MMMMM... SLEEEEEEPY TIIIIMESo there I was, rubbing & blinking my eyes at the tail end of a long night of reading (yay!) and finally readying myself to bed down for the night when Lilo Abernathy, author of the high-rated The Light Who Shines  mystery/ romance/ thriller novel, tagged me in a Facebook post.



NO, I HAVEN'T
READ THIS YET.
YES, SHAME ON ME.



Normally I ignore such taunts at 3 in the morning, but this one caught my attention. Lilo asked me to join a tour of authors blogging about their protagonists & it occurred to me that I sometimes have a difficult time explained my novel specifically because it has not 1 but 2 of them.

Very well, Lilo. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!
Here goes...





1) What is the name of your main character? Is he/ she fictional or a historic person? 

As I said, "Man Hunt" has two protagonists. They are Josie and...  er...  "Obe".  No, that's not a typoe, and no, he's not some kind of new monster I made up. The thing is, Obe doesn't know his real name. Because of his (unknown) indiscretions with the opposite sex, he's been tortured & brainwashed and given that name as a pathetic label meant specifically to downplay his value as a human being.

Josie was one of the women who tortured him.

Both characters are entirely fictional. (Thank God)



2) When and where is the story set?

Modern day. On a once-prosperous tourist island somewhere in the North Pacific Ocean.   It has lush green hills, picturesque hundred-foot cliffs, and an abandoned city filled with warped roads, cracked concrete, and a few hundred other men who are being punished for their sexist actions.




3) What should we know about him/her?

Josie is beautiful, both inside & out. Her physical beauty is an excellent trait for all the men she seduces to the island. Her inner beauty comes in the simple fact that she has maintained the resolve to know that what they are doing there is wrong. All but the handful of women in charge are as brainwashed as the men. Josie has just enough strength and courage to contemplate change.

Meanwhile, Obe both fears and hates the women for what they've done to him, but he has yet to fully face his own crime which warranted his presence on the island. Nevertheless, he is a survivor. He was released from the fortress several months ago and runs fast and intelligently from the women who now hunt him on a daily basis.



4) What is the main conflict? What messes up his/her life?

Josie gets caught having compassion for the men.

Obe has been moved to an area of the island where more experienced men expect him to conform to their ways.



5) What is his/her personal goal?

Josie wants to feel right again. What brought her to the island six years ago was a boyfriend who date-raped her. She was young and impulsive and angry and so easily manipulated by the women who run the place. She has matured despite (or perhaps because of?) these years of taking revenge, and ultimately she'd like to see the island shut down, though she'd be satisfied with her own salvation.  It doesn't appear, however, that she still believes such a thing is possible.

Obe obviously wants to survive/ go home, but his need to repair his damaged mind and reclaim his identity is a far stronger need. Specifically, he struggles to remember not only his real name, but the face of his brother... a vague memory of love from his childhood.



6) Is there a working title for this novel, and can we read more about it?

Both "Man Hunt" and it's sequel, "Woman Scorned," are already published. Both can be found on My Amazon Page. I'm currently working on the final installment of this trilogy. It's called, "Battle of the Sexes."



7) When can we expect the book(s) to be published?

"Man Hunt" was published on Valentine's Day, 2013 (don't you just love that irony?), and "Woman Scorned" was published in April of 2014. I'd love to release "Battle of the Sexes" this December, but teacher usually usurps my fall writing time, so a better guess would again be in the early spring.



And now it's my turn to pass it along!

Wow. I didn't realize just how many author friends I've made in the last year or so. There really are so many choices and no discernible way to choose. I'll limit myself to just 5 who I know are very talented & have already earned my respect...

(This means that anyone reading this should probably check them out... their names link to their Amazon pages)


Christina Paul











Luca Rossi











Brandt Legg











Massimo Marino











Kristen Duvall












So you 5... TAG!!!