By: Molly Cochran
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I don’t know if my
situation is unusual, but the Legacy
series didn’t start out as a series at all. (It also didn’t start out as Legacy—its original title was Wonderland). I just wanted to write a
book about a young woman without any strong family ties to discover her
long-lost blood relatives, and then find out that those relatives happen to be
witches.
I also wanted to
dispel the notion that witches were evil. Those scary Rosemary’s Baby sort of Satanic witches that are so often featured
in books and TV really annoy me. Unlike vampires, zombies, and ghosts, witches
are totally, indisputably real.
They’ve been around for at least a thousand years, and millions of them have
been persecuted for their beliefs and talents.
I’ve made the witches
in Legacy a sort of potpourri of
talent: Some of them can heal with a touch. Some can travel to distant places
without leaving their houses. My character Katy can move objects with her mind.
She can also “read” them to find out things about the people who once owned
them. Katy’s boyfriend Peter (this is a hint for the next installment,
tentatively titled Seduction) can make gold. Most of these talents
(except for the gold-making) are real… that is, ordinary people who live among
us have these abilities, whether or not these people call themselves witches.
My point through all
the Katy books—and I wish I could write a hundred of them—is that talent exists
in all kinds of forms and in all kinds of places. Just because you’re not like everyone else doesn’t mean there’s
something wrong with you. That’s the theme, really, of all the books in
this series: Use the gifts you were born with. Don’t compare yourself with anyone
else. And be proud of everything you are.
About Molly Cochran!
Molly Cochran, author of the teen paranormal romances LEGACY and
POISON, has written 26 published novels and four nonfiction books under her own
name and various pseudonyms. Her books include New York Times bestselling
novels GRANDMASTER and THE FOREVER KING, coauthored with Warren Murphy, and the
nonfiction DRESSING THIN, also a NY Times bestseller. She has won awards from
the Mystery Writers of America (Best Novel of the Year), the Romance Writers of
America (Best Thriller), and the New York Public Library (Outstanding Books for
the Teen Age).
SEDUCTION, the third installment in the LEGACY series, is scheduled
for release later this year through her publisher, Simon & Schuster.
Two eBooks, THE TEMPLE DOGS and THE FOREVER KING, are currently
available through online retailers. A third, GRANDMASTER, will be available
soon.
Molly has lectured extensively and has taught writing at the college
level as well as at a women's prison (where she was NOT an inmate). She also
writes a blog on writing technique which appears on her website,
MollyCochran.com. She is also on Facebook at facebook.com/molly.cochran1 and
Twitter at Twitter.com/mollycochranYA.
She lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Buy Poison?
Amazon: Poison-$14.32 NEW, $4.01 USED
Barnes and Noble:
$13.22 NEW
Indie Bound: Other prices
The Book
Depository: $17.44
Giveaway
This is a TOUR WIDE giveaway.
There will be ONE winner – SIGNED copies of Legacy AND
Poison + Outtakes from the photo shoot for Selection!
Giveaway is open: US Mailing Addresses only.
Ends: July 6th, 2013 (12:00am EST)
