Tagged by @danafaithwriting and @lady-redshield-writes! Thank you both! Sorry for the delay; it took me a while to accept I don’t have time to make a new moodboard, so here’s the slightly outdated moodboard:
1. What is the working title of your book?
Kreah. (Emphasis on working title; I’ve been trying to name this thing for so long—)
2. Where did the idea for your book come from?
OKAY I have legitimately been waiting for this question since I started the blog because the answer is just so utterly absurd: it was this Minecraft song video. Specifically the shot around 2:35 where his head is tilted back. I liked the image of someone being pulled up by a string around their heart in a pose like that, so I built a scene around it.
The scene was a Big Climactic Twist in my original concept, but is now completely irrelevant to what Kreah is now: proto-Kayram died and was ressurected by proto-Viyer who was hidden until then and also the ex-main character’s long-lost little sister, and it looked like that. (Don’t try to fit that in my current worldbuilding, it won’t work.)
Kayram’s character came pretty quickly out of that, then Sorah, then Moreldis and Ignam. Viyer actually didn’t come ‘till way later. I changed it from a alternate-world modern setting to the agricultural revolution while I was in AP World and we read an article about the development of agriculture being the worst mistake in human history. The idea of negative consequences to agriculture interested me, so I ran with it.
3. What genre is your current work in process?
Historical fantasy, probably?
4. Choose actors for your movie rendition.
I know like three actors and they’re all named Chris
5. Give a one-sentence synopsis of your book.
A field goddess born in the wake of the agricultural revolution must protect mortals from the old, forgotten gods who haunt them.
(Yay for pre-established taglines!)
6. Will your book be self-published or represented by an agent?
I’m hoping to go the traditional publishing route!
7. How long did it take you to write the first draft?
Boy, that question is tricky with Kreah. Depending on how you define “first” and “write,” either a year, five years, or a month.
I wrote what could be considered the first draft in seventh grade, five years ago, but it hardly resembled what Kreah is now. If you take “actively daydreaming about” to mean writing the first draft, I haven’t stopped since then. Between then and now, I’ve written two more drafts, sort of, one of which would be vaguely recognizable as a proto-Kreah and one of which is actually pretty close to what I’m doing now, except I forgot I’d written it until I was neck-deep in planning the current draft, which I am descriptively calling my fourth-first draft, because technically I’ve written three before, but I’m still approaching this like a first draft rather than revision. The current draft I’m planning to write in July for Camp NaNo!
8. What other books would you compare your story to?
Ah, the dreaded comp titles. Some friends of mine compared it to American Gods. It’s got a similar concept (gods existing because of mortal belief and fading when they’re forgotten, new gods coming with technological advances), but very different tones. Kreah’s got more levity to it and also is appropriate for middle schoolers. No cussing or graphic violence or weird monster sex
9. Who or what inspired you to write the book?
The article I mentioned above, my love of history, everything I talked about here, the fact that I just really love storytelling.
10. What else about your book might pique a reader’s interest?
there’s some good banter in there
debates with no clear winner/answer
strong female characters who aren’t Strong Female Characters
