ZELDA WANTS JOHNNY DEPP! I started to laugh out loud and nearly ran back to my flat to write that story. I thought: Zelda want the greatest human being alive on the planet. Right there, I had my second SHAZAM moment. Something very comical that would drive the story forward. Her crazy quest for the perfect earthling would create all sort of havoc in Paris. Zelda would destroy his comfortable life and crush his heart. David, a young and shy earthling, was my witty narrator. By that time, I was very excited by that project and had most of my story sorted. But to be completely honest with you, I was mostly thinking about Swedish girls… And then, suddenly, SHAZAM! Zelda and the main plot line for my novel were born.Ī few days after that train trip, I was taking a break from writing and walking through a wood nearby Gothenburg City. I was also mulling over and idea I had for a short story called “The Seed”, where I imagined a distant planet of religious fanatics sending into space genetically engineered girls to populate inhabitable worlds. I was thinking about the Norse mythology, the Valkyries, the Vikings, etc. I got the idea in a train while crossing Sweden. Where did the idea for “How I Stole Johnny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend” come from?
And if those characters are teenagers, bingo!, we have YA title.
I need to have a feeling for my main characters, hear their voice, let them drag me into writing. Sure, I love reading YA titles, but I can’t go like, “hey, let’s write a YA novel! Let’s say… Vampires!” and go to my laptop and just do that. But as for the characters age group, it goes the other way around. I definitely chose the Sci-fi and humorous backdrops. I didn’t deliberately choose the YA genre. I guess writing is my way of keeping that buzz from childhood alive. Science Fiction, Superheroes, Galaxies far far away, and giant spider-thingies from planet Zorg were all part of my daily life as a French schoolboy. Especially if it had a viscous creature from outer space and a ‘wow!’ factor to it. As a kid, I loved nothing more than to escape into any given fictional world. I’ve always had a very flimsy relationship with reality. Below is a complete transcript of Gary’s email interview with Cracking the Cover.īackground - Have you always wanted to write? Why? Zelda’s mission: to find her chosen one -actor Johnny Depp. Gary Ghislain is the author of “How I Stole Johnny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend,” the story of 14-year-old David, the son of a famous French psychologist, who falls in love with Zelda, a new patient who just so happens to believe she’s from outer space.
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