Author Interview: Megan Miranda (Fracture)

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Megan is a scientist - turned - teacher - turned - stay-at-home-mom - turned - writer. She is not nearly as indecisive as she sounds. She lives near Charlotte, North Carolina, where she volunteers as an MIT Educational Counselor, does the mom thing by day, and writes by night.

Her first novel, FRACTURE, will be published by Walker/Bloomsbury in early 2012.

Tell me about one of your typical writing days...what are your routines, places to read, write. Music? millions of notes strewn all over the floor?


Well, mostly I have a writing night… typically, after I put the kids to bed, I write. I wish I had something more specific to say than this—like that I check email for 10 minutes or read 20 pages or something. But that would be a lie. The truth is, there’s no structure. I do the things I can do (email, research, etc.) in spurts during the day, but as far as writing, I need silence. So I put the kids to bed, I go to my room, and I write. This either involves my laptop or a notebook with hot-pink sticky notes. Either way, I write. Then I write some more. And when I get tired of writing, I read.

How was your experience with getting published - has it been unlike how you thought it would be? *They working you like a slave?*


Honestly, it’s been an amazing experience. That’s not to say there hasn’t been a lot of work involved, but I consider this my job. It just happens to be a job I love.  

Are there any specific reasons you chose to write in the YA genre rather than adult?


I was a reader of both YA and adult fiction, but I don’t think it was a conscious choice to write one over the other. When I started to write, I found that my voice naturally fell in YA (at least, in my opinion), and every story I imagined was about a main character around that age. A lot of YA literature resonates emotionally with me—I feel like there’s something really universal about it. There’s something so appealing about exploring those years. It’s just….pivotal, and I’m drawn to it.

I love your cover art in that it isn't a beautiful girl with a dress on the cover - How did you like the process of choosing cover art?


Thank you! I’m so thrilled with the cover, but I can’t take any credit for it. The team at Bloomsbury thought it up and designed it, and I think they did such an amazing job of capturing the feel of the book. The girl on the front is shockingly similar to how I picture Delaney. And that red coat…it saves her life. I didn’t do any choosing. All I did was jump up and down when I got it in my inbox.

and the most IMPORTANT question you will ever answer *drumroll please* - What are your thoughts and feelings on the Amazingly Delicious - Canned Not quite Meat - SPAM?


Confession: I have never had SPAM. But I appreciate SPAM’s dedication to embracing their individuality. They’re just like, hey I’m SPAM. Take me or leave me. I can respect that.
 

Review | Amazon

By the time Delaney Maxwell was pulled from a Maine lake’s icy waters by her best friend, Decker Phillips, her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead.

But somehow Delaney survived—despite the brain scans that show irreparable damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be fine, but she knows she’s far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can’t control or explain, Delaney now finds herself drawn to the dying, and when she meets Troy Varga, a boy who recently emerged from a coma with the same abilities, she is relieved to share this strange new existence. Unsure if her altered brain is predicting death or causing it, Delaney must figure out if their gift is a miracle, a freak of nature—or something else much more frightening….

Pabkins

Countess of Crazy, Insane babbler, Giver of the Evil Eye, Walking Hazard Zone, Maker of Monsters, but above all Lover of a Zombie and those things that are creepy crawly.  Step in to my library my pretties… 

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