Our seventh finalist is Brooke Younker!
Tell us about your book:
A car accident. Amnesia. Hydrophobia. Fighting skills. Eleven star tattoos. No identity, no explanation, until Stephanie finds a secret training compound in the Minnesota woods.
Why do you want to attend Backspace?
I've never been to New York or a writer's conference, so why not go big?
Are you afraid to eat lunch with a Shark?
Depends on whether I'm the 'lunch.'
West Side Story: Jets or Sharks?
Sharks all the way.
If you could save the life of any one fictional character who would it be and why?
Manchee (The Knife of Never Letting Go) because he wasn't just a dog, his 'Noise' showed he had very real, human emotions.
Is there a book that makes you think "If I could write one thing like that, I’d die happy."
Patrick Ness's The Knife of Never Letting Go (well, really, the entire Chaos Walking Trilogy).
What's the most terrifying thing you've lived through?
When my brother flipped over a fence, burst his spleen, and had emergency surgery to remove it.
When you're published, what will you do to Pay It Forward?
Help my writer friends (two of whom have just started writing novels) in any way I can.
18 comments:
Congratulations, Brooke!
Love your book description - kick ass heroines ROCK!
Congratulations, Brooke! Sounds like a good book!
Your book sounds intriguing. I look forward to reading it.
Congrats, Brooke! Your book sounds like a lot of fun!
Congratulations, Brooke! Your book sounds so good! And your Pay It Forward idea is just like mine! Hopefully one day we'll be able to help our friends on this awesome journey!
Can't wait to read your book!
Brooke that is an awesome book description, love it -- congratulations and cant wait to read!
Congrats Brooke! Your book sounds fast paced and awesome!
Congratulations & good luck to you.
I hate it when I wake up as a ninja . . .
Sounds awesome! Congrats on making it into the Shark net!
Terri
Congrats, Brooke! Best of luck on the road to publication. :)
Congrats, Brooke, and cool you'd like to save a dog. I recall being really broken up about "Old Yeller" as a kid.
Congrats! Sounds awesome! Good luck in the finals!
Thanks to everyone for their comments, and thanks especially to Ms. Reid and Ms. Norris for hosting this contest!
Congratulations Brooke!
Your book sounds intriguing! And I love that you would save Manchee! The fictional character I wanted to save was Old Yeller.
Good luck!
Yay Brooke! I'm gonna have to read your book simply for the fact that it takes place in the Minnesota woods. "Minnesota, we love Minnesota. Minnesota has lots of special things..." (It's a kindergarten song...:D )
Congrats Brooke!
And I think its very cool that you placed your story in Minnesota. :)
Congratulations, Brooke! Amnesia, hydrophobia and a secret training compound? Sounds great.
Congratulations Brooke! I've never read THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, but I'm going to pick up a copy today.
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