S.H.A.Y.
The Almost Series, #1
by Christina Leigh Pritchard
Date of Publication: August
16th 2016
Publisher: Limitless
Publishing
Cover Artist:
Deranged Doctor Design
Genre: NA Sci-Fi
Romance
Tagline: “Experiment
318: Gone Rogue”
INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA LEIGH PRITCHARD
How would you describe your style of writing to someone that has never read your work?
It moves quickly. I write the way I see it in my brain, as if it were a movie.
What mindset or routine do you feel the need to set when preparing to write (in general whether you are working on a project or just free writing)?
I like to escape form every distraction by putting on headphones and blasting the music.
Do you take your character prep to heart? Do you nurture the growth of each character all the way through to the page? Do you people watch to help with development? Or do you build upon your character during story creation?
I do a little bit of all of the above. My favorite method: I love to dedicate characters to people. I have them answer certain questions and then develop the story and character around their answers.
Have you found yourself bonding with any particular character? If so which one(s)?
Yes, I get mad at them too.J I think I love Shay the most in Almost Series, right now, because she puts others before herself and tries to do right in a very dark, immoral world.
Do you have a character that you have been working on that you can't wait to put to paper?
Yes. Ace Landon. I can write things about him and scenes, but can’t seem to cast a story around him.
Have you ever felt that there was something inside of you that you couldn't control? If so what? If no what spurs you to reach for the unexperienced?
Yes, myself. If I didn’t set boundaries for myself, I’d have started writing much sooner!
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Shay is scientific experiment #318. Science
may have created her, but she refuses to allow it to blind her to the
difference between right and wrong…
Synthetic Hominid Assumed Youth (S.H.A.Y.) is
eighteen years old, which means she has completed Phase One: Developmental.
Shay no longer requires the assistance of her Optional Human Parent, Darla, who
has guided her in the process of discovering her morality. Shay loves her easy,
charming life aboard the marine research facility and doesn’t want it to
change.
Phase Two: Experimental. All S.H.A.Y. ages
18-20 will experience loss…
Darla shouldn’t have to die because of an
experiment. The thought of losing the only parent she’s ever known is too much.
Determined to make sure the scientists at the facility don’t get their way,
Shay entraps Darla in a transport device to escape across the Miami Border.
There, on the mainland, law enforcement will keep her human parent safe.
Escape Mission: Failed…
Shay crashes into one of the Lone Keys off
the coast of Florida, abandoned to all humanity, except for the stranger who
drags her ashore. Shay must get Darla to safety or she will die of radiation
poisoning trapped inside the Freeze Portal, but Shay can’t do it alone.
The boy who found her, an Ersatz Reproduction
Intelligence Clone (E.R.I.C.), is her only hope. He has adaptation skills she
needs to complete her mission. Eric was created by the same scientists who want
to kill Darla, though. She tries to keep their interaction strictly business, but
it’s hard to hate him. He’s flirty, charming and not to mention devastatingly
handsome.
Shay must put her trust in Eric’s hands if
she wants to save Darla from her fate. It may be worth her heart, but will it
be worth her life?
S.H.A.Y. argues with the E.R.I.C.
“Well then, I’m not going to get in
the water.” I bent over, snatching my clothes. He helped me, handing me my
shirt. I snatched it from him. “I’ll just wait up here for you to get back.”
He laughed, poking me in the stomach.
“Look, creampuff, I’m not going in without you.”
“Oh yes you will, or I’ll—”
“You’ll what? Talk to yourself some
more?”
I narrowed my eyes at him, stumbling
as I tugged my pants on.
“You’re the one who needs my help,
remember?”
“You make me sick.” My shirt slipped
down over my head and I struggled with the buttons.
He smiled. “Take your clothes off.”
“Don’t tell me what to do.”
Amie groaned. She stood beside me,
rolling her eyes. “You’re just creating more and more sexual tension with the
E.R.I.C. Soon, you’ll forget all about your Darla and I’ll have no human mother
for S.H.A.Y. 319.”
“I won’t!” I unzipped my pants again.
“I’ll do whatever it takes to save them both.”
Eric backed away. “Whoa, there, I was
just teasing you.”
“I’m not talking to you.”
He rolled his eyes. “Right, I forgot,
you have others here with you.”
“I’m not doing this for you, you’re
the enemy. I’m trying to save my, my—”
“You’re trying to save your ‘what’
exactly?”
“It doesn’t concern you. Just follow
me into the water. That way, we can get started.”
“Are you hitting on me?” His eyes
widened. “I enjoy a little banter and all, but—”
I shoved him. “Like I’d ever flirt
with you.”
Author Info
Christina Leigh Pritchard was born and raised
in South Florida. Her first stories were written at the age of nine in spiral
notebooks and in the various diaries she kept.
Since she's upgraded to a computer, she's
completed over fifty books, including her ALMOST Series, signed with Limitless
Publishing.
Christina Leigh Pritchard is still going strong
with many more to come! Her genre's include science fiction, dark fantasy,
young adult, drama, suspense, historical romance, multicultural, comedy, poetry
and many more.
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