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Having never been a fan of hot sun and sand in my shoes and clothes, I avoid sandy beaches whenever possible and much prefer cool mountain lakes surrounded by forests of shade, so it’s a little interesting that Kekoa chose me to write about his love of his Hawaiian home, now lost to him. I mean, it’s everyone’s dream vacation spot with beaches for days and very little shade trees. It’s also interesting that he chose me to write about a wicked witch. Generally my witches are protagonists, not the antagonist, but I saw an awesome looking spell book online and Kekoa said, “Hey, that’s in my story!” And off I went on his journey with him.
Back Story
Kekoa thought he was quite ordinary. Though financially his family struggled, he never felt poor until the tragic loss of his father, which shattered his world and brought him to my home state of Utah, at least, that’s what I modeled it after. Stick with what you know, right?
Cold, miserable, and alone, Kekoa trudges into my old high school, now demolished, only to unwittingly get on the bad side of a bad witch. My school always felt eerie to me since I rarely fit in, so it was easy to make it even darker. Luckily, Kekoa is much better looking than I and does make friends to help him on the way. And yet, with a witch shadowing his every move, friends only mean more risk.
I actually splurged for this book and got professional help with the cover, and was very pleased by his work. I wanted to link to him, but he wasn’t there anymore. I hope he’s moved on to follow his dreams, but if not, link to me and I will update this post with your new information!
Screenplay
I’d forgotten, until I started this post, that most of the old works I’ve published were first attempts to make a TV series or movie, which is why the books are so short. The manuscripts didn’t sell (I’d hope one good sale would pay off my school debt, but alas, I’m in debt over my hairline), so I made them into books.
Untrained and unsupervised, I failed dramatically, but, look at me still trying.
One can learn from their mistakes.
Right?
