What is your working title of your book?
Fairy Dust
Where did the idea come
from for the book?
When coming home from a writer’s retreat, I was talking with a
friend and came up with the idea.
What genre does your book fall under?
It’s a mixed genre that I call women’s fantasy. Sounds
intriguing, right?
Which actors would you
choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Amy Adams for Angela, and Jude Law for her
husband, Ted.
What is the one-sentence
synopsis of your book?
Angela Anderson wakes to discover she has fairy wings and a
fairy mission to perform, but as she tries determining whether or not she’s
gone nuts, her non-believing husband, Ted, becomes increasingly alarmed with Angela’s
erratic behavior and a growing friendship between her and a handsome fireman.
Will your book be
self-published or represented by an agency?
If traditional publishing falls through I won’t hesitate to go
Indie.
May we see an intro to
your manuscript?
Fairy Dust has a prologue , but this is a few paragraphs from
the first chapter when she first discovers her wings:
Angela groaned with frustration. If only she could get some
sleep. Leg cramps. Hot flashes. They were having a heyday with her tonight—and
that familiar ache in her shoulder. Rubbing it now, she tried alleviating the
pain, but something was there—unfamiliar, foreign. Angela swept her hand across
the sheets thinking to remove a stray candy wrapper.
Nothing.
Puzzled, she rubbed her shoulder again. Something was stuck to
her back. Only able to reach so far, she fingered the edge. It felt soft. She
tugged, but it didn’t come off. Curious and sitting in bed now, Angela arched
backwards, reaching.
It felt strangely like . . . wings. Wings?
Shagging the sleep away, Angela leaned forward, elbows on her
legs, chin in her hands, and massaging her cheeks. What month was it? Had she
forgotten to take off her Halloween costume again? No, it was September. Chills
surged down her spine and sparkled down her arms, making the hairs stand on
end.
Were the kids, or Ted somehow responsible? She glanced at her
sleeping husband. This wasn’t some misguided joke, was it? Angela shook her
head at the improbability. But wings? It seemed like too much to hope for. That
didn’t stop a hopeful grin from spreading across her face.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Although, there are lots of books with teens who develop super
powers and such, I haven’t heard of any with a middle-aged protagonist. I’m not
discouraged though. Before Twilight, most readers hadn’t heard of a
vampire/human romance, and now they’re everywhere. Maybe I’ll start a trend.
What else about your book
might pique the reader's interest?
Most books end with the ‘happily ever after,’
but what happens after that? In Fairy Dust, Angela is already married to the
man of her dreams, but can they hold on to that love after middle-age and hormones
set in? To add a little fun to the mix, Angela sprouts wings, a local fireman
gets a little too friendly, and just before their first granddaughter is born Ted
wants to move the family to California.
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