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I've always loved the Osiris/Isis myth; how Set betrayed and murdered Osiris, and how his wife, Isis, restored her husband and conceived a son, Horus, while Osiris was subsequently relegated to rule in the Underworld...

The conflict. The human-ness of it-the jealousy, the anger, the loyalty and love, how things change, but how the constant struggle between good and evil remains - though the Egyptians would call it order and chaos.

Athena is one of my favorite Greek goddesses. In the world I created, though, a couple thousand years have passed since the ancients wrote about the gods. So a question I had to ponder was, what was going on during this time period, from ancient times to the present day? Surely, personalities would change, experiences during this time would shape and change the gods. It's the same for Athena. Some very significant things have happened to her in the last thousand years, which have reshaped her and led her to become more war-like, more brutal, and unforgiving than ever before.

Yes, I think so. Underneath all of Athena's pain is still an extremely intelligent being, one who hasn't forgotten how to be wise, but simply chooses other paths. We will definitely see her at some very honest/wise moments in the future.

Thank you! Perseverance, resilience, character, integrity, and will are all things I think go into a great heroine. It's that never say die attitude. It's continuing on, day after day, even when you've been defeated or feel all is lost. It's sacrifice, being willing to put your safety, your time, or your energy to helping someone else. Strength doesn't always have to be flashy or epic to have an impact. Strong heroines, to me, aren't necessarily the ones who always win, but the ones who keep going despite what life throws at them. Some of my favorite heroines: I loved Morgainne and Vivienne from THE MISTS OF AVALON. Cleopatra, not only the historical figure, but her as a character in THE MEMOIRS OF CLEOPATRA.

Because often they're a reflection of human nature. Birth, death, hate, love, lust, envy... And the human experience, especially in ancient times, was fraught with dangers. The macabre was commonplace. Men carried clubs, axes, blades... we're talking close contact, intimate fighting. Health concerns like wounds, disease, childbirth, took lives regularly, and things like thunder, lightning, earth quakes, floods, they were all unknowns, all mysteries and as such attributed to gods. Myths tried to explain the unexplainable-why the sun rose every day, why the seasons came and went, why the mountains spewed fire. And they highlighted what it means to be human. Myths taught, and warned, and guided early mankind, too.

Without a doubt. I cannot see myself writing without some mythological inspiration. Mythology is what first sparked my creative/storytelling mind as a child; it's always going to be a source to draw upon or be inspired by.

Myth and mayhem inhabit a richly reimagined New Orleans in this sequel to Darkness Becomes Her.After the epic graveyard battle at the end of Darkness Becomes Her, Ari and her friends know what they’re up against: Ari is facing the Medusa curse and is haunted by the image of what she will become. To make matters worse, the heinous goddess Athena has kidnapped young Violet and is threatening to destroy Ari.

Ari, along with the superhot Sebastian, is doing everything she can to learn more about Athena and to get Violet back. But the battle of good and evil is bigger than she realizes, and she’s about to be pulled into a world more horrific than she could ever imagine....