Christy raedeke biography sampler

Christy Raedeke's debut novel, PROPHECY OF DAYS, is set to be released by Flux Books on May 1, 2010...the same day A BLUE SO DARK hits store shelves!

As a couple of first-timers, we sat down to discuss our books: the initial spark of inspiration, how we found Flux, and where we're headed next...

Raedeke: Hi Holly, do you remember the very day the idea for A BLUE SO DARK came to you?

Schindler: I remember it coming to me in pieces over a few weeks, actually.

When I was young, I imagined that authors would get this fantastic "ah-ha" moment in which their characters, (and their characters' struggles and growths) came to them all at once. Maybe some do...But what happens for me is that I get a sliver of an idea--a kind of what-if.

From there, I'll write this really general, broad-strokes outline. And I'll start adding to it...

When I got the biggie pieces jotted down for A BLUE SO DARK (creativity and madness, Aura's mentally ill mother, Aura's fear of allowing art to bring "