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After a series of terrifying events, Elanora is transported to a strange neighborhood where the only way to get about is by water and the only food to eat is the grasses of the marsh. When she discovers that the water level in her new home is falling, she suspects humans are the cause and puts together a plan to save the creatures who live there.
Will Elanora persuade the colony and swimmers to overcome their fear of the unknown and embark on a dangerous journey to their new home?
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Q&A
1. When and where do you prefer to write?
I will usually write starting mid-morning. I write at my desk in the family room, with the TV at low volume so that there is sound, but not so much that I am distracted. I also like the sound of a fan humming.
2. Do you have a certain ritual?
I guess the turning on the fan and lowering the TV volume would be considered a ritual. Once I do that, I kind of relax and my mind clears a bit. I tend to write in order unless an idea comes to me. Then I either leave lots of room and start typing, or I open a fresh page and write there. I’m still doing lots of research for the Elanora and the Salt Marsh Mystery sequel, so I’m writing less and reading more!
3. Do you like a drink or something to nibble on while you write?
Coffee! I have to have my coffee. I’m usually up at 5:30 and I get tired of it by late morning and switch to water. As for a snack, I usually start out with cheese. Then I switch to a little bit of chocolate in the afternoon.
4. Have you considered writing a different genre or do you already do that?
My next book to be released (probably in August) is Island Times Three, and it is a historical mystery set in 1952. It was at first meant to be part of a short-story series, but after I started writing, I realized it was meant to be a book. The protagonist, Detective Raymond Gray, was a fun character to write.
5. What is/are your favourite books?
One of the last books I read and liked is The Entertainer by Margaret Talbot. I love old films and have many books on them in my library, and Ms. Talbot did a great job weaving her father’s career with the evolution of Hollywood. When I was young, I read many classics-Black Beauty, The Wizard of Oz series, Tom Sawyer, etc. My favorite, though, was Felix Salten’s Bambi and Bambi’s Children.
6. Do you sometimes base characters on people you know?
I based Elanora on my daughter. They’re both brave and strong. My daughter has had to work hard her whole life because of her autism diagnosis at the age of three, and I think her strength and perseverance has paid off.
7. If you had the chance to co-write a book, whom would it be with?
Kate DiCamillo, who wrote Because of Winn-Dixie. I’ve always loved stories about dogs, and I read this one when it was first published. I like her clear writing style, and I think it would be fun to collaborate.
8. Do you take a digital notebook everywhere in order to write down ideas that pop up?
No, when I get an idea, I will type them into my memo on my phone. The one time I used notebooks to write a story was for a book I have not yet completed. I started it twenty years ago, and if I had stored it in the computer I had at the time, I would not have that story now. I do have my notebooks, and I have begun to transcribe them.
9. Which genre(s) do you not like at all?
I was going to say that I don’t like steampunk, and I then realized that I was not quite sure what steampunk actually is. So, I read a few articles and discovered that writers of steampunk create whole alternate worlds with alternate history—and I love history. The inventions in their worlds are run by steam, and the Victorian era and the Industrial Revolution formulate the backdrop. This genre has been around for many decades—and I’m sorry I did not know about it sooner. I prefer not to read horror, especially books heavy on the gore.
10. If you should travel to a foreign country to do research, which one would you choose and why?
I would choose Peckham. It’s a district of south London, in the borough of Southwark. The book that I had written in longhand twenty years ago takes place in Peckham, but in another time. I was actually going to fly there for research, to walk the neighborhoods, but my family and I moved out of state and my plans had to be scrapped. Talking about it makes me want to sit down and transcribe more of my notebooks!
Thank you, Kathleen Jae and Pump Up Your Book
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About the author
Kathleen Jae has been writing in one form or another for almost twenty-five years. Her greatest success story is her daughter, Katie, whom she refers to as “my hero,” and their journey is chronicled in Kathleen’s first book, From Prompting to Shaping to Letting Go: My Love Affair With ABA and How Being a “Bad Mom” Helped My Daughter With Autism Succeed. In past lives the author has been a proofreader, editor, newspaper reporter and columnist, newsletter writer for a wildlife organization and writer of stage plays and screenplays. She considers her six-year stint as a home-based behavioral program director in the ’90s her most difficult, albeit important, job and is counting the days until all autism-related ABA therapy positions go the way of the dodo. Two of Kathleen’s short stories made it to the finals of the 2017 Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Award competition.
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Author Links
Website: http://www.kathleenjae.com
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Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Kathleen-Jae/e/B07YQ7JNF9%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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Book Link
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3lIQUY6
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Giveaway
Kathleen Jae is giving away a $50 Amazon Gift Card
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One Printed Canvas Bag
(Canvas Bag Includes one plushie muskrat (Beathas, Lachi and the rest of the colony); one plushie chipmunk (Elanora); one plushie gray squirrel (Nara); one roseate spoonbill photo transfer hanging by Etsy shop owner FeelinGroovyPhotos (Moira and Muirreal); one framed manatee art print by Etsy shop owner SammWehmanArt (sea cow); one cormorant printed tea towel by Etsy shop owner HearthandHarrow (Pelles); one yellow-crowned night heron signed printed note card by Etsy shop owner BlueHenCraft (Morven); one set of 5 vintage bobcat postage stamps by Etsy shop owner AxmxZ (bullycat); one red-tailed hawk applique iron-on patch by Etsy shop owner PatchParlor (defyer); one reusable shopping bag adorned with assorted forest animals including red fox (oppect), white tailed deer (Damhan), rabbit (quidge) and owl (maurauder); one bird-watching notebook with blue jay (Jae) on front; two signed copies of Elanora and the Salt Marsh Mystery and two Elanora bookmarks.)
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· One winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive $50 Amazon Gift Card & one winner will be chosen to win tote bag.
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