“It’s not lightly that a man chooses his own brother” – THE BONECASTER’S COIN by Sarah Zama (quote)
SINEAD AND MICHAEL - Meet the main characters from my #WIP Ghost Trilogy, a historical fantasy story set in 1920s Chicago #historicalfiction Click To Tweet
When I first met Michael, he helped me out. I had been falsely accused of theft. I’d been forced to take refuge in the stockroom of the hostel I’d…
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I’m Sinéad O’Flanagan, I’m twenty-four and I’m a midwife. I came here to Chicago last year. It was Wednesday 15th July 1925. I will never forget that day, because as I enter the States, I could have as well been slapped onto the moon. Nothing here looks, smells or feels as it did in the…
I’m Sinéad O’Flanagan, I’m twenty-four and I’m a midwife. I came here to Chicago last year. It was Wednesday 15th July 1925. I will never forget that day, because as I enter the States, I could have as well been slapped onto the moon. Nothing here looks, smells or feels as it did in the…
The Bonecaster's Coin
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Chicago, 1926
When Michael sees his brother Blood sprint away through the streets of the Black Belt, he doesn’t question. He just follows him.
The two brothers find Sinéad cornered in a stockroom by an angry mob and help her escape.
One week later, they find her again…
I’ve never meant to write Ghost Trilogy. When I started toying around with this project, it was merely meant to be a short story. I wanted to write a story set in a speakeasy (I’ve always liked old black and white movies and all that setting) with supernatural elements. I toyed around with a few…
SUSIE
When I dance to jazz music, I feel free
It’s the weirdest of things, thinking about that life now. It feels like a dream, a sweet dream, sometimes. But so far away that I’m not even sure it was ever my life. I know it will never be again.
I was born on…
Well, good thing that I didn’t really promise to post my first article about the Twenties New Woman this week… because it’s not ready (No, I’m sorry, I actually said it was nearly a promise). I’ll just say that I have a very good excuse for it… actually I have three. You’ll just have to trust…
30 Days NaNoWriMo Meme - Day 25 - What are the names of at least two of your main characters? How did you choose their names?
Sinéad O’Flanagan
I knew from the beginning Sinéad’s culture and Irish identity would play a big part in her arc and in the trilogy at large, so I wanted…
30 Days NaNoWriMo Meme - Day 18 - Who is the antagonist in your novel? What drives their actions?
My antagonist is Justin Brailsfield, Adam’s older brother. I had (I’m still having) a great time writing Justin, because he’s a character with a great arc, who’s going to change a lot in the course of the…
30 Days NaNoWriMo Meme - Day 15 - Do any of your characters have a disability or mental illness? If so, how does that affect their development throughout your story?
No one of my characters had a mental illness, but one of them believes he does.
Adam Brailsfield, the owner of the Old Shelter, fears he’s going…
30 Days NaNoWriMo Meme - Day 14 - Is the sexuality of your characters a large part of your novel’s story? If so, are there characters who deviate from the heterosexual “norm”? In what way?
No, sexuality isn’t a big part of my novel, though it has a part, especially in my antagonist’s arc. I’ve…