(Yes, I changed my blog name. I wanted it to be more writing/reading related than fandom related (It feels so weird to say it but I think I'm growing out of being so into fandoms) and I felt like this was better)
Ahem. Let's get to it. I totally stole these questions from Olivia Ann at
Weathered Things. Who originally got it from Cait at
Paper Fury.
What inspired the idea for your
novel and how long have you had it?
I have no clue whatsoever honestly. In
the beginning, it was a whole different novel entirely. It was placed
in medieval times and Rory was named Lunn and he was a faun, Castiel
was named Rory and she was a short elf, and there was a prince. The
Shadow Queen was still part of the story. Wolves were a main part
too. One day I thought, “Hey, I've seen Rory used as a shortening
for Aurora before. This would be really cool as a Sleeping Beauty
Retelling.” And things led to things and now this is where we are
now. I've had the idea as it is now for a couple weeks.
Describe what your novel is about!
I actually have a short synopsis for
it. You don't understand, I never have synopsises for my books. I
legit just can't write them. But NaNo is doing a 30 covers 30 days
challenge where they choose an author every day of November and have
a professional cover artist make a cover for their book. I wanted to
enter this, but you had to have a short synopsis, so I wrote one.
(this synopsis was too long so my synopsis for the entry is slightly
different)
Castiel
James hasn't had an easy life. Her father dying, her mother getting
extremely ill, and having to drop out of high school are just small
things in her pile of troubles. Caffeine-and working at her favorite
coffee shop-pulled her out of the worst of it. Her life is boring by
anyone's standards until he
comes
in.
Rory
Rose was cursed by an angry-and slightly evil-fairy when he was a
newborn. He didn't know the day, he didn't even know how,
but he knew that he was cursed.
Cursed
to turn into one of them.
Upon
pricking himself in the finger with a name tag, he falls into a
conscious coma and every fantasy monster you can think of starts to
appear. Can he, in 24 hours-or less, if she
gets
her way- win against himself and defeat the Shadow Queen, before he
faces the death of life as he knows it?
What is your book's aesthetic
Smoke. Dripping liquid. Slowly,
painfully, dying. Wolves. Shadows. Coffee. Sacrifice.
Introduce us to your characters!
Castiel James Pink
hair. Heterochromia. Coffee/caffeine in general. Kind of miserable
*evil author laughter* LARPs. Tends to ramble.
Rory Rose Cursed
by an evil fairy when he was a newborn. Everything about him is super
pale (almost white hair, super pale skin, very light blue eyes) He's
usually pretty nice. He's the prince of the Shadow Realm.
Anya Vaughn She
works at Jimmy's, the same coffee shop that Castiel works at. She has
dark brown skin and very curly black hair. She can't take people's
orders, only make people's drinks because she gets panic attacks.
She's a Christian.
Dude I don't have a name
for yet I feel bad but I don't
know a lot about this dude. I'm still working on him though. I think
he's a foreign exchange student, who worked at Jimmy's as well.
That's literally all I know about him and I feel so bad. xD
The Shadow Queen part I
She's a little girl. Long black
hair, freckles, and blue eyes. Loves wearing flannels. She looks
innocent at first but LOL. Not so. She can control/communicate with
wolves/Shadow Wolves.
The Shadow Queen part II
She's an evil shape-shifting
fairy. She likes being a small girl in the Earthen Realm because more
people will give her compassion and be more lenient towards her. When
she's herself, she's really tall and has long, flowing black hair.
She has bones as her crown. Her skin is translucent and you can see
her bones.
How do you prepare to write?
(Outline, research, stocking up on chocolate...)
I'm a hardcore pantser so I usually don't prepare in any way except
for making coffee. (Coffee is always a must) But for NaNo I wanted to
have a vague idea about what I'm doing so I did make a
chapter-by-chapter plot and a character description document.
What things are you most looking
forward to about this novel?
I really love writing characters (and
dialogue, just not very good at writing that) so I hope that I can
portray my characters well and make them realistic. (Did I mention
that this whole novel takes place within 24 hours? So, yeah, that
aspect is going to be a bit challenging, but I'm going to try.)
List three things about your
novel's setting.
It is set in Cleveland, Ohio
There are two 'realms' in the
novel
There are lots of wolves? idk man
What is your character's goal and
who (or what) stands in the way?
Well the main male character is kind of
melting/evaporating & he has like a “battle” between two
versions of himself in his so that's a bit of a problem... and
there's this lady who kinda sends Shadow Wolves after them so yeah
that's a problem too..
How does your protagonist change
by the end of the novel?
I have no clue whatsoever. I did
plot this novel, but not, like,
character development wise. I just know the events that are happening.
I'll let you know at the end of November, lol.
What is your book's theme? What do
you want the reader to feel when its over?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That is all. Hope you
enjoyed my scatter-brained-ness. Are you doing NaNoWriMo? If so,
what's your novel about?
