Book Spotlight
1) What is the
title of your book?
By the Light of a Darkened Forest
Ø What
is the story about?
·
It is about a young
woman, named Evelyn Ashmore, and her winter camping trip gone wrong.
Ø Who
is the main character?
·
Evelyn Ashmore is the
main protagonist and whose point of view you hear/read the story from.
·
Darrow Hardstone is the
secondary protagonist who travels with her at some point.
2) What inspired
this tale?
Ø How
did the story come to you?
·
It all started with a
dream about being chased by something during the winter. Suddenly, an elf in
green led me to jungle gym equipment, they were boxes with different shapes to
crawl through, told me to stay put while he would draw them off. He told me
he’d come back but I woke up. I’ve built the story around that concept since then.
Ø Did
you have to research for this novel, and if so, why?
·
I’ve had to do so much
research for this novel because it is a fantasy setting. I had to make sure
things looked right and look up blood loss among other things.
·
I have a feeling I will
need to do this for each book, though I need to learn to write down the things
I look up as I forget them and have to research them again.
Ø If
you did research, what do you think surprised you most to learn and why?
·
The most surprising
thing to learn was how many wasp stings it takes to kill a person and the side
effects of high dosages of the venom. I can’t remember them now, but I have a
feeling it would be in the hundreds.
3) Do you relate
to your character?
Ø Is
your protagonist anything like you personally?
·
Evelyn is a mix of how
I am and who I want to be, but she also has her own way of doing things.
ü If
yes, then how?
o
She sees the good in
people and wants them to see it, too. It’s been a long time since I’ve written
her character, so I can’t really remember too well what she’s like. I’m more
focused on another protagonist, right now.
ü If
no, how do you differ from one another?
o
She’s certainly more
active and adventurous than me. I love going outside and exploring, but I’m
nervous to explore off the beaten path. Plus, she’s a bit more impulsive than I
am.
Ø What
made you write this character; were they based on a real person or something
that inspired you?
·
Not sure what made me
write her, but I know once I got into the story more, she wrote herself. Just
needed my help to type the keys.
ü
What should readers
know about this character?
o
Evelyn’s your
average woman trying to find her way through life after school. She didn’t
expect what happened, all she wanted was a camping trip in her backyard.
ü
Why is this
character important to you?
o
She’s in my first
novel and my first original character that wasn’t from fanfiction, but Darrow
is more my favorite because his race is so interesting to me, plus he developed
more than her throughout the story. Sorry Eve.
Ø Do
you consider the main character of your story to be good or bad, and why?
·
Again, she’s an average
person. She’s got good tendencies as well as bad, but overall, she’s a good
person.
·
She loves helping
people, especially her grandparents and doesn’t like to hurt others. Then again,
what’s considered good for one person is bad for another.
Ø What’s
the objective of your character?
·
In the story all she
wants to do is find her way home, but it changes near the end. Won’t spoil that
part for you.
4) Is there
anything you, specific, want readers to know about this piece of work?
It’s my first
work and the first story that I ever finished writing. I was ecstatic when I
wrote the words ‘the end’ the first time, and more so when Creativia accepted
it for publication.
Ø Is
there a particular idea or morale you are trying to convey?
·
I wasn’t thinking of
adding an idea or morale to the story, but one snuck in there. After reading it
over a few times and thinking about the next parts to the series, I discovered
that I was writing about human nature and, sometimes, the extreme of it. How
people can go to such lengths as to lose what makes them human and turn them
into monsters. Not what I was going for, but it got in there. It’s spreading
itself into the other books in the series, as well, like a virus.
5) Is this novel a
standalone?
No.
Ø If
it is a part of a series, what’s the series name?
·
I’ve named it Love’s Choices for a specific reason,
but telling what it is would spoil some of the novels.
Ø If
it is the first in a series, when can we expect to see the next book published?
·
It is the first in a
series of 4, and I’m working on the second book currently, but I’m not sure
when I’ll finish it. The first draft is completed, and I’m working on the
second draft, but it’s a slow process with what has happened in my life the
last few years.
Ø If
it is a part of a book series, can it be read as a standalone or do you need to
read the
entire series to experience the full realm of the
tale?
·
It can be read as a
standalone but the ending leaves you knowing that there is another one coming
and I’ve left many questions unanswered.
6) Where can
readers connect with you and purchase your book?
Twitter https://twitter.com/JessWGoodwin
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