Well, not really.
But you can ask her questions at ask.fm/CamFromEtiquette
Ask her anything - no singing up needed - but start each question with a chapter reference (she undergoes a bit of an attitude change, so her answers may change over the course of the book)
She'll answer questions about anything - her favourite things, what she's doing right now, who her best friends are...
If you're a writer, I can definitely recommend setting up an account for your protagonist, it massively helps characterisation.
In other news, TBFTND will be undergoing a huge edit this summer, I'll keep you posted.
:)
Monday 29 July 2013
Sunday 24 February 2013
Meet Cam!
Cam is Etiquette's MC - she's stubborn, obsessed with music that most parents deem "noise", and almost completely out of control. And more than anything, she does not want to be learning etiquette at a boarding school.
So, here's one page of how I imagine Cam's scrapbook - the Cam that we meet at the start of the story, anyway. She's pictured with her friends Billie (brown-haired) and Lauren (blonde). Apologies if you can't see the picture - drop me a comment and I'll try to fix it.
I'm not an absolutely brilliant artist, and I do all my pictures with ink pens and coloured pencils. Initially, I started drawing these pictures just to help me with characterisation, but now I'd like to include them alongside the story.
Please excuse the random butterfly in the corner of the page - it was printed on the notepaper and I wasn't concerned enough to do anything about it.
:)
So, here's one page of how I imagine Cam's scrapbook - the Cam that we meet at the start of the story, anyway. She's pictured with her friends Billie (brown-haired) and Lauren (blonde). Apologies if you can't see the picture - drop me a comment and I'll try to fix it.
I'm not an absolutely brilliant artist, and I do all my pictures with ink pens and coloured pencils. Initially, I started drawing these pictures just to help me with characterisation, but now I'd like to include them alongside the story.
Please excuse the random butterfly in the corner of the page - it was printed on the notepaper and I wasn't concerned enough to do anything about it.
:)
It's finally here!!
I just uploaded the first eight chapters of Etiquette to Authonomy, and I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of it!! Rather than being safe and sound on my computer, it is now out in the world for the first time, for everyone to see. They grow up so fast...
Due to the rather temperemental website, I can't upload my own cover - not for lack of trying. I've been sitting here at my computer for almost a solid hour hitting the refresh button.
I recently finished reading Ransom Riggs' Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and it was phenomenal: incredibly exciting and occasionally nightmare-inducing, but it also contained extremely likeable characters. And the vintage photography that accompanied the story was unbelievable, and very cleverly tied into the plot.
I can't recommend it highly enough, and I eagerly await the sequel. You can find the author's blog here - it's definitely worth a visit!
Until next time :)
Due to the rather temperemental website, I can't upload my own cover - not for lack of trying. I've been sitting here at my computer for almost a solid hour hitting the refresh button.
I recently finished reading Ransom Riggs' Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and it was phenomenal: incredibly exciting and occasionally nightmare-inducing, but it also contained extremely likeable characters. And the vintage photography that accompanied the story was unbelievable, and very cleverly tied into the plot.
I can't recommend it highly enough, and I eagerly await the sequel. You can find the author's blog here - it's definitely worth a visit!
Until next time :)
Sunday 13 January 2013
Happy New Year!!
Welcome to 2013!
So, my YALF review period ended a few days ago and I have received so much great feedback - way too much to post here - and I can't wait to give TBFTND its much-needed makeover.
Etiquette will appear on Authonomy soon; it's really starting to take shape now, and I'm working on some artwork that will accompany the story! I might post a little taster here in the future.
I've just this minute finished reading 'Shift' by Em Bailey, which is so exciting that I actually choked on my hot chocolate at one point. If there was a list of top ten plot twists, Shift would definitely be on there.
Someday I will make that list, but for now I will return to my breakfast of homemade cake pops and the latest edition of Vogue - did you know that 48% of the time Kate Middleton holds her clutch bag with both hands?
Isabel :)
So, my YALF review period ended a few days ago and I have received so much great feedback - way too much to post here - and I can't wait to give TBFTND its much-needed makeover.
Etiquette will appear on Authonomy soon; it's really starting to take shape now, and I'm working on some artwork that will accompany the story! I might post a little taster here in the future.
I've just this minute finished reading 'Shift' by Em Bailey, which is so exciting that I actually choked on my hot chocolate at one point. If there was a list of top ten plot twists, Shift would definitely be on there.
Someday I will make that list, but for now I will return to my breakfast of homemade cake pops and the latest edition of Vogue - did you know that 48% of the time Kate Middleton holds her clutch bag with both hands?
Isabel :)
Saturday 15 December 2012
Authonomy-based excitement!
From December 18th to January 2nd, The Boy From The Next Dimension will be reviewed by Authonomy's Young Adult Literature Forum!
I've not looked at TBFTND for a while now, with the intention of looking back over it later with a less attached eye - now, I can see that it's in need of a makeover, so hopefully the wonderful YALFers will be able to give me some guidance on exactly where to get started with that!
To finish, I'd like to mention an amazing book that I've just finished reading: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. It's exciting, it's intelligent, it's romantic, it's funny... I started the sequel last night and it promises to be as good as the first book!
Isabel :)
I've not looked at TBFTND for a while now, with the intention of looking back over it later with a less attached eye - now, I can see that it's in need of a makeover, so hopefully the wonderful YALFers will be able to give me some guidance on exactly where to get started with that!
To finish, I'd like to mention an amazing book that I've just finished reading: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. It's exciting, it's intelligent, it's romantic, it's funny... I started the sequel last night and it promises to be as good as the first book!
Isabel :)
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Let there be blog posts!
So, after a long period of silence, I have returned to the blogosphere and I bring, with my return, the synopsis of my new book Etiquette. I said a while ago that I'd post the synopsis if I became confident that the story was going somewhere, and I think it probably is. Where it's going, I don't know, but time will tell. Here's the synopsis, without further ado:
One girl's mission to become a lady...
When Cam is made to swap her modern school of two thousand pupils for a three-hundred year old boarding school in the countryside, she is sure that she knows what to expect: serious girls whose hobbies don't extend beyond Latin and chess and buying sensible knee-length skirts.
But she's faced with a very different reality and her past experiences are rendered useless in the glamorous place, where lunch doubles up as an etiquette lesson and incorrect napkin placement can grant you social exclusion.
Cam finds friends who take it upon themselves to remodel her into the elegant, upstanding Camilla - but it's not easy. Cam wears nothing but jeans and has never eaten a canape in her life.
I've written about 17,000 words and it will soon be readable on Authonomy :)
One girl's mission to become a lady...
When Cam is made to swap her modern school of two thousand pupils for a three-hundred year old boarding school in the countryside, she is sure that she knows what to expect: serious girls whose hobbies don't extend beyond Latin and chess and buying sensible knee-length skirts.
But she's faced with a very different reality and her past experiences are rendered useless in the glamorous place, where lunch doubles up as an etiquette lesson and incorrect napkin placement can grant you social exclusion.
Cam finds friends who take it upon themselves to remodel her into the elegant, upstanding Camilla - but it's not easy. Cam wears nothing but jeans and has never eaten a canape in her life.
I've written about 17,000 words and it will soon be readable on Authonomy :)
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Update!
Hi, and sorry for the silence that seemed to take over my blog for a while...
In terms of TBFTND, things are going well: the sequel is starting to look like a book, and I've one or two ideas for a third instalment!
I had an idea for a totally separate book a couple of days ago - not fantasy this time, more a YA chick-lit style. It's only 10,000 words long and still pretty sketchy, but it's fun to work on all the same! If I become confident that I'm going somewhere with the story, I'll upload it to Authonomy and put the synopsis on here.
I read a few great books while on holiday, here's a selection:
Velvet by Mary Hooper is a great YA historical fantasy with a spooky undercurrent.
The third book of the Numbers trilogy by Rachel Ward is a great finale, darker than the first two of the series.
Starters by Lissa Price is a great futuristic novel, very fast-paced and original.
The sci-fi novel 0.4 by Mike Lancaster is a clever concept and written in an intriguing way.
Echo Burning by Lee Child is gripping with immaculate, rich descriptions, and I imagine it appealing to many people.
Until next time,
Isabel :)
In terms of TBFTND, things are going well: the sequel is starting to look like a book, and I've one or two ideas for a third instalment!
I had an idea for a totally separate book a couple of days ago - not fantasy this time, more a YA chick-lit style. It's only 10,000 words long and still pretty sketchy, but it's fun to work on all the same! If I become confident that I'm going somewhere with the story, I'll upload it to Authonomy and put the synopsis on here.
I read a few great books while on holiday, here's a selection:
Velvet by Mary Hooper is a great YA historical fantasy with a spooky undercurrent.
The third book of the Numbers trilogy by Rachel Ward is a great finale, darker than the first two of the series.
Starters by Lissa Price is a great futuristic novel, very fast-paced and original.
The sci-fi novel 0.4 by Mike Lancaster is a clever concept and written in an intriguing way.
Echo Burning by Lee Child is gripping with immaculate, rich descriptions, and I imagine it appealing to many people.
Until next time,
Isabel :)
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