Article: There are some characters who...

There are some characters who will haunt a writer until their story is told. Raven Callahan was one such character.

She was born from a One-Page Workshop exercise at my local writing chapter where she fended off an attacker in an underwater cave. Call it intuition or inspiration, I decided that psychic touch was the edge Raven needed to be a world-class art thief and give her a humanity she didn’t always welcome. Fearless, capable and fiercely independent, I knew I had a character I would never forget. But when the workshop was over, I filed her scene into the "Someday" folder on my desk as other obligations called.

For three years, Raven waited impatiently for me to create a story worthy of her courage and skill, full of high-stakes adventure, danger and a hero who would challenge her at every turn, yet accept her just the way she was. The one man she couldn’t walk away from. Enter David Maddox, an ex-cop surviving on guilt and vengeance. With nothing left to lose, he needed redemption as much as Raven did, even if she would never admit it. They would learn the hard way that the only thing they could depend on was each other.

But I have to admit that half the fun of writing this book was the opportunity to research some remarkable locales I have always wanted to visit myself. From the excitement of Miami to the tropical paradise of Key West to the sultry heat of Havana, I made their adventure mine.

So now their story is told in SIGHT UNSEEN, and although my "Someday" file doesn't look much smaller, Raven Callahan can finally rest. Enjoy!

Copyright © 2007 by Samantha Graves