{"id":909,"date":"2016-06-22T22:34:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T22:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willbly.com\/?p=909"},"modified":"2016-06-23T06:01:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T06:01:16","slug":"5-questions-with-author-c-d-gallant-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/willbly.com\/?p=909","title":{"rendered":"5 Questions with Author C.D. Gallant-King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently sent C.D. Gallant-King a list of five questions. In his upcoming book,<em> Hell Comes to Hogtown,<\/em> a comic book nerd and a pro-wrestler try to clear their names in a kidnapping while evading a bloodthirsty demon hobo\u2026<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>THE TRAILER!<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sfyGA31M0UY?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/sfyGA31M0UY\/0.jpg\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>THE INTERVIEW!<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Ten Thousand Days has great reviews. But I\u2019m not letting you off so easy. What are you happy with about your first novel, and what are you unhappy with?\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nI&#8217;m most happy with how polite all the reviewers were, and I&#8217;m unhappy with everything else.<br \/>\nSeriously though, overall I think the book had a lot of good ideas (and I think I surprised a few people), but structurally the pacing was way off. I could pick it apart for hours but the short version is the first act was too long and the third act was way too short. I&#8217;m honestly considering giving it a thorough revision.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Hypothetically, the main character of your next story is a river goddess in sub-Saharan Africa who rides a hippopotamus. What\u2019s the conflict?\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nKnowing nothing of African culture or folklore, I&#8217;m going to say it&#8217;s an aggressive clan of piranha people who are plaguing the river and pillaging the land, but they\u2019re secretly controlled by a hive-mind swarm of termites that are the true villains. The hippopotamus definitely dies in a heart-wrenching scene.(Do they have piranhas in Africa? If not, replace them with some kind of trout or tilapia.) [Editor&#8217;s note: No, there are no piranhas in Africa, but I found something<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianchannel.com\/shows\/africas-piranha\/0\/3418376\"> just as good<\/a>.)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Okay, Okay, so what are you really writing? What\u2019s next?<\/b><br \/>\nI have a brand new novel out July 1st. It&#8217;s called <i>Hell Comes to Hogtown<\/i> and it&#8217;s about a comic book nerd and a pro-wrestler trying to clear their names in a kidnapping while avoiding a bloodthirsty demon hobo.It&#8217;s a horror comedy, sort of in the vein of Christopher Moore (<i>Practical Demonkeeping<\/i>, <i>You Suck: A Love Story<\/i>, and many others). I am really excited about this one. If you like black humour and don&#8217;t mind a few cuss words (okay, a LOT of cuss words) this should be right up your alley.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Plug someone else\u2019s work \u2013 not yours, not mine.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nShe probably doesn&#8217;t need my plug, but some of the best Indy stuff I&#8217;ve read lately is Celine Jeanjean&#8217;s <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/29602693-the-bloodless-assassin\">The Viper and the Urchin<\/a><\/i>\u00a0series. Ostensibly it&#8217;s a YA steampunk fantasy, but really it&#8217;s a series of \u00a0fast-paced mystery\/thrillers with a pair of mismatched buddy cop-style antagonists. It\u2019s entertaining, the characters are really enjoyable and the story moves along really well &#8211; it\u2019s not at all bogged down by extraneous world-building or backstory, which I appreciate immensely. The second book just came out and it&#8217;s doing really well. The third book should be out later this year.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>You are a gamer, how does gaming mesh with your writing?\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nWriting seems to go hand-in-hand with game-mastering, doesn\u2019t it? Most writers I know of use their gaming to develop their story\u2019s background, sending their players through their fantasy world to test out their ideas. I much prefer my games to be a joint effort between the players and game master to write the story together &#8211; with everyone taking part equally. You get way more interesting outcomes this way, the players are more invested, and I don&#8217;t have to listen to my own stupid ideas in BOTH my writing and my gaming. So if anything I try to keep my \u201cauthor voice\u201d out of my games.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>THE BOOK!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GCsJfqlwv7c\/V1t1_LuILeI\/AAAAAAAAChY\/AGB5k75Wtb40vsPgsuukALWwPEXbNprNwCLcB\/s1600\/hogtown%2Bsized.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GCsJfqlwv7c\/V1t1_LuILeI\/AAAAAAAAChY\/AGB5k75Wtb40vsPgsuukALWwPEXbNprNwCLcB\/s400\/hogtown%2Bsized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>Title<\/b>: <i>Hell Comes to Hogtown<\/i><br \/>\n<b>Author<\/b>: C.D Gallant-King<br \/>\n<b>Genre<\/b>: Comic Horror<br \/>\n<b>Length<\/b>: 65,000 words<br \/>\n<b>Cover Art<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SalvatoriPhotography\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Salvatori<\/a>\u00a0and Max Covers<br \/>\n<b>Editing<\/b>: Amy Allen-MacLeod<br \/>\n<b>Release Date<\/b>: July 1, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Fitz is a broke night manager for a grubby comic book store. His only friend Dee is a drugged-out, womanizing pro-wrestler. Together they\u2019re the most pathetic losers on the face of the planet. Their lives cannot possibly get any worse.<\/p>\n<p>And then they\u2019re implicated in the kidnapping of the prime minister\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p>On the run from the cops, Fitz and Dee discover there is something far worse than the RCMP stalking the dark streets of Toronto. They are being hunted by an ancient demon of unspeakable evil with an insatiable taste for blood&#8230; or maybe it\u2019s just your run-of-the-mill giant murderous hobo?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, life in prison might be better than whatever the creepy drifter has in store for them\u2026<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">THE LINKS!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">You can purchase <i>Hell Comes to Hogtown<\/i> at any of the fine retailers below:<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01H2TUX6M\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B01H2TUX6M&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wibl08-20&amp;linkId=b010c2fb569d256ee964b69ebab1b446\">AMAZON.COM<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Hell-Comes-Hogtown-C-D-Gallant-King-ebook\/dp\/B01H2TUX6M\">AMAZON.CA<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Hell-Comes-Hogtown-C-D-Gallant-King-ebook\/dp\/B01H2TUX6M\">AMAZON.CO.UK<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-ca\/ebook\/hell-comes-to-hogtown\" target=\"_blank\">KOBO<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/books\/1123937194\">BARNES &amp; NOBLE<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/book\/hell-comes-to-hogtown\/id1124682621\">iTUNES<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6332324\" target=\"_blank\">CREATESPACE<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/642504\" target=\"_blank\">SMASHWORDS<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">THE WRITER!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-b4uB5FvPxaA\/V1t7uiMbpwI\/AAAAAAAACho\/8CA-CHBZ0Lc9h7ut11XhiKoumGOZKaQCACLcB\/s1600\/BW%2BHeadshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-b4uB5FvPxaA\/V1t7uiMbpwI\/AAAAAAAACho\/8CA-CHBZ0Lc9h7ut11XhiKoumGOZKaQCACLcB\/s320\/BW%2BHeadshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Writer, tabletop gamer, pro-wrestling aficionado. Dad.<\/p>\n<p>C.D. Gallant-King is an independent writer originally from Newfoundland, Canada, though he&#8217;s not fond of fishing and hates boats. He moved to Toronto to study theatre, and then later moved to Ottawa where he does absolutely nothing related to theatre.<\/p>\n<p>He hangs out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cdgallantking\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cdgallantking\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdgallantking.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stories I Found in the Closet<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruleofthedice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rule of the Dice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=wibl08-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01H2TUX6M&amp;asins=B01H2TUX6M&amp;linkId=d5a139d04afe948128c7042e969ce5e1&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently sent C.D. 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