Today I’m happy to welcome Sarah Cross to my blog, to answer a few questions about her recently released debut novel Dull Boy. I am extra-excited about this book because it’s about SUPERHEROS! As a girl who with a closet full of comic books I have been eager to get my hands on a copy of Dull Boy ever since I read the synopsis. And check out the amazing cover! Look, her name is in comic book font and everything.
I only recently picked up a copy for myself, so I’ll be coming back later with my own review after I’ve read it. But for now, here’s some tidbits from Sarah:
Q: Tell us about a scene or character from your novel that was especially easy (or especially difficult) to write.
A: Action scenes are always hard to write. It’s like writing a regular scene and then doing choreography on top of it, while making sure that the action you’re describing never feels mechanical. And yet I always look forward to writing them.
Q: What is your favorite (or one of your favorite) myths or fairy-tales, and why? Or alternately, what fairy-tale or myth do you dislike, and why?
A: I love Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Steadfast Tin Soldier,” because the tin soldier falls in love with the ballerina for all the wrong reasons, and it ends badly, and I somehow find tragic toy romance really
moving. Don’t judge me. 
Q: What has been the most exciting part of selling your book(s) and getting published so far?
A: Seeing the interior design for the first time was by far the most exciting part of the process. Oh–that and getting a Library of Congress summary for Dull Boy. I love those summaries! They’re so efficient.
About Dull Boy
Superpowers are awesome — unless you actually have them, like Avery does. There’s only so much he can pass off as “adrenaline” before people start to get suspicious. Probably it’s best to lie low, so guys in white lab coats don’t come to carry him away, to find out what makes his freakish body tick. Who wants to be vivisected? But flying under the radar becomes a whole lot harder when you can actually fly. It’s dangerous to be different, so for now he’ll pretend to be normal, unremarkable Avery — a dull boy — anything to keep his secret safe.
What he doesn’t expect is the horrifying truth about where his powers came from, who else might have them, and the madness of one villain’s plan to turn this superpowered dull boy into something even more powerful and amazing.
About Sarah Cross
Sarah Cross has saved the world, like, five times since fifth grade — and you didn’t even notice. Learn her secrets at www.sarahcross.com.
Learn more about Sarah at her website.
Dull Boy is available now! I encourage you to shop at your local independent bookstore!
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