Question: What have you
published recently?
Answer: My work
so far:
Eden Forest (Part one of the
Saskia Trilogy)
Four banished Angels,
A world created by the hands of God,
A Kingdom on its knees,
A secret protected for centuries,
And one mortal can save them all.
Step into Saskia.
City of Secrets (Part two of
the Saskia Trilogy)
A war awaits her arrival,
A warrant for her arrest.
She must rise as a princess,
And Darkness shall fall.
But will their love survive this
battle?
For Tristan and Sarajane?
Step back into Saskia.
Pending:
The Rise of the Rightful Queen
(Part three of the Saskia Trilogy)
Aoife’s Other works:
Wisps
Nine
The missing
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Question: How, and
when, did you decide to become a writer?
Answer: I
have always written but mostly poetry, it’s always been my way to
deal with my emotions, no matter how big or small. Two years ago I
lost two people I was close too. I had never lost anyone before, so I
didn’t deal very well with it. One night I had a dream of a man and
women on a horse, passing through a wall of fire. The dream lingered
with me, as did my grief. So instead of writing poetry I started my
story. My starting point was my dream and I worked my way from there.
Eden Forest helped me once again deal with death, and all that comes
with it. So in a way I am very grateful for this story.
I always wondered why God created us
and what was our purpose, but those questions are unanswered. So in
my story I give you the answers for this world called Saskia. In the
story God creates a world parallel to ours, for four fallen angels.
Death is something that I also question
now, like why do we die, is 60 to 90yrs of life enough, imagine
having immortality what would one do to gain it? And that’s where a
lot of my plot lies. The greed for immortality, for power’s that
only God should wield, drives Saskia into war.
God decides to give one person all the
powers that anyone could possess to banish evil, before it destroys
Saskia and Earth. This one person happens to be a young lady called
Sarajane Anderson who lives in the mortal world (Earth) but is
actually from Saskia.
Question: Where can we
find your published writing?
Answer: I have my
own website www.aoifemariesheridan.com
It displays my work, any
links to where you can purchase my books, listen to my interviews,
watch my book trailers and more.
Question: What is a
typical day like for you as a writer?
Answer: I work full
time so, I write when I can, but always with pen and paper,
never typing at first. I carry a pen and paper where ever I go and
when an Idea comes to mind I jot it down. Also If I had any weird
dreams (the ones that linger) I will keep them maybe for a different
story. At present there are seven books I want to write. Since I
started I just can’t stop.
Question: What types of
writing do you do?
Answer: My writing I would
consider fantasy. I write about the impossible, of different worlds
that have magic in them. I always feel this can’t be it. All us on
this little planet, floating in the galaxy, there has to be so much
more. We just haven’t discovered it yet. Maybe in a couple of
hundred years people will look back and say “They know all along
that there was more”. Well that’s what I like to think.
Question: What are your
favorite characters that you have created? Tell us about them
Answer: My
favourite characters in Eden Forest would have to be,
Queen Bellona, she was the most
interesting to write about. Bellona is all that is bad in the world
she is a combination of people that I have crossed paths with in my
life. But she does not represent one person alone. Through her I
could vent the injustice of people’s ways, and display it.
Secondly would have to be Sarajane she
plays the main Character. She is relatable as in she isn’t perfect.
I created Sarajane with flaw, as we all have them. Mine can be that I
am selfish so that’s the flaw I gave Sarajane.
I am surrounded by very strong women in
my life, and I am grateful for this. I take a lot of their
personalities and place them in my characters, or something they
might do, or even a facial expression. I love to watch people’s
reactions as they talk to me, if they stumble on a line, they may
chew their lip, in an endearing way. I note it and file it way for
later.
Question: do you find you
“mentally edit” other writers’ works as you read them? Does
doing this help you or bother you?
Answer: Yes which I
absolutely hate. I am so much more aware now. It drives me spare. But
in another way it makes me feel better that I am not the only one who
makes mistakes. LOL.
Question: What music do you listen to, while writing?
Answer: My
Music:
My favourite Musician would have to be
David Guetta; Titanium and She wolf. I wrote nearly the whole two
books too these songs, I find the words empowering and a story is
told even in the beats.
Question: What do you eat while
writing?
O God I am really bad, have a serious
sweet tooth. I do try and control it, sometimes I do but other times
I fail. So I love sour cream pringles. Yum. Cadbury’s cream egg.
Love the centre. After that I love sprite. These are my 3 enemies
yet my favourite things ever. (apart from writing and reading, of
course).
Five for Fun:
What is your favourite non-alcoholic
drink? Sprite I can’t get enough of it.
What is your favourite cartoon
character? I would have to say Dora the explorer. My niece is a huge
fan, and I think she is so cute.
What is your favourite movie of all
time? Troy, I would watch it at least once a week. Brad Pitt is easy
on the eyes.
What TV shows do you like to watch? I
am not a fan of TV. I love movies or reading.
What do you like to do for fun or just
to relax? Reading is my way of relaxing. Give me a book a glass of
wine and I am a very content person.
Question: Where can we find you on the
web?
Here are some places:
My website www.aoifemariesheridan.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/Aoifemariesheri
Goodreads: Aoife Marie Sheridan
Twitter: aoifesheri
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