Author Interview-Vicky Loebel
Tell me about your
book.
Keys to the Coven
is a tightly-plotted combination urban fantasy/romance with an original take on
magic, demons, and witches. In my universe, demons are disillusioned dead
people who wind up as bureaucrats of the afterlife, processing souls, policing
magic and, in the case of my hero, Max, operating as an undercover agent in the
living world.
In order to do things like hang out on Earth and defeat
supernatural bad guys, demons need (my fictionalized version of) karma, which
serves both as a source of energy and a commodity they can change. There are a
lot of ways to get karma—good deeds, for instance—but the most popular method
is through glorious, life-affirming sex with a live human.
Max loves his job.
What’s next for you?
I’m currently working on the second book in my historical
(1920s) Urban Fantasy series Speakeasy Dead. The series is set in the same universe, in the same witches’ family
as to Keys to the Coven and serves
as a prequel. (Due 2015)
I’m also doing a sweet contemporary romance, Vacation Bride, set on the tropical
island of St. John in the US Virgin islands, about a woman who wants to take
her sick father on vacation but winds competing for a rich husband on an
internet reality show. (Due fall, 2014)
Who are your writing
role models?
My personal role models tend to be the writing friends who
have shown the most perseverance and kept the best attitudes. Regina Duke is at
the top of the list for being talented, persistent, and an absolute sweetie-pie.
As far as writing goes, I love good plotters who show a
strong sense of humor. Jim Butcher, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Patrick O’Brian
top the list.
How do you balance
your day-to-day commitments with your writing life?
It’s an eternal teeter totter. I’ve learned to really push
on days where I’ve got a clear calendar for writing, and to accept that some
days it just ain’t gonna happen.
What are your other
passions outside of writing?
I have a hot and cold lifelong affair with my yoga practice,
which sticks around offering unconditional love no matter how much I neglect
it. I sort of like my dogs. And kids. And there’s a husband in there,
somewhere.
Is there anything
else you’d like to share with our readers?
Both Keys to the
Coven and Speakeasy Dead are
available as audiobooks read by Emily Beresford and Nick Podehl. Once
you’ve got the ebook, the whispersynced audio can be had for two bucks.
Keys to the Coven
will be free on Amazon.com from June 27 – July 1!!!
BOOK INFORMATION
Keys to the Coven Available at Amazon
Blurb:
To become a demon, you
must die in complete and utter despair. Three hundred years ago, Max passed
that test with flying colors and joined the afterlife resolving never again to
have innocent blood on his hands. Now a successful Demonic Intervention Agent,
Max has been given the job of breaking Felicity Woodsen's family curse. But
what she doesn't know, what Max can't bring himself to tell her, is that
completing his mission almost certainly means her death.
When Felicity inherits her
mother's coven, she learns each firstborn Woodsen daughter must become the
consort of an evil-arch demon. Felicity's only hope is to ally with the
mysteriously charming Max. But is saving her body from one demon worth the
price of risking her soul with another?
Where to find Vicky:
Website: http://www.vickyloebel.com/
blog: http://vickyloebelstuff.wordpress.com/
pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/vloebel
twitter: @vickyloebel
