What is the working title of your book?
— The Hourglass Bridge. (I’ve also got the
working cover, the working blog, the working movie trailer and even the working
camera angles and theme song for the final scene in the working finale of the
working series. Some say I’m obsessive… I say leave me alone, I’m working).
Where did the idea come from for the book?
— As I
touched on in my #GUTGAA meet
& greet post, I woke up seeing a girl find a magic book and unknowingly
summon a young witch and wizard into her room. But I had to ask, why was the
book there? A: Because someone put it there. But why? A: Because they needed
her. But why? (Yeah, I was one of those kids. Even I want to give young-me a
wedgie). Anyway eventually I changed the book to an hourglass and developed an
entire plot… as well as a debilitating crush on an imaginary sixteen-year-old
from the sixteenth century.
Just my luck.
What genre does your book fall under?
— YA historical urban fantasy with a mystery bent
and a hint of romantic suspense, written to outsell 50 Shades of The Hunger Games and be made into ten movies. (Now, if I could just pitch that to an agent,
they’ll be thrilled...)
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a
movie rendition?
— Johnathan Rhys Myers as my crush’s tutor. Steven R. MacQueen as the MC’s
twin brother. Gary Oldman as an important old guy I don’t have room to explain
here. Daniel Craig as the king. Ian McKellan and Michael Gambon as the time
keepers. Eva Green as the antagonist, and so on...
Not that I’ve thought about it, though.
What is the one-sentence short synopsis of your book?
—Hauled into sixteenth century Wales, a shy, teenage history buff must
embrace the destructive powers she never knew she had, to protect her ancestors
from a war she doesn’t know she started.
Also, there are slugs.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an
agency?
— Depends whether you mean in
my mind or in real life. :P Haha in all seriousness I’ve only sent out about
four queries so I’m hoping for an agent, but I am extremely passionate about marketing
(hence building this entire blog around book marketing and promotion) so I’m
working on my author platform and look forward to the challenge of self-publishing
if that’s the way life takes me.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your
manuscript?
— Five months, and as soon as I
finished and read it I decided there was more to tell before those events, so I
threw it away and started another, which also took five months. I did all this
in between travel, university, playing in a band and having a job, and by the
end I had broken the Guinness world record for being the first person to go
without sleep for one year straight. I’ve since spent two years editing, and slowly
going insane.
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
—Um, I thought everyone
would have been sold on the slugs. No? Geez, tough crowd. Ok, how about the
last line of the entire book? You ready? You sure? Well here it is…
The end.*
And now, time to tag three more GUTGAA-ERS! I pick…
@abswrites from over at http://myupsndowns.wordpress.com/
@julianalbrandt from over at http://julianalbrandt.com/blog/
and finally… I’ll pick from whoever tags themselves
here today in the comment box. OK? Go!
*Disclaimer: Not actually the last line. Sorry. I was counting on the slugs.
