An interview with thriller author Carrie Salo
Please describe your novel twitter style 140
characters or less.
The Sounding centers on the
final prophecy in the book of Revelation
and how events in today’s world might bring that prophecy to early fulfillment.
What is the one thing you wish you knew before
you tried to get published?
I wish I had known more about agents when I
was first trying to become a published author.
While agents do still have their place in the publishing world, that
place is getting smaller as the publishing world opens up because of e-books,
social media and easier access to everyday readers. I spent a long time believing I could not
sell a novel without an agent, despite hearing plenty of good advice to the
contrary. As soon as I let that go and
decided that no one could sell The
Sounding better than myself, I found a fantastic publisher very
quickly. It was a lesson that took me a
while to learn…
What to you is the best part of being a writer
and what is the part you wouldn’t mind giving up?
The best part of being a writer is sharing
your imagination with others. I love
feeling like I was able to take a reader away from their reality and help them
re-imagine the world, for better or for darker.
I get so excited about certain stories – sharing them and seeing them
excite someone else is definitely the best part.
One of the things I wouldn’t mind cutting out
of the author experience is the promotion heavy, commercial nature of the publishing
industry. It is no longer enough to
write a good book. As an author, you
also have to be a great speaker, a standout blogger, a savvy marketer, and
there are even studies out there that indicate it’s helpful to be good looking
if you want to sell books! It’s a much
bigger, more multi-faceted job than I ever imagined. It can take you way out of your comfort zone
and your real talent zone if you are someone who just loves to write.
What city would you love to set a story in but
the right one hasn’t come along yet?
Hmm…I would love to set a story in New
Orleans. That city already has so much
mystery oozing out of its streets…plus I try to visit every place I write
about. It helps me bring the setting to
life for the reader. I could certainly
use another trip back to the Big Easy for recon…
Vampires, Shifters, Zombies, Angels - who wins
the final ultimate battle?
I’m going to go with angels on this one.
Vampires are formidable (according to several myths, vampires are actually
fallen angels doomed to roam the earth), shifters are unpredictable, and
zombies are, well, brain dead and hungry.
But, angels are the warriors created by God. Though they are often depicted as cherubs or
graceful beings with wings, the Bible describes them as anything but cute. For some chilling passages, take a quick read
through the end of Genesis and the
descriptions of the angels that guard the Garden of Eden.
You can stake a vamp, shoot a shifter, and
decapitate a zombie. But if God sends an
angel to take you out…
If you could witness any historical event past,
present or future what would it be and why?
I’m a fan of endings. My favorite stories all have incredible,
satisfying ends. So, I think, if I could
choose, I would like to see what the end is for humankind. Whatever that is, however far or close (Mayan
2012 anyone?). I’d like to catch a
glimpse.
Anything else you would like to share today?
I’d just like to encourage readers to remember
to give new authors a chance. We don’t
necessarily have the USA Today
reviews or the end caps at Barnes & Noble (yet!). But, we do have new ideas and new stories and
new voices. More likely than not, the
next big reading sensation is going to come from one of us.
Bio:
Carrie Salo is a dark storyteller
and emerging author of supernatural thrillers.
Classically trained at an Ivy League university, she studied the works
of master storytellers seven stories underground in the muffled heart of one of
the world's largest libraries. Carrie
looks to wield unrelenting suspense in her own exploration of all things
(especially true things) that keep us awake at night. Her extensive travels have led her to many
haunted places, including the private, underground catacombs of the
Vatican. The Sounding is her debut
novel.
Visit her at: www.carriesalo.com
The
Sounding
By
Carrie Salo
Book
Description:
In the Book of Revelation, a man
named John has a prophetic dream. He
dreams of the final prophecies that will come to pass – and the seven
archangels that guard them. Each angel
waits to sound their trumpet at God’s appointed time, preparing humanity to
fight and win the final battle.
2,000 years later, Father Chris
Mognahan is a member of the Hetairia Melchizedek, a secret society within the
Catholic Church that studies Biblical omens. The society asks Chris to
investigate an unusually grotesque crime – a murder on a college campus where
the killer's hand literally burned off the victim's face.
While the killing seems isolated
at first, the society ties the murder to the final Biblical prophecy and a terrifying
omen that the order of the prophecies is about to be disrupted. The final
battle is coming too soon – long before humanity is prepared to win it.
Suddenly, Chris finds himself
fighting against time and hell to keep the prophecies in order and stop an
early Armageddon. He is joined by a band of unlikely allies, and together they
find themselves in Rome above the Vatican Necropolis – the city of the dead –
where the future is revealed to them in ancient texts.
They are not alone, however; an
evil as old as time itself hunts them. As they travel across continents on
their mission, the demonic force follows relentlessly, waiting in every
shadowed corner, and every dark place.
As Armageddon descends, Father
Chris finds that his only hope lies in a young woman within the group who has a
secret gift – and their belief that God Himself may have sent her to keep the
final angelic trumpet from sounding out the early end of the Earth.
Available at Amazon
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and Barnes
and Noble
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