Author Interview
I have lots of author interviews coming up on different book blogs. Some are already live (visit: http://TheSoundAndTheEchoes.com)
In the meantime, here's an author interview for GoodReads.
So Who are Dew Pellucid?
They say I’m the oldest Echo in the world. Not quite. I’m not even a hundred. They say I’ve read over a million books. This time, reports fall short; a million by the age of ten. Yes, the bookworm and I share a common love for parchment. And so, when I’m not hard at work at The Orphanage of Castaway Children, you’ll find me hunting for a good read. And sometimes, even writing… stories that no Sound had ever seen… until now.
What's your genre, and why did you choose it?
The author who invented me (for I am only her pen name creation) tells me that she decided to write for children because she had such a fun time reading the Harry Potter books. Stuff and crystal nonsense, in my opinion! She wrote for children, because she wanted to create a magical world and feel like a kid again while she was in it. Yes, you guessed it. Peter Pan is one of her favorite children’s books.
Tell us about The Sound and the Echoes
Imagine that everyone around you has a mirror image living somewhere else. Your world is like a sound, which produced that other world of echoes. And in this land men are governed by a terrible law—no Echo is allowed to live after his Sound dies.
One Sound especially must die. The Prince’s Sound. The Fate Sealers and Fortune Tellers will make sure of that! Because after this Sound dies, the Echo Prince will have to die too.
Now, twelve-year-old Will Cleary is about to discover that he is the Sound the Echoes are hunting. And so begins his perilous adventure into a see-through, sparkling world, filled with spying crystal balls, an eerie fortress of castaway children, a hunt for clues in an ancient book of riddles, and a last-chance escape through a frozen gem-studded lake into a secret land that holds the key to placing the Prince on the throne and returning freedom to the Echoes.
What gave you the idea for this reflection realm?
Since I, Dew Pellucid, was not yet created at this point, I asked the author herself, Tal Boldo, to explain. She says she owes it all to insomnia.
Tossing and turning one night, her thoughts wondered to Plato’s Realm of the Forms. Perhaps she was trying to bore herself to sleep. But, far from it! As soon as that realm of perfect reality floated up before her mind’s eye, she was wondering about unintended consequences. It’s all very well for the perfect Forms, as she put it, but what about us here, the denigrated world of imperfect copies?
One sleepless thought tossed and turned after another and soon she was weaving a see-through world into being, a reflection of hers, an echo of the world of sounds. And so the high concept premise of the Children’s fantasy, The Sound and the Echoes, was born. And so was I, the erudite Dew Pellucid.
Who is your favorite character in The Sound and the Echoes?
Myself, of course. But you will have to wait and see which character I really am.
TMO: Did you find anything particularly difficult in writing this book?
Everything! Writing a story is like eating a cake the size of a house. It looks good on the outside but Fortunerific hard work once you start.
Are you working on anything new?
Ah! That is the Fortune changing question! If the book succeeds, more stories of Echolands will follow.
Do you have any interesting writing quirks you want to tell us about?
I’ll suddenly burst out laughing at my own jokes and crack myself up for hours.
What's your advice for other writers?
I could say, read, read and read some more. But that’s about as original as “I came, I saw, I conquered”. So, instead, I’ll recommend the book that influenced my writing most. It is the Hero’s Journey, a Practical Guide to Joseph Cambell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, by Michael Vogler,
Where can readers find you online?
Book Blog: http://bit.ly/RcSEEW
Book Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/TheSoundTheEcho
Book Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/Mj1WcT
GoodReads Page: http://bit.ly/Ox6hM0
Shelfari Book Page: http://bit.ly/Pt4oyn
Where is your book sold?
Amazon Page: http://amzn.to/MnvFnu
Book Website:http://TheSoundAndTheEchoes.com (check out the illustrations)
In the meantime, here's an author interview for GoodReads.
So Who are Dew Pellucid?
They say I’m the oldest Echo in the world. Not quite. I’m not even a hundred. They say I’ve read over a million books. This time, reports fall short; a million by the age of ten. Yes, the bookworm and I share a common love for parchment. And so, when I’m not hard at work at The Orphanage of Castaway Children, you’ll find me hunting for a good read. And sometimes, even writing… stories that no Sound had ever seen… until now.
What's your genre, and why did you choose it?
The author who invented me (for I am only her pen name creation) tells me that she decided to write for children because she had such a fun time reading the Harry Potter books. Stuff and crystal nonsense, in my opinion! She wrote for children, because she wanted to create a magical world and feel like a kid again while she was in it. Yes, you guessed it. Peter Pan is one of her favorite children’s books.
Tell us about The Sound and the Echoes
Imagine that everyone around you has a mirror image living somewhere else. Your world is like a sound, which produced that other world of echoes. And in this land men are governed by a terrible law—no Echo is allowed to live after his Sound dies.
One Sound especially must die. The Prince’s Sound. The Fate Sealers and Fortune Tellers will make sure of that! Because after this Sound dies, the Echo Prince will have to die too.
Now, twelve-year-old Will Cleary is about to discover that he is the Sound the Echoes are hunting. And so begins his perilous adventure into a see-through, sparkling world, filled with spying crystal balls, an eerie fortress of castaway children, a hunt for clues in an ancient book of riddles, and a last-chance escape through a frozen gem-studded lake into a secret land that holds the key to placing the Prince on the throne and returning freedom to the Echoes.
What gave you the idea for this reflection realm?
Since I, Dew Pellucid, was not yet created at this point, I asked the author herself, Tal Boldo, to explain. She says she owes it all to insomnia.
Tossing and turning one night, her thoughts wondered to Plato’s Realm of the Forms. Perhaps she was trying to bore herself to sleep. But, far from it! As soon as that realm of perfect reality floated up before her mind’s eye, she was wondering about unintended consequences. It’s all very well for the perfect Forms, as she put it, but what about us here, the denigrated world of imperfect copies?
One sleepless thought tossed and turned after another and soon she was weaving a see-through world into being, a reflection of hers, an echo of the world of sounds. And so the high concept premise of the Children’s fantasy, The Sound and the Echoes, was born. And so was I, the erudite Dew Pellucid.
Who is your favorite character in The Sound and the Echoes?
Myself, of course. But you will have to wait and see which character I really am.
TMO: Did you find anything particularly difficult in writing this book?
Everything! Writing a story is like eating a cake the size of a house. It looks good on the outside but Fortunerific hard work once you start.
Are you working on anything new?
Ah! That is the Fortune changing question! If the book succeeds, more stories of Echolands will follow.
Do you have any interesting writing quirks you want to tell us about?
I’ll suddenly burst out laughing at my own jokes and crack myself up for hours.
What's your advice for other writers?
I could say, read, read and read some more. But that’s about as original as “I came, I saw, I conquered”. So, instead, I’ll recommend the book that influenced my writing most. It is the Hero’s Journey, a Practical Guide to Joseph Cambell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, by Michael Vogler,
Where can readers find you online?
Book Blog: http://bit.ly/RcSEEW
Book Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/TheSoundTheEcho
Book Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/Mj1WcT
GoodReads Page: http://bit.ly/Ox6hM0
Shelfari Book Page: http://bit.ly/Pt4oyn
Where is your book sold?
Amazon Page: http://amzn.to/MnvFnu
Book Website:http://TheSoundAndTheEchoes.com (check out the illustrations)
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So, where's the nearest entrance to the land of the Echoes? I'd love to go for a visit.
And on the topic of writing (and advice for writers), I'd rather deal with FateSealers than with literary agents :-)
Thank you for sharing this!!