The Spark Blogfest and Favorite Reads Blogfest

Christine Tyler at The Writer Coaster has created this awesome blogfest involving writers and inspiration.

Plus, question number three works for another blogfest: Favorite Reads Blogfest. I created this blogfest + giveaway over at my book reviews blog, Surrounded by Books Reviews. 

Today's question is: Is there a book or author that changed your world view?

The book that changed my world view was Beth Revis’s Across the Universe. I don’t think I’ll ever look at stars the same way. I devoured her novel in one day.

I’ve also cried over Beth’s story on how Across the Universe may be her debut novel, but it wasn’t the first, second, third, or even fourth written novel (I think it was number eleven). Beth’s journey is about perseverance, never giving up.

So far, Across the Universe by Beth Revis is my favorite novel of the year. It inspired me as a reader and as a writer.

The Spark Blogfest: Work-in-Progress Inspiration

 

Christine Tyler at The Writer Coaster has created this awesome blogfest involving writers and inspiration.

Today's question is: What author set off that spark of inspiration for your current Work in Progress?

Mock cover of Virtuoso

No particular author sparked the inspiration of my current WiP, although it was role-played inspired. I created Nadia back in 2001, I believe. She had the ability to control energy magics and recently lost her boyfriend—not to death like Virtuoso, though. I didn’t get a chance to role-play the character beyond a few posts, since the group never got off its feet. The character changed a bit but stayed with me. In 2009, I wrote Nadia’s story in Virtuoso.