One of the best parts of being part of the #Pitchwars community has been, by far, watching a group of newbie writers morph themselves into experienced authors.
We're in this journey together and today, for one of us, a huge step has been taken. I give you the cover reveal for Asleep from Day, by Pitchwars class of 2014 alum, Margarita Montimore. This one is on pre-order, for sure.
A Note from the
Author
Hi there! I’m super-excited to share the cover reveal
of my debut novel, Asleep from Day.
Before we get to the main event, I wanted to share a little about what inspired
this book:
Back in the ‘90s, I came across this human interest
news story that stuck with me ever since. A guy met a woman on a bus in Boston,
they chatted for a few minutes, and the woman left before he could get her
number. The guy was so taken with her and eager to find her, he plastered
fliers all over the city with details of their brief chat (which, at one point,
mentioned Kevin Bacon—insert Six Degrees joke here). Remember, this was in the
1990’s, back before Missed Connections and social media. He didn’t have online
tools to help him find the woman. The fliers got so much attention, news
outlets picked up the story and the guy ended up on TV talking about his search
for this woman. I don’t remember if he ever tracked her down, but I was
fascinated by the lengths this man went to for a woman he met for only a few
minutes. It was romantic, sure, but also a little crazy and strange.
Many years later, the seeds of that story took root
and grew into something different as I found my premise: What if a girl met a
guy and spent a seemingly perfect day with him, then got hit by a car the next
day and completely forgot him? What if, as she started to remember, she
wondered if those memories were real? What if she had strange dreams and
surreal experiences that made her worry she might be making him up and question
her sense of reality? Add a 1990’s Boston setting and Asleep from Day was born.
It had to be the ‘90s, because technology makes it
easier to find people and back then, it was easier to lose track of someone. It
had to be Boston because I lived there during my college years and wanted this
book to be my love poem to that city.
In terms of genre, here’s the thing: I like stories
that aren’t one thing. I get more excited when a book or movie or show has
layers of different genres. And I got more excited about this story when adding
layers to it; I wanted it to be realistic yet surreal, romantic but twisted,
with darkness and uncertainty to balance out the sweetness. It’s not
psychological suspense or romance or mystery, but it has elements of all of
those.
For the cover of Asleep
from Day, I was hoping for something dreamy and a little strange, but still
beautiful. I love the final design Terry Montimore came up with.
About the
Author
Margarita Montimore
received a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She worked for over a
decade in publishing and social media before deciding to focus on the writing
dream full-time. She has blogged for Marvel, Google, Quirk Books, and
XOJane.com. When not writing, she freelances as a book coach and editor. She
grew up in Brooklyn but currently lives in a different part of the Northeast
with her husband and dog.
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