Welcome, Karilyn!
Hi Katie! Thank you for letting me drop by for a visit today! I'm excited to announce the release of my newest book, The Shadowheart Curse. This book is special for a number of reasons, the main one is:
it's being made into a movie!
You can live stream the movie as it's being made. Which is a pretty cool idea! How did this come about, you might ask? Well, I got a call from my publisher asking if I'd be interested in writing a book based on the movie director's idea. Long story short, I said yes. (If you want the long story, here's a link to my publisher talking about what happened: https://thewildrosepress.blogspot.com/2019/06/twrp-goes-to-movies.html )
So what's
it's like to write a ghost story based off someone else's idea? (I'm a
ghostwriter, get it? Okay, sorry, dumb pun, just couldn't help myself) This was
a new experience for me, one that I enjoyed.
As a little background, for the
last year, the writing muse had totally abandoned me. I guess she wanted an
extended vacation at the beach or something because she wasn't around no matter
what I did. It was so bad, I thought my writing career was over. Then my
publisher called and I accepted this offer.
The fun part was I didn't have to
come up with my own story idea. The director told me what he wanted. He didn't
have an ending to his story so I wrote one. He had to approve the synopsis I
wrote and once that was done, I started writing the story. There were several
scenes he had in mind as well as the location which meant I needed to write the
scenes according to his direction. He sent a bunch of pictures of the place
where he'd be filming and gave directions for scenes where there were no photos
available.
This pantser found having a guideline to be relaxing. No more
sitting in front of the laptop wondering where my story was going. The plan
already existed.
On the flip side, it's nerve wracking to write someone else's
story since I'm constantly wondering if he's going to like it. As far as I
know, he has not yet read it but is convinced he'll like it as long as I stuck
with the synopsis. Okay, but my insecurities still make me a little worried.
The worry is getting better as time passes. Also, it helps to know that he
already has this story as a movie vision so he's going to produce it the way he
sees it no matter what I write. And yes, I'm good with that. In an odd way,
that knowledge chills out my insecurities.
Which
brings me to whether or not I'd do this again. Yes, most definitely! I enjoyed
the experience of writing someone else's idea. I've learned things about me I
did not know (I can write a story in six weeks and I can write from a synopsis
without killing my creativity.) While stressful, it's been a lot of fun!
If you are
interested in watching the movie being made, go to https://deadlyten.com/ and sign up.
You'll get email alerts for all the movies and can pick and choose which to live
stream. The movies (all ten of them!) will release on 2/14/20. The Shadowheart
Curse is currently scheduled to be filmed in September. Read on for the blurb
and excerpt.
BLURB:
Escaping New York after a client’s untimely death, medium Adrianna Sinclair flees to her family property in Italy. All she wants is to avoid ghosts, but an attractive one tempts her in ways she never knew possible.
Luca Fausto has been trapped on the Romani property for over a century for a crime he didn’t commit. Adrianna may be the answer to breaking the curse that keeps him bound. Standing in their way is a demonic spirit's plan for revenge. Will they prevail or will Luca be cursed to the shadows forever?
EXCERPT:
Lights drew her
attention to the opposite wing of the mill, where a man stood staring at her
window. At her. Breath caught in her lungs as she froze.
But only for a brief
moment until she realized it wasn’t a man, at least not a living one. Her
breath escaped on a whoosh of relief. Intuition whispered the man was the
spirit who’d watched her last night.
The one from her dream.
Shadows clung to his
body, ghostly fingers releasing as he stepped into the dim slash of moonlight. Lights
flickered from behind him, like the dying gasps of sputtering candles. Dressed
in a white shirt with an old-fashioned high collar, sleeves rolled halfway up
his forearms, and dark trousers, he reminded her of a working man in a World
War I photograph. As if he had removed his coat and tie and rolled up his
sleeves to get to work.
Except the men in those
photos didn’t sport the wide-eyed, happy look of this man. Ghost. Whatever.
Yeah, he wasn’t the only one surprised. She’d sworn never to see a ghost again,
yet there stood a ghost, captured by her gaze. The man was hot, in an
old-fashioned way. At least he didn’t sport a handle-bar moustache.
He gestured to her, his
hand beckoning in a “come here” motion.
She squeezed the bridge
of her nose. Was she actually thinking of heading his way? Judging by the way
her feet pointed toward the door, she’d already decided. Dammit. She might not
want to see a ghost or speak to a spirit, but past experience told her if she
ignored them, they ramped up the annoying factor.
How bad could it be to talk to an
attractive spirit?
BIO:
Karilyn
Bentley's love of reading stories and preference for sitting in front of a
computer at home instead of in a cube, drove her to pen her own works, blending
fantasy and romance mixed with a touch of funny.
Her
paranormal romance novella, Werewolves in London, placed in the Got Wolf
contest and started her writing career as an author of sexy heroes and lush
fantasy worlds.
Karilyn
lives in Colorado with her own hunky hero, two crazy dogs, aka The Kraken and
Sir Barks-A-Lot, and a handful of colorful saltwater fish.
BUY LINKS:
Amazon: https://www.amzn.com/B07TBBZXZC
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shadowheart-curse-karilyn-bentley/1132821747
iBooks:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-shadowheart-curse/id1473825800
Where
to find Karilyn:
Website:
www.karilynbentley.com
Newsletter:
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Facebook:
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Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/karilynbentley1
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4051943.Karilyn_Bentley
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/karilynbentley
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/karilyn-bentley
Thank you for letting me blog with you today Katie!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome times! So proud of you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jean!!!
DeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen!!!
DeleteSo proud of this for Karilyn and WRP!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Peggy!!! :)
DeleteThis is so great! I'd be nervous too, but it's going to be fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennifer! I sure hope so!!! :)
DeleteA very exciting thing to be involved in. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteThank you CB!!!! :)
DeleteVery exciting, Karilyn. Best of luck with this new project.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jana!!! :)
DeleteWishing you lots of sales and good luck! Exciting experience!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Tena!!! It is pretty exciting! :)
DeleteWhat a fabulous opportunity! Many congratulations. I know the director will love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Laura!! Fingers crossed he will! Thanks for stopping by!
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