Featured Interview With M.W. Arita
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hi there! If you’re reading this, you’re awesome and I thank you. My name is M.W. Arita. I’m primarily a Young Adult Fantasy author, but also the founder of my publishing company, Aeonian Entertainment, which puts out various series under the larger Aeonian Covenant Universe label. Think of it as a Marvel-style universe where characters and events in one series can impact and freely cross-over into another.
I was born and raised in the Midwest, but currently live in southern Japan. I have two dogs. One is a Yorkshire Terrier named Sage who always wears a tiny sweater, and the other is a white wolf-looking creature I rescued whose name, age, and breed are completely unknown. I have no idea where she came from or how she got here.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve been reading for as long as I can remember. I was very fortunate in that my mother instilled a love, a burning passion, for reading at an incredibly early age. I read anything and everything I could get my hands on from superhero comics to cereal boxes to Stephen King.
I put pen to paper for the first time around age nine or so. The story was about a superhero duo that traveled around different planets and rescued people. Or maybe it was a romance about a space princess and her dashing knight in shining (space) armor. Who knows?
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite western authors are Alexandre Dumas, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Neil Gaiman. For eastern authors, my top three are Kinoko Nasu, Eiichiro Oda, and Yoshihiro Togashi.
The genres I consume the most voraciously would have to be Fantasy (particularly Urban or Dark), Paranormal Romance, Adventure, Science Fiction, and the occasional Mystery.
I inspire myself. I strive to be the greatest version of myself that I can envision, and work towards that vision every day.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is a work-in-progress under the working title “The Prism Wizard and the Ancient Artifice.” It should be out by the end of January or early February. The draft will end up taking roughly two months to write, but it is the culmination of over three years of world-building, research, and learning about the characters.
It’s the first in a new series of Middle Grade Fantasy books. It revolves around a young boy who can’t use magic yet finds himself–and a mysterious robot girl he discovers–attending a prestigious magic academy. This book contains some of my favorite characters I’ve written to date, especially Cass, the princess of the empire. Every line and action of hers became my favorite to write. I hope you’ll enjoy her scenes as much as I did.
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