This week YA authors Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren took over our Twitter as a part of our weekly Thursday Twitter Takeover. Victoria and Faith are the authors of the upcoming YA book Horror Hotel. (See YEM’s interview with Victoria and Faith here.) See highlights from the takeover below.
We are here with Roger the Unicorn (aka Randy) to discuss all things writing, horror, & our debut YA horror novel HORROR HOTEL (coming to a local bookstore near you Spring 2022)!
Ask us your Qs and we will start jabbering 🦄 #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/fBC9UNP1AG
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
First off, we are Victoria Fulton & Faith McClaren (follow us @victoriaxfaith)! We are two author besties living in too-sunny (in our opinion) Los Angeles, CA, writing all the words, drinking gallons of coffee and only v occasionally getting to the beach 🏖🤷♀️
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
Roger wanted a full-body shot, so please excuse us as we humor him 🦄 pic.twitter.com/6ohA1TznUM
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
We are Valley Girls who love true crime, so it was not a far reach for us to tap into our dark sides and come up with the concept for our chilling YA debut HORROR HOTEL.#YAauthorTakeover
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
When they stumble upon a dead body, they quickly realize that the most terrifying horror stories aren’t always paranormal.
🖤👻🔪🖤👻🔪#YAauthortakeover
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
Here’s a pic of the hotel that inspired us to write HORROR HOTEL (it’s currently closed for “renovations” 👀) pic.twitter.com/r1PHhClNMF
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
Let’s talk about the FIVE DAY BOOK DEAL. It all started with this tweet by @wendyloggia heard around the (publishing) world >>#YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/tReKdq8h31
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
We did not have a book, an outline, or even an idea, but we love a challenge and decided on a whim to do the unthinkable:
Conjure up an entire concept for a book, write the proposal and 10K words (~40 pages) in less than 1 week.
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
We got on the phone with our agent @AgentShea, and then spent then next two days bouncing ideas back and forth in a creative frenzy.
Finally, in Faith’s backyard beanbag chairs, after three hours of playing idea ping-pong, we finally stumbled on “The One”…#YAauthortakeover
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
The idea 💡 that made us both scream, “That’s it!” and then shake hands to seal the deal 🤝 #YAauthortakeover
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
All that was left was to see if our agent liked it enough to submit to @GetUnderlined.
Lo and behold, she loved it and sent the pitch over the v next day.#YAauthortakeover
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
The best part is, now we get to write about ghosts and murder 👻🔪
(With a splash of romance because we can’t help ourselves.)#YAauthortakeover
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
V: So many, but most recently Nick Scratch from @sabrinanetflix. I love a bad boy I can’t help it 😭😭😭
F: I know he’s the villain but I’d do dark deeds for The Darkling, especially as portrayed by Ben Barnes.
We’d both kill Jacob from Twilight 🔪 dieeeeee#YAauthortakeover https://t.co/gUfdnY7S9g
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
V: Last 5 years, I was creeped the hell out (in the best way possible) by Hereditary. All time is Silence of the Lambs (technically a thriller, but 🤷♀️).
F: It’s a TV show, but last 5 years for me, I’ve gotta say Lovecraft Country. All time is The Sixth Sense! https://t.co/ZRMZF5JPj2
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
Unrelated, but don’t y’all love our horror avatar drawn for us by endlessly talented illustrator and cartoonist @NicoleGoux #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/YmKGRlqgeq
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
The story of Elisa Lam (especially the elevator video) was just the most haunting story ever and def inspired specific characters and scenes in HH.
The Nightstalker making the Cecil his home base also thoroughly wigged us out.#YAauthortakeover https://t.co/REflk70Bh1
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
Another eerie pic from our trip to the Cecil Hotel 🏨 #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/JSzQ4LMrfG
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
Is there a steady supply of food and water on this desert island, because if not, we think Katniss Everdeen would help us survive for years and probably ride a dolphin to safety (or something).
Otherwise, someone hot probably. Like Nick Scratch or the Darkling 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/OlMXnEv4Wj
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
FUN FACT?!?!? 😱😱😱 https://t.co/NQEyIqmUgm
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
lol where do we even begin.
Hospitals, prisons, abandoned asylums, deserted theme parks, caves, deep dark woods, old houses, shall we go on??? #everythingisscary#YAauthortakeover https://t.co/qFbxbNUyrz
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
KISSING!!! Also, murder 🔪🔪🔪 https://t.co/jGHhxMqecV
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
exactly. https://t.co/WjFd31Y943
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
Well then Nick Scratch & the Darkling it is https://t.co/06Hi9fDRCe
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
🦞🦞🦞 so hungry 😏💋 https://t.co/Xy24L0lf4T
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
Poor Roger is POOPED from all this tweeting!!!#YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/wFFztuAKNV
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
It’s time to sign off, but this has been SO MUCH FUN.
Please give us a follow @victoriaxfaith (on Insta too!!!) and we can’t wait for y’all to read HORROR HOTEL when it comes out in Spring 2022 with @GetUnderlined!
🖤👻🔪🖤👻🔪🖤👻🔪🖤👻🔪#YAauthortakeover
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) May 13, 2021
