Showing posts with label Kate Forsyth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kate Forsyth. Show all posts
Friday, February 8, 2013
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Guest Blog Author Interview - Kate Forsyth!!!
Another great author the lovely Kate Forsyth has kindly answered some interview questions. Hope you enjoy reading these as much as we did!
Castle Plaza Bookstore: What led you into a writing career?I've wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember. I think I was born knowing that's what I wanted to do! Books and reading and writing have always been my most favourite things, and so I feel very blessed that I can spend my life doing what I love most.
Castle Plaza Bookstore: What excites you about writing?
Everything! I love the early stages of daydreaming and thinking about the book and planning it, and then I love the actual writing process. And its wonderful to finally hold the book in your hand and know that you created it out of your own imagination.
Castle Plaza Bookstore: What did you do before you became a published author?
I worked as a model, a journalist and in fashion public relations - but I was writing all the time!
Castle Plaza Bookstore: Are the names of your characters are important? And what do they mean?
Yes, the names of all my characters are very important ... and also the titles of the books, the place names, the house names ... I spent a lot of time thinking about names and trying to discover the right ones. whenever I meet anyone with an interesting name I write it down - I keep a list in the back of my ideas book. And what do they mean? All different things! 
I like to walk for an hour every day, and when I'm not writing I like to work in my garden or cook my family delicious feasts ... all these things are very grounding.
Castle Plaza Bookstore:Who would you most like to be trapped somewhere with?
my husband :)
Castle Plaza Bookstore:How long will it take to set up a book?
It depends on the book. Some books need to gestate for a very long time, others seem to grow very quickly. Usually it takes me a year of solid work to produce a book.
Castle Plaza Bookstore:If you could invite 3 famous people (living, dead, fictional) to a dinner party who would they be and why?
Only 3? That's a hard choice. Off the top of my head, I'll say Tracey Chevalier, Susan Vreeland, and Ken Follett because I love their books so much and we'd all have such an interesting conversation.
Castle Plaza Bookstore: What adventures will be next for your characters?I'm currently working on a historical novel for adults that retells the secret history of Rapunzel ....
thanks so much!
Kate
www.kateforsyth.com.au
Kate Forsyth is the author of almost twenty books for both adults & children, including her best selling fantasy series Rhiannon's Ride & The Witches of Eileanan.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
BestSeller List for the Week!
Fiction BestSellers - 06/08/2010 - 10/08/2010
- 1) Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (Fiction)
- 2) Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett (Fiction)
- 3) Journey to Wudang #1: Hell to Heaven (Fantasy)
- 4) Quantum Encryption #1: Path of the Stray - Kim Falconer (Fantasy)
- 5) Passionate Realities - Nicole Austin (Erotica)
- 6) Sea Haven #8: Water Bound - Christine Feehan (Paranormal)
- 7) Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs (Crime)
- 8) Witches of Eleanan #1: Dragonclaw - Kate Forsyth (Fantasy)
- 9) Tomorrow #1: Tomorrow When the War Began - John Marsden (Teen)
- 10) In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady - Gayle Callen (Romance)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Young Adult Fiction
As a bookseller we see alot of books come in and go out. Some the teenagers like and some they don't, you will get that. We see a lot of Y/A books that cross the boundries where mainly adults read them. Some of our most popular Y/A authors are Kristen and P.C Cast, Stephanie Meyer, Michael Pryor, Kate Forsyth, Eoin Colfer, Richard Flanagan, Robert Muchamore, Richelle Mead, Garth Nix and many more.
Our question to you is what draws you into these books? What makes you want to buy them? I know why I read a lot of Y/A fiction, I love the characters and the cleaness of the stories.I love the 'Cherub' series buy Robert Muchamore because it is gritty and shows a truth that many adults seem to forget; Children are people too.
Richelle Mead's 'Vampire Academy' and Kristen and P.C Cast ' House of Night' shows the value of bonds between friends and enemies.
Michael Pryor "Laws of Magic' show that techonolgy and magic can exsist together and that we need to embrace both in our lives.
It is fantastic our childern are embracing these ideals and forging something inside themselves. They are learning lessons and history by reading these stories as most of them have some basis in fact, whether they are fantasy, urban, medieval etc.. I read one post the other day saying this girl was at a quiz night and she knew some of the answers because she had leaned them from reading fantasy. I believe it was a question about armor.
Well that is my rant for the day, Please do tell us why you like to read and what do you get out of it?
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