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Nope. I started out wanting to be a veterinarian.
How long did it take to get your first book published?
It took about six years to finish my first book. I’d work on it for a while and then shelf it for months. That happened a couple of times. When I finally took the novel down and finished it, beta reader feedback encouraged me to scrap most of it—keeping only the basic framework of the story. So then, I started a rewrite that took almost another year to complete.
What were your goals as an author and have any of them come true?
My goal is to tell a good story that readers can keep coming back to. But I’m also a bit of a perfectionist, so I want my work to be as professional looking as possible.
What genres do you normally write in?
Paranormal Romance…I’m dabbling into New Adult Romance now as well.
Is there a genre you haven’t written in that one day you’d like to tackle?
One day, I think I’d like to attempt a straightforward contemporary romance without any paranormal or supernatural elements.
What was the craziest thing you’ve ever done when it came to a storyline in your book?
My male main characters tend to be pretty alpha and have violent tendencies/scenes. I’d never held a gun in my life, and felt like I needed to experience that so as to not be writing from a place of complete ignorance. Soooo…I found an adventurous friend and begged him to take me to the shooting range with all of his guns! He eventually agreed. Poor guy.
Dark Siren
Book 1
Eden Ashley
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Eden Ashley
Date of Publication: July 2013
ISBN: 0989963217
ASIN: B00DSPPOX2
Number of pages: 427
Word Count: 100K
Cover Artist: Victoria Faye
Book Description:
To survive, their bond must be unbreakable.
When the mysterious and passionate Rhane rescues Kali from an attacker in the theater parking lot, they form an immediate, smoldering connection. But Kali doesn't remember Rhane or anything from their past. As far as Kali knows, she's just a seventeen-year-old kid coping with an insatiable hunger for the “spark” or energy of others, feeding on classmates to survive.
A unique artifact—one that may hold the key to returning Kali’s memories—is uncovered by the archaeology firm where she works part-time, sending Kali and Rhane on a dangerous journey that leads them to the Forbidden City, into the unforgiving Gobi, and into the ruins of Rhane’s ancient homeland. As they fight for survival, Kali begins to discover who she really is and the true power she possesses. But Rhane still harbors a secret that could destroy Kali…unless old enemies kill her first.
Excerpt:
The sound of her screams reached him as
he neared the dorm. Pausing at the threshold, the man stepped inside. Death and
the wind were at his back. Dozens of hollow-eyed students turned to observe his
presence. Fear had twisted their youthful faces into horrific masks. A few of
them wept. Others clung together as another scream echoed into the night. The
man flinched. Then he steeled himself against all emotion. His kind was
supposed to feel nothing.
He made his way through the crowd,
students eagerly shuffling aside to let him pass. It was as if somehow they
sensed in him the power to end her suffering. When a young man dressed only in
boxers and a lettered shirt stepped forward from a cluster of solemn dorm
mates, the man stopped. He recognized the boy.
“You are William. You are the one who
called.”
“Yes, sir,” the young man said while
nodding. His eyes were wide and frightened as he pointed ahead to a closed door
painted prison grey. “She’s in there, sir.”
The man looked at the door, and then
back at the boy. “Is she alone?”
William’s shoulders slumped with
embarrassment. “I tried to stay with her but…” his voice trailed, dropping to a
hoarse whisper. “She looks bad, sir. She wouldn’t stop screaming for me to get
out. I got scared. I’m sorry.”
“It’s alright, son. You have done well.”
The man laid a hand on the boy’s shoulder with an encouraging smile that
reflected none of the sadness he felt. “She’s going to be okay.”
But her cries were becoming more
tormented by the second. He quickly continued down the hall to the grey door.
Behind it, he found her all alone. Her thin, pale body was curled on a beaten
sofa in the center of the room. She was drenched in sweat. Dark hair plastered
against her face, framing a beautiful canvas contorted with anguish. He placed
a hand gently on her forehead.
Her eyes fluttered open. “Daddy?”
“I’m here, sweetheart. Everything is
fine now.”
Sobbing in relief even as another surge
of agony ransacked her strength, she gritted her teeth. “It hurts.”
Squeezing her hand, he spoke in a voice
thick with regret. “I know. I’m sorry. Letting you come here was a mistake.
I’ve waited too long.”
She was lost in the pain and didn’t seem
to hear him. “I see horrible things. I did horrible things. There was so much
blood.”
It hurt him terribly to see her in such
distress. No matter what the others said, this girl had truly been his
daughter. But right now, his love for her could not matter. He had a job to do.
There were things he needed to know. There were questions he had to ask.
“What do you see?”
“Bodies,
hundreds of bodies littering the ground…” The words broke off as she rolled
with another wave of misery. “They’re burned…old and young, women and
children.” She sobbed again. “I think I burned them.”
“I’m going to give you something to stop
the pain. It will help you sleep.”
“Please hurry, Daddy. Make it stop.” Her
body shuddered. “I can’t take any more of this.”
She lifted her head, giving him a good look at her
face. Surging veins had crept like black spiders from the corners of her eyes,
transforming the surrounding skin into dark pools. She was deteriorating
rapidly. If the process wasn’t slowed, the human form would soon be lost.
About the Author:
Realist, cynic, and hopeless romantic all rolled into one, Eden lives in a small, sunny town in SC where thunderstorms inspire her best ideas. When not daydreaming about her next novel, Eden can be found curled up with a musty old paperback and a cup of coffee...or mired deeply in her next plot to take over the world. She enjoys reading or watching anything with supernatural elements, so writing paranormal and fantasy romance is a natural fit.
Twitter: @Eden_byNite
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