Lady Hawkeye: Blog Tour: Seconds Before Sunrise by Shannon Thompson with Giveaway

Friday, September 18, 2015

Blog Tour: Seconds Before Sunrise by Shannon Thompson with Giveaway

Seconds Before Sunrise

Book Two in the Timely Death Trilogy

By Shannon Thompson

Release Date: August 25th, 2015

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal

Tour Dates: September 7th - 18th

Two nightmares. One memory.

"Chaos within destiny. It was the definition of our love."

Eric has weeks before his final battle when he's in an accident. Forced to face his human side, he knows he can't survive if he fights alone. But he doesn't want to surrender, even if he becomes the sacrifice for war.

Jessica's memory isn't the only thing she's lost. Her desire to find her parents is gone and so is her confidence. But when fate leaves nightmares behind, she decides to find the boy she sees in them, even if it risks her sanity.

Seconds Before Sunrise is the exciting sequel to Minutes Before Sunset by Shannon A. Thompson. Find out why readers are enthralled with the Timely Death Trilogy.

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Shannon A. Thompson is a twenty-three-year-old author, avid reader, and habitual chatterbox. She was merely sixteen when she was first published, and a lot has happened since then. Thompson's work has appeared in numerous poetry collections and anthologies, and her first installment of The Timely Death Trilogy became Goodreads' Book of the Month.

Author Interview

Where’s home for you?

The road is home to me. In my 24 years, I’ve lived in six states and moved over a dozen times, so it’s difficult to sit still for long. I’m happiest in new places with new faces and stories to listen to.

What’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned?

My dad always used to tell me that no one was worth dating until they were 25. Okay. So that might not be the most valuable thing I’ve learned. But my dad’s pretty awesome. ;) I’m sure he’s the one who taught me my most valuable lesson. He’s definitely supported me in being myself, and I’m not sure where’d I be without his encouragement.

What is your most embarrassing moment?

In the fifth grade talent show, my group was doing an umbrella dance. One of the umbrellas got caught in my hair…for the rest of the show…in front of the entire school…and I was the new kid. It took awhile to come back from that and to trust umbrellas again. Now, I only use them for rain. It’s actually raining right now.

What’s your favorite line from a book?

“We must strive to be like the moon.” It’s one of my favorite quotes from a memoir by Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone.

Are any of your characters inspired by real people?

Not in particular. That being said, I did base the physical descriptions of Eric’s and Jonathon’s shade forms—as well as Camille’s half-breed form—on three people I saw in the dreams I based The Timely Death Trilogy off of.

Do you have a routine for writing?

My “routine” changes from book to book, but more often than not, it starts with a dreams, moves into a screenplay, unfolds into a novel, and then completes itself upon numerous rewrites and edits. I’ve recently come to conclusion that I am, indeed, a slow writer, but I’m okay with that!

Where and when do you prefer to do your writing?

Right now, I spend most of my writing time at a local coffee shop in one little corner with a large cup of Americano accompanying me.

What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received about your writing?

I think when a reader emails you at 3 a.m. on a Wednesday because they couldn’t put your book down is one of the best moments, but the best moment is when a reader tells you that your story inspired them, either to start writing themselves or start following another passion. One reader of The Timely Death Trilogy told me it reminded them of why they loved to paint, so they finally started painting again. They thanked me for that, and tears came to my eyes. I just wanted to thank them for reading.

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to write?

Hardest? Probably something in college that I didn’t truly want to write. I don’t’ believe writing should ever be forced, but alas, education. In regards to emotional difficultly, I wrote a personal essay about my mother’s death and my college roommate’s death that really took everything in me to put a couple thousand words down.

What are you working on now?

I’m currently working on editing November Snow, which was my very first published novel back in 2007, but I took it out of the market almost immediately, so I don’t feel like it got a real chance. I’m working on giving it that chance.

This or That

Summer or Winter: Winter

City or Country: Country

Coffee or Red Bull: Coffee

TV or Movies: Movies

Kisses or Hugs: Hugs

Bicycle or Motorcycle: Bicycle

Noise or Silence: Silence

Left or Right: Right

Halloween or Christmas: Halloween

Outside or Inside: Inside

Wet or Dry: Wet