From Readers to Writers

Interview-19: The First Singers, by zlatoluna

The Asin, an old Native American myth, came out of the shadows some hundred years ago and their strong, fast, reptile-like bodies made it impossible for humans to beat them. They avoided direct warfare, striking wherever people were at their weakest until they defeated the last remnants of humanity, the bases, designed to be impregnable fortresses meant to protect the few survivors. 

Now it's the Asin who live in them. They oversee human children until their eighteen birthday, when a Hunt; a race through the remnants of the old city, decides whether they will be slaughtered or allowed to live their days out on the fabled Island, a place no one knows much about, but where the adults live in a supposed comfort and happiness. 

Teena is one of these children, expecting nothing but an almost certain death, when a "Feral"; a potentially cannibalistic human from outside of the base, saves her from being captured and killed on the day of her Hunt. He takes her to the village, where she attempts to decipher the weakness of the Asin while she makes sense of her own race. 

Her newfound life seems to be destined to come to a quick end when she incidentally discovers a way to kill the Asin, a secret they desperately want to keep hidden and will stop at nothing to protect it.

  *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* 

1. {Selcouth questions} Were you always an avid reader or writer?

{Kat answers}  Yes, mostly a reader. I've read hundreds of books in four different languages. Reading is my kryptonite.

2. {Selcouth questions} How did you get the idea for your story-The First Singers?

{Kat answers} I've always made up stories in my mind, many of which involved kids stuck in some sort of dangerous place (since I was a child back then). Then I found the Asin legend and went from there. 

  3. {Selcouth questions} Is the theme or protagonist, of your book, related to you or your life? 

 {Kat answers} No. I mean, Teena might be influenced by my aspergers in some ways, but the explanation does tie to the story.

  4. {Selcouth questions} Who inspires you to write? 

 {Kat answers} The biggest name would definitely be Dan Simmons and his Hyperion Cantos. It's simply amazing in its creativity and complexity.

  5. {Selcouth questions} In the near future, do you have plans to take your writing, to a new level? 

{Kat answers} I would, but I'm pretty sure I don't have the skill to do just that. We'll see, I guess.

  6. {Selcouth questions} How does it feel, to be the winner of The Spice Awards? 

{Kat answers} Great! I tend to doubt myself a lot, so it's always great to hear that someone enjoyed what I wrote! 

  *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*   

Thank you Kat, for taking time, out of your schedule, in order to answer this interview.