A Week of Secrets Revealed...

Christine Fonseca, Author

Welcome to a very exciting week filled with secrets, mystery and intrigue. Okay, that may be a little over-dramatic, but you get the point.

I am using this week to reveal secrets about me, my upcoming YA psychological thriller, TRANSCEND, and other bookish news…
All culminating with the reveal of the cover for Transcend, by far the BEST cover I have seen yet by CP Designs and Compass Press. I am so dang excited to share it with you!

So, to start things, I thought I’d share a little musical tribute to Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, the inspiration behind TRANSCEND. This is a rock version by Nightwish, and captures some of the creeptastic macabre qualities of the story:

Man, I never get tired of the music – the classic and the rock versions! In fact, music has a very special special place in this book. Ien, the main character, is a gifted composer. And Kiera, his beloved – she is a virtuoso violinist. Later this week I’ll bring two other videos of the violin music that inspired many scenes in the book.

But today’s secret is about me and the writing of this book. This book was originally an exercise is releasing my inner editor, nothing more. Written days and weeks after my mother’s death, I was an emotional train wreck. I was incapable of writing anything. Heck, I was pretty much incapable of doing anything other than breathing.

Caught up in the throes of crazy raw emotions, I decided to channel that angst into a series of character studies. I tackled the major emotions of love, anger, revenge, lust, and despair through daily journal entries. It was seriously nothing but word vomit…
How it every became this novel – one that is special to me in ways I can’t express, is beyond me. But I am thankful for it.

For those who have come to love the Requiem series, this will be a HUGE departure. Darker and more twisted than that series, this is truly my foray into the macabre.


I can’t wait to see what you guys think of it. And another secret – or rather a confession – I am TERRIFIED of what you all will think of it. (breathe in…breathe out. Breathe in…breathe out.)


Okay, enough terrifying confessions for one day…come on back tomorrow to learn a little something about the characters of Transcend and THEIR secrets and fantasies. In the meantime, check out my massive giveaway this week. Enter for a chance to win all sorts of Transcend related sway, including an annotated unbound galley. WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!!!

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