Deidra Alexander's Blog

After so many months of zero book promotion I decided that it’s time to give my scribbles a tiny party. As always, life always finds it amusing to toss me a curve ball just when I’m getting ready to rock something. This time though, it’s tossed me something really interesting as well, and quite cool to know. I won’t bore anyone with the details of this particular life trip wire, suffice it to say that I stomped it nicely so it’s out of the way. The thing with the promotion is what’s interesting. I discovered too late that with PayPal in this country you can’t just spend what’s deposited in your account. No. You have to first transfer PayPal earnings to your South African bank account, and then you have to transfer whatever you want to spend back to PayPal from your South African bank account. Lovely way to make…

Cover Art by Jason Pedersen

I asked Charles a few questions about his novel Legends of Windemere:Beginning of a Hero   He very graciously answered them for me.

Thank you to Adele for helping me promote the fact that my first book, Legends of Windemere: Beginning of a Hero, is going to be offered for free. This fantasy book was published back in 2013 and I’ve put out 8 more of the series with more to come.

How did the hero first become a hero.

Looking back, the first of my main characters has come a long way since his early days.Luke Callindor began as a young warrior who was determined to prove he could be a hero like his ancestors. Naturally, he followed this dream into the path of a demon and spent a good chunk of his first adventure stumbling around. Another chunk involved him receiving beatings either…