{"id":2504,"date":"2019-06-07T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2019-06-13T20:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T01:50:20","slug":"blog-tour-shadow-and-flame-by-mindee-arnett-interview-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-shadow-and-flame-by-mindee-arnett-interview-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Shadow and Flame by Mindee Arnett (Interview + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TOUR-BANNER.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Shadow and Flame by Mindee Arnett (Interview + Giveaway!)\"><\/p><p>Happy Friday and welcome to my stop on the <em>Shadow and Flame<\/em> blog tour!! I&#8217;m so excited because today I have an interview with Mindee Arnett! Read on to find out what inspired her to write this book and how she chooses the names for her characters, plus follow the rest of the tour and enter a giveaway for a print copy of <em>Shadow &amp; Flame<\/em>!!!<!--more--><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ShadowFlame.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Shadow and Flame by Mindee Arnett (Interview + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Shadow and Flame by Mindee Arnett (Interview + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Shadow & Flame<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/mindee-arnett\/\">Mindee Arnett<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/series\/rime-chronicles\/\">Rime Chronicles #2<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  June 4, 2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/balzer-bray\/\">Balzer + Bray<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 496 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40042001-shadow-flame\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>From acclaimed author Mindee Arnett comes the thrilling conclusion of the stunningly epic, action-packed, and romantic fantasy adventure about a powerful girl possessed of strange magic, the outcast prince she loves, and the kingdom that has torn them apart.<\/p>\n<p>Kate and Corwin are on the run, desperate for allies in a new world of war among the kingdoms of Rime. As the book opens, Kate suffers a massive loss, one that will shape the struggle for freedom of all wilders and magic folk\u2014that is, if Kate can learn to control her own power.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-06-07T11:00:15+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Friday and welcome to my stop on the Shadow and Flame blog tour!! I'm so excited because today I have an interview with Mindee Arnett! 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I wanted to take readers through my process for how I build a new world. Of course in order to build a world I have to have a character or a situation as a starting point. That situation ended up being the main character Kate and her job working for the Relay, a fantasy version of the Pony Express. The rest of the story built from there. Inspiration for a sequel like <em>Shadow &amp; Flame<\/em> usually comes from the first book. Or at least the first book is my starting point. In many ways, this makes writing a sequel so much easier. It takes a lot of the guesswork and searching out of it.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">How did you choose the names for your characters?<\/h2>\n<p>Very slowly and with much deliberation. I\u2019m not sure why, but I\u2019m obsessed with getting names right. I spend a huge amount of prewriting time just picking out the names. For main character names I look for ones that I find evocative and intriguing, the sort of name that I want to hear and write and think about a thousand times over. I will consider the way they sound, what they mean, and most importantly how they make me feel. For overall naming conventions, I try to draw upon as many real world names as possible. When writing a fantasy, I will often pick a nationality to represent certain areas of the world. For example, when naming characters from the Esh Islands, such as Signe, I tried to pick ones of Scandinavian origin.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What was your favorite bit of research you ended up not using?<\/h2>\n<p>What a fun question. I think more than research, when writing a fantasy I end up leaving out a lot of backstory \/ world building details. For <em>Shadow &amp; Flame<\/em>, I wrote out a lot of the mythology of the gods and goddesses. There\u2019s one part in particular where I wrote almost an entire story all by itself, several pages worth, but only a couple of sentences from the story made it into the book. That\u2019s okay though. Having these secret, hidden details help make the world feel more real to me, and I hope that it comes off that way for the reader as well.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">If your main characters were to hang out with characters from other YA books, who would they be and why?<\/h2>\n<p>Gah, this is such a hard question! But so much fun as well. There are so many books and characters I want to pick. But I guess right now I would love for them to meet Lazlo and Sarai from Laini Taylor\u2019s gorgeous duology <em>Strange the Dreamer<\/em> and <em>Muse of Nightmares<\/em>. Mostly I think my characters would get along with hers. They would have a lot in common in terms of the hardships they\u2019ve endured. Also, I mean who wouldn\u2019t want to hang out with characters created by Laini? She\u2019s just amazing.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you have any advice you would give to the characters in your book?<\/h2>\n<p>I would just tell them to be steadfast, to hold on to each other and what they love and believe in but to also be willing to change to grow. It\u2019s an important lesson\u2014growth and change doesn\u2019t necessarily mean you must sacrifice beliefs but it does mean you have to be willing to shift your perspectives. And even more than that I would tell them that it\u2019ll all be worth it in the end. The end always is.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What books would you recommend to your characters and why?<\/h2>\n<p>Well, all of Laini Taylor\u2019s series, if only so they can learn about overcoming adversity and seemingly impossible cultural divisions. I would also recommend they read the <em>Lumatere Chronicles<\/em> by Melina Marchetta so they could learn about being good and wise leaders. Also, that series is just beautiful. Everyone should read it.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you so much!<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for having me and for posing such fun questions. I had a blast!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2808 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/author-150x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>YA Author of THE NIGHTMARE AFFAIR, a contemporary fantasy coming March 5, 2013 from Tor Teen (Macmillan) and AVALON, a YA sci-fi thriller coming Winter 2014 from Balzer+Bray (HarperCollins). Represented by the fabulous Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary. Addicted to jumping horses and telling tales of magic, the macabre, and outer space.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Author Links<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindeearnett.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5145808.Mindee_Arnett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mindeearnett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mindeearnettauthor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/mindeearnett.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Follow the Tour<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com\/2019\/04\/tour-schedule-shadow-flame-rime.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Follow-the-Tour-Here.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Follow-the-Tour-Here.png 810w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Follow-the-Tour-Here-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Follow-the-Tour-Here-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Giveaway<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/d9681b86372\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here to win signed copies of <em>Shadow &amp; Flame<\/em> and <em>Ivory &amp; Onyx<\/em> by Mindee Arnett, plus additional swag!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center;\">(International Giveaway!)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1254 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday and welcome to my stop on the Shadow and Flame blog tour!! 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