But I digress. I have a tendency to do that. Back to Mindi.
Mindi's debut, FREEFALL, from Simon Pulse (where I totally used to work, thankyouverymuch), is an achievement of the highest magnitude. Seth McCoy is a well realized, superbly voice, and completely believable protagonist. His story is difficult and deep, and Mindi handles the dark and light equally well. It's a fantastic debut, and it's been out since early October, so you should have read it by now.And now, here's Mindi's guest blog on the usual guest blog theme: fish out of water.
People are always asking authors whether the characters in their books are inspired by people they know in real life. For Freefall, my answer to that question is "no," especially in regards to Seth McCoy, my narrator. He's probably the most truly fictional character I've ever created.
There are a few things that I have in common with him, though. One of those is that the first time I stepped foot at a country club, I felt like a fish out of water. Everything was so elegant and everyone there who wasn't me seemed so oblivious. Like, it was just an ordinary day at an ordinary place, la la la, who cares!
In my book, there is a scene where Seth visits a country club for the first time. The narrative is very much filtered through his point of view and in his voice, of course, but the out-of-placeness he experiences is similar to mine . . . which is cool, because it makes me feel less alone and stuff. ;-)
Thanks, Mindi! Here are some links and such for more info on Freefall and Mindi.
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Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/
Links about Mindi:
http://mindiscott.com/
http://twitter.com/mindi_scott
http://www.youtube.com/user/
http://www.thecontemps.com/
And the trailer for FREEFALL:
