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Featured Author: Kelvyn Fernandes

3/28/2020

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Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Publication Date: December 14, 2018
Pages: 273
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​Follow Peter and Fi as they work together, each searching for something uniquely special to them through the four kingdoms of their known world. It’s a tale of fantastical beasts, peculiar characters, remarkable settings, and a unique brand of biochemistry-based magic. A story that focuses on meaningful character interactions, delicate world building, and intense action battles.
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​Hi, my name is Kelvyn Fernandes. I'm a Canadian author with a Bachelors in Biochemistry. I use all the knowledge I gained in that field to fuel the magic system in my fantasy world. I enjoy going on adventures, especially back-country canoeing in Algonquin Park!
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Where do you get your ideas for your books? Who or what inspired your idea? 
KF: I've always had a running magical adventure ongoing in the back of my mind since I was a child. Peter and Fi is the one that stuck and the one I wanted to share with the world. The characters grabbed hold of me and dragged me along with them, I'm just documenting the situations my imagination puts them in!

How did you develop the plot and your characters? Are your characters based on anyone? 
KF: I derive inspiration from all walks of my life. From my friends, my family, myself. From movies, video games, books, and anime. Everything is an amalgamation of my experiences or my own take on how I'd tell someone else's story.

Do you write when you're inspired? Or do you have a schedule you keep to? 
KF: Both! One necessitates the other. I used to wait for inspiration, but I soon learned that once you push yourself to start writing without, the inspiration comes naturally.

Do you have any advice for aspiring authors? Maybe a piece of advice that stuck with you from your adventure into the world of publishing? 
KF: Just write. You can't know if you'll be good, or if you'll be successful, or even if you suck, if you don't try and write. Keep it to yourself if you need to, for as long as possible. But then share it with your friends, family, and strangers and let them help you grow!

Tell us a bit more about yourself. How did you know you wanted to be a writer? Who or what inspires you to write? 
KF: I love telling stories. I love experiencing others' stories. I greatly enjoy critiquing and giving my take on how I'd tell another's story better. And I decided to try it out myself!

How much of yourself goes into your writing? Or do you keep yourself separate and base the character on someone else entirely? 
KF: Everything about me is presented through the lens of my characters. I pick and choose which aspects I want to present, but the souls behind the characters are based on all of my thoughts and experiences.

What has helped shape and improve your writing? 
KF: Reading! All genres, not just fantasy. Learning to read and appreciate stories from all walks (history, mystery, thriller, non-fiction, biography) can all have a major effect when writing in your own genre

What are you reading right now? Do you recommend it or have any other recommendations? 
KF: I, Claudius by Robert Graves. I can't say I'm enjoying the way he presents the story, but the story itself is funny, suspenseful, and full of unique and interesting characters. Definitely worth the read.
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Featured Book: Tar by Taylor Hohulin

3/26/2020

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Genre: ​Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic
Publication Date: November 27, 2018
Pages: 288
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Brendan Cobb calls it tar, but there might be as many names for it as cities left standing.

To some, it’s known as filth, or blight. Others call it the Black God in reverential whispers. Whatever name it takes, the effects are the same. Cities left in ruins. People turned into monsters. Living infections with no known cure. The best anyone can do is avoid it, but even that gets harder the more it spreads.

​Brendan survives this waking nightmare by trading salvage for shelter and for repairs to his cybernetic arm, until a newcomer arrives, convinced Brendan is the key to ridding the world of tar once and for all. Reluctantly, Brendan and his mechanic join the newcomer on a journey across the desolate highways of a ruined world, where he learns the true history of the tar…and of the dark power inside him, which grows stronger every day.
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Taylor Hohulin is a radio personality by morning, a science fiction author by afternoon, and asleep by 9:30. He lives in Iowa with his wife, where they are owned by a cat and a dog.

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