http://www.amazon.com/Doubt-Among-Trilogy-Anne-Rae-Vasquez-ebook/dp/B00F35AEGW
Do you love shows like J.J. Abrams’ Fringe and read books like Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones?
Do you love shows like J.J. Abrams’ Fringe and read books like Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones?
“Doubt”
mashes fringe science, corporate espionage and paranormal encounters to
catapult you into the realities of the supernatural forces living among
us.
Paranormal thriller | apocalypse | angels vs. demons | young adult | multiple characters| Fringe | easy fun read for all ages
At
21 years old, Harry and Cristal are fresh out of university with their
PhD’s. Labeled all their lives as being ‘weird’ and ‘geeky’, they find
true friendships with other outcasts by playing online virtual reality
games. Harry Doubt, a genius programmer and creator of the popular
online game ‘Truth Seekers’, has a personal mission to find his mother
who went mysteriously missing. He enlists his gaming friends to join in
helping him find her and their own missing loved ones. During Harry’s
missions, Cristal and the team of ‘Truth Seekers’ stumble upon things
that make them doubt the reality of their own lives when they realize
there are supernatural forces living among them. This triggers the
beginning of the ‘end of the world’ as they know it.
What are you most passionate about? What gets you fired up?
I’m passionate about being creative.
What’s your next project?
Currently writing RESIST, Book 2 of the Among Us Trilogy… and my developmental editor is bugging me to finish.
What is your favorite quote, by whom, and why?
Quote
by me: Writing is emotional. It is baring your soul to the world and
waiting for someone to acknowledge and love it, or shun and hate it, or
worse be indifferent about it. --- Anne-Rae Vasquez
How has your upbringing influenced your writing?
As
you can see I inject a lot of culture in my stories no matter what the
genre. I come from a mixed background and witnessed many clashes between
both sides of the family especially from the different cultural
traditions and way of life. I like to throw my characters into
situations where they have to overcome cultural differences to achieve
their goals.
Did writing this book teach you anything and what was it?
I
usually write by myself but I learned that being the Lone Ranger is not
the best way to write. Thankfully, when I was writing Doubt, I had my
developmental editor by my side. It was mostly a collaboration of minds,
although we frequently butted heads. But the outcome, once we ironed
things out, was pure magic. In addition, my team of beta readers
participated in missions (in the theme of the book) and also provided
further feedback of each chapter. I also worked with my critique partner
who helped shake up the story and make it richer. Finally, the
manuscript went through two copy and proof editors to refine the work
and polish off the writing.
How did you come up with the title?
Aaron
Swartz who passed away in early 2013 and Harry Fear, two young truth
seekers were the inspiration for my book’s main character Harry Doubt.
The title Doubt not only is a play on the main character’s last name but
also reflects how the characters question the reality of the world they
live.
How did you develop your plot and characters?
The
story mixes social media communications such as text messaging and
video messaging as a form of communication between characters as they go
on missions to find their family members.
All
characters have aliases and avatars, which are displayed as a splash
page image at the beginning of the book. The official website of the
book (amongus.ca) also has detailed M.O.’s of the characters so readers can also view and interact with the characters on the website.
The
story although geared to young adult/ early adult readers is also
entertaining for general readers who are interested in the supernatural,
sci/fi urban fantasy, apocalyptic genres with themes similar to the TV
show Fringe (by J.J. Abrams).
As
a filmmaker, journalist and web design programmer, I tell stories in
multiple mediums. Doubt (book 1 of the Among Us Trilogy) was literally
created from an interactive online reality game that I created with the
help of my developmental editor (Josefina Rosado).
The official website www.AmongUs.ca interacts with visitors allowing them to participate as Truth Seekers following the theme of the story.