Guest Blogger: Jamieson Wolf

Joining us today is Jamieson Wolf, author of Witches, which is one of the sixteen books up for grabs in our Get Spooked On Halloween contest!  The contest is open until October 30th, so go right over here and throw your name in the hat!  Jamieson’s book comes out on Halloween alongside our own release, Some Like It Haunted.

Guest Post by Jamieson Wolf

Behind Witches

Owen doesn’t believe in magic. But it believes in him…

A few readers of mine have emailed and asked what the inspiration behind Witches is. Well, that’s kind of complicated…but I’ll try to do my best to explain.

For a long time, I had an image in my head. That image was of Owen, smoking a cigarette, and watching the darkness in front of him expectantly.

I had no idea what would be coming out of the darkness, but I knew that it would be something not of this world, something that came from another realm.

When I finally sat down to write the story, it seemed so natural that Owen would see Witches, that he would be the only mortal who could see them. What I needed to do was figure out why.

As I wrote Witches, I realized that I was really writing the first book in a series. I also knew that I was exploring dark themes: Death, love, lust. I knew that the story held power for me because it was about what I am: a writer.

Owen discovers that writing is magic, that he is a protector of the Realms, that he is a Storyteller.

I knew as I wrote more and more of the novel that words would play a bigger role as the story developed and moved forward.

When I finished writing Witches, I felt as if I had started on a great quest, a long journey. I can’t see the ending yet but I know that there are two more adventures, two more books, in The Written Word series.

I can only hope that Owen is strong enough to survive the darkness that awaits him…