{"id":597,"date":"2015-10-31T02:07:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T02:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=597"},"modified":"2015-10-30T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T13:50:10","slug":"green-tea-with-author-james-pinard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Green tea with author James Pinard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m so thrilled to be a part of Loving the Book’s Blitz tour for author James Pinard. We’re having tea\u00a0and we’re talking about his lates release Land of the living<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\"James<\/a>\"Tea<\/a>He prefers green tea, so that’s what we’re having (although I do have my eye on a bottle of Baraville Chardonnay Piemonte \ud83d\ude42 for when we’re done :))<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A. Quickies<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Tea or wine?\u00a0I love green tea, Both are healthy but definitely tea.<\/li>\n
  2. Read or jog?\u00a0Read for sure when it\u2019s a good story that draws you in and won\u2019t let you go.<\/li>\n
  3. Cats or dogs?\u00a0dogs<\/li>\n
  4. Heels or flats? High heels on a woman are so sexy<\/li>\n
  5. Boxers or briefs?\u00a0Boxers. They\u2019re more comfortable and much cooler.<\/li>\n
  6. Milk, dark or white chocolate? You know I love all chocolate but I gotta go with dark chocolate.<\/li>\n
  7. Sweet or savoury?\u00a0Sweet.<\/li>\n
  8. Sea or mountains? Oh wow. Sea but to look at the sun setting on the horizon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    B. Five likes and five dislikes<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Likes<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A good story told by a good story teller<\/p>\n

    People who are genuine<\/p>\n

    A long walk on a beautiful sunny day<\/p>\n

    Ice cream<\/p>\n

    A good conversation about something philosophical<\/p>\n

    Dislikes<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Fake People<\/p>\n

    Cold weather<\/p>\n

    Broccoli<\/p>\n

    Bad news<\/p>\n

    Being sick<\/p>\n

    C. Three things on your bucket list<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Going to Italy and finding the town where my grandparents came from<\/p>\n

    Traveling through Europe on a train<\/p>\n

    Making a movie<\/p>\n

    D. What triggered this specific story<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

    Well it started off as a story about going back to the 1980\u2019s which is my favorite decade. I thought no one has really done much with that subject in a time travel movie, almost like a Back to the Future for our generation now that we\u2019ve gotten older. I lost both my parents and my sister over the years and I thought how cool would it be to go back. We were all together and so happy back then and maybe I could correct the mistakes I\u2019ve made in the past, and who knows maybe even change their fates. So it really just grew and evolved from that into a story that is so much more than just a going back to the eighties story.<\/p>\n

    The main character, who is very loosely based on myself, gets to not only gets to go back to the 1980\u2019s and see his family again. He also gets to experience being 20 years old again, and I don\u2019t want to give too much away, but he\u2019s getting chased by bad guy time travelers who can move from one body to another. There\u2019s so much at stake for not only his future but everyone\u2019s future so it\u2019s a fun ride.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    James Pinard is a writer of books, screenplays, graphic novels and poetry. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he currently resides in Orlando, FL where he works as a Computer Programmer for an insurance company. He has two beautiful, awesome children Michael and Ariel who inspired characters in his latest creation, \u201cLAND OF THE LIVING.\u201d<\/p>\n

    His past works include the short story \u201cCREED\u201d which was published in the PULP EMPIRE Collection Vol 1 and \u201cDEARBORNE\u201d in PULP EMPIRE Vol 2 by METAHUMAN PRESS available on Amazon. He is also a Writer and Creator of the Comic series \u201cLUCID WORLD\u201d Issues 1 and 2 published by TRAGIC ENTERTAINMENT.<\/p>\n

    \u201cLAND OF THE LIVING\u201d began as a labor of love on a subject matter that is close to his heart. One of his favorite subjects is time travel and his favorite decade is the eighties. After having lost both his parents and his sister to cancer, he decided to come up with a story about traveling to the 1980\u2019s to see them again. The story just grew from there and the rest as we say is history.<\/p>\n

    Follow James on his pages:<\/em><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JamesPinardWriter<\/a><\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/James-Pinard\/e\/B0161XKWC0<\/a><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/twitter.com\/moviepoet<\/a><\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Land-The-Living-James-Pinard-ebook\/dp\/B0161Y8DMA<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \"Land<\/a>WHEN JAMES CREED WAKES UP IN HIS PARENTS\u2019 HOUSE IN THE YEAR 1985, HE\u2019S GREETED BY FAMILIAR PEOPLE AND SETTINGS.<\/p>\n

    THE PROBLEM IS HE REMEMBERS BEING A 50 YEAR OLD MAN IN THE YEAR 2015.<\/p>\n

    Memory told him both of his parents and the woman he loved were gone, but he slowly realizes that he\u2019s traveled back in time to an alternate version of the eighties. President Kennedy is still alive, and the head of a secret time travel program, and perhaps the strangest thing of all \u2013 his loved ones are still alive.<\/p>\n

    He faces a challenge for which he\u2019s not prepared, but he doesn\u2019t have to fight his battle alone. To his amazement, his son, Michael, travels back from the year 2035 to help him discover the true reason he was sent back.<\/p>\n

    But another mysterious time traveler hunts him from the shadows, and James\u2019 journey becomes a race to save his future existence in the Land Of The Living\u2026<\/p>\n

    \u00a0Grab your copy of the book:<\/em> http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Land-Living-James-Pinard-ebook\/dp\/B0161Y8DMA\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Let’s get a fun look at this book!<\/em><\/p>\n

    Unique aspects and overall coolness of \u201cLand of the Living\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The 1980\u2019s<\/em><\/strong>– Set in 1985 it portrays how different things were back then \u2013 technology \u2013 style \u2013 the music and just the overall coolness of the decade. Also a few famous people from that time period make appearances.<\/em><\/p>\n

    JFK <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Anytime the assassination of President Kennedy is explored in a story it\u2019s interesting but believe it or not LOTL adds some new twists \u2013 the biggest of which is that he is still alive in 1985 and the main character gets to meet him.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Time Travel<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Time travel is always cool but in LOTL time travel is not of the body but of the mind. Time travelers can travel back using their mind and take over their own body or the body of someone else who has recently died in the past. Also, the main character is able to bounce back between the past and future. This is unique and really cool.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Cheating death<\/em><\/strong> – The main character gets to go back and see his parents, his sister and the girl he loved all of whom are dead in his version of the future. Not only is that a mind bender but it also is an emotional rollercoaster.<\/em><\/p>\n

    The Villains<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 The bad guys are able to travel through time at will and take over the body of another person even while they are still alive and make them bend to their will. Also, there is a wild card called the Red Headed Woman who is a mysterious ghost-like figure who appears throughout the story. Is she a villain or an ally? You be the judge.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Come follow along on the Facebook Event page to see all the great blogs participating. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/928355487200588\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

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    a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n

    Thanks for having tea with me, James – all the best with this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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