A Thousand Lives Lived

One of my most treasured Christmas traditions is my annual re-read of Charles Dicken's masterpiece: A Christmas Carol.  So, we're going to be reading it over, chapter by chapter, over the air until Christmas day is here.

Chapter Five is the final installment of this series.  

From all of us here at A Thousand Lives Lived, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Don't forget to get your print copy of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens.

Get your copy here:

https://www.amazon.ca/Christmas-Carol-Deluxe-Gift/dp/1441339701/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2TXWTPMYO2SA8&keywords=a+christmas+carol&qid=1671561582&sprefix=a+christmas+carol%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTFJSRzFQSEtXVUJQJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTE4ODU5MzlHTVRWQUFIVEhFQSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzgxNDYxNVZWSEtMMU1LMUc4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

One of my most treasured Christmas traditions is my annual re-read of Charles Dicken's masterpiece: A Christmas Carol.  So, we're going to be reading it over, chapter by chapter, over the air until Christmas day is here.

Enjoy!

Get your copy here:

https://www.amazon.ca/Christmas-Carol-Deluxe-Gift/dp/1441339701/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2TXWTPMYO2SA8&keywords=a+christmas+carol&qid=1671561582&sprefix=a+christmas+carol%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTFJSRzFQSEtXVUJQJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTE4ODU5MzlHTVRWQUFIVEhFQSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzgxNDYxNVZWSEtMMU1LMUc4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

One of my most treasured Christmas traditions is my annual re-read of Charles Dicken's masterpiece: A Christmas Carol.  So, we're going to be reading it over, chapter by chapter, over the air until Christmas day is here.

Enjoy!

Get your copy here:

https://www.amazon.ca/Christmas-Carol-Deluxe-Gift/dp/1441339701/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2TXWTPMYO2SA8&keywords=a+christmas+carol&qid=1671561582&sprefix=a+christmas+carol%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTFJSRzFQSEtXVUJQJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTE4ODU5MzlHTVRWQUFIVEhFQSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzgxNDYxNVZWSEtMMU1LMUc4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

One of my most treasured Christmas traditions is my annual re-read of Charles Dicken's masterpiece: A Christmas Carol.  So, we're going to be reading it over, chapter by chapter, over the air until Christmas day is here.

Enjoy!

Get your copy here:

https://www.amazon.ca/Christmas-Carol-Deluxe-Gift/dp/1441339701/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2TXWTPMYO2SA8&keywords=a+christmas+carol&qid=1671561582&sprefix=a+christmas+carol%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTFJSRzFQSEtXVUJQJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTE4ODU5MzlHTVRWQUFIVEhFQSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzgxNDYxNVZWSEtMMU1LMUc4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

One of my most treasured Christmas traditions is my annual re-read of Charles Dicken's masterpiece: A Christmas Carol.  So, we're going to be reading it over, chapter by chapter, over the air until Christmas day is here. 

Enjoy!

Get your copy here: 

https://www.amazon.ca/Christmas-Carol-Deluxe-Gift/dp/1441339701/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2TXWTPMYO2SA8&keywords=a+christmas+carol&qid=1671561582&sprefix=a+christmas+carol%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTFJSRzFQSEtXVUJQJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTE4ODU5MzlHTVRWQUFIVEhFQSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzgxNDYxNVZWSEtMMU1LMUc4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

We just loved reading Pelkman's sci-fi novel, "The Gamma Recruits," which is why we've invited him onto our show for a classic author interview.  Join us as Jim tells us about the writing process, his favourite characters, and much much more.  

Be sure to pick up a copy of "The Gamma Recruits"

https://www.amazon.ca/Gamma-Recruits-Introduction-science-Countdown-ebook/dp/B09WBHXV63/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19TYJ2WE4GDG4&keywords=The+Gamma+Recruits&qid=1671557190&sprefix=the+gamma+recruit%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1

And, the fun continues, as Pelkmans has just released the sequel, "The Gamma Effect". 

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0BPGPTBG8?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tpbk_1&storeType=ebooks

A Special Thank you to our guest Jim Pelkmans for being a part of our show.  Follow him on Twitter @JimPelkmans.

**All music tracks used in this episode are used under a special licence.  For more information please email athousandliveslivedpublishers@gmail.com

Hosts Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse get together and talk shop on book one of James Pelkman's riveting sci-fi series, "The Gamma Recruits." paying particular attention to the writing style, character development and world-building present in the book.  

Official Synopsis: Jayson Reilly thought his research could help save the world. He never dreamed it would be used to take over another one. Sent to a parallel earth a thousand years in the past, he and his fellow recruits uncover their role in a genocidal plot and must decide if they are willing to put their own lives at risk to stop it. The ultimate fate of two worlds is at stake.  

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.ca/Gamma-Recruits-James-Pelkmans/dp/B09WCJPY22

About the Author

Canadian engineer and author, James Pelkmans has led a successful and exciting life in a variety of disciplines from aerospace technology, to software development to his current position in organizational change management.   The characters and technology in his book are enriched by his experiences, his work, and, most importantly, the inspiring people he works with every day.

Follow him @JimPelkmans

For this episode, Hazel Dains gets together with American Author of "Wake me Up After the Apocalypse" Jordan Rivet.  They talk writing process, inspiration and some more fascinating shop talk. 

Spoiler Alert***

Visit Jordan's Website: www.jordanrivet.com and purchase her amazing post-apocalyptic novel "Wake me Up After the Apocalypse" here-https://www.amazon.ca/Wake-After-Apocalypse-Jordan-Rivet-ebook/dp/B07G35YHLT

To listen to our full review of her novel check out our last podcast session or read our detailed blog post- 

https://www.athousandliveslived.com/post/review-post-apocalyptic-sci-fi-novel-wake-me-up-after-the-apocalypse-by-jordan-rivet

For this episode, our hosts Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse get together to chat about  book one of Jordan Rivet's post-apocalyptic sci-fi series "Wake me up After the Apocalypse."  We use the official A Thousand Lives Lived Review System, looking at Writing Style, Character Development, Worldbuilding and Overall Readability.  You'll want to listen to the end for our official rating of the book. 

Spoiler Alert: We really loved this book and would recommend that you pick it up asap! Here's the Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Wake-After-Apocalypse-Jordan-Rivet/dp/1725001993#:~:text=Book%20details&text=When%20a%20killer%20comet%20hurtles,only%20one%20who%20wakes%20up.

Synopsis of "Wake me Up After the Apocalyse:"

When a killer comet hurtles for the earth, 18-year-old Joanna Murphy is selected to wait out the apocalypse in an underground bunker. She enters cryosleep with her close-knit team, preparing to resettle the planet after the atmosphere clears in two hundred years.

Joanna is the only one who wakes up.

Faced with a bunker full of bones and a blocked exit, Joanna must claw her way to the surface, figure out what happened to her team, and try not to panic—or die. That’s going to be tricky if she’s the only person left in the world.

From the author of The Seabound Chronicles, Steel and Fire, and Empire of Talents comes a story of resilience and optimism at the end of the world.

About Jordan Rivet

Jordan Rivet is an American author of swashbuckling fantasy and post-apocalyptic and dystopian science fiction. She has written twenty-two books across multiple series and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.

Check out her website at: www.jordanrivet.com

Tune in for our interview with Jordan airing November 11, 2022

It's been a while since we have jumped back into the medieval fantasy world that DAINS and LINSE have been creating.....sooo....

Here is a recap of what the world looks like and of the plotline as it has been developed thus far. 

Be sure to check out the next Worldbuilding Episode where DAINS and LINSE will be continuing to develop the plot of their seriously exciting story, airing October 21, 2022

There is nothing more enjoyable for an author to sit down with a fellow writer and brainstorm ideas for a brand new world.  And that's exactly what authors Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse do in this BONUS MATERIAL EPISODE: 1001 Lives: Let's Build a World.

Mentioned in this episode: 1) The Hunger Games series by Susanne Collins.   2) Avatar: The Last Airbender Comic book series by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. 3) The Lord of the Rings (books) by J.R.R Tolkien, 4) Avatar (film) 2009, directed by James Cameron, primary production company, 20th Century Fox.

Music by:

Title: Epic Rise by: Luca Francini

(licence can be produced upon request)

Title: Inspiring Fantasy by:   Orchestralis

(licence can be produced upon request)

Hosts:

Hazel Dains

Follow her @Hazeldains or visit her website at www.hazeldains.com

Tamara Linse

Follow her @TamaraLinse or visit her website at  www.authortamaralinse.com/

Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse discuss Worldbuilding Techniques, featuring N.K Jemisin's Workshop on Worldbuilding, given at WIRED's Annual Conference in San Francisco.  We'll be discussing Jemisin's intricate and detailed way of constructing a world from the macro to the micro, ie., from universe to planet to continent until the building results in people and cultures.    

To take a look at the video please use this link:  https://www.wired.com/video/watch/n-k-jemisin-speaks-at-wired25

 Find N.K Jemisin's on Twitter@nkjemisin, or via her website at www.nkjemisin.com   

Find the Hosts: 

@Hazel Dains 

www.hazeldains.com

@TamaraLinse

www.authortamaralinse.com

Music Used for this Episode

Title: Epic Rise by: Luca Francini

(licence can be produced upon request)

Title: Documentary by  pinkzebra

(licence can be produced upon request)

Are you a writer that is just starting out and wondering how to begin promoting your book?  

In this episode published author and editor, Hazel Dains will explain why it is vital that every author knows how to effectively promote themselves and their books, regardless of how they plan to be published.  

Dains will give some helpful tips and strategies for where to begin and what you'll need to start out.  If you want some more information about how to start your book promotion plan, take a look at the accompanying blog post which will have more 'meat' and more tools and resources for writers. 

www.athousandliveslived.com/blog.

Music Used in this podcast:

1) Louis, Lion (: Louis Howes) "Distance"

*will produce full license if requested.

Where to Find Hazel Dains:

www.hazeldains.com

Twitter- @HazelDains

Rejections are difficult for anyone to face, in life and on the computer screen.  But I assure you that, especially once you've finished a project, rejections will become part of your everyday life.  The first one hurts, but as you get about ten or twenty, the pain lessens.  Remember that rejections do not mean that you are a terrible writer.  It means that competition is fierce and that the industry is highly subjective, meaning it is dependent on the individual tastes and styles of literary agents and publishers to accept your projects.  Bottom line: don't take it personally. Mentioned in this podcast: Best-selling American Author Jerry Jenkins, JK Rowling (famous author of the Harry Potter series), Agatha Christie, Frank Herbert, Author of the Dune Series.

Dains will give some helpful tips and strategies for where to begin and what you'll need to start out.  If you want some more information about how to start your book promotion plan, take a look at the accompanying blog post which will have more 'meat' and more tools and resources for writers.

www.athousandliveslived.com/blog.

Music Used in this podcast:

1) Louis, Lion (: Louis Howes) "Distance"

*will produce full license if requested.

2. Kornevmusic, "Epic Suspense Sci-fi Thriller" (used in the trailer)

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Special Mentions in this podcast:

JK Rowling, author of the wildly successful Harry Potter series, Find her @jk_rowling

Frank Herbert, author of the Dune series, Find his official profile now managed by his son Brian Herbert, @DuneAuthor

Agatha Christie world-renowned author, Find her at: @agathachristie

Jerry Jenkins, best-selling American author and huge support to writers: www.jerryjenkins.com. Find him at @JerryBJenkins

News: 

Also Featuring Exclusive Trailer for our new series, Coming August 2022, The Art of Worldbuilding, featuring advice from bestselling authors Brendan Sanderson and N.K Jemison.

About the Host:

Hazel Dains, Canadian author, blogger, editor and podcaster.

www.hazeldains.com

Twitter- @HazelDains

Self-editing is a pain-staking challenge for most authors.  But it is 100% necessary.  In this episode author, Hazel Dains talks about her experiences with self-editing, how she does it, and how you can improve your current regime. She also answers a few questions that she hears on a daily basis as a professional developmental editor,  1) How many drafts do most novels go through? AND  2) Should I hire a professional editor?

Want more info?  DAINS has written a blog post with much more information on how you can improve your self-editing skills, along with practical resources, checklists, and ebook recommendations.  Check it out here: 

https://www.athousandliveslived.com/post/howtoselfedityourbook

Music Used in this podcast:

1) Louis, Lion (: Louis Howes) "Distance"

*will produce full license if requested.

Where to Find Hazel Dains:

www.hazeldains.com

Twitter- @HazelDains

Update: Hazel is currently running an Indegogo campaign for her debut novel, The Danger of Exposure. Please check out her campaign page and support her work:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/novel-the-danger-of-exposure/x/24403769#/

One of the most important and challenging aspects of writing fiction is doing justice to worldbuilding.  

Hazel Dains here, if you're anything like me, I have this glorious concept of a fantasy world in my head and it takes a heck of a lot of work to get it out on paper in a meaningful and authentic way.  Do the readers really see what I am seeing? I hope so.  It's issues like these that my co-host and I, Tamara Linse, will be discussing for the next few episodes in our series, Worldbuilding 101.  

Don't miss it!

Music Used in this Video: 

   Epic Futuristic Hybrid Trailer Reborn by marcobellonimusic

*Liscense can be shown when requested

Audio Recording Edited by 

Stonecreek Editing Services, www.stonecreekediting.ca

Connect with Hazel Dains

www.hazeldains.com

This is probably one of the hardest monsters to vanquish.  As authors, we know that in every novel or short story or really any writing piece, you have some sort of emotional attachment to it.  It came from your head and heart and it took a lot of time and effort to write it.

Facing rejections, or having zero contributions on our crowdfunding schemes, is a reality that most writers need to face.  Even the best of us.  When we are facing rejection or lack of attention for a story idea that we think is great, we need to be brave enough to step back and answer a few questions honestly: 1) Is my book unique enough? 2) Is there a market for my book?  3) Is my book constructed and written well enough.  Instead of taking the answers to these questions as evidence of failure, we should take them as opportunities to find our errors and improve. 

In this episode, our host Hazel Dains will give you some excellent tips on how to vanquish this monster.

We have extra material and resources available on the subject. Be sure to check out our website: www.athousandliveslived.com

Music Used to Produce this Podcast:

1) Louis, Lion (: Louis Howes) "Distance"

*will produce full license if requested.

Podcast Graphic Design by:

Stonecreek Editing Services, www.stonecreekediting.ca & @yournexteditor.

Where to Find Hazel Dains:

www.hazeldains.com

Twitter- @HazelDains

Update: Hazel is currently running an Indegogo campaign for her debut novel, The Danger of Exposure. Please check out her campaign page and support her work:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/novel-the-danger-of-exposure/x/24403769#/

Writing is not easy, whether you pursue it as a hobby or a career.  And the process of finishing a writing process can be tiresome.  So, it's not a wonder that we want a break every once in a while.  But there are times when we are tempted to take breaks for the wrong reasons.  Author Hazel Dains will walk us through how we as writers should be thinking about breaks, and how to formulate your breaks so that they do not harm your confidence level and even your career.

Music By: 

1) Wicked Cinema, (Matthew Wigton) "Sleeper Cell"

*will produce full license if requested.

2) Louis, Lion (: Louis Howes) "Distance"

*will produce full license if requested.

Podcast Graphic Design by:

Stonecreek Editing Services, www.stonecreekediting.ca & @yournexteditor.

Where to Find Hazel Dains:

www.hazeldains.com

Twitter- @HazelDains

Update: Hazel is currently running an Indegogo campaign for her debut novel, The Danger of Exposure. Please check out her campaign page and support her work:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/novel-the-danger-of-exposure/x/24403769#/

Managing your time and productivity as a writer go hand in hand.  The truth is, writing as a career is difficult because we don't get paid until the first piece is published.  And the more we produce the more we make. So there is a push to get something finished.  We want a finished product more than anything.  So how do you stay on track with your projects so that you don't have six or seven partially finished novels on your desk?  Author and Host Hazel Dains will tell us her tricks.

Music Used to Produce this Podcast:

1) Louis, Lion (: Louis Howes) "Distance"

*will produce full license if requested.

Podcast Graphic Design by:

Stonecreek Editing Services, www.stonecreekediting.ca & @yournexteditor.

Where to Find Hazel Dains:

www.hazeldains.com

Twitter- @HazelDains

Update: Hazel is currently running an Indegogo campaign for her debut novel, The Danger of Exposure. Please check out her campaign page and support her work:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/novel-the-danger-of-exposure/x/24403769#/

Are you a writer?  Do you daydream about your next project while seated on your commuter train?  Do you have a passion for the written word?  If yes, this podcast is for you. 

Published Authors and Co-hosts Hazel Dains and Tamara Linse will discuss all of the major issues that writers can expect to go through while attempting to write something meaningful in our culture.  We dive into such topics as finding time to write, how to take rejections, how to edit your work, etc., etc.   

But, best of all, we feature authors and their work.  

Come join us.

www.athousandliveslived.com AND follow us on Twitter @ThousandLived

Where to Find Hazel Dains:

www.hazeldains.com

@HazelDains

*Check out Hazel Dain's Indegogo Campaign for her debut novel, The Danger of Exposure.  

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/novel-the-danger-of-exposure/x/24403769#/

Where to Find Tamara Linse

www.tamaralinse.com

@TamaraLinse

Meet Hazel Dains.  Published Author, witty blogger, and now Podcaster!  We promise an entertaining exchange indeed if Hazel is a part of the conversation. She will regale you with the many writing-related lessons that she's learned over the course of her career and provide you with some humble, down-to-earth suggestions for how to think of your craft in a different light.  Welcome, Hazel Dains!

Music By:

1) Moments (Adrian Dominic Walther), "The Funhouse"

*license available upon request.

Connect with Hazel:

www.hazeldains.com

hazeldainswrites@gmail.com

@HazelDains

One of the hardest things to do, especially for a writer that is just starting out, is to be organized enough to even write at all.  Most of us have full-time jobs, families to look after and other life things to think about while also trying to write a novel.  So how do you get yourself organized enough to write anything?

Hosts and published authors, Hazel Dains [www.hazeldains.com] and Tamara Linse {www.authortamaralinse.com] will tell you what they have done to manage their writing careers along with all their personal responsibilities as mothers, wives, cooks, cleaners, and working professionals.

Also check out the more in-depth blog post: https://www.athousandliveslived.com/blog

Music Used to Produce this Podcast:

1) Louis, Lion (: Louis Howes) "Distance"

*will produce full license if requested.

Podcast Graphic Design by:

Stonecreek Editing Services, www.stonecreekediting.ca & @yournexteditor.

Where to Find Hazel Dains:

www.hazeldains.com

Twitter- @HazelDains

Update: Hazel is currently running an Indegogo campaign for her debut novel, The Danger of Exposure. Please check out her campaign page and support her work:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/novel-the-danger-of-exposure/x/24403769#/