Please help me welcome one of the
youngest authors from Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly and Vamptasy
Publishing, Kevin Missal! Hi Kevin, come on in and tell us about yourself!
I am Kevin
Solomon Missal. I am 16 years old. I study in 12th grade. I love
mythologies and sagas. I read books. I act in school plays and have won prizes
for it.
When did you first
start writing ?
I started
writing at age 11. I wrote a page in my register. It was the worst piece of
crap I could have written but it was a start to something bigger. I don’t know
where it is now.
What do you love
about writing?
Writing is
enjoyable and fun. It helps me when I am nervous or stressed. It also shows my
reflection of my emotions.
That
is very insightful for someone so young! :D
What do you need when
writing? Music, candy, silence, etc.
Music. Jim
Morrison.
How did you go about
building your world and characters?
I thought,
“What was the most unique thing that no one has ever tried?” and it hit me that
everything in this world is tried or done in some way. So I portrayed my
characters in a wicked sense. I wanted to make a world where I would like to
live and enjoy, have adventures. And that is exactly how I was able to create
it. As for the characters, when the world was created, somehow the characters
just automatically came in my head, according to the world and story.
That
is brilliant, I am looking forward to seeing your world! Check out this Book Trailer for Kevin's story, Unlocked:
Can you provide us
with an excerpt? (Excerpt and book cover :D)
Haha. Here it
is:
Delirium was once a rookie in the early eighteenth century. In this coven,
she was now the mistress. Behind the green hair and blue eyes, the mask she
wore to hide her old age, was a crumpled old lady with one broken eye. She
possessed a lean body, a womanly voice, and poisoned looks.
She never wanted to be a part of Manfred’s conspiracies, but she had no
choice. She needed her coven to stand firm when the Morningstar was freed. No
matter the outcome, she had to assist Manfred in getting what he wanted.
It had been just two days since he had arrived. He’d specified that he
needed a demon slaughterer, Spring Heeled Jack, to be summoned. In return, the
Morningstar would give his blessing. They had helped him, keeping the rookies
in the dark as to what was happening around and providing them with false
information. Yet she wondered if such actions were prudent.
Tossing and turning, she found she couldn’t sleep. Putting on her
twinkling robe, she walked to the common room. There she came across a tall,
lean, bronze-eyed boy in a trench-coat standing close to the fireplace, trying
to fiddle with the erupting flames.
“Hello, Delirium,” Caspar said coldly as he turned to gaze at the witch.
“How did you escape?” She wasn’t shocked, but she did sound astounded.
“That shouldn’t concern you.” His nose flared outward. “What should
concern you is that you are meddling with the wrong man.”
Delirium took a deep breath. “I don’t care how evil Manfred is.”
“He’s not evil, Delirium. He is the evil,” he replied. “You don’t have any
idea what you are dealing with. Please, tell me, why did he want a demon
slaughterer?”
“He’s going to raise the Morningstar and bring his kingdom upon the lands
and seas. In return of our gratitude, he will grant us rewards and more
powers.”
“He’s trying raise the devil?”
“Yes.”
That makes sense, he thought.
He clenched his fist and then released it. He strode toward Delirium and
walked past her. She whirled around to face him, feeling a tad perplexed.
“Thank you for the vital information you’ve provided me with,” he said as
he neared the door.
Delirium remained rooted in place
without lifting a finger. She could have snapped her fingers and pinned him to
the wall. She could have burnt him alive. Yet she did nothing.
“And one more thing, Delirium. Never try to trap me again.” His voice was
sharp and cold. “If you value your existence, you’d do well to remember that.”
Oh, sounds good! Definitely going to
have to give it a read!
Fun time!
Do you play games? If
so what kind? If not, why the heck not?
I play video
games on my PS3. Other games, I do not know.
Favorite author?
Cassandra Clare
and Paulo Coelho.
Favorite TV guilty
pleasure?
Breaking Bad.
Favorite Action Hero?
Benedict
Cumberbatch (he was my inspiration for Caspar Socrates, the protagonist of my
novel)
Oh! I love that guy! Great Sherlock Holmes!!!
Either/ or Lightening round!
Are you a dog person
or a cat person?
Dog person.
Chocolate or Vanilla
ice cream?
Chocolate. I
love chocolate.
Fruits or Veggies?
Both.
Coke or Pepsi?
Pepsi, in any
world.
Soda or Pop?
Soda.
Sweet or Sour?
Sweet.
If you traveled back
in time, what time period would you want to visit most? Who would you hope to
meet?
I think Paris
1920s would be a beautiful time to visit. I would want to meet the talented F.
Scott Fitzgerald and the dark Ernest Hemingway, even the artist Pablo Picasso.
It would be like a dream to visit all of them.
That
would be awesome!
The Important stuff!
Any advice for
aspiring authors?
Write what you
want to write. Don’t care about the people or the society or anyone. Just write
what you want to write and don’t let the people limit your abilities. Enjoy the
process of writing.
Where can we stalk… I
mean find you?(Links baby!)
Where can we buy your
books?
Amazon
Thanks Kevin! It was great fun getting to know you! If you have any other questions for Kevin, feel free to ask him in the comments and wish him well!
3 comments:
What an awesome interview. Best of luck to you Kevin, your book is sitting on my computer right now. It is the next book to be read when I finish the one I'm on. It sounds like you have created an awesome world and I can't wait to meet your characters.
What a remarkable young man! I can't wait to read your book, already purchased!!! Best wishes in everything you do!
Hey Kevin I am almost done with your book and i must say it is one of the best mythological novel I have read. sorry to say but it still comes after Percy Jackson series but i am deeply enjoying it.
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