Fallen Angel Reviews would like to welcome Author, Michele Chambers. Writer of Mystery, Mayhem and Magic!


Please tell us a little bit about Michele, and your private life as the woman behind the Author?

Let's see, where to begin? I was lucky enough to meet the love of my life at the tender age of 15, and married him when I was twenty. We have three adorable kids ages 6 and under, and consequently, suffer from chronic sleep deprivation. :) I've spent most of my "adult" life working in the medical field, but am currently teaching anatomy and physiology in the evenings and burning the daylight hours running after my kids. Like most authors, I have a serious love affair with books and read every chance I get.

Could you tell us about Michele Chambers, the Author?

Strange things tend to happen around my family. As a result, I've always had an obsession with all things paranormal. In 5th grade I wrote a paper about precognitive dreams. (Just your normal smiling 11 year old! lol) With my schedule, and my tendency to be a night owl, I do most of my writing after midnight. (Did I mention chronic sleep deprivation? hehehehe) I LOVE
to take the normal, everyday life we all know and put a severe paranormal twist to it. Magic, mystery, and mayhem at breakneck speed! Next, throw in a serious moral dilemma, a woman who likes to kick-ass, and that oh-so-complicating factor..love! That's what I enjoy reading, and it's what
I write.

Can you please tell us how you came to write your new Loose Id release, Timewalkers 1: Aisling and share the blurb with us?

Timewalkers One: Aisling was an idea I brainstormed with my sister especially for Loose Id. I have several friends who write for them, and was impressed with their professionalism. I pitched the idea, and they liked it! :)

Blurb...

Timewalkers...Since the dawn of time they have protected balance in the universe, in all dimensions. Mother to daughter for millennia, they have been recruited and trained for one mission, to alter timelines and prevent serious catastrophes and the ripple effects from those terrible events throughout other parallel dimensions. The original women were selected for their unique and special gifts, such as super-human strength and speed, invisibility, telekinesis, water-breathing, and the ability to manipulate electricity, to name a few...

Timewalker: Aisling Antwyr

Homeworld: 2176, Earth 31

Mission: 2006, Earth 8. Stop the “Red Death”

Talent: Invisibility

Aisling Antwyr wanted to scream in agony, but she had no air to breathe in this in-between dimension. She wasn’t surprised by the frigid reality of the time strands, how her naked flesh felt as if it were being systematically stripped to her bones by endless shards of splintering ice. This one-way trip would last less than a minute. One minute in her own personal Purgatory, and her sins had been many. Her mother was a Timewalker, and her mother before her, and so on, since the Archivers had begun recording the Chronicles Of Time. The heavy burden of her birthright pulled her into the suffocating quicksand of fear. Billions of lives were at stake. Billions.

She would not fail. Her mother ensured that, taught her how to use her gift -invisibility. She also warned her daughter not to fall victim to the pounding of the blood, the elemental call of her mate, until the distraction would not endanger the strand of time she must now, and forever after, live upon. Forever. In a strange world. Succeed or fail, there was no going back.

Panic rose in a crescendo to choke her, but her roller coaster ride through this icy hell was over. She’d arrived. Precious air flooded her starving lungs with heat. She lay semi-conscious on the ground and tried to get her bearings. A torrent of warm rain crashed down upon her. The Shen on her chest, the symbol which marked a Timewalker at birth, burned with sensual heat. He was here. Alive. Waiting. Her mate’s blood called to her already. But Aisling had a job to do. Unless the Archivers had erred. Heaven help her then. Heaven help the world.

How many books do you have planned for the Timewalker Series?

The series truly has unlimited potential. Right now I am working on Mairi's book. She is a descendant of Atlantis who breathes water. She is fierce, much stronger, and more serious than Aisling. Her job is to save an assassinated prince from the bottom of the ocean, and get him back to his homeworld alive. NOT an easy task! I have four or five more talented, kick-ass women in my head clamoring for attention, so we'll see how far things go. :)

When did you decide to take “pen in hand” and write with the intent to publish?

Well, I started my first "novel" when I was eleven. I dabbled for years, but just got serious about writing in the last two years.

How did you come up with the concepts for your books?

Who knows? My muse is always throwing crazy, wild, insane, "out of left field" ideas at me. I am afraid to question her too closely. She might get offended! That said, a lot of ideas come to me in dreams.

How many books do you have planned for the immediate future, besides your new series?

I have a very dark paranormal romantic suspense completed. The novel is the first in my CHIMERA series. This book is a frightening thriller about a war, and an alternative reality that exists all around us. (I actually gave myself nightmares!) Details are available on my website. :) www.michelechambers.com

Are you a plotter or a seat of the pants writer?

I am an obsessive plotter. If I don't know where the story is going, I'm paralyzed. Keyboard freeze.

Do you have any special rituals to help you get in the mood to write?

Quiet, quiet, quiet. That's about it. I'm not sure I ever am "in the mood" to write. It's more of a compulsion than anything. It's something I HAVE to do, or I go crazy. My only real vise there is coca-cola. I'm hopelessly addicted.

How do you know what to name your books or the characters?

The book titles I struggle with and often end up asking critique partners for help. The characters usually tell me their names. If they don't, I have a fantastic book with names and their meanings from around the world. I try to choose a name that has significant meaning to the character's situation or personality.

Are there any genres or sub-genres that you will not write? Why?

I can't write historical. Too much research. I don't have the patience to go digging through the past. (Although, I do enjoy reading them when other authors do all the dirty work! LOL) The future, psychics, and science however, have endless fascinating possibilities! The other genre I struggle with is literary fiction. Too dry for me. Take me 100 miles an hour on a wild ride! That's what makes me happy!

Do you have any works in progress? Could you please give us a sneak peak?

With Pleasure! :)

Timewalkers Two: Mairi by Michele Chambers (unedited excerpt!)

Timewalker: Mairi Neeshan

Homeworld: 2230, Trillia Prime

Mission: 2104, Planet Herhma – Prevent Intergalactic War

Talent: Waterbreather

CHAPTER ONE

According to the Archiver’s calculations, she had three spins left. After that, even if she found the ship, they’d all be dead. Prince Raiden Tzacher among them. War would rage between his home world of Qillius Two and that of his enemy, Herhma. Several other worlds would be caught in the crossfire. Civilians and military throughout the system would be hit. Billions would die. And all because she couldn’t find one little bitty spaceship on the bottom of this strange Fire Sea.

Mairi Neeshahn cursed fate, scowled at the wind that whipped her wavy black hair about her face, and then turned her attention to the churning green water that rocked the primitive boat she’d stolen. Eight spins she’d been anchored here, searching. Dawn to dusk. She’d found nothing.

Mairi chewed unenthusiastically on the ration bar that was her lunch. If only the Prince hadn’t insisted on coming to this contract negotiation himself. Herhma could have dealt with an ambassador, or a cousin. But no. The arrogant heir to the throne of Qillius Two didn’t trust anyone. Apparently, that was one thing he’d gotten right.

Sabotage had taken him down. Someone close to him had turned traitor. Mairi wondered if the prince would know who the bastard was when she found him. If she found him. Now he was trapped at the bottom of the sea, on a hostile planet whose leaders had absolutely no interest in finding him. In fact, she was quite sure they would never acknowledge his presence here. His disappearance served their goals perfectly. Prince Raiden and his entire crew could rot down there for a hundred star orbits before anyone would discover their bodies. Well, actually, it had been more like two hundred. That’s why the Archivers sent her.

She raised her left hand to rub the back side of her aching right shoulder. Her Shen birthmark had never bothered her before. Since she’d arrived on this backward planet the thing hadn’t stopped hurting. Today the pain was worse, sometimes stabbing like a knife blade slicing into her shoulder. The mark, according to her mother, was a circle of rope with no beginning and no end. It symbolized eternity and protection. The Shen would also serve as a link between her and her mate.

Wonderful. Perhaps the Shen was causing her pain to remind her just how close she was to failure.

Three spins.

Mairi straightened her shoulders and shouted her denial to the open sea, “You can’t have him!” By all that was holy, she was a Timewalker! Time to stop moping and get back to work. She’d been out of the water long enough for her black swim suit to completely dry out. Tipping her head back, she finished what was left of her purified water. Wriggling her arms back into the sleeves of her water slicked quarter-inch water-suit was a bit more of a challenge. Once she was again covered from neck to ankles, she tucked the stray strands of hair back into her braid, slipped the Prince’s air tank and attached hoses onto her back, wiggled her feet back into her plastic fins, and kicked back over the side of the boat into the water.

A sudden crash of sound was followed by pronounced quiet. The peaceful ebb and flow of water surrounded her, calmed her. Totally relaxed, she allowed the weighted belt around her waist to drag her toward the bottom of the sea. This must be what death felt like. Weightless. Peaceful. Slowly being pulled somewhere new.

She hated the weights, but the suit that kept her from freezing to death also made her so buoyant she couldn’t get underwater by herself. The water depth varied between two hundred and three hundred lengths on this particular shelf. Her body’s diving limits had been tested relentlessly in her training. Without doubt, she could go deeper. She hoped that wouldn’t be necessary.

That annoying internal voice screamed at her that she was already close to her diving limit. The stabbing pain in her shoulder was getting worse. She felt like someone had her head hooked up to a helium tank and was blowing it up. The rest of her felt like a giant fist was squeezing her insides into jelly. It could be worse. Much worse. Two hundred lengths was nothing in the Fire Sea. And this is where the Archiver’s told her to search, so this is where she searched.

Forcing the last of the air from her lungs, she drew in her first breath of water. Her body protested the cool flow, but numbness set in soon enough. Then she didn’t feel anything but the soft glide of water up and down her windpipe. Her lung tissue’s ability to extract oxygen from both air and water was a rare gift, held only by the survivors of Atlantis. A handful of women from some planet called Earth. All of the women who survived, according to her mother, had become Timewalkers. Mairi hoped her Atlantean sisters were having better luck than she was.

Who was your favorite author as a child, and what was your favorite book?

All-time favorite books from my youth are Cinderella (a true classic), The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley

Dragonflight, by Ann McCaffrey, and The Belgariad series by David Eddings.

What are your favorite genre's to read?

I'll read almost any romance, but I particularly adore the paranormal sub-genre of romance. Anything paranormal... :)

Once in a while, I'll break down and re-read my old fantasy books as well.

Do you have any bad writing habits?

P..r..o..c..r..a..s..t..i..n..a..t..i..o..n (oh, and I'm also a neurotic self-editor)

*Bad, Michele. Bad! Down girl!*

Is there any advice you would like to offer to aspiring authors?

Yes, KEEP WRITING. WRITE EVERY DAY. Find a mentor who can teach you the craft. Join a local writer's group so you can have the support and understanding of similarly tortured souls. :)

Do you have anything else you would like to add to your interview?

Thank you, Kimberly! What great questions!

Thank you, Michele for taking the time out of your busy day to answer our questions! This Interviewer is sure your readers will enjoy and appreciate the time you have spent with us today!


Interviewed by: Kimberly