Tell me a little about yourself (where you live, who you
are, what you look like, what you hope to achieve, etc.)
My name is Creena Brightstar and I'm currently living on
Cyraria, a planet around one of the stars in the constellation Earth knows as
Scorpio. I'm 17 years old, but was 14 when
the biggest adventure of my life began.
I'm average height, athletic, have dark hair and eyes, and a nose I
don't like. I love science and am
learning everything I can about it so I can help my father engineer this planet
into a more comfortable place to live. (BTW, that's me on the cover of "Beyond the Hidden
Sky" and "Refractions of Frozen Time." I'm in all four books, though.)
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I'm fascinated by the mysteries of the Universe. There are so many things that we are just
beginning to understand, like the relationship between matter, our minds and
psychic abilities. The cristobalite and
devenite crystals we found on this planet magnify these abilities, so I spend
all the time I can experimenting with them.
What is your favorite color and why?
Any color but orange.
That was the color of my uniform on Mira III and I hated it. I think that my favorite color is probably
purple, since that's the color of devenite, which was so important in bringing
our family back together.
What is your favorite food? Why is it your favorite?
I love all Earth food!
When I was staying with the Bensons in Cache Valley they had a big
garden that was so incredible. The other
kids hated weeding and harvesting the veggies, but I loved it, as well as
everything it produced. I guess my very
favorite is strawberry pie, not only because it's so yummy, but it's so pretty,
too. Makes me hungry just thinking about
it!
What would you say is your biggest quirk?
Hahaha, you should probably ask my older brother,
Dirck. We're getting along pretty well
now, but we used to fight all the time.
It drives him crazy that I'm what he considers illogical. As my 'troid, Aggie, explained it, I'm
right-brained and he's left-brained, so we see things differently. Most of Mira III was left-brained so everyone
thought I was pretty weird. I also asked
too many questions and always got in trouble for it. Not any more!
What is it about your antagonist that irks you the most,
and why? Share a line in the book where this irk is manifested.
Dirck drove me crazy because he was so critical and made me
feel like an idiot. The Mira III Academy
was strict about the rules. If you broke
one, you were given a Noncompliance Report, or NCR, and your name was displayed
on a giant, digital board for all to see.
Here's a scene from
"Beyond the Hidden Sky" (changed to first
person) to show what I mean:
It was outside the Academy's galarium, where our paths
always crossed between zones four and five.
Students streamed past, a rainbow of organized codes, my Code Orange and
Dirck's Code Blue parallel, our common name placing us side by side.
"What's the matter with you?" he'd said, voice
angry enough to rise above the zonebreak din.
"Why can't you just be compliant?
What's so hard?"
"I can't help it," I replied, emotions swelling
like a cresting wave. "What's it to
you, anyway?" My steps fell out of
synch with the others and a soft alarm went off at my waist. I skipped back quickly, hoping Dirck hadn't
noticed. He had.
"You’re such an embarrassment!" he muttered.
"So what?" I snapped. "Just pretend I don't exist. Then it won't bother you anymore."
He gave me that look that made my nerves stand on end. "Only
you could think it's that simple. You're
my sister and everyone knows it.
Besides, when you're on the NCR board someone always thinks it's me
because all they see is 'Brightstar.'
It's humiliating."
I almost lost step again but caught it in time. "Well, it isn't you, so what's the big
deal?" I said.
"I'll tell you what the big deal is! You're an embarrassment to the entire
family! I get tired of everyone reaming
me out because my little sister is a constant on the Board!"
What or who means the most to you in your life? What, if
anything, would you do to keep him/her/it in your life?
I didn't realize in the beginning how much I loved my
family. Then, when we were separated, I mean
REALLY separated, like on other sides of the galaxy, I came to realize how
important they were. It didn't take long
before I was willing to take any risk necessary to get back to them, which
wasn't exactly easy.
What one thing would you like readers to know about you
that may not be spelled out in the book in which you inhabit?
When I was on Earth, I really had a giant crush on Allen
Benson. I still think about him a lot
and wonder if we'll ever see each other again.
If you could tell your writer (creator) anything about
yourself that might turn the direction of the plot, what would it be?
Dirck really knew how to push my buttons and I should have
learned to ignore him and not get so upset.
Everything would have been entirely different if I hadn't let him upset
me so much that I tried to hide in that escape pod.
A question for me:
Ask me any question. I've always wanted to know what a
character thinks about writers like myself. I'll answer the question at the end
of this interview.
Do your characters ever surprise you with what they say or
do?
Always. Always. Always. I think the best writing comes when you just let them have their say instead of expecting them to be a certain way. Of course they need to be in 'character' but they need the freedom to speak and do without being hindered by their creator.
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Thanks, Creena!
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