Interview With a Writer: E.A. Comiskey

Welcome Adventurers! Today I have a special treat for you. I have guest blogger and fellow author EA Comiskey.

Tell my adventurers the name of your books and about the world you created.

One reader described the Heaven and Earth series as a post-post-apocalyptic vision.

In book one, MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, an ordinary, fairly conservative housewife is confronted with the possibility that everything she’s ever heard of - every myth, legend, and fairytale, has a basis in reality. Those creatures who have been relegated to the shadows for centuries are preparing to reveal their existence to the world. Simone is asked by an angel to stand as an intercessor between humans and those who are not human in an effort to prevent the total destruction of life.

Along the way, her faith is challenged in every way possible, and she is forced to figure out exactly who she is and what she believes about herself, her loved ones, and the power of God.

It’s an epic journey, for sure. I can’t tell you the end, of course, but suffice it to say, when the dust settles the world is a very different place.

Book two, DWELLING IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, picks up hundreds of years later. The Big Thing that happened in book one is ancient history and people have moved on. A descendant of Simone’s meets a young woman named Shifrah who has never quite fit in with her peers. She looks different, has different abilities, and most of all, asks different questions. The village in which she lives is peaceful and prosperous, but when she learns a terrible truth about the price being paid to maintain that prosperity she is cast out into the world to face monstrous evil - some of which lives within her own heart. The two of them must find a way to stop this new threat, but they struggle to find the kind of faith Simone displayed. After all, the flesh is a powerful temptress!

LOVING IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, Book three, is scheduled for a March, 2018 release. It is the first time the reader gets a glimpse into what the wider world looks like now that humans and creatures of legend are co-existing… or failing to co-exist, as the case might be. The main characters must make choices between love and loyalty as they struggle to prevent history from repeating.

Each book is written from the first person point-of-view of a different woman. It’s an interesting way for the readers to get different opinions on the characters and circumstances of the universe they dwell in.

What inspired you to write about these characters?

I grew up in a very conservative Christian family in the midwest and I was always the kid that questioned everything. I was such a pain in the neck! We’d be in Sunday School and other kids would be asking questions about the Virgin Mary or Abraham and I’d be the one asking, “but what about the Witch of Endor. If ghosts aren’t real, how did she summon the dead?”

The poor woman would be trying to teach a story about Noah’s Ark and how God saved Noah’s family and I’d be jumping in my chair shouting, “hold on! What does verse four mean?” (The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.)

Over the years, I guess all of those thoughts and ideas and questions thickened into the stew that is the Heaven and Earth Series.

How long have these character been in your thoughts?

Simone’s husband, Michael, has actually been in my thoughts longer than any of the others. Since I was a teenager, really, so maybe it’s odd that he’s something of a background character. Simone really developed out of the story as I was writing it and the others grew organically after I knew who she was. Everyone else in the series is tied to Simone and Michael in my mind, even the ones who come long after they, themselves, are long gone.

What is the one trait you wished you shared with your main character?

It took her a while to grow into it, but in the end, Simone had an unshakable faith. Her belief had the power to move mountains, whereas I am the one crying out to God, “I believe, Lord. Help my unbelief.”

That said, I pray I never have to go through the kind of refining fire she endures in the book! I guess I’m kind of a chicken that way.

MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH - https://www.amazon.com/More-Things-Heaven-Earth-Comiskey-ebook/dp/B01HC3MMJE

DWELLING IN HEAVEN AND EARTH - https://www.amazon.com/Dwelling-Heaven-Earth-Book-Two-ebook/dp/B072BZ6JCS

Author bio:

E.A. Comiskey is an award-winning writer and nationally syndicated blogger. Her debut novel, More Things in Heaven and Earth (2016, Nuff Said Publishing) has been a best-seller within its category on Amazon and the sequel, Dwelling in Heaven and Earth (July, 2017 - Nuff Said Publishing) is the winner of the Fic Award for Best Supernatural/Paranormal Novel on Wattpad. Her work is broadly described as "speculative fiction" and often includes elements of mythology, fantasy, horror, and romance.

She lives in southeast Michigan with her husband, children, and a veritable zoo of creatures. If there’s a festival in the area, you can bet she’s there, most likely drawing on the pavement with chalk. After all, when you live in Michigan, you go outside whenever you get the chance.