For the ask game: 2, 4, and 9!
Hey, thanks for the questions @astaera-writes! I really love these ones! I’m going to answer for just Wanderlust, otherwise I’m going to be here all day.2) pick one sight, smell, sound, feel, and taste to describe the aesthetic of your novel
Sight: long, winding rural roads that never seem to end;Smell: those cliche pine air-fresheners that cars spontaneously spawn into existence when you’re not looking;Sound: zoning out in a group of friends and hearing their chatter, distantly and with no pressure to make sense of the words;Feel: a bumpy ride, off the beaten track, with lots of pot holes;Taste: energy drinks
4) what’s the time period and location in which the novel takes place?
It’s set in America, 2020! Wanderlust starts in Washington and (big surprise) crosses all over the place, highlighting different folks in different places and their varying reactions to magic.
5) What’s the first line of your novel?
The first line paragraph of Wanderlust was not actually written by me, but rather the lovely, wonderful, effervescent @autofoebia, because it’s a collaborative project.
‘Lincoln Memorial High was a place where teenage hopes and dreams came to die. Not because it was a place of hard-ass teachers and impossible studies. Not because it had awful cliques and lunchroom drama, oh no, that would almost be interesting. No, Lincoln Memorial High was a killer of hope because it was just so boring.’
The first line paragraph I wrote with mine own two hands is: ‘Springtime wascrunch-time. The thaw brought with it surprise tests and looming deadlines,college applications and parental expectations, and just because Astrid Kingwas only a junior didn’t mean she was footloose and fancy free. Whenever shewas left alone with her thoughts, they would begin to buzz anxieties about thefuture in her ear.’
Thanks again!! This was really fun to do <3