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Snpgrdxz and the Time Monsters
Paul R. Lloyd
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Paul, what do you love
about this book?
I love the way Bryan Ganarski took over the story. I know
that’s not something that will be obvious to readers, but it proved to me that
“seat of the pants” is the only way to write fiction. Snpgrdxz was supposed to
be my big move into outlining the story before starting. I began with an Excel
spreadsheet that outlined a quest journey for Snpgrdxz, a teenage space alien
shape shifter who survived a flying saucer crash back in the forties. In his
world, the teenage years last for about 150 earth-equivalent years, so he’s
been a teenager for a long time with quite a while to go. According to plan,
the mysterious men in black are after Snpgrdxz so they can slice, dice and
analyze him. The story was supposed to be a teenage version of The Fugitive.
Bryan Ganarski was supposed to be the Boswell character recording the
adventures of Snpgrdxz. Instead, he recorded the adventures of a girl he has a
crush on at the beginning of the story. Then the characters chase after a troll
who kidnapped one of their friends and in the process, discovered a time
portal. Snpgrdxz becomes a playful side character in a story that can best be
described as Romeo and Juliet meet Back to the Future. Goodbye men in black.
Goodbye 21st century. Goodbye Excel outline.
What do you hope
readers will tell others about this book?
My novels are not for every reader, but those who love
them will talk about the nonstop action. My readers usually tell me they
couldn’t put the book down. This is often expressed as a complaint like: “I was
up until two in the morning because I just had to finish it.” Snpgrdxz and the
Time Monsters delivers that kind of action. Readers will talk about the love
story between Bryan and Jennifer because it’s a first love for both of them
which makes for awkward moments as they sort through the complexities such as where
your nose goes and how far to go without compromising your morals. Readers will
want to talk about time travel and the way Jennifer runs into herself without
disrupting the time/space continuum. With two Jennifers, will one go evil while
the other stays good? Do they both want Bryan or will one find another love
interest?
Share your best
marketing tip
After 30 years as a marketing executive, I learned a
couple of things. One is if you do nothing, nothing will happen. That’s the
only guarantee in marketing. The other thing is there is no accounting for
success. What one person did to succeed provides no indication that you can do
the same thing and expect the same result. For example, how many people have
followed Amanda Hocking’s formula for success and how many of them have sold
any books doing so? So with this in mind, here’s my big tip of the day: Do the marketing things you enjoy doing because
you’ll actually do them. So if blogging is your thing, then do it. If you
prefer email campaigns, go for it. Make sure you love whatever it is so you’ll
do it every day.
About the Author:
Paul R. Lloyd explores the monsters and strangers among
us in his fiction. His latest novel is the first in his new speculative fiction series.
It mixes a group of teenagers, their time traveling high school art teacher, a
fireman, and a teenaged space alien shape shifter on an adventure across time.
The journey features a love story lost and found in time. Will love survive the
journey or will the insanity of time travel destroy the lovers and their
companions? Snpgrdxz
and the Time Monsters,
Paul’s other novels include the noir thriller STEEL PENNIES,
the horror story HAGS and his spiritual warfare take on the original Christmas
story in FULFILLMENT. FULFILLMENT was published by PromiseGarden.com Books. Paul
publishes his other novels as an independent author.
His short fiction has appeared in the literary magazines
Possibilities and
Daedalus as well as the
Canyon
City Daily Record (Colorado) newspaper. He was the author of
The Doctor Solves a Mystery series of
mini-mysteries for the annual contest of the Physicians’ Benefits Trust, the
insurance arm of the Illinois State Medical Society. Paul served as editor for
The Goldring, a newsletter of puzzles
and games published by one of Chicago’s premier marketing research firms. He
also published
Creative Challenges,
his own newsletter of puzzles, games and mystery stories. His short fiction
appears on his blog at
http://paulrlloyd.blogspot.com.
Paul’s fiction explores a world of offbeat characters that
populate real places like the ancient Middle East, Wheaton, Illinois, Naperville,
Illinois, and West Chester, Pennsylvania.
He reveals the horror and humor of the human condition while exploring
themes such as cowardice in SNPGRDXZ AND THE TIME MONSTERS, forgiveness in
HAGS, redemption in FULFILLMENT and the nature of love (and hate) in STEEL
PENNIES.
Paul is president of FXX Enterprises, a technology start
up offering un-hackable digital security. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
English Literature from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He lives in
Chicago’s western suburbs with his wife, the artist and author Lynn Zuk-Lloyd. Paul
leads the Write Time Writers Group in Geneva, Illinois, and is a member of the
Chicago Writers Association.
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