Natasha Rhodes
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Sunday 31st May, 2010
NEW CIRCUS OF SINS INTERVIEW!
Check out my new interview on author David H. Burton's blog,'Random Musings.' Read all about my new release 'Circus Of Sins,' find out which character from the book I would hate most if I met them in real life, and learn more about how I got published in the first place...
Click below to read interview:
New Interview On David H. Burton's Blog
ABOUT DAVID H BURTON:
David Burton is an Indie author, adoptive father of 3 boys, manager of chaos, science and technology geek, person of the queer persuasion, and purveyor of sacrilege. His latest novel, 'The Second Coming,' is taking Smashwords, Amazon and Goodreads by storm!
Read 'The Second Coming' by David H Burton:
"Five hundred years have passed since the Earth shifted on its axis a catastrophic event that wiped out civilization and released the powers of the dead back to Earth. With technology long abandoned, a dark age has shrouded our world once more. Travel to a future of blood sacrifice, demons, witchcraft, and an immoral God that has returned to reclaim his former dominion."
Beautifully written, dark and eerie vision of an apocalyptic future.
- New York Times Bestselling Author, Margaret Weis.
Tuesday, 25th May, 2010
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NEW NOVEl, 'CIRCUS OF SINS', PUBLISHED TODAY!
Well, it's been a while but it's finally here - my latest novel 'CIRCUS OF SINS' comes out today in bookstores everywhere! Pick up a copy at your local Borders, Waterstones, or Barnes and Noble, or head on over to Amazon.com to buy a copy.
Here's the storyline:
"When young Hunter recruit Kayla Steele is bitten by a werewolf, she thinks it's the end of her world. However, little does she know that the real end of the world is not far off. Master vampire, Harlequin, has made a deal with the devil, and plans to commit the ultimate sin by killing an angel and triggering the Third War in Heaven... which could wipe out mankind forever.
Kalya must join forces with her ultimate enemies, the werewolves, in order to stave off Armageddon and save the man she loves from the clutches of Hell - or die trying."
CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND BUY 'CIRCUS OF SINS' ON AMAZON
Hope you enjoy it! If anyone would like to post a blog review online then let me know the URL and I'll post it on my official website. You can write to me with all comments, suggestions and feedback (positive aand negative!) at www.myspace.com/natasharhodes.
Thanks!
- Natasha
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Monday, September 07, 2009 -
KAYLA STEELE BOOK #3 TITLE ANNOUNCED - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW !!
Check out my latest interview on Mookychick.com for the latest updates and info on Kayla Steele Book 3 - including an exclusive announcement about the new title! (yes, I finally picked one!)
A huge thanks to Emma Wright for doing this interview!
Click below to read the full interview:
http://www.mookychick.co.uk/interviews/natasha-rhodes-interview.php
"Natasha Rhodes interview - The mind behind monster-hunter Kayla Steel
Real vampires don't sparkle. Real werewolves aren't big fluffy radiators. Real heroines don't pine and waste away just because some dead guy has left them. A real book has more attitude, more fight, more bite. The Kayla Steele series by Natasha Rhodes is a horror series that delivers.
In this in-depth interview, Natasha rhodes gives us a glimpse into her mind with an Exclusive on the titles of her new Kayla Steel book plus a sneak peek aof a hot new character coming our way. From axing characters to curing Writer's Block, Natasha spills the beans on all.
Including the age-old question: Werewolves or Vampires?"
Missed the first two books? Check out Mookychick's great review of the series so far:
http://www.mookychick.co.uk/books/kayla-steele.php
Check in soon for some more exclusive updates!
- Natasha. X
BIO:
NATASHA RHODES is the British-born author of a number of popular novels and movie Novelizations, including the smash-hit movie blockbusters 'Blade: Trinity,' 'Final Destination: The Movie 1 and 2,' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street: Perchance To Dream.'
Her Kayla Steele Vampire Hunter novels from Solaris/ Simon and Schuster Books include 'Dante's Girl' and 'The Last Angel.' The soon-to-be-released third book in the series will be called 'Circus Of Sins,' due for release all 2009. Natasha's books have been published internationally in eight different countries and translated into a variety of languages, including French, Russian, Greek and American.
She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and works at a rock club on Sunset Strip, although she is currently thinking about taking up a less dangerous occupation, such as mud-wrestling bulls or naked bee-keeping. She is currently one of the last people on earth to learn how the heck to use 'Twitter'.
THE PATH TO PUBLICATION:
One of the most popular questions people ask me is how I got started in publishing. Here's a brief rundown...
Age 0-9- Lived in a small house by a farm in the middle of freaking nowhere in rural England. Very bored.
Age 10 - Found an ancient black tome in my Grandmother's attic - an original copy of the combined works of The Brother's Grimm. Read it in one sitting, then dutifully went outside in the garden and buried it under four feet of earth so I would never have to read it again.
Age 11 - Borrowed my mother's library card so I could rent 'grown-up' Horror and Sci-Fi books from the library. Promptly fell in love with Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury and Stephan King. Decided I wanted to be a Horror writer.
Age 12 - Discovered the 'Last Legionary' series by the late great sci-fi writer Douglas Hill - my first Heroic Fantasy.
Age 13 - Tried to write my first book, the novelization of my favorite sci-fi movie 'Short Circuit 2'. Slaved away all summer with a tiny manual typewriter, transcribing the movie, then sent off my (original!) pages with great hope to the movie studio asking them to publish it... only to receive a letter back 5 months later saying that the official novelization had already been written. Buried my typewriter in the garden next to the Brother's Grimm anthology.
Age 15 - Discovered the works of Terry Pratchett. Read every book in the DiscWorld series and decided I wanted to be a comedy writer like him. Tried to write a comedy book like one of his. Failed amusingly.
Age 16 - First saw 'American Werewolf in London' by John Landis. Fell in love with werewolves.
Age 17 - First read the Annie Rice novels after a friend recommended the series. Struggled through the first two books before deciding that this woman should be force-fed books 1-8, beaten about the head with a succession of garden impliments and immediately departed to Russia. Too many frilly shirtsleeves!
Age 18 - Studied for my Batchelor of Arts Degree at the University Of Wales College in Newport. Studied Cinamatography and screenwriting. Co-starred in my first-ever action comedy movie 'Cop On The Edge 9 and a half' (spoof of Reservoir Dogs/ Naked Gun). Went to Cannes Film Festival to promote the film. Failed to gain any corporate funding but watched a lot of terrible movies and learned the #1 rule of Storytelling - if you don't care about your story and characters, then your audience probably won't either.
Age 21 - Saw 'The Crow' at the cinema. Fell in love with the movie as it embodied everything I loved - horror, black comedy, rock music, and the themes of love, loss and revenge. Reading the graphic novel series introduced me to the medium of comic books and gave my short films a new edge.
Age 26 - My first big break. Heard from a friend that a brand new Science Fiction imprint called Black Flame was being launched by gaming giants Games Workshop, home of the Warhammer series. Contacted the editor and was told that they were looking for new writers to write movie novelizations. I didn't even know what a novelization was but I said sure, what the heck.
I was told to pick my favorite movie and write up the first few scenes like the first chapters of a book. I picked Blade 2. A week later I heard back from Black Flame and was told they liked my chapters and they'd like to hire me to write the official adaptation of a New Line Cinema movie that would be coming out in a year. The movie was Blade 3: Trinity.
Age 27-29 - Moved to Los Angeles and went on to write and publish four more movie novelizations and movie-based tie-in books of New Line Cinema's movies, 'Final Destination 1 and 2,' an original tie-in book called 'Final Destination: Dead Reckoning,' and a Freddy Krugar book titled 'Nightmare on Elm Street: Perchance to Dream. ' All of these books were completed in an extremely short time-frame, ranging from 8 weeks to four months.
Age 30 - Moved to another new Sci-Fi/ Fantasy imprint called Solaris, which focussed exclusively on original fiction by new authors. Based on my good track-record with Black Flame, I was lucky enough to be given my own ongoing book series, set in LA (where I was currently living) and starring supernatural crime-fighter Kayla Steele. The first two books in the series were published shortly afterwards, 'Dante's Girl' and 'The Last Angel.'
Age 31 - Solaris was bought by Rebillion, an imprint of Abaddon Books. The new Solaris will be publishing the third book in the Kayla Steele series, 'Circus of Sins,' and is currently negotiating rights to the forth book in the series.
Watch this space! :-)
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Nightmare on Elm
Street: Perchance
to Dream
Circus Of Sins
Dante's Girl
The Last Angel
Blade: Trinity
Final Destination1
Final Destination 2
Final Destination:
Dead Reckoning
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CIRCUS OF SINS -
CHARACTER CONCEPT ART
Okay, so I admit it. I didn't draw these pictures. The best I can manage is a stick figure, and a deformed one at that.
But if you ever wonder what I see in my head when I write about these characters, this is pretty close. And in case you ever wondered, this is what happens when I'm let loose on Photobucket after six cups of coffee at three in the morning...
The pics of Kayla are by a brilliant artist (and a great inspiration of mine) named Victoroia Frances.
Check her out at: http://www.victoriafrancesfan.org/
If you have Fan-Art of any of your favorite characters you'd like posted on this website, please email them to me at :
www.myspace.com/natasharhodes.
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NEW INTERVIEWS - click to read
'Circus Of Sins' Interview by David H. Burton
'Circus Of Sins' Interview by Mookychick
RECENT BOOK REVIEWS - click to read
Dante's Girl - review by Mookyckick (www.mookychick.com)
If you'd like to contact me, you can use the Contact form on the right. I read every email sent to me, but due to the high volume of mail it may take me a week or so to get back to you. I reply to every email by hand so be patient!
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If you'd like advice on how to get started writing books or how to get published,please visit my Blog,where you'll find all the answers you need.
For press, media, or booking enquiries, please contact
my agent John Jarrold of theJohn Jarrold Literacy Agency
at j.jarrold_btinternet.com.
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