Today’s special author guest is Anita Mishra and we’re chatting about her new middle grade adventure, Ethan Murphy and the Quest for the Minal.
Bio:
Anita Mishra is a middle-grade adventure writer. She is living in El Paso, Texas. She is an author, an engineer, a teacher, a baker, and a homeschooling mom of two amazing children.
She enjoys writing middle-grade adventures and mysteries.
Anita loves mystery books in which you can connect with the characters and escape into their world.
Welcome, Anita. Please tell us about your current release.
Ethan Murphy and the Quest for the Minal is a middle-grade adventure.
Thirteen-year-old Ethan Murphy lives with his mother and has little to do with the outside world. He possesses unique puzzle-solving abilities.
When he receives his grandfather’s letter, which says, “Your aunt has been abducted just like your father,” everything changes for Ethan. He sets out to rescue his aunt, only to learn about his father’s secret life and the ROM Agency.
Ethan’s team has to solve the most complicated riddles written by his father and find the centuries’-old buried treasure to rescue his aunt from a dangerous gang.
But wait, riddles are not the only thing that blocks their way.
Can Ethan survive outside his comfort zone and rescue his aunt before it’s too late? Can he confront external challenges while still facing his inner demons?
What inspired you to write this book?
My children are my greatest inspiration. They wanted me to write a story that involved mysteries, riddles, and codes, so I wrote Ethan Murphy and the Quest for the Minal. They loved it and wanted more, so I went ahead and wrote the next and the next. Currently, I’m editing the second book of the series, which is scheduled to release in the summer of 2021, and at the same time, I’m writing the third. Ethan Murphy is a trilogy, and my children will let me relax only after reading the entire series.
What exciting story are you working on next?
After publishing the Ethan Murphy trilogy, I will be publishing a sci-fi time-travel book. I have already completed its first draft, but I need to work on the revisions and editing.
I’m pretty excited about this one since it’s my son’s favorite.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
I’m a born storyteller. Even when I was barely talking, I started making up stories. I used to tell stories all the time to my children and students at the school I taught in.
But when my children wanted me to write a mystery with riddles and codes, I started penning down my stories. They enjoyed the book, so I went on to write more.
Do you write full-time? If so, what’s your work day like? If not, what do you do other than write and how do you find time to write?
I’m a homeschooling mom of two wonderful children. So I’m a teacher in the daytime and an author in the evening. Before going to bed, my children read the story that I’ve written on that day.
What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
I don’t think I’ve any unusual writing habits, but I would like to share just one funny thing: I have a writer’s brain. And that brain keeps writing scenes, even when I’m not at my desk. On a few occasions, I have stopped in the middle of shopping to take down notes on my mobile so that I can write them down when I reach home. Well, this happens more often than I would like to admit.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
The truth is, I always wanted to be a teacher.
By profession, I’m a software engineer, and I worked in the IT industry for a couple of years, but my love for children pulled me out of there and took me to a school where I worked as a middle-grade computer science teacher. I loved my school and my students.
Well, now I’m a teacher to my children. In a way, I’m living my dream.
Anything additional you want to share with the readers?
I never thought that I would become a published author, but I’m glad and thankful that now I am. If you have a story and only you can tell that story, don’t delay; start today. There are so many stories to tell but so little time; make use of every second to create art that only you can make.
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Thanks for joining me today, Anita.
Thank you, Lisa, for having me on your blog.