Without further ado, here is a fantastic interview with the lovely CALE DIETRICH, author of the forthcoming novel THE LOVE INTEREST!
THE LOVE INTEREST
Author: Cale DietrichSeries: N/A
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: May 17, 2017
Summary:
There is a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies. The agents are called Love Interests because getting close to people destined for great power means getting valuable secrets.
Caden is a Nice: The boy next door, sculpted to physical perfection. Dylan is a Bad: The brooding, dark-souled guy, and dangerously handsome. The girl they are competing for is important to the organization, and each boy will pursue her. Will she choose a Nice or the Bad?
Both Caden and Dylan are living in the outside world for the first time. They are well-trained and at the top of their games. They have to be – whoever the girl doesn’t choose will die.
What the boys don’t expect are feelings that are outside of their training. Feelings that could kill them both.
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What is your writing routine?
Cale Dietrich: It varies quite a lot, so there’s no definite answer for this! It depends on so many things, like, how inspired I am, or what stage of the process I’m at. I’m currently doing NaNo, so I’m trying as hard as I can to stick to some sort of schedule of hitting 2000 words a day. But most of the time, I write when I feel like it, usually with coffee and or snacks.Why do you write for younger audiences?
Cale Dietrich: Ohh good question! I’ve honestly never thought about why I write YA instead of adult or MG. I think I write YA because I love it so much. Seriously, pretty much all of my favourite books are YA books. Plus, I think there’s a lot of enthusiasm in YA and in the YA community, which I really love about it.Describe THE LOVE INTEREST in 10 words or less.
Cale Dietrich: Two spies compete over girl, fall for each other instead.What was the inspiration behind the story?
Cale Dietrich: It’s twofold: the initial inspiration for the plot was the thought: “how cool would it be if there was a training academy for love interests from YA books”. The themes and stuff veer into spoiler territory: but I will say that a lot of it was drawn from my own experiences about something I was going through when I was writing it. TLI is my Fight Song in a lot of ways.Why are Caden and Dylan the best main characters?
Cale Dietrich: Ahh I love this question! I love Caden because he’s so contradictory and complicated. I love Dyl because he’s really smart and is really thoughtful about everything he does. Plus, they’re both kinder than they think they are, and I love that about them.How did you decide on which tropes to use in THE LOVE INTEREST and the ways to flip them?
Cale Dietrich: I researched! I asked a lot of my writer friends about the tropes they’ve noticed, I spent time reading sites like TV Tropes. I read a lot of YA, so some of it came from my own knowledge, but for the most part I determined which tropes to use through research. It was really important to me that I not draw specifically from one particular book, because that would seem like I’m targeting it and would be totally contradictory to the whole point of the book. So I kept it as broad as possible. And it’s hard to know why I decided to flip them the way I did! I think I brainstormed, and then picked what would be the funniest or have the most impact.What books did you read that influenced your book?
Cale Dietrich: So many! Books like PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, THE HUNGER GAMES and SIMON VS were big influences, as were the books I loved growing up (and still love) like Harry Potter. I find inspiration in lots of places though, like music, or shows like The Office (Jim and Pam is the best modern love story) and Veronica Mars.
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