This is cross-posted to both of my blogs, (Author Interrupted and Darkness PD), so if you catch it on one or the other, feel free to skip the other!
Originally, tomorrow, Glass Block was going to finally launch, 11 and a half years after I first wrote it. But we’ve moved that to 30th now, so instead I’m going to tell you a bit more about why Glass Block was so important to me and what makes it such a wonderful book to finally be handing over.
Satire or truth?
One of the major issues behind Glass Block, especially when I initially wrote it was the idea that there was an acceptable level of voyerism on reality TV. As has been covered by Battle Royale and the Running Man, humans seem to thrive on the pain of others, which means that some people are quite keen on watching others suffer. I can’t really work out why, but with the rise of ‘Big Brother’ and some other shows, I decided to write a story about what happens when it goes too far.
Mix in some religious indoctrination and a police officer who is, if I’m honest, adorable but completely unstable, and that was Glass Block. Originally, I considered writing only seven books (for the seven deadly sins), but Darkness took on a life of it’s own after that.
Add to that the ‘nanny nation’, where people feel like they’re continually monitored and don’t like it, and well….that was the book in a nutshell.
I don’t know if I’ll ever finish ALL of them (I’ve currently got the story arc and general idea for 190 + books) but I’m willing to give it a try, if people want to read.
So…what do you think? Looking forward to the launch?
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D Kai Wilson- Viola is a prolific and often intensely fun writer. Her favorite genres are Sci-Fi, where her Darkness series is set, Fantasy, where she writes up actual play from RPGs she never got to run, urban fantasy, mostly inspired by her bad idea bear (aka her partner, Tempus, and mental health advocacy, as she’s got a raft of diagnoses, none of them particularly pleasant, but none that tend to hold her down for long either
When not writing, and still *thinking* about writing often enough to get caught out, Kai can be found training with her beloved at the Ludosport Academy they belong to, hanging out with family and friends gaming, or enjoying exploring parts of the world they’ve got access to at the time.
A nature and animal lover, Kai is a writer because she has to, because she loves it, and because it’s fun. She is the mother of two cats, two adults and lives in the Cotswolds, UK, with her beloved.
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