{"id":496,"date":"2017-10-19T12:46:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T16:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=496"},"modified":"2021-03-25T09:35:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:35:50","slug":"author-spotlight-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Spotlight: Joseph J. Madden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome \u2014 or welcome back \u2014 to another Author Spotlight! If you’re new and want to know more about how the series got started, go check out the introduction post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today the spotlight is on\u00a0Sci-Fi\/Fantasy author of The Starhawk Chronicles, Joseph J. Madden.<\/p>\n

\"JJ<\/p>\n

– \u00a0– \u00a0–<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your most recent\/next book, and where can we go to learn more about it and you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CoverMy most recent book is actually a re-release. The first book of The Starhawk Chronicles<\/em> is being re-released by Burning Willow Press<\/a> in December of this year, with Book II hopefully following not too long after that. I had gone the self-published route for a few years before contacting BWP. To my surprise and delight, they decided they not only wanted the first book, but wanted to keep the entire series in house. I am currently working on the third book, as well as a spin-off\/origin story for one of the characters.<\/p>\n

I try to keep readers updated on my writing through my Facebook page<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How well would you fit in in one of your books?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since I usually see myself as the protagonist, I\u2019d say very well. My main character, Jesse Forster, is very much like me, especially in the earlier drafts I had written. Jesse has my well-defined sense of sarcasm that comes from growing up in a new York Italian family.<\/p>\n

Can you read other things when you\u2019re working on a book, or do you have to stick with writing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am always reading. I have always been a reader, even very early on. In Kindergarten I was at a second grade reading level. It\u2019s the rare day that I don\u2019t read something. Books, magazine, graphic novels, newspapers. If it\u2019s available to read and in English, I read it. I sometimes read one book at home and have another that I read on breaks at work.<\/p>\n

What are you most nostalgic for from your childhood?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I miss trips to Walt Disney World when I was much younger. It was a more pure experience back then, not as commercial, and for an impressionable young future writer whose mind was subject to flights of fantasy, it was an incredible source of inspiration.<\/p>\n

What is one question you\u2019ve always wanted to be asked in an interview?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can honestly say I\u2019ve never thought that far ahead.<\/p>\n

– \u00a0– \u00a0–<\/p>\n

\"AuthorAlright, there you go.\u00a0You can learn more about Mr. Madden on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>, and you can find out more about his books on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Did you read The Starhawk Chronicles when it was self-published? If not, are you interested in reading it? Have you read any of Mr. Madden’s other books and stories? Leave me a comment and let me know.<\/p>\n

I hope you all have a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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