Interview with Jeannette Bedard, Writer of Hope is the Factor With Feathers

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to jot down Hope is the Factor With Feathers?

I created the world of New Venus and it’s metropolis of floating islands as a brief stopover for one more e-book, however the place caught with me. It was a futuristic world the place airships made sense—and I like airships. However what received me began on the story was studying a e-book of Emily Dickinson poems and stumbling upon ‘Hope is the Factor With Feathers’ at that time my most important character, Stella, got here into being and her voyage of hope started.

When you needed to choose theme songs for the principle characters of Hope is the Factor With Feathers, what would they be?

I don’t have a theme tune, however I did put collectively a color palate for descending by way of New Venus’ environment. The shades get darker and moodier the deeper the airship goes.

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to jot down?

Science fiction is my default style – I like exploring fantastical new worlds (most not too long ago I’ve been searching for cozy mysteries set in area). Nevertheless, I learn a variety of fantasy as nicely.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

I’m deep into Winter, the final e-book of Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Power

What scene in your e-book was your favourite to jot down?

Once I was a child, my grandparents had a e-book of fairytales. The e-book was previous again then, so I wouldn’t be shocked if it dated again to the Victorian period. It had a few colored pages in it—scenes from a few the tales. One was of a glass hall beneath the ocean with a person trying up on the ocean life above. For some motive that picture resonated with me, and eventually on this e-book, I wrote my very own tackle it.

Do you could have any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and so on.)

I’m closely into notebooks and colored pens. I’ve piles of crammed notebooks of world constructing concepts, plot schemes and doodles.

Do you could have a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

Dory from Discovering Nemo stated it finest – “simply preserve swimming.”

When you may select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your e-book, what wouldn’t it be?

Considered one of my goals is to create a wonder-filled alien world and I hope that readers take a few of that surprise away with them.