Release Date: 03/03/15
Entangled Teen
Summary from Goodreads:
Tormented after a daring escape, Cora Sandoval must find a way to stop the Arrazi from murdering innocent people and from violating, using, and killing the Scintilla for their powers. She must also accept one bitter betrayal: Finn Doyle—the Irish boy who has both a piece of Cora's heart and soul—is Arrazi...
On the verge of extinction and sought by those who would either consume or destroy them, Cora and the remaining Scintilla survivors must solve the mystery of The Light Key. If they fail, the truth will stay buried forever and mankind will pay the ultimate price.
No longer will she hide.
No longer will her loved ones be hunted.
And she will have her vengeance...even if she shatters her heart in the process.
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Book One: Scintillate
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About the Author
Tracy Clark is a young-adult writer because she believes teens deserve to know how much they matter and that regardless of what they’re going through, they aren’t alone. In other words, she writes books for her teen self.
She grew up a “Valley Girl” in Southern California but now lives in her home state of Nevada, in a small town at the base of the Sierra Foothills. Her two children teach her the art of distraction and are a continuous source of great dialogue. She’s an unapologetic dog person who is currently owned by a cat.
Tracy was the recipient of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Work in Progress Grant. A two-time participant in the prestigious Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program where she was lucky enough to be mentored by bestselling author, Ellen Hopkins, who taught her so much about the art of writing and cured her of her ellipsis addiction.
Her debut novel was inspired by her enchantment with metaphysics as a teen, seeing it as the real magic in life. Tracy is a part-time college student, a private pilot, and an irredeemable dreamer.
Her debut novel was inspired by her enchantment with metaphysics as a teen, seeing it as the real magic in life. Tracy is a part-time college student, a private pilot, and an irredeemable dreamer.
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Briefs
- How do you
create character chemistry?
Chemistry…that
crackling rope of energy that exists between people. It’s a charge in the air,
an undeniable attraction between people, intense craving, a whiff of the
sizzling fire burning underneath an interaction.
We love to feel it, see it, and read it. I love to write it.
The fun of playing with chemistry is how malleable
it is. Chemistry can exist between lovers, friends, and even between enemies.
Sometimes, the most delicious chemistry is between two people who seem to
despise each other.
So, how do I create character chemistry?
For me, chemistry is tension. Think about it;
chemistry is that delicious play of emotions between two people that adds tautness
to the interaction. Up the tension, and the chemistry can be compounded
mightily.
If I’m writing a scene in which I want chemistry to
be a potent emotion, I have to feel
it. Visualizing the moment in my head like a movie is one tactic. I will play the
scene out, see it, and mentally run through it like an actor. Because I tend to
see my books in a series of scenes, I
also write that way.
I ask myself questions like, “What dialogue or
actions would give this more tension?” “What can be said or done to rattle the
character? How can I push and pull like tug-o-war?” Often, it comes down to
what is not said. There is automatic
conflict when a person feels one way, and acts or speaks in another.
It requires me to reach inside and access the
physical sensations that are present when there’s chemistry and find a way to
show that in my writing. What’s happening in their body? What emotions are
being triggered? As you can see, being a writer is asking yourself a LOT of
questions.
Mostly, I want to see chemistry between characters because
it fires off the sparks in my own belly. When I wrote the bus scene with Cora
and Giovanni, I was completely fired up by it. I felt the chemistry despite the
fact that they come together as friends. As I said, chemistry shows itself in
many ways. Cora and Finn have a unique chemistry that is a product of who they
are in the larger story.
Chemistry is energy, a vibe. It’s a topic that
matters to me because SCINTILLATE is all about the spark of energy between
people, in all its forms.
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