OBS Staffer Annabell had the opportunity to interview author Elizabeth Loraine. Read Annabell’s review of Katrina the Beginning The Royal Blood Chronicles here.
Annabell: Where did the concept for the Royal Blood Chronicles come from? Why did you decided to center the series around vampires?
Elizabeth: I love everything vampire, but I was so bored with what was out there, everything seemed to be the same. Young modern teens in high school. I wanted to read about their history. I wanted to know more about these long lived beings. When I couldn’t find anything like that I decided to write my own and Royal Blood Chronicles was born.
Annabell: What kind of research did you have to do for Katrina, The Beginning?
Elizabeth: Once I decided that I would start in Europe I did research on the countries that they would reside in and anytime I had an idea I would stop and research that. I also researched the names I used for some of the characters so the origins and meanings were what I wanted. Demons and fantasy creatures as well as events in history that would be going on at the time. It was so interesting and a lot of fun.
Annabell: Katrina faces many obstacles in the novel. She proves women can be strong and able to defend themselves without the aide of a man, a lesson I believe is important for young women to understand. Was that a message you wanted to get across through writing her character? What do you hope readers gain from reading your novel?
Elizabeth: Yes, it was the other thing that bothered me about the other books out there, the weak girls and women. So whinny and waiting for someone to save them. In book four I even had a character say that he was used to damsels in distress and Katrina says, “you’ll find none here.” I thought girls needed to read about heroines, girls and women that had men in their lives, but didn’t need them to save them or complete them. I hoped that all girls would feel if she could be that way then they could too.
Read the complete interview here.
For more information on the author and the Royal Blood Chronicles you can check out her website:
http://royalbloodchronicles.com/mormont.html
