Author Juliet Blackwell joins SciFiChick.com today to talk about her latest release Hexes and Hemlines!
Bad Luck and Broomsticks
Have you ever noticed how most buildings skip the 13th floor?
Though we might think of ourselves as living in a scientific society, it’s amazing how superstitions still shape our lives: in Scotland there are no gates thirteen in airports; many airplanes have no row thirteen. Some streets skip over the address entirely. And there are lots of historic examples of bad luck being associated with thirteen: there were thirteen people at the last supper; Loki was the thirteenth fellow invited to a disastrous dinner at Valhalla; on Friday the thirteenth the Knights of the Templar were arrested and killed.
Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne star in Syfy’s Sanctuary, returning with new episodes Friday, April 15. —
Do either of you have a favorite moment from shooting these remaining episodes in season 3?
Robin Dunne: The great thing about the second half of season three is that all the things that the team – the Sanctuary team – Magnus and the Sanctuary team have gotten into in the first half really, really become back to the ramifications they have to deal with in the second half. And it’s really quite a roller coaster ride the second half.
I think if I had to pick a favorite moment, we have an episode coming up that is the biggest episode we’ve ever done scope-wise, story-wise, everything. And it takes place in the past, back in World War II, and it was a really special episode to shoot. It’s quintessential Sanctuary thinking outside the box.
When we were on set shooting those things with tanks driving around, it was really quite an experience. So I guess if I had to pick one, I love every single moment, every waking and sleeping moment that I have on Sanctuary. But if I had to pick one, I think it’d be from that episode.
Amanda Tapping: Yes. The episode is called Normandy, and there was just something very special. There was an interesting vibe on set when we shot it. And the look is very different, but it’s a really cool episode.
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What have been the biggest challenges working on Sanctuary?
Amanda Tapping: Well, I had to direct Robin Dunne in an episode called One Night. I’m just going to stop there.
Robin Dunne: And I think my most challenging moment was being directed by Amanda. I mean, she’s just a sadist. She made me do 750 takes of something once, just out of pure…
Amanda Tapping: Because we had the time.
Robin Dunne: Yes. She made me sing Hot Blooded in front of the entire crew for no reason. It was just to humiliate me. It’s really been a challenge.
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After three seasons, what is it about your characters that you still find interesting?
Author Sara Creasy joins SciFiChick.com today to discuss her latest release Children of Scarabaeus. …And keep reading for a chance to win a copy of her novel!
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Can you tell us a bit about the plot of Children of Scarabaeus in your own words?
The story takes up where Song of Scarabaeus left off: Edie needs to get to the Fringe worlds, where she has something that will help the people there, but she gets captured along the way. She is recruited back into her mentor/nemesis’s terraforming project that she’s certain will turn out to be highly destructive – so much so that humans across the galaxy may end up with nowhere to live in a few generations. She also discovers that gifted children are being used for the project, and she wants to help the children avoid the life that she’s had.
Her bodyguard Finn, who is “leashed” so he’ll die if he leaves her, is along for the ride. The two of them have a growing attraction and the relationship progresses in this book. It’s hampered by the fact that Edie’s emotions cause him discomfort, because of the leash, so they are always looking for a way to deal with that. And, of course, a way to escape.
Are there more novels planned for the series?
There’s always a chance I’ll want to go back and continue Edie and Finn’s story but I’m writing something else now.
Can you tell us more about biocyph, and how you came up with the idea?
