Interviews

C.C. Hunter Interview

I have had the pleasure of being on the Shadow Falls: After Dark street team for a few months now and with that came the opportunity to interview the Young Adult author behind the genius that is the Shadow Falls series! Here are the questions and answers about the past, the now and the future...

1. After Shadow Falls and Shadow Falls: After Dark will you be writing any other teen novels?

C.C.: Yup. I've already sold another series. I'm really excited about it, too. It's tentatively titled Glimmers. It's a story about descendants of grim reapers. It will be spooky, and sassy just like my Shadow Falls books.

2. Did any of the Shadow Falls characters have different names before the ones they have now?

C.C.: Funny you would ask that. Miranda was Isabella. And it was as if when writing her dialogue, she turned and told me, "I hate that name. You have to change it!" So I listened to her and gave her Miranda. And Lucas was named Hunter. But then I had one of the duh moments and realized that his first name would be the same as my pen name. So Hunter became Lucas. I think I like Lucas best, too. 

3. Do you have a music playlist you write to or that inspires you? What are some of the songs?

C.C.: I get asked this a lot, and sometimes I want to lie because my answer is so boring. But the truth is that I can't write to music. Well, I can't write to music with lyrics. If I do, I stop listening to the words in my head and start listening to the words in the song. But I do have a song/video that almost seems as if it was written and filmed to be about Shadow Falls. It is called Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield. 

4. Do you have any advice for future writers?

C.C.: I have two pieces of advice for new writers. First, remain positive and focused on you goal. What works for me is to do something each and every day to achieve that goal. It can be a little thing, such as researching something you need to know before you write a scene, or it can be something bigger, such as writing X number of pages. One thing I really believe in is that keeping a positive outlook is vital to building a career as a writer. Surround yourself with people who share your positive outlook, and try to limit your contact with those who spread negativity. 

My second piece of advice goes along with my first, and that is to work hard to become a better writer every day. Take a writing class or workshop or read a how-to book. Expand your horizons and read widely. Become a sponge and soak up as much about the writing craft.

Read C.C. Hunter's Blog at 

cchunterbooks.com