Book info:
Title: Carmine
Author: Alan Janney
Genre: YA Dystopian/Adventure/Romance
Publisher: Sparkle Press
Summary:
She wakes as society crumbles
She wakes up with no memory
She wakes up a queen
The girl once known as Katie Lopez wakes up in an abandoned Wal-Mart with no memory, possessing only the vague sense that something has happened. Where is her family? Where is her boyfriend? She has a faint recollection of him, a ghost of a memory. The world, she discovers, is staggering from the weight of rampaging mutants, victims of a bizarre surgery gone wrong. Once intended to bring about a utopia, now the victims threaten societal meltdown. Much to her surprise, the girl with no memory discovers she is their queen.
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up in a hospital as Los Angeles is being abandoned. She soon discovers:
mutants
thing I do is make a list of all the conflict the main character will
face. For this book, I wrote out ‘Her
memory loss, her illness, the terrorist named Walter, the President’s
girlfriend, a lack of supplies, her ex-boyfriend, etc.’ I generated a list of about 15 conflicts the
protagonist will face.
Carmine has less than usual)
but there IS an outline.
he died Brandon Sanderson was able to pick it up and keep going. I’m not that good, however.
the ideas?
writes. He says writing is not simply
playing make-believe; you have to approach it as though you’re uncovering
something that actually happened.
he got sick and started climbing walls and throwing footballs out of
stadiums. I did not expect that. Thus, the Outlaw series was born. It just happened.
adventure. You don’t need to read anything
else to enjoy and understand the story, but there is a backstory to
Carmine. When I was on book two of the
Outlaw series, I already had Carmine planned.
And I already have the next series planned too. I don’t know where the ideas come from.
writing?
library. I grew bored so I picked a book
off the shelves – The Fellowship of the Ring.
a closet geek. I’d come home from
varsity soccer practice and write for an hour on our computer. Never told a soul.
school? I’m living mine – a novelist.
there every day. Here’s a photo of me
writing this very article from inside…a library.
for aspiring writers?
Write a 60,000 word book within the next 6 months.
Write a hundred poems.
Write an article a week.
Those poems won’t be perfect. The
articles will suck.
stuff and then tinker. Fix it.
through it.
(mysteries)
(historical fiction)
(high fantasy)
(Sci-Fi, horror)
(Hunger Games)
(Sci-Fi)
(Maybe America’s best writer?)
(I’m a sucker for Sookie)
show?
– Gladiator, What About Bob, Star Wars
shows – Scrubs, Arrested Development, New Girl
Killers, Cold Play, Blink 182, Newsboys
coffee!! EVERY DAY I drink this
delicious nectar.
the launch.
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Great interview! I love the story of how she got interested in reading/writing.
-Lauren
http://www.letsgetbeyondtolerance.blogspot.com
These questions always give me some great things to think about! Thanks for stopping by!
Like the author, I always love listening to some Coldplay too! This sounds like such an intense read, and the cover even says that. Definitely gonna be a lot of action and pressing of buttons in this one 😉
It does sound like a book with a lot of action. Hopefully a good story as well! Thanks for visiting!