Hey everyone! I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the blog tour for CHLOE SHIPTON & THE QUILL OF LEFAY by Lynn Veevers!
I have an interview with Lynn to share with you today! And make sure to enter the giveaway below!
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When fifteen-year-old Chloe mysteriously disappears, the rumors at Grammaire Hall point to murder, but spiritual entrapment isn’t the same as dead. In a library that’s believed to be nothing more than a myth, Chloe's spirit is separated from her body after witnessing another student's murder. Try as she may she can't remember what happened to her before she woke up as a spirit in the campus graveyard. As Chloe uncovers clues leading to the mythical library's location and her body, a secret the Magical Parliament doesn't want to get out, starts to unravel. Rogue sorcerers have infiltrated the school, intent on reinstating the Third Edict, and sorcery students are dying because of it. Destroyed long ago for horrific crimes against humanity, the return of the Third Edict would spell disaster for both magical and magicless societies. To prevent her own demise and the fulfillment of the Third Edict’s return, Chloe must find a way to reunite body and soul without giving the rogue sorcerers the weapon they need to succeed, a weapon only Chloe can activate.
Now on to the interview!
Hey Lynn!! First I want to say welcome to Two Chicks on Books I’m glad
you could stop by for a chat! CHLOE SHIPTON & THE QUILL OF LEFAY sounds
AWESOME and I can’t wait for everyone to read it!
For the readers:
can you tell us a little bit about CHLOE SHIPTON & THE QUILL OF LEFAY and
the characters?
Hi, and it is great to be here. Oh
my goodness where to start! Well The Quill of LeFay is a story that takes place
in the remotest part of the Swiss Alps at Grammaire Hall, a school for young
sorcerers and sorceresses! Sorcery is just one of the Magical Religions,
practices, if you will in this story’s fictional universe. I could sit here all day and go on and on
about the magic system, so I will try to cut it short and leave it at this: One
central magical parliament controls two edicts that govern the magical world,
the Spiritum Edict and the Elementa Edict. Each edict rules five unique orders
of magic. Magic students do not get to pick their Order of magic but rather are
born into it.
What are you
working on now?
My current W.I.P. list consists of 3
novels; actually one just got completed back in early March and is entitled
Eden’s Echo. It is a finalist in the Elevation of Love Contest hosted by the CIMRWA
Chapter of the RWA! I’m excited. The
second novel in production is Chloe Shipton & the Witches of Calvary Hall
and the third is the third installment to my debut novel, Pinnacle. It is
called Noctis. Eximius which is the second installment will be released
September 18th by Astraea Press!
Were any of the
characters in the book inspired by people from your real life?
Yes as a matter of fact! Chloe is
inspired by my 12 year old daughter Ashlie! She is a huge Harry potter fan and
when she finished reading the series she came to me and said she wanted me to
write something in the same vein with a female protagonist, who starts out
older, but looks and acts like she does! Thus Chloe Shipton was born!
Who was your
favorite character to write? What about your least favorite?
I love all my characters, and tell
them I do not have favorites. But between you and I… I
loved writing Zanthus, and Sophie pulled a very close second.
What is your
favorite passage/scene in CHLOE SHIPTON & THE QUILL OF LEFAY?
By default I am a very descriptive
writer, possibly too much for the YA Genre so I really have to rein myself in
on description, but this one slipped by because it was one of the darlings I
just couldn’t kill, it’s a bit lengthy, I hope that’s okay.
Feeling depressed with the whole
situation, I crossed to the arched window overlooking the courtyard directly
below. I gazed into the distance, past the graveyard with its bare-bone oaks
and carpet of red, yellow, and orange. The tree’s fallen autumn leaves lay nestled
between quiet markers of marbled stone. I was drowning in the possibility of
never being whole again. The idea of it clawed at me until I felt like I might
suffocate with my fear. In an attempt to level my emotions, I let my wandering
eyes focus on the snowcapped mountains in the distance. They formed the natural
barrier around the magically concealed valley where Grammaire Hall was built.
Their majestic peaks were highlighted in the blue and purple shades of early
dawn. I watched the morning birds take flight across the sky as it transitioned
to softer tints of pink. The slow-burning pink finally lightened to peach, and
then the heavens gave way to the vibrant yellow that marked the opening of a
new day. It gave me hope that maybe something of use would be unearthed before
the moon rose again. The sun’s greedy fingers traveled across the valley
extinguishing the long shadows of night as they sped across the land. The
curtain of darkness continued to diminish as morning approached the tower.
Laying siege to the foundation, the bright aura of day crept up the outer walls
of my dorm. Up it climbed until it spilled through the window in a blinding
cascade of radiance. With the coming of daylight, I knew I’d fizzled from the
sight of mortal eyes as the sun engulfed my soul in its ancient warmth.
What kind of
research did you have to do for the story?
A lot of cultural research went into
this novel because of the different countries that Grammaire Hall services, (
Most of western Europe and even as far east as Russia.)The only one that didn’t
take a bit of research was French Culture, mostly because I am half French and
already familiar with it.
Who is your
ultimate book boyfriend?
Oh my goodness! You are making me
blush! Hands down, Daris. Now everyone is wondering who on earth that is! I
tend to read not so main stream (and Mainstream) novels. This gorgeous hunk is
from a novel by Victoria Basnuevo entitled Marked by Time. He is believable,
relatable and completely fleshed out! I love him ! He’s the type of book boyfriend
that keeps you up crying at night because no matter how bad you wish he was
real, you know…deep down, way deep down…he’s not.
What inspired you
to write YA?
Kiddos, children, offspring, loves of my life…did I
mention I was talking about my kids.
Lightening Round
Questions
What are you
reading right now? Or what do you have on your TBR that you’re dying to read?
I want to read, Whatever Gayle
Foreman is writing.
What Hogwarts
House would the Sorting Hat place you in?
Hmm the Sorting house placed me in
Ravenclaw
Twitter or
Facebook?
Yikes…um both?
Favorite
Superhero?
Wonder Woman
Favorite TV show?
Anything on Freeform!
Sweet or Salty?
Salty
Any Phobias?
Spiders
Song you can’t get
enough of right now?
Anything Adele
2018 Movie you’re
most looking forward to?
Well none this year, but in 2020 I
will be first in line to see the new Avatar movie, blue people not airbender.
Thanks so much Lynn for answering my questions! I can’t wait for
everyone to read CHLOE SHIPTON & THE QUILL OF LEFAY!
About Lynn:
Lynn Veevers is
originally from Washington State. With her mother being from Christchurch, New
Zealand and her father being a well-traveled retired Navy Chief, Lynn has
always had a fascination with different cultures around the world. An avid
reader, she prefers books that take her to a place she's never been and teach
her something new at the same time. The Young Adult Genre is her absolute
favorite to read, so it comes as no surprise that it is also her favorite to
write. Lynn, on average, pens two to three novels a year with the sequel to
Pinnacle in the publishing process now!
Today Lynn lives
with her husband and kids in Southeast Oklahoma. Her young adult and adolescent
children are supportive and avid beta readers of her work and give her a
straightforward and honest point of view about how authentic her characters
voices and personalities are for their age group. What better reference than
someone close to the same age as the main character. Her kids always have and
always will be her greatest inspiration.
Giveaway Details:
One lucky winner
will receive a $25Amazon gift card, International.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
6/11/2018- Smada's Book Smack- Excerpt
6/12/2018- Mythical Books- Interview
6/13/2018- K.L.
Knovitzke – Author- Excerpt
6/14/2018- BookHounds YA- Guest
Post
6/15/2018- Hauntedbybooks- Guest
Post
Week Two:
6/18/2018- The Desert Bibliophile- Review
6/19/2018- What the Cat Read- Review
6/20/2018- Tales of the Ravenous Reader- Guest Post
6/21/2018- Writer of Wrongs- Review
6/22/2018- Novel
Novice- Excerpt
Week Three:
6/25/2018- Here's
to Happy Endings- Excerpt
6/26/2018- Parajunkee- Excerpt
6/27/2018- Two
Chicks on Books- Interview
6/28/2018- Jaime's
World- Spotlight
Week Four:
7/2/2018- Lisa
Loves Literature- Interview
7/3/2018- RhythmicBooktrovert- Spotlight
7/4/2018- A Court of Coffee and Books- Interview
7/5/2018- A
Readers Life- Review
7/6/2018- FUONLYKNEW- Excerpt
Sounds like a great read.
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