User:Isaiyan

Q and A
Is Isaiyan Morrison your real name?

No. It’s a name I chose because my real name is really hard to pronounce. The first name was something I just came up with and the last name comes from Jim Morrison, the lead singer from The Doors. I’m a big Doors fan.

How did you come up “Deamhan?”

It started over 12 years ago. I was out of high school and working at a comic book/porno shop (yes, it’s a weird combination.) I’ve always loved dark fiction and horror novels. I read a lot of Anne Rice, Stephen King, and other non horror including Jack Kerouac and Toni Morrison. I love history and one day I started researching vampires. I was amazed at the different types of vampires there were out there so I decided to write about them.

I didn’t start writing the book overnight. I researched for months and when I was finally ready, I started to write. It was called “Macabre” and the characters were different. I wrote the book in first person. Later I joined the military and the book remained in my closet for about four years.

After I left the military, I started writing the book again. Eventually I finished it and submitted to publishers where it was picked up by a certain publisher I care not to name. I waited and the publisher folded. Upset, I wrote the book again, changing it into 3rd POV, changing the title, and the names of Deamhan clans. I submitted again and after two years, it was finally picked up by Rainstorm Press to be released in mid 2013.







