I, along with many readers, love circus settings, especially when they come with a dark side.
You never know when you can put it to use. It goes to show you…hang onto your old writing. It was great because I knew them all so well and just made it this fantastical tale. In hindsight, it was a rural noir mystery and it just wasn’t the right book for me, however, I completely borrowed my characters from that novel and put them in this new setting. Now, what might be of more interest to readers is that the Lara Barnes framework is actually from my very first novel which did not sell. There is just such a rich history of circus performance in France and I was really drawn to it. I tried to get to Le Cirque d’Hiver (Winter Circus) in Paris when I was there in 2019, but I had just missed the season. I recall a photo of a female lion tamer and I was like “that’s it!” So, I really have A Witch in Time to thank for the spark that became the second novel.
Visually, they were stunning and I have them on a Pinterest board. Was there a specific idea or more of a general sense of a story? I recall reading that A Witch in Time was inspired by a painting (and I loved that paintings were so prominent in this book as well!) and have been curious about what may have prompted this story.ĬS: In researching A Witch in Time’s Belle Epoque time period, I kept finding these circus images. You can see influences of that show in this book. I’m not really all that interested in straight up versions of the devil that you find in horror films. I should point out though, that my version of a demon or the devil is more of a gothic, romantic character-more Lord Byron meets Jim Morrison. What inspired or prompted you to write The Ladies of the Secret Circus?ĬS: For a long time, I had been tossing around the idea of a circus run by the devil.
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