The Designed by Kate Tailor
Publication date: January 26th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Science Fiction
Eighteen-year old Raleigh Groves can sense disease in others and is suffering from her own unexplained illness as well. After years and dozens of doctor visits, she has given up hope of ever finding a cure, let alone a diagnosis. Then she meets a man who explains that her talent and curse are linked. Her body produces a drug, Lucidin, which allows her to sense others. She’s rare, and the drug she makes is coveted.
Rho has spent the last few years on the run. The Lucidin that is racing through his system makes him a target. Surrounded by addicts and dealers on one side and scientists and doctors on the other, he has to rely on his wits and his team to stay one step ahead. So far he has stayed afloat, but some of his brothers haven’t been as lucky.
As Rho and Raleigh collide they must face the perilous world of Lucidin together. Nothing is black-and-white and Raleigh must decide where her alliances lie. Sometimes the hardest heart to sense is your own.
How
I write my characters:
When
I start a book I’m never positive how a character will turn out. I
write them in different scenarios to get a feel for their voice and
how they behave. Some characters that have started out sweet end up
with a little bit of a dark side. I try to make my characters
dimensional. I don’t like reading stories where people fit into too
neat of boxes. I like to think that my characters surprise the reader
at times while still staying true to themselves.
The
best and worse part about being a writer:
I
think the absolute best part about being a writer is the chance to
put a story to paper. You start with nothing and in the end you have
a world complete with people and events. A good story to me is one
that is both entertaining and lets the reader develop their own
opinions about the different topics presented. There are two things I
find challenging about being a writer. The first is the distraction
of having stories bouncing around my head. Sometimes I don’t have
the right characters to tell my stories, or the proper scenarios to
get my point across. It can be frustrating to work out these details.
The second challenge is putting myself out there. It is a very
humbling experience to have someone read what I’ve written. People
get a peek into my thought process, and complete strangers get to
experience something I’ve poured my heart into. That can be a very
humbling and sometimes scary process.
My
reading habits:
I
enjoy reading, I’m sure most writers do. I’m one of those people
that has trouble putting down a good book. I have a reading nook at
my house. Usually it covered in a mess of children’s books. My kids
love to be read too. Most of them are old, tattered things that I had
when I was growing up. Some of them are missing pages, so I
improvise. I hate letting go of books, and my basement is a testament
to that. There are boxes of science books and pharmacology books from
when I was in school, mysteries from my high school years, and
sci-fiction, my current passion of late. Occasionally I reread one,
and am not only swept into the world of the book, but to the time
when I first read it.
Kate Tailor lives in Boulder, Colorado. She has a background in molecular biology and pharmacology. Writing has been a passion of hers since she was young.
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