Why, hello there, nice to see you and welcome to Day 10 of
the 18 Days of Christmas Giveaways. First off I have a special note to sure in
regards to Day 9. There was a glitch with Mr. Raffecopter, so please remember
to go back and enter yesterdays giveaway!
Now, I've been lucky enough
to interview Maer Wilson! She's with us today not only for the Christmas
Giveaways, but to introduce her latest release, Portals, as part of the Portals Virtual Tour from December 14-
December 22!
The Giveaway Today is:
An Ecopy of Portals
The Rafflecopter Task of the Day is:
Subscribe to Maer Wilson's Website
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? How about in five words or less.
Author, actor, gamer, teacher, friend. How’s that?
Now why don’t you tell us a bit about (recent book)? In five words or
less, of course J
Magic returns to Earth.
What is your least
favourite Holiday Tradition?
What an interesting question! As a kid I hated going to
public Easter Egg Hunts. The big kids got everything and the little kids were
left with empty little baskets. I was a little kid – maybe 4 or 5 years old - with
my empty little basket. I think we only went to that once, though. That or I
blanked out other years. I was really excited about getting to play treasure
hunt, but it was useless. There were no eggs for the little kids. I think I got
a giant chocolate bunny from my parents to make up for it, but it wasn’t about
the prize. I was interested in the game itself.
You've decided to
give everyone you know your two favourite books for Christmas, what are they
and why?
Hmm, the least I can do is give them boxed sets of A Song of ice and Fire by George R.R.
Martin and the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Martin’s because he’s a
brilliant writer and Rowling’s because she’s a brilliant storyteller.
What is the book that
you are most looking forward to in 2014?
I doubt it will be 2014, but I’m very curious to read the
next book in Martin’s ASoIF series.
How did you get your
start in writing, was it always your dream?
No, it wasn’t a dream at all until recently. I started and
completed my first novel in 2010. It was more of a lark than anything: sort of
a let’s see if I can do this. I just decided to try it one day and wrote like a
whirlwind until it was done. Of course, writing that fast means I edit slowly
and I had a lot of work to do on that first book before it was ready to be
published. Still it was published three years later and that’s not too bad in
the scheme of things.
What was the hardest
scene to write in Portals?
Portals expands on
what happens when magic returns to Earth, with a lot of different things going
on. It’s a transitional book, and was a lot of fun to write. I did have to make
sure the rationale for the magic system worked on several levels. It was a lot
of fun putting together, but I did run some things by some outside sources I
don’t usually use.
What is one lesson
you would tell aspiring writers that you've learned.
Keep the fire burning. If you really want to write, you need
to be your own cheerleading section at times and keep yourself in the game.
Don’t let negativity or your own lack of confidence get in the way. Believe in
yourself and just do it. That is probably a lot easier to say than do for some
folks, but they just need to stay positive.
Thanks, again for letting me chat with your readers, Avery. J
Thanks so much for
letting me interview you! Now, let's check out the Portals cover and blurb!!
But when their friend Reo is shot, and a group of stranded angels show
up at their house for help to find a missing child, things are striking too
close to home.
And now the portals that let the magical races return to Earth have
started opening on their own.
With trips off-world, a kidnapped psychic and changes to their own
abilities, Thulu and La Fi are hit with a lot more than they usually handle. Of
course, their magical friends are there to help, but even they may not be
enough to save an increasingly unstable Earth.
Portals is the sequel to Relics and is Book 2 in The Thulukan
Chronicles.
Portals is the sequel to Relic, so if you haven't picked up
a copy of Relics yet, here are the buy links!
Now let's find out a bit about the author behind Portals and
Relic and if you want to stalk her, click the links below!
After a successful career being other people, and later
teaching others the many tricks of that trade, Maer Wilson has decided to be
herself for a while. Turns out she's a writer. She's always loved stories,
especially fantasy, mystery and sci fi. Maer was born in the Year of the Dragon
and has a dragon-themed room in her home, but sadly no dragons in the back
yard. When she's not writing, Maer plays online video games, teaches college
and reads. She also co-hosts the literary podcast, MythBehaving and writes for two gaming fansites. Maer lives in the
high desert of Southern Nevada with her two dogs, a chihuahua and a poodle. Portals is Book 2 in The Thulukan Chronicles. You can find all
books and novelettes in The Thulukan
Chronicles at Amazon.
Don't forget to come back tomorrow. Avery Olive (that's me!)
will take over the 18 Days of Christmas Giveaways with the Cover, Blurb and
exclusive excerpt reveal of her latest novel, Won't Let Go!
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contest runs until December 29th, and of course, don't forget to come back
tomorrow.
14 December 2013 at 09:09
Thanks so much for the interview, Avery!
14 December 2013 at 15:08
Happy Holidays!! I enjoyed this thank you.
14 December 2013 at 23:03
Thanks for stopping by, Mary. :)