How Real Government Psychic Research Inspired Jayne Castle's Harmony World
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Jayne Castle discusses her Harmony series and the real-life inspirations behind her psychic-powered world.
Jayne Castle, who also writes as Jayne Ann Krentz and Amanda Quick, sits down with Fresh Fiction’s Samantha Tennant to celebrate the release of ENTER THE NIGHTMARE, the nineteenth book in her Harmony series. Jayne explains how her psychic-powered world grew out of real Cold War era government research, why she engineered her magic system around amber and quartz instead of the supernatural, and how a reader’s handmade gift became the inspiration for her mascot, Sebastian the dust bunny. Jayne also talks about her new Psychic Dog series launching under the Jayne Ann Krentz name, the writing advice she wishes she had followed from book one (leave room to invent), and what keeps a nineteen book series feeling new. Plus, hear about her recent hiking trip through the Cotswolds with fellow bestselling authors Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Christina Dodd, complete with fish and chips, a gin tasting, and a plotting assist courtesy of self-driving cars. ENTER THE NIGHTMARE is available now, and readers can look for The Book Hunter, the second Psychic Dog book, in late January. You can stay up to date on all of Fresh Fiction’s author interviews, contests, and reader events through the…
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