Ever and Ever Sight

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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