B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Breadcrumbs!)
If you are getting the Deader Newsletter, then you know "Someone Else Who Isn't Me" will be a regular feature on this blog. Also, you should probably change your e-mail address as I don't put out a newsletter.
Anyway, here we go!
Splinker: First off, have you read "I've Been Deader," and how much did you love it?
Tricia: I did read “I’ve Been Deader” and I love it. How much? I’m a huge zombie fan and “I’ve Been Deader” is one of my favorite zombie books out there. It’s nice to see things from the zombie’s point of view and if you love sarcasm and humor, this is the book for you.
Splinker: RIght. Well, thanks for stopping by! I think my readers got all their major questions answered. Well done!
Tricia: Er...
Splinker: Fine, fine. Jeeze, the ego on some authors. So, you wrote a book!
Tell us about
your current release.
Tricia: My
first novel, The Claiming Words, was just released. It’s available on Kindle
and in paperback from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It’s the first novel in a
fantasy series for young adults. Here’s the backcover blurb:
Splinker: Girls with magic powers competing for the attention of Jace's love. Reminds me of high school, except for the competing girls and magic part. Do you have
critique partners or beta readers?
Splinker: Really? I had a book on Authonomy as well. Maybe you heard of it. It's a story about
Tricia: Yes, I believed I mentioned it up there somewhere.
Splinker: I see. It's all about you, is it? Fine. Have
any suggestions for beginning writers?
Splinker: At what point
in your life did you realize you wanted to be a writer?
Tricia: I’d
always thought about writing, but I was almost forty before I discovered what I
wanted to be when I grew up—an author. I was thirty-nine when I started writing
The Claiming Words.
Splinker: Is there one
passage in your book that you feel gets to the heart of things. Share if ya dare.
“Poor human.”
A tiny orange glow faded in and out, briefly illuminating Mordecai’s dark form.
“You scared
the life out of me!” I exclaimed.
“If only it
were that easy,” he chuckled. “Bryce’s little brother will never choose you,
and if the Alexanders were honest, you would have known that. The male of our
species craves the magic of the female—power you do not possess. He will never
whisper The Claiming Words in your ear. Perhaps you should run along, now, and
find someone of your own kind.” He threw his cigarette on the ground, crushed
the butt under his boot, and left without another word.
What Mordecai
said was true. I’d always known it in my heart. Rachel and Jace were bound
together by more than love; magic created a bond of its own. Even before Rachel
came along, I knew I wasn’t special. I’d never be more than who I was. Maybe
Mordecai was right. Maybe I should find others like myself: boring, ordinary,
non-magical humans.
There was
nothing to do but go back inside. I sat stiffly at the edge of the loveseat and
pretended to enjoy the New Year’s Eve Special. I stroked Whiskers’ soft fur
absentmindedly. Mordecai’s stinging words reverberated in my ears, and I
thought perhaps, he was right. No one would ever claim me. I would be doomed to
spend eternity with only two-dozen cats to keep me company. My destiny as the
Crazy Cat Lady beckoned, and I felt sorry for myself.
"NO SPOILERS!!!"
Nicely done! I mean, I don't see any zombies in it, but still. Tricia, thank you for stopping by and much luck with the book.
In the interest of full disclosure, Tricia did not provide me with a free review copy, of anything else for that matter. I'm not saying that the review would have went better if I received a little bling. I'll let future guests make that determination for themselves.
Tricia, you've been a real cheapskate -- I mean sport. Websites, blogs, and funny youtube videos with kittens please.
My
blog is on: www.triciadrammeh.com
The
website for my book is: theclaimingwords.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-adI7I_bYVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-adI7I_bYVc
Well, this will be fun to review. The tone seems great and I like that you quoted your grandmother. I still do that today, even though I've become a grandmother myself. They're so wise, don't you think? Great interview, very clever and most interesting.
ReplyDeleteHi Joss, thanks for your comment. Yes, grandmothers rock. And, Adam, thank you so much for letting me invade your blog. Best of luck with I've Been Deader.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure Tricia. I think you picked a great passage to showcase your story. Is that in the "inside flap"?
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