BLOG TOUR (9): STUNG BY BETHANY WIGGINS.

Today is my blog tour stop for Bethany Griffin's Stung! I would like to thank Hannah and Lisseth from The Book Paparazzi for having me! Enjoy my guest post!

Title: Stung
Author: Bethany Wiggins
Edition: PDF copy
Published: April 2, 2013
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Pages: 304
Source: Copy provided by the blog tour hosts
Category: Dystopia, Romance
Trailer: Here.

Synopsis:

There is no cure for being stung.

Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she opens her eyes, she discovers her entire world has been altered—her house is abandoned and broken, and the entire neighborhood is barren and dead. Even stranger is the tattoo on her right hand—a black oval with five marks on either side—that she doesn’t remember getting but somehow knows she must cover at any cost. She’s right.

Those bearing the tattoo have turned into mindless, violent beasts that roam the streets and sewers, preying upon the unbranded while a select few live protected inside a fortress-like wall, their lives devoted to rebuilding society and killing all who bear the mark.

Now Fiona has awakened branded, alone—and on the wrong side of the wall.

Bethany Wiggins on her inspiration behind Stung:

Inspiration is a funny thing! It comes at odd times, in strange places, and sometimes crazy ways. I remember walking out my front door one winter day and looking across the street at this empty field where two tress had naturally grown to make a perfect arch between them. I stood on my porch--a porch I'd walked out onto every day for three years--and thought, "Whoa, I never noticed that before. It looks just like a gateway! I wonder who . . . or what . . . is coming in through that arch!?" And there, viola, spine-tingling inspiration was born (though I have yet to write that into a book!).

As for my latest book, a few things inspired STUNG. The first was an early morning nightmare that woke me from a dead sleep (I usually don't wake up from nightmares, let alone remember them!). This nightmare was so vivid and riveting, I wrote it down and it became chapter one of STUNG.

Also, I started writing this book at the time the swine flu scare was running rampant through the USA. I watched these crazy people on the news who were swarming the health departments, frantic to the point of violent to get the swine flu vaccine for their kids, and it made me wonder, "What if the government told us there is this huge flu to scare us into taking a vaccine that is really going to harm us?"

Lastly, I remember getting a Discovery Magazine that talked about the decline of bees. And all of sudden, it was like a puzzle clicking into place. I had everything I needed to write a book. And that is the recipe for STUNG!

That being said, whether you're looking for inspiration, or being overwhelmed by it, the most important thing I can tell anyone regarding inspiration is: Once you have found it, you have to discipline yourself to put it down on paper (if you're writing a book). Otherwise, it will be lost.

About Bethany:

Website * Twitter * Goodreads

Bethany Wiggins has always been an avid reader, but not an avid writer.  She failed ninth grade English because she read novels instead of doing her homework. In high school, she sat alone at lunch and read massive hardback fantasy novels (Tad Williams and Robert Jordan anyone?). It wasn't until the end of her senior year that the other students realized she was reading fiction--not the Bible.

Once upon a time, Bethany's sister dared her to start writing an hour a day until she completed a novel. Bethany wrote a seven-hundred page fantasy novel that she wisely let no one read--but it taught her how to write.  She is the author of SHIFTING, STUNG (April 2013), and CURED (2014).

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