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30M died in initial attacks. How will survivors live in the aftermath.

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Objects in View, the exciting sequel to Life As We Knew It, is 99 cents on Kindle Countdown. Ends 11/25 at 1pm.

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This year, the election results on the national level really don’t matter. Clowns on the right, crooks on the left, damned if we select Door #1, doomed if we select Door #2. We’re headed to the slaughterhouse, folks, either way.

And my book Life As We Knew It predicted this and gives one scenario for what might happen with the WRONG leadership in the White House. It’s not a book on politics, but its plot is undergirded by the principles of political philosophy.

So, if you want to tune out the election, turn off the dictators-in-waiting and read something thought-provoking with some cool gunfights and incinerated American cities.

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Today’s interview is with Kyle Perkins. Welcome to the blog. I found you on Twitter, liked your posts and invited you to interview with me. Tell us something about yourself.

I am Kyle Perkins, author of Reddened Wasteland, Teabreeze, and a few others. I am from Florida, I am a fan of sarcasm, dogs, and anything computer related.

 

At what point did you know you wanted to be a writer?

I never wanted to be a writer growing up. I actually despised writing and saw it as a punishment. Later in life though, I was bored in between waiting for new games to come out that I wanted to play, so I joined a couple text-based role playing groups based around some of my favorite games. It was there that I learned to love writing, and where other people started loving my work.

 

I always loved text-based games. Of course, I’m old enough to remember when most games were text-based. I was pleased to see when they started coming back. Tell us about your writing process.

My process is a never-ending stream of coffee, electronic music, and staring into the abyss that is Microsoft Word.

 

What is your favorite genre … to read … to write?

Dystopian, but I write anything under the speculative fiction banner.

 

What are you passionate about?

This community! I love the indie community, the readers and authors. I take this all very seriously and it is in no way “just a hobby” to me.

 

What is something you cannot live without?

Wifi.

 

Who could? When you are not writing, what do you do?

Usually, fix other people’s computers. There are very few moments when I’m not writing.

 

Have you written any books that made a transformative effect on you? If so, in what way?

 

Reddened Wasteland. It transformed me into an author. =)

 

Where do you get the inspiration for your novels?

I have ADHD really bad and constantly find myself daydreaming when I should be doing something else. It’s always been something that has hindered me, until now. Now these daydreams go right into a folder and become books.

 

Lemons into lemonade. I like it. What sort of research do you do for your novels?

Most of my books contain some elements of scifi, so my research happened long before writing books. I am constantly reading about new scientific discoveries and theories. From space travel to number theory. Plus, the copious amount of video games, movies, tv shows, etc that I have been through, I have an unlimited well of source material.

 

If someone who hasn’t read any of your novels asked you to describe your writing, what would you say?

I’d say it’s meant to be read by people that are 18+, and that every book is a new adventure filled with laughs, even though they are meant to be serious.

 

Do you have a special place where you write?

I have a special writing cave, full of wifi and snacks.

 

Do you find yourself returning to any recurring themes within your writing and, if so, are you any closer to finding an answer?

Well, all of my books occur within the same multiverse. They all have Easter eggs in them if you pay close enough attention.

 

Are you a plot driven or character driven writer? Why?

Both. I develop strong characters, but having an awesome plot to stick these guys in is essential.

 

Do you write from an outline or are you a discovery writer?  Why?

I usually have a general plot(daydream) that outlines the story, then I just start writing and wing it until the end.

 

What point of view do you prefer to write, and why?

I can write from either, and have books from 3^rd and 1^st.

 

Do you head-hop?

No.

 

 

I’m going to drop you in a remote Alaska cabin for a month. It’s summer so you don’t have worry about freezing to death. I’ll supply the food and the mosquito spray. What do you do while you’re there and what do you bring with you? If you’re bringing books, what are they?

Does Alaska have mosquitos? Lol. I’d probably just bring my laptop so that I can write, free from distractions. If anything, you did me a favor.

 

Talk about your books individually.

 

Reddened Wasteland– It’s a book set on Mars in the near future. It’s about a dystopian government oppressing its people under a dome, and the resistance taking it to them.

 

Monte– Trying to keep this PG, but it’s about an incubus, I’ll say no more. Lol.

 

Ecta: The Divide– A steampunkish city floating above a fantasy medieval world. The two trying to find a common ground.

 

Bait, Brutes, and Bullets– It’s about Biloxi, set in a near future where the apocalypse has already come. The oceans have risen, and domes constructed around cities. Biloxi is now a haven to crime, and Harvey is a casino boss trying to find something from the swamp folk to give him an edge over the competition.

 

Teabreeze– The story is about a cult in the backwoods of Florida, and a man trying to save his girlfriend from their spell.

 

Was it your intention to write a story with a message or a moral?

Stories of triumph, love, and redemption.

 

What do you want readers to think or feel after reading one of your books?

I hope they just think “wow.”

 

 

You are a self-published independent author. What influenced your decision to self-publish?

Well, big publishers weren’t beating down my door. So, I just put out books and wait for them to notice. Someday I want to be a household name.

 

 

Well, there are now some indie authors who are household names, so it’s possible. There are people believe that traditional publishing is on the ropes, that self-publishing is the future. Do you agree? Why?

I don’t agree. I think they both offer their own unique experience, and neither is going anywhere.

 

 

What do you find to be the greatest advantage of self-publishng?

Meeting fans and connecting to them on a personal level.

 

Conversely, what do you think self-published authors might be missing out on?

Movie deals. lol

 

That might be a little harder, yeah. With the number of self-published books increasing by such a huge rate, it is really difficult for authors to make their books stand out. How do you go about this?

I try to stand out by not being more of the same. I make my stories unique, something you can’t find anywhere else. While I have found that a lot of books are just the same general stories with different covers, mine are all products of my own imagination and experiences to guarantee you can’t find stories like it.

 

Those are the best kind. Who designed your book cover/s?

Lila Vale.

 

Do you believe that self-published authors can produce books as high-quality as the traditional published? If so, how do you think we should go about that?

Of course. All writers have a gift, and a talent for storytelling. Our books can be just as good if we take our time making a unique experience and not just pumping out filth for the sake of sales.

 

 

Do you belong to a writer’s cooperative? Describe your experience with that.

 No.

 

You can find Kyle’s books on Amazon and I found Kyle on Twitter. He also has a website.

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Objects in View

(Book 2 of Transformation Project)

Now on Pre-Order with Launch on October 4

Thirty million people died in the initial attacks. How will the survivors live in the aftermath?

The rain passes and the people of Emmaus emerge to find the world looks much the same as when they hid behind concrete.

Then reality sets in.

Death crept in while they hid. Signs of returning normality offer hope, but the transformation of the United States is underway and electricity and food supplies are the least of their problems.

If your world suddenly spun out of control, where would you go?

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Life As We Knew It

(Book 1 of Transformation Project)

Chaos changes everything!

Shane Delaney, a burned-out mercenary with a troubled past, returns home to small-town Kansas to heal his scars and quiet his demons, not planning to stay long enough for the townsfolk to reject who he has become.
He never expected the town to need his deadlier skills.

When a terrorist attack on distant cities abruptly transforms life as they knew it, the people of Emmaus must forge their own disaster plan to survive.

What would you do if the world as you know it ended today?

The people of Emmaus will find out.

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We were going along living life. There was nothing extraordinary about that day. We were drinking mochas, commuting on interstates, talking on cell phones, eating in restaurants, chatting on the Internet, making money and spending ourselves into debt. In a million parks across the nation, women tickled their babies’ toes and men tossed the Frisbee for their dogs. We were all tied up in the latest reality show or political drama, downloading our personal playlist from the Internet, and ordering baubles from afar. The President was talking on television that night and a lot of us were gathered around to absorb his latest lies.

And, then, suddenly, it all ended. There was no warning. The life we knew just ended. In the days that followed we learned the details – the number of people dead, the number of cities decimated, the millions of connections that were severed, destabilizing the fragile network of our society. That devastation did not touch us because we were rural, but what followed would transform our lives in unexpected ways.

The coming days would redefine who we were. We’d stop being afraid of the paper tigers the elites used to distract us and start concentrating on the very real dangers that had been lurking all around us.

But first, we had to learn that rescue was not coming and that we needed to save ourselves.                                     JT Delaney

 

Objects in View is on pre-order right now. You can reserve it and also pick up the first book in the series Life As We Knew It on 99 cent sale TODAY ONLY.

 

If the world as you knew it suddenly spun out of your control, what would you do and where would you go?

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Life As We Knew It, an apocalyptic that follows a small town dealing with the aftermath of a nation wide terrorist attack, is on sale through November 10.

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