The Crossroads Tour Day 3

1. Could you tell us a little bit about the world you created in Shade?

In the world of the SHADE novels, everyone the heroine Aura’s age and younger can see and hear ghosts, but no one else can. Otherwise it’s much like our world, but as you can imagine, when everyone knows that ghosts exist, and adults can’t see them, people get pretty paranoid. There’s a government agency, the Department of Metaphysical Purity, that deals with ghosts and especially the uncontrollable shades (which is what ghosts turn into if they let bitterness warp their souls).



2. Would you be willing to tell us where you see the series going?

The final book in the SHADE trilogy, SHINE, will be out in May 2012. Mysteries will be solved, and Aura will have the happy ending she’s worked so hard for!


3. Which of your own characters do you most enjoy writing?

In the first two books, it was either Logan or his brother Dylan, but in SHINE, I’ve gotten into Zachary’s head and figured out what makes him tick. Traveling to his home city of Glasgow, Scotland, made me understand him much better. (It also helps that he, along with Logan, has a very active Twitter account: @moore_zachary and @keeley_logan).


4. Which of your characters do you find most difficult to write?

Probably the adult characters. Aura’s aunt/guardian Gina is pretty easy, because I know lots of strong Italian-American women like her. But Eowyn (Aura and Zachary’s junior-thesis advisor) is trickier. She’s a scientist, but she’s also a little mystical. I like that she’s mysterious, but it often takes me a few drafts to figure out what secrets she’s holding and why.


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1. Could you tell us a little bit about the world you created in Fairy Bad Day?

In the world of Fairy Bad Day there are twelve different kinds of elementals roaming the earth and the only ones who can see them are those who are sight-gifted. Most of these people go to slaying academies such as Burtonwood where Emma and her friends attend. It is their job to keep the world safe from the invisible threats. Of course as well as using swords, a lot of built up places are protected by small wards, which repel the various elementals.

Most of the other students who attend Burtonwood have two sight-gifted parents but Emma doesn’t. Her mom was a famous dragon slayer before she died but Emma’s dad is a civilian who knows how the world works, he just can’t see any of it for himself.


2. Would you be willing to tell us where you see the series going?

Fairy Bad Day is a stand-alone book so there are no plans for a series, which is probably a good thing because I’ve just written my first middle grade series and I’m not sure how I would’ve managed if I couldn’t write all three books at once and then go back to the beginning and fix up all the bloopers!!!!


3. Which of your own characters do you most enjoy writing?

Malik! He is a dead djinn ghost who stares in my aforementioned middle grade series (called Sophie’s Mixed-Up Magic). He is seriously the funniest character that I’ve ever created and I had to be very careful he didn’t steal the whole show (of course he did steal everything including all of my snack food!)


4. Which of your characters do you find most difficult to write?

I don’t really find my characters difficult to write because I understand where they’ve come from. In my upcoming YA book Demonosity, I do have a slightly bad character, however I so understood him and his actions that he ended up being a joy to write (and yes, I might’ve fallen just a little in love with him. My first bad boy!!!!)


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How the Tour Works:

Each day of The Crossroads Tour, a new research question will be revealed on The Crossroad Blog Tour main page, and each day the answer to that question will be found within one of the different blog posts by Crossroads Tour authors. Your job is to get the question, read the blog posts, and collect all of the answers and email them to bridgesocialmedia@gmail.com by October 31st at MIDNIGHT.