Now available from Entangled is the urban fantasy Children Of The Veil, book two in The Aisling Chronicles by author Colleen Halverson.
The author has taken a few minutes out
of her busy schedule for a Q&A about her newest novel.
When did you become interested in storytelling?
I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t storytelling. I was like Sarah from Labyrinth, always dressing up and running around the woods, making up stories. I would often tell stories to myself before falling asleep. My Dad ran several Army bands, so I had to sit through tons of concerts growing up. I know that sounds very romantic, but for a seven-year-old child, it was oftentimes dreadfully boring and just hellacious, with my mom hissing at me to be quiet, sit still, etc. I learned that if I used the music as a soundtrack to the story in my mind, the concerts went a lot faster.
What was your first book/story published?
THROUGH THE VEIL, the first book in The Aisling Chronicles was my first real story and my first real attempt at fiction. I do have some terrible sonnets floating around the internet, though, and once I won an award for a poem I wrote in college. Oh! And I did publish a dissertation once called Fragmented Histories: 1798 and the Irish National Tale. It’s a real page-turner.
What inspired you to write CHILDREN OF THE VEIL?
CHILDREN OF THE VEIL is the second book in The Aisling Chronicles, and I feel like my characters truly inspired this book. I had started THROUGH THE VEIL with no intention of writing a series, with no real intentions at all but to see if I could actually write a novel. At the end of the book, I just had to know what happened next. I had some clues, but I was desperate to know where the journey would take my characters. I think I took a week off and then dove right in, letting Elizabeth and Finn drag me along on their incredible adventures.
What character in CHILDREN OF THE VEIL is the most/least like you, and in what ways?