The Cycle of the Six Moons complete trilogy set is now available for a discounted bundle in my store! Only the complete set will be available at this price.
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Tag: The Starriest Summer
Making a Book Trailer
I love researching how to “do something,” especially when I’m bored at work, so of course when I decided to make a trailer for The Cycle of the Six Moons, I searched all over Google for various ideas. I wanted to document my process in case it might help someone else, so here it is!
Interview with Cassidy Taylor
Head over to Cassidy Taylor’s website and check out her interview with me today 😀
Here’s a sneak peek!
What’s the happiest moment you’ve lived as an author?
I love inspiring people, whether it’s through my writing or other activities, such as my voice acting, so I absolutely love it and get super emotional whenever someone tells me that not only have I inspired them to voice act, but also to write their own books. I love inspiring others to achieve their dreams.
What’s your Hogwarts house and why?
Hurhurhurrr. Ravenclaw all the way. This might be racist, and it very well might be because she’s Chinese, but when Cho Chang first made an appearance in The Prisoner of Azkaban, something just clicked. Also, Luna is in Ravenclaw and she’s just delightful, and Hermione could have been in Ravenclaw.
Teen Read Week
Today, I visited Fairfield High School, read a passage from The Starriest Summer, and did a Q&A! IT WAS GREAT! The librarians and an ESL teacher told me how awesome it was to follow my dreams, write something that teenagers can relate to in words that teenagers might actually speak, and I encouraged some of the kids to PURSUE THEIR PASSION FOR WRITING!!! Yes! Oh god, it was great! I love inspiring people! EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!
Revisiting Elementary Teachers!
I stated several times in some interviews that the first story I wrote for fun was in second grade. It was called “The Haunted Mansion” and, with permission, I included some of my classmates in the story. (I even left one of them in an iron maiden…) When I was done with the story, I read it aloud to the class.
Anyway, on Friday, I wrapped a very nice package (IT HAS REALLY COOL WRAPPING PAPER, OKAY) and left it at the school where my second grade teacher now works.
She e-mailed me, and we met today 😀
Gosh, I love getting involved with the community :’) Deciding to work for the school district was such a great choice.
The Starriest Summer in RPG Maker
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. Back in 2014, I got RPG maker and decided to recreate the first chapter of The Starriest Summer, “The Machine,” as a game. It’s really short, only takes a few minutes to complete, and some of the tile sets are glitchy. As I made it back in 2014, it has some old artwork 😛
You can get the game here! It’s free, of course. http://www.mediafire.com/download/wmurjujb1o1m41t/Game.exe
Book Binge! The Starriest Summer is 99 cents!
To complement The Book Binger‘s readalong for The Starriest Summer, the eBook is now 99 cents from June 27-July 1!
The eBooks are available here:
Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Guerilla Marketing, Book Style
I had author business cards printed.
And then I devised a plan.
Frozen North Podcast
I jumped in and joined JJ, Marc, and Shana on the Frozen North gaming podcast 😀 They discuss their video game “book club,” Final Fantasy IX, what it means to “complete” a video game, and I jump in at 39:40 to discuss The Starriest Summer and its video game influences!
As you’ll hear in the podcast, Shana and I have known each other since sixth grade. That’s before I even started to write The Cycle of the Six Moons, ahahaha.
Outline vs. Actual Book
I’m an outliner. I daydream up a story while I’m lying in bed, unable to sleep ’cause I can’t shut off my thoughts, and when I know that the thoughts in my head are definitely what I want to write, I write ’em down and make an outline. Then I get on to the actual story writing!
I thought it’d be a fun idea to go through my outline of The Starriest Summer and see what deviates from the actual book 😀 I only took screenshots of a few parts.
