The magnificent Lisa Shambrook (@LastKrystalos) tagged me in this
wonderful blog hop, which allows the blogging community to glimpse what our
writer neighbors are working on!
I am the Johnny-Come-Lately to this little meme,
so I apologize for showing up late to the soiree. But I had absolute fun
putting this together, and I hope you enjoy it too.
First,
the rules:
1. Answer the ten questions
2. Tag five other writers, link to
them in your post so we can hop over and see their answers too.
The Questions:
1. What is the name of your book:
Castle 8
2. Where did the idea for your book
come from?
I was literally ambushed by the
four main characters – a set of brothers, as I was driving home from an
after-Christmas dinner with friends on December 26, 2010. They were so real to
me in that moment that I actually turned a couple times to double check the
seats. I was sure someone was in the car with me.
3. In what genre would you classify
your book?
Speculative Fiction
4. If you had to pick actors to
play your characters in a movie rendition, who would you choose?
Honestly, this will probably mark
me as a weirdo, but I hope they cast all anonymous faces (If it ever does make
it to the silver screen). If you follow my boards on Pinterest and look at the
C8: Chars pinboard, then you know I cull from anonymous people for my
characters.
That being said, I wouldn’t be
opposed to Andy Serkis in the role of Captain Sikes. He is such an excellent
actor and has always managed such wonderful villainous roles.
5. Give us a one sentence synopsis
of your book:
Following the second end of the world, four brothers fight for a way out
of the crumbling subterranean network in which they find themselves entombed.
6. Is your book already
published/represented?
Not yet. If I can keep my nose to
the grindstone with edits (I am VERY pleased with how things are moving at present),
then I hope to begin querying for my first round of rejections in August. J
7. How long did it take to write
your book?
Almost precisely a year. It was on
hiatus from February till May of this year, and I am currently in the trenches
of rewrites and edits.
8. What other books within your
genre would you compare it to? Or, readers of which books would enjoy
yours?
This may sound like the biggest
cop-out, but I really don’t know. HOWEVER I've had several beta-readers comment that those who like dystopian fiction, but would rather hear more about what comes AFTER the collapse of the tyrannical society would really embrace this one.
9. Which authors inspired you to
write this book?
My first literary love is C S
Lewis, hands down. I adore his clean prose that packs so much into such
deceptively simple-looking sentences. I am consciously attempting to emulate
that skill in my current rewrites.
10. Tell us anything that might
pique our interest in your book.
Here is my working book jacket
“blurb” that I plan to include in upcoming queries:
Six years after the second end of
the world, cannibals dominate the Underground. The makeshift government that
set this subterranean society in motion has gone quiet. Big Brother, it seems,
is dead. The Underground has been left to self-destruct.
Then
rumors circulate of a nameless visitor, arrived from a bunker supposedly dead.
Of an engineer, brutally murdered; and an abandoned warehouse with secrets of
its own. As tensions mount and supplies run out, four brothers emerge from the
chaos to find they stand on the crux of a fragile hope – not only for
themselves, but all who wish to survive.
And now – to tag five other bloggers (apologies if you've already been tagged):
A Mirror Dim / @BettisiTheThird
A Spark of Hope / @JustPlainMary_
Scribbling Sharon / @sharonscribbles
Re-Raveling / @reraveler
Raven in the Writing Desk / @falcon_feathers
