How have you been, my fantabulous readers?
1. How did you get into writing? When did you first start writing?
Sophie and Justin
are based on my best friend and another friend from high school. I wanted to
bring it out their personalities in my characters.
It's been a while since we've done a Words With an Author and today I'm happy to have Tyler Lazar, author of The Last Glass, here with us. Let's ask her some questions!
I started writing
when I was about fifteen/sixteen. It was mainly short stories in my notebooks.
2. Where did you come up with the idea for The Last Glass? Who/ what is your inspiration?
The Last Glass
started out as a dream that I had. I told my best friend about it and she
thought it would be cool if I made into a story. When I got home later that
night, I started to write. My inspiration for The Last Glass comes from the
town I live in, Mechanicville. It’s
small, and to me, boring. I came up with the idea to turn my small, boring town
into something cool, and mysterious.
3. Are any of your characters based on people you actually know, if so which ones?
Sophie and Justin
are based on my best friend and another friend from high school. I wanted to
bring it out their personalities in my characters.
4. Have you written anything before The Last Glass?
I have. It was a
fanfic story a friend and I wrote together. It’s not published or anything,
just something we did for fun during our living environment class. The story
was about zombies, and a band that both she and I loved. We took turns writing
it, but we never had a chance to finish it.
5. If you had to pick only five books from your bookshelf you could keep, what would they be?
Daylighters (A Morganville
Vampires book), Bitten (A Women of the Otherworld book), The Perfect Game, The
Queen of Swords, and Bender.
6. Who is your favorite character from any book and why?
That’s a tough
one, I have so many favorite characters. Hmmm, my all time favorite would have
to be Shane Collins from The Morganville Vampires series. Shane is a badass
human who kicks vampire butt. He also is
extremely good looking and a sweetheart.
7. How long did the writing process take for The Last Glass? From conception of the story to final publication?
The writing
process for The Last glass took a while, only because I was in high school when
I started writing it. I had the first ten chapters of The Last Glass written
before I decided to put it away and concentrate on finishing school. Three
years later, I had stumbled across it and from there I was determined to finish
it. I went through and rewrote the entire thing from what I had originally. It
took about a year to write. The original copy was written on sheets of paper
that I had in a binder.
8. Who are some of your favorite authors?
Rachel Caine,
Kelly Armstrong, J. Sterling and Stacy Borel.
9. What actors/ actresses could you see playing the characters of your book?
One I can think of right now, is Dylan
O’Brien
10. How did you come up with the title and cover of The Last Glass? Did they morph as you wrote the book, or were they constant?
I didn’t have a
name at first for The Last Glass, that came later on when I finally finished it.
At first I was calling it ‘The Creatures of Mechanicville’. Which later on I
changed to ‘The Creatures of Grimmsburg”. I sat down and thought for an hour on
what to call the book, that’s when The Last Glass popped into my head. The Last Glass has had two covers. Out of the
two, I am completely in LOVE with the last one!!!
11. Are you planning to write any other books?
Yes! I have already
written two more novels. The Dark Prince, which is book two in The Creatures of
Grimmsburg series and Nightingale which is book one in a new NA romance series
I’m writing called Sarasota Boys.
12. What would your advice be to someone who's aspiring to be a writer?
My
advice would be, give it your all. If you have a story that you’d like to tell
the world, do it. You might be nervous or scared for whatever reasons. Just
remember we’ve all been there, you’re not alone. Do what you love to do and
what makes you happy.
13. Finally, just to wrap things up, what's your favorite color and why?
I have two
favorite colors. Red and green. I love green because it’s calming and it’s a
pretty. Red because it’s bold and daring.
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