tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post6805330868461027621..comments2024-03-22T08:44:45.695-04:00Comments on My World...in words and pages: Author Interview with Danielle Ackley-McPhail & Day Al-MohamedMelissa (My World...in words and pages)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09621830513280969319noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-87708306587774289502014-07-30T18:29:35.647-04:002014-07-30T18:29:35.647-04:00Thank you for sharing Day! That is awesome. :)Thank you for sharing Day! That is awesome. :)Melissa (My World...in words and pages)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09621830513280969319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-66900997389550232332014-07-23T00:39:45.685-04:002014-07-23T00:39:45.685-04:00Hello again!
I thought I'd add one more comm...Hello again! <br />I thought I'd add one more comment. I realized that some folks might want to know little more about the real items and history behind certain parts of "Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn." I love research and get carried away with it and of course, assume everyone else does too.<br /><br />What I have is a bit of research, a few stories, my crush on the Graf Zeppelin...collected in a few blog posts on my website. No spoilers, just some fun and interesting tidbits. You can find them here: http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/category/book-secrets/<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />-DayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946961755715637682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-17931570333903289282014-06-15T11:23:49.640-04:002014-06-15T11:23:49.640-04:00Kelly! I didn't know you were here! How wond...Kelly! I didn't know you were here! How wonderful!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946961755715637682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-84094582365209559782014-06-13T18:43:23.946-04:002014-06-13T18:43:23.946-04:00Thanks, Melissa. It gets even better. There's ...Thanks, Melissa. It gets even better. There's a third mind in there in the form of our alpha reader, Halla. Mostly she called us on things that didn't make sense, but at a certain level she helped shape the story as well since she did her reading as we wrote the piece.<br /><br />As for the big D...that works fine for happyhappy animated flicks, but not so much for good fiction. We made a concerted effort to keep things grounded in...welll...reality's not really the right word...but realism, perhaps.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for reading!Danielle Ackley-McPhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272043800387940380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-20475514671943224792014-06-13T16:22:41.031-04:002014-06-13T16:22:41.031-04:00I love that you didn't Disney-fy it. :) I also...I love that you didn't Disney-fy it. :) I also love hearing about how authors coordinate with each other on a book. I would think that was something hard to do especially when you have 2 creative minds going. Fun as well. Great post. Loved the mini questions at the end.Melissa (Books and Things)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00074452958853212024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-31548041741076756372014-06-13T15:08:50.406-04:002014-06-13T15:08:50.406-04:00Thank, Lily! Exactly what we were going for :) It ...Thank, Lily! Exactly what we were going for :) It was a lot of fun exploring the original tale and putting it a cultural context. And adding the steampunk was just a blast! When the initial project came up (for Gaslight and Grimm) I knew immediately I wanted to do Ali Baba. The story outgrew the project, but neither of us is complaining! LOLDanielle Ackley-McPhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272043800387940380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-69056889737638072142014-06-13T13:45:02.479-04:002014-06-13T13:45:02.479-04:00ha wow, well that sounds different and exciting!ha wow, well that sounds different and exciting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209774851625668155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-33623737388183578922014-06-13T09:29:12.796-04:002014-06-13T09:29:12.796-04:00Neat! Thank you very much for reading. We had a lo...Neat! Thank you very much for reading. We had a lot of fun writing Baba Ali. Response has been pretty positive so far.Danielle Ackley-McPhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272043800387940380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-21925443759176996942014-06-13T08:57:35.555-04:002014-06-13T08:57:35.555-04:00I went to college with Day! <3 Small world. The...I went to college with Day! <3 Small world. The book sounds great!Kelly L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05617272041357509333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-8576948131603401412014-06-12T18:39:31.848-04:002014-06-12T18:39:31.848-04:00LOL...it was definitely a challenge, but I persona...LOL...it was definitely a challenge, but I personally enjoyed the experience. I'm not saying it was always easy, but I do content editing too so it was kind of the same thing. Knowing when to revise something and knowing when to let it go even if it isn't what I would have done is always tricky. There were times I just flat-out said no and changed things back, but only if I had a really good reason for it.<br /><br />This book turned out to be so much better because it weaves both of our unique talents to make a cohesive whole. And believe it or not the excitment you get when you really get into a piece, well when there are two of you it builds by multiples and the charge you get is so much more than a single author's adrenaline rush. It's kind of addictive, and it really helped having someone to spark ideas off of. Things moved much quicker and smoother.Danielle Ackley-McPhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272043800387940380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-30093258209818328132014-06-12T16:18:16.711-04:002014-06-12T16:18:16.711-04:00I do not know if I could co-author...though it sou...I do not know if I could co-author...though it sounds fun in a way :)Blodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071329677261971640.post-90214628181493451482014-06-12T08:40:16.705-04:002014-06-12T08:40:16.705-04:00Thanks for having us, Mel. We really enjoyed the i...Thanks for having us, Mel. We really enjoyed the interview! If anyone has an more questions about the book, we're glad to answer...so comment away!Danielle Ackley-McPhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272043800387940380noreply@blogger.com