Show Notes:
Interview 1: Dianna
Best contact is looking up Khaiah or Hawkeye books
Loves YA fiction and fantasy.
The first book was entered into a competition with Hawkeye and won.
Great supportive and encouraging publisher
5 words: YA Fantasy Coming of age.
Help shape who people want to be through story with YA
Had no idea how hard Self publishing would be
Her book has common Supernatural abilities in a world similar than our own.
Story expanded after writing the first
Ideal writing environment is a cafe. Likes the white noise.
Tip: Just write. Start and finish it
FIrst Draft is really rough!
Shannon Hale Quote: Life is simply heaping sand into a sand pit so that later I can build castles
Not sure how many drafts.
Interview 2: Chris
Always been an avid reader
Could hold baby and read at the same time
Could find the book she was looking for so wrote her own.
The Blackwood is inspired by blackwood river
Drew on pieces of places that she knew.
The first on came to her but the second and third were harder.
Book 1, the town is nothing as it seems.
Book 2, has elements of regret leaving the town
Book 3, returns to brown and there is a bit of a battle
Character not based on anyone she knows.
Inspired by Xmen Rogue
Set in a country town and has the vibe from her experience
Where the Excerpt Came From:
Chosen spot in book
Guest Bio:
West Australian Author Khaiah Thomson pens the Blackwood series. The first book Welcome to Blackwood won the Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize in 2020. Khaiah has a keen interest in writing Young Adult Fiction and supporting young people to follow their creative passions. When she isn't working or in her home office writing, Khaiah can usually be found nose-deep in a book, procrastigaming, or at the nearest cafe, hovering close to the coffee machine. Khaiah lives in Perth with her husband and two sons.
Booklist:
Welcome to Blackwood (2020)
Leaving Blackwood (2021)
Redeeming Blackwood (2024)
Amazon Link:
https://www.amazon.com.au/s?i=books-single-index&rh=p_27%3AKhaiah%2BThomson
Links
Contact Khaiah Thomson
Website: https://hawkeyebooks.com.au/pages/khaiah-thomson
FB: https://facebook.com/khaiah
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthomson_author/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthomsonauthor?_r=1&_t=ZS-91VAfHjk1Mw
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20627759.Khaiah_Thomson
Hawkeye books: https://hawkeyebooks.com.au/products/blackwood-series-bundle-pack-3-books
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Contact Paul
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.van.der.mey.2025
Forrest.chat: http://forrest.chat/episodes
Contact Chris
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.ilsley.5
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Music by: @keysofmoonmusic
Name: The epic hero
