So I know this meme has been circling for a while, so if you're sick of it already I won't blame you for skipping to the next thing. But I was tagged by the incomparable Jamie Grey, and the post was fun, so here are my answers!
What
is the working title of your book?
The Never
Silent
Where
did the idea come from for the book?
The Main
Character – From watching too many tv shows about con men.
The
Setting – I wanted a large area on earth where a secret magical
society could remain hidden. The ocean seemed like a pretty good
solution.
The Time
Period – It was the last reasonable era for a wind-powered ship
instead of steam-powered.
The Plot
– I have no idea. Some plot fairy must really like me.
What
genre does your book fall under?
Young
Adult Historical Fantasy
Which
actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
That's
really tough (mostly because I'm horrible at remembering
actors/actresses).
Henry
Thorp: Colin Morgan or maybe Andrew Garfield
Lucy
Clark: Dakota Fanning
Benjamin
Temple: Tom Felton
What
is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
17-year-old
con artist Henry Thorp impersonates his best friend Thomas to take
his place on board The Never Silent, a ship with a covert
destination, in order to find Thomas's killer.
Will
your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
Hopefully
agency-repped. Not there yet. I'm still revising.
How
long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
A few
months. The research took longer.
What
other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Well, the
easiest comparison is Pirates of the Caribbean meets Harry Potter,
but as one of those is a movie and the other is overly used, I'll
compare it instead to Bloody Jack meets Obernewtyn. (And ok, I haven't
actually read Bloody Jack yet, but I hear it's sort of similar and it
is on my kindle to read.)
Who
or What inspired you to write this book?
Um...
Neal Caffrey? Flynn Rider?
A
hankering to go on an adventure?
Or most
likely it was the sun and the wind and the smell of the sea.
What
else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
It has magic Viking-descendants vs.
magic pirates sea battles.
And here's the part where I tag someone else. If Steve or Ico or anyone else at The Story Center wants to join in the fun, go for it! But no pressure.
