Donna: today my guest author is fantasy author Anna del C. Dye.
Anna: Thank you so much for bringing me to visit your blog, Donna. It is always a pleasure to be with your friends.
Donna: Anna,tell us about your new book.
Anna: It is called Emerine’s Nightmare and is for children. The protagonist is a boy that is persecuted by dark fairies. They have killed his parents and now it’s his turn.
Donna: What other characters are in this book?
Anna: Humans, fairy boys & girls and the son of the Sun God.
Donna: Why a fairy book?
Anna: It was a challenge I gave myself. I never read a book with fairies and wondered if I could write one. So I read one story on the internet and wrote Amerine - Fairy Princess. That is what this story was originally called.
Donna: Why the change?
Anna: I changed my mind when I went to a class and we were told that there was a shortage of boys’ books on the market. That gave me the idea to turn her into a boy. It was a lot of work but it turned out well.
Donna: Who is your target audience for Emerine’s Nightmare?
Anna: Children from 6-years-old up. Especially boys…I double dare you!!!
Donna: Did you do the illustrations?
Anna: Yes, the few drawings are made by me (with a lot of help from Photoshop.)
Donna: I understand received an award for this book already?
Anna: Yes. When it was “Amerine - Fairy Princess” it won second place in a short story contest. Then when I changed it to a boy protagonist and it became “Fairy Prince” it won first place in a first page contest.
Donna: So, it started as a short story?
Anna: Yes, from Amerine Fairy - Princess (2500 words) to Emerine’s Nightmare (12615 words.)
Donna: How is Emerine’s Nightmare different from your other published books?
Anna: It has a boy protagonist and the theme is darker than I am accustomed to. Since all know me as the sweet young adult author who writes Elf series and Princess Romances, this Halloween-y tale really breaks the mold.
Donna: Speaking of broken molds, do you plan to break any others?
Anna: Yes. There is a shortage of boys’ books especially between 4th – 7th graders and I want to try my hand at helping fill that void.
Donna: What else are you brewing?
Anna: I just finished the rough draft of the first of a new series for boys called “The Intergalactic PI.” Then it will come the title of that book “In the case of …”
Donna: Tell us more.
It is about an 11-year-old boy who is a genius and his parents don’t know it. He is so bored with the pretence of his normal life that he decides to have an alternate life. His genius helps him create an almost human robot and the two of them travel the galaxies investigating crime.
Donna: Wow! But what about your Elf series? Are you done with them?
Donna: No. My elf series is too close to my heart. There are 7 books in that series. The next stand-alone book, the fifth in that series, is called “The Royal Elf of Abalon.”
Donna: When will we see it on the market?
Anna: It is in the editing process right now and will come out about April of next year.
Donna: How wonderful. Elfs books, fairy books and now intergalactic books. There should be something for everyone’s taste.
Anna: I hope so. It is so fun to write that I can’t help it. And I do appreciate your time and that of your readers.
Donna: Where can we find Emerine’s Nightmare?
Anna: You can find Emerine’s Nightmare in the following formats:
Emerine’s book in Kindle:
Barnes and Noble Nook:
Ebook:
The Kindle and Nook are only $3.99
and the e-book $2.00.
The first two are available at the normal sites, the e-book from my website.
Thank you for joining me today, Anna. Best of luck to you.
2 comments:
Thank you Donna. I appreciate you doing this interview. It look great. :)
Anna del C.
Author of "The Silent Warrior Trilogy"
http://www.annadelc.com
Anna sounds like she's got a lot going on. I like fantasy, too.
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