While Cosmo and her interviewer are preparing for the interview, I thought I would tell you about some hilarious lyrics that I misheard. In Phillip Phillips "Gone, Gone, Gone" there's a part where he says "You're my crutch when my legs stop moving" but it sounds like he's saying "You're my crotch when my legs stop moving." Now nobody in my family can help but laugh whenever he says that. They should really fix that.
Anyway, I can see that Cosmo is politely tapping her foot, so on with the interview! Please welcome Cosmo Moonshine, the protagonist from the novel I am currently writing Cosmo. And here to interview her, her best friend Celeste Smitherson!
Will you please introduce yourself?
Cosmo: But you already know me!
Celeste: Yes, but the rest of the world doesn't.
Cosmo: I know, I know! I was just kidding. My name is Cosmo Moonshine, I'm fourteen-years-old, and I am not a unicorn.
Celeste: Then what are you?
Cosmo: ... A human? That was kind of what I was implying.
Celeste: Of course. But Moonshine . . . isn't that--?
Cosmo: An illegal alcohol? Yeah. An unfortunate last name, I know, but Kate didn't realize that until after she created my name, and after that there was no going back. But I like it. It's pretty! Plus it makes for some good jokes in the book about me.
Tell us about your family.
Cosmo: Well, there's Muffins, my white and brown speckled cat, and then there's my mom. Her name's Sandry Moonshine since she kept her maiden name. A good idea since my dad divorced her when I was nine!
Please tell us more about your hobbies.
Cosmo: I looooove astronomy. I've always loved studying the sky and space and anything that appears in the sky: the sun, the moon, the stars, the planets, you name it! But the stars can get kind of hard to see when you live in NYC. I want to go to college and study astronomy. I also want to be a famous astronomer. But I also like hanging out with my mom and my cat. Writing is another thing I love to do.
Who do you think is more in control: Yourself or Kate?
Cosmo: Mostly Kate, but I jump in and give her some ideas. She'll start writing a short paragraph describing my room and then I'll interrupt and give an elaborate story about why my ceiling is painted black. If you were wondering, I painted it that way because it looks like the night sky when I'm falling asleep. I also painted white stars and constellations on the black ceiling.
Who is your greatest enemy and why?
Cosmo: It's not really a who as much as a what. Ever since after my dad divorced my mom we've barely been able to keep our apartment and have a hot meal on the table at the end of the day. So I'd say that poverty is my greatest enemy, as well as my mom's.
Who (or what) do you think inspired Kate most when she was creating you?
Cosmo: NOVA. NOVA is a PBS show and she watched twenty minutes of one of the episodes about space. They kept explaining things about "the cosmos" and she thought of my name. Cosmo is practically writing itself ever since she went to the planetarium! That gave her tons of ideas!
What is your biggest dream?
Cosmo: To be able to afford going to college. Then I can be an astronomer. For now I'll just keep on dreaming.
Thank you for coming, Cosmo! And be sure to read Day 18 of my 30-Day Blogging Challenge! :D
Show a writer a documentary about space and take her to a planetarium and she get inspired to write about new characters. That works. I'm glad the trip helped get the creative juices flowing!
ReplyDeleteOmg, that first part, WAS SOOO FUNNY!!! XD And, nice idea for a book :D
ReplyDeleteHilarious about the lyrics!
ReplyDeleteGreat interview! I love how you got the idea. I'm excited about this story. And again, it makes me want to watch/listen to more Neil deGrasse Tyson together. :)