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Now, for another first on
Dream Weaver Novels Blog:
Introducing Horror author Stevie Kopas
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Stevie, your email signature says you are
an ‘Apocalypse Enthusiast.’ Tell readers a little about yourself and why you
give yourself that handle.
Ah, good ol’
apocalypse enthusiast. I sure am. The reason I give myself that handle would
probably be because I’ve been interested in the post apocalyptic genre since I
was a child. My dad was always a huge
fan of PA films like Omega Man, Soylent Green and The Day After (not to be
confused with The Day After Tomorrow…that was not very good lol), so I would
watch the movies with him. Then I got
into video games and began reading PA fiction as well as playing and watching…so
it’s just always been a big interest of mine.
I just have such a fascination with dystopian culture.
I love it! ‘Soylent Green is people!’ So
glad I’m not the only one who remembers the classics like Omega Man, and
Soylent Green. I remember watching those movies with mom and dad. But let’s talk about you. In 50 words or less, sell your
book to the readers.
The
Breadwinner is a post apocalyptic survival adventure that highlights the
struggles of ordinary people during the zombie apocalypse, the choices they
make and the people they become at the end of the world.
Dang, you had 16 more words you could use.
Nice pitch. So, what inspired you to write your book? And why did you chose
horror as your genre?
Horror is my
favorite genre of anything; books, movies, television, you name it. Zombie fiction is such a subtle reflection of
the world we live in, so I’m really into it.
The Breadwinner started as a short story and went on to become my first
published novel. It’s the first book in
The Breadwinner Trilogy, and people have really great things to say about it.
Great reviews on Amazon, Stevie! Could you
share a little excerpt of your book with us?
Sure! The following excerpt is from Part 2 of The
Breadwinner:
They had packed two bags, one for each of them with essential
needs and nothing more. They had barely
spoken except agreeing or disagreeing on what needed to be taken. There was no discussion to be had, they only
had to follow their father’s directions, get
out of the city, run like hell. A
flip had switched in Veronica and she felt as if she had suddenly aged 10
years. She saw Isaac slip his phone into
his pocket while packing up. She almost
said something but decided against it. Who am I to take his hope away from him,
she thought to herself has she zipped her backpack up, fighting back the urge
to be angry at the world for taking hope away from her. But she came to the realization that things
would be like this from now on. Bad
things would happen and bad things would happen fast. She wanted so badly to be the optimistic girl
she had been just this morning, but this morning felt like it was light years
away now. There was a difference between
being optimistic and being realistic, she knew that now. She could hope for the best all she wanted,
but if she didn’t think quickly and logically, she would end up like
James. She briefly wondered if her
father was somewhere up in the great beyond, rejoined with her mother, waiting
for her and Isaac to join them someday.
And then she remembered her life had never been, was not now, and would
never be a fairy tale.
My favorite
book is Swan Song by Robert McCammon. I
would recommend it to everyone. Other
books I thoroughly enjoyed were the Hater and Autumn series, both by David Moody. The Eden series by Tony Monchinski is also very good.
So,
are there any new authors that have caught your interest?
I have been in contact with a great gal
named Shana, aka The Bookie Monster. She
reviews authors in the horror/zombie genre and really does a wonderful job of
helping them promote their work. She is
also a writer herself and I’d recommend any author in my genre to seek her out
for reviews! One of the authors The
Bookie Monster recently reviewed was Jacqueline Druga. I’d never heard of her before, but Shana had
very great things to say so I’m definitely going to be diving into her work
pretty soon.
What are you currently working on?
I’m
currently working on Haven, the second book in The Breadwinner Trilogy. I’m hoping (with an appropriate life/work
balance lol) that I’ll be able to release Haven in February of 2014. I’m really excited to publish and can’t wait
for people to read it.
Just for fun… If I gave you three items, a
stone, a marble and a feather, what type of book would you write and how would
those objects feature? Even come up with a title if you like.
This is a
very interesting question and I love it.
I would probably call the book “Material Entity” and it would be Sci-Fi,
probably about three people, scattered across the world in different locations
who don’t know they’re part of an alien race that placed them within our
society and have the keys (stone, marble, feather) to save the human race. (Hey, nobody steal my idea, lol.)
Now that readers have been lured from
safety, where can they find you to make them scream?
Social media links:
Buy links:
Finally, what one thing could readers do to
support you…aside from buying your book?
Of course,
aside from buying The Breadwinner, I would ask readers to really support indie
authors. Independent authors work
extremely hard at promoting themselves and their work, and a lot of people try
to take advantage of that. I’ve heard
from different sources that readers prefer to purchase from big name sites
rather than small indie publishing sites like Smashwords because they “don’t
trust them”. But truth be told, without
websites like Smashwords, small indie authors like myself would not have the capability
of getting their work out there on their own!
Just because someone is not traditionally published, doesn’t mean they
aren’t great at what they do. Indie
writers are entrepreneurs! There is a
lot of amazing unknown stuff out there.
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Stevie, thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and being the first 'horror' interview on Dream Weaver Novels Blog.
Thanks everybody for stopping by, and again, for your support!
And as always,
Dare to Dream!
Su
PS...know an author who would like an interview? Have them contact me.
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