Interview with A.L. Hawke, Writer of My Evil Eye

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to write down My Evil Eye?

Ever since writing CORA in 2019 (Cora is the Greek goddess Persephone), I’ve needed to revisit Cora’s world of Greek fantasy and romance in our fashionable instances. However I used to be in search of one thing new and contemporary. I got here up with Cora’s buddy, Gorgiana. Gorgiana (aka Medusa) narrates this ebook and my new launch novella The Guardian.

In My Evil Eye, Gorgiana enjoys an uneventful life shelving and studying books in Florida, till she falls in love with a good-looking school pupil named Asher. However to pursue her new crush, Gorgi has to cover her disabilities from him. She will be able to’t disclose to him that her gaze turns folks to stone. She will be able to’t get too indignant or she’ll remodel right into a monster. She will be able to’t go outdoors beneath daylight or her snakes will seem in her hair. And he or she has to protect Ash from hurt in her unending historical warfare with the Greek gods.

The direct inspiration for Medusa, in fact, got here from her origin fantasy. Hundreds of years in the past, Medusa was a mannequin priestess in Athena’s temple. In the future she was raped by the ocean god Poseidon. When Athena came upon, she didn’t punish Poseidon, she punished Medusa. This injustice continues to be happening right now in my story. It turned a brand new focus for these two novels in my Furies sequence.

In the event you needed to decide theme songs for the primary characters of My Evil Eye, what would they be?

I’d decide two. “Any person Somebody” by Korn. Music from the band Korn jogs my memory of Gorgiana/Medusa. One minute it’s calm, the subsequent the singer feels like a complete psycho (which I really like). That shifting of personalities could be very very like Medusa.

The second can be “Anybody” by Justin Bieber. Gorgiana loves Justin Bieber. She even sings certainly one of his songs within the novel!

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to write down?

I learn many alternative genres—from horror to classics to epic fantasy. However all the tales should be an escape from on a regular basis life. Largely, I learn what I write: fantasy romance.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

I’m writing a magical romance about angels. This can be one thing new for me. We’ll see. The primary manuscript is finished and I’m very excited in regards to the upcoming undertaking.

What scene in your ebook was your favourite to write down?

I loved writing all of the motion and mayhem from the battle scenes, however I most likely had essentially the most enjoyable writing character dialog. I liked the scene the place Cora meets up with Gorgi in a espresso home; one other nice one is the interrogation of Gorgi by Hades. These scenes have been enjoyable as a result of I watched the motion unfold identical to the reader will. The characters type of wrote the chapters for me.

Do you might have any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and many others.)

Music and nitro brews. I typically have espresso… however I all the time have music. Music supplies inspiration and temper.

Do you might have a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

No. I’m in search of one…

In the event you might select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your ebook, what would it not be?

I feel all of us have a monster deep inside us. So Gorgiana’s struggles actually are our personal. However, right here’s the kicker: I found that though Gorgiana’s a monster, she’s most likely the best heroine I’ve ever created. Maybe her challenges and sufferings make her heroism all that a lot better.