Before the Interview, here is a little information on Morgan:
Morgan Elizabeth Huneke is a homeschool graduate who lives in Georgia. She has enjoyed creating characters and writing stories since early childhood. Her other interests include reading, playing the piano and violin, and politics. She is the author of Across the Stars and The Experiment. You can visit her at http://shirereviews.blogspot.com/ and http://www.morganhuneke.com/blog
And now, without further ado, the Interview:
1) What gave you the idea for Creighton Hill's plot line? Was there something specific?
Unfortunately, I can’t remember the specific inspiration, or even if there was any. I love being able to trace it, like I can with The Experiment and the outer space dystopia I’m working on, but, like Across the Stars, I either can’t remember what sparked it, or it just happened. I do know that The Chronicles of Narnia played a huge role, as it is the main reason I wanted to write fantasy. And the concept of children defeating an evil queen to free an oppressed people undoubtedly comes from there. But I also received much inspiration from Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. That’s where the concept of the Time Captives comes from. And the house Creighton Hill is primarily inspired by the Villa Caprice in the Gone-Away Lake books by Elizabeth Enright. There are pirates all because I was reading the Pirates & Faith series by Molly Evangeline at the time, and decided I didn’t want to wait any longer to write a pirate story. It somehow all wove itself together in my mind to become one story.
2) How many books are you expecting to be in the series?
Short answer: Three Time Captives books, plus one companion.
Long answer: Definitely the trilogy, but as far as connected stories, the possibilities are endless. I’ve already written a companion, Espionage, and I really want to write a sequel to it. I also hope to write a pirate story or two or more about Captain Jeremy Herb’s (the pirate in Time Captives) son Edmund, who has just been born at the time of Time Captives, though I think I ended up cutting the only scene with him. Actually, those stories were originally separate, but I decided to connect them with Time Captives and it ended up being important. Also in that world, probably somehow connected to the Herbs, I have a bit of an idea for a sea adventure involving a fisherman’s daughter. Then I would like to write a few extra short stories filling in gaps and continuing the stories of certain Time Captives characters. Back in this world, the Hubbards are connected with my unwritten contemporary fiction characters, eventually by marriage, which gives them plenty of possibilities there. And actually, those contemporary fiction characters are also connected to the Watsons of Across the Stars, so it’s all rather wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. Trouble is, this whole thing is in competition with a few sci-fi ideas, so goodness knows how much will actually get written and when.
3) Care to share any funny memories that happened while writing this?
I’m not sure how funny they are, but I came up with a few memories to share. I started the book at Disney World. We were at our hotel. Now, from our balcony, you could see both the Magic Kingdom and EPCOT. And the EPCOT night show was at the same time as the fireworks from Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. My family was out on the balcony watching two fireworks shows, and I was in the bedroom scribbling down the prologue to Creighton Hill. They kept trying to get me to come watch, but I was just like, “I can kind of see it from in here.” I had some other interesting writing locations as well. Once, I was paging at the state Capitol, sliding down the page bench while scribbling on a notepad. Last summer, I had an idea for a book three scene that I hadn’t gotten to yet, and I wanted to get it down before I forgot. So I carried a pen and pad of paper around in the pocket of my shorts and took it out to scribble it down whenever I had a spare moment. Thing was, we were getting ready to be in Independence Day parades and events for Barry Loudermilk. So I would sit on the ground next to a classic car writing on a notepad. My friend Brianna said I was obsessed with writing. I wasn’t, I just didn’t want to lose that great, super sad scene.
4) Can you give us a hint of what to expect in the next book?
More of the modern Time Captives, more backstory for older Time Captives, primarily Eleanor, new characters such as my favorite a slave boy named Adriel, Captain Herb’s backstory, sea adventures. I’ll go ahead and tell you that you’ll get to meet the rightful king of Calhortz. We get to see more elves and a good bit more of the world of Calhortea. And did I mention Adriel? And Eleanor? You get to meet them and cry over them and over how badly I ruined their lives. :D
Thank you, Morgan, for answering my questions!
Come back tomorrow for my character interview!
Katelyn
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Thanks for doing this interview, Katelyn!
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