The Blood Lights are the last thing you’ll see…
They victimize all…
Jezzie Mitchell is in anguish; with her brother’s murder still on her mind, she’s noticed strange behavior among the girls in the residential treatment center where she works. Is there a connection between the contagion on Cape Cod and the deadly Bahamas vacation that changed her life?
Jezzie reaches out to former lover Lou Collins, a scholar who has chased proof of the lights for decades. Will he be able to solve the mystery of the lights in time?
Intensely competitive, reporter Bridgette Collins knows the lights are a way to secure fame in her career. And while it’ll put the final nail into the coffin of her ex-husband’s career, she vows to know the secrets of the lights. Even if it means unleashing a world-wide epidemic…
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Lightning interview with Elaine
An interesting factoid about The Blood Lights is that it is based on a true story. My husband, my cousin and I were sitting on the beach late one night, enjoying some adult beverages when an odd, oblong-shaped light appeared above the ocean. It wasn’t the moon and it wasn’t an airplane. It just hovered there for an unreasonably long amount of time, and even appeared to be moving closer to where we sat. To this day, we have no explanation for what it was, so I built this story around that.
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What was the hardest / most disturbing part to write?
Do you have words of wisdom about writing that you want to pass on to novelists and writers out there who are just starting out? (Part of the interview run by “Sirens Call” with the author)
I would recommend enjoying the process. Writing should be about exploring curiosities. Too often writers put so much pressure on themselves to write “The Great American Novel” or make a lot of money. First, if you look at famous novelists, most did not set out to be famous novelists. They simply wrote because they had a compulsion to write. Second, no one is making money from writing! Many writers that I know who are extremely talented, and well received, have other careers in order to survive. If there is an urgency inside of you to write, then write. If you are writing for wealth or fame, you may want to consider other options.
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About the author
Elaine Pascale has been writing her entire life. She lives on Cape Cod with her husband, son and daughter.
Her writing has been published in magazines and anthologies. She is the author of The Blood Lights, and If Nothing Else, Eve, We’ve Enjoyed the Fruit.
Elaine enjoys a robust full moon, chocolate, and collecting cats.
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