A Curse of Mayhem by Sunayna Prasad - Book Tour + Giveaway

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Book Details:

Book Title: A Curse of Mayhem (Alyssa McCarthy's Magical Missions, Book 2) by Sunayna Prasad

Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 173 pages

Genre: Fantasy

Publisher: Amazon KDP

Release date: July 2019

Content Rating: G: There is no mature language or adult content whatsoever.

Book Description:

History, like magic, has a habit of repeating itself.

It’s been six months since thirteen-year-old Alyssa McCarthy left magic behind for good. Or so she thought…

Then the enchanted objects that protected her disappear. Now a skeleton

named Errol has cursed her with magical powers that keep getting her in

trouble. Suddenly strange things are happening with disastrous effects,

and if Alyssa can’t remove the magic, she will lose everything she holds

dear. In order to get rid of her unwanted wizardry, Alyssa will have to

boost her bravery and confidence and determine who Errol really is. But

every time Alyssa uses an enchantment, Errol is one step closer to

getting his flesh back and becoming alive, and he will do anything to

achieve his goals…even if it means destroying Alyssa’s happiness.

Originally published in 2016 as “Wizardry Goes Wild” and “The Unruly

Curse” in 2019, “A Curse of Mayhem” is book two in the exciting and

suspenseful “Magical Missions” series.

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Book Details:

Book Title: The Frights of Fiji (Alyssa McCarthy's Magical Missions, Book 2) by Sunayna Prasad

Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 136 pages

Genre: Fantasy

Publisher: Amazon KDP

Release date: October 2018

Content Rating: G: There is no mature language or adult content whatsoever.

Book Description:

A world of magic and adventure awaits…

Sent to live with her strict, aloof, and uncaring uncle after her

parents are killed in a car accident, twelve-year-old orphan Alyssa

McCarthy longs for the life she used to have—one filled with fun and

love. Then one stormy night, a message appears in the raindrops on the

window that will change everything.

"Your life will never be the same again, as magic will interfere."

Before long, Alyssa is kidnapped by Master Beau, a banished sorcerer

with a mysterious connection to her who can only regain his power by

weakening hers. Suddenly hurled into a world of wizardry filled with

fantastical beasts and marvelous technology beyond her wildest

imagination, Alyssa must defeat Master Beau if she ever wants to get

home again. But Master Beau will stop at nothing, including using

Alyssa’s friends, to ensure he is triumphant.

Originally titled "From Frights to Flaws", this story is the exciting

and enchanting first book in the "Magical Missions" series.

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Guest Post

Developing Protagonists and How I Did it

Every writer develops his or her protagonist his or her own way. Some are inspired by real people, which is how I think Lewis Carroll developed the character, Alice, for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. According to a magazine, His heroine shared the same name with a real girl, also called Alice.

While many of us know that J.K. Rowling came up with the basic idea of “Harry Potter” on a delayed train, she used some of her own life experiences to build Harry.

As for my protagonist, Alyssa McCarthy, the development of her goes back further than anyone could imagine. In fact, the inspiration for the character dates back to when I was in 2^nd grade, and it came from a source that nobody would have expected: An early reader book.

That was “Morris Goes to School”. After reading it, I got inspired to do my own version of that story, but with an upright polar bear named Spike. I evolved Spike into a child polar bear who went to school with human children. One of those extras was a girl with long blonde hair, who got her own spinoff in my mind, where she lived in a house in a jungle and had animal friends. The girl could talk to those creatures, too. I envisioned that creation from maybe third grade and all through fourth grade, but abandoned the idea in fifth grade. Like my MC today, her name was also Alyssa.

For the next several years, I lost interest in creative writing since everything I thought of sounded no good after. However, that changed in early eleventh grade.

While in the shower, the same idea of what I daydreamed about in fourth grade of a girl called Alyssa with long blonde hair who had a supernatural ability hit my mind. After that, I brainstormed ideas and wrote a story similar to my childhood imagination. Sadly, no one else liked it.

Fast forward to my freshman year of college and I scrapped the original idea and turned it into something more appealing. It took a while to create another tale of a girl named Alyssa with long blonde tresses, but with better ideas from me.

While she does have a few similarities to me, such as her sense of style and some food tastes, Alyssa, my current protagonist, is also quite different from me. I developed her personality with a combination of some of the Disney princesses. I also got a ton of inspiration from the “Harry Potter” series for Alyssa’s life and the events that happened to her as well as what goes on in the stories. In fact, readers have constantly compared my “Magical Missions” series to the “Harry Potter” franchise since they share a lot of similarities, but not enough to be exact.

That is the true history of how I developed my main character.

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