Interview with Jodi Lynn Anderson

 Hello and welcome to the Tiger Lily Blog tour!Today I have an interview with lovely author Jodi Lynn Anderson! Why do you write for teens? Well, I always want to write about teens, so that is a big part of it. Also, I don’t think that, inside, I’ve changed that much since that age, so it’s not like I sit down and think “How do I get into the mind of a teen?” or “How do I write this for a teen audience?” I identify with that time of my life a lot, and it never stops being interesting to me.       Is there any part of the story that you found difficult to write? So many! Emotionally, writing Tik Tok’s story line was difficult – I definitely shed more than a few tears. Also, it was hard to write the ending – it came to me very quickly, but I hated to say goodbye....

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Interview: Nely Cab

    Hello and welcome to The Lethal Book Tour featuring Creature! I have a wonderful interview with her.   Why do you write for teens?  I like to write Young Adult fiction because it’s a genre that focuses on the age where we learn the most. I feel that there’s a lot of room to teach lessons and morals that teenagers (and adults) can capture through fictional stories. I also like writing for teens because I’ve already lived through that phase and it was one of the best times in my life. How much research goes into what you write? A lot of research. For example, I can spend days or weeks researching a city to get a feel for what the setting of the book should feel like. I like to describe things in detail, such as the characters would see it to...

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Interview: K.C. Blake

Hello! Today I have an lovely interview with author K.C. Blake!  “A magical game of Hide n Seek begins. Find the missing player and win. The game resets; everyone forgets and starts to play it again. Starr Hughes hasn’t believed in magic since her mother died. As a reporter for the school paper, she believes in hard facts. Hiding under the headmaster’s desk, planting bugs, and breaking into a fellow student’s home are all on her to-do list. So when she hears the mysterious group known as the It-Squad are about to start playing a secretive game, she wants to know more. She’s especially interested in the group’s gorgeous leader, Dylan Winchester. With her boy-crazy best friend at her side, Starr is going to discover that not only are witches real, they need...

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Interview with Kelly Keaton!

“Myth and mayhem inhabit a richly reimagined New Orleans in this sequel to Darkness Becomes Her.After the epic graveyard battle at the end of Darkness Becomes Her, Ari and her friends know what they’re up against: Ari is facing the Medusa curse and is haunted by the image of what she will become. To make matters worse, the heinous goddess Athena has kidnapped young Violet and is threatening to destroy Ari. Ari, along with the superhot Sebastian, is doing everything she can to learn more about Athena and to get Violet back. But the battle of good and evil is bigger than she realizes, and she’s about to be pulled into a world more horrific than she could ever imagine….” What books have influenced your life most? It might sound weird, but Time Life...

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A Beautiful Dark Blog Tour with Author interview

Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing author Jocelyn Davies author of A Beautiful Dark! 1) Can you share a little of your current work with us?             Yes! I’m currently writing book 2 in the A BEAUTIFUL DARK trilogy. It continues where book 1 left off, so people who are mad at me for that crazy cliffhanger ending will hopefully forgive me.  🙂             I’m also working on another YA novel that’s completely unrelated to the ABD trilogy… 2) I love that this book included great elements of biblical history. What kind of research did you do? Did you travel much?             The inspiration for this book came from a lot of different, random places.    I grew up immersed in a lot of Judeo-Christian bible stories and it definitely influenced the mythology...

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Interivew/ Giveaway: Barbara Casey!

Today we have Ms. Barbara Casey author of Cadence of Gypsies! Thanks so much for Ms. Casey being here today!! The Cadence of Gypsies by Barbara Casey What is your biggest obstacle you face when writing? I think, like all writers, I have an issue with time.  There just aren’t enough hours during the day to get as much writing done as I would like.  When did you know you wanted to write? I have always wanted to write.  As a kid in the third grade, I wrote poetry.  The next year I advanced to short stories.  When I became an adult, I was more interested in writing novels.  The first book I ever wrote was a middle-grade novel.  I gave myself a year to write it and find a publisher.  After eleven months I received my first publishing contract.  That was almost twenty...

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