Last week I said I would take a break from talking about my next book. By now that book probably seems to be a bunch’a bull to you since I keep putting off the release date. But it is with great pleasure to have my guest blogger, L.G. Keltner, talk about her Self-Help 101 series of novellas of which two are already out.
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| Credit: L.G. Keltner |
What
inspired you to write the Self-Help 101 series?
I was inspired to write the first
novella in the series, Self-Help 101 or:
How I Learned to Take Over the World Through Tolerating My Family courtesy
of an odd combination of factors. I’d
been contemplating the nature of self-help books, and I listened to the Pinky and the Brain theme song. I only intended to write one novella, but
then my husband said the fateful words.
“You could make a series out of this.
Each book takes place on a different holiday. Imagine doing the 4th of July.” Within a minute, I knew I’d dedicated myself
to this expanded project.
How
many books are going to be in this series when it’s finished?
There’s going to be a total of five
altogether. Here’s a list of all of them.
Self-Help
101 or: How I Learned to Take Over the World Through Tolerating My Family
Self-Help
101 or: How to Survive a Bombardment With Minimal Injury
Self-Help
101 or: How to Select a Costume to Help You Deal With People
Self-Help
101 or: How to Successfully Dodge Resolutions and Suggestions for
Self-Improvement
I’m also going to release a compilation
with all four novellas, and it will be called Self-Help 101 or: How to Make the Transition Into Adulthood With
Minimal Stupidity. In addition to
the four novellas, this compilation will also include a bonus short story Self-Help 101 or: How to Make the Most of a
Date With Your Socially Awkward Valentine.
How
much of the series is written so far?
The first two novellas are out in the
world, and I’m currently wrapping up the rough draft of the third. I’ve also started the fourth one, but I don’t
have much done yet. Only a couple of
pages, actually. The rough draft of the
bonus Valentine’s Day story is finished, though. Which makes sense, right? That bonus story isn’t due to come out for
quite some time yet, but it’s written.
What
is the most enjoyable part of working on this series?
Part of the fun of writing the Self-Help 101 series has been taking
ordinary situations and highlighting the ridiculous. Dani’s family has its problems, but in many
ways they’re regular people. Fortunately
for writers, regular people are perfectly capable of doing bizarre, unexpected,
and sometimes downright dangerous things.
People are capable of discarding rationality in ways that boggle the
mind. I wanted to showcase that in a fun
way, and it’s been an enjoyable experience.
What
is the most challenging part of writing this series?
The most challenging part is definitely
the schedule I set up for myself. I want
the four novellas out by the end of 2016 and the compilation with the bonus
story out before Valentine’s Day 2017.
That’s a tight schedule, especially since I have a family and daily
obligations that demand a lot of my time.
Still, it’s good to know that I’m capable to setting difficult goals for
myself and meeting them.
Title: Self-Help
101 or: How to Survive a Bombardment With Minimal Injury
Author: L.G.
Keltner
Genre: YA/holiday/humor
Length: 25,000
words
Cover Art: L.G.
Keltner and Jamon Walker
Release Date: June
28, 2016
Blurb:
Book
2 in the Self-Help 101 series
Dani Finklemeier has self-published her
guide to taking over the world, but she still isn’t rich. Now she’s eighteen, still babysitting for
money, and looking forward to starting college in the fall.
Of course, she has to survive a 4th
of July outing with her family first.
That’s a challenging prospect considering she has to be in close
proximity with a group of cousins known as The Fallible Four. As if that weren’t enough, she also has to
deal with the fallout of her parents learning more about her relationship with
her boyfriend Seth than she ever wanted them to know.
The good news is that, if she survives
this holiday, she’ll have plenty of material for another self-help book.
Bio:
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| Credit: L.G. Keltner |
L.G. Keltner spends most of her time trying to
write while also cleaning up after her crazy but wonderful kids and hanging out
with her husband. Her favorite genre of
all time is science fiction, and she’s been trying to write novels since the
age of six. Needless to say, those
earliest attempts weren’t all that good.
Her non-writing hobbies include astronomy and
playing Trivial Pursuit.
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Thanks, L.G., for being here with us today and discussing your awesome novella series!
Next week, we return to my single short story book, “Circa Sixty Years Dead”, the cover art for it and more!
Until then . . .
Thanks for hosting me today!
ReplyDeleteNo problem! I was glad to do it.
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