Here’s
the inside scoop on how I came up with my main character in the Sleepy Hollow
Hunter series.
The origin of Janda Gray as a lykoi
shifter came about when I participated in the Hotel Paranormal shared-world
series. Each author had to pick a paranormal being as our main character and it
had to be different from those chosen by the other authors. The choices went
fast!
The
usual shifters, vampires, sirens, and ghosts were gone before I could type in
my response. Yikes!
I
wanted something unusual but intriguing. Thus, the lykoi.
Lykoi
are real cats that have been dubbed werewolf cats due to their appearance. They
really have that wolfy face! They also have a dog-like personality. The name
Lykoi is derived from the Greek word lycos,
which is loosely translated as wolf.
Once I found this breed, I knew I
had my character. So, Janda is a lykoi who is part wolf and part were-cat. Her
inner animal is a combination of the two. She is a hybrid shifter whose parents
had a forbidden love. Her mother was a wolf-shifter and her father was a
were-cat.
Janda has insecurities about being a
hybrid and faced lots of taunting growing up from other members of her pack.
She kept to the fringes of the pack. Yet, she always managed to find herself in
some sort of trouble.
As with the real lykoi cat, Janda is
loyal. Throughout the series, we see her slowly come into her own and develop a
close circle of friends who are loyal to her as much as she is loyal to them.
I hope readers enjoy Janda and her
friends as much as I do. Signing up for my newsletter (https://sheriqueen.com/subscribe) is the best way for anyone wishing to stay updated on the
spin-off stories I have in the works.
Pirate Lover’s Curse is out now! https://books2read.com/pirateloverscurse
Happy Reading-
Sheri Queen
Excerpt:“Why does anything pertaining to you have to come with extra baggage?” Uncle Damon said. His dominant pack power surged, affecting the others nearby and making them restless.The air crackled with his energy. I held my ground. His words stung, but he’d never hear me say it. I’d had lots of practice over the years keeping my hurt from showing, but at this moment, I lashed out with a barb of my own.“I’m just lucky that way. Kind of like you.” I tapped the desk with my fingertips, knowing he hated it and narrowed my eyes at him.He sure as hell had his own baggage when it came to relationships and pack bonds, especially when it came to anything with my mother.“If the two of you are done poking at one another, I’d like to move on to the pertinent issue of the cursed map,” Sebastian said. He stood a good foot away from his desk and peered down at the map as if it might explode.Everyone had a hands-off approach to the map after I’d blurted out that it was cursed.“It won’t curse you just by touching it,” I said. “At least, not from what Gwenn or I could tell. It has a hidden layer that will attack you if you try to force it out in the open.”“That’s just great,” Mutther said. “I suppose you found out firsthand?”“Not me. Gwenn did. I was the innocent bystander.”“Right. How innocent?” Nick said. He moved to Mutther’s side and viewed the map from farther away. Neither of them was taking any chances.Not that I blamed them. They had suffered from being too near me in the past. Mutther was still rebuilding his bar.
Thank you for sharing your guest post, bio and book details, it was interesting to read about how you came up with the idea for your main character and I am looking forward to meeting Janda.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you liked it, @BeaLaRocca! It was fun to share more about Janda!
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