The Curse of Fin Milton
by
Vivian Mayne
by
Vivian Mayne
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Set in modern day London and Cornwall, England, this enchanting ghost story follows the quest of a young man who carries a curse that condemns him to a life without the woman he cares for most in the world. His quest to lift the curse threatens the lives of all those he cares for.
The couple first meet as children, but were predestined to suffer a supernatural romance as a consequence of a curse cast in days gone by.
Aided by a beautiful and dangerous ally who herself has mystic gifts he has to ward off paranormal forces as he seeks to unshackle the restraints of the curse. The two lovers are constantly at the mercy of a ruthless family whose interests would be threatened if the the curse were lifted.
Tell us the background for The Curse of Fin Milton about?
Set in modern day London and Cornwall, England, this
paranormal romance follows the quest of a young man, Fin Milton, who carries a
curse that condemns him to a life without the woman he cares for most in the
world unless he can lift it. Fin has supernatural abilities and has never been
able to lead a normal life. Initially he is unaware that he has been living
with the curse or that it would be his destiny to be torn away from his lover
every ten years.
Aided by a beautiful and mystically gifted daughter of a
local family with a history of criminality and violence, Fin has to ward off
paranormal forces as he seeks to unshackle the restraints of the curse that
keeps the two lovers apart.
What inspired you to write The
Curse of Fin Milton?
I had a dream about astral planing (where your conscious
mind is separated from its body) and went to a party at this grand house in
Surrey and met a lovely guy (I used this in the book, albeit briefly, with the
party at Eel Pie Island).
Then, I fell in love and it was like being
hit by a train. It was unreciprocated, which was hard, but I had to get on
with it. I began to think I was cursed because I could not explain why I felt the way I did about him, it made no sense. However, I drew
from this experience and wondered to what extreme could I take this theme: what
if someone was cursed to love someone they couldn’t be with? With this premise
on board, the story snowballed and I started writing it from Fin’s perspective.
It then became his story and it really grew legs, taking on a life of its own.
Describe what you were aiming for with The Curse of Fin Milton?
I wanted plenty of conflict to keep the reader hooked with
lots of punchy dialogue, helping to establish the personalities. I wanted to
create a hidden world where good people live normal lives with concealed
extraordinary abilities, and where bad people with similar powers never get
caught. Hence the talisman/cloak (hiding in the shadow of Etherea) and the
overseers: the Sentries from Etherea – who are like the cosmic police. It then
all tallied with a cold act of revenge and the design of a curse. I created
family trees, which are still growing and will intersect more in Book 2.
There are a lot of
characters. How did you deal with all the personalities? Did you write plan for
each one?
Yes, I did a lot of research on the different personalities.
I have a Facebook page where it will have a list of all the characters and
their attributes, relationships, powers etc. I spent over ten years working on
this and it evolved. I enjoyed it so much, I had a plan for each character. I
wanted to create something big so that it felt multi-dimensional, more real. I
am doing the same for the sequel and there are new characters. In the print
edition there are family trees. These are currently on my Facebook page.
