Q&A with Author Leslie Tentler of "Midnight Caller"
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 01:19PM AUTHOR Q & A WITH LESLIE TENTLER ABOUT MIDNIGHT CALLER
(MIRA, February 2011)
Where did you come up with the idea for the book?
Leslie--For a while, I’d been kicking around an idea about an FBI agent forced to deal with some very personal issues while handling a serial murder investigation. My main male character, FBI Agent Trevor Rivette, came from that. I love writing about the dynamics between siblings, and the idea sort of grew from there that the entire Rivette clan would be impacted by some dark family secrets.
As much as MIDNIGHT CALLER is a serial killer story, it’s also about what happened to tear the Rivette family apart twenty years earlier.
Why did you pick New Orleans for the setting?
Leslie--I had originally planned to set MIDNIGHT CALLER in Savannah, but when the Goth aspect of the storyline emerged, I did some research and found out that New Orleans has a larger Goth community. It also seemed the right place for a serial killer known as “the Vampire” to be running around.
On a broader level, I’m fascinated by historical southern settings, and I’d been to New Orleans several times. In fact, my brother-in-law lived in Kenner, Louisiana, for a while, which is basically a suburb of New Orleans. So I felt like I knew the city somewhat.
Who was your favorite character to develop and why?
Leslie--My main female character, Rain Sommers, is a practicing psychologist, but she’s also a bit of an eccentric with her own dark New Orleans-style legacy that factors heavily into the plot. Her background was very interesting to write.
There’s also a secondary character – Trevor’s sister, Annabelle – that I truly believe is the heart of the Rivette family. When I finished writing MIDNIGHT CALLER, hers was the story that really stuck with me.
What is it that draws you to writing romantic suspense?
Leslie--I love the elements of danger in romantic suspense stories, and the heightened passions that come along with that. While no one really wants that kind of danger in his or her real life, I’d think, it’s exciting to see it play out from the safety of a book. I’m especially drawn to male characters that act heroically and can be brave to the point of foolishness when the stakes are high.
How long did it take you to write the manuscript?
Leslie--It took about nine months to write the first draft, then longer still to edit and revise it into a viable manuscript. MIDNIGHT CALLER was my first completed novel, so I had the luxury of taking it slow and learning as I went. Now that I’ve developed a rhythm and discovered more about story building, I’m finding the subsequent novels have come much faster.
You are contracted for two more books in the series. As the writer, is the big challenge for you to grow the main characters or is it something else?
Leslie--As a debut novelist, my biggest challenge is to not get too overwhelmed by the business of writing – contracts, deadlines and the fear of not doing something absolutely right. If you let all that eat at you, it can disrupt the creative enjoyment of storytelling.
It sounds weird, but I’ve also had to learn to “let go” of the characters in each book when their stories come to a close. With the start of each new book, I always panic, thinking I’ll never love the next story and next characters as much. But so far I end up loving the new ones, too. I feel very lucky to be doing this.
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