Crossroads 2011: Rachel Vincent

Each day of The Crossroads Blog Tour, a new research question will be revealed on The Crossroad Blog Tour main page: http://judithgraves.com/events/the-crossroads-tour/crossroads-2011/ and each day the answer to that question will be found within one of the different blog posts by Crossroads Tour authors. Your job is to get the question, read the blog posts, and collect all answers by the end of the tour, on Halloween. 

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Tori: What was the hardest part about coming up with the idea to your Soul Screamers series? 
Rachel: Writing a book (or a series) is never about just one idea. The hard part is taking all the various ideas that go into any one story and making them work together. It’s a little like weaving (I imagine, having never actually woven anything but plotlines). It’s tricky, and it can make you want to pull your hair out. How well am I hiding my bald spot? ;)

Tori: What was your reason for choosing a banshee to be your heroine? 
Rachel: I hadn’t seen much done with bean sidhes before, and I thought I had some original stuff
to add to the existing lore. 

Tori: Do you have another YA series in mind, or will you continue to write your Soul Screamers series for as long as you can? 
Rachel: I do! I have several ideas (both YA and adult) burning a hole in my pocket right now. As for Soul Screamers, I love the world and the characters, and I would love to continue writing them, but every series should end on a high point, and I’d hate to run it into the ground.

Tori: Do you have a song list for your books? If so, could you list a few songs?
Rachel: I don’t routinely listen to music while I write, because it distracts me. But there are certain songs that remind me of/inspire certain characters.

From Soul Screamers…
Sabine: Misery Business (Paramore)
Nash: It’s Been A While (Staind)
Tod: It’s Not My Time (3 Doors Down)
Kaylee: The Lonely (Christina Perri)

From Unbound…
Liv: The Hand That Feeds (NIN)
Kori: Drive (Incubus)

You can connect with Rachel via:
{Website} {Blog} {Twitter} {Goodreads}