Lauren Hodge

Biography

I'm Lauren Hodge, a chemist turned author with three children, a lot of friends no one else can see, and a swearing habit. Writing is something I stumbled into on accident. I was reading fiction for the first time as an adult and wondered if I could do it. It never crossed my mind to publish until my twin got a hold of my manuscripts and pressured me into it like the cool drug seeking kid from the After School Specials.

Because of that, my books are different. I don't write because I have a story to tell. I write because there is a story inside my head and it's merely using my fingers to get out. I enjoy writing protagonists that are flawed and enemies that aren't. Not everyone is all good or all bad and I love the philosophical process of defining that grey area.

There are two parts of communication. What is articulated and what is received for only the latter can compel action. You, the reader, are more important than me, the author. I relish understanding what you receive from my articulation. To help with that, I have editors - lots and lots of editors. Editors are the heroes authors need, but not the heroes they deserve. As an author, I strive every day to be worthy of professional editors.

I'm the oldest of seven and have an identical twin/perfect organ donor.

Books

Discordia - Short Stories from The Golden Apple of Discord
Price: Free! Words: 25,050. Language: English. Published: July 1, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
(5.00 from 1 review)
In every novel there are stories that shouldn't be told in one manuscript. In the first book of The Discord Trilogy, we meet witches, vampires, and governments. Together these characters create a layered and complex world that leaves us wanting more. Discordia is a collection of behind the scene stories that give us a second course at a banquet The Golden Apple of Discord started.
Rubicon
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 90,710. Language: English. Published: July 1, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
Tara's body survived abomination, not her mind. Strangled from within by Verus's accumulated memories, Taralie struggles under the weight of so many conciseness inside her mind. The Noricum are not idle, nor are they forgiving, hunting the Severins relentlessly and declaring open war. The Severin coven must choose between defending the Milunfran witches protecting humanity or their own extinction.
Abomination
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 83,650. Language: English. Published: July 1, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Taralie Severin has secured a non-aggression pact with the rulers of the vampire world, the Noricum. But when an encounter with vampires goes wrong, the Severin coven’s fragile amnesty with the Noricum is destroyed. With the supremacy of their rule challenged, the Noricum set out to restore the balance of power, leaving the Severin family two choices. Die on their feet, or live on their knees.
The Golden Apple of Discord
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 93,330. Language: English. Published: July 1, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Taralie Severin and her three sisters are a powerful coven of modern-day witches who banish mythical creatures. But when Taralie is kidnapped and changed by vampires the sisters become fugitives from both their kind and vampires alike. Ignorant and hunted, Taralie becomes entangled with a others in hiding from the vamperic government, learning she could end a thousand-year-old civil war.