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20 Questions with Author John Howell
An insightful and entertaining interview with John Howell.

Today we sit down with author and blogger John Howell. He is also my hero of sorts becoming a full-time writer after many years in business. This is something I am working toward in the next ten years or so.
Please enjoy this very interesting 20 questions session with accomplished author and blogger, John W. Howell.
Q1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
I guess the first real desire to be a write hit me in college. I remember my friends and I trying to decide what we really wanted to do. I wrote a few poems and short stories and thought that this would be a great way to make a living. Unfortunately, the practical world rose its ugly head, and I sold my soul to Procter and Gamble.
Q2) How long does it typically take you to write a book?
I write one-thousand…
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Last Call for Volunteers: Tribe of the Snow Tiger

Cover Art by Jason Pedersen
Yeah, I’m probably getting annoying at this point. Still, the final pieces are here and I’m pushing to get a few more people to lend a hand.
Leave a comment if you’re willing to host a ‘Book is Live’ and/or a ‘Guest Post’ for
Legends of Windemere: Tribe of the Snow Tiger
You can even volunteer after the initial post because it’s never too late to promote a book’s release. Well, I guess it’s too late if the book isn’t sold any more because that would just be mean. Thankfully, the books aren’t going anywhere. Thanks in advanced.
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Tagged advertising, blog tours, book promotions, fantasy, guest posts, help, Legends of Windemere, magic, marketing, promoting, request for help, sword & sorcery, Windemere
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Baldy needs Your Help!
I am delighted to say my shortlisted poem, ‘Loneliness’ is one of eleven finalists for the Theatre Cloud’s Loneliness Project. I am so pleased that I was selected from over six hundred entries, proud and humbled.
The judging takes place this week and I am campaigning for votes again. There are two prizes voted for by the judges, but there is a third prize for the poem with the most votes, shares and you tube views. If you haven’t voted for my poem yet, please, please – I urge you to take a look and; vote for it by clicking the heart icon. The link to the poem is here:
http://theatrecloud.com/get-involved/creative-projects/shortlist-the-loneliness-project/loneliness/2081
I would greatly appreciate anyone sharing the link on their blogs and social media.
Thank you all. And thank you all for your continued support and kindness. Baldypoems has had some wonderful success this year and it is a…
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A Week of Hearts, Horror, & Hiccups
I’ll get the big thing out of the way since that got most of the attention last weekend. Went to the cardiologist and had an EKG, which never goes well. I have a blip that will always be picked up, but doesn’t appear to be a big deal. Still, this resulted in a stress test and I have to do another once insurance makes up its mind on what to do. So that’s the end of that until it starts up again.
I began writing ‘Raven’s Game’ for October and didn’t get as far as I would have liked. I enjoy writing most of the scenes, especially when Dawn Addison is involved or I get to do creepy stuff. I think I slowed up when I began a short run that had more set up and less action. Realized that doing constant eerie tension would weaken the effect. This story is becoming more violent and graphic than the previous one because Dawn and Corvus are basically unleashed. I’m hoping to finish it by next weekend.
After that project is done . . . I have no idea. Honestly, a big chunk of 2016 has been breaks. Somewhere in the next week or two, I’ll be releasing Tribe of the Snow Tiger and I hope to see it rise up the category ranks. It’s going to be hard to focus on other things since this year has been so rough that I’m not sure what’s going to happen with a new release. I figure I can’t go by Crossing Bedlam since that was a new series and aimed at a different audience than usual. Feels like so much is up in the air and out of my control these days. Makes me wonder if that heart blip is stress induced, which wouldn’t surprise me.
I probably should step back into the Windemere series once I finish this project. One of the concerns I have is that I’m faltering there. The Spirit Well came out the way I wanted, but Ritual of the Lost Lamb has me worried. A lot of group splitting and I think I missed a few beats. So part of me thinks I should edit that one before I move on with the series. Put some demons at ease and avoid repeating mistakes. Then again, the next book focuses on something else and kind of goes back to a more comfortable format before the finale. The issue with ‘Ritual’ was that it happens right after the champions are thrown into chaos, so all of the characters are off their center. It was really rough to write them like that because old emotions came up, fights happened, and there was an all-around sense of dread in most of them. Makes me wonder if my own depression got into the mix. The reason for vagueness is that I can’t explain this without revealing the end of The Spirit Well.
Plan for the week?
- Continue writing Raven’s Game.
- Biking.
- Cooking for dinner.
- Keeping up with the special day events for the kid.
- Prepare Tribe of the Snow Tiger for publishing.
- Make another volunteer request post.
- Contact new cover artist.
Actually, I’m not sure how #6 would go. The traffic to the blog has been rather minimal for the last couple of weeks. I have the list of people who volunteered for the last release and said they would help with the next. Makes me wonder how effective a blog tour is in the first place. Just feels like so much of what I’m doing isn’t working, which is getting frustrating. Doesn’t help that I’m occasionally reminded that this is the year I’m supposed to make or break. Annoying that it’s this year and everything that could go wrong beyond my control is going wrong.
To end on a good note, I have another teaser cover. Same image with more details:

Cover art by Jason Pedersen
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Tagged author, Cowboy Bebop, fantasy, goals, health, hearts, horror, Legends of Windemere, promoting, thriller, week, Windemere, writing
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Imminent Danger series FREE this weekend!
In honor of my four-year blogging anniversary, both Imminent Danger And How to Fly Straight into It and its sequel, Chasing Nonconformity, are free to download today and tomorrow! Here’s the fun little promo banner I whipped up …

If you have a spare second, please consider sharing the banner (and links) on the social media site of your choice. And, of course, download the books if you haven’t read them! I can’t promise they’ll change your world, but I can promise they’ll give you a few solid hours of entertainment — and what’s life without a little fun?
Here are the aforementioned links:
Imminent Danger
http://bookShow.me/B00S4B9U62
Chasing Nonconformity
http://bookShow.me/B016BZGR72
Note: For any authors wondering about those URLs, they’re from BookShow.me, which is a website that generates a universal link that will direct you to the Amazon site of your choice (so you don’t have to provide links for…
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