Day 6 is among us, and I want to welcome to the blog
my long time friend and fellow Author Steven Whibley. He's got two books out in
The Dean Curse Chronicles, Glimpse and Relic and a third, Impact on the way! And hey, fancy that, there are two different prizes to be won!
The Giveaway Today is:
A set of Paperback books (Glimpse and Relic)
&
A set of Ebooks (Glimpse and Relic)
Join the Steven Whibley (and The Dean Curse) Mailing List
Now, on with the
show! Welcome Steven! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? How about in five
words or less.
Dad. Writer. Adventure seeker.
Now why don’t you
tell us a bit about The Dean Curse Chronicles in five words or less, of course J
24 hours to save a life.
What is a holiday
tradition that you could do without?
Opening gifts on Christmas Eve. I mean, c’mon, don’t give
in to the excitement because you can’t last another few hours.
So, yeah... My family
opens presents on Christmas Eve, but in my defense, we have a huge family, and
if can't manage to fit them all in one day, so we always seem some of them on
the Eve, which means presents!
You've recently moved
into a newly decorated Gingerbread House and it's a little smaller than you're
used to. It's only got room for two of your favourite books. What are they and
why do you love them?
Hmm, well first, it’s about time I moved into a
gingerbread house. It’s been a dream for as long as I can remember and I’m glad
I’ve somehow convinced my wife it was a sound investment. The “favorite book”
question is actually pretty hard for me. I don’t know if I really have two favorite
books. I very rarely read the same book twice. I suppose if I had to pick I’d
take The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas since that has been one book
I’ve carried with me over the years. And for my second book I’d take Harry
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. If I’m going to live in a fantasy house, it
would be fitting to have one of the first novels that truly carried me into a
fantasy world.
I wonder what kind of
insurance you'd get on a Gingerbread house, I mean, would you have to put in a
claim every time someone ate a gumdrop? Or licked the icing... Maybe not so
much of a sound investment after all.
How did you get your
start in writing, was it always your dream?
I’ve always loved literature, but writing wasn’t
something I thought I’d be doing when I was young and mapping out my future. I kind
of fell into it after an accident took me away from my day-job for a few months.
It was one of those blessings-in-disguises I suppose.
What is your least
favourite part when it comes to novel writing?
Coming up with plot ideas is actually pretty easy. The
ideas often come like stampeding rhinoceroses, so really the hard part is organizing
the ideas in such a way that you can write the project your already working on,
whilst retaining enough of the new idea to pick it up once you're ready.
How do you find the
time to write?
Well, a couple weeks ago my wife delivered our second
child (a girl) and so lately writing has been a bit of a challenge. But once
sleeping schedules settle into something a bit more predictable I will fall back
into my routine of writing during the very, very early morning hours. I am
typically up by three of four and I write until someone wakes up, usually by
seven.
What is something you
are looking forward to in 2014?
I have at least three other books I plan to release by
the end 2014, so I’m excited about that. Plus, I have a book I’ve been working
on for the better part of a year that I will be turning into my agent in the
coming months. I’ve never worked on one novel for so long, and I am anxious to
hear his thoughts on it.
What is one lesson
you would tell aspiring writers that you've learned.
It’s a simple bit of advice, but here it is: Read. I
don’t know any writer who isn’t also a voracious reader.
Wow, some great
advice, huge plans and well, a house made of candy and cookies, thanks so much
for stopping by Steven!
Now, let's check out
those covers and blurb!
“Save them, Dean. Save them all….”
In Glimpse, Dean Curse avoids attention the way his best friend
Colin avoids common sense. Which is why he isn’t happy about being
Abbotsford’s latest local hero – having saved the life of a stranger, he is now
front page news. Dean’s reason for avoiding the limelight? Ever since his
heroic act, he’s been having terrifying visions of people dying and they’re
freaking him out so badly his psychologist father just might have him
committed. Dean wants nothing more than to lay low and let life get back to
normal.
But when Dean’s visions start to come true, and people really start
dying, he has to race against the clock – literally – to figure out what’s
happening. Is this power of premonition a curse? Or is Dean gifted with the
ability to save people from horrible fates? The answer will be the difference
between life and death.
The story of Fourteen-year-old Dean Curse continues in Relic! Dean
is still having horrifying visions of the soon-to-be-dead. But after saving his
sister, he sees it for the gift the mysterious society intended it to be.
So far, Dean’s ability has cost him a few broken bones and a
standing appointment at group therapy. But those are small sacrifices compared
to the lives he’s saved. But now, Dean—and his best friends, Colin and Lisa—are
forced to make hard decisions that could get them in serious trouble with the
law. They have less than twenty-four hours to decide if a few wrongs really can
make a right.
And stay tuned for Impact, Book 3 in The Dean Curse Chronicles, were
Dean and his friends are at it again!
You can learn more about Steven and The Dean Curse Chronicles buy clicking any of the links below!
If you are just joining us, take a look at the Rules and Regulations Page
for more info on the contest. Or don't. It's really simple, just read the post,
scroll down to Mr. Rafflecopter and do the daily task. But wait. What if you
don't have Facebook or Twitter or can't do the other tasks before you? Have no
fear! As a contingency, on the off chance people can't do the daily task, they
can simply leave a blog comment!
This way, everyone has equal opportunity to be enter to win the tons of prizes
up for grabs! And don't forget, if you missed the previous days, you can go
back and enter those too! Just check out The Linky List. The
contest runs until December 29th, and of course, don't forget to come back
tomorrow.
10 December 2013 at 06:35
Thanks for the fun interview, Avery! I really appreciate you inviting me to be part of this.
Cheers