| Barbara Campbell June 12, 2010 |
Face the Fiction
Saturday June 12, 2010
7:00 p - 10:00 p
Borders Books & Music
235 Interstate Shopping Center
Ramsey, NJ 07446
201.760.1967
For those arriving early, please join us at 7pm for our open
mic-style Whispers From Beyond from 7-8pm. This group meets
on the second Saturday of each month and spotlights guest
speakers from SF and genre related fields of interest.
This group meets on the second Saturday of each month and
spotlights guest speakers from SF and genre related fields of
interest. This month we welcome Barbara Campbell
(http://barbara-campbell.com). Heartwood: Book One of
Trickster's Game, Bloodstone: Book Two of Trickster's Game,
Foxfire: Book Three of Trickster's Game.
For additional information click Borders Ramsey's website.
Saturday June 12, 2010
7:00 p - 10:00 p
Borders Books & Music
235 Interstate Shopping Center
Ramsey, NJ 07446
201.760.1967
For those arriving early, please join us at 7pm for our open
mic-style Whispers From Beyond from 7-8pm. This group meets
on the second Saturday of each month and spotlights guest
speakers from SF and genre related fields of interest.
This group meets on the second Saturday of each month and
spotlights guest speakers from SF and genre related fields of
interest. This month we welcome Barbara Campbell
(http://barbara-campbell.com). Heartwood: Book One of
Trickster's Game, Bloodstone: Book Two of Trickster's Game,
Foxfire: Book Three of Trickster's Game.
For additional information click Borders Ramsey's website.
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June 12, 2010
Our June guest, Barbara Campbell provided two straight hours of
entertainment to a full house. We had a great, laid-back time.
Barbara is primarily a fantasy writer, but we learned through
several humorous stories that was not always the case (we must
remember Cherokee the Wild Pinto). Barbara told us about her
humble first writing attempts (romance, so not her thing), gave the
aspiring writers in attendance a few good writing workshops and
books that can be helpful, and kept the laughs coming. Barbara
was, in short, a triple threat: writer, speaker and comedian!
Barbara's The Trickster's Game Trilogy was the focus of the
meeting. Shout out - the trilogy is up for an award! The Trickster's
Game Trilogy has been nominated for the 2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy
Award for Adult Literature. In a humble and classy move, Ms.
Campbell even read the names of her fellow authors up for the
award.
Trickster's Game...the trilogy consists of Heartwood, Bloodstone and
Foxfire. The stories combine mythology, quests and lots of good,
dark, edge-of-your-seat "things" - you had to be there. Barbara was
explaining to the group how there are times when she's writing
when she draws a blank. Has the beginning. Has the end. But,
when she sends the outline to her editor, she fills the middle in with
the very detailed explanation "things happen"...too funny.
Heartwood, book one, introduces the reader to Darak. Darak will
be with the reader for all three books. It is important to note that
while some characters do crossover into books 2 and 3, each book is
written as a stand-alone, set 15 years apart. Ms. Campbell explained
her logic to us was because she personally doesn't like reading a
story that will be part of a trilogy only to get to the end of the first
book, have it end in a cliff-hanger and the next book not come out
for years!
Back to Darak. Darak opens the trilogy. He's a hunter. His family
has succumbed to plague and he has lost faith. Little does Darak
know his faith will be sorely tested soon. Chaos is about to come
knocking on his door. Will Darak save his remaining tribe member
from eternal Winter?
Funny aside: Barbara was telling the group about a craft fair she
attended with her husband. While perusing the items she spotted
a cute little craft that read Balance. She immediately wanted to
purchase the item for Darak because balance was what he needed
to achieve. We're sure her husband hustled her to the car rather
quickly when she began wanting to buy items for a character in her
book - lol!
Bloodstone, book 2, was right up Deena's dark little alley. Human
sacrifice, blood and much with the dark. Darak's son Keirith is using
his 'gifts' to do the forbidden. Never good. Keirith flees but sees
through a vision his village is about to be attacked. This journey is
the darkest of nightmares.
Foxfire, book 3, finds Rigat, Darak's youngest son overstepping his
bounds. How could the apple have fallen so far from the hero-dad
tree? maybe all is not what it seems. Could a trickster be at play?
This time our heroes must follow the path to Chaos.
The format for the evening was open and informal. Questions were
asked throughout the presentation. Of course, we hit Barbara up to
read to us. Ms. Campbell's acting background shined during the
reading. We heard an excerpt from Heartwood - creepy, evil trees
clawing at Darak - that had us enthralled. Daraks' horrid journey
ended to applause from the entire group - even Remi who is a self-
professed chicken.
Barbara ended the meeting by telling us about her upcoming book,
some short stories she had written and then signed books for
everyone who purchased. We were many in numbers and didn’t
have to fight Todd for the front of the line. Although I think I did
see Amir cut in front of Jo.
Big thanks to Barbara Campbell for a wonderful time! We
continued the evening at Stateline where talk was of ree rees, owls,
old TV shows, Gene's awesome power of menu staring, Debbie's
Marmaduke t-shirt and a grab bag full of goodies. Good time.
(writeup by Ann-Marie Brown)
Our June guest, Barbara Campbell provided two straight hours of
entertainment to a full house. We had a great, laid-back time.
Barbara is primarily a fantasy writer, but we learned through
several humorous stories that was not always the case (we must
remember Cherokee the Wild Pinto). Barbara told us about her
humble first writing attempts (romance, so not her thing), gave the
aspiring writers in attendance a few good writing workshops and
books that can be helpful, and kept the laughs coming. Barbara
was, in short, a triple threat: writer, speaker and comedian!
Barbara's The Trickster's Game Trilogy was the focus of the
meeting. Shout out - the trilogy is up for an award! The Trickster's
Game Trilogy has been nominated for the 2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy
Award for Adult Literature. In a humble and classy move, Ms.
Campbell even read the names of her fellow authors up for the
award.
Trickster's Game...the trilogy consists of Heartwood, Bloodstone and
Foxfire. The stories combine mythology, quests and lots of good,
dark, edge-of-your-seat "things" - you had to be there. Barbara was
explaining to the group how there are times when she's writing
when she draws a blank. Has the beginning. Has the end. But,
when she sends the outline to her editor, she fills the middle in with
the very detailed explanation "things happen"...too funny.
Heartwood, book one, introduces the reader to Darak. Darak will
be with the reader for all three books. It is important to note that
while some characters do crossover into books 2 and 3, each book is
written as a stand-alone, set 15 years apart. Ms. Campbell explained
her logic to us was because she personally doesn't like reading a
story that will be part of a trilogy only to get to the end of the first
book, have it end in a cliff-hanger and the next book not come out
for years!
Back to Darak. Darak opens the trilogy. He's a hunter. His family
has succumbed to plague and he has lost faith. Little does Darak
know his faith will be sorely tested soon. Chaos is about to come
knocking on his door. Will Darak save his remaining tribe member
from eternal Winter?
Funny aside: Barbara was telling the group about a craft fair she
attended with her husband. While perusing the items she spotted
a cute little craft that read Balance. She immediately wanted to
purchase the item for Darak because balance was what he needed
to achieve. We're sure her husband hustled her to the car rather
quickly when she began wanting to buy items for a character in her
book - lol!
Bloodstone, book 2, was right up Deena's dark little alley. Human
sacrifice, blood and much with the dark. Darak's son Keirith is using
his 'gifts' to do the forbidden. Never good. Keirith flees but sees
through a vision his village is about to be attacked. This journey is
the darkest of nightmares.
Foxfire, book 3, finds Rigat, Darak's youngest son overstepping his
bounds. How could the apple have fallen so far from the hero-dad
tree? maybe all is not what it seems. Could a trickster be at play?
This time our heroes must follow the path to Chaos.
The format for the evening was open and informal. Questions were
asked throughout the presentation. Of course, we hit Barbara up to
read to us. Ms. Campbell's acting background shined during the
reading. We heard an excerpt from Heartwood - creepy, evil trees
clawing at Darak - that had us enthralled. Daraks' horrid journey
ended to applause from the entire group - even Remi who is a self-
professed chicken.
Barbara ended the meeting by telling us about her upcoming book,
some short stories she had written and then signed books for
everyone who purchased. We were many in numbers and didn’t
have to fight Todd for the front of the line. Although I think I did
see Amir cut in front of Jo.
Big thanks to Barbara Campbell for a wonderful time! We
continued the evening at Stateline where talk was of ree rees, owls,
old TV shows, Gene's awesome power of menu staring, Debbie's
Marmaduke t-shirt and a grab bag full of goodies. Good time.
(writeup by Ann-Marie Brown)
