Interview with Bertie from Eyes Like Stars and Win Perchance to Dream
I am so super excited to have interviewed Bertie from the awesome book Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev. Bertie’s saga is continuing in Perchance to Dream and thanks to Lisa and her Publisher I have an extra advance reading copy to give away. So after you read the interview tell me in the comments what fictional character you would like to interview and what you would want to ask. Random.org will choose the winner. Contest ends at Midnight California time on Sunday the 16th and winner will be announced on Monday the 17th.
Pam: So Bertie, when we left you in the theater with Eyes Like Stars you were pretty hot and heavy with A. What happened to having the hots for N.?
Bertie: *ahem* Nate and I have been best friends for a very long time, and I will do anything to get him back.
As for Ariel, well, being around him is like eating an entire chocolate ganache cake in one go: something you don’t regret until afterward.
Pam: When you found out that you have an awesome power as well and weren’t so removed from the players as you thought. What was the first naughty thing you did with your new power?
Bertie: There was an incident with a hail of blueberry pancakes, but I’d prefer not to talk about the syrup or butter, if that’s all right with you.
Pam: How are your little fairy friends, are they still being disruptive?
Bertie: I’m pretty sure it would be a sign of impending apocalypse if they _weren’t_ being disruptive.
Pam: Do you think there is a chance that N. is still out there somewhere?
Bertie: He is out there… I feel it in my bones.
Pam: How is your new relationship with your Mother?
Bertie: I didn’t really have much time with her at all… I guess I’ll deal with that sometime down the road.
Pam: Now that you have answers about your life and how you came to be are you happier, or do you wish you didn’t push so hard to find out?
Bertie: It’s better to know, but it just seems like a whole new set of troubles have popped up to replace the old ones.
Pam: Have you spoken to the manager of the theater since the end of ELS?
Bertie: I haven’t bothered to send any notes back, and he hasn’t sent a Brute Squad after me yet.
Pam: Have you been on a traditional date with A.?
Bertie: There’s nothing really traditional about traveling alongside someone atop a caravan… and I think dinner and a movie at this juncture would just feel ridiculous.
Pam: Have you used your power to conjure up a kick ass espresso machine?
Bertie: After what happened with the syrup, I’m a little afraid of boiling hot coffee raining down upon me from the sky!
Pam: What do you want us to know about your continued struggles and how do you feel as you are about to set out on another adventure?
Bertie: Mayhem and Chaos seem to be constant companions of mine… I don’t think any of us can guess what’s going to come next!
About the author:
Lisa Mantchev is the author of Eyes Like Stars and the forthcoming Perchance To Dream, the first two novels in the Théâtre Illuminata series. She has also published numerous short stories in venues including Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Clarkesworld, and Weird Tales. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state with her husband, daughter, and hairy miscreant dogs. You can visit her worlds at Theatre Illuminata.
WoW: Books I am pining for
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme from Jill at Breaking the Spine where we showcase the books we are eagerly anticipating.
The stuff that dreams are made on.
Act Two, Scene One
Growing up in the enchanted Thèâtre Illuminata, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith learned everything about every play ever written. She knew the Players and their parts, but she didn’t know that she, too, had magic. Now, she is the Mistress of Revels, the Teller of Tales, and determined to follow her stars. She is ready for the outside world.
Enter BERTIE AND COMPANY
But the outside world soon proves more topsy-turvy than any stage production. Bertie can make things happen by writing them, but outside the protective walls of the Thèâtre, nothing goes as planned. And her magic cannot help her make a decision between—
Nate: Her suave and swashbuckling pirate, now in mortal peril.
Ariel: A brooding, yet seductive, air spirit whose true motives remain unclear.
When Nate is kidnapped and taken prisoner by the Sea Goddess, only Bertie can free him. She and her fairy sidekicks embark on a journey aboard the Thèâtre’s caravan, using Bertie’s word magic to guide them. Along the way, they collect a sneak-thief, who has in his possession something most valuable, and meet The Mysterious Stranger, Bertie’s father—and the creator of the scrimshaw medallion. Bertie’s dreams are haunted by Nate, whose love for Bertie is keeping him alive, but in the daytime, it’s Ariel who is tantalizingly close, and the one she is falling for. Who does Bertie love the most? And will her magic be powerful enough to save her once she enters the Sea Goddess’s lair?
It started out as a harmless prank. But soon enough, spiritualism was the fastest growing movement of the nineteenth century, and Maggie Fox was trapped in a life of deceit.
Meticulously researched by the author, We Hear the Dead reveals the secret of how the Fox sisters faked their rapping sounds and their motives for inventing the séance and founding spiritualism.
Maggie:
I began the deception when I was too young to know right from wrong. No one suspected us of any trick, because we were such young children. We were led on by my sister purposely and by my mother unintentionally. Only with the passing of time did I come to understand the consequences of my actions. As Doctor wrote to me: “Weary, weary is the life by cold deceit oppressed.”Kate:
My sister has used the word “deception.” I object to her use of that word, for I do not believe that I have ever intentionally deceived anyone. Maggie has a different understanding of all the events that have happened since that night in Hydesville forty years ago. To her the spirits were always a game. For my sister Leah, they were a means to an end. For my mother, a miracle. And for me, they were my life’s calling. I have no regrets.
Perchance to Dream Contest
So recently I read Eyes Like Stars, you can find my review by clicking the authors or reviews tab. I am dying to get my hands on a copy of Perchance to Dream. I have to know what happens next! So I am participating in the contest in which you quote a three liner from The Bard himself as what you would name book three.
So here is my sheer and utter brilliance, yes you may bask in the glow of my creativity. I do not mind.
Hamlet (Act IV, Scene V) “When Sorrows Come”.
Without reading book two I have no idea if it is relevant. By the way have you seen the cover?
I know you want to pre-order so here are some links. Barnes and Noble I didn’t find it on Book Depository yet.
