Hi! I’m Kendra Namednil, and I’d love to tell you all about Borehole Bazaar, which is a book I’ve written. Trick is, I’ve already described the book to an exhaustive degree in a great number of other places (Goodreads, InkShares, Facebook, etc.).
So today, I’m going to offer something different. For the sake of confidentiality and because I am not about to drag anyone, in any way, through the mud, I’m leaving a whole lot of details vague. If you guess things based on these details, you are incorrect, even if you’re right.
Borehole Bazaar is, thematically, about abuse. The following are the reasons I personally chose to write about the topic, followed by some of my literary inspirations.
About three, maybe four years ago, I started to have a meltdown. It was a long time coming, and it manifested in swift mood swings at work as what I…
At least that’s the mentality that we’re working with here. This week was a head spinner only because everything is in the air. My wife is job hunting again, so we can’t plan anything in advance. We have ideas of what we’re going to do, but if she has an interview then she goes there. Next week might be a little different since we have some advanced notice. Then again, I kind of bought the ingredients for some new and some complicated meals, so going away for too long might be an oops. Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas take over an hour to make and I’m testing out a Beer Soaked Kielbasa recipe that a friend of a friend gave me. Meals do tend to get easier as the week goes on, so we’ll see what happens with the mandatory zoo trip.
It doesn’t help that the heat has drained me, so I wear down around early afternoon. Not sure why it hits so hard, but we have a theory. If I’m working on anything then I’m up in my room, which gathers heat. The gradual increase goes unnoticed while I’m focused on something else, so I only become aware of the issue once I stop for an extended period of time. Like that whole gradual boiling of a frog. This ends up leaving me drowsy and I made the mistake at one point of napping. That never goes well because it leaves me worse than before. Today and tomorrow are for recovering energy because I need to be able to hang with the Energizer Child that I share a house with.
This brings me to a conundrum. Trying to save money, but still want him to have a fun time. Yet, we’re repeatedly told to get out of the house. Too hot for the park or at least staying there for a while. Everything else that is indoors requires money. So, is it wrong to spend time inside with his toys where he seems happy? I don’t think there is, but I’ve been made to feel like it’s bad parenting. The only ‘free’ indoor thing we have is the Children’s Museum, but we learned that it’s specifically for my wife and son. I can’t use it unless I gain shapeshifting powers and masquerade as her. Summer breaks were so much easier when I was the kid in the equation.
Nothing writing-based to really report. The blurbs were met with praise, so I’ll be setting up as much as I can for the Charms of the Feykin release in September. Not a lot of volunteers, but that’s becoming the norm. I don’t wander blogs as much as I used to because I’m running around so much. I try, but when I have to balance writing, parenting, my own promos, and blogging, something falls by the wayside. Doesn’t help that I spend so much time staring at a post and not have a clue what to say as a comment.
I’m finishing an outline for the third SIN book, which is fun because this is an idea that was never part of the original set. One thing I’m noticing is that Sin is always on the run in these stories. Either being chased, chasing something, or trying to get to a location first. I did make him a globe-trotting thief who gets into these big conspiratorial treasure hunts that open up sealed areas. Poor guy just stumbles into them because *censored* and that’s not even half of his problems. It is nice to work on something for the future when the present is such a chaotic mess.
Besides this story, I’m poking at the Legends of Windemere finale and deciding on who lives and dies. All of the champions are going to be scarred in some fashion and one is slated for death. The thing is that I wonder if I need more than one fatality. The Baron is very powerful, but I don’t like the idea of him slaughtering the heroes until only one stands against him. So, the question is who would be the most likely ones to die in this battle and how much will it affect future series that play off these events? Hard to talk about this without dropping spoilers, so sorry for the vagueness.
For anyone into anime, I’m getting into ‘Fairy Tail’. It’s fun and reminds me of why I like the medium. Not heavy and rather relaxing to watch.
Goals of the week?
Finish SIN outline.
Set up Charms of the Feykin on Amazon. At least as far as I can before publishing.
Biking when I can.
Entertain the child.
Keep reading ‘Negima’ when child is entertaining himself. Manga and comics work best because it’s easier to step away to the kid and come back.
Pray that my wife gets one of the jobs she’s interviewing for. Far too many hits this year, so our luck has to change at some point.
Start the hype for Charms of the Feykin. This begins on Monday and should run into September/October. Reminds me that I have no idea what to do with Thursday. Maybe a Legends of Windemere question like ‘who is your favorite character and why?’ Sounds lame, but I don’t know how around I’ll be this week.
Lisa Burton here. I’m Craig’s personal assistant, and the spokesmodel for his writing career. If you’re into labels, I’m also a robot.
Craig went camping this weekend, and doesn’t know whether he can find an Internet connection or not. I expect him to post some photos if he gets a signal. He told me to post something, just in case. I think he’s afraid of you forgetting about him.
I’m not the kind to wait around to see if Craig has a signal. I’m posting anyway. I can always flutter my eyes and say Oops later.
That means, I can post anything I want, and I want to appeal to the fictional characters out there. You know how it is. You lose friends, your get your heart broken, and when everything fails you actually save the Galaxy. Maybe you finally get the girl. Maybe some of you get…
Outline, plan, or write another book. Bet you thought I’d put the obvious one at the end, huh?
Become one with your inner squirrel and spend the days climbing trees in the local park. Find nourishment on acorns and make a home out of leaves, which will inevitably collapse in the first strong breeze. On the plus side, the outdoors may get rid of that author pallor.
Avoid all forms of social media and the Internet in general. Sure, you kept wandering to Twitter and Facebook when you were writing. Not to mention all the research you did that led to an hour on Wikipedia. Let’s not even talk about your once a week disappearance into YouTube. How did you get a chapter done much less an entire first draft?
You know those people who send you messages on your birthday? Some of them even turn up at the door or inside your home because they have a key. I believe they are called family and friends. Well, it’s a good idea to meet with them and figure out the extent of your relationships.
Revisit a sport you loved or try one that always interested you. Perhaps there’s a club you can join to avoid buying equipment. Just working up a sweat and . . . are muscles supposed to go pop?
Take up a hobby. Anything to make the hours go by. Unless you have a job and then you might want to put some time into that.
I am pleased to have P.H. Solomon author of The Bow of Destiny visit Fiction Favorites as part of his “The Lost Bow” blog tour by 4WillsPublishing
Haunted by his past. Hunted in the present. Uncertain what is real.
Athson has seen things that aren’t there and suffered fits since being tragically orphaned as a child at the hands of trolls and Corgren the wizard. When a strange will mentioning a mysterious bow comes into his possession, he’s not sure it’s real. But the trolls that soon pursue him are all too real and dangerous. And what’s worse, these raiders serve Corgren and his master, the hidden dragon, Magdronu, who are responsible for the destruction of his childhood home. Athson is drawn into a quest for the concealed Bow of Hart by the mystic Withling, Hastra, but Athson isn’t always sure what’s real and who his enemies are. With Corgren…
Welcome to another addition of Lisa Burton Radio, the show where I interview the characters from the stories you love. I’m your host, Lisa the robot girl.
In the studio with me today is Shawnee Daniels, a Computer Forensics Specialist at the Revere Police Department. “Welcome to the show, Shawnee.”
“Hey, Lisa. Whassup?”
“I think anything having to do with computers is awesome. What kind of evidence do you collect? Is it financial, private messages, or what?”
“Anything to do with cyber crimes…pictures for the metadata, bank records, all social media information, including private messages, phone numbers, IP addresses, pretty much anything that relates to the crime we’re investigating. We work a lot of fraud cases in my unit.”
“I think that’s fascinating, but our listeners might be more interested in your nightlife. Why don’t you tell us about your secret double life.”
Today we sit down with Virginia author Elmer Seward. Elmer is going to tell us about his interesting work, his inspiration and share a bit about himself as we sample his writing.
Please enjoy this edition of 20 Questions.
Q1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
It’s funny; I never aspired to be a writer. It began mostly out of boredom during exercise four years ago. I began fashioning a plot and characters and then found myself compelled to put it on paper.
Q2) How long does it typically take you to write a book?
This question is a bit difficult to answer because I have written my three novels in overlapping timeframes. As I am completing one novel, I am beginning the next. Moving back and forth between novels makes the process longer, but I would say twelve to eighteen months is the average.
Just a heads up peeps, my book Menowhat? A Memoir will be on Kindle Countdown promotion starting tomorrow Thursday August 18th until the 25th. It’s unfortunate that Amazon is still keeping with it’s pre-historic policy to only allow readers from the U.S. and the U.K. to purchase books on sale with the countdown. So if you’re American or British, you can take advantage of the .99 cent promo for a few days, and after the 3rd day it will rise to $1.99 before the promo ends.
Here we have another Charms of the Feykin excerpt and it focuses on Timoran. He is out to rescue someone, but I cut it off before the reveal. That and I removed the references to who is in danger. Let’s just say things aren’t going well for the champions at this point in the story.
Hi! I’m Kendra Namednil, and I’d love to tell you all about Borehole Bazaar, which is a book I’ve written. Trick is, I’ve already described the book to an exhaustive degree in a great number of other places (Goodreads, InkShares, Facebook, etc.).
Q1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
