tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73451651680670114432024-03-17T23:03:17.668-04:00Zigzag TimelineA blog by sci-fi/fantasy author Mary FanMary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.comBlogger613125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-40581360791561911362020-05-14T01:06:00.005-04:002020-05-14T01:06:37.337-04:00RetirementHey, y'all. It's been obvious for some time now that I don't really post on here anymore, so I'm finally making it official: This blog is now retired. I'm keeping it up for old posts/reviews, but I won't be adding to it anymore.<br />
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I'm still contributing to <a href="http://atbwriters.blogspot.com/search/label/Mary%20Fan">Across the Board</a> once a month, and of course, I'm on <a href="http://facebook.com/mfanwriter">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/astralcolt">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://instagram.com/astralcolt">Instagram</a>. Find me there!Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-15250996342379883942020-02-17T22:22:00.001-05:002020-02-17T22:22:16.049-05:00Farpoint Schedule!I’m super excited to be retiring to Farpoint this weeken! Here’s my con schedule:<div>
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Between panels, you can find me hanging out at the Crazy 8 Press table!</div>
Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-50548344911993003482020-02-11T10:28:00.002-05:002020-02-11T10:28:30.148-05:00ANNOUNCING BAD ASS MOMS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey everyone! I've partnered with the <a href="http://crazy8press.com/">Crazy 8 Press</a> crew to put together BAD ASS MOMS, an anthology featuring 20+ stories spanning multiple genres. As the editor, I gave authors only one criterion: that their story be about a bad ass mom or mom figure, whatever that means to them.<br /><br />We just launched our crowdfunding campaign, and we need your support! Any amount will help, plus we've got some great rewards for backers. Get signed books! Your name in the acknowledgements! A character named after you! <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mary-fan/bad-ass-moms">Click here to check out our Kickstarter page</a>.<br /><br />Or, if you're not a fan of Kickstarter, click here to see the direct PayPal alternative.<br /><br />For more about the impetus behind this project, <a href="https://www.crazy8press.com/2020/01/20/announcing-bad-ass-moms/">see my post on the Crazy 8 Press blog</a>.<br /><br />We're off to a strong start, but we've got a long way to go. Please help me spread the word :-)<br /><br />Thank you!!Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-13881165504469265402020-02-05T07:00:00.000-05:002020-02-05T07:00:07.067-05:00COVER REVEAL: Song of the Spirits (and other tales of curious and forgotten lore) / T. Damon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Title: Song of the Spirits (and other tales of curious and forgotten lore) (A Forest Spirit Short Story Collection)<br />Author: T. Damon<br />Genre: Young Adult Fantasy<br />Cover Designer: <a href="https://snowywingspublishing.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e42a9f1e668d27b1912e7953&id=39ba0d2e70&e=4d3a4ae7f1">BetiBup</a><br />Cover Reveal Date: February 5, 2020<br />Release Date: March 17, 2020<br /><br /><b><i>About the Book</i></b><div>
<b><i><br /></i></b>An enchanting collection of stories and poems from T. Damon, author of the Forest Spirit series. Included are her short stories featured in the Snowy Wings Publishing anthologies: "Little Rue" from Magic at Midnight and "The Desperate Warrior and the Beast Who Walks Without Sound" from Perchance to Dream. Also included is the exclusive, first-ever Forest Spirit series short story: "Song of the Spirits," as well as many other surprises. Lose all sense of time and embark on a journey through the magical worlds of T. Damon!<div>
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T. Damon has been imagining new tales and bringing them to life through her writing since she was a young girl growing up in Burlingame, California. Though oddly enough, most of her professional life has been in the zoological field, where she volunteered at the San Francisco Zoo and worked as a tour guide at Safari West in Santa Rosa for many years. T. Damon always assumed she would make her career in the animal field, as she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology, but her passion for writing was a fire within her heart that was not to be ignored.<br /><br />Aside from writing, in her spare time she enjoys studying astrology, tarot, and anything magical or mystical. But since having any free moments with a toddler is rare, T. Damon mostly spends her days raising her young daughter, Lenore, and tending to her husband Mark and numerous pets at their home in Santa Rosa.</div>
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Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-49441230433983277922019-11-17T13:47:00.001-05:002019-11-17T13:47:19.934-05:00AUTHOR INTERVIEW: HL Fullerton
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Welcome to Zigzag Timeline. Can you tell us about your background as an author?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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but after several false starts and abandoned projects, I decided to switch to
short stories. My first fiction (<i>Don't Look</i>) was published in 2010, and
I've been writing and submitting speculative fiction ever since.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Books. I'm reader who goes through
books like a kid binging Halloween candy. And I think it's natural that at some
point, after reading hundreds, <i>thousands,</i> of stories, you say, "I
could do that." It took me awhile to actually attempt it and then a ton of
tries until someone bought something I wrote. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I first imagined a flash length story
about a human boy who kept getting mistaken as fae. So my initial idea
eventually became the title of this much longer tale—<i>The Boy Who Was
Mistaken for a Fairy King</i>—but I knew the story's length was going to be
much longer than I planned the moment I wrote the first paragraph. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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favorite it'd be the narrator. The hidden teller of the tale. Who isn't in the
story, but tends to insert themself in the narrative and becomes less and less
objective as the story progresses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What's your favorite scene from your
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a hard one. But there are a
series of scenes where Carl, a perfectly normal human boy (except for the
antlers on top of his head), is greeted by some not-so-human creatures with
some strange requests and yet he's pretty relaxed about the whole preternatural
world existing alongside his and happy to be of help. In these odd meetings,
Carl is just Carl. He's like, I have antlers, you're a tree in the shape of a
man, why wouldn't we have a cordial conversation? And it never, not once,
occurs to Carl at any point that the reasons all these fae beings approach him
is because of his antlers. He assumes it's because he's a good listener.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as he took in his visitor’s appearance. Although, as with the troll, he wasn’t
sure his first impression of ‘man’ was correct. The man was slender but solid,
his build burly. Bones bowed under his skin like weighted branches. His
multi-colored hair was prickly as a crew cut. As he approached, Carl realized
the bristles weren’t strands of hair, but pine needles in shades of orange and
green, representing all stages and hues of a pine needle’s life, from new
growth to forest floor, and that his skin was scalloped like a pine cone’s seed
scales, which, up close, made his flesh seem shattered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the way all pines did. For Carl, who had heard trees talk all his life, it
convinced him the stranger was not a man, but a tree in humanesque form, which
he hadn’t realized they had. He wasn’t sure if this was a trick of his pine or
all pines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first bit. First line, first
paragraph, first page—the part where I go from idea to words. The part where it
starts to get real. Or as real as fiction gets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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long does it take you to write a book? Do you have a writing process, or do you
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is a lot of winging it involved. <i>The
Boy Who Was Mistaken for a Fairy King</i> took me about six months to draft. I
haven't ever thought about describing my writing process before, other than, I
sit down and type out words. But it goes something like: get idea; think about
idea; make up some characters with traits that make idea work; have fake
interactions between characters in my head; figure out how to make all those
interactions into a story; maybe scribble down some ideas for scenes or
dialogue on scraps of paper and forget about them; brainstorm titles — I can't
start a project without a title (<i>Boy, With Antlers</i>, was the initial
title for this project); stare at a blank Word doc; spend more brain time
germinating words until I get a first sentence good enough to type out. That
first sentence gives me the style and mood of the story, and, once I have the
first bit, I know the rest of it will eventually work. Sometimes it takes
longer to figure out <i>how</i> it's going to work. If I get stuck, I spend
more time writing sentences in my head or making up more scenes until I come
across something that will work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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author I've ever read—which is a lot. I piece together patterns I've seen
elsewhere and stitch them together to make something a little different. I love
authors who give good voice. And there are a lot of them out there. I'm very
much a sucker for style over substance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yourself when you were writing your book? Characters who took on lives of their
own? Plot elements that took unexpected turns?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So much yes. I think I mentioned I
originally thought this idea would be under 1000 words. And a light, fluffy
story. Something cute. But then I wrote the first bit and thought, <i>oh, it's
going to be longer</i>. And the teller of the tale snarked their way in and I
thought, <i>oh, it going to be darker.</i> I initially hadn't planned on
Evangeline's character and yet she became the backbone of the story. Oddly
enough, I ended up in the same place at The End, so the story was both full of surprises
and ended exactly the way I thought it would.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thanks for stopping
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Author's Twitter: @ByHLFullerton<o:p></o:p></div>
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Book webpage: <a href="http://annorlundaenterprises.com/books/the-boy-who-was-mistaken-for-a-fairy-king/">http://annorlundaenterprises.com/books/the-boy-who-was-mistaken-for-a-fairy-king/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Book on Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46799426-the-boy-who-was-mistaken-for-a-fairy-king">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46799426-the-boy-who-was-mistaken-for-a-fairy-king</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Publisher’s Twitter: @AnnorlundaInc<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br />Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-25917843303335791112019-10-03T01:24:00.001-04:002019-10-03T01:24:26.529-04:00BRAVE NEW GIRLS submissions are now open!Damn, how is it October?? The weather here in Jersey City certainly doesn't seem to know it, with its 90-degree heat and its summer-style cloudbursts. But October it is, and y'all know what that means? BRAVE NEW GIRLS SUBMISSIONS open up! A couple days late, admittedly. My bad. As y'all may have surmised from the opening of this paragraph, this month caught me quite by surprise.<br />
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Also, can I just say, how amazing is it that we're getting a FIFTH anthology??? This whole thing started out as one little book, and Paige Daniels and I thought it was literally one and done. That was 2014. Now here we are, looking at 2020...<br />
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Anyway, details and submissions form here: <a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/submissions.html">http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/submissions.html</a><br />
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The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2020. The criteria are that stories must be:<br />
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<li>About a teen girl (14-18) with an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math)</li>
<li>Geared toward a tween/teen audience (10-18)</li>
<li>PG in content, as many of our readers are very young, and we want parents/guardians/family friends to be comfortable giving these books to the children in their lives. No graphic sex ("sweet" romance with kissing and hand holding and such is fine), no graphic violence (bloodless comic-book-movie-style violence is fine), no swearing (biblical curse words, i.e. "hell" or "damn", and made-up sci-fi cursing, e.g. "frak" or "gorram", are fine)</li>
<li>In the sci-fi category. We're open to any and all sub-genres (space opera, contemporary with speculative tech, historical with speculative tech, dystopia, cyberpunk, steampunk, solarpunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, silkpunk... all the punks)</li>
<li>Between 2,500 and 10,000 words in length</li>
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We strive to be as inclusive as possible and encourage authors and characters from the whole range of human backgrounds, across race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, religion, national origin, ability, socioeconomic status, and more.<br /><br />Each story selected will be accompanied by an illustration, and each contributing author will receive a complimentary paperback of the anthology, which will be released July 2020.Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-35069057804861895112019-09-24T00:44:00.002-04:002019-09-24T00:44:15.059-04:00Surprise release: A Girl Called Firedragon!Guess what, y'all? I have a new book out! Just in time for the Halloween season comes <em><a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1732198624" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1732198624" target="_blank">A Girl Called Firedragon</a>, </em>a collection of dark fantasy stories about teen monster slayer Aurelia "The Firedragon" Sun.<br />
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If that sounds familiar, it's because this isn't a 100% new release. Back in 2014, when the first book of my YA fantasy series <em>Flynn Nightsider </em>was under contract with Glass House Press, the publisher asked me to write two e-book-only novellas to promote the book. These were <em>The Firedragon</em> and <em>Firedragon Rising. </em>For various reasons, I ended up taking my rights back from Glass House and publishing <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/114750-flynn-nightsider" href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/114750-flynn-nightsider" target="_blank"><em>Flynn Nightsider and the Edge of Evil</em></a> with Crazy 8 Press instead. I'd always wanted to see the novellas in print, and so I decided to release them together in a compendium, along with "The Firedragon's Hunt," a short story I'd originally published in the anthology <em>Missing Pieces IX</em>, and an all-new novella, <em>The Firedragon Strikes</em>, exclusive to the collection. In addition, I commissioned illustrations from the talented Fauzy Zulvikar Firmansyah to accompany each story.<br />
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<strong><em>A Girl Called Firedragon</em></strong> features Aurelia's standalone adventures prior to the events of the first <em>Flynn Nightsider </em>novel, following her journey from government-trained cadet to underground revolutionary. Available in <a data-cke-saved-href="https://books2read.com/firedragon" href="https://books2read.com/firedragon" target="_blank">e-book</a> and <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Called-Firedragon-Nightsider-Universe/dp/1732198624/" href="https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Called-Firedragon-Nightsider-Universe/dp/1732198624/" target="_blank">paperback</a> formats.<br />
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Cover design by Key of Heart Designs, featuring photography by Tom Castles of model Angel Fan.Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-5209434243713281842019-09-18T00:36:00.000-04:002019-09-18T00:36:00.164-04:00COVER REVEAL: Windborn (Fated Stars, #1) by ME<!--[if !mso]>
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It's cover reveal day for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36668159-windborn">Windborn (Fated Stars, #1)</a> by yours truly! This sweeping YA fantasy will be released on February 11, 2020 by <a href="http://snowywingspublishing.com/">Snowy Wings Publishing</a>. An epic adventure across an enchanted fantasyland, this story follows air nymph Kiri on her desperate journey to escape from dark magicians. The cover painting was done by Anne Drury, with titles by Story Wrappers.<br />
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This book has been a long time coming, y'all. I dare say I first started dreaming about the world that would eventually become this book when I was a little kid. Like loads of other little girls, I loved tales of enchanted forests and mythical beings and epic adventures, and I soon started weaving my own versions in my head. I'd spin long, epic storylines in my head in the moments before drifting off to sleep or when staring out the car window. When I started writing, I left these fairytale adventures behind to focus on more deliberately plotted stories. But they stayed with me, and <i>Windborn</i> was my first attempt at bringing their world to life.<br />
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Anyway, without further ado, here's the cover!<br />
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Now, I know some people aren't too keen on full-wrap reveals, but Anne specifically designed this cover to be a full-wrap hardcover (and cropped it later for the ebook). Here it is, in all its glory:<br />
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<b><u><i>DESCRIPTION</i></u></b><br />
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The Age of Fire is coming. It’s written in the stars.<br />
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Trapped by dark magicians, the air nymph Kiri is running out of time. Like the rest of her kind, she’s bound to her homeland, and if she doesn’t return in seven days, she’ll die. Her only hope is in the magicians’ young apprentice, Darien, whose fierce gaze belies a kind heart. Despite her warnings, he helps her escape, and Kiri soon finds herself fleeing from relentless pursuers who will stop at nothing to recapture her and kill the boy who dared defy them.<br />
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With the magicians hot on their trail, Kiri and Darien embark on a treacherous journey through dangerous lands. But she soon learns that there’s more at stake than her own life. An ancient evil is stirring, one foretold to consume the world with fire. And Darien is at the center of it—though how, she doesn’t know.<br />
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Meanwhile, the clock is ticking on her life, and unless she can make it back to her land, she won’t live long enough to unravel the dark puzzles surrounding the intriguing, secretive young man—or stop the monstrous force bent on destroying everything.<br />
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Add it on Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36668159-windborn">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36668159-windborn</a><br />
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<b><u><i>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</i></u></b><br />
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Mary Fan is a YA and sci-fi/fantasy author based in New Jersey. Her books include Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon (YA steampunk fantasy, Page Street Publishing), the Starswept trilogy (YA sci-fi, Snowy Wings Publishing), the Flynn Nightsider series (YA dark fantasy, Crazy 8 Press), and the Jane Colt trilogy (a space adventure series from Red Adept Publishing comprising Artificial Absolutes, Synthetic Illusions, and Virtual Shadows). In addition, she is the co-editor of the Brave New Girls YA sci-fi anthologies about girls in STEM, which aim to encourage girls to explore STEM fields and raise money for the Society of Women Engineers scholarship fund.<br />
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When she’s not writing, she can usually be found at choir rehearsal, at the kickboxing gym, or falling off a flying trapeze.<br />
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Website: <a href="http://www.maryfan.com/">www.MaryFan.com</a><br />
Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/mfanwriter">facebook.com/mfanwriter</a><br />
Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AstralColt">@astralcolt</a><br />
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/astralcolt/">@astralcolt</a></div>
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Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-26090455231801434742019-07-16T00:19:00.000-04:002019-07-16T00:19:49.058-04:00AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Elika Ansari<b>An interview with author Elika Ansari.</b><br />
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<b>Hi! Welcome to Zigzag Timeline. Can you tell us about your background as an author?</b><br />
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Hi there, thanks for having me. As cliche as this may sound, I have been writing for as long as I can remember. I came up with my first poem in Persian even before I could actually write; I basically dictated it and my mother wrote it down for me. I have also written short stories, reviews, and articles, but I think writing a book was probably the most challenging task I have undertaken as an author. But now that all has been said and done, I am really glad I finally did it!<br />
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<b>What got you into writing?</b><br />
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Basically, the desire to see what happens in the fragments of stories I have in my mind. People think that it is mainly the reader who is transported into another realm upon picking up the book. But I feel the writer has the most enriching experience of all. When stories come to me in snippets, one of the most rewarding feelings I get is when I manage to line these snippets up into a coherent plot. <br />
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<b>What was the first idea you had for your book, and how did the story grow from there?</b><br />
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The first idea I had was actually a fantasy story called ‘The Jewel Kingdom’. It is a story about how a kingdom is split up between royal siblings upon the King’s death, each inheriting a land to call their own kingdom. But the youngest brother, Malecai, unsatisfied with the part he receives, decides to invade his other siblings and take it all for himself. Since the world had been living in peace for hundreds of years, and had all but forgotten the ways of war, the other kingdoms are left vulnerable to the attack. The only way to save the kingdoms from Malecai is for the siblings to seek out the protection of the gods, which is not easy, as they had, long ago, gone into hiding in different corners of the earth. So they embark on an adventure to find them and bring Malecai to justice.<br />
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This story has actually never, to this day, been written into a book. But now that you have reminded me, I feel I should really get started on it!<br />
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<b>Among your characters, who's your favorite? Could you please describe him/her?</b><br />
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Lee the turtle, from my debut children’s book, ‘Seacity Rising: A Tale of Unwatery Adventures’. I like her the most because her character comes across as very tough and unyielding at first, but then we get to see her kinder and more vulnerable side later on in the book. Makes you think twice about passing judgement!<br />
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<b>What's your favorite scene from your novel? Could you please describe it?</b><br />
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My favourite chapter in ‘Seacity Rising’ is chapter 7, ‘Tiny Wars’, where we get to see a bunch of little ants with attitude boss the Seacitians around. The kind-hearted Seacitians, in turn, try to negotiating peace between the warring ant colonies, the AAU and the UAA, which they find difficult as both sides turn out to be so belligerent. I like it because I find it to be the silliest chapter in a way, and who doesn’t enjoy silly?<br />
<b><br />What's your favorite part of writing? Plotting? Describing scenes? Dialogue?</b><br />
Definitely dialogue, because it just comes more naturally to me. I could easily write a whole chapter using dialogue only, but then, of course, that would not be a very good chapter, I suppose. <br />
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<b>How long does it take you to write a book? Do you have a writing process, or do you wing it?</b><br />
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I wish I could answer that, I really don’t know. It took me a month to get the first draft done the last time, but of course that was the draft that could have never seen the light of day. After that, I revisited the draft on and off for a year while working full-time; redrafting, editing and tweaking it, while querying publishers at the same time. As for the process, I am trying to think what helped me last time as I am writing the second part of the Seacity series, and I can’t really remember, to be honest. I think having a good plan for each chapter really helps drive things forward, though, but that doesn’t mean I always stick to my own advice. <br />
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<b>What is it about the genre you chose that appeals to you?</b><br />
I try to focus on Middle Grade and Young Adult, though sometimes I expand out and write for adults as well. The reason I am drawn more to kid lit, and particularly the fantasy genre, however, is that I often find them more upbeat in general and more permitting to challenge the limits of our imagination. <br />
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<b>Are there any books or writers that have had particular influence on you?</b><br />
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Angela Carter’s feminist rewriting of fairytales inspired my writing throughout my entire adolescence. And after that, I would say Tahereh Mafi’s ‘Shatter Me’ series really resonated with me. I also find JK Rowling to be hugely inspirational, but then again, who doesn’t?<br />
<b><br />Did you ever surprise yourself when you were writing your book? Characters who took on lives of their own? Plot elements that took unexpected turns?</b><br />
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Absolutely. I often even talk about my characters in the third person, for instance, if someone asks me, ‘Why did Babak the frog decide to do that?’ I’ll be like, well, that’s his decision to make, I can’t interfere with that.<br />
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<b>Thanks for stopping by!</b><br />
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<b>About the book:</b><br />
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<b><br /></b>Seacity Rising: A Tale of Unwatery Adventures is the first in a trilogy series, which touches on themes of friendship, selflessness, self-development, trust, diversity, displacement, and climate change, as well as other important ideas that children should be familiar with, and it does so in an endearing lens of fantasy and adventure.<br />
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Imagine your world is so incredibly small and sheltered, that you can only begin to fathom murmurs of adventures abroad in storybooks and legends of old. It may be a dull life, but it is certainly a familiar and comfortable one, and one that does not easily invite danger. Until now.<br />
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When the underwater creatures of Seacity pond learn that their home is in danger, they decide to investigate further by doing something no one has ever done before - go up to land to seek the answers they need. An unlikely team of two royal turtles, a genius goldfish and a timorous frog are then assembled to embark on a series of adventures. Whether they are racing the fastest tortoise on earth, falling in love with native mice theatre, or bringing peace to warring ant colonies, each unique experience is taking the group of friends closer to the heart of what is really going on. But will they make it back in time to save Seacity before the Winter’s Slumber?<br />
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<b>About the author:</b><br />
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Elika Ansari is a writer, social scientist, and humanitarian professional. She has been working with MSF (Doctors Without Borders) in what has been recently described as ‘the world’s worst refugee camp’ in Greece for the past year, and as such she has had the (mis)fortune of hearing many touching stories about hardship and perseverance. She tries to focus her writing on globally relevant issues with the hope of one day making a difference through the stroke of the pen (or click of the keyboard), however small that may be. She loves writing anything from essays and articles to children’s fiction, and she does not shy away from the occasional rants about society’s downfalls. Ansari has published 100+ reviews, articles, and short stories, and her debut children’s book, ‘Seacity Rising: A Tale of Unwatery Adventures’ was published on June 6th, 2019 by Black Rose Writing.<br />
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<b>Links:</b><br />
Link to book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seacity-Rising-Tale-Unwatery-Adventures/dp/1684332672">https://www.amazon.com/Seacity-Rising-Tale-Unwatery-Adventures/dp/1684332672</a><br />
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Website: <a href="http://www.elikaansari.com/">http://www.elikaansari.com/</a><br />
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Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19226072.Elika_Ansari">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19226072.Elika_Ansari</a><br />
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Instagram page: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elikaansari/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/elikaansari/?hl=en</a><br />
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Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-54652494884436707112019-06-27T01:13:00.000-04:002019-07-07T16:13:33.340-04:00My Shore Leave Schedule!Hey everyone! I'll be heading down to <a href="https://www.shore-leave.com/">Shore Leave</a> the weekend of July 12-14! Below is my schedule :-)<br />
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10PM-12AM<br />
Meet the Pros<br />
Hunt/Valley Hallway<br />
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11AM-12PM<br />
Touchy Topics<br />
Salon E<br />
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12PM-1PM<br />
Crazy 8 Press Panel<br />
Derby<br />
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Teen Writing Workshop: From Great Ideas to Great Plots<br />
McCormick<br />
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4PM-5PM<br />
Is YA for Adults Too?<br />
Salon E<br />
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6PM-7PM<br />
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends<br />
Chase<br />
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8PM-11PM<br />
Masquerade Ball (Judge)<br />
Hunt/Valley<br />
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11AM-12PM<br />
Toxic Masculinity and Its Alterntives in SFF<br />
Derby<br />
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<br />Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-12905743232273794082019-06-11T23:40:00.002-04:002019-06-11T23:40:33.868-04:00Stronger Than A Bronze Dragon is out now!Hey everyone! I'm thrilled to announce that my YA steampunk fantasy, STRONGER THAN A BRONZE DRAGON, is out today in hardback, e-book, and audio! In a steampunk fantasyland, a warrior girl teams up with a thief to defeat the demon king and save her village. But all is not as it seems...<br /><br />I'm so excited to finally share this book with the world! I loved building this world of mighty airships, steampunk gadgets, and shadow demons. And I'm excited for the world to meet my fierce main character and narrator, Anlei. Check it out below! I hope you'll have as much fun reading it as I did writing it :-)<div>
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When a powerful viceroy arrives with a fleet of mechanical dragons and stops an attack on Anlei’s village, the villagers see him as a godsend. They agree to give him their sacred, enchanted River Pearl in exchange for permanent protection—if he’ll marry one of the village girls to solidify the alliance. Anlei is appalled when the viceroy selects her as a bride, but with the fate of her people at stake, she sees no choice but to consent. Anlei’s noble plans are sent into a tailspin, however, when a young thief steals the River Pearl for himself.<br /><br />Knowing the viceroy won’t protect her village without the jewel, she takes matters into her own hands. But once she catches the thief, she discovers he needs the pearl just as much as she does. The two embark on an epic quest across the land and into the Courts of Hell, taking Anlei on a journey that reveals more is at stake than she could have ever imagined.<br /><br />With incredibly vivid world building and fast-paced storytelling, Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon is great for readers who are looking for something fresh in epic fantasy.</div>
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<br />B&N: <a href="https://t.co/fGHjxBxKGM?amp=1">bit.ly/2CRXWUo</a> <br />Amazon: <a href="https://t.co/L0IxGj7dgL?amp=1">amzn.to/2HHCHKu</a> <br />Indiebound: <a href="https://t.co/pOHbCaix5g?amp=1"> bit.ly/2DG533C</a> <br />Book Depository: <a href="https://t.co/gl9buL0Nkq?amp=1">bit.ly/2TmYHvs</a></div>
Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-12862881353318418032019-04-30T21:46:00.001-04:002019-04-30T21:46:47.502-04:00Excel for Writers<b>A Guest Post by Christie Valentine Powell<br />Author of <a href="https://www.thespectrabooks.com/">The Spectra Unearthed</a></b><br />
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One afternoon my college roommate, an accounting major, found me pouring over an excel sheet. “You use excel?” she asked incredulously. <br />
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“Yes,” I answered. “It’s useful for writing.”<br />
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She still stared at me. She didn't seem to believe that a wildlife conservation major with a perchance for fiction would be using the same program she used in her classes.<br />
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Excel can be a useful tool for the writer. In fact, I was using it as early as middle school for keeping track of my characters (and their Pokémon—this was 2000).<br />
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Here are some of the ways I use excel for writing fiction. Some of these are influenced by genre. I write fantasy and create my own world, so I need to keep track of more information than, say, a romance writer might. Others are useful no matter the genre.<br />
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<b>Names</b><br />
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“How do you name your characters?” comes up frequently in writing circles. I am something of a name enthusiast. I read name dictionaries and online lists for fun, and when I come up with one that fits my story, I add it to my name excel sheet. In The Spectra series, I go for names with meanings that tie in to that character’s clan. For instance, characters from the Cole clan have names meaning fire or red. The columns go across the top and then I fill in the information about each name. I include a column for “bearer” so I know if I’ve already used the name.<br />
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This way I can sort the names by gender and/or clan to help me narrow down the perfect name for my character. For instance, if a new male Sprite character appears, I can scroll down the alphabet to ‘S’…</div>
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And I’ve got a whole list of possibilities.<br />
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<b>Timeline</b><br />
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I also use excel to keep track of the history of my fantasy world. At the top, I have a column per year (around 300 years). This way I have a quick reference for births, deaths and marriages; important events in both kingdoms and characters’ lives; and the reigns of kings. I broke them up by clan to spread things out. It may be chaotic for someone who doesn’t know the world, but I can find what I need and that’s what’s important.<br />
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Have you ever read a series where one of the characters switches middle names between books? What about eyes that change color? Annoying, right? A character sheet on excel can be a great way to keep all those little details straight, especially for minor characters. You can add whatever details are most important to you. Here’s an example of mine (by the way, I hid the columns for spouse and children—too many spoilers!). I can sort by book in the series or parents/birth order if I’m looking at a whole family.</div>
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This is a tool I use to help with pacing. I keep track of the name and number of each chapter, and then copy down the page numbers from my table of contents. This calculates the length of each chapter for me, so I can determine if parts are too long or two short, and compare one book in the series to another. Yes, all of the Keita’s Wings books have the same number of chapters—I find it a useful tool for book length, but if this is unappealing to you please don’t. I can be OCD about some of these things. The different colors on the chapter names are groupings I find useful, based off of characters and setting.<br />
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<b>Agents and Reviews</b><br />
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I’ve also used excel to keep track of agents and reviewers that I’ve contacted about my books. For reviewers, I listed their name, website, when I submitted to them, and what response I received (information has been removed for privacy). I colored the rejections red and the accepted invitations green:</div>
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I did the same thing for agents before I decided to Indie publish, which also included columns for hints I’d dug up about the sort of books they were looking for.<br />
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Now here’s the sheet that my accounting roommate would approve of! Where is money going and where is it coming from? It’s important to keep track! At the end of the year I move the total costs, total profits, and year total to another table so that I can compare years and look for patterns… and do taxes (shudder).</div>
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What, you don’t think I doctored the profits, do you?<br />
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I must admit, I had to get my husband’s help to set this up. I participate in NaNoWriMo each year, and one of the most motivating parts is entering your wordcount into their tables and graphs. So we put together a table that can give that same motivation throughout the year, with adjustable goals (let me know if you want a copy and I can email it).</div>
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<b>Not Excel, But Still Useful </b><br />
Here are a few other useful files I keep for my books that are not on excel:<br />
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I chose to use ‘Word’ for the calendar, but excel would work just as well. This helps me keep track of the dates in my story. I have to make sure that events are realistically spread out, especially when my characters are traveling!<br />
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I have a ‘master map’ which shows the entire Spectra continent and all important places. This helps me get traveling dates straight (see calendar) and lets me visualize where the characters are and what directions they are facing. When I publish a book, I take the relevant section of my master map and turn it into an insert for the front of the book. Here’s the map that was included in book 3, The Spectra Uprooted: a map of the kingdom of Spritelands, and a small inset of the whole continent.<br />
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Various computer programs can be a real asset to your writing. These are the ones I’ve found the most useful. Feel free to try out any new ideas and let me know how they turned out!</div>
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Stories in the anthology (in alphabetical order by title):<br />
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<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#armed-for-survival">ARMED FOR SURVIVAL</a> by J.K. Ullrich<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#bound-determined">BOUND, DETERMINED</a> by Holly Schofield<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#brainiac">BRAINIAC</a> by Nancy Johnston<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#colossus">COLOSSUS</a> by Tash McAdam<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#the-curse">THE CURSE </a>by JF Garrard<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#decoded">DECODED</a> by A.A. Jankiewicz<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#a-different-math">A DIFFERENT MATH</a> by Aaron Rosenberg<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#earthquake-machine">EARTHQUAKE MACHINE</a> by Lizz Donnelly<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#future-scouts">FUTURE SCOUTS</a> by Phil Margolies<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#game-over">GAME OVER</a> by Nicole Iversen<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#geo">GEO</a> by Elisha Betts<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#a-ghost-among-the-stars">A GHOST AMONG THE STARS</a> by Joanna Schnurman<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#hoplite">HOPLITE</a> by J.R. Rustrian<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#independence-day">INDEPENDENCE DAY</a> by Russ Colchamiro<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#jupiter-jeopardy">JUPITER JEOPARDY</a> by Kris Katzen<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#kelsey-a-robot-repair-girl-adventure">KELSEY: A ROBOT REPAIR GIRL ADVENTURE</a> by Josh Pritchett<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#keptermine">KEPTERMINE</a> by Lisa Toohey<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#knight-engine">KNIGHT ENGINE</a> by Jelani Akin Parham<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#let-the-numbers-show-truth">LET THE NUMBERS SHOW TRUTH</a> by Bryna Butler<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#my-fair-cavelady">MY FAIR CAVELADY</a> by Jennifer Lee Rossman<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#the-plants-of-erebus-">THE PLANTS OF EREBUS </a>by Victoria Zelvin<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#the-silent-dust-">THE SILENT DUST </a>by Keith R.A. DeCandido<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#the-thirteenth-princess">THE THIRTEENTH PRINCESS</a> by Mary Fan<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#the-tower">THE TOWER</a> by Paige Daniels<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#the-water-plant">THE WATER PLANT</a> by Amy Lewanski<br />
<a href="http://bravenewgirls.weebly.com/stories4#zows">ZOWS</a> by Mackenzie Reide<br />
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Brave New Girls: Adventures of Gals & Gizmos is the ourth volume of the Brave New Girls anthology series. The first three, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-Girls-Tales-Gadgets-ebook/dp/B00Z1YV1KI/">Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls and Gadgets</a> (2015), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-Girls-Stories-Science-ebook/dp/B071GGFNTY">Brave New Girls: Stories of Girls Who Science and Scheme</a> (2017), and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-Girls-Tales-Heroines/dp/1719152616/">Brave New Girls: Tales of Heroines Who Hack</a> have so far raised thousands of dollars for the Society of Women Engineers Scholarship fund. Find them on Amazon.<br />
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<b>Paige Daniels i</b>s the pen name of Tina Closser. By day she works as an Electrical Engineer and Mom mushing her kids from gymnastics and violin practice. After the kids go to bed, she rocks out with her headphones turned to eleven and cranks out books. She is an uber science geek. If she wasn't married to the most terrific guy in the world, she would be a groupie for Adam Baldwin. Her books include Non-Compliance: The Sector, Non-Compliance: The Transition, and Non-Compliance: Equilibrium.</div>
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<b>Mary Fan</b> is a hopeless dreamer, whose mind insists on spinning tales of “what if.” As a music major in college, she told those stories through compositions. Now, she tells them through books—a habit she began as soon as she could pick up a pencil. And what stories she has! Currently, she has three series in progress and likes to think that she has even more in her bag. Her books include the Starswept novels, the Jane Colt trilogy, the Flynn Nightsider series, the Fated Stars novellas, and Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon.<br />
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<br />Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-67423219314297445792019-01-31T15:04:00.002-05:002019-01-31T15:04:41.589-05:00My Farpoint Schedule!Excited to return to <a href="http://www.farpointcon.com/">Farpoint</a> this year! Below is my schedule:<br />
<br /><br /><b><u>FRIDAY, FEB. 8</u></b><br /><br />Jean-Luc Picard: The Man, The Legend – Fri 7:00 PM – Salon A<br /><br />Farpoint Book Fair – Fri 10:00 PM – Hunt Valley Hallway<div>
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<b><u>SATURDAY, FEB. 9</u></b><br /><br />Autograph – Sat NOON – Autograph Table 1<br /><br />Diversity Vs Appropriation (MOD) – Sat 2:00 PM – Salon C<br /><br />Crazy 8 Press – Sat 4:00 PM – Salon C<br /><br />The Case For A Capt. Worf Series – Sat 5:00 PM – Salon A</div>
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<b><u>SUNDAY, FEB. 10</u></b><br /><br />Autograph (DeCandido; Fan) – Sun 10:00 AM – Autograph Table 1<br /><br />The Star Wars Multiverse – Sun NOON – Salon A<br /><br />Women In Star Trek – Sun 2:00 PM – Salon A</div>
Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-32154259176122773492018-12-28T15:03:00.000-05:002018-12-28T15:03:18.083-05:00Obligatory Year-End Round-UpHey everyone! Been a while, hasn't it? I wish I had some lofty reason for not really blogging much, something about unplugging or stepping back or self care, but I'm pretty sure it all comes down to general laziness. Ah well.<br />
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As 2018 comes to an end, everywhere I look I see year-end round-ups of the best things, of worst things, of things accomplished. And also of things anticipated for 2019. So I decided to do a round-up of my own stuff. Why not. Partly because I'm bored, and partly because I've had a supremely unproductive two months (can't tell if I'm burned out, worn out, or just in a funk), and boasting about the things I've actually gotten done seems like it could be therapeutic.<br />
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So, here's a list of writing-type things I accomplished in 2018:<br />
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<li>Had a story published in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mine-Celebration-Liberty-Benefitting-Parenthood/dp/1939888662"><i><span id="goog_1776720278"></span>Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefitting Planned Parenthood</i> <span id="goog_1776720279"></span></a>, a comic anthology from Comicmix. My first comic, y'all! More of a visual poem, in my mind (illustrated by Josh Siegel, who somehow turned my vague, abstract descriptions into some awesome art). </li>
<li>Published my YA dark fantasy, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B1RR8W9">Flynn Nightsider and the Edge of Evil</a></i>, with Crazy 8 Press</li>
<li>Finished writing, editing, and formatting <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KZ9ZZ84">Wayward Stars</a></i>, the second book in my YA sci-fi series <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/214262-starswept">Starswept</a></i></li>
<li>Published the audiobook version of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D827BNB"><i>Starswept</i></a></li>
<li>Sold (and completed edits for) my YA steampunk fantasy, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JZ3Y686/">Stronger Than A Bronze Dragon</a></i></li>
<li>Had a story published in <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B5L38G8/">Magic at Midnight</a></i>, a YA anthology of fairy tale retellings from Snowy Wings Publishing</li>
<li>Edited and published <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CWM3FMK/">Brave New Girls: Tales of Heroines Who Hack</a></i>, the third collection of YA sci-fi stories in our <i>Brave New Girls</i> anthology series about girls in STEM</li>
<li>Had a story published in <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FYQ7F1S/">Tales of the Crimson Keep: Newly Renovated Edition</a></i> from Crazy 8 Press</li>
<li>Had a story published in <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/They-Killing-Glenn-Peter-David/dp/0983687781/">They Keep Killing Glenn</a></i>, an anthology from Crazy 8 Press</li>
<li>Had a story published in <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Pieces-IX-9-Rocco/dp/1721889752/">Missing Pieces IX: Puzzles</a></i>, an anthology by the authors of Gen Con's Authors Avenue</li>
<li>Wrote two posts for the official <i>Star Trek</i> blog, <a href="http://www.startrek.com/article/trek-s-fabulous-female-friendships">one on female friendships</a> and <a href="http://www.startrek.com/article/discovering-star-trek-as-an-adult">one on how I discovered the series</a></li>
<li>Revised a YA contemporary fantasy manuscript and sent it to my agent</li>
<li>Wrote a first draft of my YA sci-fi mystery (which is currently a disaster and the source of all my grief, but at least it exists?)</li>
<li>Wrote a short story for Crazy 8 Press's 2019 anthology (to be announced!)</li>
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Hmm, okay, that was a lot. I actually had to go onto my own Amazon page and look some of this stuff up... I feel better now.</div>
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<li>Publish <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stronger-Than-Bronze-Dragon-Mary/dp/162414733X/">Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon</a></i> (well, technically the publisher will publish it, but I'll be promoting the heck out of it!)</li>
<li>Publish the fourth <i>Brave New Girls</i> anthology (subtitle to be announced!)</li>
<li>Publish <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KZ9ZZ84">Wayward Stars</a></i> in e-book and print (I mean, the work's all done and I'm just waiting for the copies to arrive from the printer, but there will be promoting to do) as well as audio (still have to get on that one)</li>
<li>Publish a collection of shorts from the <i>Flynn Nightsider</i> universe starring Aurelia "the Firedragon" Sun (3 of them are already done... just need to write a 4th and compile the thing)</li>
<li>Make my YA sci-fi mystery readable and send it to my agent</li>
<li>Write the third and final book in the <i>Starswept</i> trilogy</li>
<li>Write a horror novella (just because I have an idea for one)</li>
<li>Decide which new full-length novel I'm writing next in case neither the contemporary fantasy nor the sci-fi mystery ends up selling</li>
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Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-29211513285385869602018-11-29T23:51:00.002-05:002018-11-29T23:51:34.930-05:00AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Raquel Rich
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Hamartia was
the first story I wrote as an adult. I unknowingly suppressed my love of
writing when I was twelve over an uproar when Lisa, a fictional young rape
victim in one of my stories, killed herself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">As a first time
author, I was scared Hamartia sucked. Most authors don’t publish or do anything
with their first works, so why would I be any different? However, to my
surprise, Hamartia won the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Words
Matter Publishing and also received a glowing review from Kirkus, a highly <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">respected</span> industry journal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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couldn’t say. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Writing</span> wasn’t something I
planned, it was something I stumbled over. I didn’t mean to write a book, at
least not consciously. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and how did the story grow from there?</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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born from a conversation between my son and me at the Science Museum in London,
England. There was an exhibit on fears and phobias which explored popular
beliefs, one of which was reincarnation. It got me thinking about the idea of a
soul dying after enduring too many life cycles. What would happen? What if you
could travel to a past life and clone a soul? A scene emerged in my head and I
wrote it down, and once I did, it was like a dam had burst, unleashing a long
forgotten love of writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Among your characters, who's your favorite? Could you
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grace’s best
friend, Kay, is by far my <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">favourite</span>
character. She and I would get along like strawberries and whipped cream
because I loosely based her on my real life best friend. Kay takes charge whenever
Grace can’t. S</span><span lang="EN-CA">he doesn’t
hesitate to speak her mind and has an infectious nature. What I love most about
her is her quirky spirit, unwavering loyalty, and her ability to forgive.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA">What's your
favorite scene from your novel? Could you please describe it?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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afraid to detail any of them for fear of giving the story away, please forgive
my vagueness. I love the scene when Marc finally tells Grace exactly what he
should’ve said to her long before. I find the confrontation between Grace and
her best friend, Kay, to be endearing. I’m captivated every time I read the
part when Grace finally reveals the significance of her dream. And the chase
through the caves in the desert is an <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">action-packed</span>
sequence I thoroughly enjoyed stringing together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">What's your favorite part of writing? Plotting?
Describing scenes? Dialogue?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Plotting and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">problem-solving</span>. I think I’m a bit of a mad
scientist. I get a kick out of putting my characters into impossible situations
and watching them squirm on the page. When I’ve had enough laughs at their
expense, I help them out of the situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">How long does it take you to write a book? Do you have
a writing process, or do you wing it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hamartia took
four years to write. However, I had a full-time day job and therefore only
wrote on weekends. I also took lots of sabbaticals</span><span lang="EN-CA"> from the story, thinking it would never become
anything. Now that w</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">riting is now my full-time gig, it’s a much quicker process. I managed
to throw the first draft of the sequel together in a few months. On the other
hand, revising and editing is shaping up to be the most time-consuming step
regardless of having all day (every day) to work on it. Between each revision,
I tuck the story in a drawer for weeks to let it rest. Fresh eyes are crucial
to my process, so the resting period cannot be rushed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">What is it about the genre you chose that
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suspend my disbelief in sci-fi because I honestly believe that anything is
achievable with evolution. Humans are capable of the unthinkable and this both
scares and awes me. Having said that, it annoys me that sci-fi and fantasy are
often lumped together. I see them as completely different genres. In my head, fantasy
is something that will never happen whereas sci-fi is possibly possible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Are there any books or writers that have had <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">particular</span> influence on you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Madeleine
L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time) is my hero. Sci-fi is a <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">male-dominated</span> genre, and she rocked it in the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">1960s</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Did you ever surprise yourself when you were
writing your book? Characters who took on lives of their own? Plot elements
that took unexpected turns?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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planned for Kay to play such a big part in the story. There were many times
that I would tell her (aloud), “Kay, you gotta go now.” And she’d reply (in my
head), “If you get rid of me, you’ll regret it.” As for the plot, I was just as
surprised with the twists I wrote as many of you will be when you read the book.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Grace’s nine-year-old son, Jordan, is dying. First, the Metagenesis disease will tear his soul from his body, and then it will kill him. Desperate for a cure, Grace agrees to take part in an illegal clinical trial cloning souls. Supported by her best friend Kay, the two embark on the ultimate “Vegas Vacation” to the past in search of the right soul to clone, racing against time to save Jordan’s life. But someone is trying to stop them and when they discover why, Grace must make a choice: let her son die or kill her husband. If she kills her husband she triggers widespread Metagenesis, sealing the fate of the human race with a new plague.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Humanity is counting on Grace choosing to let her son die.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Watch the book trailer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN-byRKWNeY" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Read the </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kirkus review - </span><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/raquel-rich/hamartia/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/raquel-rich/hamartia/</a></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Raquel Rich is a self-employed English Language Teacher and an author with </span><a href="https://wordsmatterpublishing.com/raquel-rich/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">Words Matter Publishing</a><span style="background-color: white;">. She loves to travel, suntan, walk her dog, and is obsessed with all things Beauty & the Beast. She despises cold weather, balloons, and writing about herself in the third person but noticed all the real authors do that. Raquel recently left (ok, got let go from) a career in the travel industry and rather than looking for a real job, she wrote her first book, </span><a href="https://wordsmatterpublishing.com/product/hamartia/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">HAMARTIA</a><span style="background-color: white;">. Born and raised in Canada to Brazilian parents, she lives in the Toronto area with her family. Married to the guy she’s been with since she was fifteen (her baby daddy), her superpowers include being a mom to their two awesome grown-ass boys and one fur baby. She’s also an okay step-mom and an auntie to a clan of classy ladies.</span></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Kirkus
review - <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/raquel-rich/hamartia/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/raquel-rich/hamartia/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br />Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-64877197303411580262018-11-02T08:00:00.000-04:002018-11-02T08:00:00.363-04:00COVER REVEAL: Tar / Taylor Hohulin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today, I'm thrilled to help reveal the cover of TAR, a sci-fi novel by Taylor Hohulin! And without further ado...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To some, it’s known as filth, or blight. Others call it the Black God in reverential whispers. Whatever name it takes, the effects are the same. Cities left in ruins. People turned into monsters. Living infections with no known cure. The best anyone can do is avoid it, but even that gets harder the more it spreads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Brendan survives this waking nightmare by trading salvage for shelter and for repairs to his cybernetic arm, until a newcomer arrives, convinced Brendan is the key to ridding the world of tar once and for all. Reluctantly, Brendan and his mechanic join the newcomer on a journey across the desolate highways of a ruined world, where he learns the true history of the tar…and of the dark power inside him, which grows stronger every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Taylor Hohulin is a radio personality by morning, a science fiction author by afternoon, and asleep by 9:30. He is the author of The Marian Trilogy, <i>Tar</i>, and other science fiction and horror titles. He and his wife live in Iowa, where they are owned by a dog and a cat.</span></div>
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<br />Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-78833655688950186442018-10-24T20:48:00.004-04:002018-10-24T20:48:48.555-04:00REVIEW: New World (Iamos Trilogy, #2) / Lyssa Chiavari<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">TITLE: New World (Iamos Trilogy, #2)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">New World, the second full-length novel in Lyssa Chiavari’s YA sci-fi series, The Iamos Trilogy, picks up where the last story left off. [IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES, FOURTH WORLD, STOP RIGHT HERE BECAUSE WHAT FOLLOWS WILL INCLUDE SPOILERS FOR BOOK 1].</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">After being whisked away from his mid-21st-century Mars colony home, Isaak spent three weeks in a strange world full of advanced technology and dark secrets—Iamos—that was actually Mars from the ancient past. But something wiped them out—and the cataclysm not only destroyed their civilization, but had world-shattering consequences that rendered Mars a lifeless planet and altered the makeup of the Solar system. Now, he’s back—and he’s brought one of the Iamoi, Nadin, with him. Only a lot more time has passed in his world than he experienced—two whole years. His friends, who thought he’d been captured by the sinister agency GSAF, have moved on with their lives—one becoming a pop star, and one becoming a revolutionary. The Mars he’s returned to has become a police state, and those in power seek to use the technology of Iamos to solidify their power. Meanwhile, Nadin hopes to bring her people into the future so that they might survive the cataclysm, even if their homes are destroyed. But GSAF sees her as their ticket to Iamos’ technology and aims to use her as a political pawn.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">New World deals directly with the fallout from the first book—both for the plot and for the characters. I really like how it took the time to explore the impact losing two years had on Isaak and his relationships with his friends. At the same time, the ever-present danger of the increasingly dystopian world keeps the tension high. Like Fourth World, New World is split into two distinct acts. Without giving too much away, let me just say that Act 2 really takes off, sending the characters barreling down a perilous path. While New World takes place entirely in the future Mars world, it also expands a bit upon the history (and mystery!) of Iamos’ past, offering tantalizing glimpses at what’s to come.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">The world-building in this series is truly phenomenal. Both Mars and Iamos feel like fully realized civilizations, and it was easy to get lost in their worlds. My favorite part about the Iamos stories, though, is the characters. Isaak and Nadin, who alternate POVs, are both fantastic protagonists. Isaak’s the ordinary teen who got pulled into an adventure he could never have prepared for, and Nadin’s the child of an oppressive system who’s finally breaking out and finding her own way. I really enjoyed reading their character moments and getting invested in their relationships, their inner struggles… all the feels! Not to mention the asexual rep (Isaak identifies as demisexual; Nadin explores her asexuality). It’s easy to fall into a book when you really care about the characters and what happens to them.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">New World ends on a heck of a cliffhanger, which teases at an exciting conclusion to the trilogy. I’ll be here waiting patiently to find out how it all ends…</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Lyssa Chiavari is an author of speculative fiction for young adults, including </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Fourth World</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">, the first book in a sci-fi trilogy set on Mars, and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Cheerleaders From Planet X</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">, a tongue-in-cheek send-up of all things sci-fi. Her short fiction has appeared in </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Wings of Renewal: A Solarpunk Dragon Anthology</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Brave New Girls: Tales of Heroines Who Hack</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Magic at Midnight: A YA Fairytale Anthology</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Perchance to Dream: Classic Tales from the Bard’s World in New Skins</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">. Her first published story, “The Choice,” was named one of </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Ama-gi</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Magazine’s Best of 2014. Lyssa lives with her family and way too many animals in the woods of Northwest Oregon.</span></span>Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-27864601734733609332018-10-20T05:00:00.000-04:002018-10-20T05:00:07.739-04:00AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Ru Pringle
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Hi! Welcome to Zigzag Timeline. Can you tell us about your background
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I've written five novels so far, as well
as several published short stories. The first two published novels - A Time of
Ashes and Hunting Gods, part of a planned six-book series called Fate and the
Wheel - came out this June. My first novel, Sanctuary, was written back when I
was 23, but, despite netting me a well-known agent in 2005, hasn't been
published yet. My most recently written book, October Song, was released this
October. Apart from fiction, I published a hiking guide in my twenties, along
with factual contributions to various anthologies and other books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I always enjoyed creative writing at
school, though I wasn't popular with a couple of teachers in particular who
didn't see speculative fiction as 'proper' writing. At university I was lucky
living somewhere with free university tuition and having parents who could help
with accommodation, but living costs meant grim holiday jobs to meet living
expenses. Reading a mountaineering magazine one day, I thought 'I could write
this,' submitted a piece about a weekend I'd spent climbing, and to my surprise
they published it. I enjoyed the magazine feature format, and kept myself
afloat for much of the next decade largely through articles connected with
mountaineering, hiking, and increasingly writing about travel and science as I
got older and an injury stopped me climbing. I got my shoulder rebuilt with
bits of plastic a couple of years ago - it feels as good as new now I'm a
cyborg, so who knows, maybe I'll start climbing again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What was the first idea you had for your book, and how did the story
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">It started life as an idea for a
screenplay, written for an actor I know (who's now my girlfriend). The original
idea was to develop a short thriller that could be shot fairly close to where
we both live, making use of the wonderful Highland west coast scenery. However,
I'd only written a few pages when I thought 'hang on, this is starting to feel
like a book.' Much to her disgust, I then got obsessed with developing the
empryonic idea into a novel - I still haven't written the screenplay, though
I've promised to make it up to her by writing something else. Some of my other
books have been hard work, but for some reason this one developed a momentum
all of its own, at least until editing, which I always find hard. I also got
some good advice particularly from my agent about aspects of the story that
weren't quite in balance - one of my favourite characters in the book was a
last minute addition because of this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Among your characters, who's your favorite? Could you please describe
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Can't say too much for fear of spoilers,
but definitely the lead. She's scarred, vulnerable and guilt-ridden, but also
thoughtful, ferociously determined about what she feels is right, and utterly
ruthless when she has to be. She's a survivor to an extent no one, least of all
her, realises at the beginning of the book. But the personal cost of that
survival is high. It's fair to say that I like all the characters though. I
think that's important in writing a good character, even one that's not
outwardly sympathetic. Each is very human, and all of them - well, perhaps all
but one - believe they're doing the right thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What's your favorite scene from your novel? Could you please describe
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">That would give far too much away! Okay,
well *one* of my favourites is when a well-known town in the Scottish Highlands
is essentially pummelled to bits while two lead characters play cat and mouse
around it. And I get to destroy a prominent Highland landmark in the process.
It's not just pyrotechnics though: for various reasons, this is a pivotal and
massively emotional scene too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dialogue?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This depends on how the writing's going.
When everything flows, writing feels like a cathartic draining of ideas from my
brain into words via my fingers. Just as often though, when it's not flowing, I
have to force every word out, which isn't fun. Oddly, I haven't found a
correlation between how easy the writing feels to how well it reads. I enjoy
developing plots and stories, but have to restrain myself from diving into
writing too early. If I'm writing well, I don't differentiate between
describing scenes or writing dialogue: it feels as though I'm describing a film
playing in my head. Dialogue can be tricky though. Again, if it's going well,
it can be immense fun, getting characters to spark off each other, and seeing
how much unspoken meaning can be stuffed into outwardly simple dialogue. On the
other hand, when dialogue just isn't right, I can spend hours just trying to
tweak a couple of lines into submission. My least favourite part of writing is
arguably the most important: editing. Every page edited can take hours. It's
worth it, but I must admit, if I had an editor to do it for me, I'd be very
happy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I usually wing it - the process depends
on the book. October Song was a relatively linear process: I more or less
started at the beginning and wrote to the end, then moulded it into shape in
around five different passes, then applied editing polish. Previous books have
been more complicated: the first two instalments of Fate and the Wheel, for
example, involved me writing each character's story as a separate thread, then
combining them. I think October Song took around six months, part time (I was
also renovating a house and doing part-time building work at the time), though
a lot more if you include edits. Previous books have taken longer. My first,
Sanctuary, I worked on for more than two years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I suspect I'm a publisher's nightmare: I
don't really pay attention to genres. I write stories I find appealing, and
usually find out afterwards that they don't neatly fit any given pigeon-hole.
October Song can probably best be described as a dark near-future thriller,
though it has elements of things like police procedurals, spy novels, action
thrillers and science fiction. To be honest, I haven't read many dark
near-future thrillers. The closest I've come are probably Cormac McCarthy's
'The Road', P. D. James' 'The Children of Men', or Margaret Atwood's 'Oryx and
Crake.' I like that such novels allow you to ask 'what if,' though typically
their plots hinge on some unpredictable event. My aim with October Song was to
extrapolate as plausibly and directly as possible from current events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Iain M. Banks has been a huge influence,
especially his earlier books. I love their raw complexity. Although I've found
Peter F. Hamilton's work patchy, he showed me how huge a book can be: The
Neutronium Alchemist blew my mind when I first read it. I love the intelligence
and emotional charge of Sheri S. Tepper and Vernor Vinge - two authors who can
sustain an emotional charge beyond what I'd previously have thought possible.
Neal Asher for his wilful weirdness, and Robert Rankin for his wickedly
demented sense of humour and, in the Ealing (ahem) trilogy, unexpectedly acute
and warm insight into what it means to be human.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Characters who took on lives of their own? Plot elements that took unexpected
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Yes, this happens all the time. I see it
as the sign of a well-developed character if they start to misbehave. The trick
is writing a well-formed character that can live and breathe within the
confines of your plot. I've had to rewrite plots because, when it came to the
crunch, a character simply wouldn't do what I'd originally intended him/her to,
leading the book in a completely different direction. There are quite a few
I've tried killing off, but they just wouldn't die. I've had friends describe
this as me being pretentious, but the way I see it is that a well-formed
character is essentially an algorithm, with its own internal logic. Algorithms
need to follow inbuilt rules, and it's the writer's job to construct a program
- the book - in which the algorithms can function as intended. Otherwise
neither the program nor the algorithm can work properly. I think it's far
better to change the plot to keep characters behaving believably than have them
acting out of character in the interests of the plot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But it's not just her pursuers she must beware of. The wild coastline has become a hiding place for desperate boat-borne refugees. Meanwhile, someone unknown seems to be going to extraordinary and ever more lethal lengths to stop her pursuers finding her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">'Ru Pringle is one of the most interesting and exciting new writers to emerge north of the border since Iain Banks' - Gary Gibson, award-nominated author of Angel Stations, Against Gravity and Stealing Light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Ru Pringle began his writing career at the age of 18, paying university bills by writing features for magazines. After a stint as an environmental scientist, he became a full-time writer, gradually veering towards travel journalism. He has also worked as a tree- and vineyard-planter, footpath builder, roofer, joiner, plumber, yacht crewperson, youth hostel warden, mountain and trail guide, oil-painting salesman, cook, sound engineer, and didgeridoo and mandolin tutor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The peaceful nights are kept under the clandestine and watchful eye of young, gifted Vigilantes the world over – and since the Vigilante Killers were taken down six months ago, order has returned to the community once more. Vigilantes everywhere have resumed their usual rhythm, defending their domains within the safety of the shadows, and all is right with the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">So when an old enemy resurfaces and asks them for their help, the Vigilantes of the City are reluctant, to say the least. But some offers are hard to turn down, and soon Team City find themselves diving headlong into a mystery that will test their limits, their capabilities as Vigilantes, and their relationships with each other.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Featuring a diverse cast of players, discord, a mystery to be solved, plenty of literary action and high-stakes battles, NO MORE HEROES is a series about self-belief and camaraderie, persistence in the face of trials, and what it means to be the best version of yourself.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Michelle Kan is an independent filmmaker/videographer and writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. Fish & Swallow Productions, her online content production studio, is dedicated to the documenting of arts/cultural events and the spotlighting of artists, creatives and other extraordinary individuals around New Zealand. NO MORE HEROES was her debut novel and was initially written during her first National Novel Writing Month in 2014.</span></span></div>
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<br />Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-178777811486472212018-10-15T08:30:00.000-04:002018-10-15T08:30:07.856-04:00AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Francesca Forrest<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">An interview with author Francesca Forrest.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Hi!
Welcome to Zigzag Timeline. Can you tell us about your background as an author?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Thank you very much! It’s a pleasure to
be here. I’ve been enjoying checking out this blog and your website. As for my
background, I’m a pretty low-key writer, by which I mean, I’m not hugely
prolific and I’m not widely known, but I’ve been fortunate in that the people
who *have* discovered me have been very supportive. I’ve had short stories in
science fiction and fantasy zines like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strange
Horizons, GigaNotoSaurus, </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Future Fire, </i>and I self-published a novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pen Pal. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">What
got you into writing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">My father is a writer, so I knew it was
a thing that people can be. And I always had stories in my head. I used to tell
myself stories as I walked to school—it was a mile walk; I loved that time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What was the first
idea you had for your book, and how did the story grow from there?</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This I remember very clearly: I was
inspired by a </span><a href="https://sovay.dreamwidth.org/553767.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2013
blog post</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by Sonya Taaffe in which she talked
about the Roman term <i>exauguratio, </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">for
the removal of a god from its temple or other sacred ground. She wrote, “Legendarily,
when Tarquin the fifth king of Rome built the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
on the Capitoline, the ancient gods Terminus and Juventas refused to be
displaced by <i>exauguratio</i> and were incorporated into the new
site.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I was enchanted by that idea, but it
was several years before I took it up in a story—and I’m not sure I’m done yet.
One day I may write more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Among
your characters, who's your favorite? Could you please describe him/her?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">That’s hard! I guess I love Ohin, the
titular inconvenient god, a lot, because he’s so many things—provocative,
dangerous, and bereft. But I also like Mr. Haksola, the university
administrator, a lot too. He’s so nervous! He has so much to hide! And he keeps
on having to reveal more and more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What's your favorite scene from your
novelette? Could you please describe it?</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I like all the scene that have deities
in them—I hope readers enjoy those too. The novelette’s so short I don’t want
to give anything away, but I hope readers will find some of them funny and some
of them moving. I’m hoping readers feel the presence of the gods and goddesses
very intensely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">What's
your favorite part of writing? Plotting? Describing scenes? Dialogue?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I like the part where I’m inventing it
in my head! The writing part is hard work—trying to make what’s in there come
alive on the page in a way that will conjure up similar sights and sounds and
feelings in readers’ minds. It’s satisfying work, though. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I like revision, too—the feeling of
“phew, much better,” that you get when you’ve fixed something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">How
long does it take you to write a book? Do you have a writing process, or do you
wing it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">It takes me a **long** time. I’m the
opposite of a well-oiled machine—I’m a squeaky, rusty machine. I write mostly
on computer, but if I wrote with a pen and paper, you’d see me mostly with the
pen poised a few millimeters above the paper, running through different ways of
saying something in my mind without actually committing to any of them. But I
get there eventually! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">So far, I’ve always started at the
beginning of a story and then worked straight through to the end, rather than
jumping around and writing a scene here and a scene there—though of course
sometimes what you originally think will be the beginning doesn’t end up being
the beginning by the time you finish writing. I have an overall sense of where
the story’s going but not a detailed sense—that gives the story room to breathe
and evolve as I write.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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be fantasy and science fiction—I don’t know why that is. What makes me love a
book is some mind-exploding quality about it—maybe it’s the insights, maybe
it’s the vividness of the characters, maybe it’s gorgeous writing, maybe the
flights of imagination. For me, it’s just easier to strive for that via fantasy
and science fiction—at least, so far.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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person I am today—they definitely influenced me. Those would be people like CS
Lewis and Madeleine L’Engle and Lloyd Alexander. I feel like they were
co-parents with my real parents. Then there are writers or novels that
influenced me in the sense of broadening my horizons or my understanding of the
human condition—<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Grapes of Wrath </i>did
that, for example<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>And then there are
writers or novels that teach me stuff about the craft of writing—about
characterization, or pacing, or storytelling techniques. In genre fiction, a sci-fi
YA novel that I both really enjoyed as a story and that I learned from was Paolo
Bacigalupi’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ship Breaker. </i>Both his
characters and his post-apocalyptic landscape really came alive for me in a way
I want my own writing to come alive for other people, so I paid attention to
how he did it, the sorts of sensory details he put in, the types of scenes he
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">An official from the Ministry of Divinity arrives at a university to decommission a local god. She is expecting an easy decommissioning of a waning god of mischief but finds instead an active god not interested in retiring and university administrators who have not told her the full story about the god. Can the Decommisioner discover the true story of this god in time to prevent his most destructive round of mischief yet?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's
cover reveal day for <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36177820-wayward-stars" style="font-style: italic;">Wayward Stars</a>, the sequel to my </span>award-winning YA
sci-fi novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Starswept</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">!</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Coming</span> February 26, 2019 from <a href="http://snowywingspublishing.com/">Snowy Wings Publishing</a>!<span style="color: black;"> The cover features photography by </span><a href="http://www.robertofalck.com/">Roberto Falck</a><span style="color: black;">,
with graphic design by </span><a href="http://www.streetlightgraphics.com/">Streetlight
Graphics</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And now, without further ado...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Isn't it awesome?? It's one of the shots from that epic underwater photo shoot we did for the </span><i>Starswept</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> cover back in January 2017. In case you missed it, here's a behind-the-scenes video from the photographer:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This time around, I wanted the lighting on the cover to be slightly more ominous to reflect the growing dangers Iris must face in her journey across the stars. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For the hardcover version, that will be red foil on the lettering and frame...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Below is the book's description!</span></span><br />
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plot points for the first book in the series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Starswept</i>.]</span></b></span></div>
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your truth. Defend your dream. Defy your stars.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">A month has passed since Iris joined an underground rebel
group to save Dámiul from the brutal prison he was sent to for fighting back
against his world’s oppressive system. Here, conformity and compliance are
enforced through telepathy, and Earthling performers are brainwashed into
absolute obedience.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Word of a merciless crackdown on those who sympathize with
their cause leaves both Iris and Dámiul yearning for action. Determined to
liberate her kind, Iris volunteers to return to her former patrons and covertly
recruit supporters.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">A raid on their hideout catapults her plan into action sooner
than expected and forces her to leave Dámiul behind. After persuading the
authorities that she’d been telepathically manipulated into helping him, Iris
assumes the role of a dutiful musician while secretly spreading whispers of a
possible uprising among her fellow performers. But the authorities always seem
to be one step ahead, and anyone who defies them is swiftly mind-wiped.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Soon, Iris is forced to confront a horrifying fact: there’s a
traitor among them. Desperately clinging to her cover, she races to find out
who before her true loyalties are discovered—and the search leads her to an
unthinkable answer.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345165168067011443.post-21199191486425887132018-08-20T20:42:00.002-04:002018-08-20T20:42:28.802-04:00The Road So Far... As of NowHey y'all! Been a while since I wrote anything on here, so I thought I'd drop in and say how things are going, writing-wise.<br />
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Though before I start, I can't not mention how utterly THRILLED I was to have watched TWO rom coms in one week starring Asian American heroines!!<br />
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Both were super awesome in different ways... <i>Crazy Rich Asians</i> was a lavishly produced Hollywood affair full of glitz and high society drama, and <i>To All the Boys I've Loved Before</i> was an adorable and sweet teen movie. Both were deliciously trope-y in the best possible way... CRA with its fish-out-of-water tale and classic rom com moments (spoiler - highlight to read: <span style="color: white;">OMG WE GOT THE AIRPORT SCENE!!! ME AND MY FELLOW ROM-COM-LOVING FRIEND WERE SQUEALING!! WE GOT THE DAMN AIRPORT SCENE!!!</span>), and TATBILB with its fake-relationship-to-real-relationship set-up, also full of classic moments.<br />
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OH, and I found it interesting/irritating/unsurprising that both Lara Jean of TATBILB and Rachel of CRA would have been whitewashed if certain producers had their way. "Why must they be Asian American? There's nothing Asian about their stories!" Okay, the second half of that is stupid and false -- Asian Americans are Asians, for crying out loud. But I can see why they'd think that. Neither Rachel nor Lara Jean spends a whole lot of time dealing with their specific Asian-ness. Lara Jean has her Korean snacks and face masks, and Rachel delves a little deeper with her worries about not being "Asian enough" for her wealthy Singaporean boyfriend's family, but I *suppose* both stories could *technically* have been written about white women based on plot alone. HOWEVER, the very fact that it's their American-ness, rather than their Asian-ness, that grounds their characters makes their stories all the better for Asian American representation. Too often we're expected to somehow Asian it up for the white gaze... It was awesome getting to see two Asian American heroines to simply be. No mystical connections to ancient Asian magic or whatever...<br />
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Okay, so that veered off topic! Wellp, now that I'm done gushing over Kevin Kwan and Jenny Han's Asian heroines, let me talk about my own!<br />
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STRONGER THAN A BRONZE DRAGON (aka STABD - hah! Get it? Stab'd? #AmDork), as y'all may know, is slated for release in June 2019! After two rounds of developmental edits, the book went into copy-editing at the beginning of this month. I turned in the latest round of revisions a few weeks ago... hopefully that means the manuscript is just about done! Meanwhile, I've seen an almost-final draft of the cover, and it is AMAZING!! Can't wait to share it -- I'm bursting already! This time last year, I hadn't even started querying the book yet... and this time the year before, I had no clue I was even going to write it. I've grown so used to the glacial pace of publishing that this feels fast to me...<br />
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Speakings that take so long, they might as well be written in Ent-ish, WAYWARD STARS, the sequel to STARSWEPT, is currently in revisions (and I'll be revealing the cover next week!). Since I'm self-publishing that one with the Snowy Wings Press co-op, I get to be a little more flexible with the timing. Right now, I'm targeting February 2019. This one's been a long time coming... I wrote the original draft of STARSWEPT way back in 2013 and wasn't sure if I'd do a sequel (I left room for one, but was hoping to get a trad deal and wasn't sure if that would include sequels). But I had an idea for one even then... but didn't write it until four and a half years later, after STARSWEPT had been through the trad submissions wringer. Anyway, it was a little weird returning to that universe after so much time, but I think the sequel is shaping up nicely...<br />
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Meanwhile, my agent will be sending my new (well, new to him) manuscript MIDNIGHT SWAN out on submission soon *gulp*. That's another one that's been a long time coming... I wrote the first draft in 2015, put it through a year of self-edits, sent it to my then-agent, got rejected, shelved it for another year while I wallowed in self pity (and worked on STABD), put it through even more self-edits, then sent it to my current agent, who fortunately likes it better than my last one did. I have no clue how submissions will go, but a gal can hope, right?<br />
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Never one to sit idly, I'm also working on a shiny new manuscript: a full-length origins story for my crime-solving space gals, bio-engineering apprentice Chevonne Watson and sentient android Sherlock. Y'all may recognize them from my short stories. Tentatively titled PROJECT SHERLOCK, this one depicts how the two met and solved their first crime together - my <i>Study in Scarlet</i>. I have a *very rough* first draft, which is going to my critique group.<br />
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Also coming soon: A short story for the next Crazy 8 Press anthology (Theme: pulp fiction, and I picked Western, because the Wild, Wild West is fun), a fourth BRAVE NEW GIRLS anthology (slated for next summer), for which I will be writing a sci-fi short story (I have a vague idea), and maybe, possibly, a horror novella. Yup, you heard that right. I'm delving into the dark side. Again, I have a vague idea... hopefully I can pull it off.<br />
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And that's where I'm at so far! Stay tuned for the WAYWARD STARS cover reveal!Mary Fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11280462566854191985noreply@blogger.com0