Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Some small details about Chasing Falsities.

Nothing plot revealing here, just some fun facts to tide everyone over!

  •  Chasing Falsities is an indirect sequel to Chasing Faith, following Faith's cousin Cheyenne a few years after the first book's events.
  • There are cameos from at least three characters from Chasing Faith, of varying importance to the plot.
  • All of the last names in Chasing Falsities are pulled from my favorite book, The Great Gatsby. This rule doesn't apply to cameo characters from Chasing Faith, however.
  • I may have decided on one of the character's names because I thought Cheyenne and Pepper sounded an awful lot like cayenne pepper, and it amused me.
  • Maddox's name means "little fortunate one," but his luck is far from fortunate.
  • Pepper's appearance is loosely based on an article I read years ago about a pair of black parents who had twin daughters, one of which was white, blond, and blue-eyed. This result can apparently have three basic causes - albinism, a genetic mutation, or a white ancestor. The latter is the explanation for Pepper's situation. 
  • Chasing Falsities contains more cursing than Chasing Faith due to some focus on bullying.
  • Aakif, Aisha, and Kareem Ismay are Islamic and Arabic siblings, raised by a single father.
  • Some of the events from Chasing Faith carry over into the plot of Chasing Falsities.
That's just a little bit of information I can provide without being too revealing. I'm roughly 28,00 words into the story so far, so stay tuned!