Crossroads Blog Tour Day 6: Kelly Hashway

Bio: Kelly Hashway fully admits to being one of the most accident-prone people on the planet, but that didn’t stop her from jumping out of an airplane at ten thousand feet one Halloween. Maybe it was growing up reading R.L. Stine’s Fear Street books that instilled a love of all things scary and a desire to live in a world filled with supernatural creatures, but she spends her days writing speculative fiction for young adults, middle graders, and young children. Kelly’s also a sucker for first love, which is why she writes YA and NA romance under the pen name Ashelyn Drake. When she’s not writing, Kelly works as an editor and also as Mom, which she believes is a job title that deserves to be capitalized. She is represented by Sarah Negovetich of Corvisiero Literary Agency.
 

You’re trapped in an  elevator with your favorite (actor/character/ author) and outside there is a horde of zombies, some weird animal is pounding on the top of the elevator...what happens next and who are you with? 
Well,  I  hate  elevators  because  I’m  claustrophobic, so  I’m  in  Rick  Riordan’s  arms begging him to get me out of there. 

What’s your favorite horror film or book?  
Pet Sematary has always been one of my favs, but I also love Halloween. Michael Myers is awesome.

Links:

Email: khashway@hotmail.com

Website: www.kellyhashway.com

Blog: http://kellyhashway.blogspot.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kellyhashway

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyhashway

Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KellyHashway

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/kellyhashway/

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Kelly-Hashway/e/B004B3W3CU

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4528793.Kelly_Hashway

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kellyhashway

Instagram: instagram.com/khashway 

The Monster Within Blurb: The moment seventeen-year-old Samantha Thompson crawls out of her grave, her second chance at life begins. She died of cancer with her long-time boyfriend, Ethan, by her side—a completely unfair shot at life. But Ethan found a way to bring her back, like he promised he would. Only Sam came back wrong. She's now a monster that drains others' lives to survive. And after she kills, she’s tortured by visions—glimpses into her victims would-have-been futures had she not killed them. Barely able to live with herself and trying to make things right, Sam ends up a pawn in a vicious game of payback within the local coven of witches. But when the game reveals what Ethan had to do to save Sam, she must make a choice that will change all their lives forever.

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Crossroads Blog Tour Day 4: Author Kelly Hashway

What's your favorite to write, the villain or the hero? Why?
Ooh, that’s a tough question. Villains are so much fun to write because they cause the conflict and tension in the story, so I really enjoy that. Wow, I sound evil, don’t I? On the other hand, everyone loves to be the hero, so stepping into the hero’s shoes when I write is a powerful feeling. I’m going to have to say it’s a tie.

Touch of Death is about necromancers, what inspired you to write about death and mythology?
I’ve always loved mythology, but I feel there are certain Greek characters who got bad reputations for no good reason. I’m talking mostly about Medusa. She ends up being cursed by Athena all because Poseidon wanted to be with Medusa and Athena was jealous. And Medusa’s curse results in a lot of death. I wanted to show a different side of Medusa in my books and show people that she wasn’t really a monster. She was wrongfully cursed in my mind. Medusa couldn’t turn down Poseidon because he was a god, and maybe she loved him in return. I decided to make her a very motherly figure in my series, and when Jodi sees her, she’s beautiful—except for the snakes she has for hair. My hope is that people root for Medusa as the story progresses because she means everything to the Ophi in my series. Having characters who are descendents of Medusa naturally meant that death would be a huge part of the books. The Ophi are necromancers and they’re also poisonous to humans. The positive side to the series is that having necromancers for characters means that even the dead aren’t off limits. Any character can return, even if they die in the first book, and that’s pretty awesome.

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