Ten Questions with…Rachael Horsma
Oh dear, I apologize to both my readers and my author for being a day late on this! I was unwell yesterday and, apparently, forgot that it was Monday… That being said, today’s guest to answer Ten Questions is Rachael Horsma, author of Soul Seed. Thank you for joining us today!
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Author Bio: I am an author and design student from northern Minnesota. I’m an avid reader, I love yoga and most days I can be found in my college’s computer lab, where all of our fancy, shiny design software is.
Author Site: http://rachaelhorsma.blogspot.com/
You can find Soul Seed at Amazon!
About the Writer
1. What five words describe you?
Smart, intuitive, hard-working, oh gosh this is hard, bright, and creative.
2. What was the first story you ever wrote? I mean the really bad one we all have that you’re trying to hide in the back of closet now that you’re published?
Haha, I have this paper stocking that we decorated and wrote on in the first grade. I had pasted a picture of a bunny on it and wrote some poem about my cousins and my family… Only I didn’t know how to spell cousins I wrote “cosigns.” My family laughs every time I take that out at Christmas.
3. What inspires you?
Honestly, my ideas, I just have so many of them. I have a list of about twelve more books I want to write and it keeps growing.
4. What distracts you?
Pinterest, it’s always Pinterest. I am a very visual person so I love Pinterest, but I need to remind myself not to spend hours on there.
5. What’s your favorite story?
This is hard, I would have to say the strong heroine who keeps going against all odds. I like how they give props to women readers. I was a tomboy in my youth so that’s probably why I find these types of characters soo appealing.
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About the Writing
1. Tell us about your currently available titles.
My debut novel is Soul Seed. It features Landra, the single child who grew up pretending to have magic much to her Mother’s distress. Little does Landra know that she’s a mage and a decedent of one of three very important people, people whose past is causing their dependents future to collide. Soul Seed is a YA Fantasy and it is the first in a series of four books. You can find Soul Seed on Amazon.
2. What’s your favorite part about writing these stories?
Writing is as much of a surprise to me as it is to a reader, I am always finding out new things about my characters and how they interact. Spoiler, Spoiler, Spoiler, for example there is a moment when Landra overhears two other characters (who shall remain unnamed) arguing. Then she realizes one has proposed to the other! I honestly didn’t know that was going to happen, it just did. For me writing, is like watching a play, I only have limited control over the plotline, I just put my characters in and watch them go.
3. What would your characters say about you?
Another MC of mine, also from Soul Seed has a tendency to run away from every situation, so much in fact that I was very mad at him nearing the end of the book. Then I realized I was mad because that’s a part of my own personality (something I dearly need to work on.)
4. Who would play your favorite character if they made a movie of their story?
Ahh, I honestly don’t know. I’d want completely unheard of actors for the teen parts, just because I always see actors and the roles they have played previously when I watch them.
5. Do you have any projects currently in the works you want to talk about?
I am currently writing the second book in the Soul Seed series, entitled Soul Fall. The dynamic has changed between my characters so it feels quite different.
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Thank you for joining us today, Rachel, and good luck with your writing!
