Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Blog Tour (Guest Post): Scan by Walter Jury & Sarah Fine



Title: Scan (Scan #1)
Authors:
Walter Jury & Sarah Fine
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (Penguin)
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Tate and his father don’t exactly get along. As Tate sees it, his father has unreasonably high expectations for Tate to be the best—at everything. Tate finally learns what he’s being prepared for when he steals one of his dad’s odd tech inventions and mercenaries ambush his school, killing his father and sending Tate on the run from aliens who look just like humans.

All Tate knows—like how to make weapons out of oranges and lighter fluid—may not be enough to save him as he’s plunged into a secret interspecies conflict that’s been going on for centuries. Aided only by his girlfriend and his estranged mother, with powerful enemies closing in on all sides, Tate races to puzzle out the secret behind his father’s invention and why so many are willing to kill for it.

A riveting, fast-paced adventure, Scan is a clever alien thriller with muscle and heart.


Guest Post

The Easiest and Most Difficult Scenes to Write in Scan
Walter Jury

(SPOILER ALERT--this post contains some spoilers.)

My favorite scene to write was the final set piece. Without giving away any plot points, it is a major action sequence that involves Tate and his primary pursuer in a very fun location that, while it is described in detail, still allows for the imagination to run wild. With Tate's skills that we establish early on, we get a real sense of how high the stakes are and how far he can progress with his Dad's tutelage and influence guiding him.


In terms of toughest scene to write, I would say that it isn't so much a scene as it is a particular element of storytelling. Without question, my toughest moments are trying to (a) work through a mythology and (b) stay true to that mythology while keeping characters true to their journey and motivations. Sometimes it's tough to not write the idealized version of how I would want to live my life and learn from my own mistakes. But you always have to remind yourself that these characters have their own story, their own history, their own limited and unlimited life experiences. That is what sometimes makes it tough.

You can read Kayla's review of Scan HERE.

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About the Authors

Walter Jury

Walter Jury was born in London, has a background in the film industry, is a big fan of the New York Giants, and enthusiast of Jamba Juice’s Protein Berry Workout smoothie only with soy, never whey. Scan is his first book for teens. Oh, and under his real name, he’s a producer of one of 2014’s biggest blockbusters. Let’s just say he “diverges” in his career from film to literature quite well.


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Sarah Fine


Sarah Fine was born on the West Coast, raised in the Midwest, and is now firmly entrenched on the East Coast, where she lives with her husband and two children. She is the author (as Sarah Fine) of several young adult books, and when she's not writing, she’s working as a child psychologist. No, she is not psychoanalyzing you right now.


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