The Delphi Bloodline Series Excerpts by Donna Del Oro
Book One, ATHENA’S SECRETS Excerpt:
Athena realized now how different
her mother was from her father. The miracle had never come to her father, just
her mother, and Nonna and Nonna’s mother before her. A long line, her mother
had told her, all the way back to the ancient world of Greece. To the
priestesses of Delphi. Athena wondered about that, but before she could do or
say anything more, her eyes drooped. The trauma of the past night had wrung her
out. Miracles…and curses…were indeed exhausting.
Book Two, ATHENA’S FEARS Excerpt:
Mikayla’s black eyebrows furrowed.
Athena rushed to explain. “She’s not
a chick. She’s a man, a dangerous man. A killer.”
“What? How do you know all that?”
Athena sighed.
“Ohh.” Mikayla murmured. “Your
clairvoyance. But are you sure?”
“Oh yes, I’m positive. You and I are
both in danger.”
Mikayla sank down on her bed and
stared hard at her. Athena inhaled and ran her hand over the windowsill. Even
now, she could sense his evil presence. The acrid emanations flowing off the
places he touched in their apartment…were unmistakable and as palpable as a
skunk’s stench.
Book Three, ATHENA’S DILEMMA Excerpt:
Outside, as they climbed into Kas’s
SUV, wearing their winter parkas and mountain boots over jeans and sweaters,
Athena couldn’t resist teasing him. “Do you normally lie to your father?”
Kas grunted. “If I’d told him what
we were about to do, he’d insist on coming along. Besides, Mom knows and she
won’t tell him, either. She doesn’t like it but she knows we must stop this
creep. And no, she didn’t tell me the outcome, either.” He checked the back
seat where he’d put the steel-toothed metal cutter, then patted first his
ankle, then his jeans pocket. “Okay, let’s do this.”
Her pulse began to pound even as Kas
pulled out of the driveway. She knew he’d strapped a gun holster to his right
ankle. He sometimes carried spare bullets in a pants pocket.
No turning back now, she told
herself.
AUTHOR INTERVIEW
What is your favourite book that you have
written and why?
I’d have to say, ATHENA’S SECRETS, the first
book in my new Delphi Bloodline series. My cousin, a practicing
psychic/clairvoyant, gave me the idea and I spent a couple of years researching
parapsychology, as psychic phenomena is often called. I took a workshop given
by a Czech physicist who used to work for the Moscow Institute for Psychic
Research. I began the workshop as a skeptic, but emerged a believer, convinced
that highly intuitive people can develop the ability to “see” what others
cannot. It’s a human ability, I believe, not unlike music, artistic or
mathematical abilities. Some are born to play piano like a Mozart or Chopin;
others can barely plunk out Heart and Soul. So ATHENA’S SECRETS became a
storyline that I could use to explore this controversial topic.
For aspiring writers what is your advice?
Writing fiction can be a tedious, time-consuming
process unless you are highly motivated to tell a certain story peopled with
characters that inspire you. Make sure
you really want to tell that story.
Going back in time which famous author
would you have been and why?
Edna Ferber was an early 20th
Century female author I admired greatly. She told stories about rich and poor
Americans in varied settings and told them as honestly as she could,
considering the time period in which she wrote.
Silence or noise of some sort while you
write?
I usually write with music playing softly in
the background.
Do you read your reviews?
I always read my reviews because I feel
there might be something I could learn from their comments that I might be able
to use to improve my own storytelling abilities.
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