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 now available in trade paperback, coming soon to Kindle
now available in trade paperback, coming soon to Kindle
I [Edward Fairfax] was lucky enough to be able to sit down with Jenni Frendswith, the author of the new novel Stonecraft, now available on Amazon.com. Her book is a part of a web-hosting program at the homesite of author Fletcher Rhoden (fletcherrhoden.com/links) where there is contact information and a discount code and link. In the interests of full disclosure, my own book Views of a Progressive Christian is also on the site.

Q: This is your first book, Jenni. What made you want to write, and why this story?
A: Well, I’ve always been a reader, read just about anything I could find. I guess it’s taken me this long to get up the nerve to write something myself. As for why I chose this story for my first book, well, I didn’t really have ten stories to chose from. This one just kind of popped into my head, and I liked it and I liked what I thought I could do with it, so that’s the one I wrote. I’m not sure I would have written anything at all if I didn’t have a great story to begin with.
Q: There are similarities to the Twilight Saga. Why should readers pick up Stonecraft?
A: Do people think it’s a lot like Twilight? Well, it does have a teenage girl who falls for a gorgeous guy with incredible powers and a mysterious past. But that’s, like, most every young adult or romance novel I’ve ever read. Fifty Shades of Grey is basically that but older and mais erotic, right? They’re all kind of similar, yet each one is different. My story is a different story than the one told in Twilight, there are just some similar themes, some structural similarities that all books of this type share. Without calling it better than any other story, I can say my own story moves quickly and has a lot of interesting twists. I think the composição literária is just descriptive enough without being overbearing. I like the action scenes quite a bit. I tend to appeal to the senses when I can, so there are a lot of textures and scents and flavors that I hope will really activate the readers’ imaginations. There’s just a little bit of social commentary, because I think if you’re going on and on for 50,000 words you might as well make a point or two along the way. I tried not to repeat things, such as an annoying and constant biting of the lip or whatever. I feel like the amor between my two leads is really hard-won and well deserved. They don’t just fall instantly into an affair the way the Shades characters do. And I’m not saying Twilight’s Bella and Edward don’t deserve to be together. It’s not really better or worse, they’re just different -- different characters doing different things. I think there’s plenty of room for both. If somebody liked Twilight they’re bound to amor Stonecraft. It doesn’t have to be either/or. Besides, if they’ve already read the Twilight books they’ve got read something else, right? I loved [F.D.Rhoden’s] Sisterella, but I wouldn’t sit around leitura it over and over again.
Q: What publicity are you doing? What do you recommend other authors do?
A: I’m doing as much online publicity as I can, including the social media marketing outlets, that sort of thing. Even getting reviews can be tough because review copies are expensive to order and ship and there’s no way to know if you’re even going to get reviewed at all, much less a good review. But I’m doing interviews like these as much as I can, trying to reach as many people as possible. There are some blogs and .orgs and things like that. It’s not easy, but I really believe that cream rises to the top. If something is good, someone’ll find it and spread the word. I hope. And if not, I’m proud just to have written Stonecraft. That’s an amazing thing I never thought I’d be able to do.
Q: Why’s that?
A: It’s just so intimidating! So many words, they all have to be just right. And you’re opening yourself up to such scrutiny. It’s daunting to say the least. I’m really glad I did it. Even if I never sell another copy, nobody will ever be able to take that away from me.
Q: You worked with (Stonecraft editor and Gasping in the Shadows author) Lucretia Mars. What was that like?
A: It was great. I guess she’s got some kind of weird reputation because of her book, but I know Lucretia and I’m a big fan. I thought Gasping in the Shadows was really compelling! It’s pretty dark, for sure. I mean, I wouldn’t give it to my grandmother to read. But Lucretia’s got a really strong work ethic and a natural way with writing. She taught me a lot.
Q: Your book is a lot mais mainstream than Gasping in the Shadows.
A: Well, like I said, her book has some dark stuff. A lot of people like that, though. Look at how well the Shades trilogy did. And even if you don’t find the fetish themes, um, to your taste, you can still appreciate Lucretia’s writing, the characterizations, the way the story is constructed. I think that could be a pretty hot movie franchise, but it’s not even as mainstream as the bondage elements of the Fifty Shades books. Hollywood might not be ready for Lucretia. But you never know.
Q: Stonecraft clearly establishes where the story will go in future installments. Is there a sequel planned? Do you hope for a movie franchise of your own?
A: There is a continuation of the story, absolutely. It stands alone quite well, I think. But the stage is set for the seguinte one, for sure. I’ll only write it if the public shows a real interest in the first one. If nobody buys the first, there’s no real point in having a sequel, right? As for a film franchise, I think this would definitely be a huge movie thing, several films for sure. It’s got everything a movie like this needs and wants -- young couple, corrupt government operatives, amor on the run. I’d go see it. And the seguinte one... well, I don’t want to give anything away, but if the seguinte Stonecraft novel comes out it will not disappoint, I promise you that.
Q: How many books ahead have you planned?
A: So far I know where the segundo book ends. Much of the third book probably won’t be uncovered until I’m through with the second. And that’s a when/if situation.
Q: What’s your opinion of the publishing market today?
A: I’m amazed por it. I think Harry Potter turned the whole thing around. It didn’t seem like anybody was really leitura novels as much, there was a lot of nonfiction, self-help, and there still is. But look at the crazy success of the Potter books, the Twilight and Shades sagas. People are buying novels again, which I think is wonderful and not only because I’ve got a book to sell. Novels are great, they withstand the test of time the way a lot of other media just don’t or never will. There will never be a computer game that achieves the kind of longevity of a great book like Frankenstein or the Scarlet Letter.
Q: You mention Frankenstein. That’s kind of the basis for this story, isn’t it?
A: It’s the inspiration for it. The project designation Stonecraft is from [Frankenstein author] Mary Shelley’s middle name, Wollestonecraft. The hero’s own government handlers call him Rhett, short for Wretch, which is how Shelley often refers to Frankenstein’s creation in the book. To bring it back to the Twilight comparison; instead of vampires, it’s a man-made creature. But instead of parts of different bodies sewn together, it’s strands of different people’s DNA. That makes it relevant to today’s society, with our stem cell research and all that. But he’s still a compendium of other men, and like the original Frankenstein creature, he’s isolated and alone, outcast por his creators, shunned and hunted. There’s something about that which speaks to us all, isn’t there? Don’t we all feel that way sometimes? And, y’know, Rhett’s not green and lumbering with bolts in his neck. He’s gorgeous and intelligent, a superior man in just about every way. In a lot of ways, he could almost be Tarzan, who is a similar kind of character; primitive, isolated, powerful. Rhett is well-educated and not quite as primitive. And Rhett isn’t a product of the jungle or he almost would be Tarzan. Rhett is a product of science, and that puts him in a different fictive tradition.
Q: What’s the composição literária process like for you? What can you recommend to new or aspiring authors?
A: Well, this is my first book, so it’s hard to say that I have a process. I know authors take years and many books to refine their processes. I’m just not there. But I can tell you how I wrote this book, and that was to shut out as much of the rest of the world as I could. Once you’ve gotten the story and the characters and all that planned out, I think the real danger is in letting distractions get in your way, prevent you from finishing. I think, and mais experienced authors have told me this, that most books which are begun never get finished, and that’ s why. Once the rough draft of Stonecraft was done, I just went back and kept going at it. But since the story and characters were all pretty well outlined, there wasn’t a lot of refining to do.
Q: You worked with an outline then.
A: Oh, absolutely! With a thing as big as a novel, I’d think it’d be pretty crazy not to outline. I guess some people can do that. But everything I studied and everybody I talked to pointed me in the same direction: Outline. The trick is, I think, not to be a slave to the outline, give yourself room to be inspired, to change your mind, to be inventive. Lucretia taught me that. You can change the outline as you go and discover new things about the story you never would have thought of before you started writing. For example, I didn’t know exactly what the last scene of the book was going to be, even if I did know how the climax was going to happen, how the denouement was going to go. If I’d paced around worried about the very last scene, I’d still be pacing and the book wouldn’t have been written at all.
Q: Your book has a very solid three-act structure, mid-point and other plot points in just the right spots. Where did you learn this?
A: Well, I actually learned the three-act from our web host’s DVD, [Fletcher Rhoden’s] Write Makes Might: Stronger Structure in Storytelling [on amazon]. I’m grateful to him for hosting my book, of course, but that’s not why I’m saying it. The reason I know him at all is through his DVD, which I bought and liked. I became a fan. It’s a great DVD for anybody who needs a crash course in storytelling. It’s like leitura 10 books in 30 minutes.
Q: What’s seguinte for Jenni Frendswith?
A: Just trying to get the word out on Stonecraft, waiting to see what that brings.
Q: Many good things, I’m sure. Thanks for taking some time to speak with me.
Q: My pleasure, Edward. Thank you.
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Five
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[PREVIOUSLY]
    Hi, my name is Cyd, short for Cydnee, and one dia while I was grocery shopping, a former member of the Death Clan of the Fallen threw a faca at my head. I ducked behind my cart, and ran out of the store once I saw the faca fly into a bunch of egg cartons. I went home, told my friend Tabra about it, and he came rushing over. He helped me get out of the aftershock feeling, and when we were eating chicken sandwhiches, mine was coated in poison. We then went to his apartment,...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Four
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[SEVEN]
(ATTENTION: THE FOLLOWING PART OF THIS CHAPTER IS IN HAUS'S POINT OF VIEW, THANKS, AND YOU MAY NOW CONTINUE READING)
    I didn't bite him, oh no, not my Jerek. I kissed his neck, and then his lips.
    "Get off of me!" He said, and spat mais blood my way. This time, I licked it off of his lips. "Seriously! You're sick!"
    "I'm thirsty, get over it." I said, and sat close enough to him to where if he tried to make a run for it, I could sustain him....
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Four
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[PREVIOUSLY]
    Hi, my name is Cyd, short for Cydnee, and one dia while I was grocery shopping, a former member of the Death Clan of the Fallen threw a faca at my head. I ducked behind my cart, and ran out of the store once I saw the faca fly into a bunch of egg cartons. I went home, told my friend Tabra about it, and he came rushing over. He helped me get out of the aftershock feeling, and when we were eating chicken sandwhiches, mine was coated in poison. We then went to his apartment,...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Three
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[SEVENTEEN]
    "Umm..." I said, and began my story. "I went to Haus when I was seventeen."
    "How old are you now?" Shropee asked me.
    "I'm nineteen. So, two years go." I said and continued. "I was talking to Haus, and I provoked him por trying to kill him. I told him to meet me at Starbucks, and when he got out I had people grab him from behind. I then went up to him with a stake, but he kicked it out of my hands, pushed them away, got into his car...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Three
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[THIRTEEN]
    "Alright, let's begin." Jerek said and started the topic of discussion for the meeting. "You all remember Haus, and his grip of terror over us all. But here we are today, The Alliance, forming against him, for one dia he shall fall, and we shall win. That day, is sneaking up on us fast. We need to be ready. We need to be quick, agile, ready to kill at will. I don't know how much of an army, or how many people Haus has under his Death Clan of the Fallen, but I will tell you that...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Three
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[ELEVEN]
    "Or we could do that." Jerek said once our lips parted.
    I was high off of that kiss. But, just briefly.
    "Yea." I said, not knowing really exactly what I was saying.
    Jerek then put his lips back to mine, and this time, it wasn't a surprise.
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    THE seguinte MORNING: I woke up on the lower bunk, under Tabra, and I was glad I went to cama earlier then I thought I was. I needed that sleep.
    "Morning,"...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Three
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[TEN]
    Once I finished filing, Shropee went to bed. It was getting kinda' late. Wait, it was almost midnight. The only people up were Jerek, Tabra and I.
    "I'm going to bed," Tabra told me.
    "Alright." I said and hugged him goodnight.
    Tabra is such a good friend, I'd loose my shit if anything happened to him.
    "Follow me, I'll show you the bunkers." Jerek said, and he was looking at me too. I followed....
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Three
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[EIGHT]
    "Oh.." I said and he nodded in agreement on how bad that truely was.
    "Tabra didn't...it was just me. I was Haus's favorite." He spat Haus's name as if he was spitting on his face for a final goodbye.
    "I'm so sorry." I said and he looked at me, and I could have sworn he was a bit teary-eyed.
    "Don't be. It's not your fault. I went to them in my time of need, and I agreed to killing them. I was blinded por amor from...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Three
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[TWO]
    It was time. I could visit Tabra now. I went into room 10, and saw he was awake, but looked like he was hurting a bit.
    "Hey," I said, sitting in a chair por his bed.
    "Hello, Cyd."
    "Yea, about that..." I said and he looked confused, it was a good think they didn't put him on meds to make him all loopy right now. That would be bad.
    "What is it?" He asked.
    "Hau...Haus is alive..."...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Three
BuffyFaithfan1
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[PREVIOUSLY]
    Hi, my name is Cyd, short for Cydnee, and one dia while I was grocery shopping, a former member of the Death Clan of the Fallen threw a faca at my head. I ducked behind my cart, and ran out of the store once I saw the faca fly into a bunch of egg cartons. I went home, told my friend Tabra about it, and he came rushing over. He helped me get out of the aftershock feeling, and when we were eating chicken sandwhiches, mine was coated in poison. We then went to his apartment, knowing...
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I can’t believe this is Monday already, time to go to school and act human, with all those people “Humans”
“Nessi are you ready honey” my aunt Alice yelled.
“Yes I’m on my way” I graph my backpack and I started walking to the door.
“Rennesme sweetheart can we talk for a minute” my mom asked me
“Sure mom”
“Well honey tell me what’s going on? I see you that you are very sad”
“Mom I feel so bad, I can’t understand what’s going on, I fell so badly with JACOB, I told very horrible stuff and now I need him, he was my best friend and my big brother. He was there for me...
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posted by sh0rtiinedward
No one is looking at you, i promise myself but deep, deep inside of me i knew that everyone in Forks was staring at me.

"Mmmm Charlie, can we just go eat at home, i don't want to go to your favorito Restaurant please?" i ask him with my little cachorro, filhote de cachorro eyes."Nessi come on you never go out of the woods, now is the time please try?"
well charlie was right but i wasen't hungry anyways i when hunting with my aunt Rosalie 2 days ago, but i will do it just for grandpa.
"Here we are, My number One Restaurant"Charlie said very exited. " yeah jantar time" i reaply as we started walking to the door, everyone...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Two
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[FIVE]
    And then she dropped to the floor. I heard a gunshot and saw Tabra standing behind her lifeless body.
    That's when the others marched in. I grabbed my gun, and we started shooting at the people that came in.
    Finally, in the end, they were all gone.
    "You really think you can kill me!?" A voice said, and we turned to see Haus holding a sword from the wall. He was drooling blood, and he looked . "You can't kill me!" He then thrusted...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Two
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[THREE]
    "Let's take her to the Room." Tabra said and Haus lead the way.
    "I counted seven in that room," Tabra whispered. I nodded.
    "Welcome to my new, refurbished Room." There were weapons along the walls, and there were even a few tortured people laying on the ground almost dead. It reeked of fish. Ew. "Put Cydnee in the chair."
    The chair lay in the middle of the Room, and it was blood stained, with a bullet hole in the back of it....
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume Two
BuffyFaithfan1
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Hi, my name is Cyd, short for Cydnee, and one dia while I was grocery shopping, a former member of the Death Clan of the Fallen threw a faca at my head. I ducked behind my cart, and ran out of the store once I saw the faca fly into a bunch of egg cartons. I went home, told my friend Tabra about it, and he came rushing over. He helped me get out of the aftershock feeling, and when we were eating chicken sandwhiches, mine was coated in poison. We then went to his apartment, knowing that if one little sandwhich was...
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Per Stephenie during a fã interview 6/22/2010

Question..."What about Midnight Sun?"

Anwser..."I know that’s what everyone cares about. I also know that the right answer would be for me to say “Oh yah, it’s done! And it’ll be out seguinte month!” But that’s not true. It’s also not true that I’ve got a ton of work done on it, and that’s what I’m working on. What’s true is that I’m really burned out on vampires. And, I don’t want to write it badly. So I want to wait until I’m excited about the material again, and I’m excited about Edward, and that it’s something that’s...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume One
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[EIGHT]
We got into Tabra's truck, and started over to the headquarters of the Death Clan of the Fallen. I was nervous, and I felt like I was gonna' throw-up.
"Is it too late to back out?" I asked him and he laughed nervously.
"Right now, yes." He kept on driving, and I thought to myself how better life will be once this is over.
Alright Cyd, stop being nervous! Sure you can die, but think about how much bunda you'll kick!? Think about how bad bunda you'll be pointing and shooting a gun, especially at the guy who threw a knife...
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume One
BuffyFaithfan1
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[SIX]
"By killing you."
I jumped up and started walking backwards, how could I trust Tabra if he was going to kill me!?
"What?" I asked.
"I mean, I'll call them up and bring you to them, after they think I'm back on their side, we pull out the big armas and kill them before they kill us."
OH MY GOD, BIG SIGH OF RELIEF!!! Am I right? "Oh," I sat back down and we fished out our game plan.
Two hours later, we had a good, solid plan that will work perfectly...if they buy the fact that Tabra is "back on their side". It seemed like a good plan, and even though I knew that I'd be the main subject in this little cat-and-mouse game of deadly horror, I knew it was the best thing to do.
I looked at Tabra as he asked me if I was up to doing this. I looked him in the eye, and said, "Yes, I am."
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Hello, My Name Is: Death
Volume One
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[THREE]
"Okay, so I've had a faca thrown at my head, and now a poisonous sandwhich!? How am I suppossed to do anything around my house without any paranoia of everything being a death trap!?" I asked Tabra.
"I'm not sure. But you are right about that guy knowing where you live. The only other way I can think of a seguro strategy is to come live with me in the spare bedroom." Tabra sat on the sofá and I stayed standing.
"Really?"
"Yea, I don't mind. I would just leave now, you never know if this place is rigged with...
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