Blog Tour: ALL OUR YESTERDAYS by Cristin Terrell Author Interview

Hey all! I have the awesome Cristin Terrill here today to talk about her debut novel ALL OUR YESTERDAYS thanks go to JKS Communications for having me on the tour! I'm super excited for this one as I am a huge Sci-Fi geek.

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Marina has everything. She’s got money, popularity, and a bright future. Plus, she’s best friends with the boy next door, who happens to be a gorgeous prodigy from one of America’s most famous families.

Em has nothing. Imprisoned in a small white cell in the heart of a secret military base, all she has is the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.

But Marina and Em have one big thing in common: they’re the same person.

Now Em must travel back four years in time in order to avert the terrible future from which she’s fled, and there’s only one way to do it. She must kill the person who invented the time machine in the first place: someone from her past. A person she loved.

But Marina won’t let them go without a fight.

Now on to the interview with Cristin!

What was it like finding out that All Our Yesterdays was going to be published?

Surreal. When we got the first offer (the book ended up going to auction), I was out to dinner with a bunch of my writing friends but wasn’t allowed to tell anyone yet. I cheated and told my two best friends at the end of the night in the parking lot. I was basically in shock and therefore unnaturally calm, but they freaked out.

What made you want to write about time travel?

I’ve always loved time travel as a storytelling device, but I never thought about writing a time travel story myself until the idea for All Our Yesterdays hit me one night while watching The Terminator on cable at about three in the morning. I knew I wanted to write that story because of how dense and twisty I was able to make the plots and relationships because of the time travel element.

Did anyone in your personal life inspire your characters?

The relationship between Em and Marina is very vaguely inspired by my own feelings towards my younger self, but otherwise no.

Who’s your favorite character to write?

It changes. Originally I enjoyed writing in Em’s point-of-view the most, but at some point I started to prefer Marina’s. I also love writing Finn because he’s a lot of fun and has a sense of humor similar to my own. So basically I like them all!

What are some of your favorite sci-fi books and movies?

Well obviously I love the Terminator movies, which gave me the initial inspiration for the book, and I grew up on Star Wars. But most of my favorite sci-fi is television like Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Doctor Who, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles. 

As for books, some favorites are A Wrinkle in Time, Ender’s Game, When You Reach Me, and The Giver.

Did music play any part in your writing process? If so can you share some of your favorite songs?

I can’t write to music – I find it too distracting – but there are a few songs that I associate with with specific scenes or characters from All Our Yesterdays. Like Duncan Sheik’s “Hymn” is a Finn song, and Imogen Heap’s “The Walk” is an Em song.

Do you have any go-to snacks that you have to have while writing?

Nope! I try not to require anything when writing, because inevitably there will be a day when you have to write and don’t have that thing. The only things I really need are my laptop and a certain amount of quiet.

Favorite place you’ve lived so far?

I lived in London for about three years and that was definitely my favorite. I would probably still be there now if it weren’t for my pesky lack-of-citizenship thing.

Quick Fire Questions.

What’s the latest novel you read? The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Sweet or Salty? Sweet

Favorite Superhero? Professor X, although that might have more to do with my affection for Patrick Stewart/James McAvoy as I’m not really into superheroes!

Favorite TV Show? I have about twelve!

Any Phobias? Needles! I often pass out when I go to the doctor.


Thanks for stopping by Cristin!

About Cristin

Cristin Terrill is a young adult author and aspiring grown-up. She grew up semi-nomadic and graduated from Vassar College with a degree in drama. After getting her masters in Shakespeare Studies from the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, she lived in London, Austin, Boston, and Washington, DC while working as a theatrical stage manager. Now she writes and leads creative writing workshops for DC-area kids and teens. All Our Yesterdays is her first novel.

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Cristin will also be participating in a Twitter Chat Next Month on September 17 with some other fantastic authors!! You can find the information here: http://www.jkscommunications.com/2013/08/09/jksyabookchat-twitter-chat-september-17-at-6pm-est/

It's here, it's here! New DIVERGENT TRAILER!!!!!

OMG this is even better than the short clip I posted a few days ago! Here's the trailer if you don't want to wade through all of the MTV VMA pre-show crud and I hear the award show isn't much better lol!!!! Kate Winslet and the rest of the cast is going to rock it!!!!! I can't stop watching it!

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AHHHHHH DIVERGENT CLIP!!!!

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Love Theo as Four and I'm really hoping Shailene can pull off Tris I think I'm more excited to see this movie than I am to see TMI or Vampire Academy!!!!

Will you be tuning in to watch? I know I sure will :D

Blog Tour- ROGUE by Gina Damico Scavenger Hunt and Giveaway!

Hey all! I'm so excited today to have Gina Damico stopping by for her ROGUE Blog Tour, Photo Hunt,Roguestravaganza! There is also an awesome giveaway so stay tuned for the details!

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Hey hey Croak fans! Welcome to my blog tour / photo hunt / Roguestravaganza!

From now until ROGUE's release on September 10th, each stop on the tour will reveal an image that represents a chapter in the book - could refer to setting, plot, an important object, mood, or whatever other diabolical visualizations with which I feel like tormenting my dear readers. Each image also contains a hidden letter...though really, they're not that well hidden. (If you have eyes, you should be able to spot them.) Collect the letters every day, and at the end of the tour I'll hold a contest, the winner of which will receive signed and annotated copies of the complete trilogy. (For a complete description of the contest, tour schedule, and links to the stops you might have missed, check out the blog tour page on my website.)

This photo is for Chapter 8. I will let the image do the talking.

Thanks for having me! Good luck everyone!

Teenage Grim Reaper Lex’s power to Damn souls is getting out of control. She's a fugitive, on the run from the maniacal new mayor of Croak and the townspeople who want to see her pay the price for her misdeeds. Uncle Mort rounds up the Junior Grims to flee Croak once again, but this time they're joined by Grotton, the most powerful Grim of all time. Their new mission is clear: fix his mistakes, or the Afterlife will cease to exist, along with all the souls in it.                                                The gang heads for Necropolis, the labyrinth-like capital city of the Grimsphere. There, they discover that the Grimsphere needs a reboot. To do that, the portals to the Afterlife must be destroyed...but even that may not be enough to fix the damage. Things go from bad to worse, and when at last the fate of the Afterlife and all the souls of the Damned hang in the balance, it falls to Lex and her friends to make one final, impossible choice.

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Dying to Read (38)- CRESS by Marissa Meyer

Hey y’all thanks for stopping by to see my Dying to Read post and of course as always I have to give credit to the lovely Jill over at Breaking the Spine for the Waiting on Wednesday Meme!

This week the book I’m dying to read is CRESS by Marissa Meyer!!!!! I have been in love with this series since CINDER and SCARLET was even more amazing! I need more Wolf and Carswell Thorne like right now! Oh and I kinda hate everyone who got this at BEA and ALA I got SCARLET last year at ALA and read it months in advance! I hope Macmillan sends out the fall catalog soon!

Cress

Marissa Meyer

Release Date: February 4, 2014

Hardcover: 560 pages

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan)

ISBN: 978-0312642976

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Rapunzel's tower is a satellite. She can't let down her hair - or her guard.

In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.

Their best hope lies with Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood with only her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker – unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing stop her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only ones who can.

So what do you think? Will you be adding this to your pile? What are you dying to read this week?

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So I normally don't share many movie trailers but I am crazy in love with Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series! I wanted to share the new trailer which just went live over on Yahoo Movies.

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Cover Reveal: The League of Skull & Bones by MJ Fletcher and a Giveaway!

Jess Grimm has the ability to travel to any dimension in the multiverse. There’s only one problem... it’s killing her.

Jess is a in a race against time to find a device that can slow the progression of the power inside her, but she isn’t alone. Others want her power, and they don’t care how they get, or if she is dead or alive when they do.

The only person willing to help her is the mysterious Ronan Sparrow a member of the League of Skull & Bones, one of the very groups that want her power. But what does Ronan want in return? Can Jess trust him or will she find herself alone with enemies on all sides?

The League of Skull & Bones, Book 1 of The Grimm Chronicles

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Prologue

I wasn’t alone in the dark.

Snarls and growls surrounded me, running my blood cold. I moved my head from side to side, scrunching my eyes, trying desperately to catch sight of the beasts before they reached me. My crimson swords weighed so heavily in my hands that I felt as if I’d been fighting for what seemed like eternity.

Claws and fangs suddenly slashed out from the darkness and I did my best to defend myself, though in my heart I knew it was a losing battle. The beasts were overpowering me and soon I wouldn’t be able to stop them. No one was coming to save me. I was alone.

Talons slashed across my back and warm blood trickled down as pain shot across my spine. I stumbled and the beasts—I was sure—tasted victory. They moved in at me in waves. I spun my blades trying to battle the never-ending tide, trying to survive.

It was hopeless. For every monster I took down, another two took its place. I wanted to live, I wanted to fight, but the agonizing pain of my flesh being torn and sliced was too great to bear. I couldn’t go on. The jaws of one of the beasts clamped on my wrist, and I lost my grip on one of my swords. It fell from my hand and clattered to the ground and with it went my last vestige of hope.

Blood drained from my body and my vision faded. I would soon black out, and then the beasts would feast on me. A scream bubbled in my throat and my mouth fell open, but no sounds came out. I closed my eyes, not wanting to see my own death and hoped that darkness would take me before the beasts did.

I bolted out of bed, my mouth still open in a silent scream, and my sheets tangled around me soaked with sweat. I stood at the foot of my bed, my breathing coming in ragged gasps. The nightmares came almost every night. I couldn’t escape them no matter how hard I tried. I yanked at the sheets, dragging them off me and tossing them back onto the bed. I’d worn only an old t-shirt to bed, though now I wished I had worn more. I didn’t want to see my scars, didn’t want to be reminded yet again, but I couldn’t stop my fingers from tracing over the ugly scars that marked my arms and upper torso.

I walked from the top floor of my loft, down the stainless steel steps to the kitchen area. I yanked open the fridge and grabbed the container of milk and took a gulp. I placed it back in the fridge and slammed the door closed. I slipped down onto the couch that faced the large windows dotting the walls of my loft and sighed at the breathtaking view of Paris. It always calmed me. My fingers mindlessly drifted over the scars on my arms. They were a reminder of the very real night I had been trapped in a nearly unwinnable fight. Monsters had surrounded me and had almost killed me. If it hadn’t been for my friends, I would have died.

But I hadn’t died, or had I? I was far from the girl I had once been. Once I was the prettiest girl in school, and the girl who had hit every club and had had a blast when she had moved to Paris. But after the vicious attack everything had changed, most of all me.

My fingers suddenly stopped, settling on the edges of identical tattoos on both my forearms. I glanced down at the image of a Skeleton Key. My scars refused to cross paths with the tattoos, as if they knew that they dared not go near them.

I slid my finger over the tattoo, and felt a buzz of power run through me. These unwanted tattoos were another reminder of something else entirely. But unlike my scars, I had chosen these.

The monsters may not have gotten me, but these tattoos were a different matter. They marked me for death.

I pulled my knees up into my chest and took a deep breath. Maybe I would wait here until dawn. Then I wouldn’t have to worry about any more nightmares or death that constantly stalked me.

I sat alone in the dark looking out on the City of Lights, awaiting the dawn and praying that I could keep death at bay and that I wouldn’t hear the sound of monsters. 

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Other books by M.J. Fletcher...

The Doorknob Society Series (Young Adult)

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