Twelve Authors coming together to weave tales of loss and love. Sounds like the perfect way to spend my time reading!
I would like to introduce a new Author to the Xchyler Publishing family, Author T.N. Payne. It was fun interviewing her and getting to know her better! Her short story is called Dead Man Hocking (which I'll get to that wonderful story later). Although I'd love to include every question/answer, I've included my top five- which really helped me get to know this fantastic author:
1. How did you come up with the
title?
Funny
thing is, I came up with the title first before I wrote my story. I remember I
was thinking about dead men during a break at work -don’t ask me why my train
of thought went there because I couldn’t tell you. Then I just had a light bulb
moment on the contents of my story and the rest as they say was history.
2. What is your writing drive? The
power that keeps you going when your writing gets difficult?
A lot of
things drive my writing but one is when my head and heart feel there’s a story
that absolutely needs to be told. Another is an inner fire that burns and
yearns to affect the world with my writing just like others have done for me.
Both of these forces of nature are not to be ignored and so it forces me to sit
back down and keep trying, despite the roadblock between my brain and my
fingers.
3. How does writing impact other
parts of your life?
For one, it helps me deal with my emotions. I tend to get
stuck in my head sometimes and writing provides a release so I can rejoin the
world. Another thing is that it’s therapeutic and relaxing. I put everything I
have into my words until I’m left exhausted, which is probably one of the only
ways an insomniac like me can get a few hours of sleep.
4. What activities best give your
brain a break? How do you unwind?
Music. It
works every time. All I need is to lay down and quietly sing along to my
favorite oldies playing on Pandora.
6. What is your advice to writers?
Take a
chance. No matter how bad you think your writing might be, to someone else it
may be amazing and/or comforting. I never would’ve thought Dead Man Hocking
would be published. I spent the entire time going crazy while I was waiting to
hear back, thinking the story was awful and shouldn’t have been exposed to the
world. But it turned out to be all in my head. So my advice is to take a
chance. That tiny act of bravery can cause a domino effect and change your life
more than you would ever expect. Like it did mine.
AND... Just for fun nerd list:
Star Wars or Star Trek? Neither. I haven’t watched them *ducks*
Hunger Games or Divergent? Hunger Games
James Bond or Jack Ryan? Bond, James Bond
Sherlock: Robert Downey, Jr. or
Benedict Cumberbatch? Robert Downey, Jr.
(Love him in anything)
Spock: Leonard Nimoy or Zachary
Quinto? *shrugs* Pass
X-Men or Avengers? Avengers
Aliens or Predators? Aliens
Minions or Penguins? Minions
Batman or Superman? Batman, no contest (Love the color black and he has his
own signal and car)
Harry Potter or Pirates of the
Caribbean? Pirates of the Caribbean
Beatles or Rolling Stones? Beatles
Peter Jackson or James Cameron? James Cameron
Steven Spielberg or George Lucas? Steven Spielberg
Vampires or Werewolves? Werewolves (I don’t do blood)
LARP or MORPG? *turns to Google* Oh! Neither. Not much of a role-playing
gamer.
(Now that's a woman after my own heart!! Except, I've got to get her to watch Star Trek/Star Wars.)
(Now that's a woman after my own heart!! Except, I've got to get her to watch Star Trek/Star Wars.)
As I just got my hands on the book, I can say that it was very hard to put down! T.N. delivers the account of a not-so-human zombie, named Kyle. As for many stories about zombies, it can be difficult to write personality and likability into the character. But Kyle's struggle to fight the monster and have a semi-normal life, with glimpses of his past life, help bring a very real human quality to this zombie. His involvement with a witch pushes his limits adding a twist I didn't see coming. I fell right into the story and found myself engaged in the life happening all around Kyle.
To learn more about this anthology, visit www.xchylerpublishing.com
To learn more about Author T.N. Payne, you can find her on many social media outlets:
Facebook: Author TN Payne
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