Elisa Nuckle is
a twenty-something fantasy and science fiction novelist. It's always
been her dream to chase ideas down and put them into concrete words.
Currently, she's undergoing enlightenment at a community college in
Houston, Texas, and plans on getting an English major in the
hopefully-not-too-distant future.
Lilia is a genetically altered human - a modified - with special animal
instincts and abilities. She is half wolf under the microscope, and it
shows.
When Lilia learns about a growing threat against all modified, she leaves home for the first time to join a militia that, like her and her family, survive in the outskirts of the intolerant Greater Cities of the East.
Their enemies? The Eighth General and the ever-expanding devolved, degenerate modified that are mindless killers, blind instinct and rage in human form. When chaos erupts in the First City, Lilia and her allies must choose: help a government in the business of killing their kind, or defend someone in the business of killing everyone else?
Dominant Race is a 32,000 word novella and the first book in the Modified Trilogy.
When Lilia learns about a growing threat against all modified, she leaves home for the first time to join a militia that, like her and her family, survive in the outskirts of the intolerant Greater Cities of the East.
Their enemies? The Eighth General and the ever-expanding devolved, degenerate modified that are mindless killers, blind instinct and rage in human form. When chaos erupts in the First City, Lilia and her allies must choose: help a government in the business of killing their kind, or defend someone in the business of killing everyone else?
Dominant Race is a 32,000 word novella and the first book in the Modified Trilogy.
Do you write under your actual name or a pen name, and is there any special
meaning behind your name?
Both, actually. I write some side genres under a pen name and fantasy and science fiction under my real name, Elisa Nuckle.
Both, actually. I write some side genres under a pen name and fantasy and science fiction under my real name, Elisa Nuckle.
What are the names
of your main characters and what can you tell us about them?
The main characters in Dominant Race are Lilia, Avari, Owen, Damon, and Carm. Lilia and Co. as I call them, haha. They are all modified.
Modified
are genetically enhanced humans that have basically been "modified"
with animal DNA to give them special abilities and instincts (think of
the newest Spider-Man movie and all that gene talk and this is basically
it). So they all interact with each other in really interesting ways.
Whining, head rubbing, nipping at each other. Typical animal behaviors
just in people format.
Lilia
is a really headstrong woman who has been sheltered from the chaos that
is the modified existence. Modified aren't allowed in the Cities --
advanced metropolitan areas walled off from the poor environment around
them and governed by a single General. When all of those issues come
knocking on her door, she chooses to go explore the world for the first
time, and it has some serious repercussions. She's a wolf modified, so
she has some wolf abilities and physical features (golden eyes in
particular).
Avari,
Damon, and Carm, on the other hand, are rebel modified defenders and
are very experienced fighters. Avari is another wolf modified while
Damon is a snow leopard modified and Carm is a tiger modified. Cats have
different instincts and abilities, so those two tend to be less social
and more isolated.
All
modified characters have been really fun to write. Thinking outside of
the box about how they see reality has been a big challenge -- and a fun
one!
Do their names have
special significance to your story or were they just names that you liked?
Uh, Lilia's name is a goof on her parents' part. They found an old relic
plaque that said "Lilia Lass of '09" and decided to name their kid Lass
or Lilia, depending on gender. Later when the plaque was cleaned up
(which took a lot of work because it's centuries old) they realized it
said "Lilian Class of '09."
Everyone else is just preference.
Thanks for stopping by, Elisa!
Pleasure to be here. I appreciate you taking the time to interview me. :)
What are some
fictional names of places where your characters’ stories unfold?
Hughes is a major place. It's one of the Cities, and where a lot of
events unfold. It's located in the Tennessee area, just hundreds and
hundreds of years in the future (after an apocalyptic end of sorts)
How did you choose
the names for your fictional settings? Do they have special significance?
All the major Cities are a play on currently major cities or locations now. Hughes, for example, is a play on Houston. Ashing is just W-ashing-ton, and so on.
All the major Cities are a play on currently major cities or locations now. Hughes, for example, is a play on Houston. Ashing is just W-ashing-ton, and so on.
Thanks for stopping by, Elisa!
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