Please beware as I have not yet read the interview. Trent McNight, while he has many dirt digging questions, does not always heed to the no spoilers clause. He has asked me to publish his interview in submitted form. He assures me he's looked over it more than once for errors, however, let's be honest. The man is all emotion and no logic.
Without further ado...
An interview with Katrina Cole
Trent: First things first, did you ever get to
actually sit down and watch Dracula.
Katrina: Yes, I did. What an event that was.
Trent: What did you think?
Katrina: If you hold the movie in the context of the time
period, I’m sure it was a pretty scary storyline. A vampire out to steal a
woman’s attention, from the man she is to marry. That’s scary
stuff in such a straight laced society. If you hold it in the context of our
world today, it’s hilarious. Landon wasn’t wrong about that. It’s Halloween
decorations!
Trent: Is it at all realistic?
Katrina: Yes and no. Jean Claude is able to pull the girls
from their homes with a simple thought. He was quite fond of terrorizing the
French countryside with his summoning powers. But, no, vampires do not sleep
in coffins, they can leave the soil of their homeland and they do not turn into
bats.
Trent: What would you say to women today trying to
protect them from vampires? Maybe a few tips to keep our people safe from
influence?
Katrina: That’s actually much trickier than you would think.
First of all, these fiends look like humans. You could be a vampire if I didn’t
have the training to know otherwise. Second, they are faster and stronger than
a human. If they chose you, chances are you’re done for. So no, protection
isn’t truly possible unless you build yourself a silver suit of armor and wear
it at all times.
Trent: That’s not reassuring.
Katrina: It wasn’t meant to be. Let’s be realistic. Vampires
are everywhere. I guarantee you pass at least a dozen on the street every day.
The good thing for you is that most vampires are just beings trying to live
their life to the fullest. They live off blood donations, just enough to keep
them animated. If the Cole Legacy put down every vampire we passed, it would
cut our world population dramatically.
Trent: (chuckling) Would that really be so bad?
Katrina: That is a conversation for another day, Trent.
Trent: How is your training coming along?
Katrina: I can hit a bulls eye with a throwing knife from
fifty yards and I have learned how to make the effluvium myself. But the
literature, that’s the tricky stuff. It’s so full of double meanings and deeper
context. The death of a flower can either be just a flower or it can represent
the youth of a young lady as she gives herself over to the gods to pass through
her initiation rites. And just when you tackle and completely understand one
poem, another is thrust your way and you find yourself questioning everything
you believed up ‘til that moment. It’s exhausting.
Trent: I'm sorry to hear that. Let's switch gears. The readers of Taken have one very
controversial question to ask you. What was it like to find out that your
brother and only family member was—
Katrina: Trent, stop. I will tell you that it was heart
wrenching and I would hate to see anyone have to go through what I went through
with Edmond. I still have that dream of him saving me from the fire. The fact
that he pulled me from a burning house and saved my life will never change and
for that he will always be my hero. As far as the other stuff, he was
brainwashed plain and simple.
Now before we go on, I would like to remind you that many of
our listeners today have not read my story and I would like to deter you from
giving away too many details from the book.
Trent: My apologies ma’am. How is
your relationship with Landon?
Katrina: It couldn’t be better. He is turning out to be the
best choice I’ve ever made. Now, if only is dirty socks would make into the
laundry basket and not onto the floor beside it.
Trent: Children?
Katrina: We have two thousand years, what’s the rush?
Trent: If any of our readers here today have not yet read Taken, how would they go about doing so?
Katrina: From what I understand, Victoria has left quite a few places to get a copy. Smashwords is free. Kindle is 99 cents or she also has a Create Space store for paperback copies.
Trent: And signed copies?
Katrina: Email her at victoriaallredauthor@gmail.com.
Trent: Thank you so much for being with us today,
Katrina. I hope the future is bright for you.
Katrina: Thank you for having me, Trent.
Trent McNight has been interviewing the stars for longer than he can remember. Everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Charlie Brown has sat across the table from him and answered the hard pressed questions. Without his expertise, the world would have no true insight into the inner workings of such individuals. It was his brilliance that first uncovered Jennifer Lawrence's food obsession!
Well, that was truly interesting. I really wasn't aware of the immense vampire population. I do, however, wonder if Lady Eleanor would have a different answer as to how a woman can protect herself from summoning. I will have to ask her and get back to you on that.
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