Welcome to The Saturday Spotlight, a weekly feature showcasing debut, Indie, self-published and authors who specialize in Ebook publishing. This week I have the pleasure introducing readers to:
Tatiana Vila
~author of The Ylem~
~Q&A~
Hi Tatiana, thanks for stopping by today, to start please tell us about yourself.
Besides writing, I love singing and composing songs. My shower has witnessed several outbursts of lyrical creativity, let me tell ya! But Poi has to be one of the coolest things I do. If you don't know what Poi is you just have to imagine someone doing fire spinning but with LED lights.Watching it it's really an out-of-this world experience. Practice though, not so much. Expect a lot of bruises!
What inspired you to write The Ylem?
It all began with a Conference I attended two years ago. Masaru Emoto, the author of Messages from Water, was coming to town and I had to go see his latest discoveries. For those of you who aren't familiar with Mr. Emoto, he's known for his claim that water's structure can be affected by human thoughts and emotions. Amazing, huh? So, as I was listening to some experiments he'd done with Magnetic Resonance, an idea started forming in my mind, and that's when the two magic words popped into my head. What if. In those few minutes, I created a character, Tristan. An hour later, I already had a story. A few hours later, I already had a Trilogy. And that same night, I started writing, with a big smile on my face.
Did you always want to be a writer?
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What authors or books have inspired your work?
I'm pretty contemporary. J.K.Rowling, Paulo Coelho, Richelle Mead, Masaru Emoto, Rachel Caine, just to name a few.
What are you reading right now?
Actually, I'm not reading anything. Break Away, the first book in my new series, has engulfed all of my time!
Any future works you can share with us?
Yes. My gluttony book, Break Away, is coming out mid-October. So, please, check it out! I promise you a nice ride :) In the meantime, I'll leave you with the synopsis. Happy reading YA lovers!
Break Away (Away series, #1)
Ice Queen. That's what everyone calls Dafne at school. The girl with the striking looks of a Raven Princess but whose cold-steeled touch freezes everyone in her way. Her reputation works for her and she even likes it. People don't mess with her—except for her sister's infuriatingly handsome boyfriend, Ian, who loves pushing her subzero temper to its limits. Life in Berryford is flowing exactly as she wants it—no drama, no boy trying to get into her pants—until she starts noticing odd, glazed-eyed students everywhere. Something weird is happening and, unusual enough for her, she needs to find out why. But when people start falling into a coma with no reason, among them Dafne's sister, she decides to take the matter in her hands, because if her intuition is right, this isn't something doctors or virologists can fight. This is something…more.
With frustration and guilt leading her way, and Ian forcing himself to her side, Dafne will step onto a road that'll open her eyes to why ignorance is bliss, why hate is so close to love, and why our imagination might be the most dangerous weapon ever known.
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Awesome, sounds exciting!! Thanks so much Tatiana for chatting with me and we have something in common, sweet glasses and a love for Richelle Mead. Im eager to check out Break Away.
GIVEAWAY
Today Tatiana is offering an ebook (version of your choice) of The Ylem to one of my readers. This is open as always to everyone (International included) to enter just leave a comment and link to profile page or email. Thanks and goodluck, winner will be contacted on Oct 15, 2011.
The Ylem by Tatiana Vila
April 2011 by SmashWords
An ancient book, a seventeen-year-old girl and an exotic boy from a supernatural world hold the key to freedom for a long-oppressed race, but that freedom could come at the cost of the human world.
Seventeen-year-old Kalista is suffering from a broken heart, so when her playwright father proposes they move their lives from New York to New Mexico because he is in need of inspiration Kalista is 100% on-board with him. New Mexico proves to be the perfect balm for her wounds and she is just starting to feel some of her old spunk when Tristan Winfield comes into her life and pulls all of her barriers down. Kalista is captivated by Tristan's unusual silver eyes and feels an inexplicable connection to him, which begins to manifest itself in her dreams with bizarre images of a waterfall and an orb.While searching for an explanation for her troubling dreams, Kalista discovers an ancient book which holds the secrets of a supernatural race of creatures. But when Killings hit town, she realizes her finding has come at a high price. She's in the middle of a power struggle now, and a secret seems to be wrapped within the pages of that book. A secret she and Tristan are part of.
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Wow both of these sound good. Great giveaway girl as always.
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I absolutely LOVE the cover of THE BREAK AWAY. And, it's so true, hate is really close to love. I think its because its hard to hate people you haven't loved first. I suppose its because they have the ability to hurt you the most.
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