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“Read until you know good writing by the way it makes you feel. Read the genre you’re trying to write in until you know all the clichés, and can use them, or not, by choice and not accident. Then, and only then, go back and see what it was you were trying to write.”

“My first book was inspired by a vision. The vision told me that it was time for me to begin writing, and that I should write about the two topics I was most interested in at the time: Magickal spirituality and the Gothic subculture. These two spheres are completely distinct and separate entities, but they do go hand-in-hand for some people. One is subculture (music-based) and one is magick (spirituality-based), but the two lifestyles do have the possibility complementing one another. So, that is what I explore. My second book, Shadow Magick Compendium, explores only “dark” magickal-spiritual aspects, however, doing away with any sort of subcultural focus.”

Becoming a mother really changed my life. I believe pregnancy is truly a magical time. Experiencing a whole new being developing inside, moving and growing, and then birthing a complete new person is truly a miracle.

Drawing by Featured Artist Toni Rakestraw.

A Painting by Featured Artist, Toni Rakestraw.

A drawing by Featured Artist Toni Rakestraw.

This week, our Featured Author talks to PWC about her latest book, Son of Air and Darkness; she tells readers about her research, her characters and where we can get a copy!

By the third day only my geasa kept the throats of my companions safe from my teeth, for the thirst was terrible upon me. That night after Marcellinus and Lucius were asleep Cait came to me and offered herself, for she said she could sense my weakness and the pain brought on by my need. I refused her, of course, as I felt I must. She did not argue, but reached into her girdle for something. Before I could stop her she had slashed her right wrist and held it toward my parched mouth. The red fountain of life ran down her arm, and I could refuse no more.

Interview by Rosa Sophia

J.W. Coffey is the author of The Savior, A Wager of Blood, The Brothers Campbell, and Illusions and Reality, a collection of short stories. You will probably remember her from PWC’s interview of a few months back, when we talked to her about her writing. This week, Ms. Coffey is our Featured Author.

“See, there’s this company in California, ok?” Dave got a smile on his face, the brown eyes sparkling. “They take the ashes and make stuff out of ‘em.”
Josh was horrified. “Excuse me?”
“Yeah. Like, they mix the ashes with concrete and make these sorta fake coral reefs. Then, they take the things out to the middle of the ocean and put it with the other reefs and it’s supposed to, you know, build up the natural structure until the coral can make new and give the fishes a place to live. It’s all real environmental, dig?”