Welcome to the blog Abria, What Inspired you to write WAKE?
The first thing that popped into my head was the scene where Jem and Willa are taking a walk through her neighborhood, taking about various kinds of personal catastrophes. I could immediately grasp the tone and voice that I wanted to write it in, but sat on the idea for a few days before I started writing. By that time, I had a backlog of ideas about what to do with these two characters.
Indie publishing- Why do you think its becoming so popular?
From what I've seen it seems to be popular with three kinds of people: (1) those who are tired of trying to jump through the industry's hoops to get traditionally published, (2) those who want to maintain creative control over every aspect of their work, and (3) those who didn't produce something a traditional publisher would print. Self-publishing provides a venue for these books and voices.
WAKE has become a movie, who is playing your main character (s) and why?
I can't picture Wake ever being a movie. The characters are very much themselves in my mind, and I can't imagine them being portrayed by real people.
Oh but its so fun to pretend...dreams can come true. I read this and really liked it, maybe a great fit for Willa would be Hailee Steinfeld...at least that's a face I could picture.....ps- she was in True Grit with my favorite actor Matt Damon who Im sure we could find a part for in your movie......I think I missed my calling as a casting director...LOL...
What top three Indie books would you recommend to readers and why?
I'm going to have to use the 90's definition of Indie here and include a few books published by independent presses. I've read some self-published books over the past year, but only one has really wowed me. The Indies I would recommend are:
Angel by Laura Lee, published by Itineris-Press
The White Pigeon by Kevin Kvas (forthcoming, printed by UESA)
Hollowland by Amanda Hocking
Whats on the horizon for Abria Mattina?
More writing. I still work in production for a literary journal, and do freelance book production on the side. I love doing interior layouts.
What do you want readers to walk away with after reading your book?
So far the great thing about it is that they all walk away with something different. Some aspects or dimensions of the novel will speak more to some people than others, so they may learn, they may recognize parts of themselves, they may see familiar experiences--it all depends on the reader.
Thank you so much Abria for stopping by and being a part of this event, I really enjoyed Wake, one of the Indie novels I read this month. Best of luck to your writing career.
GIVEAWAY
Today Abria is giving away one Kindle Ebook copy of her book Wake. To enter please leave a comment and winners will be announced at the end of this event....HURRY my lovely readers, there is only a few days left to enter for this one!!
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Nice interview. The book sounds very interesting.
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