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Behind the Book: The (mostly) True Story behind the writing of Girl Gone Nova
About Girl Gone Nova: Doc--Delilah Oliver Clementyne--is on a impossible mission to the Garradian Galaxy. A genius/bad a**, she does the impossible on a regular basis, but this time the impossible might really be impossible. Then the truly, completely impossible happens: she falls in love. Wrong time, wrong man, wrong everything. So why does it feel so right? The Interview: Me: So, you finally finished another BAB (i.e. big a** book)? Myself: Finally. Though I would like to point out, it is not as big as The Key. Me: Yeah, that five, six thousand word difference is huge. Myself: Are you going to make editorial comments or ask me questions? Me: Can I think about it? (I glare at me and myself in the monitor) Okay, fine. A question. I heard a rumor that this book almost made our head explode. I'd like to have seen that. Myself: We'd have to be looking in a mirror for that to happen. And still not a question. Me: Why did it almost make our head explode? Myself: I know I have something of reputation for complicating my plots, but I exceeded all previous complicated plots with this one. And it started out so straightforward, too. Doc (my heroine) arrives in the Garradian galaxy with a simple mission: retrieve the people who went through a Garradian portal during the war two years ago. Introduce some complications and a love interest, maybe blow up some ships and then provide a happy ending. Nothing in that to make my head explode. Me: It's the complications that get you every time. And you can't tell us what they are without giving too much away. Myself: Makes it hard to write the book blurb, too: Doc travels to another galaxy to face (author) head exploding complications in the Garradian Galaxy. Me: I'm sure you'll think of something. Unless your head really does explode. Myself: That would be OUR head. Me: Right. Let's move on from that. Can you tell us about the hero of Girl Gone Nova? Myself: I can. It might surprise readers of The Key. Helfron Giddioni, the almost bad guy of The Key, was really pissed at me when he didn't get the girl. He bugged me for two years to get his own romance. I thought it was hard to write a science fiction romance, but writing one with a POLITICIAN as the hero--well, that's one of the reasons my head almost exploded. Luckily, Hel had some interesting secrets and an alter ego that helped. And he was willing to be sorry for what he'd done (mostly) and teachable (in some areas) to achieve hero status in this new book. But he also has to get his trash kicked a few times during those complications that I can't reveal. Me: And then there's Conan, aka Vidor Shan. You had some trouble with him. Myself: I'm still having trouble with him. I created him, not sure if he was a good guy, a villain, or something in between. My sister, who read the book, hates him and wants him to be punished. Other readers want him to get a girl, any girl. LOL! I'm still not sure. I just know he's not finished and he will be showing up in the next book. Me: And he's not the only character refusing to go quietly into the good night, is he? Myself: Sigh. No. And I have a feeling that Sara and Fyn will be making an appearance in the next book. Or our head will just explode. (very big grin) NOTE: My writing took a slight detour into a steampunk offshoot of this series. Colonel Carey, hot guy pilot from both books, will be taking the role of hero, but not sure who else will make an appearance...well, the main bad guy from Girl Gone Nova will definitely show up. It's a bad guy requirement to show when and where he/she can and make trouble. Me: Without giving too much away, I can't think of anything else to ask you, except when will Girl Gone Nova hit the e-shelves? Myself: It will release in April, 2010! In the meantime, check out this excerpt from the book: Read an Excerpt from Girl Gone Nova And then go read my other interviews with myself:
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