Meet My Character Blog Tour!
Blogs are hoppin’ as part of the Meet My Character Blog Tour! Here’s how it works, as explained to me by the author who tagged me:
“This tour highlights a main character from your WIP (work in progress), recently published work, or soon to be published work. The person who invites you will have a set day to post. You will post one (or two) week(s) after that, the authors you tag will post one/two week(s) after you, and so on. Here are the questions to answer about your main character:
1) What is the name of your character? Is he/she fictional or a historic person?
2) When and where is the story set?
3) What should we know about him/her?
4) What is the main conflict? What messes up his/her life?
5) What is the personal goal of the character?
6) Is there a working title for this novel if it is a WIP, and can we read more about it? OR what is the title of this novel and where can it be found?
If a WIP: 7) When can we expect the book to be published?
It is suggested that authors recruit 2-4 others to continue the chain. There is no pressure to have any specific number; this is just for fun and is a nice way to get more cross traffic between all our sites/blogs. Please send the one who tagged you a short bio and any links to blogs, author pages, etc. you wish him/her to use so he/she can tag you in style.”
To begin with, then, here’s the bio for my tagger, Danielle Shipley!
Danielle E. Shipley‘s first novelettes told the everyday misadventures of wacky kids like herself. …Or so she thought. Unbeknownst to them all, half of her characters were actually closeted elves, dwarves, fairies, or some combination thereof. When it all came to light, Danielle did the sensible thing: Packed up and moved to Fantasy Land, where daily rent is the low, low price of her heart, soul, blood, sweat, tears, firstborn child, sanity, and words; lots of them. She’s also been known to spend short bursts of time in the real-life Chicago area with the parents who home schooled her and the two little sisters who keep her humble. When she’s not living the highs and lows of writing, publishing, and all that authorial jazz, she’s probably blogging about it at www.EverOnWord.wordpress.com. Writing partnerships include J. Taylor Publishing (young adult anthology, literary fiction novel) and Xchyler Publishing (paranormal anthology forthcoming). Book Four of her fairytale retelling series, The Wilderhark Tales, released this past June.
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Without further ado meet Iris.
1) What is the name of your character? Is he/she fictional or a historic person?
Iris is a fictional teen with asthma.
2) When and where is the story set?
Modern day but there is a bit of a twist on our universe as we know it. A secret society hides among us.
3) What should we know about him/her?
She was first introduced in Owlet and now her story is coming to its conclusion in my WIP Stryx, the final in the trilogy. Because of her physical limitations the world has a way of looking at her as weak but as the story progresses she continues to show them that true strength isn’t purely physical.
4) What is the main conflict? What messes up his/her life?
Hard to answer this one without spoilers for the first two books but let’s just say the world has a way of bringing her unexpected surprises!
5) What is the personal goal of the character?
To survive but more than that, to help others achieve personal freedom.
6) Is there a working title for this novel if it is a WIP, and can we read more about it? ORWhat is the title of this novel and where can it be found?
This is the third in a series and the first two novels can be found on any of the links on this page: http://emmamichaels.com/my-novels
Here is a preview of the cover!
The three tagged volunteers are:
Michael Cross:
Michael Cross has been a writer and amateur explorer for most of his life. He began submitting his original writing in 2013 with two short stories, Tell Her She was Loved and The Promise, both accepted by Xchyler Publishing and are due to be released early 2014 in anthologies. Most recently he is a blogger and works to share his love of the past and all things steampunk (whenever he is not working as a shrink). You may learn more about him at The Hidden Library of Michael-Cross or on Twitter @TheCrossLibrary.
Ren Cummins (from website):
I write. I’m a writer, perhaps much the way my act of breathing makes me a breather. Wait, that’s a poor example.
I began with sketching, but my love of music and math turned me into a musician, and from there prose and poetry fashioned me into a writer. My first series, the young adult (steampunk) fantasy series “CHRONICLES OF AESIRIUM” about a young girl who becomes an angel of death, marked my work as a light hearted and optimistic look into death and darkness, but I’m sure that’s just the lip of the rabbit hole.
I also helped found Talaria Press, a loosely affiliated gang of misfits whose work can be found at www.talariapress.com – come join the parade, there’s space enough for all.
Also, feel free to follow me on Facebook and Twitter!
Michael Loring:
Michael Loring was born in Bristol, Connecticut, but has lived in a variety of places such as Florida and Tennessee. He likes to think of himself as an amateur Lycanthropologist, studying werewolves ever since he was eight years old when he first saw An American Werewolf In London. He spent most of his life switching between home school and public school, always focusing on his passion for writing no matter what. His interest in writing was sparked in the second grade when his teacher encouraged him to write short stories for the class, earning him more than one award at school assemblies for Creative Writing. He currently resides in Punta Gorda, FL with his father who, for some unexplainable reason, avoids him during the night of the full moon
