Author Interview: Kody Boye

[image error] You can find out more about Kody, his writing, and links to purchase his books by visiting his site: http://kodyboye.com/


Tell us a little about yourself.

            Tostart, my name is Kody Boye. I was inspired to start writing when a teacherassigned an object-specific writing assignment when I was seven years old.Fast-forward seven years and my first story, [A] Prom Queen's Revenge, was published, and three years after thatmy first novel Sunrise (which has nowjust been rereleased) was published. I moved to Austin in the month of May 2010due to a variety of reasons and have been here since.
Can you give a brief summary of what Bloodis about?


[image error]             Thequick and dirty response would be that Bloodis about a young man who wants to join the military. To expand upon that, thenovel is about how, due to being magically-gifted, our main character, OdinKarussa, is conscripted into the royal pagehood to train as a knight after ahigh mage of the Ornalan court decrees him beneficial to the king's army.

What inspired you to write this book?


            I initially wrote Blood (and the three original books thatencompass the overall story arc) between the ages of twelve to fourteen. Itried to pick it up a second time after 2007 but failed miserably. However,come time for 2009, I had a brain tumour scare that could have possiblyaffected my writing, so I wrote an anxiety and panic-ridden draft of the firstchapter the night before I was to go meet with a neurosurgeon. Turns out thescare was nothing more than a bruise on the brain and I'm still writing to thisday.
What was the biggest challenge you facedwriting Blood?


            I think the challengeof writing any fantasy story is sculpting your characters and your world. Goinginto The Brotherhood universe again,I had a variety of things to think about, mainly geography and just where allthey would be traveling. I spent a week drawing a map that displayed thenorthwestern world and from there expanded upon the idea. While I did rewrite Blood in 2009, I rewrote it anadditional time in 2011 because I wasn't satisfied with the writing. This majorrevision point was also where I noticed some of the bigger flaws in thebeginning, which I fixed thanks to my amazing editor.
Why do you think people should read your book?


            Ithink people would enjoy Blood basedon the fact that it's a very character-driven novel. One of the major things Iwanted to do when I started writing the saga was make it easy to read, easy tounderstand and easy for the reader to imagine. The world the series is set inis broad in scope (as are the cultures and histories,) but it never overburdensthe reader (so far as the feedback's told me, anyhow.) One of my major pointswas to not jar the reader out of the story by introducing a random term thatmeant nothing to the context of the story (i.e, making a complex system ofnames for a high mage when they could just be called a 'high mage,' etc.) Forthe most part, I think I succeeded.
What are the future plans in writing?

            My futureplans for writing is to (hopefully) make enough money off it to substantiate myincome. I have just finished the first draft of the fourth Brotherhood novel, Rebel. Afterward, I will resume writingmy YA M/M urban fantasy novel with my friend Rhiannon Frater. As of now I'm notsure if I will be writing the fifth and final Brotherhood novel after I finishme and Miss Frater's novel, though I'm sure it will come sometime in the monthsfollowing that (most likely this year as well.)


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