Hello my dearest readers,
Today is a day I am dedicating to the blog tour of Gemini Rising by author Eleanor Wood. Which is why, Eleanor has been amazing to write this guest post for all of us to read! Please, enjoy! :)
Do you know what I think the most
annoying thing about being a twin must be? It’s nothing to do with
mistaken identity or joint birthday presents. No, the answer is:
people like me, who are fascinated by twins and their amazingness.
Seriously, it must be very annoying.
But I can’t help it. I do think
twins are amazing. There’s nothing else in the world quite like
identical twins – so much so that, to a thicky like me who barely
passed GCSE Science, they seem almost magical.
Sorana, the heroine of Gemini
Rising, feels similarly when Elyse and Melanie (identical twins)
join her year at school – they are not only beautiful but
unimaginably cool. Of course, they are also full of hidden dark
magic and secrets.
As my teen years took place in the 90s,
my sister and I grew up with Sweet Valley High, the Olsen
twins back when they were cute little kids, and programmes like
Sister Sister (identical twins are separated at birth and then
accidentally meet as teenagers – hilarity ensues!), as well as
Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy. Somehow all of
these seem to have melded in my mind to form one set of supercool,
supernatural twins.
In my early teenage years, there were
twins in my class at school. They were blonde, beautiful and
definitely cool. I didn’t know them well, but you couldn’t fail
to notice them in the classrooms and corridors.
Another set of twins I know spent their
own teenage years perfecting a fake ‘psychic twin’ act, just to
freak people out. The idea of being able to do this practically made
me die of envy.
By nature, I am
definitely a fan. I could talk all day long about my favourite
bands/books/films. If I like something, I have to keep it/obsess
over it/stick it on the wall. If I like an outfit, I wear it for
days/weeks/months on end. Every time I go to the hairdresser, I take
a picture of Cat Power. I am an enthusiast about the things I love,
and I want to share them with everyone in the world until they tell
me to shut up.
So, that’s why I wrote a story about
twins. Not because of those scary girls The Shining or some
crazy ancient myth – but because I’ve always kind of wished I
could be one.
Eleanor (Ellie) can be found here:
Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CWL2C7Y
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CWL2C7Y
Twitter: @eleanor_wood
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