I get on a tear and get 20. I wish I could do more consistently, but that’s the part about life getting in the way!
Be sure to check out the LGBT Romance giveaway that I’m part of as one of the Featured Authors at GayRomanticLit (GRL) Retreat 2019! And if you’re going to GRL, make sure you come say hello! Here’s the link to the giveaway: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/rIu8BvYf550LBItMdQhG
I’d also love to invite you to join my Worlds of Morgan Brice group on Facebook—it’s where I share cover reveals, talk about what I’m writing, show pictures that inspire the people and places, and do fun giveaways! www.Facebook.com/groups/WorldsOfMorganBrice
This time, the hunters become the hunted when the witch knows they’re coming to get him, and has deadly plans of his own. When their lives are on the line, will love be enough?
Blurb
One hundred years ago, a sheriff’s posse killed dark warlock Rhyfel Gremory, but his witch-disciples escaped, and their magic made them nearly immortal. To keep their power, each year one of the witch-disciples kills a descendant of one of the men in the posse, a twelve-year cycle that has cost dozens of lives, including that of Seth Tanner’s brother, Jesse.
Seth rescued Evan Malone from one of the witches, and they’ve fallen in love despite the danger and chaos, going on the road to complete the quest and bring an end to the ritual murders. Their relationship is new, their emotions are raw, and the danger is real. It’s a challenge to find their way as a couple while they’re on the road together in the close quarters of Seth’s RV, training in magic and combat skills to fight off a supernatural killer.
In pursuit of the next witch-disciple, Seth and Evan team up with older hunters Milo and Toby as their quest to stop a century-long killing spree takes them to a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They’re ahead of the sacrifice cycle, with plans to stop the murders and kill the dark witch. Only this time, the hunters become the hunted when the witch knows they’re coming to get him, and has deadly plans of his own. When their lives are on the line, will love be enough?
Flame and Ash is the third novel in the Witchbane series. It is a MM romance intended for readers 18 years of age and older.
Seth rescued Evan Malone from one of the witches, and they’ve fallen in love despite the danger and chaos, going on the road to complete the quest and bring an end to the ritual murders. Their relationship is new, their emotions are raw, and the danger is real. It’s a challenge to find their way as a couple while they’re on the road together in the close quarters of Seth’s RV, training in magic and combat skills to fight off a supernatural killer.
In pursuit of the next witch-disciple, Seth and Evan team up with older hunters Milo and Toby as their quest to stop a century-long killing spree takes them to a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They’re ahead of the sacrifice cycle, with plans to stop the murders and kill the dark witch. Only this time, the hunters become the hunted when the witch knows they’re coming to get him, and has deadly plans of his own. When their lives are on the line, will love be enough?
Flame and Ash is the third novel in the Witchbane series. It is a MM romance intended for readers 18 years of age and older.
Excerpt
After all, Evan thought, what value do I bring to the situation? Six months of training had improved his skills, taught him a few more rote spells, and helped him understand more about the kinds of things that went bump in the night. Despite it all, Evan knew he had a long way to go before he could match Seth’s abilities, and he worried that he could be the weak link that cost Seth his life.
The trip from Pittsburgh to Boone would take most of the day, and while Evan offered to take a turn behind the wheel, he knew that Seth preferred to drive. When he wasn’t chasing down loose ends about the Boone situation on his computer, Evan planned to doze in the passenger seat, but dark dreams woke him more than once, earning him worried glances from Seth.
“Hey.” Seth’s voice roused Evan from his thoughts. “Whatever you’re thinking—let me in. Don’t keep it to yourself.”
“I just don’t want to let you down,” Evan admitted.
“You won’t.”
“You don’t know that.”
“I know that you’ve saved my ass more than once,” Seth replied. “And that was before we spent the last three months doing more training.” He reached out to take Evan’s hand. “I trust you. I believe in you. There’s no one I’d rather have beside me in a fight. And I love you.”
Evan’s throat tightened. “I love you, too. And I want to be here, doing this, with you. It’s just…I’m not really the action hero type.”
Seth chuckled. “And I am?”
“You were in the army. You’re a soldier. So, yeah.”
Seth sighed. “I went into the army to get away from a bad breakup. Not exactly the most noble reason. I did okay, I guess. I was lucky enough to come home. But I knew I wasn’t going to make a career out of it. Some guys, they get in, and they know that’s where they’re supposed to be. It becomes their home and family, like they were born for it.” He shook his head. “It was never that for me.”
“I made okay money, working at the bar.” Evan looked at the road instead of at Seth. “But something was always missing, you know? What I did didn’t really matter. This…” He gestured to mean the two of them, hunting, the search for the witch-disciples. “It makes a difference. Saves lives. Stops a hundred years of killing. It just seems like fate could have picked someone who was better prepared.”
Seth laid his hand on Evan’s thigh, solid and warm. “Hunting doesn’t work like that. You’ve talked to Travis and Brent and Mark. They didn’t train to be a hunter from the time they were kids. They lost people, and it changed them. And from that point on, they learned on the job,” Seth said. “Just like you.”
Evan managed a wan smile. “If this were a TV show, I’d want to skip to the finale, where we ride off into the sunset.”
“I wish we could,” Seth admitted. “But I’m afraid there’s no fast-forward on real life.”
About the Author
Other books include Witchbane, Burn, Dark Rivers, and Badlands, Lucky Town, and The Rising, plus Treasure Trail. Watch for more in these series, plus new series coming soon!
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