Robyn Schneider (AKA Violet Haberdasher, author of “Knightley Academy”) and I have crazy times in downtown Los Angeles! This may or may not involved pawn shops in the sketchiest side of town. Also: our review of AVATAR.
You can follow Robyn at Twitter.com/RobynSchneider or Youtube.com/RobynIsRarelyFunny.
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Check out the awesome book trailer for James Dashner’s new novel THE MAZE RUNNER! It’s one of the most professional book trailers I’ve ever seen — it’s almost like a real movie! I am a huge fan of James’ books in The Thirteenth Reality series, so you should certainly check out The Maze Runner in stores now 
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Tags: James Dashner
A long while back, I heard of a new author from Shadow Mountain Press named J. Scott Savage. Having followed along with him on his blog, I enjoyed the premise of his soon-to-be-released book called FARWORLD: WATER KEEP and was sent an advance copy to read.
If you are a fan of Erec Rex or The Thirteenth Reality, you should honestly check out this new series — and especially, its awesome website at ReadFarworld.com. And to help speed your way along to the bookshops, I managed to nab a special interview with the author himself!
And not only that: five randomly selected people who comment will receive a FREE copy of FARWORLD: WATER KEEP! So without further ado, the author himself:
1. Hi Scott, thanks for coming on! First off, there is a tradition on my site for authors to describe themselves in ten words or less: the closer you get to exactly ten, the more points!
Can I use the points for a toaster once we finish? (note: ten words exactly)
Scott Savage used to cut school to read books. Irony?
2. Of all the 60+ odd jobs you have had, which one was your favorite (besides being an author)?
I really liked being a French chef. Mostly because I always ate well.
3. When did you realize that being an author was your dream job?
I think it was shortly after I had published my second regional novel. I didn’t make any money with those, and the distribution was tiny, but I really loved everything about writing and publishing fiction. I always hoped I would be able to write fulltime one day, and it has definitely been worth the wait.
4. How did the original inspiration for Farworld come to you?
Over a number of years. This was one of those stories that didn’t make it onto paper (or hard drive) until it had developed for a long time inside my head. Mostly because I didn’t think I could write fantasy. But I loved the idea of two heroes that seem like such unlikely heroes. There are a lot of books that start out with an outcast as a hero, but usually they find out they are really the greatest magician, or have amazing superpowers, or something like that. I wanted heroes that still have their weaknesses even after they discover their destinies.
5. Are there any characters that you feel were (intentionally or unintentionally) based off of someone you know?
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I am suddenly torn between two goods.
On the New York Times children’s bestseller list, Stephenie Meyer holds the #1 spot for children’s series. But, at #2, D.J.MacHale holds the spot for the Pendragon series.
My ‘STEPHENIE ROCKS’ flag suddenly wavers for a second, since D.J.MacHale…has the same agent as me. That means he’s practically Literary Family.
Yoiks. It’s like rooting for your friend to be President, but then yo Momma decides to run. Whose flag to wave this week?
Shhh. Don’t tell the Twilighters. My momentary hesitation is likely grounds for expulsion from Steph’s list. Hey, we’re talking hard decisions here! This could very well be The Ultimatum: like letting your mom drop in the pit of fire to jump up and save your wife from the vipers. Who to choose?
You’re all smacking me on the head now. Look, Kaleb, you say. Don’t you, like the majority of humans, have two hands? Just wave TWO flags, idiot.
Or rather, if you’re a Twilighter: Idiot! Use one hand to wave the Stephenie flag, and the other to smack yourself for considering such an outrage!
Anyhow, in other book news, I just received my ARC of Farworld: Water Keep by J Scott Savage. Also, he’s offered some books for a contest through my site, so I’ll be able to give some away when I get my review up. He’s got a pretty cool cover for it too:
Very watery. I’ll be reporting on it as soon as I can grab a spare moment. Before you run to the store, it’s not out until September, so hold your horses.
Also in publishing, most people just got back from the famous BEA. Someone asked if I’ll be there next year. Um, erm, I don’t know. After all, my book won’t be out until late next year, and publishers don’t bring authors to BEA unless, you know, we’ve done that sell books thing. And speaking of my publishers, they just put up an awesome new website you must check out.
Much prettier than the last one. My name won’t appear under their Authors, I assume, until after I’ve made them enough profit to pay the web designer to turn off Youtube, crawl off the couch, stow away the popcorn, hide the cans of Wolf chili, and add my name. Don’t ask how I know what web designers are like.
I have word of some stuff and if it comes, I’ll most likely have another video: Signing My Book Deal II. The last one was pretty fun, though this one will be shorter so as to avoid my rambling. Keep watch.
Oh, and I bought a keyboard. To make music. Or rather, to make more music- much easier than clicking all the notes in with my mouse. Anyhow, I just finished a new song draft. It’s another soundtrack score, though I’m still working on the mastering and some small edits. In this one, I have a cool piano line. Keep watch for it here.
In case you didn’t notice on the front page, TwilightGuy.com got almost 300,000 hits in the first month. It’s much more now, thanks to being a few days into the month on June. Pretty good for a start
I shall exit with this, my favorite new song of the Second-Half of 2008:
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Posted in Authors, Twilight, Writing
Tags: Books, Bran Hambric, DJ Machale, Richard Curtis, Stephenie Meyer, Writing
Alright people, I’m pleased to announce that I just received the official cover art for the upcoming Erec Rex: The Search For Truth, straight from my friend Kaza Kingsley herself! Take a look:
Right off from the front, I’m picking up on some clues. First off, this book has something to do with bees:
Also, if you zoom in on the title, you’ll notice something else:
Gasp! There’s a secret word hidden behind the title! It appears to spell out Trwyth!
Barring the possibility of a cover artist with terrible spelling and a bad eraser, I would be led to believe that this is a clue to something inside the book. Kaza also let some clues out as to what will be in the book in my interview with her a few months ago. The third Erec Rex book is set to be released this year on October 1st, and if you want to stay up to date, check out the Official Erec Rex website.
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Tags: Erec Rex, Kaza Kingsley
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