Be Inspired Meme

The awesomely talented Christine Rains tagged me in this, when she was talking about her fantastic paranormal romance FEARLESS. It's terrific, and if you haven't read it yet, you really must. It can be found here.

The meme is a great way to talk about your stories, either WiP or completed stories and all you have to do is answer nine questions, so here goes.

1) What is the name of your book? For now, it's tentatively called Cupid, but I'm playing around with something like, Sometimes being Cupid is just not cool.

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Where did the idea of your book come from? I was thinking about paranormal creatures, and which ones haven't been explored yet, when I look over to my Monster High doll collection and saw the lovely C.A Cupid I had for my birthday. It was like lightning struck, and I thought what if there was more than one Cupid, and they lived in the mortal world?

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In what genre would you classify your book? New Adult Paranormal Romance.

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If you had to pick actors to play your characters in a movie rendition who would you choose? I love this game. I always play fantasy casting with a story I'm working on. My MC Callie would be played by Anne Popplewell (of Narnia fame), and her LI Leto would be played by Jackson Rathbone (of Twilight fame).

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Give use a one sentence synopsis of your book. Trainee Cupid Callie must make a hundred couples fall in love, while juggling a job as a romance writer and dating local guitarist Leto, if she fails, she gets turned to stone.

6) How long did it take to write your book? Still writing, but I've achieved almost 50k in 4 weeks.

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What other books within your genre would you compare it to? Or readers of which books would enjoy yours? Probably the Paranormalcy series by Kiersten White.

8) Which authors inspired you to write this book? Again, Kiersten White. I loved the originality and voice she gave to her MC Evie.

9) Tell us anything that might pique our interest in your book. Cupid is new take on paranormal romances, with neither a vampire or werewolf in sight, but with a tattooed guitarist to swoon over, and a creepy Immortal stalker who'll turn you to stone and add you to his collection!

For this I tag EVERYONE! Anyone and everyone reading my blog, I want to know what you're working on, or all about a book you've just finished/ published/ got an agent for/ you're querying etc.

22 comments:

  1. Looking forward to read this! :D

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    1. I'm looking forwards to sharing this with you. :D

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  2. Cupid sounds like a great read, Clare.
    And you kick booty on cranking those words out! Amazing job!

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    1. Thanks Jackie, glad you like the sound of it. :D

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  3. You're right - I can't think of one book with a Cupid. You just might start a new trend!

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    1. Thanks Alex. :D I'd be happy enough with someone wanting to publish it, let alone a new trend. ;)

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  4. You know I love this idea! NA Paranormal Romance? Yes, please. Creepy Immortal stalker who turns you into stone? Super cool! I'm so into this already, I can't wait to read it.

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    1. Thanks Jay! :D Glad you like the idea of it, and hopefully I'll have something to show the world soon. :D

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  5. I love the premise of your novel, Clare! You've done an amazing job working through that word count, well done! :)

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  6. Sounds like an original idea. Look forward to hearing more.

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  7. I like the sound of your story. Impressive to have gotten to 50k already, too. Exciting!

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  8. Cupid sounds as intriguing as can be!

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  9. This story sounds fantastic! I love the new take on Cupid. And thank you so much for the shout-out. :)

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    1. You're welcome. You know I love FEARLESS, and would tell the world about it. :D

      Thanks for the compliment, glad to hear you like the idea. :D

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  10. Sounds like a great concept, Clare! :)

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  11. Greetings!

    I'm hopping over from GUTGAA and thought I would visit some blogs early. Nice to meet you...you have a lovely blog!

    Donna L Martin
    www.donnalmartin.com
    www.donasdays.blogspot.com

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    1. Hey Donna, nice to meet you too. Thanks for dropping by. Hopefully we'll get to know each other better during GUTGAA. :D

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