Guest Blogger: Author Cindy Lynn Speer

8 CommentsTuesday • April 15, 2008 • by michelle

Time for another guest blogger, and this month I am honored to introduce you to the author of the fantasy novel Blue Moon, Cindy Lynn Speer, who has been fascinated by magic, fables, and fairy tales her whole life. I know a lot of you are avid readers and many are also avid dreamers, so I thought you’d also enjoy getting to know Cindy and her blog, A Pen and Fire.

I met Cindy through the Ultimate Blog Party in which her introduction post included the following request:

Reply with a link or an actual picture of a secret crush you have, male or female, and include a noun, a verb, and something you love.

With this information, Cindy would write a personalized short story including those elements. I commented leaving this link to my crush, the noun “camera,” the verb “squeak,” and chocolate as something I love.

The story Cindy came up with for me is *fabulous*–go to Comment 3 on this post to read it. Seriously. You’ll love it. Then come back here of course.

Now, in Cindy’s guest post, we get into the head of an author and see the creative process at work. Enjoy!

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When Michelle asked me to do a guest blog, my first thought was “Wow! What an honor!” My second was…”Oh, dear…what do I want to say?”

I’m a fantasy writer – more of the fantasy novels with a bit of romance and mystery than the questing mages and barbarians with swords type – and I look for magic in everything. I’m fascinated by this blog because there are two things in it that just speak of magic; food (I believe that there must be some sort of food magic) and a beautiful, unknown country.

Ruins, mosaics, sunsets on the water…what could be more magical? I look at the pictures that Michelle posts, and I try to imagine what it would feel like to be there.

What kind of warmth is there? Is it the type of dry heat that you get used to easily, or is it wet and humid? Does it smell different? Is the quality of light the same?

I try to imagine what it would be like for my characters to go to Italy.

I imagine Alex would be all about food…Alex is tall and slender and has a stomach like a black hole, though I never really mention that in the book.

I think Dashiel would be, too, food and a sunny spot to lie down in, but then he’s a dog, he likes to keep it simple.

Libby would be intent on exploring every inch of the place…from ruins to museums. At least at the end of the book Libby would be…at the beginning of the book Libby would probably lock herself in the hotel.

Zorovin, being a dragon, would probably be drawn to the ruins – until he realized that humans liked them, too, then he’s just try to find the highest, coolest place in the land.

Sierra would probably skip straight to Rome, to try to break/bribe her way into the Vatican and discover what magic secrets they were hiding.

As for me, I think that I will (note the optimism) be a cross between Alex and Libby. Eager to explore every new experience, smell the flowers, try the food, absorb the heat from a different sun.

I look forward to it.

I also want to thank Michelle for letting me visit…and thank you for reading this post! If you have a chance, please feel free to visit my blog: A Pen and Fire.

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