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There are the books everyone has heard about: Twilight, Hunger Games, and Fifty Shades of Gray (groan!). But what about all those books written by people you’ve never heard of? Some of them are treasures, just waiting to be found, and that’s what this blog hop is all about: the books you might not have heard about, but that you might end up loving.
The Next Big Thing Blog Hop interviews authors and shares their books and coming attractions. It is like a game of tag. One author posts and tags other authors who link back to their website the next week and tag new authors. If you follow the blog hop long enough, you’re bound to find some books you’ll love! Maybe you’ll even discover a book that ends up being the next big thing.
I was tagged by Fiona Gatt. Fiona is my editor and soon-to-be publisher. We first got in touch when I contacted her regarding the potential of my written work and ideas. She is working on a book of her own as well. You can learn more about her proposed book by reading her post for The Next Greatest Thing Blog Hop.
Besides tagging people, The Next Big Thing Blog Hop includes ten questions to help you learn more about an author’s present work or work in progress.
Here is my interview with a little info about my work in progress:
1. What is the working title of your new book?
Tongue Tied
2. Where did the idea come from for the book?
Some real life experiences of the people dearest to me, a dream I once had and my imagination. The time and location that the book is set in is completely fictional however.
3. What genre does your book fall under?
Romantic contemporary fiction.
4. Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Tongue Tied: Saoirse Ronan as Margaret Jennings (the main protagonist), Ryan Gosling as Victor Price (the main love interest who encounters too many unfaithful women in his lifetime) and Joseph Fiennes as Father Jed Talbot.
5. What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?
Change your notion of romance because your life choices can affect the people around you longer than you can imagine; the effects may last well into the next generation and life doesn’t always end with “happily ever after”.
6. Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
It will be published by MetaPlume Corporation.
7. How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I started in January this year and I am about half way through.
8. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Escape by Heleen van Royen. When I first read Escape, I was blown away. It was the first contemporary fiction I had ever picked up and I came across it at a stage in my life when I wanted to write something more substantial than a run-of-the-mill love story. Escape cemented the realisation for me that a good story doesn’t have to end in a pretty pink bow.
9. Who or What inspired you to write this book?
A friend of mine whom I look up to has had a long life with a lot of sadness in it. It didn’t take me long to learn that there was a story in him – indeed, several, if I cared to dig deeper – that ought to be told, and I wanted to be that person. I meshed together the essence of his tale and certain elements that I’m very fascinated with (i.e. the sometimes sensitive subject of age differences in a relationship and romantic feelings that bridge across a generation – Is it appropriate? Will it work?) to come up with this story line.
10. What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
The way the main protagonist’s (Margaret) daughter opens and closes but isn’t the main focus of the story. The seemingly predictable romance elements which turn out to be the basis for a contemporary theme that reinforces the idea that life does not happen in neat little bubbles. There are always loose ends and even the kindest people have experienced injustice in their lives.
Now, on to tagging other people for The Next Big Thing Blog Hop. I will tag:
He’s a writer with a sense of humour and one who can look at his own work with a critical eye. I can relate to quite a few of his problems and I would do some of the things he has done.
A very switched on woman with a heck lot of wisdom to dispense. She scares me slightly but I also admire her ability to intimidate.
Witchdoctress 