Featured Interview With Victor L. Lockwood
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Victor L. Lockwood and I am an author, a digital artist, a web designer and a criminologist. I was born and raised in Spain, always surrounded by cats and dogs, and I can say that, despite loving to travel, I still remain at the same place – cats and dogs included.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
It started during my teens, when I began aching for a refuge from the world around me. I had tried a few times to write something down but it took me a bit to find my voice. The first steps where when I was sixteen, that’s when I finished my first novel.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’ve quite enjoyed reading Agatha Christie, Paul Sussman and Phillip Margolin. Despite me loving to write high fantasy, most of what I have read are thrillers and mystery novels. I love the suspense of diving into a murder mystery and trying to figure out how it happened, why or who is the culprit, especially when they are accurate – the criminologist in me feels particularly satisfied.
On the other hand, and even if horror is not my go to, Lovecraft has managed to capture me with many of his stories.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Empire of Ravens is the first book of a series called Chronicles of Fenirion. It is a high fantasy story with classic elements like witches, mages, elves or dragons and fantastical lands to take your breath away!
It tells the story of Valora Rhen – the Lightwielder – who finds herself on a mission to stop a sect of evil witches from surrendering the world to their wicked deity. Dinah and Nathan, a fenirian witch and a bard, join her in this heroic quest, not realizing how much their past will compromise their future…
If you enjoy worldbuilding and complex characters, then it is the story for you. Despite the fantasy setting and the magical touches, these characters are meant to be human, relatable, and this story delves on topics like the sense of belonging, finding home, figuring one’s identity or accepting oneself.
This journey took me two years to finish, and I poured all I had in it. My own struggles, the love, the pain, the sadness and the hope and hoplessness. But also my experiences, from little moments in an ordinary day to the inspiration I’ve gotten from travelling – particularly, Edinburgh and Scotland.
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