What happens to your fairytale when you let someone else wave the magic wand? Will your dreams of love and enchantment still come true, or will your 'happily ever after' pass by without you?
Once Upon a Second Chance is a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion.
As always...I begged and cajoled and talked Marian Vere into answering some of my questions.
Omnific: Once Upon a Second Chance is
your debut novel, tell us about what inspired you to write and write this book
in general.
Marian: My love for the novel Persuasion by Jane Austen. Sadly, Persuasion, (and any other
novel by Jane Austen that isn’t Pride and Prejudice, for that matter) seems
to take a backseat these days, and Persuasion is such a wonderful story—and in
my opinion, far more romantic than Pride and Prejudice—and I wanted to try and
put it in the limelight. I just know that if more people actually knew the
story, that they would love it.
I also loved the idea of a story where the heroine
isn’t the victim. In real life, people make mistakes and very often screw up
their own lives, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t still the hero of their
own story and that they don’t deserve a chance at a happy ending.
Omnific: Can you share a little of your writing process with us? Are you a plotter or do you write as a scene hits?
Marian: Depends
on the book. I always plot, but I don’t always know everything before I start
writing. I’ll figure out the general plot and bigger events, but the rest
usually fall into place while I’m writing.
Omnific: With the holidays approaching, what is on the top of your list for Santa to leave under the tree?
Marian: I don’t have anything specific, though the battery in my laptop is about to die, so I guess I could do with a replacement. Not very exciting, I know, but hey, it’s better than socks. J
Omnific: Since Omnific is all about the romance...what is your favorite romance scene in a book?
Marian: I’m gonna have to go old school with this one and say
Jane Eyre. All the scenes are wonderful, but if I had to choose one I’d go with
the water scene at the end. Maybe not what you were expecting, and no it isn’t
at all ‘hot’, but I tend to find romantic scenes that don’t rely on the
physical to be for more effective.
Omnific: Now, if they made that into a movie who would you want cast? (Or if
they have already made a movie, would you recast it?)
Marian: Oh, they have made Jane Eyre movies galore, and
while some are all right, I can’t really pick a favorite, nor would I try to do
it better. Scenes from books are never as good on screen as they are in your
head, and I’d rather not chance ruining a good image. If you asked me they
should do less book to movie, and more movie to book. J
Omnific: And the dreaded question after months of editing…do you have
anything that you are working on next?
Marian: Oh, sure. In addition to
women’s fiction, I also write YA, and I have the first book in a YA series
coming out in March, there will be three more books in that series that as of
yet need to be written, I am currently finishing second, super-secret YA
project, and have plans for another women’s fiction. So, no worries, I’m plenty
busy.
Check out the trailer for Once Upon a Second Chance! It's amazing!
A big thank you to Marian Vere for taking the time to talk to us and share her wonderful work with us. Congratulations and have a great day on release day!
If you want to find Marian and ask her a few questions of your own, here's where to find her:
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