Guest Post & Giveaway ~ C.S. Minsky

C.S. Minsky speaks about where this series came from...

Sophie’s Fate, the prequel to Sophie’s Time, was the first YA novel I wrote. I created the story from an experience of my own. I met someone at a conference, and he seemed so familiar to me even though we had never met. I kept feeling I knew him but I didn’t.

Months later I thought about that encounter and how sometimes a place I visit for the first time can feel like I’ve already been there. I played with those dèjá vu experiences in my head and began wondering what it would be like to discover you lived once before and certain events of that past still needed to be completed.

I took my personal experience of that encounter, and I created a story around it. I used places I know so it felt familiar to me and created a girl’s life with her family. I then added a paranormal/supernatural element to it. I wanted to create a loving family and a strong female protagonist. I chose the name Sophie because it means wisdom, and I wanted a girl who would be smart, curious and relentless is discovering the truth.

After Sophie’s Fate, I felt Sophie still had something more to discover, so I wrote Sophie’s Time, which continues a year later and once again, the story unfolds in places known to me and possesses a supernatural element to it.

The books...

Sophie’s Fate is book one in the Sophie’s Fate series. In a minute everything can change. Eighteen-year-old Sophie is spending a quiet summer with her father before college. When she meets Nick, her summer takes a sharp unexpected turn, leading Sophie into a direction she never could have imagined. Discovering she lived a previous life, Sophie is forced to confront a past she cannot recall. As inexplicable events follow her, Sophie must find her own path and her fate.

 

 

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I sense something behind me, and when I turn around I see a bright golden light out in the distance. It is warm and inviting. I know what this means, and I don’t want it. I get up and begin walking away from it, but I am weary and don’t want to fight it. It quietly calls for me like it’s inside my head. It pulls at me like gravity, so I turn and walk toward the light.

It’s been almost a year since Nick Amante departed, leaving Sophie with many unanswered questions as she attempts to move on. 

Sophie has now completed her first year of college and as she drives away from the Stanford campus, Sophie thinks about her life and wonders what direction it will take. Like the previous year, she will be spending her summer in Sonoma with her father. On the first day Sophie and her father arrive, an unfortunate fall propels Sophie into another haunting experience. 

 Something unusual happens to Sophie during the time she remains unconscious from the accident. While Sophie recovers, she believes her dreams and flashbacks relate to her fall. As she struggles to remember and put the fragmented pieces together, Sophie remains determined to discover the truth and in doing so, she creates her fate and her future. 

 

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About the Author:

C.S. Minsky is a former award-winning California high school teacher and mentor for at-risk students. She loved teaching teens but decided to pursue her passion for writing. She is bilingual and has traveled throughout Europe. She supports sustainable and organic farming, enjoys cooking, hiking, bicycling and is a lover of dogs. Her favorite reads are both adult and young adult fiction and at times, nonfiction.

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