Rusty's Ghost Engine (also known as.......... Jinky Spring)
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Rin Chupeco:
Hi! I really look forward to reading your books particularly your Bone Witch series! I've read many reviews for those books and I just wondered if the world building is based on any real world mythologies? What inspired you to write those books?
Rin Chupeco
Thank you!
The Philippines, where I live, is a strange mix of cultures - we have several Chinese, Filipino and Western, and Middle Eastern influences, and I wanted to envision kingdoms with them in mind, each having varying degrees of influence. (Kion, of course, forms the melting pot.) The overarching Middle Eastern influence though, is inspired by the Ayyubid dynasty under Saladin.
Asha are inspired by geisha, but Dark asha are more reminiscent of the Filipino mangkukulam / witch doctor, albeit with better dress.
The series itself is about family, specifically siblings - I had an older brother I never knew (miscarriage before I was born) so writing a story where a sister raises a brother from the dead might be a bit on the nose / wishful thinking on my end. But I'd like to think my brother would have been a lot like Fox!
The Philippines, where I live, is a strange mix of cultures - we have several Chinese, Filipino and Western, and Middle Eastern influences, and I wanted to envision kingdoms with them in mind, each having varying degrees of influence. (Kion, of course, forms the melting pot.) The overarching Middle Eastern influence though, is inspired by the Ayyubid dynasty under Saladin.
Asha are inspired by geisha, but Dark asha are more reminiscent of the Filipino mangkukulam / witch doctor, albeit with better dress.
The series itself is about family, specifically siblings - I had an older brother I never knew (miscarriage before I was born) so writing a story where a sister raises a brother from the dead might be a bit on the nose / wishful thinking on my end. But I'd like to think my brother would have been a lot like Fox!
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Brianna
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Rin Chupeco:
I am a young author and i'm working on finishing a couple books. I won't be done writing them for awhile though. I just was wondering how you became an author and got your books out there. I'm also wondering if I can be a writer through Good Reads the same as you. I just wanted to see if you could give me any good tips. Do you have like any advice or answers? I would say more but Good Reads doesn't let me.
Eleanor
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Rin Chupeco:
Hello Rin! I really liked your book called the girl from the well. It was well written and I like the main ghost Okiku. I was wondering if you're going to make another book like this with Japanese ghosts. I love Japanese horror, cool and very scary. Hopefully you'll make more books, you're a really great author!
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