So let's give her a warm welcome!
Nadine, tell us about
yourself in four words.
Bookworm. Passionate. Wanderlust. Believer.
What inspired you to
be an author?
I could try to break it down and say my grandparents and
parents all thrived on storytelling (which they did), but to be honest…I was
just born with a passion for words. “Being a writer” is synonymous with “being
a human” to me. I have to write, otherwise I’m not fulfilling the role for
which I was created.
What are three
hobbies you like aside from reading?
Oooh, cruel question. But I shall rise above the challenge!
I love playing board games, traveling (can that count as a hobby?) and playing
the piano.
Okay, it must be
known…what is your favorite dystopian book?
Well, the first dystopian book I read was The Hunger Games and it got me hooked
(though I can’t say the same for the rest of the series), but my favorite would
probably be Cinder, by Marissa Meyer.
However, some people have argued that it’s not actually dystopian. Either way,
it’s fantastic.
Tell us a little about
your own book.
Imagine that you have a Clock on your bedside table that
shows you exactly how long you have to live, down to the very second. In fact,
everyone has a Clock like this. That’s what my book, A Time to Die is
about. It starts with a seventeen-year-old girl who has one year left on her
Clock and is trying to find purpose in her last year.
Any advice for
aspiring writers?
Go to a writer’s conference! This is the biggest piece of
advice I could give anyone who wants to grow in his or her writing craft. I
know a lot of writers are introverts and that writing conferences can seem
expensive or intimidating, but it’s the next step. Take it. Be brave!
Random fun:
Coffee or tea?
Tea. Definitely tea.
Airplanes or boats?
Probably airplanes, though both get me motion sick. I’d rather take a train.
[grin]
Winter or summer?
Pre-Christmas winter. After Christmas it’s not as enjoyable, but I’ll still
take cold over hot any day. Fireplaces! Fuzzy socks! Hot tea! Baking!
If you could meet any
author, who would it be? J. K. Rowling, hands down. She inspires me and I’d
love to chat over coffee (meaning tea, lol) with her someday.
Thank you so much for having me!
About Nadine
Nadine Brandes writes stories about authentic
faith, bold living, and worlds soaked in imagination. She lives in Idaho with
her husband and works as a freelance editor. When she's not writing, editing,
or taste-testing a new chai, she is out pursuing adventures. A Time to Die is
her first novel. You can find Nadine online at:
Book Blurb:
How would you live if you knew
the day you'd die?
How would you live if you knew
the day you'd die?
Parvin Blackwater believes she has wasted her
life. At only seventeen, she has one year left according to the Clock by her bedside.
In a last-ditch effort to make a difference, she tries to rescue Radicals from
the government’s crooked justice system.
But when the authorities find out about her
illegal activity, they cast her through the Wall -- her people's death
sentence. What she finds on the other side about the world, about eternity, and
about herself changes Parvin forever and might just save her people. But her
clock is running out.
Find A
Time to Die on Amazon in
e-book and paperback. This is book one in the "Out of Time" trilogy
(subsequent volumes coming in 2015 and 2016).
