Blog Tour

I’ve been tagged by Jeanette O’Hagan at jeanetteohagan.com to participate in a blog tour. Here goes!

1. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT?
I’ve just finished writing a novella to go with my Verindon Trilogy. It’s set early in Sarah’s days at Enterprise Academy, and although much of it is still from Sarah’s point of view, it also features some scenes from Jillian’s point of view. I’m hopeful this will be published next year by Wombat Books/Rhiza Press. We’ll see how it reads when I edit it.

2. HOW DOES YOUR WORK DIFFER FROM OTHERS IN YOUR GENRE?
I think the air of mystery that surrounds the first half of The Heir is not common in sci-fi. Usually that genre is pretty upfront about what the story is about. However, with The Heir, you don’t discover the truth until about halfway through. This made writing the novella a challenge, as I want to intrigue the reader who has purchased the novella as their introduction to the trilogy without giving the game away.

3. WHY DO YOU WRITE OR CREATE WHAT YOU DO?
I mainly favour sci-fi/fantasy because it interests me. However, any work with intriguing characters will do. I’ve written a contemporary manuscript which I hope will be released next year. I’m definitely a character-driven writer.

4. HOW DOES YOUR WRITING/CREATIVE PROCESS WORK?
I get an idea, usually starting with just one scene. It may not be at the beginning of the story (the first scene I created for The Heir was the scene in the gardener’s shed in the park) but it is usually the place where I start building everything else. The main parts of the story are created in my head and the story is usually knocking on the inside of my skull, demanding to be released, by the time I sit down and write.

I’m passing the baton to Charis Joy Jackson, who will be continuing the tour next Monday on her blog