Welcome to my stop on the CURED blog tour! Today I have an interview with the author, Bethany Wiggins, to share with you - I hope you enjoy it!!
Cured (Stung #2)
Author: Bethany WigginsGenre: YA Science Fiction/Dystopia
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Publisher: Walker Childrens (Bloomsbury)
Description:
Now that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders. Luckily, they find a new ally in Kevin, who saves them and leads them to safety in his underground shelter. But the more they get to know Kevin, the more they suspect he has ties to the raiders. He also seems to know too many details about Jacqui and her family—details that could endanger them all. For the raiders will do anything they can to destroy the cure that would bring an end to their way of life. Bethany Wiggins’s reimagining of our world after an environmental catastrophe won’t fail to stun readers.
1. What inspired you to write the series?
Believe
it or not, STUNG was primarily inspired by a horrible nightmare I had,
about waking up in my childhood home and finding everything abandoned,
and then being chased
out a window by an insane beast who used to be someone I loved. That
nightmare is chapter one! Other parts of STUNG were inspired by the
frenzy in the United States to get the flu vaccine when the swine flu
was going around, and also, the bees dying off (colony
collapse) inspired part if it. CURED is a continuation of that.
2. What do you find the hardest part of writing to be?
There
are two hardest parts. Right now, the hardest part is finding time and
balance. I'm a new mom--for the fifth time!--and it is really hard to
find a spare moment to sit
at the computer when laundry is piling up, diapers are needing
changing, and kids are hungry. The other hard part is not knowing where a
story is going (aka writer's block). How can you write a story if you
don't know what is going to happen next?
3. What can we expect from the next book in the series?
I
don't know if there will be a next book in the STUNG series. This might
be a duology. CURED is written in a way that will give readers closure
so that if I don't write more in the STUNG world,
people will still be satisfied.
4. How did you become an author? Was there a person or significant event that motivated you?
The
reason I started writing is because my older sister thought it would be
fun to write a book, and she wanted someone to write one at the same
time. So she dared me to
do it. I started writing and was shocked by how much I liked it. I
wrote and edited a lot of manuscripts--as in thousands and thousands of
pages--before I finally got good enough to get an agent (Marlene
Stringer) and a publisher. Cured is the tenth or eleventh
book I wrote.
5. What's up next for you?
In
the immediate future, motherhood. As for writing, I'm kind of funny
when it comes to writing books. A story idea has to hit me, sort of like
being struck by lightning.
I am quietly waiting for that story--I can feel it in my near future.
When it hits, I will write it.
Thanks so much for stopping by and chatting today Bethany!
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