Author of "Cascade (The Sleep of Reason Book 1)" and co-author of "The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don't Die."
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Last Notes npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant @npub16uc…k62q Apparently the first book did give people nightmares. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant #WordWeavers 12 What would your MC enjoy most about our world? Probably the lack of screaming grass that drives you mad, and the fact that creeping fascism is about 20 minutes less advanced in its creep. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant #WritersCoffeeClub 15: Is it worthwhile buying professional cover art? Yes. For one thing, it means nice people like me get paid. :) But also, I have seen so many stories let down by unprofessional covers. I went to school for 4 years and worked in the industry for over 20 (full time and then freelance) to learn how to do this, and people are still out here designing in Word and Canva. Here's some of my work if you want to hire me: https://rachelrosen.ca/index.php/design/ npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant #WordWeavers 20: What would make your MC give up? Depends on what you mean by give up. In a few significant ways, Ian gave up before we meet him in Cascade; in other ways, he's still going somehow despite being a dried up husk with no soul. (It was knowing that whatever path he took, it wouldn't save the world. And also knowing that he didn't have the privilege to step away from the fight.) npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant #pennedpossibilities 167 Who would your SC kiss under the mistletoe? Eric and Lucy would kiss each other, which is either romantic or gross depending on your opinion of them. Gaby doesn't want to kiss anyone, so she would probably kiss Ian because she knows he's in no way interested in her. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant #WordWeavers 19Dec- Do you write sympathetic antagonists? Why or why not? The main three in the series are pretty moustache-twirling, though I could tell you things about their backstories that would make you empathize. The problem is realism in depicting the far right—they're so cartoonish that I need to tone it down. I do think it's important that the reader understand the reasons people do or go along with evil things, and the antagonist in the first book is imo sympathetic. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant #wordweavers Antagonist POV: What would be a perfect day for you? Colette: A day off with my hubby and kids. Yoga and mediation in the morning. It's so cold out now, with the superwinter, and I find myself longing for a walk in the park with the autumn leaves changing and a hot pumpkin spice latte in one hand. After the kids are in bed, well, you can fill in the rest. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant #PennedPossibilities 092 How does your MC or SC display affection? A recurring theme is characters who are bad at expressing affection and do so in unconventional ways. Ian: Learns how to play Métis style fiddle. Jonah: Does a few murders and a jailbreak. Maya and Shadi: Steal shit for each other. Cal: Feeds people. Blythe: Doesn't really at all. Eric and Lucy: Play an ongoing game about what they miss about the old world. Reid and Alycia: Commission opera and architecture for each other. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant #WritersCoffeeClub What's your WIP about? Blight is the sequel to Cascade (https://mybook.to/cascade) and the difficult middle child in the Sleep of Reason trilogy. Three years after a second magical catastrophe transforms the world into a hellscape and with a murderous far-right government in power, the small, scattered resistance movement is handed a rare opportunity when the regime's poster child defects. What follows is a battle for the ruins of civilization and a broken country's soul. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant @npub1k24…26zw It's a real disappointment to everyone, the MCs especially. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant @npub1lgy…aefg even a tiny spoon can fit peanut butter on it. npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant Hey #writerscommunity types! Do you have a book to promote? Do you want to be interviewed on a tiny-but-rad blog? If you have a project to plug we would love to hear about it. We post interviews every Tuesday and in our newsletter. https://nightbeatseu.ca/author-interviews/ npub1uqdl6hc9hz9jzas9hwhxqvzef7jytxnkad7j0w9gm8r7kfhtxafsyhrdan Not a replicant I co-wrote a cookbook for depressed people and other folks with zero spoons, only knives. It's not meant to be gourmet cooking so much as a survival guide for late stage capitalism. And you can get it for free! https://traumbooks.itch.io/the-sad-bastard-cookbook