This
meme feels like a round of “tag-you’re it”, once the domain of the school playground, this game has been doing the rounds in all my writing spheres.
The lovely
Jane Domagala tagged me and I in turn have managed to chase down three willing
victims, er, participants.
It’s a chance to have a peek into the things to come
out of writer’s minds in all their delightful hues.
The
Next Big Thing
What
is the working title of your book? Firewalker
Where
did the idea come from for the book? Watching the weather and listening to the
news in particular the various and ever increasing reporting of the natural
disasters occurring globally.
What
genre does your book fall under? Fantasy and depending on your personal
definition urban or contemporary (think mermaids in our world).
Which
actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie? I don’t work this
way. I more hear the voice than see the person. Possibilities would be Rose
McGowan for Sofia, David Giuntoli (from Grimm) for J'Red.
Will
your book be self-published or represented by an agency? The
aim is to be represented by an agency.
How
long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript? Dirty draft
took just under five months.
What
other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Hard to
say, I’m sure there are others out there, I’ve yet to come across something and
say That!, That is where I sit.
Perhaps some tv cousins (perhaps a second cousin) would be the series Lost Girl, or even Grimm. The principle that non-humans live among humanity and battles have been going on long before humans ever existed.
Who
or what inspired you to write this book?
This story fell out of my brain
and is part of a larger idea/series. The inspiration stemmed from an artefact -
The Gundestrup Cauldron. Why was it found where it was.
Image from Wikipedia
What
else about your book might pique the reader’s interest? If you’re tired of
vampires, demons, shifters and angels (fallen or otherwise), this series has
none of them. Instead it’s nosy humans, mermaids, sylphs, salamanders, gnomes
and elementals.
And so the time to tag and pass on this meme to others has arrived. Enjoy having a look at what fantasy writers Eleni Konstantine, MJ Scott and contemporary romance writer Sandra Antonelli have coming up in their writing pipelines. Each will post their responses towards the end of December (Eleni's the 28th) or early January.
