(Note: I wrote most of this post for the romcom blog)
I am quite sad I have missed The Sorcerer’s Apprentice on the big screen. I know that Nicolas Cage’s track record varies a lot, but ever since Wild at Heart, for me he can do no wrong.
I love everything magic: wizards, sorcery, witches, you name it. I love Merlin, Gandalf , Morgan, Samantha of Bewitched and every character who can cast a spell. These days I’m even addicted to watching the Wizards of Waverly Place with my kids.
I think my love affair with sorcerers started when I was a kid and read (and reread) a French historical series called Angélique by Anne and Serge Golon. Set in the 17th century, the series featured a heroine whose one true love was her first husband, a count and alchemist who was left limping after a brush with the inquisition and that she believes dead for a big part of the series until she is reunited with him after many adventures. He was older and wise and yes, very sexy.
Later in my teen, I fell for a powerful wizard from the first Dragonlance series written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. This wizard, called Raistlin Majere, is physically weak but extremely powerful. And maybe that is why I love wizards and sorcerers so much, it’s their powers that make them so alluring.
There is a great scene in one of the Harry Potter movie where Snape dramatically enters the classroom, his robes billowing behind him as he closes the window shutters with one flick of his wand. I love that scene. So much power! How can I not fall for Snape there! I know, he’s a little creepy, but I always liked the underdog. When Harry Potter screams his Patronus charm –yells Expecto Patronum in the dark forest — in yet another very intense scene of a Harry Potter movie, I can see how enticing he will become as a grown wizard.
It’s no wonder I chose to make ANCIENT WHISPERS heroes sorcerers. Not only they possess this incredible magical power, but these modern wizards are also tall, strong and extremely handsome. Most were warriors in their time and learned magic as they became immortal in order to find their lost soulmates who are now reborn in modern time.
Replacing wizard’s robes with long coats that hide the magical components needed for their spells and the enchanted dagger that cuts through various dimensions, these sorcerers are everything I always dreamed of: strong, sexy, and powerful, very powerful. They make a woman want to hide in their arms, absolutely protected from anything within the safety of their coats, their masculine scent enveloping them like an overwhelming yet enticing shadow.
And since I like sexy, I had to think of how magic could be used for seduction. And I’m not talking love spells of attraction here. I’m talking full use of magic “within the moment”.
When I started to write about my sorcerers, each deadly, haunted by a tortured past, I hadn’t read any modern romance with wizard, sorcerer or alchemist hero. I am sure they exit and I’d love to find more. Just last month I discovered Jim Butcher’s series the Dresden files. When I read on the book cover that it was like a wizard Robert B Parker book, I knew I had to read the series (I’m a Robert B. Parker addict). I bought the first one and wasn’t disappointed. I’m waiting impatiently for the next ones in the series which I just ordered. And now it looks like I have to wait for the DVD to be able to lust over Baltazar Blake. I know some critiques haven’t been kind but for me, Nicolas Cage… in a big long coat, casting spells! What’s not to love!
SONG OF THE DAY: Just Dance by Lady Gaga
STATUS: Doing a whole lot of writerly things today including over 2000 words on Steam Witch and writing the backstory of my hero Captain Asher Blackmore.
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