tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6144512233588691652024-02-07T03:47:41.435-08:00A place for interesting characters, books, and general tomfooleryWelcome to my blog. You can leave your sanity along with your coat at the entrance.Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-25177327024004135552018-10-01T13:06:00.000-07:002018-10-01T13:07:42.234-07:00#CharactersTell Main Character Week - Interview with Elle DeschampesWow...well, September has been a bit of an eventful month in RL for me, but we're luckily back to our regular schedule - and not only that, we have some new additions to the #CharactersTell universe to boot! Namely the <b><i><a href="https://discord.gg/xXSPNMa" target="_blank">new Discord server</a></i></b>, and the presence of a <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Patreon</span></i></b> - while I envision this game continuing regardless, support is greatly appreciated and will help operations go on a lot more smoothly... and you can get some nifty little rewards for it as well! You can find it through <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/m_arbanassi" target="_blank">this link!</a></span></i></b><br />
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Tonight's guest is <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Elle Deschampes</span></i></b>, a lovely French potion-brewer for the Paris-based bar <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Folies Bergère</span></i></b>. Oh, I might have to add that she comes from an alternate version of our <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Victorian</span></i></b> (or as she would point out, Belle Epoque) era, where magic potions fuel tech, economy and the people of her world. She's a nice woman, caught into an odd job that puts her in contact with a mysterious and charming English man...</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She comes from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Catherine Stein</span></i></b>'s novel "<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">How to Seduce a Spy</span></i></b>", a <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">steampunk romance adventure</span></i></b> book already available for <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">preorder</span></i></b>! You can pre-order it on:</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Catherine is active on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b>, where you can find her under her handle <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/catsteinbooks">https://twitter.com/catsteinbooks</a></i></b> , and you should totally follow her!.</span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">She's on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Facebook</span></i></b> too! Go say hi! <b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/catsteinbooks/">https://www.facebook.com/catsteinbooks/</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And to top it all off, she has her own <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">website</span></i></b> as well! <a href="https://www.catsteinbooks.com/"><b><i>https://www.catsteinbooks.com/</i></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">But enough with the preambles, let's get right into the juicy stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">Hello. My name is Elle Deschamps. I am the heroine of the book “How to Seduce a Spy” by Catherine Stein. Glad to be here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s a pleasure to have you here! Tell us a bit about you - where are you from? How was your life up to now?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">I was born and raised in Paris, France. Up until the beginning of this book, I had lived there my entire life and had assumed I would continue living there indefinitely. I have been working as a barmaid, mixing magical potions at the Folies Bergère. It doesn’t pay well, but it pays better than some jobs. But recently, I’ve been asked to take on new work.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ooooh! Magical potions, you say? So does magic exist in your world? It sounds like it might be pretty common if such potions are mixed in a bar…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">Yes, magic exists in my world, though as far as I know, there is no magic outside of potions. We use potions for many things, from lighting lamps, to fueling vehicles, to all sorts of silly recreational uses. Few have real talent for mixing them well, so my abilities and those of the other barmaids are prized.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I see! Very interesting indeed...and what’s the sort of ‘timeframe’ you live in? Would you say it’s close to our modern world, or perhaps something a bit closer to the victorian era…?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh, we are certainly in what you call the Victorian Era. It is currently the year 1882, and Queen Victoria has been on the English throne for many decades now. In France you might call my time the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belle Époque</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, but there are British characters who will be with me on this journey, and they will, of course, prefer the term that uses the name of their queen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh my, that’s such an interesting time! Are there any other sort of technologies that differ from our universe in that era? Here we have what is called ‘steampunk’...which tends to deal with that type of era but with certain elements to it that of course weren’t present. What about yours? Mysterious creatures? Odd tech?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">No mysterious creatures that I know of, but we do use our potions very much like any technology. We have medicines and health potions (for those who can afford them) that can cure wounds and diseases that ought not be curable. And our potion-fuels allow us to drive steamcars instead of relying only on horse-drawn vehicles. We do have things I think you are familiar with, such as electricity, but we do not use it much. We can instead light our buildings with potion lamps. Sadly, I cannot afford steamcars and potion lamps. Those are the technologies of the wealthy. And with the magic serum that powers our potions strangely scarce of late, they might even begin to lose those things.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So there seems to be quite the difference in socioeconomic classes… Is there any unrest due to the sharp difference between the wealthy and the not-so? Or is there some form of either help or...distraction for the masses to avoid an uprising?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">Well, the poor are always hungry for some of what others have. At the moment these inequalities are having a strange effect on my own life. I have been asked to help search for serum, and to do that I will need to pose as a wealthy woman and work alongside men of that social class. I am not accustomed to their ways, and I do not think they are particularly accustomed to mine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can imagine there might be quite the culture shock, if the two sides don’t interact much. Speaking of your current predicament… the title of the book seems to suggest a lot of skullduggery and shadowy adventures - is that the case? Are you finding yourself thrown headfirst in the world of spycraft?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">My primary companion is a British man named Henry Ainsworth. He’s highly secretive and always seems to have a sort of nervous energy about him. He was in the army for many years, and they say that he has been sent along to be my bodyguard, but I am both suspicious and curious. We seem to be rushing headlong into adventure and danger, and I will have to watch and learn from him. The man who hired me, a Lord Westfield, seems to believe we can avoid such adventures, but that is only wishful thinking on his part.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">You have found me out. The curiosity is certainly winning out. I mean to not only do this job of finding serum and helping relieve the lack of potions, but to find out who Henry really is and why he is so… fascinating, I suppose. I am somewhat apprehensive about the potential danger of our situation, but I do not wish to be back at the bar. My dream is to use the money I earn from this job to open my open potion shop, but I do not know if it will be enough.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">Oh, if it will be enough money. I know it will be enough to satisfy me. It is all I’ve ever wanted, really. Except for a family of my own, I suppose. Sometimes that seems even less likely to happen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;">I know how to make defensive potions, and I have been taking care of myself for some time now. I am not some wilting upper-class lady, and I will manage, danger or no. Besides, I’m quite sure that Henry has exceptional skills in that regard. Perhaps I can convince him to teach me something of his business.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh my, that would be quite intriguing if you manage to pry some of his teachings out of him! Anyway...I’m afraid we’re running out of time for tonight! Is there anything you’d like to tell our audience?</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As always, let me remind you that you can get <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">YOUR </span></i></b>characters interviewed on this blog by sending me a direct message on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b>, or sending an email to <b><i><a href="mailto:characterstell@gmail.com">characterstell@gmail.com</a></i></b> to get yourself sorted in one of our slots!</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And certain <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Patreon</span></i></b> tiers get a reserved spot as well!</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">With that said, the only thing left is to wish you a lovely evening! See you next time~</span></div>
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-84264643366813312562018-09-08T15:34:00.000-07:002018-09-08T15:34:20.463-07:00#CharactersTell Antagonist Week - Interview with Lizbeth<div style="text-align: justify;">
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I know some of you might think it as cheating, but hey...that would be totally in line with the sort of people we're talking about today!</div>
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She comes from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tiogair</span></i></b>, my newest published novel - it's a <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">cyber-fantasy</span></i></b> <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">thriller</span></i></b> with <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">heavy erotica elements</span></i></b>, and it's <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">available</span></i></b> for purchase on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amazon</span></i></b> in both <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">paperback</span></i></b> and <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Kindle</span></i></b> versions - and people with Kindle Unlimited can read it <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">for free</span></i></b> too!!</div>
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You can find Tiogair here: <b><i><u><a href="https://amzn.to/2NqGPjH">https://amzn.to/2NqGPjH</a></u></i></b></div>
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Well, hello there...it's been a while since we had a proper chat. Would you mind introducing yourself to our audience, please?</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Was it now? As if you don't overwork me enough with all the questions on that social media of yours, Twitter... A girl has some things to tend to, you know? I still haven't finished playing with the new toy I got gifted with in your book. Anyway - hello lovelies. I'm Liz! I'm a nice person, whatever he might try to tell you. You can say that up to recently I ran a pretty well managed operation in a difficult part of town.</span></div>
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You can say that again... what she's trying to say, is that she was involved in an Oldtown illegal pleasure house as the manager.</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Oh, please, you make it sound so dirty when you say that in such a tone. I wasn't doing anything that a lot of other people do in our condition. You know very well that the living conditions in Oldtown aren't really the best. You have to get by with what you have.</span></div>
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You...do have a point. I guess. Not a justification, but a point. But I highly doubt this was always your life... Or was it?</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">My my, if even my author doesn't know if this was always my life I'm in really good hands, ain't I? Honestly, I am quite worried. Might need to look into that. But far from me from letting such a nice segue. No, it definitely wasn't always my life. I had a very nice life back in the day. Then things went to shit.</span></div>
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I'm sorry to hear that. How was your life before this? This month we're themed on education - what sort of schools did you go to?</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">I was a...pretty lackluster child, to be perfectly honest. I was born in a small family, a late and only child, and I went to public primary and secondary school. I was from Minnesota. It was all pretty uneventful...well, until university, that is. There things got a lot more interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Definitely a good way, trust me. I went to med school. I had some pretty good grades, and I always liked biology, so that was pretty much a good pick...my parents, bless them, did their best to support me. Then a car accident took them away from me. I finished paying the studies with the inheritance and I graduated...and in the middle of all that, I met Ian.</span></div>
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Huh...That...is quite the different side of you. You were a medic? I'm sorry, but honestly... that kinda clashes with what we see you do.</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Does it really? Being a medic is only a term. I've come to the realization that things like oaths, or society, or anything else for that matter, hold very little sway on what things really are. I have medical training. I was a doctor. That training comes in handy. The oath is worthless.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">The Gatecrash. Plain and simple. My life was good - we moved in a house here in Colorado Springs just a couple years before everything happened. We both worked at one of the hospitals. Then...the Gatecrash, the chaos...I lost everything. My eyes, too. My dignity, my honor, my safety...you...don't even know what the people that captured me did to me. That's when I figured out, if society really is just this kept together by laws and societal norms...then it's tantamount to nothing.</span></div>
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But you're here - and your eyes are fine. I mean...they're obviously cybernetics, but it clearly means you got out of there.</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Sure you don't want to keep it for another story, Mr. Writer? Spilling those guts all over like this? You kinda remind me of Stripes. Do say hi to her from me, will you? I bet she misses me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">You're the boss, and I am currently unemployed...I killed my captors. All of them. I stumbled into Oldtown as it was being formed...But the damage was already there. I already became who I am now. I died, and was reborn.</span></div>
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Did you need any other training for your new position?</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Hah! Hah...Oh...that's a nice one. There's only one training in there, and it's the sort of 'school' that either kills you or makes you stronger and more powerful. I ain't dead and I was in quite the position of power - so...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Oh, sure, I'm certain you're so sorry that we have to cut our time together now...but I'll see you soon. I'm sure of it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">As for the rest of you...Not every monster is born a monster. Sometimes it takes just the right amount of bad to push anyone over the edge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">What? You asked me if I had anything to tell your audience. I'm sure she's there, if I'm here. Your fault for the words you use.</span></div>
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Right...Thanks for coming tonight. It's been...enlightening, at the very least. And if you all want, you can search for her in Tiogair. I can promise she's...just as lovely there too.</div>
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Wow...ok, that was...surprisingly difficult. But hopefully fun for you all! But, this is unfortunately the time we have for tonight!</div>
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As always, a reminder that you can reserve YOUR spot on #CharactersTell blog interviews by writing to <a href="mailto:characterstell@gmail.com">characterstell@gmail.com</a> ! Reserve your slot now!!</div>
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And with that, I bid you goodnight~</div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">With it, today we reopen the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">#CharactersTell</span></i></b> interviews with <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Vipa</span></i></b>! She's a lively young lady who's out to hunt for the ultimate prey - a <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Guilty One</span></i></b>, a God-like being in her world. She has a nice affinity with water, and is quite the handful!</span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find David on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b>, following this link here: <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/davidbrevik1">https://twitter.com/davidbrevik1</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The novel is not a WIP! It's already out, and you should go give it a look! You can find it on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amazon</span></i></b> through this link right here: <b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BC71ZQV">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BC71ZQV</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">God's Forsaken</span></i></b> is a very interesting read I had the chance of taking a look at, and it has a fascinating <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">magitech</span></i></b>/<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">steampunk</span></i></b> vibe to it!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And after a month of hiatus to get the new hashtag game #CharactersHell going, here we are, back in full swing starting September with a new interview! Tonight we’ve got another lovely guest - would you please introduce yourself, your author and your book for us?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Hello world! The name is Vipa of the Cuga Isle and it nice to meet you all. Just came back from swimming when my ‘lazy’ author, David Brevik, called me here. I’m from the wonderful book</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, hello Vipa! Glad to have you here tonight! So, you’re from Cuga? What sort of world is it? How does it differ from ours?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Well, Cuga is just the island I live on with my mother. It’s part of an island nation called the Barrol Alliance on the world of Herinono. I can tell you now it's far more exciting than than plain old Earth. Magic is everywhere, and just about anyone can use it. I myself can whip people about with waterbending. Though we also have steam power, gunpowder, and stuff like that. Oh, and don’t forget the mythical creatures I hang out with like angels, reptile humans, and gods. It can be a bit crazy sometimes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Oh, I’m a bit of an oddball. While everyone else is a factory worker or a sailor, I’m a huntress. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Crash landing on an island with my family made us survivors, though I have learned other skills to survive in the ‘real’ world. Now-a-days, I hunt down the Guilty Ones- the five god-like beings that try to rebel against the gods and failed. Great fun, really.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh my, a life of adventures right from the beginning then! Let’s focus just a bit more about your world - now in September the season starts to change here, getting a bit more rainy, a bit colder… how’s the weather and how are the seasons there? I can imagine that for an archipelago it must be quite the important thing to keep track to allow safe travels.</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As usual, a couple reminders: the <b><i><span style="color: red;">#</span></i></b></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">CharactersHell</span></i></b> daily game started today! You can find the board and the daily cards in my co-host <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">@LadyOfMind721</span></i></b> on Twitter </span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">(Link here: <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/ladyofmind721">https://twitter.com/ladyofmind721</a> </i></b>)</span></div>
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You can book your interview with one of your characters at the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">#CharactersTell</span></i></b> Twitter account by sending a DM, or on <b><i><a href="mailto:characterstell@gmail.com">characterstell@gmail.com</a></i></b> !</div>
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We're back to our regularly scheduled interviews, and boy oh boy, today we've got a good, and pretty chaotic one - good to start the interviews under this new account!</div>
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For this interview, we visit <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Soulful</span></i></b> once more - the place where we encountered <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tweety</span></i></b>, the main character of the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Red Letters Series</span></i></b>, but this time our guest...is more than one! We start by getting to know <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Collar, the cop</span></i></b> (?) who during our daily game on Twitter seems to have displayed a knack for misplacing his underwear in interesting ways. But then we get to know <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>Chef Winner</i></b></span>, the local sous-chef, and some cameos from <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>other characters</i></b></span>, as we seem to have gotten ourselves in during quite the birthday party!</div>
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These characters all come from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Nicole</span></i></b>'s mind (our beloved <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Ladyofmind</span></i></b> on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b> and the amazing host of <b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">#CharactersHell</span></i></b>) and are written on paper as part of her <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Red Letters Series</span></i></b>, her upcoming books in the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Women's Fiction</span></i></b> genre, with some <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Romance</span></i></b> elements!</div>
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You can find her on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b> here: <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ladyofmind721">https://twitter.com/ladyofmind721</a></span></i></b></div>
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She also has an <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Instagram</span></i></b>, which is this one! <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ladytweet721/">https://www.instagram.com/ladytweet721/</a></span></i></b></div>
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And a delightful <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tumbler</span></i></b> blog on this link: <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://ladyofmind.tumblr.com/">https://ladyofmind.tumblr.com/</a></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think I still have the number I got assigned last time...And...Chef Wieners? You guys really don’t lack colorful names, do you? How did Chef get this name?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hey, you know you shouldn’t be drinking, no one needs a man thong hunt again.</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> *Realizing he had been brought up, the chef hat man steps forward to introduce himself with a handshake*</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">“Nathan Winners, Chef Nathan please. You have one person slip up on your last name, and you have a never dying nickname...”</span></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*With that thought, Nathan turns to watch Collar as he asks* </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Do you happen to know what happened to all my cake supplies? Buckets of frosting and decorations are missing. You aren’t planning another prank are you Collar?”</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*Collar only snickers as an answer*</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Aahhh, needed a bit of a stretch. And oh, I see! That does actually sound like quite the fun game, too...Might have to gather a couple of handcuffs myself for after we’re done with the interviews!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And do they steal your frosting supplies often? I have to admit, considering the people around here I <i>am</i> curious about where on or who they end up…</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">“Ladies and Gentleman! The lovely Miss Tweety just gave me the best birthday gift ever! So, what does one get the woman who has just about everything? Do I have any volunteers?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Good to know, good to know. I’ll make sure go get my cuffs then. And that not minding the savory dishes *can* be kinda taken in a weird way...speaking of which, I bet there’s a lot of gossip going around the kitchen. Anything saucy to share?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And Collar...you’re actually a cop? Like...a real cop? How did you end up here?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then again, I would be betraying my..’not-journalistic-but-kinda’ duties as an interviewer if I didn’t at least spy on what sort of trouble is happening. Have you ever been dragged into this sort of stuff?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Soooooo...yeah, that was a very interesting night indeed! I had pictures of the other characters, and I have a lot more to recount...but let's just say I don't want to go <i>too</i> out of PG on my personal blog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But, aside from that! Before we bid goodnight, let me remind you that you can have <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">YOUR CHARACTERS</span></i></b> interviewed on this blog! Just contact the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">@characterstell</span></i></b> account on Twitter or send a mail to <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="mailto:characterstell@gmail.com">characterstell@gmail.com</a></span></i></b> to get settled in one of the slots!</span></span></div>
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-39324335959596957312018-07-15T10:59:00.000-07:002018-07-15T10:59:30.497-07:00#CharactersTell is growing! News and the future!Hello there people!<br />
Yes yes, I know - no interview this week. But it's for a good reason, I swear!<br />
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It's been a long time now - about 8 months - since <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">#CharactersTell</span></i></b> was born. I started it trying to do something fun that could help writers with their characters in a quirky and interesting way...and damn, I couldn't have expected such an intense reception to it!<br />
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Since the beginning some people took to this hashtag very well, and I've been overwhelmed by its growth during these months.<br />
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It was in the first months of this year that this little hashtag got its first evolution - the weekly interviews that I've done to the various characters, trying to spotlight them. I've retweeted and liked every single post relevant to the hashtag (and lately I've been dealing with some hilarious spam as well). And as the hashtag grew, this...kinda overtook my personal Twitter account.<br />
I should have seen it coming, really.<br />
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So, what now?<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i><b>ENTER #CHARACTERSTELL OFFICIAL ACCOUNT!</b></i></span></div>
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Simple! I've created an official account for<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> #CharactersTell</span></i></b>! <b><i><u><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://twitter.com/characterstell">https://twitter.com/characterstell</a></span></u></i></b><br />
This will be the account where new cards for the day and the week will be posted, that will retweet all your #CharactersTell posts, and where all the announcements relative to this hashtag will appear!<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">WHAT CHANGES FOR YOU, THE PLAYER?</span></i></b></div>
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A definite quality of life improvement!<br />
With all the posts under a definite account, you can share it much more easily, people will have a quick idea of what this hashtag is and how it works, and everything will be neatly organized under a specific name and place!<br />
And, you'll have a dedicated email where you can send your suggestions or request an interview on this very blog - <b><i><a href="mailto:characterstell@gmail.com">characterstell@gmail.com</a></i></b> !<br />
The rest - interviews, questions, promoting the blog interviews and so on - are still gonna proceed as usual, just under a different account!<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">WHAT CHANGES FOR ME, THE HOST?</span></i></b></div>
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As the host, right now I've got my feed divided and in a way 'stretched thin' with all the various things I'm trying to do - promoting the hashtag, doing personal posts, promoting my books and, soon enough, talking about the tabletop RPG I'm developing (which is coming along nicely! Test sessions are underway, and soon I'll be able to talk about it properly!)<br />
Along with that, this will allow me to expand the hashtag even more - more interaction with the players, more collaborations, a better correlation with <b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">#CharactersHell</span></i></b> and adding new and exciting things along with the usual daily questions - and a first change is gonna come soon, as you will see on the official #CharactersTell twitter with the poll that I'm gonna put up!<br />
And this will make things a lot more orderly as well, allowing me to organize the tag and everything a lot better - something I sorely need to start doing if I want to preserve my neurons (or what little is left of them).<br />
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So, with this being said, let's move onwards to new and exciting times for us - and our characters!<br />
To glory!Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-83424420538439278242018-07-09T13:48:00.000-07:002018-07-09T13:48:55.773-07:00#CharactersTell Antagonist Week - Interview with Count Cadarn<div style="text-align: justify;">
July is rolling on and our camping theme is still going strong! With the second week, of course, we get to know our antagonists a bit better - then again, we're the ones calling them antagonists due to our knowledges, but some of them have a vision and an ideal. And one such character is the one we're interviewing tonight!</div>
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Our guest for tonight's interview is <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Count Cadarn</span></i></b>. He's a nobleman, but more than that he has noble ideals - a man who's after bringing a strong change to his country and the way of life of his people, to enlighten them to a better tomorrow...despite what others might think of his plans. He's a well spoken idealist, who was gracious enough to give us a bit of an insight to his life and his vision.</div>
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He comes from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Jamie Marchant</span></i></b>'s current work in progress, <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">"The Shattered Throne"</span></i></b>. This is the third book of her ongoing series, the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Kronicles of Korthlundia</span></i></b>. Already a prolific author, the other two books of the series can be found on amazon, through these links here:</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A lot of people tend to be misunderstood, especially when they hold positions of power. You introduced yourself as a Count. Can you tell us a bit more about your land? Were you born in nobility?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">I was born noble, but don’t hold that against me. It isn’t as if I had a choice in the matter. I have modest holdings in the south of Korthlundia, but I was able to get a seat on the Royal Council. I will not be a count much longer though because when my revolution succeeds, there will no longer be a noble class. All of Sulis’s children will be equal, as the goddess intended they be. A man will be judged on his own actions, not his bloodline.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, there’s no judging here, don’t worry. Your world does sound very different from ours, between those names and the worship of a different divine figure… What else is different between our world and yours? Is magic part of it? Are there any different races and cultures?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Your world is ruled by the voice of the people, as should be true everywhere. We are ruled by a queen, who merely inherited the title. Sulis is the mother of us all, so I don’t know what divine figure you could possibly be referring to. There is some magic in my world, but magic requires the mixture of blood between parents of different cultures. Korthlundia is a small, isolated country with little diversity because of that there is little magic. The king, whose mother was foreign, was a very powerful sorcerer, but fortunately, he was blown up when he destroyed the Soul Stone in the previous novel, which is conveniently titled The Soul Stone. If he weren’t gone, my revolution would have no chance of succeeding, but the queen has no magic and is only 20 years old. It shouldn’t be too hard to overthrow her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">My father was a progressive man and sent me to university in Svirza, which is ruled by the voice of the people. I became enamored with how peaceful and prosperous Svirza is. At the university I was taught how this marvelous system came about. In the city square are the statues of the heroes of the Svirzan revolution--Annagret and Dritan. My friend Nisse and I frequently hung out with these statues, and I vowed at merely 19 years of age that some day I would bring about the same kind of government to my homeland. I would be Annagret, and Nisse would be my Dritan. I had to bide my time waiting for the old king to die, but the time is finally ripe. The queen is young and inexperienced. She just gave birth to a baby. Nisse, who is Svirzan by the way, is now the captain of a company of mercenaries. As everyone knows, Svirza is noted for their mercenaries. With his help, Korthlundia will finally join the few free countries of my world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">The common people don’t know any better. How could they when they’ve never heard of Svirza’s marvelous system? The old king was extremely popular. He was able to unite the joined kingdoms and keep them at peace for 50 years. In 50 years, my people have known no war. He didn’t have an heir until he was in his 70s, and when the princess was finally born, they celebrated. And she is still quite well loved by the ignorant commoners. But since she is a woman and so young, other members of the nobility have been plotting against her, but they seek power for themselves, not for the people. They don’t know this, but I’m using them to not just overthrow the queen, but the entire system itself. The people will come over to my side when they see how good the new system is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">There you go with your doom and gloom, just like Nisse. He says my plan to kidnap the baby crown princess and use her to force the queen to surrender is excellent. Few people will have to die in my plot, but ever the doubter, Nisse insists that the few plans survive the first battle and that things might turn much bloodier. But I assure you, as I have assured him, that my plan is foolproof. The noble system will be overthrown. The people will reign supreme, and none of the atrocities that took place in the Svirzan revolution will be necessary. So stop your nay-saying and welcome Korthlundia’s freedom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Yes, I love the outdoors. Being out in nature brings me closer to the goddess. When I was at university, Nisse and I would frequently take a few days to escape to the countryside, fish at the rivers and lakes, and spend the night staring up at the stars. Plotting a revolution takes quite a bit of time, so I haven’t been able to camp recently, but once my country is free, I hope to return to such innocent pastimes. But mostly, I’m a scholar. I love to read and analyze all the governments of my world so that I can build the best system for my own nation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">The oddest thing I’ve discovered is that dragons aren’t merely a myth. In the south seas, there are islands where they actually exist. Can you believe that, dragons? Since I was merely a child, I’ve wanted to ride a dragon like they do in the stories, but of course, no one does that. Despite how friendly the stories show them to be, dragons are dangerous beasts. They’ll eat you long before they’d consent to give you a ride. The island nations are positive terrified by these beasts. It’s truly a good thing that they don’t like the cold, so Korthlundia isn’t troubled by them. Still, it’s fun to think about, isn’t it?</span></span></div>
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We're in July! The summer heat is getting stronger, but that just makes us here at #CharactersTell want to go on even more!</div>
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Tonight's interview is with <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>Erina Darklight</i></b></span>. She's a lovely woman (albeit a bit on the reluctant side, when it comes of talking about herself...but when she gets going she goes on well!) telling us about her life and how she got marooned in an unknown zone of her planet - in the titular<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> High Fyelds</span></i></b> of her novel!</div>
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The novel is written by our good friend <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Mae McKinnon</span></i></b>, our dragon wrangler that we met some time ago in a side character interview with<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> Kaheiron</span></i></b>, from her novel '<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">The Damsel and the Dragon</span></i></b>' (you can find the interview here!)</div>
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You can find Mae on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b> through this link: <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/mae_mckinnon">https://twitter.com/mae_mckinnon</a></i></b></div>
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The book from which Erina comes, <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">High Fyelds</span></i></b>, is available on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amazon</span></i></b> as well! Go get your copy through this link! <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2NgMGVJ">https://amzn.to/2NgMGVJ</a></i></b></span></div>
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And finally, she has a website as well, which you can find through this handy link here!</div>
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Even if the watchful eye doesn't always slide over there, the pits of #CharactersHell never stop burning! Especially with the devilish co-hosting of @LadyofMind!</div>
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But! With that being said, let's delve into #CharactersHell, shall we?</div>
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We start this week's showcase of <b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">#CharactersHell</span></i></b> with author <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">A.S. McGowan</span></i></b>, who brings us in a world where it seems that cocky rich people got away with their trademarking! What a horrible place to live! <b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Katrine 5.0</span></i></b>, her character, shows us some of the problems her world faces now...</div>
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— A.S. McGowan (@authorASMcGowan) <a href="https://twitter.com/authorASMcGowan/status/1003303826307284992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Exaxtly our point. She is organizing marches claiming the trademarking of common words is unfair and the law is killing our language. We give people alternative words to use to replace the trademarked words. Just plain ungrateful - Trademark Commission</div>
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As it seems, some characters had enough of their personal hells, and they decided to put up a union and start a strike!<br />
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Liz: Know what? Strikes *do* sound like a good plan.<br />
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Celeste: I don't know if it's strictly possible for me to strike, but this seems amusing, snd there's plenty of disgusting little beverages to try. I suppose you have my support too.</div>
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Tim- "How do we go about that union talk? I tend to follow a different sort of organization. More strikes, better story lines, less danger... I suppose that sounds good to some characters... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CharactersHell?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CharactersHell</a> union local..." *Drinks* "IDK reporting for duty."</div>
— Ladyofmind (@ladyofmind721) <a href="https://twitter.com/ladyofmind721/status/1007041319078912001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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We finish tonight's showcase dedicating some of our thoughts to our fathers - the authors' and the characters' both. If it wasn't for them, a lot of us wouldn't be around, and a lot of characters wouldn't exist so... <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Happy Father's Day people!</span></i></b><br />
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And with that, we conclude this week's showcase! And remember, go follow the devilish co-host <b><i><u><a href="https://twitter.com/ladyofmind721" target="_blank">LadyOfMind </a></u></i></b>to keep visiting our <b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">#CharactersHell</span></i></b> !<br />
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-62809095252142818702018-06-15T13:34:00.000-07:002018-06-15T13:34:31.110-07:00#CharactersTell Side Character Week - Interview with Thompson Kross<div style="text-align: justify;">
We start up another week in this first month of summer with a new interview! As always, the third week is dedicated to Side Characters, and for tonight we have quite the intriguing guest. I have to admit, I didn't have the pleasure to speak with a full-bloodied knight yet, and this was a pleasant first!</div>
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Tonight's guest is<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> Thompson Kross</span></i></b>, a Knight of the <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>Kingdom of Erdoria</i></b></span> and Lord of<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> Karkoss</span></i></b>, who's sworn to protect<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> Princess Amarette</span></i></b> - who seems to have put him in a bit of a problem, despite being a lovely woman.</div>
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He comes from <b style="color: #a64d79; font-style: italic;">Charlotte Ducharme</b>'s fantasy novel "<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">The Last Dragon Rider</span></i></b>" - Charlotte is a lovely woman who seems to have a very interesting, fantastical world to give us access to through her writing!</div>
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You can find her on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b> following this link (where you should totally follow her!) <b><i><u><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Charleywriting">https://twitter.com/Charleywriting</a></span></u></i></b></div>
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He comes from<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> Avrin Kelly</span></i></b>'s story "<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>Feud</i></b></span>". Avrin is a lovely author that you can find on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b> through<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/AvrinKelly" target="_blank">this link</a></span></i></b>. Along with that, she runs the "<b><i><a href="http://www.wickedshortsblog.com/" target="_blank">Wicked Shorts</a></i></b>" blog and an <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHfFipPzJBHTN5k3mHig2Pg97uUGvvhoZ" target="_blank">oddcast</a></span></i></b> where she reads her stories with quite the lovely southern voice!<br />
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You can find "<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Feud</b></span></i>" on Amazon through <b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Feud-Trigram-Heaven-Book-1-ebook/dp/B073YFV52N" target="_blank">this link</a></i></b>!</div>
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Along with that, there's <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Petit Demon</span></i></b>, a short story that you can find <a href="http://bit.ly/2kXy68D" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">here</span></i></b></a>, and she's working on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Menagerie</span></i></b>, all stories you can see snippets of Mathis in!</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The pleasure was mine! Can’t wait to see more of you and the other stories in this world! Thank for your time, and have a nice day!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Uhhhf...Quite the heated ending there. I do have to admit I am intrigued, not to mention the thoughts of a private pool and ornithology along with good company and succubi <i>does</i> sound quite intriguing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But! That is it for tonight's interview! As always, <i><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">YOU</span></b></i> can have <i><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">YOUR</span></b></i> characters interviewed on this blog! Just send me a message on <i><b><a href="https://twitter.com/m_arbanassi" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></i> and we'll sort you out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Another reminder that, for all your characters gripes, the bar down in <i><b><span style="color: red;">#CharactersHell</span></b></i>, co-hosted by the lovely <i><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ladyofmind721" target="_blank">@Ladyofmind</a></span></b></i>, is always open!</span></div>
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It's the first week of <b><i><span style="color: red;">#CharactersHell</span></i></b>, and we already got some very interesting recounts from them!</div>
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We open this week of highlights with <i style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">Z.D. Lawson </i>character, having quite the long stint with some heavy problems.</div>
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I’m gettin’ fuckin’ tired of the whole “mental/emotional anguish with a side of Herculean task” shtick Z. D. Lawson’s been puttin’ me through...and after gettin’ a peak into their mind, only worse is in my future. Leave me alone, ya’ fuckin’ asshole!</div>
— Z. D. Lawson (@ZD_Lawson) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZD_Lawson/status/1003043630989348864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
This enough would be quite the awful thing to be met with, and would bring every character to drink... what makes this post deserve a spot on these highlights is the fact that there are apparently <span style="color: #a64d79; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">9 books </span>they'll need to go through, as you can see from this post!<br />
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*emits a long, drawn-out sigh of suffering* Apparently, as things are goin’, the plan is 9 books, 3 arcs of 3... *eye twitches*</div>
— Z. D. Lawson (@ZD_Lawson) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZD_Lawson/status/1003094198973861888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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An applause for the dedication of the author to put the lovelies in <span style="color: red;"><b><i>#CharactersHell</i></b></span>!<br />
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Getting props for being the first to descend in <span style="color: red; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">#CharactersHell</span>, we have <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Elisia Green</span></i></b>, whose character seems to have some problems with her author's ideas for her and the handling of secrets! I wonder which ones~</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/charactershell?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#charactershell</a> OK, so I want to have a decent life, but my author has turned me into a bitch, it's OK, I like that, it totally suits me, I am a bitch and I don't care. What does bother me is the secrets. I have so many and I'm desperate to tell them, but they're mine. MINE FFS</div>
— Elisia Green🌷📚✒ (@ElisiaGSEF) <a href="https://twitter.com/ElisiaGSEF/status/1002652875036774402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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And closing our highlights for <b><i><span style="color: red;">#CharactersHell</span></i></b> is <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amina Leeds</span></i></b>, whose character <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sarin</span></i></b> seems to have a bit of an overcrowding problem when it comes to her sentimental life...</div>
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— Amina (@amina_leeds) <a href="https://twitter.com/amina_leeds/status/1002696415749914624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-36018539382702843532018-06-01T14:28:00.000-07:002018-06-01T14:28:59.380-07:00 #CharactersTell Main Characters Week - Interview with Jacob Scar<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello there ladies, gents, and everyone in between as well!</div>
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Summer is here - maybe not officially, but with the heat, the schools about to close, people preparing to take time off work to go get a vacation, it's hard to argue it is, innit? And with June starting, we're back with #CharactersTell interviews, as always exploring another Main Character!</div>
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He's one of the two main characters from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Andy Roberts</span></i></b>' work in progress series<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> "Gentlemen of Fortune"</span></i></b>, where we will follow Jacob and his adventuring partner Kestrel as they work for various crews in the unforgiving freedom of the pirating life. Andy is a pulp-writer, and you can find him on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b> using <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewRoberts66" target="_blank">this link</a></i></b>. He has a <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">blog</span></i></b> as well, where he speaks about all sorts of things - from videogames, to Han shooting first, to writing and personal life, and you can<b><i><a href="https://andrewswritersblock.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> find it here</a></i></b>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A reminder that a new #hashtag has been launched today - #CharactersHell ! You can find how it works in <b><i><a href="http://gatecrashnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/06/introducing-charactershell.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a></i></b>!</span></div>
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Let's be honest - there is some joy to be found in seeing our lovelies struggle. There's something delightful in seeing them come out of a situation already hoping to patch themselves up, get a cup of chocolate, take it easy, and see their reaction when some other nasty thing happens straight afterwards, before they can even catch a breath.</div>
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Side characters might be tired of having to deal with Main characters antics, main characters might not like how the side characters seem to ignore them, antagonists are usually pretty pissed at the whole ensamble, background characters sometimes end up losing their job, livelyhood, loved ones, even their life to a conflict they're not even part of! This is bloody <b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">hell</span></i></b> innit!?</div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">So...here's</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> #CharactersHell</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">!</span></i></b></div>
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This is a freeform #game (as in, it's not structured in daily or weekly chats) that all of you can use whenever you want if you feel like your lovelies need to vent some stress - towards the author, their life, and other characters, anything goes!</div>
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Now, since I'm already hosting <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">#CharactersTell</span></i></b>, I needed someone who could help me with this new idea - and luckily for me, I've got the lovely <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Nicole</span></i></b>, who on twitter goes by <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/ladyofmind721" target="_blank">Ladyofmind</a></i></b>, to help me with this endeavor! She is the author of the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Red Letter series</span></i></b>, and you can find the interview with <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tweety</span></i></b>, her main character, in last month's blog post <b><i><a href="http://gatecrashnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/05/characterstell-main-character-week.html" target="_blank">right here</a></i></b>!</div>
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I guess in some way I feel like I owe the man something. It might very well be something I never thought I'd feel, which is mourning for someone I knew only as a public figure. Mind you, I felt the loss of other big names of the various hobbies I follow. Authors, actors, musicians. But it never felt this <i>close </i>I guess.</div>
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I'm not entirely sure why I'm writing it as in why I'm making a public post about it. I'm pretty much a nobody. I'm trying to write for a living, and it's not going <i>amazingly </i>at the moment (mainly because I'm awful at marketing I think). The man was just one year older than me, and he reached with his career, following his passion, more than I even dream to achieve in double that time. All the while still having a loving relationship and caring for a child.</div>
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Yet here we are. I'm here, and he passed away. It feels unfair.</div>
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I guess since I'm a writer this is my way of processing things. So, yeah, that.</div>
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I never knew the man personally. I'm just one of the countless fans that he had throughout the world. One of the more silent ones. But he had quite the profound impact in my life nonetheless.</div>
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I've been a gamer pretty much all my life. I remember I was young playing the Atari Diablo 128 (at least that's what it was called here in Italy, an Atari station with in-built games). Videogames were always a part of my life.</div>
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I started following TotalBiscuit about six years ago. His coverage of games helped me a lot finding interesting new gems in a generation of gaming that was gearing towards pretty same-y titles, he shined a light on the indie scene, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that found hours of entertainment and had a good time at a reasonable price thanks to his coverage of those titles and the dreaded Steam sales.</div>
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His first impressions (don't call them reviews. They were first impressions. He was pretty clear about that.) made me discover Guild Wars 2. I was in the market for an MMO, and I wanted to try one of the big names. His and Joe's coverage made me delve into Tyria, and there I found friends I'm still holding dear to this day, that helped me through very tough moments and got me back into tabletop RPG's as well. And if that wasn't the case, I don't think today I'd be trying my hand at writing one myself.</div>
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See, it's all very little things, but you see how they connect? It's kind of amazing.</div>
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But that's not it. Yes, that would have been already enough for me to be fond of him and his work, but he went the extra mile. He was incredibly personable, but especially, he had a stalwart integrity to himself. He recognized his mistakes without trying to hide them. He held people accountable always trying his best to take the side of the consumers through a plethora of bullshit from the industry.</div>
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He always championed for net neutrality and fair use. He kept going up to the very fucking last. Even when he was in therapy, he still tried his best to get content and coverage out.</div>
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I was inspired by him. Even in a field that seems to have not much to do with gaming, he inspired me. The way he tried to be positive for the community is one part of what makes <i>me </i>want to be positive for it. Maybe I'd have come up with #CharactersTell anyway, maybe not, but what I know is that he's one of the influences I had on trying to do something good.</div>
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It's with how he dealt with people lashing out at him with DMCA's due to his opinions on their games that I realized that yes, a bad review can always happen, and you don't try to silence it, whatever you might think of it. I went through something similar just a short time ago, and I think the examples I found in his work helped me keep a cooler head and take it for what it was.</div>
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It was his way of remaining firm in his integrity, the way he pointed out the problems in game journalism and the various collusions and unknown deals that made me want to be honest in reviews and not take easy routes.</div>
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But he damn well indirectly helped me find some people I'm proud to call friends, and if this is not a friend thing to do along with all the rest, then I don't know what is.</div>
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Rest in peace, TB. May you find metal cruises, perfect FOV sliders, constant 60 FPS and peace wherever you are right now.</div>
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See you at the respawn.</div>
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May is closer and closer to end, and now we approach the last full week of the month before the three days of the bonus round! As always, this week is reserved to the characters we don't see much of in any book - the faceless masses, the ones we mention in passing, that we glimpse like the blinking light of ships in an unending night (yes, I'm feeling poetic today): the background characters!</div>
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She comes from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twisted Fate</span></i></b>, the upcoming novel from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">K.A. Grayson</span></i></b>. She's a lovely author who's working on a number of titles, of which Twisted Fate is just one of them! She has the fuel to go on <i>forever</i>!<br />
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You can find her on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b>, of course, using <b><i><u><a href="https://twitter.com/K_A_Grayson" target="_blank">this link right here</a></u></i></b>. She has a <b><i>Facebook</i></b> page too, which you should <b><i><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKAGrayson/" target="_blank">totally go and like</a></u></i></b>, and she has a <b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">blog</span></i></b> as well, that is reachable through <b><i><u><a href="https://kagrayson.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">this link</a></u></i></b>!</div>
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Before our goodbyes today, a little announcement! If you don't have enough of interviews, you might want to take a look at <b><i><a href="http://arthurmacabe.com/2018/05/20/interviews-from-the-void-episode-14-manuel-arbanassi/" target="_blank">Interviews From The Void</a></i></b>, from the amazing <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Arthur_Macabe" target="_blank">Arthur Macabe</a></span></i></b>! This week interview is with yours truly, where we talk about the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">importance of characters</span></i></b>, the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">experience as an author not being a native english speaker</span></i></b>, and other amazing things! It was an absolute blast to be in this interview and you guys should absolutely give them a shot, they go very in depth in writing techniques and other important aspects of the process!</div>
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With that being said, this concludes our interviews for May! But the summer isn't gonna stop us - we'll be back the first of June to interview a new interesting <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Main Character</span></i></b>, so be sure to stay tuned! Of course, as always, <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">YOU can have YOUR characters interviewed on this blog</span></i></b> by sending me a direct message on <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/m_arbanassi" target="_blank">Twitter</a></i></b> - from there I'll sort you out!</div>
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My oh my, May is rushing by so fast! The days keep getting longer, the heat keeps rising, summer storms start appearing on the horizon, and with them, we're getting into the third week! And you all know what that means! It's time to interview a Side Character!</div>
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Tonight's guest is <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Kaheiron</span></i></b> - he is a very interesting, very well mannered and cultured man, who holds an important position as the Archmage of the Twin Towers, a learning institute for people gifted in the Arcane Arts. Also, <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">he's a Dragon</span></i></b>.<br />
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He comes from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Mae McKinnon</span></i></b>'s fantasy novel "<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">The Damsel and the Dragon</span></i></b>", a book that you can easily find on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amazon</span></i></b> following<b><i><u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Damsel-Dragon-Seven-Stars-ebook/dp/B0757K5GHD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526221750&sr=8-1&keywords=the+damsel+and+the+dragon" target="_blank"> this link</a></u></i></b>. Mae is active on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b> as well (and you should totally follow her there through <b><i><u><a href="https://twitter.com/mae_mckinnon" target="_blank">this link</a></u></i></b>), and has a site where you can take a look into her thoughts. You can find her site following <b><i><u><a href="https://dragonquillpublishing.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">this link right here</a></u></i></b>!</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">Nature likes to repeat itself. You need only to look at the cycles of the seasons or the moons (yes, we have several). A complicated dance that not even the participants can always clearly understand. Hmm...me personally? Yes. Keeping my identity a secret can be somewhat taxing. Magic users tend to be either incredibly astute or utterly blind to anything other than their latest interest. I like to keep that knowledge, about my past, from them and others if I can. Oddly enough, people have much easier to accept a mage throwing a fireball after them than a dragon doing so. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s quite interesting. What’s the reason for this secrecy? I mean, you should have enough allies to at least get a campaign to accept your true nature, between your position, knowledge and expertise. Are dragons...not very well liked in your world?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">Knowing about a secret weapon rather ruins the surprise don’t you think? *smiles* I don’t share it because it’d turn against me but because it is such a formidable secret to wield. Also, it can be rather amusing to see the reactions *coughs delicately* Also, most of our dragons tend to be content within their own societies - though some of the smallest ones are, sadly, extensively hunted. </span></span></div>
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-84383351795784786112018-05-08T13:46:00.000-07:002018-05-08T13:46:51.954-07:00#CharactersTell Antagonists Week - Interview with Heather Monroe's Superego<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another week, another interview, of course! And this one's an interesting one: for our antagonists this time we have a Main Character's psychological facet - <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Heather Monroe's Superego</span></i></b>. After all, sometimes our greatest enemies and hurdles come from inside ourselves! Heather Monroe is the protagonist of <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">"The Admonition Position"</span></i></b>, the second book of the <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Marshmellow Slut</span></i></b> erotic saga from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Marsha Adams</span></i></b>! This Superego seems to have quite the hard time trying to keep Heather in check in her exploration of more and more intense and extreme kinks~</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Marsha</span></i></b> is a lovely Scottish writer, who has already two books on Amazon! You can find her <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amazon Author Page</span></i></b> here, along with her books, by <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marsha-Adams/e/B0795TV7DH" target="_blank">following this link</a></span></i></b>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She's active on Twitter as well (and you should totally follow her using <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://twitter.com/marshawritesit" target="_blank">this link right here</a></span></i></b>!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the second week of May, we get to know some of our antagonists a bit better - and today we’ve got one of them! I have to admit, though, this is a first for me, interviewing a psychological construct. Would you please introduce yourself, your book and your author for us?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Hi, I’m Heather Monroe’s superego. Marsha Adams wrote “The Admonition Position” about me. Well, Heather says it was written about her, but we both know it would have been a better story if I was the main character.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m her conscience, I guess. I’m the part that makes smart choices. The </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">right </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">choices. I’m fighting a constant battle with her id. She wants Heather to have ‘fun’.To be a bit adventurous. I try to keep Heather on the straight and narrow. Not ‘straight’! Not like that. But, you know, morally correct. I try to stop her making mistakes. I’m… I’m not very good at my job. She doesn’t listen to me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To be honest, you make it sound like you have a lot of fights to keep Heather on the right path, or at least the one you seem to define as such. You were very quick about trying to specify you weren’t talking about ‘straight’ in that manner. Was that a difficult part as you were growing up with Heather and her id?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">It wasn’t, not at all. I don’t know where she gets these ideas from. Well, I do. They conspire against me. Peter gives her notions, her id thinks they sound like fun and Heather sides with the two of them. She hardly ever listens to me. I’m having a bit of an identity crisis if I’m honest: I’m not even sure if I know what ‘right’ is any more.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You really sound stressed out by all of this. Is it always this much of a constant struggle? Do you ever get at least some little victory in Heather’s mind or do you feel like you’re slipping?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">I do win sometimes. But it’s like she has to hit rock bottom before she listens to me. I keep telling her she can have fun safely, and id keeps pushing her to go further. I think I saved her when she was at her worst. She was… well, she was close to giving up. On everything, you know? But I made her get help. From Peter. I’m not sure that was right either, but it was better than the alternative.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At least you do get some shots in. I think it’s important. And, was there ever a time when you thought you were right but instead you were wrong? You mentioned you don’t think you know what’s right anymore, what is it that you’re changing your mind on?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">I convinced her to start seeing Peter. He seemed like he’d be the sensible choice if she really wanted to listen to id. He came across as moral. I don’t think he’s moral. I think I made a mistake there. The thing is, I’m only as smart as Heather. She’s not stupid, not at all, but she can be naive. So I’m kind of naive. But trusting people is a good thing, right?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It tends to be as a general rule, but I think you yourself noticed that it might be a mistake to trust everyone. So, tell us about you. Do you remember when was the first time that you actually made a difference in Heather’s life? What’s the first time you had to push her to do the right thing?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">When she was 13, she lost her father. That was my chance to really shine. Her grades started to slip and I turned her round. I made her into a determined young woman, ready to take on the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you think you might have overdone it, perhaps? A big boost of confidence and strength can bring to underestimate possible physical or social risks.</span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">You see, this is why I doubt myself. What if I’ve always been wrong, even when I thought I was doing my best job? Working hard, striving, never giving up: those are supposed to be good things, right? Moral choices. But they’ve got Heather into trouble, more than once. And out of trouble too, I suppose. I do my best. I do. That’s the moral thing: always doing your best. That’s what I want for Heather.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They do say that hindsight is 20/20, so I guess you can’t really consider how something can affect someone in the long run until you see it happen. So… Tell us. What sort of trouble are you trying to keep Heather out of? You seem pretty worried about this, what do you think can happen to her?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">She makes poor choices. About sex. Sorry. I shouldn’t talk about that. Or maybe I can? This is half the problem: I’m supposed to be enforcing social standards and I don’t know what they are any more. And Heather is in some very odd social situations with some very unusual people these days. I’m a bit lost, frankly. I just worry that she’ll end up with people who don’t care about her like I do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course you can talk about sex. We explore all sorts of themes around here, I even wrote a blog post about sexuality. And well… I can completely understand your worry. Especially in that field, we can end up getting burnt very easily, the lines between physical and emotional safety are very much blurred when physical contact comes into play. Does she get in a lot of… well, weird situations, sexually speaking?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">only </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gets in weird situations these days. It’s like someone took the lid off a big box of kink and everything’s jumped out. All the urges I’d been keeping under control, all the awful stuff she fantasises about when she thinks I’m not looking… </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">everything</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It’s worrying. And I don’t even know if it’s wrong. It feels wrong. Her mum wouldn’t like any of it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then again, sexuality is a very personal thing, isn’t it? And it’s definitely not something we usually share with our parents in the more…’explicit’ sense of it. Doesn’t it feel good to have her feel good? What sort of fantasies does she have that upset you so much?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">The BDSM stuff confuses me. And it makes me redundant, I think: she likes being punished, she’s punished when she’s bad, so she likes being bad. Where do I come into that? Nowhere, that’s where. I’m useless. And anonymous sex! How can I help her do the right thing if I don’t even know who she’s doing it with? Don’t even get me started on the public stuff. Sex is private, like you said. Personal. It’s not supposed to be on stage, for an audience. Except almost everyone around her is actually a decent person. They are. They’re good. But… they do these awful things. And she tells me I mustn’t judge them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You might be playing a bigger part than you realize though. Without your warnings and the feelings you provide, wouldn’t the rush in certain things get lessened? And perhaps you might want to look at it from a different perspective - more at how to keep doing this but recognize hard boundaries than trying to pull her away from this world all together.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">I’m not sure Heather would have any boundaries if it wasn’t for me. She says she does, but then her id goes to work, and Peter talks to her, or Gabriella does, and then she ends up doing things I told her not to. Because I’m not allowed to judge this stuff, apparently. Her new rule is “everything’s okay if everyone’s having fun”. I’m trying to adjust to that. I guess judging people for how they have fun is… wrong? How can I do my job if the rules keep changing like that? This is not how we were brought up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I mean, as long as everyone, and especially Heather, is having fun and are safe I think pushing some boundaries is fine. But you do seem to have a lot of work on your hands regardless to make sure they aren’t pushed too far, divide social norms that can be wrong from actual possible harm, you know? Anyway, I’m afraid we’re almost out of time! Is there anything you’d like to say to our audience before we conclude the interview?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Well, the right thing to do would be thank them - and you - very much for listening to me. And apologise for complaining so much, I guess. And for talking about… you know. That stuff. And for gossiping about Heather. Oh hell, I’m just bad at my job, aren’t I? Sorry.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And this concludes our interview for this week! As always, remember that <b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">YOU</span></i></b> can have <b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">YOUR Characters</span></i></b> interviewed on this blog as well! Just send me a direct message on <i style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></b></i> on my profile, which you can find through <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/m_arbanassi" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">this link here</a></i></b>!</span></span></div>
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-58558881684730277202018-05-01T13:59:00.000-07:002018-05-01T13:59:32.444-07:00#CharactersTell Main Character Week - Interview with Tweety<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And here we are again with a new month! It's May, it's International Workers' Day, and for such an occasion we have an interesting character to interview!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Today's guest is </span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tweety</span></i></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">, from the </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Red Letter Series </i>a</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"> Women's Fiction New Adult work with romantic undertones. She's an upbeat, fiery redhead that works at the </span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Soulful</span></i></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">, this very interesting club that seems to be located in Jersey! She's surrounded by colorful (and sharpie-happy, in some cases) friends and co-workers, in an environment that definitely feels alive and intriguing!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Hello there, Tweety here! I’m from the Red Letters series from the author behind the ladyofmind twitter account. Spoilers you know? But I can say that the first book is nearly ready, going by Red Letters, Sinful Sunrise. All about how I got my start in this lovely bar business!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, that does tie pretty perfectly with the theme for this week! Today is the International Work and Workers day. So, how did you come across this job at the bar? What sort of bar it is? And what were you doing before being employed there?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">“Is it really? I suppose that means drinks are on me for the night.” Loud cheering distracts her a moment. “I’m sorry? Oh, Soulful is my nightclub and bar now. Lots of music and parties, fun patrons, crazy staff. Funny enough, we all started at this place called Sinful, but well, it was time for a change.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s a very evocative name. And with a name like that, I can imagine it having quite the colorful crowd. I know a couple of people who’d be attracted by it…What city is it based in?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">A moment of giggling before Tweety dared to answer this. “You know those places that you either know about them or you don’t? That’s us. Many have guessed, many show up to different clubs thinking it’s us. Copycatting is good business. But the real party stays closer to Jersey if one must give a hint.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s a pretty interesting hint! How is Jersey this time of the year? The weather is getting warmer, and we’re approaching the hot season. Do you enjoy it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wouldn’t being outside near a pool expose people <i>more</i> to man thongs? And a Double Trouble Birthday Bash? I’ll need at least some explanation on that one. I think it’s the first time I heard that term.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">“Yes deary, when the man thongs come out, Miss Tweety tends to go back inside. Depends of course on who’s in the thong, but I do have a bar to run, so someone has to be responsible.” A wicked little smile only grows at discussing this birthday bash. “You must be new to my club if you don’t know about Double or Triple Trouble girls. In that case, my apologies. It’s coming up on my birthday, and Bebe shares the same exact day, so we throw a big bash. I’m thinking we need to get that woman a mechanical bull so she stops riding Nira around. But I am worried what she might do for me in return. Bebe’s gotten into this habit of tagging men, and we all know about her whipped cream fascination...”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">...Well, now I really want to get a lot more familiar with your bar. And you definitely seem like you’re having quite a bit of fun working there. Have you ever envisioned this as being the direction your life was going to take?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">“It’s fun because I make it fun, we’ve made such a better atmosphere here, getting rid of all the bad vibes from that first place. Soulful is the place to let loose and be you, no matter your fascinating quirks. You will earn a nickname, but that’s all love. As for your other question? Never in a million years. Who knew walking into a bar would turn into a business, family, a home and a decent life that helped us all figure out who we are?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey, nicknames are good. No issue being given a nickname here. And, while I absolutely appreciate how well you seem to go along with the others and your attitude...work still tends to be work. What are the most stressful things there? Or is there some of your duties you really don’t appreciate?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">“We were smart, splitting the duties, Nira is in charge of the back end of the business, I run the front. I have a much higher tolerance, and tend not to show my stress as easily. It’s actually become a game of sorts, with pranks and all, to see who can make me crack. Why it’s an honor to get yelled at by me, I don’t know. But there are people here, staff included, who enjoy teasing me. Sometimes it’s strange, like the couple of geniuses who tried to turn the pool into a giant jello mold. Other times it hits closer than I like to admit.” Nods over to a jumping energetic woman. “Bebe tops everyone anyway. Streaks, double entendres, makes me blush as red as my hair, you name it, that girl does it. After all, it’s not really Trouble as a nickname if your not up to something.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">“I’ve built my business on my kind demeanor. Of course people have rubbed me the wrong way, I mean… there is all this drama from past places. But that has been handled, I think, and we have moved on since then. Either those people are out of my life, or the more aggressive sorts of patrons make friends with my bouncer friends. I really don’t know who’s scarier. Bebe, or Frost with the whole giant Scot don’t-make-fun-of-my-kilt approach. Maybe it’s Malta, the Cockney waitress, dancing tornado, third member of Triple Trouble, who frequently tries to drink the Scot under the table. It’s nice having odd friends, they can scare off more people than I could possibly charm, if they really tried.”</span></span></div>
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-90234014145072590452018-04-22T15:10:00.000-07:002018-04-22T15:10:18.000-07:00#CharactersTell Background Character Week - Interview with Amanda Levi<div style="text-align: justify;">
And we're back for another week, and another #CharactersTell interview!</div>
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And as with every fourth week of the month, we're focusing on the background characters - the sort of people that live into your worlds, but that us, as readers, don't get to know much about: one of the faces in the crowds, one of the bodies hidden from sight in the houses of your books cities and villages, one of the drivers in the cars of that high-octane speed chase that just end up caught in the crossfire. They deserve some love too!</div>
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Tonight we're hosting <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amanda Levi</span></i></b>. She's a woman, a wife and a mother coming from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Cerulean Springs</span></i></b>. A well mannered person, that tries to keep her neighborhood orderly along with her husband.<br />
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She comes from <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tiogair</span></i></b>, my recently released book now available on <b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BVZQTYN" target="_blank">Kindle and Amazon</a></i></b> - You can find the blogpost with the pitch, my experience writing it and all the links to get it <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="http://gatecrashnetwork.blogspot.it/2018/04/tiogair.html" target="_blank">following this link</a></span></i></b>.<br />
Of course, you can find me on Twitter (where you can follow me <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/m_arbanassi" target="_blank">on this page</a></i></b>). And if you wanna know more about me, there's the <b><i><a href="http://gatecrashnetwork.blogspot.it/p/about-author.html" target="_blank">handy about section</a></i></b>!<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Why yes. Good evening. I'm Amanda Levi, wife of Arnold Levi. I'm an housewife, and I tend to our child, Leonard. He's such a nice boy, he's ten now. We live in Cerulean Springs, ex Colorado Springs, in the Evergreen Boulevard gated community. I mean, at least we still have that. Even if things went...a bit downhill since the Gatecrash. I'm from Manuel Arbanassi's Tiogair, his newest novel. He called it a cyberfantasy thriller with erotica elements.</span></div>
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Aren't we off to a great start... Interesting. Why don't you approve of that choice?</div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Well, it's simple, really. It's glorifying what can be considered a disease. I really can't understand how people can't see it. Not to mention, me and my husband have seen this woman and honestly? She's not a good role model. She's violent. Foul mouthed. Last time my husband spoke to her, she even threatened him, can you believe that? Just because he went to talk to that...damn orc woman that lives on the other side of the street. It wasn't enough that her gardening almost got us attacked, now she stubbornly keeps living in this area. It's just wrong, what will the children think? They'll think it's normal! Do you know she's not even from here? She came from Wales or something.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Oh, please. Don't tell me you are one of those blind people as well? You all should listen to the morning broadcasts on Springtime radio with Tatiana Fairwater. That woman is a genius. She knows what's up. Everyone seems to hide behind the shield of us being 'racist' or some other awful epithet when we're just trying to look after humanity and the future generations. Tell me, did you know Gatecrashers are a lot less compatible with implantation technology? <i>Human</i> technology? Doesn't it sound strange to you?</span></div>
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Then again, you're barking against something that mutated a lot of the population. Between a quarter and a fifth. It's not something that has an easy solution, especially due to the fact society still does need people to function.</div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">This is such a trite argument. I could understand it three years ago, after the riots - God, it was such a terrible time, we were locked in our houses for days! - But now? Now we need to face reality. We need to do something about the Gatecrashers, and Ether and all this...this weirdness! This is not a safe environment for us or our children!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">For the love of- Listen. Please. It's not that we didn't like July. She was a lovely woman, and we all know that, but since the Gatecrash we really can't let all these weird stuff spill over into our little community. We managed to be all spared by the Gatecrash except July, and what does that do for our kids? How-How do we explain this? We already have to send him to school with other weird kids, and it's all so normalized. We're not saying we hate Gatecrashers and Ether, but we need to face facts, as Tatiana says. We need to realize they're not *normal*. They're victims, but, again, as she said in her article she posted earlier this month, if they really had the best interest of our community in their mind, they'd take steps *themselves* to be studied and hopefully cured.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">That's just anti-humanist propaganda. For every good example you can give me, there's plenty of others that completely disprove your points. For every doctor that uses Corpus Magic to do good, there's someone who suffers from C.D.E.D, Corpus Dis...basically, they become monsters. For every good application of alchemy, there's another weird, poisonous substance on the market. For every adjusted member of society there's some sort of new racist, anti-human Gatecrasher society. It's time to put a stop to this.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I can see how it is. Let me tell you. You won't be able to deny us for much longer. People are starting to see the truth, and luckily I'm married to an amazing man who is still trying to do his best for the community. We'll see who's right or wrong when that happens. We just want the best.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Thank you for having me, I guess. Not for much else. Goodbye. I'll leave you the links to the morning broadcasts, please do listen to them.</span></div>
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This concludes our brief (albeit intense) interview for tonight! I wonder what is it with characters from my book treating me badly...</div>
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<i style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">J.Avis </i>is a lovely person, who you can find on Twitter (and where you should <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/J_Avis27" target="_blank">totally follow her through this link!</a></i></b>) She's fond of the ocean and has...quite the interesting focus on mermaids, which shows in her work! Speaking of which: you can find the <i style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">prequel </i>for <i style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">Aquaria Oceana </i>on her <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.wattpad.com/user/JAvis327" target="_blank">Wattpad</a>, </i>in its own miniseries!</div>
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-91898618082155244902018-04-12T13:23:00.000-07:002018-04-12T13:23:35.484-07:00TIOGAIR<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">It's 2067. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">It's been 3 years since the Gatecrash, the cataclysmic event that mutated a quarter of the human population.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">Magic - known as Ether - returned to the world, and monsters roam again in the wilderness, crossing the portals opening to unknown worlds that appear throughout the globe. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">As a constant reminder of this event stands the azure sphere of chaotic energy, glowing in the hills northeast of ex-Colorado Springs, now rebaptized Cerulean Springs due to that unending glimmer: a city that changed its face just as quickly as its name, becoming an enormous metropolis with its own dark sides in the span of a few decades.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">These sudden, worldwide changes caused chaos at first - but, with the 'humanitarian' support of the corporations, the flash-fire riots were quelled, and the population settled - the rise in power and standing of the corps being just a side effect, of course.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">Society evolved, assimilated the new and adapted: from fear to unease, from unease to new business venues and research fields, just as it did in the last decades with the blindingly fast development of technology and the discovery of the almost mystical Essences. After all, what's a new weirdness in a world where mechanical implants are common and the body is nothing but a canvas to change and adapt to one's wishes?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">Despite all this, certain things never change: there's still the need for shadowy figures able to do things that others wouldn't.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">Zoe is one of them: a mutated human - a Gatecrasher - and a combat mage by trade, introduced into the life of an underground mercenary after the Gatecrash riots.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">She's minding her own business between jobs, when the disappearance of a woman working in her favorite Pleasure House pushes her to go on the hunt to uncover the dancer's fate - free of charge.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">Once on the trail, though, she will quickly realize she might have bitten more than she can chew: what started as a simple investigation will bring her to uncover darker and more dangerous secrets, forcing the Irish mage to use all her tricks and delve into the dirtiest parts of Cerulean Springs to keep her word, while trying to keep sane indulging in the pleasure of the flesh.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">One of the ways she keeps her mind busy from the painful memories of a past she's still trying to cope with.</span></span></div>
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This is my second novel!</div>
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And...it's been quite a surprise, really. Last year I was working on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Elemental 2 </span></i></b>and I was starting to get a tad burned out (I was coming out of translating, formatting, etc Elemental 1, and the whole publishing thing, which can be somewhat stressful), so I decided to write a short just for the heck of it.</div>
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Just for kicks, I decided to make it an erotic short.</div>
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In the meantime I was continuing to promote Elemental on Twitter, where I've seen some erotic books being promoted.</div>
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And that was pretty much the moment I decided I wanted to try my hand writing something that still had erotic contents, but had a serious story and well rounded characters into it.</div>
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I had the Cerulean Springs setting in mind for quite a long time now, and I always had an intention to write in that universe. And I thought to myself "Why not now?"</div>
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Soooo... I did!</div>
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I wrote the first draft in about a month or so. I was completely engrossed in the story, and in the end I got this missing person thriller going, with some spicy elements to it - elements being the keyword since in the end the erotic parts are more tied to character fleshing out and development than the story itself. It's a story about someone who's extremely sexual, but the driving plot is actually something much darker and 'detached' from sex, to the point that in one specific pitch (which I still hold dear to this day!) I've been told the naughty bits took too much of a backseat to the story for that house. And that was the most brilliant and helpful rejection letter I received, one that I still am thankful for.</div>
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This experience helped me cement my views on sexuality in fiction, which I talked about in detail in <b><i><a href="http://gatecrashnetwork.blogspot.it/2018/01/on-sex-and-character-development.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a>.</i></b></div>
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And in the end, <i style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">Tiogair </i>had its big launch party during #MCchat on Twitter last week!</div>
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There are a lot of projects I'm tying to this universe as well - one that I'm currently working on a Tabletop Roleplaying Game based in it, still in the works - and I do intend to write more stories in this setting, along with <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Elemental 2</span></i></b>.</div>
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First, a warning: Tiogair contains mature themes that place it in the 'adult only' category (graphic sex and violence, use of substances, foul language). With that out of the way you can find it through these links:</div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BVZQTYN" target="_blank">- Tiogair - Kindle eBook</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.it/dp/B07BW4MYQ3" target="_blank">- Tiogair - Kindle eBook</a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.it/dp/1980707324" target="_blank">- Tiogair - POD Paperback su Amazon</a></i></b></span></div>
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Jarielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430155670328773620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614451223358869165.post-30660193354675004982018-04-09T14:34:00.000-07:002018-04-09T14:34:10.292-07:00#CharactersTell Antagonist Week - Interview with Bernard Griffin<div style="text-align: justify;">
Well hello there! Sorry for the day of delay, but yesterday my twitter feed was getting hijacked by Zoe to host #MCchat.</div>
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But now that we're back, there's no time to dilly-dally around! We've got an interview to have!</div>
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Today on the hot seat we've got an antagonist, in line with our second week of April's questions.</div>
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Our guest for the night is <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Chief Inspector Bernard Griffin</span></i></b> - a man of refined tastes, a warrior, a hunter and a naturalist. Truly a gentleman.</div>
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He comes from the novel "<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">For The Next Killer Who Dies</span></i></b>". It's the tale of a political uprising, written by <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sam Amenn</span></i></b>, also known with their pen name <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>Alexander Phoenix.</i></b></span></div>
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Sam is a lovely person that I got to know from Twitter (where you should totally follow her, <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://twitter.com/pepperdaphoenix" target="_blank">using this link</a></span></i></b>).</div>
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She has a blog as well, "Pepper Writes", where her lovely Phoenix assistant talks about the writing journey they're doing together! You can find her blog through <b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="http://pepperwrites.com/" target="_blank">this link here</a>.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Her story can be found on the dedicated site of the book, that is easily reached <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://www.nothingbutglory.com/" target="_blank">with this link</a></span></i></b>!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of which! Would you please introduce yourself, your novel and your author to us?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And that does it for this week! As always, a friendly remainder that <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">YOU</span></i></b> can have <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>YOUR characters</i></b></span> interviewed on this blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just send me a message on <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Twitter</span></i></b> and we can set up an interview!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next time on this blog - With the release of <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>Tiogair</i></b></span>, all the details you'd want, where to find it and my experience writing it!</span></div>
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<i>Foreword: In preparation for tomorrow's <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>#MCchat</b></span> on Twitter and the launch of <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Tiogair</b></span>, here's a little story to know where the chat is taking place - <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>The Heart's Delight</b></span>, Cerulean Springs most prominent Pleasure House, for the night made into a normal nightclub for all the characters to meet up.</i></div>
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<i>Needless to say, this is an 'alternate universe', non-canon with Tiogair, since it requires </i>quite <i>a bit of dimension hopping and time-space continuum breaking. Enjoy!</i></div>
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<i>And remember:<b><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MCchat&src=typd" target="_blank"> #MCchat</a></b> is tomorrow, and along with <b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Zoe</span></b>, the other guest bartenders are gonna be:</i></div>
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<i>-<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Thierry Adler</span></b>, the smart-ass warlock from <span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/AvrinKelly" target="_blank">Avrin Kelly'</a></b></span>s 'Trigram' novel and</i></div>
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<i>-<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Hayden Howell</span></b>, the tough Charleston homicide detective from <b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://twitter.com/HollieWrites13" target="_blank">Hollie Hausenfluck </a></span></b> <b><span style="color: purple;">Deja Vu</span></b>!</i></div>
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<i>And you can see them both in the upcoming novella </i><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Coup De Grăce</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was still a bright daylight when the tigress walked towards the short corridor at the corner of the three story building. With the lights still on, she couldn’t see well the neon lights of the Pleasure House’s insigna: hanging over the corner entrance, it was a big red heart with the ‘Heart’s Delight’ stylized logo inside it. It was hugged by a buxomy pink feminine shape and a blue, buff, sultry shape, outlined in neon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The small nook for the bouncer was empty, since the place was still closed to the public.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She sent a short message to the people inside, trying not to spend too much time outside and give people the wrong idea, and the sturdy, big wooden doors were opened from the inside by a muscular man dressed in a black shirt and jeans. The most prominent feature of his bald head the mechanical third eye in the middle of his forehead, scanning her mercilessly as always.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Still no chrome, housecat?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">feis ort</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Ludwig. It’s way too early for me to answer that question.” she greeted the head bouncer, shaking her head and moving inside.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I’m just saying. Lots of redecoration to do for tomorrow. You could have used the boost in strength.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I can bloody move shit with my </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mind.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I don’t need implants for that.” she replied in a showily annoyed tone. It was a typical conversation opener for them, the man trying his best to convert people to mechanical prosthetics - of which he already had quite a few.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Bah. Suit yourself, housecat. If you’re looking for Paula, she’s in her office, sorting the invitations and the organization for tomorrow.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Thanks.” the tigress replied, taking off her jacket and remaining in her hoodie and cargo trousers. Considering she was going to help with the redecoration, at least she wanted to be comfortable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Holding her jacket, she took a moment to appreciate the place. Despite being a regular, it was always a pleasure to be in the nightclub - the tall ceiling had soft, moody lights, giving the dark red decor of the walls, interrupted by tall windows capable of obscuring at a simple command to give a fumé effect. The ground floor was peppered with circular tables and comfortable chairs, surrounding the various pole-dance stages where the entertainers would present themselves. The AR integration was still showing the night before’s schedule and ratings to have some private ‘fun’ with them in the upper floor rooms, accessed from the stairs on the far right corner of the spacious floor. A longer catwalk and circular, bigger stage was dead center in the far side of the room, with the DJ booth closeby, used for main events.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I told you I need the catering by tomorrow, and if you know what’s good for you, you better get it. I swear, I paid good money for it, you </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">don’t</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> want to screw this up. Clear? Good.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Girls and boys have their couple days off, catering is gonna come through even if I have to go kick their ass personally and I arranged transportation for those guest bartenders...Thierry Adler and Hayden Howell. They seem nice. You three are gonna go along well.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I still can’t believe ISSTAR managed to pull this stuff off. We’re talking full dimensional hopping here.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“You know” the Pleasure House owner started. “Funny thing you should say that now. ‘Cause I was just about to say that tomorrow you have the first two hours shift behind the counter at the event.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“...what.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“You know” Paula continued “interesting byproduct of ISSTAR doing this whole thing? I saw that interview you had on...Twitter? That’s what’s called, right? That social media. That stool isn’t going to pay itself…”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“B-But it’s the big night!” Protested Zoe, taken aback by those news.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I know. And I thought, what better way to have people like you and get to know you than you actually serving some drinks. And in the meantime repaying </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">stool.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And that is why </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">have security staff. You broke the no violence rule, and you destroyed property. You’re covering first shift.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Nice try, but no. You’re gonna log on the AR assistant. It’s gonna be easy as pie.” before the tigress could rebuke, Paula rose her mechanical hand with her index up. “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I tell Aisha about it.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That last threat made it. With a defeated huff, the tigress slumped back on the chair. “Aight. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boss.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Just this time, though.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Good girl.” Paula chided with a satisfied grin.</span></span></div>
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It's April, and with April come a number of good news! But first things first - we've got our first interview of the month! And no, it's not an April's Fools (I've never been good with pranks anyway...)</div>
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Tonight we've got a double interview! Our guests for the night come from "Beasts & Burdens", a New Adults Romance Novel currently available on Wattpad (<b><i><a href="https://www.wattpad.com/story/134576938?utm_source=android&utm_medium=sms&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=aminaleeds13&wp_originator=RXW6x44GjFthTqhUr8uG0dQS9aNfpsZqM%2FTKCKOa7S3QF%2BaWS3zyLOOZC1ITTWI2AsqgYcHH16lVxvIW5S2HK8MYOfw7qESBJNmW4lnPpZkP1wqosR7l%2FJ51fPzpRBJB&_branch_match_id=509072382534741603" target="_blank">you can find it here!</a></i></b>)</div>
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The author of Beasts & Burdens is Amina Leeds, a lovely person you can find on Twitter (<b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/amina_leeds" target="_blank">and that </a></i></b></div>
<b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/amina_leeds" target="_blank">you should totally follow through this link!</a></i></b>)<br />
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Tonight's guests are Sarin and Levi. They live a very interesting life, tied to two motorcycle gangs that do seem to have some history between each other... gangs and characters aside! (and they are quite nice and gorgeous!) But let's get them on the stage shall we?</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello there! And happy Easter, if you celebrate it! It’s an holiday *and* April’s fools at the same time, but we’ll try to stay serious. At least as much as we can.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #741b47; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi! I'm Sarin Heyman. I am one of the main characters in the novel Beasts & Burdens. It is a New Adult Romance that is centered in the outlaw motorcycle world. My author’s name is Amina Leeds and the book is offered through the Wattpad app for the time being. Oh! And I should point out that I am 20 and I live in the fictional town of Northridge, North Carolina. I'm also a Nightmare Assassin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">*laughs* She talks fast, sorry bout that. She gets excited… I'm Levi James, but my road name’s Phantom. I'm 22 years old and I am the Treasurer for the Devil's Henchmen MC in Northridge. Our two clubs are bitter rivals, but me and Sarin got a complicated past. I work as a mechanic when I'm not running guns and Sarin's a tattoo artist for her club.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh my! Both of you belonging to motorcycle clubs? That’s… not really a common point of view. I have to admit I’m quite curious about it. How did you two end up in your respective gangs? Was it a goal for you, or did it happen somewhere during your lives?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Levi: My pops, Rotten, is the Prez of my club and my older brother, Jacko, is the Veep, so I grew up in this life. It was never a choice to be anythin’ but a Devil. I'm not sure I'd even know a life outside my club. I prospected when I was 18 and set up a new charter in Florida that year, before I returned to Northridge as the Treasurer.</span></span></div>
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Well hello there people! Another week has passed, and not only that, we've officially entered Spring! It's the time for flowers, for birds to migrate south, for colors, and...well, for another interview! This week is dedicated to the Background Characters!</div>
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This week we have <b><i>Setra Giardin</i></b>. She's a French-Canadian born-vampire working for The Order in <b>Martyn Currill</b>'s novel "<b><i>Of Angel's Blood</i></b>". It's available on Amazon (<b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Angels-Blood-Chronicles-Order-Book-ebook/dp/B073DKG8FC/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&dpID=51kUA3WzngL&dpPl=1&keywords=Of%20Angel%27s%20Blood&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&qid=1521678288&ref=plSrch&ref_=mp_s_a_1_8&sr=8-8" target="_blank">Which you can find following this link!</a></i></b>) and on FeedARead (<b><i><a href="https://www.feedaread.com/books/Of-Angels-Blood-9781786978943.aspx" target="_blank">Which instead is found here!</a></i></b>)</div>
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Martyn is a UK based novelist, with already some works under his belt! You can find him on Twitter (<b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/Maliceunchained" target="_blank">where you should totally go follow him!</a></i></b>). Aside from that, he's a fellow geek, and a lovely person to boot, so make sure to keep your eyes on him!</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">French-Canadian. I was born in what is now Quebec, but I moved to Toronto about ten years ago, to undertake new duties here. And spring in Toronto is much like spring everywhere else, but with less rain and fog than England.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">I serve The Order, as I always have. Like many born vampires, I was born into my service, and it is a matter of pride for us. Since moving here I have helped to train the team here, eventually taking over as the base commander three years ago.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">[Laughs] you are either blind or ignorant to have gone so long without noticing. Though I suppose that is not your fault - we have been driven to hide our presence more than we would like, through your kinds’ relentless persecution of us. That is where The Order comes in. We are an organisation dedicated to providing safe, welcoming places where vampires and other preternatural beings are welcome, even finding purpose. We work, live and fight alongside a dedicated cadre of mortal soldier called Omega Company, men and women who believe in our cause, and seek to further a mutually co-existent society. Indeed, our current leader was a mortal himself, until recently.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">As for other races, I do not know. There are a small amount of werewolves in Ireland, I believe, but I have heard little of any others. But they may well be out there! [chuckles]</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey, can’t fault me. I see a lot of worlds a lot of times. So, vampires, men, and some werewolves in Ireland huh? Interesting! Let’s talk about the vampires. Are you like the popular culture depicts you? I mean, not evil, you don’t strike me as such, but speaking of abilities and problems and so on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">[laughs again] One of our greatest members once said that we are not inherently evil, we are simply ‘morally flexible’. A finer phrase I have yet to find.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Our abilities can vary, depending on bloodlines and so on, but we often have a certain degree of telepathy. Some are telekinetic, too, and only a very small number could control a human mind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">As for problems, it is a peculiar fact that over time, as more and more mortals were ‘turned’, many classic weaknesses were actually bred out of our physiology. Unfortunately, that just means the hunters become ever more inventive...and sadistic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That sounds like a constant, uphill struggle...it sounds like there ain’t many of you, and you still need to keep everyone safe. It must be pretty stressful. What about your abilities and powers? How is it living with them? Telepathy might seem cool, but I bet it can get a tad annoying at times…</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">That is why we train rigorously. Lord Black - an unfortunate surname - suffered greatly with his psychic abilities, as I recall. However, those who were born into vampirism were taught how to use them, and how to block out the background noise, from a young age. Those who are turned...well, not all of them adapt well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can definitely imagine that! But let’s try to lighten up the mood, shall we? I understand how hard this life must be, but there has to be something you people do to relax and unwind. What’s your choice? Is there any game or passtime peculiar to your organization or your race?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Not particularly, no. Omega Company, being professional soldiers, will pass the time with their typical pastimes - drinking, or contact sports or some such. I do not know. I stay away from them. Myself, I am a lover of classical music and literature, though I have found a modern book series most fascinating - The Lord of the Rings. Exceptional. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">With my background? French, naturally. Or history. [Laughs] or French history. Anything to curb the ignorance of the modern generations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And this makes it for this week as well! We'll have a couple of days off, but April the 1st we'll be back with another Main Character! So keep your eyes open for that!</span></span></div>
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