Thomas White began his career as an actor. Several years later he
found himself as an Artistic Director for a theatre in Southern California and
the winner of several Drama-Logue and Critics awards for directing. As Tom’s
career grew, he directed and co-produced the world tour of “The Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells”. The show toured for over two years,
was translated into seven different languages and seen by over a million
children. Tom served as President and Creative Director for Maiden Lane
Entertainment for 24 years and worked on many large-scale corporate event
productions that included Harley Davidson, Microsoft, Medtronic Diabetes, and
dozens of others. The Siren’s Scream is Tom’s second novel that follows up
Justice Rules which was nominated as a finalist in the Pacific Northwest
Writers Association 2010 Literary contest.
Visit his website at www.thomas-white-author.com or
connect with him at Twitter and Facebook.
Where did you
grow up?
Tough question
for me always. I was not a military brat but I’ve lived all over. Born in Lowell, MA. Went to grade school through 6th grade in Rockville, CT. Moved to Scottsdale AZ for 7th grade through high school, and I guess that’s
where I consider to be my hometown. Went to Univ. of AZ for two years in Tucson and then finally moved to San Diego where my heart told me I was home. I
lived in So Cal for 25 years until I was married with kids starting school and
we moved to Spokane, WA for 20 years. I now live in Las Vegas. Whew!
That was a fact dump if ever I saw one.
When did you
begin writing?
In the 90’s two
things happened. The first, I began traveling all over the world for work as a
corporate event producer. The second, the invention of the laptop.
My greatest motivating factor when it comes to writing is boredom. Sitting on a
plane for hours on end became my fortress of solitude. I would open the laptop
and start to write. It was random at first but soon I developed a storyline and
then I had a manuscript and then I realized how bad it was, so I stuck it away
for a decade. I wrote for work, video scripts and executive speeches, but it was
hardly anything tremendously creative.
What is this book
about?
About 490 pages.
Just kidding.
The Thornton Mansion with the giant tide pool in the backyard has terrorized
Santa Cruz for over a century. Throughout the years there have been dire and
mysterious deaths connected with it. It is now Darcy Wainwright's turn to face
the perils of the mansion. The mansion becomes her first sale as a novice
realtor, and she becomes intricately and inevitably connected to the house and the pool.
It is the pool
that beckons her, and it is the pool that would decide if she lives or dies.
What inspired you
to write it?
I was sitting on
a dock at a lake and there were fish swimming beneath me. A slight altercation
between them sent one poor fish darting away and, as he did, he flipped over so that the rainbow underbelly was exposed. The image intrigued me
and led me down the path of mermaids and sirens. But as we all know, the mermaid
myth is as old as time, and I struggled with a new way to approach it. Awhile
later, and I do mean a while, probably several years, I was at a family dinner
with a particularly challenging sister and it occurred to me; do mermaids have
families? Is there a siren lineage? Where do mermaids come from and how are
they created?
After considering
the perceived differences of mermaids, the beautiful vixens of the sea with
their puka shell bras and soft flowing hair, compared to sirens who viciously
lure sailors to their death, a story began to emerge that answered a lot of the
lineage questions and led me to a fresh perspective of these mythical creatures
and I discovered a possible answer on how they came to be.
How is it similar
to other books in its genre? How is it different?
Well, its similar
in that there is an ominous evil that pursues our heroine. Imminent danger is
always around the corner. The origin of this evil I believe is unique in that
the story is not set in the ocean and the origins of the siren are quite
different from mythology. I have also been told lately that it is quite
sensual, sexy. I never intended that but there it is.
What is the most
important thing readers can learn from your book?
Don’t get
impregnated by your brother-in-law and then kill your sister. Bad karma all the
way around.
Where can readers
purchase a copy?
Thomas-white-author.com
https://www.amazon.com/Sirens-Scream-Thomas-White/dp/1088067816
What is up next
for you?
I wrote a
screenplay that was never produced a while back, and I have recently discovered
that it will make a wonderful novel. It’s an amazing experience writing in the two genres. In a screenplay, you write action and dialogue. All the
scenic elements, the costumes, the character’s movements, everything visual are
left to others on the creative staff. Now, I get to go back and write it the way I
would have directed it with the vivid descriptions and character motivations
that are in my head and not on the page.
Book Information
Release
Date: October 5, 2022
Publisher:
Savvy Books
Soft
Cover: ISBN: 978-1088067819; 480 pages; $21.14
Barnes
& Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sirens-scream-thomas-white/1142494493?ean=9781088067819
Purchase
your copy at the author’s website: https://thomas-white-author.com/
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