Another MG/YA Guest Author!
Welcome to Sue Perkins, author of the intriguingly named SPIRIT STEALER, coming in October from MuseItUp Publishing. Read on for an excerpt and contest!
What inspired you to write this story?
I love reading and writing fantasy. The middle part of this book came to me full blown and was easy to write, but the rest took a little longer. The inspiration came from a need to keep providing entertaining books for Middle Grade children. It’s not exactly difficult to keep in the age group but it is something you have to keep in mind.
How did the story evolve?
The middle evolved before the rest of the book. I entered the middle in a competition here in New Zealand but the comments were it was too short. Another competition with the same comment made me decide to spread the story a bit wider. I finished it about the same time as I discovered MuseItUp, and to my delight they accepted it.
What's coming next?
More Middle Grade, more Young Adult but definitely fantasy. Reva’s Quest another Middle Grade fantasy will be published in January 2012 by MuseItUp. A Young Adult fantasy will come out the same month with another publisher. My adult fantasies will also keep appearing. At the moment I’m writing one of each age group.
CONTEST!
Visit Perkins's blog and comment to be entered to win an eBook copy of SPIRIT STEALER when it is released.
Excerpt: Spirit Stealer
Dark eyes glared down at Tyler. He could see orange lights flickering in the bottomless pits of blackness. The huge gaping mouth loomed closer until it swamped his vision. He wanted to run, but at the same time, he couldn’t move. Sweat dripped into his eyes, blurring his vision. He blinked.
His sight cleared, and the front of the old building returned to normal. The dark eyes changed to large, windows reflecting the late afternoon sunlight. The gaping mouth resumed the shape of the open library door. Tyler glanced around to see if anyone had noticed him behaving so stupidly. No one nearby had paid him any attention. Mum kept telling him he had an over-active imagination, but the face on the library had seemed so real! He took a deep breath and walked into the building to the Chief Librarian’s desk.
** NEXT on YA Ebook Tour: Barbara Bockman, "Wounds"
6 comments:
Hi Sue,
this book sounds so divine. I can't wait to read it. Love a good scary book! yay. Thanks for sharing.
C.K. Volnek
Nice interview ladies. Chris, I love the dog, we had a white shepherd for 11 years, she was a wonderful friend.
Sue, keep writing, I hope you sub some more to us at Muse.
Nancy
Thanks for stopping by. I love a good spooky read too!
Thanks Nancy I had two other Shepherds, but black and male, so first white and female. :?)
Sorry I haven't been here today, I left late for work and didn't have time to comment. Thank you for all your lovely comments. Cheers
Sue
Sorry it's one of those days. Forgot to thank Christine for kindly hosting me today.
Sue, the excerpt is scary enough, but the eyes on you banner take it up a notch.
Chris, thanks for hosting Sue today.
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