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May 2021 Group Read with Guest Author, Shelly Campbell
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Alan wrote: "Started tonight and I have the say the story has sucked me right in from the get go. That first chapter alone portrayed an immense feeling of discomfort with how apathetic David's parents are to hi..."Alan, I’m so glad someone else made the Hall and Oates connection! Wonderful to hear you’re enjoying it! As far as David’s reference to the door as the five panel door, it’s the only one of that style in the house and I needed to differentiate it somehow from all the other doors in the cabin, that’s the only reason David refers to it as such :)
Going to start this one today! I'm proctoring a test in the "dungeon" at work, which is basically a computer lab with absolutely zero cell service. So, I'll be reading this in the dungeon :)
Elysa wrote: "Going to start this one today! I'm proctoring a test in the "dungeon" at work, which is basically a computer lab with absolutely zero cell service. So, I'll be reading this in the dungeon :)"I hope Gulf keeps you good company in the dungeon!
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And I love that in your bio you say when you were young you wanted to be a pirate (I love pirates) or maybe a dragon. Can we expect a magnum opus from you one day about pirates who ride dragons? Or pirate dragons? :)
Alan wrote: "Finally finished the book today, and it took some effort to get all the way through - not 'cause I was struggling or anything, but because of the deliberate, paced unspooling of the mystery. The mo..."Alan! Thank you so much for your kind words and incredible review. It’s the highest compliment to have an un-put-downable book. While I do have a fantasy series about dragons, that pirate dragon combo sounds killer...lol. You could be onto something! Thanks again.
I had a great time chatting about GULF with Nichi from Dark Between Pages. Feel free to check it out if you want to get some more behind the scenes looks at GULF. https://youtu.be/edwyuic4CX0
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Latasha wrote: "I'm still reading & enjoying this one. My reading has slowed down considerably. Thank you for joining us this month Shelly!"Latasha, it’s been my pleasure! Glad to hear you are enjoying Gulf. I’m still around to answer questions or chat with you all beyond the end of the month. It’s been fun!
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Latasha, it’s been my pleasure! Glad to hear you are en..."
great! I'm glad you have had fun. What can you tell us about future projects? Are yo going to stay in the horror genre for a bit? You also write fantasy, right?
Latasha wrote: "Shelly wrote: "Latasha wrote: "I'm still reading & enjoying this one. My reading has slowed down considerably. Thank you for joining us this month Shelly!"Latasha, it’s been my pleasure! Glad to ..."
As far as upcoming projects, I have the sequel to my grimdark fantasy duology, The Marked Sons, coming out toward the end of the year and am co-writing a field guide to world building in Fantasy and Sci-fi this October. I’m currently subbing out a post apocalyptic book involving a commune that is scribing knowledge from the dead Internet back onto paper after the world’s electrical grids crashed under constant solar flares. Information becomes currency. I would love to write another horror and I’m hoping that’s what my next project will be once these ones are wrapped. Just don’t have any firm outlines yet ;)
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Alan wrote: "That whole 'scribing knowledge from the dead Internet" story sounds intriguing!"I hope so! Here’s the blurb for it: 16yo Iris’ ADHD makes it excruciating to do what her commune wants: sit all day extracting data from hard drives that survived the solar flares. Data’s money. If she can’t pull her weight, she’ll be expelled to the wastelands.
Not horror, but a fun write nonetheless!
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I hope so! Here’s the blurb for it: 16yo Iris’ ADHD makes it excruciating to do what her commune wants..."
That sounds incredible!
HI, finally wrote my short review- and even that has spoiler alert- anyhoo- I really liked this book. The atmosphere, the time was eerily still or slow. And the characters were great! Will it continue??
Katja wrote: "HI, finally wrote my short review- and even that has spoiler alert- anyhoo- I really liked this book. The atmosphere, the time was eerily still or slow. And the characters were great! Will it conti..."Katja, I’m so glad to hear you liked it! Thank you so much for your very kind review. I left GULF open ended, but I don’t currently have any solid outlines for a sequel. David’s off in a dimension unseen to us. We’ll just have to imagine his adventures for now :) Thanks for reading and reviewing.
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And I have to say, when I saw the cover tagline "they only come out at night" immediately Hall & Oates popped into me head, and, how about that, they're mentioned in the book.
I'm currently 67 pages in and I have to ask, is there a particular reason David always refers to it as "the five-paneled door" or do I just need to keep reading to find out?