Blog Hop Eggs-travaganza!
Good morning and Happy Easter!I wasn't planning a post this morning, and it isn't about this blessed day, but because I begin the A to Z Blog Challenge tomorrow, I'm posting today. Wishing you a day full of hope and renewal, whether you observe or not.It’s a Blog Hop Egg-travaganza-elleganza! Thanks to my friend Sandra Bellamy at Quirky Books (here's a link to her blog) for tagging me.With CHOCOLATE FONDUE releasing soon (most likely in the middle of the blog challenge, probably around mid-April), it's now my turn to answer the blog hop questions and pass this on to some hopping good blogs.
- What is the working title of your book?
CHOCOLATE FONDUE (and is a sequel to my début novel, CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST)
- Where did the idea come from for the book?
One of my closest friends inspired me to write this sequel when he asked about one of the characters in my first book. I knew that I could continue the story, and I wanted to stay with the chocolate theme.
- What genre does your book fall under?
Contemporary fiction. A little bit of romance.
- Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
I've always liked Emma Stone as Bernadette, but she probably is better suited to the first book, and the younger Bernie. Julianne Moore, perhaps, for Bernie. Abigail Breslin is a little young, but I think she'd make a great Lucia. Mila Kunis has a good look for Nani. I'm still thinking about Michael and Gary!
- What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Twenty-three years after giving him up for adoption, Bernadette Maguire unexpectedly meets her son, who is unaware of who she is.
- Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I am self-publishing.
- How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) last November, and drafted this novel in thirty days. Then I spent the next three months revising it.
- What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I'm not sure. I'm inspired by Anna Quindlen, Claire Cook, Wally Lamb, but could never compare my writing to theirs!
- Who or What inspired you to write this book?
Well, my first novel, CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST, was inspired by my own year of study in Switzerland. This seemed a natural sequel to the initial story, since I'd brought the character of Bernadette forward twenty years by the end of the first book. But I wanted to write CHOCOLATE FONDUE in a way that, even if you hadn't read the first book, you could enjoy and understand the second.
- What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
It's really a love letter to Switzerland. I would hope it would spark an interest in visiting this beautiful country. And it may inspire a little chocolate fondue creation!Now I’m passing this along to…drum roll please…http://kateeileenshannon.wordpress.com/http://clippingsintheshed.wordpress.com/http://meredithschorr.com/http://traciebanister.blogspot.com/http://www.catlavoie.com/blog/