{"id":6,"date":"2006-02-18T13:31:56","date_gmt":"2006-02-18T18:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passarella.com\/blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2006-02-18T13:35:55","modified_gmt":"2006-02-18T18:35:55","slug":"kindred-spirit-back-cover-text-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/6\/kindred-spirit-back-cover-text-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"KINDRED SPIRIT Back Cover Text Posted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a heads-up to tell you that I’ve posted the KINDRED SPIRIT back cover text (to whet your purchasing appetite, I hope) on my website’s Kindred Spirit Page<\/a>. Don’t everybody rush out and pre-order all at once…on second thought, go right ahead. Do that. But no pushing and shoving. I’ll wait here for your return. Dum…dum…dum…dee–dum…. Oh! Welcome back. And thanks! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Also, I sent out a full newsletter (rather than a simple news bulletin) a few days ago. If you don’t subscribe, you can get it HERE<\/a>. However, only registered subscribers are eligible for prize drawings. If you’re thinking about subscribing, know that I will not sell, disclose, release or repurpose your e-mail address. I only use the e-mail addresses for newsletter distribution, special bulletins, prize announcements (and eligibility), special offers, etc. all related to my books and stories.<\/p>\n

Finally, I’m getting excited about the no-complications-attached aspect of this new book. KINDRED SPIRIT is not part of the Wendy Ward\/Wither stories. With WITHER, I had to explain that it was co-authored but only had one “pen” name on the cover. With WITHER’S RAIN and WITHER’S LEGACY I had to explain that they were sequels, stand-alone sequels, but sequels nonetheless. With BUFFY: GHOUL TROUBLE and the ANGEL books (AVATAR & MONOLITH), I had to explain that they were original novels BASED ON the TV shows. Not novelized episodes, but new stories, what I liked to call “lost episodes” so people could get the concept. And no matter what I said, some people assumed I was actually Joss Whedon or that he got the idea for Buffy from “my” book.<\/p>\n

Anyway, with KINDRED SPIRIT, there is no attachment to a lost (but loved) TV series, no co-author involved, there is no sequel or prequel or series involved. It’s a book that will stand or fall on its own. But I know when I’m at the table and someone asks which ONE book of mine they should try, it will be a no-brainer. Try KINDRED SPIRIT. If you like that, then you can try the Wendy Ward\/Wither books.<\/p>\n

KINDRED SPIRIT is also the most mainstream book I’ve ever had published. There are genre elements: ghosts, possession. But they are not as in-your-face-genre as monsters and magic. The characters in KINDRED are several years older than the main characters in the Wendy\/Wither books. And the vast majority of the research for this book came from experts in their respective fields. I interviewed TV news station personnel, including a couple reporters, producers and office staff. I interviewed people from an exhibit building company, our chief of police, and I exchanged e-mails with a ghost researcher. Usually my research involves libraries and Internet searches. But for KINDRED SPIRIT, I spent most of my research time in the field, so to speak.<\/p>\n

I hope my readers are pleased with the results.<\/p>\n

Until the next one,
\n-Jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a heads-up to tell you that I’ve posted the KINDRED SPIRIT back cover text (to whet your purchasing appetite, I hope) on my website’s Kindred Spirit Page. Don’t everybody rush out and pre-order all at once…on second thought, go … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}