Diverse Reader is super excited to have Christian Baines here. We have him in the Hot Seat and are asking him stuff and things. You'll also get a look at his newest Arcadia Trust novel and enter to win a chance to win Book one or two in this series!!! So, hang out!
Fast Fire Questions
Using three words describe yourself.
Geeky, independent,
adventurous
If you had to lose either your hearing or your sight which
would you pick?
Hearing
Romance, horror, or comedy?
Horror
What is a topic you have not yet written about and never
will?
I don’t rule anything
out
Who are three people, living or dead, you’d like to have
dinner with?
Gore Vidal, James
Whale, Christopher Isherwood
Will you be attending any events, signings, or conventions
in 2019 or early next year? If yes, please tell us where you’ll be.
Signings: Denver
PrideFest, CO (June 15-16, 2019)
Knoxville PrideFest, TN (June
22, 2019)
Readings: Toronto –
ChiSeries, ROUND Venue, Kensington Market (May 15, 2019)
Montreal – The Violet Hour Pride Edition, Stock Bar (August 15, 2019)
Co-authoring, is it for you yes or no?
I doubt it, but like
I said, rule nothing out
What is one quality about yourself you love?
My ability to follow
through on goals and plans
What is one thing you’d change about the publishing world if
you could?
Remove fake authors
and abolish the Amazon charts they’ve rendered meaningless.
What is your newest release and where can we buy it?
Sins of the Son is
the latest book in The Arcadia Trust Series. Available in PB or e-book through
your favourite independent bookshop (and please support your nearest LGBTQ or
allied bookshop if you can), or the usual list of corporate overlords (Amazon,
Apple, B&N, etc).
What are you currently working on?
Two new novels. A
dark comedy involving hookup culture, a cat, and a horrible accident, plus the
fourth in the Arcadia Trust series. A couple of short screenplays as well.
Before you begin writing what are the essentials you need to
have near you?
Quiet and something
to write with/on. Everything else is negotiable, though it might affect the
output.
In a sentence or two, what would you tell a new author just
starting out?
Write the books
you’ll love and care about. Don’t worry about ‘what sells.’
Blurb
Abandoned
by his werewolf lover, the only thing Reylan wants is to return to his vampire
life of blood and beautiful boys. It’s a solid plan, until his first meal as a
single man tries to kill him.
Hoping
to free his young would-be assassin from the religious zealots that sent him,
Reylan enlists the help of Iain Grieg, a charismatic priest with unsettling
knowledge of the night’s secrets.
Surrounded
by conflicting agendas and an army fuelled by hate, Reylan fights to secure his
future, if he can only trust the mysterious priest and bury the ghosts of the past.
Publisher:
Self-published. Available via KDP or IngramSpark
Genre: Paranormal/Urban
Fantasy
Series: The
Arcadia Trust #3
Length: 282
pages
Buy links:
About the Author
Christian Baines has
written on travel, theatre, film, television, and various aspects of gay life,
factual and fictional. Some of his stranger thoughts have spawned novels,
including queer urban fantasy series The Arcadia Trust, the horror novella
Skin, and Puppet Boy, which was a finalist for the 2016 Saints and Sinners
Emerging Writer Award. Born in Australia, he now travels the world whenever
possible, living, writing, and shivering in Toronto, Canada on those odd
occasions he can't find his passport.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/christianbainesauthor
Twitter: www.twitter.com/xtianbaines
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Sins of the Son sounds like something that belongs on my TBR list.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the interview and the series sounds really good added to my wish list.
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