- December 10th, 2008 at
7:14 pm by --KALEB NATION-- -
NOTE: You can download this song for free. Click the link below the preview!
In the beginning of writing The Farfield Curse, I had a particularly hard time connecting with Bran. This, obviously, was not a good predicament, as the main character should usually be the one the author connects with the most.
I later realized that the reason for this was because I was suppressing who he really was, in favor of who I wanted him to be. When I came to this conclusion, all of a sudden Bran seemed to explode off the page in front of me with all these new facets to his character: one of these, which followed automatically, was his penchant for drawing. I discovered that Bran was actually more like me than any other character in the book – just as I connected with my writing, so also did Bran connect with his drawing. This small piece of Bran’s life, that has nothing to do with magic, is an enormous part of who he is.
In a way, this song seems to represent for me the wall in Bran’s room that is covered with drawings, and all the stories that are connected to each piece of paper.
TITLE:
The Wall of Drawings
December 2008
ALBUM:
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Official Soundtrack]
As always, there are plenty more on my music page.Also, I have another song almost ready (the one I played a preview clip of in BlogTV last week) that might be in another video I’m working on. As usual, if you want preview chapters of the book, email me or check out BranHambric.com for more info.
- December 3rd, 2008 at
4:48 pm by --KALEB NATION-- -
As usual, I severely underestimated Twilight fans.
On my Youtube channel, I started a contest to win some of the Twilight movie cast autographs I got at the premiere, and teamed up with Twicon‘s people to give away a signed book. I expected about… 150 entries?
At this moment, it’s the #3 most discussed video on Youtube, for the second day in a row, with 16 other honors. It’s been viewed 20,000 times and commented 3,800+ times in just 24 hours.
Lesson learned: never underestimate Twilighters.
Other lesson learned: get more sleep, in case 18,000 people randomly decide to watch you.
Third lesson learned: only Hank Green can talk as fast as Hank Green without becoming partially unintelligible.
- December 1st, 2008 at
7:41 pm by --KALEB NATION-- -
Due to my sites recently passing 2 million hits (thanks everyone!) and the resulting ad revenue, I have finally saved up enough to justify buying a PO Box. The address can be found here.
There are a few things to note about this new box. It is for mail from my readers only, and any business correspondence from professionals regarding my books should be sent to my agent. Also, since this box resides outside my immediate homeland, it takes me a bit of time to get over there. I got the small size as opposed to the jumbo-maximus drawer size (keeping it realistic here) but if it happens to get stuffed, they will hold it in the back, so no worries if you want to send a pet boulder-in-a-box.
My PO Box Is Not Quite This Size
Hopefully this will be able to survive long enough until my publishers set up the customary address in their offices for mail (assuming they do). I know that some people have been waiting on this since day one, but I’ve always been hesitant on it, due to stories of other writers receiving hatemail/bat wings/unwanted relatives to their boxes.
I Do Not Want To Find This Gathered Outside My PO Box
But mainly, now that I have a box, I can actually ship things out from here without being stalked (the box is actually far enough away from Dallas and has so many numbers you would have to sit in the post office for weeks to catch a glimpse of my figure sweeping through the halls, and those are only on the days I forget my invisibility cloak). So, expect some cool contests coming up here and on my BlogTV (I used to be in radio, and have about 150 CD’s I must give away some time or another, besides all the Twilight stuff). Have fun with it!
- December 1st, 2008 at
12:05 am by --KALEB NATION-- -
NOTE: For two weeks, you can download this song for free. Click the link below the preview!
I always liked making songs that sounded somewhat mysterious, but as it happened most of music I’ve made so far has been slow and happy (besides the Prologue song on all the websites). On Saturday I had some free time, so I sat down with a specific part of The Farfield Curse in mind, and tried to set that part of the book to music — and surprisingly enough, the song came out all in a few hours.
In the beginning of The Farfield Curse, Bran is found locked in a vault with no memory of who he is. Years later, when he is 14, he is nearly kidnapped by someone who knows far too much about him, and he realizes there is something dark in his past he hasn’t yet discovered. Searching for the truth leads him to a bookstore, where he discovers something hidden amongst the very townspeople who try so hard to outlaw magic. This song represents the part in the book where Bran first begins to realize how big of a thing he is getting himself into: and how dark and sinister his past could be.
TITLE:
The Box In The Bookstore
December 2008
ALBUM:
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Official Soundtrack]
If you like it there are plenty more on my music page (also, I have another one coming soon, so maybe subscribe in the sidebar or check back for that one).Also, check out the Bran Hambric music Myspace and as usual, if you want preview chapters, email me or check out BranHambric.com for more info on the book.
For the comments: What do you think of this song? Does it seem to portray what I was trying to show?
