I
was invited by the lovely Alexandra Butcher onto this blog tour
thingummyjig (my first one). She's the author of The Light Beyond the
Storm Chronicles, and her blog can be found here.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarkFantasyBeyondTheStorm
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alexandra-Butcher/e/B008BQFCC6/
What
is the name of your character? Is he/she fictional or a historic
person?
Sir
Edric Greenlock, the Hero of Hornska. He's a fictional knight replete
with vices but not overly burdened with virtues.
When and where is the story set?
Sir
Edric's Temple covers quite a lot of ground between the city of
Awyndel and the Unholy Temple of the title, a once sacred religious
site more recently feared and avoided due its numerous dangers. The
world Sir Edric lives in is packed with magic and strange creatures,
such as the Ursk, red skinned giants who consider humans to be a sort
of edible currency.
What should we know about him/her?
He's
getting on a little bit and is in the awkward transition between
youthful vigour and wrinkly dotage. Although generally self-absorbed,
he does have genuine fondness for his horses, and some grudging
respect for his trusty manservant Dog, even though he is a peasant.
What is the main conflict? What messes up his/her life?
After
the royal treasures are stolen Sir Edric is charged by the King to
recover them, hurrying ahead of the ransom to the Temple to try and
steal them back. Unfortunately, his attempt to run away before
embarking upon the potentially fatal mission is thwarted when the
King sends the elven sorceress Lysandra to guard him on his journey
('guard' in this instance meaning 'stop from running away').
What is the personal goal of the character?
Sir
Edric's goal, as is often the case in his life, is primarily to avoid
ending up dead in the near future. He's also keen to loot whatever
can, claim whatever glory is his by right (or wrong) and get revenge
on his enemies.
Is there a working title for this novel, and can we read more about it?
Sir
Edric's Temple is the title, and it's available from all good retailers.
When can we expect the book to be published?
It
was published towards the end of 2013, with a sequel (Sir Edric's Treasure) hopefully out
this year.
Links:
My home page - thaddeuswhite.weebly.com
Twitter - MorrisF1
Amazon (UK) - Sir Edric's Temple
Amazon (US) - Sir Edric's Temple
There are three delightful authors following me in the blog tour (putting up their own pieces in about a week). They are:
LK Evans, author of Keepers of Arden:
Website: http://booksbylkevans.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/booksbylkevans
Book links:
Bio:
I
was born in Phoenix, AZ where I still reside, despite the horrendous
summer months. I live with my husband, two dogs, two cats, and three
newts (I love love love animals).
At
first, my writing
started out as a secret; a
side hobby, a release, an escape.
But one day, my husband came home early from work and caught me.
Instead of allowing me to continue on in secrecy, he planted a seed
of publishing in my mind and writing blossomed into a dream I
never bothered to dream. So here I am.
Jo Zebedee, a fellow contributor to the forthcoming Malevolence: Tales from
Beyond the Veil trilogy and author of Abendau's Child (due out in
Autumn):
Twitter: joz1812
Jo's agency author page: http://www.thebentagency.com/author.php?id=93&name=Jo_Zebedee, which includes a little bio.
Blog: http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk
Blog: http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk
Duane Vore, author of various sci-fi/fantasy stories including Korvoros:
www.duanevore.com
Twitter: @DuaneVore
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DuaneVore
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Duane-Vore/e/B009KMQX8M/
Independent Author Network: www.duanevore.com/redir/ian/
Book link: www.duanevore.com/qr/hierarchy
Bio: Duane Vore (1953- ) has been writing for as long as he can remember. One of his most prized Christmas presents was, at the age of 13, a typewriter. It wore out. His first concerted effort to write a novel came about ten years later: The Seal of Inheritance, which is unfortunately lost, as was that second typewriter upon which it was written. Since then, his imagination has spanned millions of years, thousands of galaxies, and fantasy worlds by the dozen, and the ideas never stop coming. Gradually, his backlog of completed works is at last making it into the public eye.
When not writing, he functions satisfactorily as a software engineer, electronics engineer, web developer, and physical chemist, three out of those four offering fodder for science fiction stories.
www.duanevore.com
Twitter: @DuaneVore
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DuaneVore
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Duane-Vore/e/B009KMQX8M/
Independent Author Network: www.duanevore.com/redir/ian/
Book link: www.duanevore.com/qr/hierarchy
Bio: Duane Vore (1953- ) has been writing for as long as he can remember. One of his most prized Christmas presents was, at the age of 13, a typewriter. It wore out. His first concerted effort to write a novel came about ten years later: The Seal of Inheritance, which is unfortunately lost, as was that second typewriter upon which it was written. Since then, his imagination has spanned millions of years, thousands of galaxies, and fantasy worlds by the dozen, and the ideas never stop coming. Gradually, his backlog of completed works is at last making it into the public eye.
When not writing, he functions satisfactorily as a software engineer, electronics engineer, web developer, and physical chemist, three out of those four offering fodder for science fiction stories.
Thaddeus
"He's getting on a little bit and is in the awkward transition between youthful vigour and wrinkly dotage."
ReplyDeleteHe is forty years old, for goodness sake! That is not getting on a bit. He is just about to enter the prime of life, not a wrinkly dotage. Sheeesh
Youthful = 20, wrinkly dotage = 60, halfway point = 40
DeleteWell, perhaps I over-egged the cake for comic effect, but one of the running themes (continued in Treasure) is that, whilst he's not an old man, he is getting on a bit (at least for an adventuring fellow).