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[gigi-writing]

All about Giselle!!!

Okay, so first my full name is Giselle, but everyone calls me Gigi. I’m sixteen years old and have been writing for ever. I’ve been horseback riding since age 4 and do competitive showjumping and equitation. I’m from an Iranian-American family, but am adopted so, I don’t really know what I am. My favorite actor is Ramin Karimloo, because of his angelic voice. #Angel of Music. With that being said, I am a lover of musicals. Les Mis, Moulin Rouge, Phantom/LND have to be my top three. My favorite version of Phantom of The Opera is the 25th Anniversary. My favorite show is Avatar The Last Airbender, and Azula is my favorite character followed by Sokka. 

One funny quirk about my writing is before I start writing, I will cast the book. So for my next post I’ll share who I cast as who. It helps me create a vision for the characters so I have something more to go off of than just my own imagination. For example, I cast Hades as Ramin Karimloo because I’ve seen him play The Phantom, and Hades being Ruler of the Underworld I can draw from that. For Anastasia, I took inspiration from myself, Azula, and Wanda Maximoff and Natashs Romanoff. 

The Nightshade Chronicles was inspire by Percy Jackson mainly being twelve I wanted to create my own take of the Greek Gods. I just made it a bit more mature and a lot darker. Fair warning, there is some dark stuff in the books, and it progresses gradually through them. If needed there will be trigger warnings.

My dream is to create a following and fandom who enjoys my books. If that doesn’t happen that’s okay too, because I really wrote the books for me and whoever else wants to enjoy them!

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I’ll be teaching at @teenauthorbootcamp next Saturday, along with some other amazing authors, including Holly Black and Nick Young, who are giving the Keynote addresses. There’s still time to register for this conference. I’m sharing a 5% off discount on the next slide that’s good through March 17th. Hope to see all you aspiring teen authors there! . . . #tabc #teenauthor #teenauthor #teenauthorbootcamp #writingconference #teenauthorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp57dCcLp37/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gigi-writing]

The Nightshade Chronicles

Hey! Gigi here! The Nightshade Chronicles will actually be a five book series with the first book finished and being edited, and the second well on its way. The series titles are the following. 

1. Crown of Nightmares

2. Cursed Hour

3. Remains of Tomorrow 

4. The Masquerade of Kronos

5. Soleil

Book 2 and 3 are rather special ones in that they have to be written somewhat at the same time, and that’s all I can say without giving them away. Book 4 follows closely with the events of 2 and 3, and Book 5 brings it all together in a grand finale. 

[gigi-writing]

Crown of Nightmares: When Asgardians threaten Olympus and Earth, sixteen-year old Anastasia Nightshade, daughter of Kronos and Rhea is put up to the task of stopping them. A trained assassin with a life of loss, her demons will soon come back to haunt her as she begins to train for the fight of her life. As her life flips upside down introducing new family, friends, enemies, and even a new universe, Anastasia will soon have to face the Asgardians and her biggest enemy, herself. Crown of Nightmares is the first of five books in The Nightshade Chronicles. Follow for updates on the developing series and more! #teenauthorsofinstagram #teenauthor #greekmythology #norsemythology #percyjackson #authorsofinstagram #selfpublishing #selfpublish (at Monte-Carlo, Monaco) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQPEty0h6rz/?utm_medium=tumblr