Black
Wings
By: Iryna K. Combs
Here we are on a new planet, with two new types of people. And with two different types of people, come different opinions, resulting in wars,
and with that come all sorts of new technologies.
Annabel has her mind set to solve everyone’s problems, and
it helps that she has learned what secret the leader has. Annabel thinks
her best bet would be to escape and help her own kind, even if it means in the
end, the loss of her own life. At least if she frees her people from their problems,
her death will have not been in vain.
Luckily, Annabel is successful, and now she can join her people at
the other end of the planet. This is where she plans on making new friends, and
a new start. Here she hopes to find romance, and safely remain free from the
gruesome pain and tortures of the enemy.
Annabel must remain strong, and focused. Her feelings
matter, but must not get in the way. She wants to be a normal everyday person,
with a normal everyday life, but can she let herself settle down, or does she
truly even want to?
As I read this book, "Black Wings" I couldn’t help but sympathize with
Annabel, taking care of her people, and wanting only the best for them. She is
a very strong and focused woman. I give this book “Black Wings” five stars, as
I truly enjoyed the intensity of it, very much so. I was worried, and
distraught, wanting only the best to turn out. This was a truly enjoyable book,
very sentimental. I felt the words like they were meant to be read, truly
emotionally impacting me, every inch of the way!
Here are my questions to Iryna:
1.
Why did you write this book and how long did it take?
"Black
Wings" is written from a dream of mine. The dream that was stuck in my mind. I
kept thinking and developing it further and further. One night I realized: Oh!
I got an exciting story! I have to make into a book! Here is how it all
started: amazing accident that is turning into one of the best things I ever
done.
From
the first word to the “The End” of rough manuscript was about two months in the
writing. Another two months of editing while searching for a publisher and
another two months of working with the publisher for the book to be released.
2.
Do you have any photos or description of Annabel?
In
fact, I do! When writing Black Wings I could perfectly imagine my main heroine
Annabel. When I was in the prosses of creating cover design for my book with
cover artist, the first cover she made did not impress me. I actually told her
that I do not want faces in my book. I guess I was scared to explain how my
Annabel looks like and be misunderstood. But something whispered to me to check
out other covers my designer has made. So I did. And on the bottom of the page
I happen to see one cover that had my imaginary Annabel looking at me. I could
not believe what I saw. I wrote to my designer right away and told her the name
of the book (which happened to be her own). She responded saying she still has
more photos of the same model and when she sent me the new idea for my book, I
fell in love with it! There she was, my Annabel, just like I pictured her. I
ended up loving the idea I did not want before creating the cover. So I think
it is good to have ideas but it is also good to stay open-minded to new things.
3.
Can you describe the character Dexter or provide a photo?
I
honestly searched many time to find somebody close to him but I had bad luck
finding. Dexter is strong, tall, muscular, hot man. He has tanned skin, dark
hair and blue eyes. I did not mention any facial hair, but he could sure have
some. No tattoos, no piercings, no scars. He is handsome enough for any woman
to lose mind over him.
4.
What are you working on now?
At
this point I am working on my next book – realistic Biblical fiction/thriller.
Needless to say I am in the process of studying Bible in order to have a better
understanding of certain things and prophecies. It has been a joy of reading
this book, thankfully I have Parallel Bible that is English and Russian, so
makes it easier for me to understand scriptures. At this point I predict to
have raw manuscript done by the mid spring. I already have a couple beta
readers who are familiar with Bible and who are willing to help me to evaluate
my work. It is exciting, but hard task as I am facing some questions and
challenges making this book as close to prophecies as possible and still
keeping it as fiction.
5.
How long have you been writing?
To
this day it has been only a little over a year. In the end of 2014 I started to
write my first rough ideas of Black Wings. I began with first three chapters,
writing little bit at a time.
6.
Where is your favorite place to write?
It
is my kitchen! It is my favorite place in the whole house. I like to make hot
tea or chocolate, sit in my char (not the most comfortable things in the world
but it works), the smell of dinner soothing me down and I am ready to create!
This
answer of mine was also published in the Georgia Writes Association Magazine
winter issue 2016, page 11. Link is here:
http://issuu.com/exit271georgiawritersresource/docs/winter-2016/1
7.
Did you always want to be a writer when you grew up? If not- what did/do you
want to be when you grow/grew up?
Surprisingly
I never found the writing career enjoyable and something I wanted to do
when growing up. Literature was not my favorite subject and reading was not my
favorite thing to do. I never wrote anything decent in my school life other
than small poems.
Who
did I want to be? A model. And I was modeling for a little while. Still like
photo-shoots though but never have time and a wish for any more modeling.
8.
What all education do you have?
I
have middle school diploma and bachelor degree in finances (economics and
enterprises was the name of my field) from European University of Ukraine.
Self-taught
English, some psychology and body language.
9.
What are your hobbies?
Writing
books when the time and inspiration allow me.
Cooking
new unique dishes and trying new foods. Yes, I love unique and weird new food
experiences.
Making
hand-made jewelry (https://www.facebook.com/IrynasCrafts/)
10.
Please provide us with your social media and book links:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/IrynaKCombs
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/IrynaKCombs
Roane
Publishing: http://www.roanepublishing.com/product-p/bw-01.htm
11.
Anything you'd like to add:
I
want to thank readers for their interest in my book, for their time reading it
and for sharing their thoughts about it. I love to hear from my readers and I value
every review. I never argue the bad once even though I have not had those yet.
But I always learn from every review and honored to know there is somebody is
reading my creation, my book that came from a dream.
Thank
you, Deneale for your questions and for the time corresponding with me.
About the Author:
Originally from the Ukraine, I am still considered a new
face to America. Speaking three languages including English, that became just
as natural to me as my native Russian. I grew up in a town on the south of
Ukraine doing the same things that other kids my age did. Dreaming, hoping and
wishing. Growing up, I spoke absolutely no English and never even saw myself
somewhere abroad. Nevertheless writing a novel in another language! I went to
the local school that brought mostly negative experience in my life. But it
shaped me throughout the years. My college life was much better. I was known to
study well and to go out partying as much as it was possible. In my first year
of college I began to work in the marriage agency and met my future husband. We
dated and traveled to most of the Europe along with Egypt.
When I finally got my fiancée visa, we both moved to the states, where soon after, got married. In the first few years I did some modeling and acting. Photo-shoots, run-way and photo in the magazine fulfilled my childhood's dream. A few years later I became a mother of a wonderful and most handsome little boy. Along with learning and experiencing motherhood, I began to make hand-made jewelry and organic soaps. This hobby turned into my small business and became bigger than I thought it would. In the last year I discovered: an author lives inside me. Never did I think that I would write an English book and that I would love doing it. But I did! And I loved it! For more about Iryna K Combs and her novel Black Wings visit her website: http://ireneangel333.wix.com/blackwings
When I finally got my fiancée visa, we both moved to the states, where soon after, got married. In the first few years I did some modeling and acting. Photo-shoots, run-way and photo in the magazine fulfilled my childhood's dream. A few years later I became a mother of a wonderful and most handsome little boy. Along with learning and experiencing motherhood, I began to make hand-made jewelry and organic soaps. This hobby turned into my small business and became bigger than I thought it would. In the last year I discovered: an author lives inside me. Never did I think that I would write an English book and that I would love doing it. But I did! And I loved it! For more about Iryna K Combs and her novel Black Wings visit her website: http://ireneangel333.wix.com/blackwings
Black Wings by Iryna K. CombsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Here we are on a new planet, with two new types of people. And with two different types of people, come different opinions, resulting in wars, and with that come all sorts of new technologies.
Annabel has her mind set to solve everyone’s problems, and it helps that she has learned what secret the leader has. Annabel thinks her best bet would be to escape and help her own kind, even if it means in the end, the loss of her own life. At least if she frees her people from their problems, her death will have not been in vain.
Luckily, Annabel is successful, and now she can join her people at the other end of the planet. This is where she plans on making new friends, and a new start. Here she hopes to find romance, and safely remain free from the gruesome pain and tortures of the enemy.
Annabel must remain strong, and focused. Her feelings matter, but must not get in the way. She wants to be a normal everyday person, with a normal everyday life, but can she let herself settle down, or does she truly even want to?
As I read this book, "Black Wings" I couldn’t help but sympathize with Annabel, taking care of her people, and wanting only the best for them. She is a very strong and focused woman. I give this book “Black Wings” five stars, as I truly enjoyed the intensity of it, very much so. I was worried, and distraught, wanting only the best to turn out. This was a truly enjoyable book, very sentimental. I felt the words like they were meant to be read, truly emotionally impacting me, every inch of the way!
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