Ask the Author: Rin Hoshigumo
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Rin Hoshigumo
For summer 2020, Zoo Of The Dead And Other Horrific Tales, by Iseult Murphy.
Rin Hoshigumo
Being able to create my own stories.
Rin Hoshigumo
Hm. Gus was the first character who came to me. I saw him dressed in black, black-haired, white-skinned, with pale green eyes, sitting in a casement, his knees drawn up to his chest, with the pale light of a cool, cloudy afternoon shining upon him. Initially, his name was Hiver (pronounced as HEE-vuh, like a corruption of the French word for winter). I think the influence behind this image was an illustration of Snow White's mother in a Ladybird book that my mother read to me as a preschooler. Like her, Hiver was dreaming of something that he wanted, but did not exist.
Originally, Hiver was fifteen. He went to stay with his Uncle Julian, who lived in a mansion in the middle of the desert. Hiver fell for Julian's wife, Claudia, whom he viewed as beautiful and underappreciated. The truth was, she was just bored and availed herself of Hiver because he was attractive and made himself available to her. But her love was for Julian. And by the end of the summer, Hiver was heartbroken and disillusioned.
That was the original story. But it's been turned upside down and inside out so that now, it's a very different beast.
Films that have influenced this novel are The Howling, Chiller and The Deep End (with John Moulder-Brown and Jane Asher). There was also a dream that I had about a young man whom I met at Warwick University sometime in the early '90s, who slept in a very bizarre...You'll find out when you read the book.
Originally, Hiver was fifteen. He went to stay with his Uncle Julian, who lived in a mansion in the middle of the desert. Hiver fell for Julian's wife, Claudia, whom he viewed as beautiful and underappreciated. The truth was, she was just bored and availed herself of Hiver because he was attractive and made himself available to her. But her love was for Julian. And by the end of the summer, Hiver was heartbroken and disillusioned.
That was the original story. But it's been turned upside down and inside out so that now, it's a very different beast.
Films that have influenced this novel are The Howling, Chiller and The Deep End (with John Moulder-Brown and Jane Asher). There was also a dream that I had about a young man whom I met at Warwick University sometime in the early '90s, who slept in a very bizarre...You'll find out when you read the book.
Rin Hoshigumo
Honestly, initially, I just liked filling in beautiful white paper with my writing. I liked writing in colours other than standard blue and black. Basically, I like making my mark on things.
Rin Hoshigumo
Hm. I've started work on two stories, one of which was originally about werecreatures and the other of which is a sci-fi, set in another galaxy. I have said that I'll concentrate on the latter, but really, maybe I'll work on them both! After all, I am a gemini.
Rin Hoshigumo
Do it. Keep doing it. Make time for it. I started my novel in the third semester of my nursing course and finished the first draft shortly after graduating. (FYI I studied between three to five hours a day six days a week.)
Rin Hoshigumo
I don't know if I've ever had this. The main difficulty with starting The Nighttide Of Summerlong (whose seed took root in my imagination in '89, when I was in the fifth form of my senior school) was finding the right place to start from. Because the ostensible starting point isn't necessarily the actual starting point. it's about finding the right vein of emotion from which to draw blood to animate the scene. Miss that vein and the scene will never come to life.
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