So, often I'm asked "who are your influences", and a name I immediately go to is Zlipha Keatly Snyder. And that's largely because of the three books of her Green-Sky trilogy: Below the Root, And All Between, and Until the Celebration.
This trilogy was significant to me for so many reasons. For one, it was very much the fantasy series that I consider my entry into the genre. Nothing had previously captured my attention as a fantasy world like Green Sky did. It was a glorious, ardent world of a city in the treetops, where the people could fly and glide from branch to branch. And it was a world with a dark secret.
The first book focuses on Raamo, a young man who begins his training as part of the elite priest caste, the Ol-zhaan. He's been sought out to join because he's especially gifted in the Spirit powers, which the Ol-zhaan are supposed to be masters of, but it turns out most of them have little-to-no ability in them. With two of his plucky youthful companions, he starts looking deeper into the dark secrets of the forbidden ground, which is supposedly populated by monsters. But when Raamo and his friends discover a girl on the ground, they learn it's not monsters at all, but people, trapped underground.
The second book shifts perspectives to Teera, the young girl, starting with her inadvertent escape from the underground prison her people live in. They're held in by the magically powerful Roots that are impossible to burn or cut. The Root was created by the Spirit powers, because those people had been banished by the Ol-zhaan to protect the true secret of Green Sky. You see, the people of Green Sky came from Earth, which had been destroyed in horrible wars. (See, it's sci-fi embedded in a fantasy.) Two factions formed, one who wanted to tell the people the truth of their origins, and the other who wanted to keep it a secret forever, hoping that ignorance of their violent past would help them stay peaceful forever. The tell-the-truth faction lost, and they were banished. But now the truth is out and public, and there's no hiding it... especially since the reuniting of these two peoples has reawakened the Spirit powers.
The third book does something unexpected. It's all about the messy fall-out of trying to unite these people, and how it does bring about the very violence that had been unknown all this time. It then goes on to, well, kind of a downer ending, mostly about how saviors and messiahs aren't always going to be able to patch everything up and lead the people into a golden age.
But this series taught be about how fantasy can be anything. Which is such an important lesson. If you can find them (which is apparently challenging to do), go check them out.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Cover Reveal: The Burned Spy
Guys, guys, guys, I'm so happy to show off the cover for the first book in my Immortal Spy Urban Fantasy series, The Burned Spy.
Summoned back from exile to find who assaulted the Norse pantheon's ambassador, disavowed Dark Ops agent Bix will have to tangle with the spy agency that burned her, the angels who prosecuted her, and ex-lovers who could have taken jealousy way too far.
The eBook is available at online retailers for pre-order. It'll be released January 30, 2018, in print and eBook. If you want to be notified the day it drops, sign up for my newsletter at kakrantz.com.
Now, as for this week's blog topic: 3 Fondly Remembered Books from My Childhood
1. Uncle Wiggly's Story Book
A series of short stories that were cute and none too frightening. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy is still a favorite that my family retells around the dinner table during the holidays.
2. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
Do you know how rare it is to find a book where the younger sibling gets to save the elder? Okay, when I was a kid, it was rare. Chang was my hero. Yes, as an adult, I understand the controversies and why the content is considered offensive.
3. Gnomes by Rein Poortvliet
The illustrations got me first. I would flip through this book for hours before I learned to read; once I figured out phonetics, I would memorize the passages and recite them to myself while watering the weeds my neighbor had ripped out of his garden. What? I was trying to help the gnomes!
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Summoned back from exile to find who assaulted the Norse pantheon's ambassador, disavowed Dark Ops agent Bix will have to tangle with the spy agency that burned her, the angels who prosecuted her, and ex-lovers who could have taken jealousy way too far.
The eBook is available at online retailers for pre-order. It'll be released January 30, 2018, in print and eBook. If you want to be notified the day it drops, sign up for my newsletter at kakrantz.com.
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Now, as for this week's blog topic: 3 Fondly Remembered Books from My Childhood
1. Uncle Wiggly's Story Book
A series of short stories that were cute and none too frightening. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy is still a favorite that my family retells around the dinner table during the holidays.
2. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
Do you know how rare it is to find a book where the younger sibling gets to save the elder? Okay, when I was a kid, it was rare. Chang was my hero. Yes, as an adult, I understand the controversies and why the content is considered offensive.
3. Gnomes by Rein Poortvliet
The illustrations got me first. I would flip through this book for hours before I learned to read; once I figured out phonetics, I would memorize the passages and recite them to myself while watering the weeds my neighbor had ripped out of his garden. What? I was trying to help the gnomes!
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Monday, November 27, 2017
My biggest influences were comic books.
I believe the notion is to share the most influential books from my youth and I can do that, but my answer might not be what you expected.
First. let me explain that I come from a family of readers. I inherited a vast collection of comic books from my brothers as I grew up and I read them al, voraciously. If it involved people in four color costumes with spangles and contraptions, the odds were I'd read it. If those stories involved some variation on the monster theme, I was there even faster.
Listen, my father figure growing up were my two older brothrs and damned near every person who got into a costume to fight the bad guys. Spider-man, Superman, Batman, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the hulk. T^hey were all there teaching me lessons on right and wrong, and when the writers used a word I was unfamiliar with, I was right there learning a new word with the use of the family dictionary.
there was a time when the principal of the local school came by the house, I believe to get his suit altered by my mother (She was a tailor and made extra money for raising the kids with a lot of for restaurants, etc.). She lamented that the only thing she could get her kids to read was comic books and the man laughed and said. "At least they are reading." Never met the man myself but I'd have loved to shake his hand.
Comic books. Monster comic books. The Man-Thing. The Swamp Thing. Morbius the living vampire, Werewolf By Night, Tomb of Dracula, the Monster of Frankenstein The House of Secrets, Journey into Mystery, The Ghost Rider, Tales of the Zombie, The Demon, Any variation on that theme and I was ecstatic. Daimon Hellstorm, the Son of Satan and his sister, Satana. Lilith Dracula's Daughter. Tigra the Were-Woman. All of them helped shape me. The Spectre dealt out harsh punishments to the bad guys. They often had a screwed up moral code, but they paid the price for it when they were wrong. They were among the voices that taught me right from wrong and how to behave myself in society.
There were more of them, but I suspect you get the idea.
One of the most amazing moments in my early years? Batman takes on the Swamp Thing and loses.
Seriously. Think about that.
Batman, who has saved Gotham City countless times, who has managed to thwart the Joker and Two Face and h, so many more, fought the swap Thing and got his butt handed to him. That was utterly mind blowing to me.
But as unsettling as it seems to most, there were morality plays at work here. Even the darkest of the heroes had enemies who were even darker.
Pick three, you say?
Okay:
Superman.
Spiderman.
The Swamp Thing. Pull any of those titles from the early to late seventies, and I was there. reading and studying the artwork of legends like Jack Kirby, Gene Colan, Bernie Wrightson and Pablo Marcos. Doug Ploog was there. And there were so many more. And the writers! Denny O'Neil, Marv Wolfman (Yes, that's his real name), Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, the list is too damned long to even seriously contemplate.
They were my first three, top of the line influences.
I never once said I was normal.
First. let me explain that I come from a family of readers. I inherited a vast collection of comic books from my brothers as I grew up and I read them al, voraciously. If it involved people in four color costumes with spangles and contraptions, the odds were I'd read it. If those stories involved some variation on the monster theme, I was there even faster.
Listen, my father figure growing up were my two older brothrs and damned near every person who got into a costume to fight the bad guys. Spider-man, Superman, Batman, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the hulk. T^hey were all there teaching me lessons on right and wrong, and when the writers used a word I was unfamiliar with, I was right there learning a new word with the use of the family dictionary.
there was a time when the principal of the local school came by the house, I believe to get his suit altered by my mother (She was a tailor and made extra money for raising the kids with a lot of for restaurants, etc.). She lamented that the only thing she could get her kids to read was comic books and the man laughed and said. "At least they are reading." Never met the man myself but I'd have loved to shake his hand.
Comic books. Monster comic books. The Man-Thing. The Swamp Thing. Morbius the living vampire, Werewolf By Night, Tomb of Dracula, the Monster of Frankenstein The House of Secrets, Journey into Mystery, The Ghost Rider, Tales of the Zombie, The Demon, Any variation on that theme and I was ecstatic. Daimon Hellstorm, the Son of Satan and his sister, Satana. Lilith Dracula's Daughter. Tigra the Were-Woman. All of them helped shape me. The Spectre dealt out harsh punishments to the bad guys. They often had a screwed up moral code, but they paid the price for it when they were wrong. They were among the voices that taught me right from wrong and how to behave myself in society.
There were more of them, but I suspect you get the idea.
One of the most amazing moments in my early years? Batman takes on the Swamp Thing and loses.
Seriously. Think about that.
Batman, who has saved Gotham City countless times, who has managed to thwart the Joker and Two Face and h, so many more, fought the swap Thing and got his butt handed to him. That was utterly mind blowing to me.
But as unsettling as it seems to most, there were morality plays at work here. Even the darkest of the heroes had enemies who were even darker.
Pick three, you say?
Okay:
Superman.
Spiderman.
The Swamp Thing. Pull any of those titles from the early to late seventies, and I was there. reading and studying the artwork of legends like Jack Kirby, Gene Colan, Bernie Wrightson and Pablo Marcos. Doug Ploog was there. And there were so many more. And the writers! Denny O'Neil, Marv Wolfman (Yes, that's his real name), Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, the list is too damned long to even seriously contemplate.
They were my first three, top of the line influences.
I never once said I was normal.
I write fiction, a little of everything and a lot of horror. I've written novels, comic books, roleplaying game supplements, short stories, novellas and oodles of essays on whatever strikes my fancy. That might change depending on my mood and the publishing industry. Things are getting stranger and stranger in the wonderful world of publishing and that means I get to have fun sorting through the chaos (with all the other writer-types). I have a website. This isn't it. This is where you can likely expect me to talk about upcoming projects and occasionally expect a rant or two. Not too many rants. Those take a lot of energy. In addition to writing I work as a barista, because I still haven't decided to quit my day job. Opinions are always welcome.
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Three Books I'm Buying My Grandkids
Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is three books from our childhood that we still remember fondly and why. This is funny, because I recently brought up the above book - THE ABANDONED by Paul Gallico - as a book I've never forgotten, and that I think I might be the only kid on the planet who read it. (Although the Goodreads listing argues otherwise!)
Then I went and bought it to give my granddaughter for Christmas. (Don't worry - she's too young to follow my blog. I'm pretty sure...) This is the perfect book for her because she's cat crazy. And this is about a little boy who becomes a cat. It contains the mantra for the ages: When in doubt, wash. It's a haunting story about being other and about finding self.
I might have to give it a reread before I wrap it up.
Because this is a blog of fantasy and science fiction writers, I feel I must mention my gateway drug to both: DRAGONSONG by Anne McCaffrey. I feel that I should mention that this book has more than 40K ratings on Goodreads, as opposed to ~1,100 for THE ABANDONED. So, relatively speaking, I am about the only person who read the latter, compared to the former. DRAGONSONG is well loved and rightly so. It's the story of a young girl on the planet Pern, and how she tames fire lizards and finds her place in the world as a musician. This book lit me up to the possibilities of fantasy and I really never looked back.
There are many books to choose from, of course, but in the SFF realm, it's sad for me how few have held up over time. I loved Susan Cooper's Dark Is Rising books, but the worldbuilding underpinnings don't work for me. And not just now - I went back and reread to fill in some pieces and they simply aren't there. Other books I loved turned out to have religious agendas, alas.
But one that has withstood the test of time - and has arguably grown richer for it - is A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle. And with the movie version finally coming out (after, lo, these 40+ years), this is the time to reread, and get your younger peeps to read, before the movie comes out, as we all know the book is inevitably better.
That said, the movie comes out on March 9, which is my mom's birthday. I'm thinking we should maybe go see it together, to celebrate our history with this book, this author, and all things mother/daughter. Take a look at that incredible trailer! FANTASTIC, in all the best senses of the word.
Books make great gifts! Just saying :D
In other news, I'm participating in Patrick Rothfuss's Worldbuilders fundraiser. You can bid to win a critique from me or a Tuckerization in my new series! But there's only 9 hours left in the auctions as of this posting, so hasten thee over!
Then I went and bought it to give my granddaughter for Christmas. (Don't worry - she's too young to follow my blog. I'm pretty sure...) This is the perfect book for her because she's cat crazy. And this is about a little boy who becomes a cat. It contains the mantra for the ages: When in doubt, wash. It's a haunting story about being other and about finding self.
I might have to give it a reread before I wrap it up.
Because this is a blog of fantasy and science fiction writers, I feel I must mention my gateway drug to both: DRAGONSONG by Anne McCaffrey. I feel that I should mention that this book has more than 40K ratings on Goodreads, as opposed to ~1,100 for THE ABANDONED. So, relatively speaking, I am about the only person who read the latter, compared to the former. DRAGONSONG is well loved and rightly so. It's the story of a young girl on the planet Pern, and how she tames fire lizards and finds her place in the world as a musician. This book lit me up to the possibilities of fantasy and I really never looked back.
There are many books to choose from, of course, but in the SFF realm, it's sad for me how few have held up over time. I loved Susan Cooper's Dark Is Rising books, but the worldbuilding underpinnings don't work for me. And not just now - I went back and reread to fill in some pieces and they simply aren't there. Other books I loved turned out to have religious agendas, alas.
But one that has withstood the test of time - and has arguably grown richer for it - is A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle. And with the movie version finally coming out (after, lo, these 40+ years), this is the time to reread, and get your younger peeps to read, before the movie comes out, as we all know the book is inevitably better.
That said, the movie comes out on March 9, which is my mom's birthday. I'm thinking we should maybe go see it together, to celebrate our history with this book, this author, and all things mother/daughter. Take a look at that incredible trailer! FANTASTIC, in all the best senses of the word.
Books make great gifts! Just saying :D
In other news, I'm participating in Patrick Rothfuss's Worldbuilders fundraiser. You can bid to win a critique from me or a Tuckerization in my new series! But there's only 9 hours left in the auctions as of this posting, so hasten thee over!
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Jeffe Kennedy is a multi-award-winning and best-selling author of romantic fantasy. She is the current President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and is a member of Novelists, Inc. (NINC). She is best known for her RITA® Award-winning novel, The Pages of the Mind, the recent trilogy, The Forgotten Empires, and the wildly popular, Dark Wizard. Jeffe lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is represented by Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
My Three Favorite Charities
I love our topic at SFF7 this week! I firmly
believe in giving back and paying good things forward.
I tend to focus on three areas of charitable
giving or support: veterans, children and animals, based on my own life and
what's most important to me.
The specific charities I support may change from
year to year but here are a few to which I've given support currently or in the
past:
Hero Dogs, Inc. - Service dogs for veterans. With my
friend Pauline B. Jones, I've co-organized the USA Today Best Selling Pets In
Space scifi romance limited edition anthology for the past two years, and we make a donation
to Hero Dogs from the first month's royalties earned by this
USA Today Best Selling anthology.
The Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA - my two
rescue cats Jake and Keanu came from here (and my daughters' cats Carrot and
Orly before that) and I admire the work they do.
Rainbow Acres Ranch - From their webpage: "For over 40 years, we've been
empowering people with developmental disabilities to live to their fullest
potential with dignity and purpose." For many years, one of my dearest
friends and her husband went annually to volunteer their time and talents there,
so I chose to support them as well.
GLAZA - the Los Angeles Zoo and
Botanical Gardens. When my girls were young, we went there all the time and I
tried to support them as much as I could.
LZ Grace Warriors Retreat - From their webpage: "Landing Zone Grace
(LZ-Grace) provides a place of respite for combat weary warriors and their families.
The goal of this family farm is to provide a sanctuary of rest, renewal and
hope to Special Operations Forces (from all branches of the military)
transitioning from combat to life at home."
There are so many worthy
organizations out there, so many needs crying out to be addressed. I always
wish I could do more but we can each only do what's possible for our own
situation and try to help those who are less fortunate than we may be today.
At various times, I’ve also
supported the American Cancer Society, the Red Cross, St. Jude’s Hospital, Susan G. Komen For the Cure, UNICEF,
the Salvation Army, Goodwill, and various organizations fighting the AIDS
epidemic, as well as smaller, localized charities whose names would not be familiar. When I had the day job, I always also donated to United Way from my
paycheck.
As you can probably tell, my
choice of which charities to support varies with what’s going on in my own
life, or with my family and friends. That leaves out so many wonderful causes like bomb removal in war torn areas, world famine, malaria prevention, lack of clean water in impoverished parts of the world, Doctors Without Borders...but for me, the focus is more localized.
Best wishes to you and yours
for a very warm, happy and safe holiday season.
Best Selling Science Fiction & Paranormal Romance author and “SciFi Encounters” columnist for the USA Today Happily Ever After blog, Veronica Scott grew up in a house with a library as its heart. Dad loved science fiction, Mom loved ancient history and Veronica thought there needed to be more romance in everything.
Friday, November 24, 2017
Gratitude
It's a warm Thanksgiving on Florida's west coast - a day of clouds looming and threats of thunder storms that never materialized. I have never in my life gotten to have Thanksgiving dinner while comfortably wearing shorts and sandals. So there's that to be grateful for. Not to mention that finally, my family is together again after we'd been strewn across the continent. And while we're still in monetary recovery after the vast awful that was Autolycus's final illness followed rapidly by Hatshepsut's near brush with the grim feline reaper, we ARE recovering. For that we are entirely grateful.
Part of being grateful is sharing the good fortune. The first place I like to send my support is a (now) local charity that will surprise exactly no one who knows me:
Big Cat Rescue
They are one of the largest accredited big cat sanctuaries in the world. They take in big cats from all over the US and, in some cases, the world. They advocate for the shift in legislation throughout the US to end the trade of big cats - either as 'pets', performers, or for fur harvest. They take amazing care of their animals and many of their cats live to unheard of ages because of it. You can also take tours - no - no petting or contact with the cats. They are a sanctuary and that means preserving the cats in as wild a state as possible within the confines of not being able to return them to the wild. When they rescue injured bobcats or panthers, they DO return the animals to the wild after they've been rehabilitated. Still. I can recommend the tour. There's nothing like hearing a cougar purr at you. Or Joseph lion roaring.
MayDay.us
Because politics. This group is a grassroots movement aimed at using small, public contributions to elect citizens to office. Term limits are a big ticket item for this group. They're working at city and state levels in order to build momentum for bigger races. Defeating a super PAC in a national election is the goal. It's also possible I'm channeling some $$ to specific candidates whose goals align with mine. I cannot legally take a flamethrower to the current Pennywise the Clown and minions inhabiting the halls of government, so this is the next best thing that won't end with me in prison.
Nature Conservancy
Because it's all about habitat. We know that wildlife requires land that humans haven't paved over. We get that if we want to go on breathing we need trees. And algae. And plankton. But who wants to dedicate a vast tract of their farm land to preserving a weird three spotted lizard? Or a rare venomous spider? The Nature Conservancy takes a realistic view of preserving land for wildlife. They buy it. Or trade tracts of critical habitat for other land that can then be used by humans. Their success stories are pretty good.
Bonus: Check out Charitywater.org
I think that especially when life is difficult - in the midst of loss - it's vital to take a moment daily to practice gratitude and to say thank you. So thank you. I am grateful you're here.
Part of being grateful is sharing the good fortune. The first place I like to send my support is a (now) local charity that will surprise exactly no one who knows me:
Big Cat Rescue
They are one of the largest accredited big cat sanctuaries in the world. They take in big cats from all over the US and, in some cases, the world. They advocate for the shift in legislation throughout the US to end the trade of big cats - either as 'pets', performers, or for fur harvest. They take amazing care of their animals and many of their cats live to unheard of ages because of it. You can also take tours - no - no petting or contact with the cats. They are a sanctuary and that means preserving the cats in as wild a state as possible within the confines of not being able to return them to the wild. When they rescue injured bobcats or panthers, they DO return the animals to the wild after they've been rehabilitated. Still. I can recommend the tour. There's nothing like hearing a cougar purr at you. Or Joseph lion roaring.
MayDay.us
Because politics. This group is a grassroots movement aimed at using small, public contributions to elect citizens to office. Term limits are a big ticket item for this group. They're working at city and state levels in order to build momentum for bigger races. Defeating a super PAC in a national election is the goal. It's also possible I'm channeling some $$ to specific candidates whose goals align with mine. I cannot legally take a flamethrower to the current Pennywise the Clown and minions inhabiting the halls of government, so this is the next best thing that won't end with me in prison.
Nature Conservancy
Because it's all about habitat. We know that wildlife requires land that humans haven't paved over. We get that if we want to go on breathing we need trees. And algae. And plankton. But who wants to dedicate a vast tract of their farm land to preserving a weird three spotted lizard? Or a rare venomous spider? The Nature Conservancy takes a realistic view of preserving land for wildlife. They buy it. Or trade tracts of critical habitat for other land that can then be used by humans. Their success stories are pretty good.
Bonus: Check out Charitywater.org
I think that especially when life is difficult - in the midst of loss - it's vital to take a moment daily to practice gratitude and to say thank you. So thank you. I am grateful you're here.
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Thankful
This will be quick, because I have plenty on my plate but:
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
- If you've ever bought one or all of my books...
- If you've read and loved the stories of Maradaine...
- If you've been looking forward to the books to come...
- If you've told a friend to try out my books...
- If you've left a review on Amazon or Goodreads...
- If you consider yourself a fan...
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
1.) Veterans of Foreign Wars
I used to be a barmaid at my local VFW. I'm also a lifetime
member. Many nights, I've kept the beers flowing while these men who served our
country regale the crowd with their tales. Fewer nights, I've served a glass of
something harder while someone stared into their glass trying to force some
awful image that seemed stuck in their mind's eye. I've seen a vet of the Iraq
War who turned to heroine. I've seen men who served and came home safe
seemingly unscathed...then lost their whole family to random stateside
tragedies, yet they have found a way to carry on despite an ache that will
never abate. I've helped vets get their ties and medals just right before a
parade, and I've seen a Korean War vet (1950-3) sing karaoke.
Also, the VFW has a variety of community outreach programs
and scholarships. Supporting the VFW is supporting good people in your own
community.
2.) Any Animal Rescue / No Kill Shelter
A friend of mine who passed away years ago had a cat
shelter. She actively trapped feral cats, got them spayed or neutered and
re-released them if they were not tamable. She also took other housecats and
worked to find them good homes. I had one such cat come into my life for a
while. He was a gray tabby with six toes, a mitten-paw. He'd been a feral cat
trapped and tamed and I loved him enough to deal with my cat allergy. Also, my dog Bela came from a no-kill
shelter. For eleven years now, she's been a wonderful addition to our family
(i.e. being the floor pillow when the boys watched cartoons, protecting our
yard from evil squirrels, keeping us warm on cold winter nights, and the source
of much laughter).
I say all that because I know the hard work that goes into a
rescue, and the benefits to the animal and the family that adopts.
3.) The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
From the internet: For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s
guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend
and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the
laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
Whether it’s achieving full equality for lesbians, gays,
bisexuals and transgender people; establishing new privacy protections for our
digital age of widespread government surveillance; ending mass incarceration;
or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion; the ACLU
takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people
from government abuse and overreach.
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