I'm so pleased to be hosting Nancy Pennick on her blog tour for the third book in her Waiting for Dusk series. Today, she sat down and answered a few questions, including my infamous random question!
Stealing Time
Waiting For Dusk #3
by Nancy Pennick
Genre: Young Adult
Publisher: Ice & Fire
Formats
Available In: Kindle, Nook and Print
Release
Date: 24th February 2014
Drew from the
past…
Kate
from the present…
Two
worlds collided.
As senior year comes to a close, a promise
of new beginnings is on the horizon. Kate longs to head to Arizona and college
until her former friend, Tyson, does the unimaginable forcing her to stay in
Ohio. Her family has to pull together to keep their secrets safe. Anna wishes
to return to the canyon in 1927 once more and Kate’s determined to make that a
reality. Summer’s filled with wonderful memories and little warning of things
to come. Kate’s world grows darker and she must be the one to conquer the
demons and save the world that is most precious to her.
Interview with Nancy Pennick
Where are you from and what do you do when you’re not writing?
I live in Mentor, a suburb of Cleveland, OH. I grew up in
Northeast Ohio. It’s always been my home. I recently retired from teaching
elementary school after thirty years. My plans were to travel, garden and enjoy
the little things in life. It’s been a great gift to have time at home.
How did you come up
with the idea for this book/series?
Visiting National Parks became a recent passion. My husband
and I had just returned from the Grand Canyon. A PBS series about National
Parks was going to air and we decided to watch. My mind drifted to another
place. I began thinking about the recent park visit, the history I just watched
and how fun it might be to have a young girl move between the past and present.
I had no intention of writing a novel. So it literally happened overnight.
Tell us about the
writing process—what were your favorite and least favorite moments?
Favorite moments are the actually writing of the story,
seeing it come to life. Since I keep it all in head, it’s a relief to get it on
paper. I love developing the characters and how they suddenly take over;
changing the path I planned for them.
Least favorite? Trying not to use the same words or
descriptions over and over. I have a hard time describing clothes and places.
What I see in my head isn’t what ends up on paper the first time.
What’s your favorite
cure for writer’s block?
Walk away for awhile, make a cup of tea, read a book.
Sometimes I reread the draft from the beginning and it recharges the thought
process.
Can you pleas e share
an excerpt?
Kate twirled in front of the mirror. The ice blue
chiffon strapless dress billowed around her as she spun. She stepped closer,
inspecting her make-up and tucking a loose strand of hair back in place. Her
light brown hair, streaked with blonde highlights from the sun, hung in curls
down her back.
“Senior prom,” she said aloud to the empty room. “Who
thought my date would be someone I met in 1927?”
There had been no tears in weeks. She knew she
shouldn’t have kept things to herself, but she wanted the family to think she
was okay after what happened at the canyon. At times she had trouble shaking
the feeling she didn’t exist. No
one would remember a Kate Roberts lived on this earth...because she hadn’t. She
told no one about the episodes, deep dark depressions that swept over her. Her
heart would pound, and her stomach clenched into a tight ball making it
impossible to eat. Dreams sent her back to that time and place more than once.
Drew’s cabin at the Grand Canyon. 1927. The last day of the year. The dreaded
clock ticking in her head. She’d dream she was in a room, and no one could see
her. She’d call out to people. They’d look right through her, as if she didn’t
exist. She’d wake, crying and have to convince herself she was safe at home
with Drew and her family.
What’s your
next/current writing project?
I’ve had some people tell me they want to know more about
background of certain characters and even how the time travel book came to be.
Since I planned for the series to be a trilogy, mentally I was done. After much
thought (and a good idea),I decided to try to write a prequel novella. It would
be historical fiction based on the lives of two of the characters from 1927.
Here’s a totally
random question for you: Imagine these three celebrities: George Clooney,
Patrick Stewart, Rob Lowe. Providing you weren’t married, and it was actually
possible, which of them would you…1)Have a fling with? 2) Marry? 3) Smack in
the face with a shovel?
Oh my gosh, so hard to choose! I always thought Rob Lowe was
handsome and since George isn’t the marrying type, I’d have to go with marrying
Rob and George to have the fling with. That leaves poor Patrick Stewart getting
the shovel in the face. I don’t really have anything against him. He made a
great Star Trek captain. Sorry, Patrick!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Nancy!
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About Nancy Pennick:
After a great career in teaching, Nancy
found a second calling as a writer. Ohio is her home but she loves to travel
the U.S. Her debut young adult novel, Waiting for Dusk, was a surprise to
her as much as it was to her family. Watching a PBS series on National Parks,
her mind wandered to another place and that is where the characters of Katie and
Andrew were born. Call of the Canyon and Stealing
Time continue their story. The Swedish influences found in the books came
from her mother whose parents emigrated from Sweden.
Nancy currently resides in Mentor, Ohio
with her husband and their college-age son.
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Thanks for hosting me, Mysti!
ReplyDeleteReally great interview. I've already put these books on my to read list. They sound great.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Brenda!
DeleteGreat interview Nancy. I am glad I stopped by.
DeleteI'm glad you stopped by, too, JoAnne!
DeleteI really appreciate the way created this story and how visiting the national parks helped shape its direction.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gabriel! Glad you liked the interview.
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