“In the Sleep of Death”
A Supernatural Victorian Fantasy
Eloping with the Necromancer was her first mistake. Running from the posse was her second.
How can Lorena break free of her husband’s dark magic when he is able to enter her mind and read her thoughts?
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I assumed I could get away with writing my villain’s speech based on what I THOUGHT German people sounded like in the movies. I was wrong.
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My advice to aspiring writers: You will never find time to write. You have to make time.
Kimberly Van Ginkel is a published novelist living in the Midwest.
Her debut novel, “In the Sleep of Death ,” has been described as “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell” meets “The Ten Thousand Doors of January.”