Author Interview with Gina Rosati and Giveaway
Gina Rosati was born and raised in Boston suburbia, and now lives in Merrimack, New Hampshire with
her husband, two teenage children and two chubby guinea pigs. Gina is a long time volunteer at
her local middle school library, and a member of SCBWI, the Apocalypsies
and the Class of 2k12 debut author groups.
Auracle Synopsis
16 year old Anna Rogan
has a secret she's only shared with her best friend, Rei; she can
astrally project out of her body, allowing her spirit to explore the
world and the far reaches of the universe.
When there's a fatal
accident and her classmate Taylor takes over Anna's body, what was an
exhilarating distraction from her repressive home life threatens to
become a permanent state. Faced with a future trapped in another
dimension, Anna turns to Rei for help. Now the two of them must find a
way to get Anna back into her body and stop Taylor from accusing an
innocent friend of murder. Together Anna and Rei form a plan but it
doesn't take into account the deeper feelings that are beginning to grow
between them.
1. Is there going to be a sequel to Auracle? Why or why not
No,
Auracle is a stand alone novel. If I decide to continue Anna and Rei's
story, they'll be secondary characters in a companion novel told from
Callie's POV (which would flesh out Seth's story), but that's so very up
in the air right now.
2. How did you come up with the idea of the main character, Anna, being able to astrally project? And the story as a whole?
I
used to have recurring nightmares that were very vivid and always
accompanied by a deafening buzz in my head. I researched them and came
up with lucid dreams and sleep paralysis, which can be caused by stress.
Years later, I was reading a book by psychic Sylvia Browne, and she
described my dreams right down to the buzz. She said this occurs during
an out-of-body experience, when you wake up half in, half out of your
body. She also says to take from her books only what resonates with you.
Since I don't do stress well, I still think they were caused by lucid
dreams/sleep paralysis, but the writer in me wondered, "what if?" Then,
of course, I wondered whether someone could get into an abandoned body,
and I took a walk to a local waterfall, and the story unfolded from
there.
3.
I'm sure this story took a lot of research and thought. Can you give
us insight on your writing process and how much research went into the
story?
I
drafted Auracle one summer five years ago, then I tucked it into a
drawer until January 2nd, when I spent 4 months revising. I love
research. My first real job was as a page in the reference section of a
library, and I currently volunteer in a middle school library, so I do
have mad research skills, and lots of resources. I spent a lot of time
researching Auracle because it was so much fun to research. As a
result,. I have an extra 300+ pages that never made it into the story
because it was all needless detail that slowed the story down. Among
other things, I researched astral projection, energy (physics), energy
(metaphysics), some of the coolest places to explore on earth (and
in the known universe), addictive personalities, and I even got a tattoo
for research (although they are addictive, so now I have three :)
4. What are you
currently working on or in the future?
I'm
working on a historical/fantasy/speculative/sci-fi/romance. I'm really
looking forward to all the research needed for this one!
5. What was your favorite aspect on writing this story?
The love story!! I'm such a sucker for a love story.
6.
If you could trade places with one character in your book who would it
be and why? What character would you trade places with one day from
another story?
I'd want to trade places with Anna - I'd love to be able to astral project! Plus, she gets to hang out with Rei.
And from another story?
Considering
how we authors are so awful to our characters, I'd have to say
absolutely, positively, it would have to be Eloise from The Plaza,
because I'd love a day to skip around The Plaza, ring the bell whenever I
like and annoy people in such a charming way. Although if George R.R.
Martin wasn't torturing Arya Stark on every other page, I'd choose her
because you don't get more awesome than Arya Stark.
Giveaway
There will be three winners for this giveaway.
1st winner-will receive a SIGNED hardcover copy of Auracle
2nd and 3rd winners will receive an Auracle swag pack created by Gina herself.
This giveaway is International.
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