Today I'd like to welcome over Aerie for an author interview!
Imperfect
Avalon Skye is young and enjoying life with her sidekick, Renolds. Nothing can touch them. That is, nothing until Jesse. He gives her a single look and she’s hooked onto his dark brown eyes. Avalon get’s taken on a ride through her senior year of love, secrets, losing yourself and everything in between for Jesse.
How far would you go for your love? Would you become imperfect?
Why/how did you start writing?
I always thought of stories. Then when I knew how to put together sentences, I started writing my stories down.
What’s the most common mistake do you think that beginning authors make?
I'm not really sure... I still feel like a new author myself.
What worries would you tell your past self to get over in the beginning?
With writing, I would always worry about my writing being too much of something. Too provocative, too dark, too whatever. But it's when it's guarded that there are problems.
What would you tell your past self to worry about?
Grammar. I'm terrible at it.
Are you a plotter, or a pantser-do you do outlines, or do you write what comes to mind?
I always try to plot but it always ends up being whatever comes to mind.
If you’re a pantser, how do you wrap up all the loose ends?
I reread everything then revise so all the pieces fit together.
What inspired your first book?
My books are usually inspired by what's around me. The people, the setting: I take that and make it into a scene, add characters and then a story.
Do you listen to music while writing?
Always. I usually make a playlists for my books.
What’s your writing space like?
Wherever I end up. But there's usually a clutter of glasses, chapstick, pens, paper and a random assortments of other things by the time I'm done.
Do you have any quirks when it comes to writing?
When I really get into a scene, I put my hair into a messy bun.
How did you come up with Avalon and who they are?
Avalon is lively but vulnerable. She's optimistic and a bit guarded. I was trying to sleep one night when a scene from Imperfect popped into my head. There was a girl, Avalon, who was controlled by a guy, Jesse. Then there was the best-friend-with-benefits, Renolds. That's how all my characters came to be.
What are you currently working on?
I'm working on the sequel to Imperfect which is told in Jesse's point of view. As well as The Bicurious Times of Florence Lee which you can find on my blog.
What wrimo sites are you on?
I'm on Julno, Nano, Wriye, and Crazy Club.
What future plans do you have for your book?
I'm hoping to send it to publishers once I turn 18. Maybe even self publish it before then.
If you could write any book that you’ve ever read, what would it be? Why?
I think it would be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When I was watching the movie, I kept thinking, "wow, that'd be a fun scene to write".
What authors may you have learned from, from sites and reading their books?
Libba Bray. She's my favorite author and she inspires me to just write whatever I feel like.
Which of your character do you relate to the most?
All of my characters have a piece of me. I don't think there's just one that I relate to the most.
Do you prefer books to movies in the film adaptation from books?
The books are always better.
Do you get writer’s block? If so, what do you do to pass the time, or get rid of it?
All the time. I just wait until something comes along that makes me need to write.
One book you wish you hadn’t written, if any?
One of my first books that I finished, Bade. The characters are now in a completely different story.
Authors you look forward to new books from the most?
Libba Bray and John Green. They're two of my favorite authors.
Do you have a writing schedule?
No. I don't do well with schedules.
On the top of your head, how many plots and characters do you think you have or have created?
Oh my... Plots? Probably over a hundred, of course I haven't finished them all. Characters... Too many.
A short line from your book that you love?
"I feel like feeling".
Your favourite quote?
"The coroner will find ink in my veins and blood on my typewriter keys." C. Astrid Weber
Aerie can be reached by email on on her blog, The Bicurious Times Of Florence Lee.
Aerie is a high school student from Pennsylvania. She's hoping to be published someday.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Camp NaNoWriMo Anyone? And JulNo
Calling out all writers-Camp Nano starts July 1st at 12 AM! So for me, that means 6 more hours! WHOO! Can't wait for it to start!
Here's some links to help you get ready:
Camp Nano
Nano Forum of Camp Nano
Welcome to Camp Nano on Nano
Camp Nano is basically Nano in July, where we are betaing (those of us that are participating in July) and then OLL (Office of Letters and Light) will have all the features up for August. You have, if you want to participate, 3 choices. 1. you participate in July. 2. you participate in August. 3. You participate in July and August. Your choice. Me, personaly, since I'm crazy, I'm going with #3.
For Camp Nano, I'm going to try and get 50k on "Reason of Rhyme" this is the plot:
A twelve year old MC with no name- or at least no one ever learns his name- from a poor, drunk family with the strange speech impediment of only being able to say things that rhyme with the last word he heard (thus earning him the nickname Rhyme, later) is taken in by a seventeen-year-old scientific/mechanical genius boy who wishes to overthrow the government for fun with the help of a 29-year-old assassin he's blackmailing into joining him. The strange trio gains members through the world of rather scary crazies, in a germophobic computer nerd and extremely feminist sharpshooter.
And if you want to be friends on Camp Nano, here's my profile, and here's my profile for nano.
But wait! There's more! There's also the July wrimo! And that is JulNoWriMo! Since I'm very insane, I'm going to be doing JulNo and Camp Nano at the same time! So my collective WC for this month will be at least 100k. Which is good, since my monthly goal is 86k :)
Come check out the most popular thread on JulNo, the High School JulNo'ers! We're so insane, that we're already on page 332 and JulNo hasn't even started yet! And we'll welcome college and middle school kids, as well (Middle school is also known as Junior High, and sometimes even Elementry School, it's Gr. 5-8, HS is 9-12, and Elementry is K-4, I know, my school system is the best, and you guys are all jealous)
Here's my profile on Julno, and here's the plot of What Happens Then, Happens Now:
FMC and her mother have just moved into a new house, in a small, remote town in the middle of no where. On the way into town, FMC saw a statute erected in the center of town, dedicated to the 'thousands who lost their lives.' FMC, however, pays no attention until she goes into the attic of her new house and notices a trunk that wasn't their before. There are initials engraved on the trunk. She opens the trunk, and amid the (I chose 30s, but it can be any era) clothing, she finds a journal. Inside the journal, a teenage girl, about the FMCs age, details her daily life, which all seems normal except for seeing odd black shadows in the corner of her eye. Otherwise, life is normal until she mentions her best friend blew off her, and their boyfriends, and was then seen walking down the street. However, her best friend has no recollection. Four days later, her best friend is dead, and more and more people are beginning to forget. Soon, her mother is ill and the black shadows are becoming more and more frequent. Half the town is falling ill, screams rock the night, and people are dying left and right. The journal ends with the young girl saying the Mayor has quarantined the town, and that the darkness and pain is overpowering, then she trails off. The FMC closes the book and shivers, then goes downstairs to Google the name of the girl in the diary. A link shows her a website dedicated to the story of "Jasey Rae Jackson (this was the name I chose for the girl in the diary)" and how a mysterious disease began with her best friend, and wiped out 80% of the towns population, before ending with Jasey herself. As the FMC brushes it off, she begins to see similar dark shadows in the corner of her eye, and wonders how much of Jasey's story was true, and what will happen now she's experiencing the same thing that teenage girl did decade earlier.... I happened to leave off with my FMC (Annie) seeing shadows in the corners of her eyes.
Hope to see you on both sites! Happy crazy writing!
Here's some links to help you get ready:
Camp Nano
Nano Forum of Camp Nano
Welcome to Camp Nano on Nano
Camp Nano is basically Nano in July, where we are betaing (those of us that are participating in July) and then OLL (Office of Letters and Light) will have all the features up for August. You have, if you want to participate, 3 choices. 1. you participate in July. 2. you participate in August. 3. You participate in July and August. Your choice. Me, personaly, since I'm crazy, I'm going with #3.
For Camp Nano, I'm going to try and get 50k on "Reason of Rhyme" this is the plot:
A twelve year old MC with no name- or at least no one ever learns his name- from a poor, drunk family with the strange speech impediment of only being able to say things that rhyme with the last word he heard (thus earning him the nickname Rhyme, later) is taken in by a seventeen-year-old scientific/mechanical genius boy who wishes to overthrow the government for fun with the help of a 29-year-old assassin he's blackmailing into joining him. The strange trio gains members through the world of rather scary crazies, in a germophobic computer nerd and extremely feminist sharpshooter.
And if you want to be friends on Camp Nano, here's my profile, and here's my profile for nano.
But wait! There's more! There's also the July wrimo! And that is JulNoWriMo! Since I'm very insane, I'm going to be doing JulNo and Camp Nano at the same time! So my collective WC for this month will be at least 100k. Which is good, since my monthly goal is 86k :)
Come check out the most popular thread on JulNo, the High School JulNo'ers! We're so insane, that we're already on page 332 and JulNo hasn't even started yet! And we'll welcome college and middle school kids, as well (Middle school is also known as Junior High, and sometimes even Elementry School, it's Gr. 5-8, HS is 9-12, and Elementry is K-4, I know, my school system is the best, and you guys are all jealous)
Here's my profile on Julno, and here's the plot of What Happens Then, Happens Now:
FMC and her mother have just moved into a new house, in a small, remote town in the middle of no where. On the way into town, FMC saw a statute erected in the center of town, dedicated to the 'thousands who lost their lives.' FMC, however, pays no attention until she goes into the attic of her new house and notices a trunk that wasn't their before. There are initials engraved on the trunk. She opens the trunk, and amid the (I chose 30s, but it can be any era) clothing, she finds a journal. Inside the journal, a teenage girl, about the FMCs age, details her daily life, which all seems normal except for seeing odd black shadows in the corner of her eye. Otherwise, life is normal until she mentions her best friend blew off her, and their boyfriends, and was then seen walking down the street. However, her best friend has no recollection. Four days later, her best friend is dead, and more and more people are beginning to forget. Soon, her mother is ill and the black shadows are becoming more and more frequent. Half the town is falling ill, screams rock the night, and people are dying left and right. The journal ends with the young girl saying the Mayor has quarantined the town, and that the darkness and pain is overpowering, then she trails off. The FMC closes the book and shivers, then goes downstairs to Google the name of the girl in the diary. A link shows her a website dedicated to the story of "Jasey Rae Jackson (this was the name I chose for the girl in the diary)" and how a mysterious disease began with her best friend, and wiped out 80% of the towns population, before ending with Jasey herself. As the FMC brushes it off, she begins to see similar dark shadows in the corner of her eye, and wonders how much of Jasey's story was true, and what will happen now she's experiencing the same thing that teenage girl did decade earlier.... I happened to leave off with my FMC (Annie) seeing shadows in the corners of her eyes.
Hope to see you on both sites! Happy crazy writing!
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