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Audiobook: Fire, Pain, & Ruin – Episode 07

Episode 7 of the Fire, Pain, & Ruin: A Rutherford Manor Novel episodic audiobook is here. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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The Savidges and Fleshers are further bound together as Nox proposes a new business venture to Spalding, bringing them closer to death than Spalding prefers. Lisa and Louise join their mother, Penny, for a journey into the town of Rowley, where an abnormal interaction leaves Louise confused . . . and uncertain.

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Draconem Revival

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COSMIC HORROR and DARK FANTASY–Diabolic Shrimp #12

It was a pleasure to be on episode 12 of Diabolic Shrimp!

On this episode Joshua Grant and I chat about my writing, Into the Macrocosm, and the origins of the short story collection. We also cover:

A Show and Tell Item I broughtThe artwork to my short storiesA collaborative reading from Into the Macrocosm where Joshua reads as the narrator and I read as Malpherities using some sinister vocorders.

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Diabolical Shrimp

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Audiobook: Fire, Pain, & Ruin – Episode 06

Episode 6 of the Fire, Pain, & Ruin: A Rutherford Manor Novel episodic audiobook is here. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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Spalding continues his usual routine at the butcher shop, witnessing Billy’s wellbeing decline from working two jobs. Father Isaac and Rowan share wisdom and insight about the Fleshers. At home, Penny and Spalding wrongfully start a heated argument in front of their girls – a fantastic badge of good parenting.

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Award Winning Psychological Thriller Author Rachael Tamayo’s Next Novel: The Sin of Greed

For March we welcome the award-winning psychological thriller author Rachael Tamayo. Her work has ranked in the top sellers on Amazon and has been recognized by the Rone Awards. She had spent twelve years as a former 911 emergency operator and police dispatcher. She uses her expertise on human behaviour to explore fiction.

Let’s welcome Rachael Tamayo to the blog.

Additional Audio BonusThanks for joining us Rachael Tamayo, can you introduce you and your writing?

Thank you so much. I wear many hats, as they say. I’m a former 911 dispatcher, a veteran of twelve years. I am a wife and a mother of two. I have written eight published books to date. I got back into writing in my late thirties.

Tell us about it and your new The Sin of Greed novel for 2021 and the A Deadly Sins series it is a part of.

The Deadly sins series is set to be a series of seven stand alone thrillers, each about one of the deadly sins. To date, the first two are out. Wrath and Lust. The next is set for sometime this year, Mine: The sin of Greed.  Honestly, this is the most head spinning complicated book I’ve ever written.  I stepped out of my comfort zone with this one with this complex plot. I can honestly say, you just won’t know what is coming, or which way is up in this one. It’s so full of twists and turns, and once again it’s got a nice shocker at the end. But this one is chocked full of unexpected shocks. I can’t wait to get it out there and into the readers hands.  I really love to write a book that is different. Not your typical tale of greed, and I don’t think there is anything typical in this one!

Carnal Knowledge Rachael TamayoYou started writing romance first, what made you want to shift into thrillers?

I always wanted to write thrillers, but I was afraid I wasn’t good enough.  It took me a few books to work up my courage and sit down and write Crazy Love, my first thriller.  It was so well received, and readers still ask me for a sequel, so I’ve settled down into the genre and found it’s where I belong. I love writing head-spinning psychological thrillers, and have no intention of stopping.

What’s the most bizarre experience that you can share regarding your dispatching career?

Ugh, there were so many. I’ll have to say the most disturbing one was the story I told in a TikTok video that went viral, has close to two million views now. I received a call from a woman that told me that her fourteen-month-old twins had drowned in the bathtub, but her story didn’t add up. I took the call from her, asking questions along the way, and all while my gut told me it wasn’t what she was telling me. Once off the phone I started to cry and told my partners that I was certain she’d killed her babies. Sometime later she pled guilty to criminally negligent homicide.  The video is still up on my Tiktok, telling this story as well.

After The Sin of Greed, what’s next?

I’m in the middle of writing Of Blood and Bone: The Sin of Envy. Honestly, it’s coming out so fantastic that I can claim it as the best of the series so far.

Any advice you’d like to offer new writers who read the blog?

I stopped writing in my early twenties, and I didn’t pick it up again until I was in my late thirties. It boggles my mind when I think of where I might have been if I hadn’t done that. Don’t give up. Keep writing, seek advise, listen to that advise, and don’t ever be afraid to start over and make it even better.

Let’s thank Rachael Tamayo for joining us to talk about her work!Rachael Tamayo’s Novels

Website     https://rachaeltamayowrites.com/

Amazon   https://www.amazon.com/Rachael-Tamayo/e/B01HC2VZ0C/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

Rachael Tamayo on Social Media

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/RachaelTamayowrites

Twitter  https://twitter.com/rtamayo2004

Instagram -@rtamayo2004

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Just Joshing Episode 512: Drink and Draw with Konn Lavery

I am pleased to have been back on the Just Joshing Podcast where Josh and I chat about our writing, drawing, and some big picture concepts.

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Audiobook: Fire, Pain, & Ruin – Episode 05

Episode 5 of the Fire, Pain, & Ruin: A Rutherford Manor Novel episodic audiobook is here. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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Act II: The Corrupt introduces us to the Savidge twins, Lisa and Louise. They have conflicting opinions of maturity with their family. Their mother and aunt seem to think they’re still too young to make their own choices. Lisa is showing interest in a boy at church as the Savidges are introduced to a new family in the town of Rowley.

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Early Patreon Access: Award Winning Psychological Thriller Author Rachael Tamayo’s Next Novel: The Sin of Greed

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Soft Launch and Beyond

I have mentioned in previous years that January, February, and March are my favourite months of the entire year. Unlike other months, most people are on a down-low from the holiday hype and don’t have much money. Plus, Alberta it is super cold, and businesses are preparing for tax season. These factors provide me with time away from contract work, giving me the freedom to focus on writing.

It’s officially the new decade – 2021 – which marks the 10-year celebration of me pursuing writing. It sure as hell hasn’t been a linear path. I’ve done some things exceptionally well, and other times they’ve been a mess or a round-about detour. The first book release came out in 2012, which was Reality: Part 1 of Mental Damnation. For the past three to five years, I have kept the same business model for writing. Recently I have read Hell is Round the Corner by Tricky and How Music Works by David Byrne, where they talk about getting older, learning the business side of their art – those words resonated with me.

With the new decade, it is time to change things up. I’m not getting any younger, and I have to keep working smarter, not harder. So, I’ve spent January and February planning and producing. Plus, there really isn’t a hell of a lot else to do in a winter pandemic.

Welcome to Another Edition of Unprocessed Thoughts

February has been quite a busy month with the soft launch of my short story collection Into the Macrocosm, which houses just shy of three years of short stories that have been on the blog and in the newsletter. The collection has an overarching storyline with Malpherities. It acts as the glue binding the entire universe together, housing all my writing such as Mental Damnation, Seed Me, and YEGman. Overall, I would say the soft launch for Into the Macrocosm was a success . . . I did everything opposite what I usually do for a book launch, which made the expectations pretty low.

Into the Macrocosm Madness

Now, why would I do everything opposite? Learning! Experimentation! The short story collection marks my ninth book, and I have tried many different techniques over the years with launching. Due to social distancing in place, in-person events seem unlikely to return for a while still. Besides, most people are familiar with some of the stories found within Into the Macrocosm. These two facts made the book a perfect tool to experiment with online marketing.

The techniques I have learned from launching Into the Macrocosm will be quite useful for launching Rave – the year’s book push. I must forewarn everyone that I will be loud online through social media, the newsletter, and on the blog with everything related to Rave.

Launching Patreon and Cranking the Audiobooks

Usually, at the beginning of the year, people don’t have a lot going on, mix that in the pandemic, and find yourself with a lot of spare time. You can either do something new or stare at the wall contemplating the purpose of existence . . . I’ve done both. Now, most of my time has been spent behind-the-scenes and not falling into an existential crisis.

Quietly throughout the month, I have been injecting my brand-new Patreon. Officially it was announced to the public in the last week of February, and thank you so much to everyone who signed up! The Patreon will include all future short stories, the audio versions, and the artwork. It also has a few other bonuses as well. I’m excited to see where this new extension of the writing business will go and am thrilled to have you be a part of it.

In addition to the Patreon, I am vigorously recording the audiobook versions of my existing works. Seed Me is completed. Fire, Pain, & Ruin and Into the Macrocosm are in the works. Oh, and in between all of that, I’m learning promotional campaigns and ads online. That’s a whole other world that I’m finally dabbling into, intending to expand the reader base. If you found my work recently, and are reading this, then hello! The Unprocessed Thoughts are a monthly thing.

The Writing

All this business revamping, audiobook recording, and marketing haven’t left a lot of room for writing. That’s okay as Rave is with the editor and Into the Macrocosm just launched. I have a nine-book backlog that I should learn to work with. For you avid readers, do not worry, as the monthly stories will continue through the Patreon and the next book is brewing in the back of my mind . . . growing more extensive. . . becoming scarier . . . and more awesome.

Beer Note: Collective Arts Art Brewing: Ransack the Universe

For this month, I tried an unfiltered IPA by the Collective Arts Art Brewing. It is called Ransack the Universe and features artwork by various artists who are all from Canada. Each can has unique artwork. The one in the photo is done by Liam Davidson from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His tag is @that_Liam. The beer itself is fantastic. It’s not too hoppy, and the unfiltered gives it a fun kick. Usually unfiltered means it’s just too yeasty. I’ve only had one so far, but this is a beer I will be going back for seconds and maybe a third.

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Audiobook: Fire, Pain, & Ruin – Episode 04

Episode 4 of the Fire, Pain, & Ruin: A Rutherford Manor Novel episodic audiobook is here. As with previous weeks, a new chapter will be shared on Thursdays. Enjoy the podcast below and share it around:

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The final two chapters in Act I: The Corrupters shows Penny and Spalding making critical decisions on how to raise their girls. The midwives share insight into the paranormal events that occurred during the birthing. Billy and Vivian are getting married, bringing Rutherford Manor into the new generation.

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