About The Book:
Author: Audrey
Grey and Krystal Wade
Pub. Date: March 6,
2018
Publisher: Blaze
Publishing, LLC
Pages: 316
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, TBD, Goodreads
Synopsis:
While she sleeps, the whole universe changes.
Princess Talia Starchaser has it all. Wealth. Status. Adoring citizens. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she’s forced to publicly betray her best friend, a companion mock she’s had since birth, setting events into motion that lead to the destruction of the humans, and the princess floating through space, a remnant of a time when humans ruled over droids.
One hundred years later, half-mock captain Will Perrault and his ragtag crew discover a device floating in space. When a very human Talia emerges from its depths, Will suspects she’s the key to buying his way back into the regiment he once commanded against the last remaining rebel humans—and the ruling mock queen’s good graces.
Both Talia and Will would rather get space-tossed than trust one another, but with the queen’s forces chasing them across the galaxy and the fate of both worlds hanging in the balance, they’ll forge the unlikeliest of alliances to survive.
Author Interview:
1. What does your writing process look like? Do you
know the whole story when you start? Or
do you just start writing and go with it (seat of the pants writing)? If you plan it out, how do you do that? Outline, notecards, post-it-notes, etc.?
Every story is different. Sometimes I plot
every little detail (though things change along the way), and sometimes I just
have a few ideas in my head and fly by the seat of my pants. When I do write it
out, I usually use a pencil (because I erase constantly as I work through
things) and put everything into a notebook.
Well, Audrey and I are very similar in the way we think and,
I believe, the way we write. For this, we established up front that we would
not be offended by killing off any darlings, and we were pretty good about
that! So we plotted the book in great details, then she drafted the chapters. I
was partial to Will’s pov while she was partial to Talia’s, which helped a lot
when I went in to flesh everything out. I’d add more story, make sure we stayed
on track with the plot, change the characters up (and notify her so she could
continue with the improvements), and since I’m also an editor, I would move
sentences around, work on the structure, and clean up the manuscript.
3.
How do you come up with your ideas for your
stories?
Hmm. Well, Our Dark Stars started with an
idea: Sleeping Beauty in space. Audrey came to me with the idea, and then we
fleshed it out together.
Most of my other stories come from a spark,
usually in conversations with other authors or editors. Usually something they
said gives me that OMG, I have to write this moment.
4. What tips do you
have for aspiring writers?
Just keep writing. Don’t be afraid of editing, even if an
editor says you’re doing everything wrong. You can only grow this way. Also,
take a Save the Cat course. Best class ever!
5. What are your
favorite:
Books/authors/genres
The Lunar Chronicles
The Hobbit
Maggie Stiefvater
Sarah J. Maas
Movies/TV Shows
I’m a little addicted to Fuller House right now, but I love
Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, the OA, West World, Fallen Skies…. I watch
too much Netflix
Music
EVERYTHING!
Food/Writing snack
Hershey Kisses – I could eat them forever. Oh, and chips.
Chips and dips. Mmm!
About the Authors:
About Audrey:
In between the chaos—What’s for
dinner? Stop pinching your sister! Homework! Dishes!— and my writing, I make
time for various projects. An admitted paintaholic, I’ve painted, sprayed or
transformed nearly every piece of my house at least once. I even painted my
husband’s beloved fabric chair. Oops!
I thrive on creation: starting from
an idea, a blank canvas, or perhaps an outdated room, and using my imagination
to create something new and emotionally engaging that’s all my own. But stories
have always been my first love. Weaving together complex worlds full of flawed,
conflicted characters allows me to express myself in a way I could never do
otherwise.
I started creating stories during the
sweltering Oklahoma summers spent laboring in my father’s wheat fields. Alone
and bored, I dreamed up wild fables of vampires (the Anne Rice kind), cave men,
and love-torn ghosts. By college my tales had grown more persistent, and I
started to actually write them down.
Now, fiction is my life, and I look
forward to sharing my characters and their stories with all of you.
About Krystal:
The horrid commute gives me plenty of
time to zone out and think about my characters in full, brilliant details (I’m
a safe driver; don’t worry). Stories give me a way to forget about the
sometimes smelly strangers sitting next to me on the fifty mile trek into town
(I pick up hitchhikers every day. True story. Check out www.slug-lines.com if
you don’t believe me).
I’ve been a part of organized
hitchhiking for nearly fifteen years, but that’s just one small aspect of my
oh-so-large life. When I’m not working, commuting, or chasing after my three
children (four if you count the man), you can usually find me outside talking
to my chickens like they’re the cutest things in the world (they are), or
training my amazing dogs how to herd said chickens (which they love), or curled
up on the sofa with a good book (why can’t that be 100% of the time?).
I hope you love my stories (or just
like them a little; that would be okay, too). And I hope that one day you find
your passion, because there’s nothing in life better than doing what you love
while surrounded by people you love.
Giveaway Details:
1 winner will receive a $30 Amazon GC and a hardcover copy of Cinder, US Only.
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