Today we are very Happy to welcome Kenzie Kade to our blog
To talk about the release of her new book Son of a Fish and about the excitment of publishing for the first time also she kindly is offering a copy of her release for a giveaway ! 🙂
Welcome Kenzie
Write, write, and write some more
Hello Dani! Thanks for having me. I’m a little nervous and very excited to be here.
Son of a Fish is my first published story. I’ve never been prouder and more terrified of something. But here it is. It took a lot of frustration, tears, and hard work to get to this point. It’s not just the story. It’s a short story about a chance meeting and the attraction between two strangers. It’s everything that led to me actually putting my ideas into an actual story with a beginning, middle, and end. It’s the emotional connection I had to Sam and Casey. And it’s about the stress, fear, and worry that comes with clicking the send button. But every bit of joy, fear, excitement, and worry was totally worth it when I received my very first acceptance email.
Suddenly I wanted to write more. So I did. With one email, elation and confidence filled every fiber of my being. I promise. It sounds a bit dramatic, but it’s completely true. And I’ll soon be published once again in an anthology coming out this summer, published by Less than Three Press:Â Everyone Deserves a Home.
I once received a piece of advice when I began talking about my ideas that has stuck with me and served me well. It’s advice that I imagine all new authors hear once or twice or maybe fifty times in their journey to writing a story. If you haven’t heard it, then here it is:Â Write. That’s it. Write. Do it. And keep writing. Even when you feel like you’re stuck, write something. It’s the simplest, yet most profound advice. You’ll never write your story if you don’t write. Why hadn’t I thought of that before? So I did. I wrote and wrote and wrote. Then I had a story.
Believe it or not, that’s all it takes. The desire to write. An idea to put down on paper. Then the physical action of actually doing it. It sounds simple. Simple is not how I’d describe it. Rewarding. Fulfilling. Empowering. Exciting. Those are the words I would give the craft that has given so much to me.
Title: Son of A Fish
Author: Kenzie Cade
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length: 25 pages
Blurb:
Sam Crowe lives a quiet life. He’s a freelance journalist and sometimes fiction writer. His world is turned upside down when love lands on his doorstep—literally, while cursing up a G-rated storm. Son of a fish, indeed. Casey Sanders doesn’t know whether it’s good luck or bad when he slips and falls on the icy steps of his apartment building, but the hero who comes to his rescue is worth the discomfort.
Their attraction is instant, but Sam is certain Casey’s flirtation and kind words are a result of the pain medication. But Casey is persistent and won’t give up until he has what he wants. And what he wants is Sam.
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About the Author:
Kenzie Cade was born and raised in the South where she spends her days in the sometimes stressful field of private medicine observing interesting people and committing them to memory for later use. When she isn’t reading, experimenting with recipes, or being distracted by social media, Kenzie spends time with her family, friends, and the Pomeranian/long-haired Chihuahua mix who likes to keep her company while she writes. As a young girl, Kenzie dreamed of princesses and their white knights. As an adult (or sort of adult), she dreams of princes and their proverbial white knights, which she attributes to fellow Arkansan S.E. Hinton and her novel
The Outsiders. Writing to keep the fictional voices at bay, Kenzie enjoys the journeys her characters travel to find their happy endings, and she loves the challenge of writing a great love story.
Contact Kenzie at [email protected]. You can also find her online at her blog: http://kenziecade.wordpress.com; on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kenziecade.author; and on Twitter at
Rafflecopter prize: An e copy of Son of a Fish!
Congrats on your first book!
Congratulations on your first published book!
Congrats Kenzie!!! you have every right to be proud of Son of a Fish. It sounds really good
I love the title of this book. I really want to read it.
Congrats on your debut book.
congrats on your first book being released 🙂
Congratulations on your first published work. The blurb has me very interested. Definitely going on my TBR list.
Congratulations on your first book and the upcoming one too! My favorite part of your guest post was “You’ll never write your story if you don’t write.” I should have my Grandmother sew that onto a pillow… since I couldn’t sew my way out of a paper bag! 😀
I love an injured person gets rescued story! Those are catnip to me.
Congratulations on your first book – this has been getting some amazing reviews. I can’t wait to read it – thanks for the chance at winning a copy.
Congratulation on your first book, one of many I hope. One of my favourite books growing up was also The Outsiders and I also liked her novel Tex, both of which magically transported me to another world and another continent. “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home…” Thank you for a chance on winning your first published story.
Congrats on your new release. It sounds like a good story and thanks for the giveaway!
Jen informed me that she won te complete anthology and kindly offered her copy to another winner .I randomly draw a winner out of the people who commented here and the winner is Lee Lee Congrats!