MEET MY CHARACTER
1. Who
are you?
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What is your name?
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Ashday’s Child.
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Are you a fictional or historical character?
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Fictional.
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What should we know about you?
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I’m 73 years old, and
have been described as resembling a tramp. I’m a field agent for an
environmental group, called WorldSave. Secretly, we’re a guerilla group with
access to an incredible phenomenon, known as the Timeshaft, which connects the
ages from the very beginning of time in the past, to the very end in the far
future.
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Modesty forbids me from
saying I’m their best field agent, but you’ll quickly see when my story begins
that I very definitely am.
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Although I’m the
main character in Timeshaft, readers
first came across me in Stewart Bint’s novella, Malfunction, which came out a
year before Timeshaft. And although a second novella which was published
shortly after Malfunction, bears my name (yes, it’s called Ashday’s Child), I
don’t actually feature in it, but it tells you about my origins. Confused? No, don’t be. Everything’s
explained in Timeshaft. And while I’d love you to read absolutely everything
you can about me, please don’t waste your money on Malfunction or Ashday’s
Child, as their stories are told word for word in Timeshaft. Malfunction forms the first chapter, and
Ashday’s Child is chapter 6.
2. Tell
us about your story:
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When and where is your tale set?
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Now you’re asking! You
first meet me in Australia in the year 2345, but then you find me in London
1994, as well as a brief stopover in an undetermined place and time, before heading
back to London in the 17th Century. I’m then stranded millions of
years in the future, right at the very end of, not only the world, but the sun itself – you’ll love how my genius
gets us all back to where I call home, Scotland in the year 2745. Oh, and you’re also there at my birth in
London on December 25th 1627.
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What is your personal goal?
I mean, what do you ultimately want?
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I need to bring a set
of time paradoxes full circle to ensure the safety of Earth. I thrive on the
fact that I’m really the only person who knows what the hell’s going on. Then
that rug is unceremoniously pulled from under me!
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What is standing in your way?
What conflict(s) do you face?
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Only my own fallibility
at first. I have to tread the minefields of time extremely carefully as I pose
the question to myself “Do our actions as time travellers change what would
otherwise have happened, or is everything already laid down in a predetermined
plan?” But then, stranded in a desolate and dangerous far future I start to
feel my age. And none of my lifetime of time travelling can reverse that.
3. How
do I get a copy of your book?
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What is the title or working title for this piece?
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Is it available now or when can we expect to see it released?
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It’s available now,
published by Dragon Moon Press.
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Amazon.com link: https://www.amazon.com/Timeshaft-Stewart-Bint/dp/1988256259
Good luck. Time travel can be dangerous.
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