For details of the giveaway, please see the end of this post.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Author of "Chase
Tinker and the House of Magic (The Chase Tinker Series, Book 1),"
Malia loves dancing, reading, writing, sunsets, ladybugs, playing
video games on her iPod, watching TV, and chocolate. She also has
terrible motion sickness and hates onions. She's always wanted to
have the ability to teleport and the power to move things with her
mind. She lives in the Seattle area with her four wild and crazy
ferrets.
Book Summary:
In Chase Tinker's
world, magic, lies and secrets can be a lethal combination...
Thirteen-year-old
Chase Tinker can't understand why he has the power to move things
with his mind. Besides that, his dad has been missing for over a
year, causing his mom to be too upset to pay much attention to her
sons, so now he's been busted for shoplifting. As if this isn't
enough to worry about, his younger brother Andy suddenly has a weird
magical ability too.
Can
things get any crazier?
Chase thinks.
Then,
a grandfather they thought to be long dead arrives at their door. He
wants Chase and Andy to come visit him for the summer so they can
learn about their supernatural heritage and why they have magical
powers in the first place.
The
boys soon find out that Grandfather, along with their cousin Janie,
lives on a remote island in the middle of Puget Sound in an
out-of-this-world house where fantastic magic can be found in
practically every room, stairway and corridor.
Chase can't believe their dad has been keeping so much from them.
It's
an even bigger shock when Chase learns that all their magic is
controlled by a very powerful and mysterious Relic in the attic, and
if anything happens to this relic, every bit of Tinker magic will be
lost forever. He's even more disturbed when he learns his family has
a dark and powerful enemy that is determined to steal all their
magic, their house and their relic.
Now
Chase must find a way to stop these evil beings, while at the same
time figuring out what has happened to his dad, unraveling even more
Tinker lies and secrets and not letting on that he has a huge crush
on the housekeeper's daughter.
1.
If you could work with any other author, who would it be and why?
I
think I would pick Rick Riordan to work with. I love his Percy
Jackson series. The books are clever, exciting and funny. He shows
such a great sense of humor in his writing and if there's anything I
love, it's someone with an awesome sense of humor.
2. What would be a typical
working day for you? When and where do you write?
I
don't really have any typical work day. Since I teach ballroom
dancing, my hours aren't regular 9 to 5 so I stick in writing time
here and there along with all the other stuff I have to do in life. I
write sitting on my floor in my living room with my coffee table as
my desk, my computer in front of me and my TV going as background
noise. Sometimes I listen to music, but the problem with that is I
can' stop myself from singing along and getting up to dance. So it's
probably best to not have the music on too much during writing
sessions. :)
3. What is the hardest part of
the writing for you?
Staying
focused. I have a tendency to go off onto other tasks when I should
be writing. The Internet, Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads don't help
either. (sigh)
4. When and why did you first
start writing?
I
first started writing around the time I turned 14. That's when I
decided I wanted to be a writer. I'd just discovered that boys really
weren't that bad so I began writing sappy love poems and stories.
Though, I have to admit, most of that stuff was pretty sucky. :)
5. How did you come up with the
idea for your book?
About
6 1/2 years ago I was working as a Real Estate Agent. After a day of
showing homes to my clients, I guess I had houses on my mind because
that night I dreamed I was living in a huge house and every room had
some sort of magical power in it. The next day, when I told my
daughter about it, she thought it would make a terrific kids' book so
we started brainstorming for more great ideas
6. Are you a big reader? If so,
what are you reading now?
I
LOVE to read. I've always been an avid reader. When I was kid, I
never went outside because I was too busy hanging out in my room
reading. One day, when I was around 9 or 10 years old, my dad decided
I was just spending way too much time indoors reading. So he made me
go outside to play. I just sat on the porch and cried. He finally got
mad at me and sent me back into the house and back to my books. I was
happy once more.
Right
now I'm reading "Book of a Thousand Days" by Shannon Hale.
It's sooo good. I got the ebook version of it for .99 cents on
Amazon.
7. Do you have any advice for
other aspiring writers?
Just
keep writing and writing and don't give up. Believe in yourself. If
someone has the talent and drive and keeps at it, then eventually
something should happen.
Malia is very kindly giving away a copy of her ebook together with five MP3 songs from Amazon of your choice. For your chance to enter, please see rafflecopter below. Please note that this prize will be gifted direct from the author. Good luck!
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