HOOTIE
HOKIE
I currently live in upstate New York with my two Norwich Terriers, Hootie and Hokie. The name of the demon in Devil’s Bait is Eitooheikoh, which is hootie
hokie spelled backwards, just a little shout out to my girls.
I have been self-publishing my novels since 2017 and have completed five books in the Devereaux Chronicles series. I feel a real kinship with the characters
in this series and have so much fun learning about cryptids and spells and witchery and whatever else is needed for a particular story.
The Knights Are Forever series is now complete. I truly enjoyed researching the past and learning about the many different elements needed to complete
these three books. I'm very proud of them and, who knows, I may find myself drawn back to the middle ages at some time in the not too distant future.
My most recent novel, Maelstrom, is the nearest and dearest to me. It also involved a lot of historical research and the setting and storyline were such that I
couldn't help but get emotionally involved. The characters and their journeys were at times dark, other times heart-wrenching and touching, and hopefully,
real enough to give all my readers pause to consider how far they would be willing to go to try and right a wrong. And whether or not the costs of doing so are
worthwhile.
Devil's Bait is now available as an audiobook and so are all three of the Knights Are Forever novels. It was so much fun working with those two wonderful
narrators, who did such an exceptional job of bringing all the characters to life.
There are so many other talented, Independent authors out there and one thing that I have promised myself is that I will be reading more books. I have not
done that as much as I would like in the last couple of years because I've spent so much of my free time writing my own stories. I previously told you about the
established authors that I enjoy reading and why. My new goal is to discover some unknown Indy authors who have great stories to share and I will be sure to
let you know about them. I no longer have an excuse for not reading - what's yours?
Debbie Boek