GerritVan Eck grew up in Belleville, Ontario, where a childhood spentreading any books he could get his hands on evolved into a passionfor creating stories. A love for all things fantasy led him to serieslike The Lord of the Rings and The Pendragon Adventures. Eventuallyhe decided to stop imagining the stories and actually put pen topaper.

Todaywe are discussing Gerrit’s fantasy novella The Reluctant Blade,Book 1 in his Sparrows Trilogy. The Reluctant Blade follows youngwoman Serenia as she’s forced to flee her father’s noble estateand becomes penniless in the metropolitan city of Ruddreth, where shesoon falls in with a secret society of pickpockets. Book 2 of theSparrows Trilogy, The Dulled Edge, releases August 14th.

Gerrit’swebsite: https://gerritvaneck.com/

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JasonShannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. Hisseventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew ofmercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists inalt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Tamingthe Laser Leopard Coming soon. I am currently seeking beta-readersfor this book. If you are interested, contact me atjm1shannon@gmail.com

Upcomingevents:

BlueberryBlast Festival in Nipigon August 14, 15, 16

Cogsand Clockwork Steampunk Festival in Fergus, Ontario September 12/13

Can*Con,October 16-18

Followmy social media @harujinshounds

KristyLee is an author of romantasy and contemporary romance author. Hermost recent book is Mr. Brightside, a contemporary trauma romance.She balances her life as a writer, wife, mother, and full-timebusiness professional in Ontario. When she’s not working, Kristyenjoys a variety of hobbies including outdoor activities (unlessthere’s snow), watching movies, dancing to music in the kitchen,working on various craft projects, playing video games and, ofcourse, reading, and writing.

In addition towriting, she’s also a Twitch streamer, and this interview is alittle different. She hosted me on her Twitch stream live on July16th, where she first interviewed me, and then I turnedthe tables and interviewed her. It was a wide-ranging conversation.We mostly kept things narrow by talking about Mr. Brightside and myupcoming work, Taming the Laser Leopard. Kristy has done a couple ofother author interviews, which you can find on her Youtube channel,and I tried to structure things using her format with some rapid-firequestions. There are also comments coming in from her Twitch viewers,which you will hear her address as we go.

Kristy does areading from Mr. Brightside at timestamp 1:18:30

Kristy's website: https://authorkristy.com/

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/authorkristy

IG: https://www.instagram.com/authorkristy/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unknownsole0

JasonShannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. Hisseventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew ofmercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists inalt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Tamingthe Laser Leopard Coming soon

Upcomingevents:

BlueberryBlast Festival in Nipigon August 14, 15, 16

Cogsand Clockwork Steampunk Festival in Fergus, Ontario September 12/13

Can*Con,October 16-18

Followmy social media @harujinshounds

Wayback in the early days, there was an author with whom I travelled insomewhat overlapping circles. He was promoting his debut novel, ATime and a Place. Online, i saw him sharing screenshots of Audacity,with track titles labelled Chapter 1, 2 etc, and captions that he'djust recorded another. In 2019, I attended a book show that thisauthor organized in Whitby, and I had just downloaded his finishedaudiobook off of Audible. I remarked to him how remarkable it was forhim to do his own audiobook, and he gave me the advice, perhaps inpassing, that if I were interested in audio, I should do my own,which seemed like a ludicrous idea at the time. But, here we are,seven years later, and I have 3—soon to be 4, if I can ever do thefinal touches on the Moon Panther—audiobooks out that I myselfrecorded, and it's Joe Mahoney that I credit with seeding that ideaof doing it myself.

Thisweek I have Joe on to discuss his book A Time and a Place, hiswriting journey, the press that he has founded now that he's retiredand moved out to the east coast, and more, Donovan Street Press. Joedoes a reading from A Time and a Place at timestamp 108:30

JasonShannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. Hisseventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew ofmercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists inalt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Tamingthe Laser Leopard Coming soon

Upcomingevents:

FlamboroughBook Fair at the West Avenue Cider House July 26

BlueberryBlast Festival in Nipigon August 14, 15, 16 *dependent on the current forest fire situation*

Cogsand Clockwork Steampunk Festival in Fergus, Ontario September 12/13

Can*Con,October 16-18

Followmy social media @harujinshounds