Dreamless: Interview with Josephine Angelini

Reading Lark is excited to be part of the Dreamless Blog Tour. We'd like to welcome Josephine Angelini to the Nest today. She stopped by to answer a few questions. Also, don't forget that Josephine is also offering readers a chance to win a Kindle with a Starcrossed or Dreamless skin so be sure to check out the giveaway information and blog tour schedule for more great Dreamless features.

You can read my review of Starcrossed here.

You can read my review of Dreamless here.

Andrea @ Reading Lark: I love the whole concept of Scions. What sparked this idea? 

Josephine: Necessity! In the “falling out of the sky” scene between Helen and Lucas in the first book, I just couldn’t picture Lucas calling himself a demigod out loud without sounding like a giant tool. Seriously, could you date a guy that called himself a demigod? I couldn’t. So, I had to come up with a less-loaded name for my heroes, and since I thought the word “scion” fit their description pretty perfectly. And it has a nice ring to it. 

Andrea @ Reading Lark: If Lucas' house was burning down and he could only take three things from his room, what would he take? 

Josephine: He’d take the last obol (which he keeps near him or on him at all times), his father’s watch (which he keeps on his bedside table and wears every day even though no one needs a watch anymore. It’s a Delos boy thing) and his cell phone. Lucas is a practical guy, and not really prone to sentimentality, so if you were expecting me to say “a lock of Helen’s hair” or some nonsense like that, forget it. 

Andrea @ Reading Lark: Helen is one of my favorite YA heroines. Where did the inspiration for her creation come from? 

Josephine: I have no idea. Honestly, when I developed Helen’s character I though a lot more about what she does, what she needs to do, and how her character needs to change to rise and meet all the challenges she faces than I did about labeling her as one kind of person or another from start to finish. I guess what I’m saying is that I sort of let the story build her for me, and I tried to let the things that happen to her over the course of the series shape and change her. Helen evolves more than any other character in my books. 

Andrea @ Reading Lark: If you were a Scion, what would your special ability be? 

Josephine: Napping. Just kidding. I’m actually a rotten sleeper. I think I’d love to be able to do what Morpheus does, even though he doesn’t have any Scions. (That I’ve written about yet. Wink.) I’d love to send people dreams. 

Andrea @ Reading Lark: Can the Delos clan adopt me? *giggle* All joking aside, last and final question, What is your favorite bird? This one is a Reading Lark author interview tradition. 

Josephine: I’ve always had a thing for hummingbirds. They are just too cool. Either hummingbirds or ostriches. You can ride an ostrich, you know. I go very small or very big on my bird choices.

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