Ten Questions for the Next Big Thing
Well it seems I've been tagged by the lovely Jaclyn Aurore in a blogging chain dubbed "Ten Questions for the Next Big Thing". Me, the next big thing? Aww, how sweet you are. Just kidding of course. But I'm happy to participate.
These questions are about the first book in my Lost Princess Series, The Journey Home. So after I do my part I'm supposed to pick five other victims, I mean friends, to tag. Hmmm...who will it be....
I know your just dying to know, but you'll have to read to the end to find out who. No cheating now.
1. What is the working title of your book?
The Journey Home : A Lost Princess Novel (The first in the Lost Princess Trilogy. Olmosis Returns and Fight for Stiros are the others. Still working on them.)
2. Where did the idea for the book come from?
Well, that's kind of a funny story. Back in high school (too many years ago to admit) my best friend and I had an astronomy class together. Our big final project was to pick a particular constellation, write a paper on it and then give a presentation to the class. (The only presentation I was any good at mind you.) The constellation I picked was Orion. My friend and I were working on it during class and discovered that on my arm you could clearly pick out the constellation Orion in my freckles. Weird, I know. We presented our findings to the teacher amidst giggles. He just looked at us funny and sent us back to our work. Years later, it was that story that gave inspiration to the Lost Princess books. There is also an inside joke between my sister and I that we were beemed down from outerspace.
3. What genre does it fall under?
Science Fiction and Fantasy mostly but I've been told it's Young Adult as well.
4. What actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
*For Maxeon, Chris Hemsworth. Yeah, I already had that one pegged pretty much from the start.
*Isabella/Anne...I have no earthly idea. Maybe Megan Fox looks wise but for personality, I'm not sure. I'll have to contemplate that some more.
*For Fanora, Emma Stone. No doubt.
*I always had this image of Roger Rees from Robin Hood Men in Tights as Drakeon. I realize he's much to old to play the part but still, that's who I envisioned.
5. What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
A science fiction tale of war, turmoil, love, redemption and the girl caught in the middle.
6. Will your book be self-published or be represented by an agency?
I tried the whole self published thing and found that I leaped before I looked. So I kind of back tracked and went to Authonomy in hopes of one day finding an agent.
7. How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?
You know I don't actually remember specifically (I have a terrible memory) but I think it was around six months or so.
8. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I have no idea and any attempts to compare it would make me seem egotistical so I will not even go there.
9. Who or what inspired you to write this book?
Several people actually. Namely my hubby, sister and best friend. I exchanged ideas mostly with my best friend and my hubby though. My sis isn't into the whole science fiction thing as much. I'm the nerd of our family.
10. What else about the book might pique the reader’s interest?
If you like stories with wormhole travel through a portal hidden in the sands of Egypt, in front of one of the Great Pyramids of Giza, to a world vaguely reminiscent of the ages of Kings and Queens on Earth, where a young woman has to fight to regain the throne and then is met with a challenge so outrageous that I had to leave you with a monstrous cliff hanger and write a whole other book about it, then it's the book for you.
And we're at the end. Time for the mystery to be unveiled...
These people have been tagged by me (There almost all the same people Queen Jac did but that's only because we run in the same circle, so to speak.)
Claire C. Riley
Adam Oster
Ryanne Gumfory
Michael Matula
K A Perkins
These questions are about the first book in my Lost Princess Series, The Journey Home. So after I do my part I'm supposed to pick five other victims, I mean friends, to tag. Hmmm...who will it be....
I know your just dying to know, but you'll have to read to the end to find out who. No cheating now.
1. What is the working title of your book?
The Journey Home : A Lost Princess Novel (The first in the Lost Princess Trilogy. Olmosis Returns and Fight for Stiros are the others. Still working on them.)
2. Where did the idea for the book come from?
Well, that's kind of a funny story. Back in high school (too many years ago to admit) my best friend and I had an astronomy class together. Our big final project was to pick a particular constellation, write a paper on it and then give a presentation to the class. (The only presentation I was any good at mind you.) The constellation I picked was Orion. My friend and I were working on it during class and discovered that on my arm you could clearly pick out the constellation Orion in my freckles. Weird, I know. We presented our findings to the teacher amidst giggles. He just looked at us funny and sent us back to our work. Years later, it was that story that gave inspiration to the Lost Princess books. There is also an inside joke between my sister and I that we were beemed down from outerspace.
3. What genre does it fall under?
Science Fiction and Fantasy mostly but I've been told it's Young Adult as well.
4. What actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
*For Maxeon, Chris Hemsworth. Yeah, I already had that one pegged pretty much from the start.
*Isabella/Anne...I have no earthly idea. Maybe Megan Fox looks wise but for personality, I'm not sure. I'll have to contemplate that some more.
*For Fanora, Emma Stone. No doubt.
*I always had this image of Roger Rees from Robin Hood Men in Tights as Drakeon. I realize he's much to old to play the part but still, that's who I envisioned.
5. What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
A science fiction tale of war, turmoil, love, redemption and the girl caught in the middle.
6. Will your book be self-published or be represented by an agency?
I tried the whole self published thing and found that I leaped before I looked. So I kind of back tracked and went to Authonomy in hopes of one day finding an agent.
7. How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?
You know I don't actually remember specifically (I have a terrible memory) but I think it was around six months or so.
8. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I have no idea and any attempts to compare it would make me seem egotistical so I will not even go there.
9. Who or what inspired you to write this book?
Several people actually. Namely my hubby, sister and best friend. I exchanged ideas mostly with my best friend and my hubby though. My sis isn't into the whole science fiction thing as much. I'm the nerd of our family.
10. What else about the book might pique the reader’s interest?
If you like stories with wormhole travel through a portal hidden in the sands of Egypt, in front of one of the Great Pyramids of Giza, to a world vaguely reminiscent of the ages of Kings and Queens on Earth, where a young woman has to fight to regain the throne and then is met with a challenge so outrageous that I had to leave you with a monstrous cliff hanger and write a whole other book about it, then it's the book for you.
And we're at the end. Time for the mystery to be unveiled...
These people have been tagged by me (There almost all the same people Queen Jac did but that's only because we run in the same circle, so to speak.)
Claire C. Riley
Adam Oster
Ryanne Gumfory
Michael Matula
K A Perkins
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