About the Author:
Most recently, Susan
Wingate’s novels, SPIDER BRAINS and DROWNING each reached Amazon
Bestseller status in 2012. DROWNING won the 2011 Forward
National Literature Award for Drama. She would love for you
to read her books. You can find them all under the tab on this site
labeled “Books”. SUSAN has written eleven novels, two short
story collections, a few plays, one screenplay and tons of
poems. Her latest 2011 novel DROWNING (contemporary
women’s fiction), won 1st place in the 2011 Forward National
Literature Award and also won a finalist award for the category
of Women’s Fiction/Chick Lit in the 2011 International Book
Awards. A vibrant public speaker, Susan offers inspiring,
motivational talks about the craft of writing, publishing
and marketing, and how to survive this extremely volatile
(e-)Publishing industry. She presents these lectures for private
groups and at writing conferences, libraries and bookstores around
the country.
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About the Book:
If one were to bake
the story SPIDER BRAINS into a cake, they should sprinkle in
Charlotte’s Web, toss in one Jellicle Cat, then stir in a little
Spiderman—but as a girl and not in that goofy latex outfit! A tale
of hope, transformation, transition and inspiration.
After her father’s
death last year and, now, in the throes of a gnarly teacher’s whim
as she thinks ahead to college (or really just dreams of getting into
college), a small black arachnid bites fifteen-year-old Susie Speider
on the finger. The bite sends her nights into fantastical dreams
about taking revenge on a teacher who, ultimately, holds her college
aspirations in the palm of her cold calloused hand. But, after Susie
figures out the dreams are real, she ups the ante by visiting the
teacher regularly… as the spider! And, oh, by the
way! Who is that boy spider munching on flies, hiding over there in
the corner? A story of loss and forgiveness, tolerance and kindness,
Susie Speider deals with the death of her father while Matt Ryder–the
new neighbor boy–has just lost his mother. Ultimately, SPIDER
BRAINS poses some important questions about how to treat
Attention-Deficit-Disorder.
Guest Post:
Under
the Spell of Susie Speider
By
Susan Wingate
Thank
you to "My Guilty Obsession" for hosting my debut Young
Adult novel, SPIDER BRAINS: A LOVE STORY while we go on blog tour
this month of August.
While
developing this story, I fell completely under the spell of the main
character, Susie Speider. Her unique teenage voice crystallized in my
mind. Her situation in high school brought back treacheries I'd long
suffered myself--stealing my way through concrete halls of the
school. Trying so hard to avoid the stoners, the cowboys, the
Crip-wanabees, and all the other gangs who they themselves were just
hoping for a little protection.
But,
as it turned out, protection wasn't quite so needed in the halls as
it was in the classrooms. Where the teachers berated students if they
answered a direct question with nerves and stammering--who the
teachers felt didn't perform as well in class as other more social
(or possibly, more confident) students. Teachers who rolled their
eyes and made sarcastic remarks about them. All the while, covering
their cruelties as "just poking some fun." No matter that
these same students suffered issues at home too with possible
divorces or family members dying. The teachers didn't care. They had
problems too. And they took their problems out on the students.
Enter
Ms. Morlson, Susie Spider's science teacher. A teacher who doesn't
hide the fact that she has it in for Susie (maybe even hates her), to
the point she has been trying to fail Susie and hold her back a year,
destroying any chances for a good start in college.
To
me, SPIDER BRAINS is a mix of Meg
Cabot's "The Princess Diaries" and "Spiderman"—but
as a girl and not in that goofy latex outfit!
This
is the blurb: After
her father’s death last year and, now, in the throes of a gnarly
teacher’s whim, a small black arachnid bites fifteen-year-old Susie
Speider on the finger. The bite sends her nights into fantastical
dreams about taking revenge on the teacher who, ultimately, holds her
college aspirations in the palm of her cold calloused hand. But after
Susie figures out the dreams are real,
she begins visiting the teacher regularly… as
the spider! And,
oh, by the way! Who is that boy spider munching on flies, hiding over
there in the corner?
A
story of loss and forgiveness, tolerance and kindness, in SPIDER
BRAINS, Susie Speider deals with the death of her father while Matt
Ryder–the new neighbor boy–has just lost his mother. Ultimately,
this story poses some important questions about how to treat
Attention-Deficit-Disorder and is a tale of hope, transformation,
transition and inspiration.
Thanks
again for hosting me today. It's quite an honor to be a feature
author on this amazing blog. -Susan Wingate.
Thank you so much Susan for being here today!!
Thank you for hosting me today.
ReplyDeleteBests, Susan.
Thank you for letting us get to know you and your book better!!
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