Donna Galanti - The Element Trilogy

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The Monster Inside Us

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In some movies and books the monsters are obvious. But are the monsters inside us? In my paranormal suspense, A Human Element, X-10 appears to be the obvious monster. He kills. He seeks blood and revenge. He has no remorse. Yet as we come to discover it’s a combination of his genes and environment, can we blame him? My short story collection The Dark Inside  features stories about the monsters inside us; the things we fear, battle, and seek escape from. Sometimes we need to face them Read more [...]

Do you give your characters theme songs when writing?

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I know some writers who listen to music while writing. Some even craft soundtracks like my friend, Jess Cooper. She goes to Pandora's Box to find music that fits her mood for particular a book she's writing and builds a soundtrack. Jonathan Maberry notes he ratches it up at a local coffeeshop or bookstore with tunes for the writing of that day. Eric S. Brown swears by Weird Al. Some writers I know write in complete silence, like Michael Ventrella. I am one of those, but I also find a dark corner Read more [...]

Do your dreams affect what you write?

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Do you dream about the same thing over and over? For years I had theme dreams. How I wish they were of nice things. Meadows. Carnivals. Melting ice cream cones on a beach. I'd even take being naked in public. Nope. Mine were scary. A man with a machete looking to whack off my head. Or falling through snow to a burning lava river below. Slice and burn. Not my choice to exit this world. And I can't forget the wolves racing across the tundra to devour me. Of course I never actually died Read more [...]

Tormented characters: Love em’ in pain

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Ahh, a tormented soul. Love them. They fill my favorite books and movies. Angst in all forms. I love to write them. In my novel, A Human Element, coming out March 2012 our tortured hero loses loved ones through tragic circumstances and goes on to lead a life of abuse and self destruction. Can he be redeemed or redeem himself? I loved the challenge of writing a tortured soul.  I embraced it as my comfort zone. And perhaps that’s why we love the tortured hero. It forces us to step out of our safe Read more [...]
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