Ask the Author: Martina Boone
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Martina Boone
What do you want to write next?
Martina Boone
Compulsion, Persuasion, and Illusion are Young Adult novels, so while there is plenty of angst and steam, there isn't any true spice. But please don't read The Crown of Moonlight if you're uncomfortable with sex scenes. There are two, and although they are essential to character and plot, they aren't entirely spice-free!
Martina Boone
Not at all. I always write things I think are going to be funny, then second-guess myself. Fortunately, I can edit a book. Too bad that isn't the case for real life.
Martina Boone
I wrote a book. No one read it.
Martina Boone
Velaris and the House of Wind from A Court of Mist and Fury
Martina Boone
Summer was mostly spent writing, but I reread Liza Weimer's The Assignment, and loved Two Twisted Crowns, Arcana Academy, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Spellshop, Jade City, Funny Story, Book Lovers, and Bridge Kingdom.
Martina Boone
Does it count if I say that there's someone in my neighborhood I'd love to turn into a fictional murder victim?
Martina Boone
Hi Jaysa,
Thank you so much for that! What a lovely, lovely thing to hear, and I truly do hope that your friends will enjoy Compulsion as much as you did! I'd love to sign your books--hope you're close to one of my upcoming events! There's a graphic on my website under News that I just updated! : )
Sending you hugs!
Martina
Thank you so much for that! What a lovely, lovely thing to hear, and I truly do hope that your friends will enjoy Compulsion as much as you did! I'd love to sign your books--hope you're close to one of my upcoming events! There's a graphic on my website under News that I just updated! : )
Sending you hugs!
Martina
Martina Boone
Hi Irene! Sorry it took so long to answer--I always forget to check Goodreads. Unfortunately, I don't have any signings set up there right now, but I'm hoping to add some for next year. If you have suggestions for places to go, let me know and I'll add them to the list of possibilities! : )
Martina Boone
Hi Karona,
I wish that I had time to read every book that I am asked to read. Unfortunately, that's an impossibility. That said, if you have a print copy that you could send via my agent (Jessica Regel at Foundry Media), I will always look to see if it is a good fit in style, content, and my schedule. No promises, unfortunately. Because deadlines. And family. And travel. And life. But I *will* always try. Authors have been so kind to me that I very much want to pay it forward.
I wish that I had time to read every book that I am asked to read. Unfortunately, that's an impossibility. That said, if you have a print copy that you could send via my agent (Jessica Regel at Foundry Media), I will always look to see if it is a good fit in style, content, and my schedule. No promises, unfortunately. Because deadlines. And family. And travel. And life. But I *will* always try. Authors have been so kind to me that I very much want to pay it forward.
Martina Boone
Hi Sarah -- I love hearing that Compulsion was your favorite book of the year--seriously, I can't tell you how happy that makes me! I know there will be ARCs sometime in April, but I honestly don't have any idea yet how many will be offered. You can contact Jodie Hockensmith, my publicist at Pulse. Her email is on the contact page of my website. I've also started a handful of giveaways -- there's one here on Goodreads and another with the cover reveal on several blogs. You can find a list here at AdventuresInYAPublishing.com. I hope that helps! And thank you again for letting me know you enjoyed Compulsion! I hope you'll love Persuasion too!!! XO
Martina Boone
I'm working on the last book of the Heirs of Watson Island series. The conclusion is inspired by questions I found in researching the earlier books. It's literally a rabbit hole book. I followed the hare and clicked links of weird connections until I concocted a theory that fit. And it amazes me how it all fits in a Dan Brown kind of way. I never expected it to work this well!
Martina Boone
Stories are everywhere. You just have to start looking for the,, and then they slap you in the face and pinch you until you write them down. :)
Martina Boone
Read widely, live with your eyes open, and write. You don't get anywhere until you've put in those ten thousand hours of mindful, reflective, and mentored practice. And by mentored, I mean a critique group. :) You need to assess your work, tear it apart, and learn to make it better. That's more important than just writing.
Martina Boone
I get to play God in my story. At first. But then my character become human and they start using free will, and I am no longer in full control. And that becomes magical. THAT moment is why I love to write.
Martina Boone
For me, writer's block seems to be more of a subconscious signal that something isn't working in the story than any kind of a creative "block." So I usually resort to mapping out what's going on in the story--the motivation and goals of all the characters. I look for places where what one character wants is different than the other characters in the scene--conflict--and that gets me energized. Or I hunt out where I've got a character doing something that character wouldn't really do.
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