Today we sit down with author and blogger Craig Boyack to talk about his latest work, his influences, and writing in general. Please enjoy this interview with this talented author.
DM: What is the title and genre of the book you want to tell us about?
CB: Thanks, Don. I’m here to tell everyone about The Playground. I’m calling it a paranormal adventure with science fiction sprinkles on top.
DM: Can you summarize your book in one sentence?
CB: No, ha ha. Let’s try this: A social network geared toward children is brainwashing them into a private army.
DM: Who is your intended audience and why should they read your book?
CB: This book has some adult themes, so it isn’t for the kids. After that, it’s for those who enjoy a thrill ride in speculative fiction.
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My son had his Spring Break this past week and things went about as smoothly as they typically go when I make a plan. The father/son trip to the zoo didn’t happen because we couldn’t find parking. This is a small zoo found in a park, but the real problem is that nearly half of those who parked were in 2 spaces. We almost got a spot, but somebody swooped in to take it and nearly took the front of my car too. Settled for getting ice cream and going to an arcade, which worked out. The munchkin won two ticket jackpots on the machines, so he got a fun prize that I’m surprised is still in one piece. It’s one of those small, Styrofoam planes that you throw outside and watch it either loop, crash into the ground, or snag a tree.
The Thursday family trip to the Aquarium worked out and became a full day thing. I do wish I had a heads up that the submarine simulator was a moving ride because my stomach did not appreciate it. Thankfully, the ice cream helped settle things. The highlight for my son was when I surprised him with a container of food for the rays that you get to pet. He kept wanting to go back to them and saw the feeding cart, so I figured it would be fun. Now, rays have their mouths on their chests, so it isn’t easy to feed them and you don’t realize this unless someone tells you. This means that my son put the first 5 fish in the animals’ nose, but he was happy when they got close enough to touch.
Didn’t get much work done and I’m planning on starting Path of the Traitors on Monday. How is traitors not a word, Google spellchecker? Anyway, I never finished the new characters for the next Bedlam book. Might have a shot of doing it this weekend since I only have a couple to go. The part in Miami is shaky because I want it to be 2 chapters, but I don’t know how to extend the adventure there. Cassidy has a pretty direct plan to handle the problem, so I’ll have to think of a monkey wrench. Beyond those two ideas, I’m really hoping to get Tribe of the Snow Tiger out in May. There is going to be some news to go along with that too. I don’t know how well the Hype is going, especially since it’s a difficult book to promote. I’ll be posting the blurbs for feedback tomorrow, which means the sharing stuff will be shut down for the day.
Now I haven’t been as social as I should be on the blogosphere. Just can’t get myself to be friendly half the time. We’ve established that 2016 is wearing me down physically, emotionally, and mentally. The big goal is to finish writing Legends of Windemere because this could be my last year doing this. Sales have been shitty and money is getting tight. All of that is wearing on me because it means I’ll have to give this up. With the final books written, I can still publish them, but the time I put on social media and blogging would be reduced. New projects would be a near impossibility too. You see, a 9-5 job means I only get nights and weekends for working. In turn, those are absorbed by family, exhaustion, and errands. I’ve tried that life before and I never made progress, which was before I had a kid. All of this is a big source of my anxiety and stress, which no amount of medication will fix, so don’t even think of mentioning that. Drug me up as much as you want, it won’t change my situation for the better. Just means I’ll be smiling as things crumble around me.
I wish I had more positive news to share, but why break the pattern of 2016? This week should be easier with fewer people in the house, Passover being over, and a new project to dive into. The kid is going to be home one day for a dentist appointment, but I can possibly get 2-4 chapters done by next weekend. Depends on if I can get back into biking and other issues don’t crop up.
Finally, I’m considering a second post today that covers something that’s been on my mind. Actually, someone and it isn’t a person who exists. I was going to do it on Tuesday, but I really should post some teasers for the next book. Questions 3 could work, but those posts are losing their punch. Then again, I could just skip that this week and put this thing up instead of later today. I can think about that while I walk to the doctor for ANOTHER visit. This time it’s to discuss blood work and get an ultrasound. I’ll be heading out the door as this post goes live. Fun, fun, fun. Well, bring on another month of 2016 and let’s see if things improve. Releasing a new Legends of Windemere book should be a nice upswing. Fingers crossed.
Goals for the week:
Get back into biking because this past week was a failure.
Errands and appointments.
Make a decision on that character.
Start writing Path of the Traitors. Hope for 4 chapters, but settle for 2-3. Getting slower in my old age.
Take breaks to finish Chasing Bedlam designs. Might start the actual writing in July to give myself a break from Windemere for the summer.
Work on the Legends of Windemere Fantasy Series Bundle #2. That’s going to be a June release since people are requesting it.
It is my pleasure to host a stop on Harmony Kent’s 4 Wills Interludes Tour. Harmony is a fellow member of Rave Reviews Book Club, and it is a treat to have her with me today. The post is your’s Harmony.
Thank you, John. Hi, everyone. Harmony here. Thanks for joining me on my three-day tour with 4Wills Publishing and my fantastic host for today! You can find details of my other stops here: 4Wills Upcoming Events.
The first thing I have to tell you is that I’ve crossed over to the dark side, LOL, and ventured into writing Erotic Romance.
To date, I have six books published, which you can find HERE.
My seventh and latest book is INTERLUDES: a collection of A collection of short erotic fiction that will tickle more than your taste buds and wet more than your appetite.
To celebrate the new cover, I’ve dropped the price of Crossing Bedlam to 99 cents. Will this price be forever? I’m not sure right now. Treat it like a limited deal. At the very least, it’ll be going on through the month of May.
Click on the cover below to see the Amazon Page!
Crossing Bedlam by Jon Hunsinger
The United States of America has been crippled. Violently contained by a global military force and left without its leaders, the country has become shattered and chaotic. A decade has passed since the first strike and a new landscape has emerged where survival is more important than anything else. Who will uncover the truth behind the attack and revive this once great nation?
It certainly won’t be Cassidy and Lloyd since they couldn’t care less about that stuff. She is a young woman on a mission to honor her mother’s dying wish, which is to toss her ashes off the Golden Gate Bridge. He is an infamous serial killer she broke out of Rikers Island since hiring a bodyguard wasn’t working out. Not the perfect plan, but having an insane, oddly charming murder-junkie on your side is a plus in the Shattered States.
Bullets and swear words are going to fly as Cassidy and Lloyd travel coast to coast, facing one challenge after another . . . including Nebraska.
So you want to be a barbarian. Well, you have the size for it and that intimidating stare is chilling. Still, you need the attitude and ferocity that comes with controlling a churning rage that has been kept under control for generations. For that we’ll need a test. I’m going to slap you around for a bit and you’re going to behave. Don’t ask why I’m putting on metal gloves. Barbarians don’t get worried about such things. Here we go . . . Well, you took that like a champ. Grab a mug and we’ll get to business.
First, you need to pick a weapon. Most go for large things like axes, mauls, or severed branches. There’s the crossbow option too. Of course you can have two of those, but it’d be hard to load them. True, that would give you two distance attacks and then you can get close. We have some daggers, but they aren’t a popular item. Have you seen the size of your hands? A dagger would look ridiculous in those mitts and I’m fairly certain you’d slice the tips of your fingers off. What do you mean that dagger? You’re pointing at a two-handed broadsword that is typically used to kill a man and his horse in one blow. Maybe I hit you in the head too hard.
Now we do have lesson to help with wilderness skills and sense enhancement. Tracking and hunting are highly recommended. Both of those classes have openings, so you don’t have to worry about space. Bashing solid objects with your head and ignoring blizzard conditions are booked for a month. May I recommend animal husbandry? Nobody ever takes that one. Well, you can pick a sense or two to get trained because those always help in the wild. They’re all self-explanatory. Sense of smell is a great choice and . . . sense of taste is an odd one. I’ll have to call the teacher back from his five year vacation since it wasn’t very popular. Mind if I ask why those too? Not sure what coffee has to do with it, but you’re the customer.
Let’s see what we got left. Clothing is covered in a hunting class. We’ll move onto the scars that you want. It isn’t like getting a tattoo since you can’t get it removed and I won’t be the one giving it to you. We have an extensive menagerie on the premises and you pick what you want to fight. I can call the beasts off and send in the healers once you get what you want. Just pick what you want and I’ll get them ready. Here’s the catalog. The thing on the cover is only a design, so that isn’t an option. Just flip through and make your decisions. You’ll see we have pictures of the most common scars too. That’s a field mouse and it’s only in there for completion. How about you pick something dangerous and I’ll give you the mouse for free? We don’t have one thousand field mice because that would be a health code violation. I definitely hit you in the head too hard.
Color books are a wonderful thing. Granted, in the beginning when I heard about adult color books, I really thought that was something XXX that I wanted no part of. But as the craze grew, I went from thinking that it was some porn form I should be afraid of, to thinking “Who on earth over the age of ten has time for coloring?” The answer, it turned out, was me.
It doesn’t matter how busy you are. If you can take ten minutes to drink a cup of tea or coffee or check your Facebook status, then you can take the time to color and create a meditation moment to relax yourself through coloring.
One of the beauties of colors books, is that you can have full control to make the pictures your own. Whereas we don’t have control over many other things in our life, when you pick…
Today we sit down with author and blogger Craig Boyack to talk about his latest work, his influences, and writing in general. Please enjoy this interview with this talented author.
