I'm happy to be hosting today's spot on The Devil's Intern blog tour. Thanks Donna for hanging out with us. Let's started.
1. If you could travel backwards in time, where would you go?
I love British history, so it would be either the time of the Tudor
court, or to the time of Queen Victoria. I'm a bit of a monarchist.
2. Would you rather travel backwards or forwards in time?
Definitely back. I don't want to see the future. I don't want to see my
past either! I'm going way back to someone else's past.
Same - I would love to travel back to Renaissance Italy or Jane Austen's era.
3. If you could take one item back/forwards with you, what would it be?
I'd love to travel back in time, and so I'm taking toilet paper! I'm a
bit of a princess and definitely couldn't rough it!
Love this answer! And Yes, that's a great object to bring back
4. Have you ever had a really bad job or interview?
My worst job was washing up in a bakery. I was fourteen years old and
washed the kitchen equipment for 8 hours a day. It was awful. The boss
was a total creep too. I didn't realize what he was doing at the time
was harassment, so as I've grown older and more experienced, I've taken
steps to ensure I'm in a position to protect co-workers who are the
victims of harassment and bullying. My advice to any teen in that
situation is tell someone, preferably a parent. No one should have to
suffer in silence. Regardless of age, you deserve to be treated with
respect.
Oh, that's awful!
5. What book are you reading now?
I'm reading Cassandra Clare's MORTAL INSTRUMENTS series. I'm on book 5.
I'm also rereading Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER series. I reread books a
lot, but to be honest I'm just counting down the hours until BLUE LILY,
LILY BLUE by Maggie Stiefvater is released. I'm a huge fan.
6. Do you have a favorite book from childhood that influenced your writing?
The one book that has really stayed with me is THE LION, THE WITCH, AND
THE WARDROBE. There are parallels between that and THE DEVIL'S INTERN:
magical traveling, four main characters, but I've gone to great lengths
to ensure no religious allegory, even though my setting is Hell! A
great book makes you want to live in its pages, and I definitely checked
my grandmother's wardrobe until I was well into my teens for the
entrance to Narnia!
7. What's your favorite (or one of your favorite) Harry Potter scenes?
The moment in PRISONER OF AZKABAN when it's revealed that Scabbers is
actually Peter Pettigrew! That scene just blew me away. It's my
favorite book in the series anyway, but the time-traveling aspect is
faultless. And J.K. Rowling's use of foreshadowing is inspirational.
About the Book:
“How did you die?”
It's the most popular question in
Hell, and Mitchell Johnson has been answering it ever since he was hit
by a bus at age seventeen and inexplicably ended up in the Underworld.
Now Mitchell is The Devil's intern in Hell's accounting office. Lately,
he's noticed a disturbing trend: the volume of new arrivals is straining
Hell's limited resources. Then Mitchell overhears his boss discussing
plans to limit newcomers with a legendary time travel mechanism. With a
device like that, Mitchell realizes, he could change history and prevent
his own death.
Mitchell's plot goes awry when
his three closest friends—Alfarin, the Viking prince; Elinor, from
17th-century London; and Melissa, from 1960s San Francisco—insert
themselves into his plans. It soon becomes clear that the fates of all
four are entwined in dangerous and unpredictable ways. With
unforgettable characters and a thrilling premise, this original novel is
by turns funny, poignant, and thought-provoking.
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