Stronger, Better, Faster, More by Carlin Grant and Katey Hawthorne
Publisher: Loose Id LLC
Release Date:12/29/2015
Cover Artist Mina Carter
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Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words is so happy to have Carlin Grant and Katey Hawthorne here today to talk about their latest story, Stronger, Better, Faster, More and Superpowers. Welcome, Carlin and Katey! Tell us more!
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Superpowers we Love by Carlin Grant and Katey Hawthorne
Thanks so much for letting us stop by today, Melanie. For our book birthday, Carlin and I decided to talk about a major theme of our new book, Stronger, Better, Faster, More: SUPERPOWERS. What we love, both personally and to write. Read on, and remember to enter our giveaway.
Katey: So, obviously I love superpowers, and obviously Carlin does too, since we met geeking out over Marvel characters. But when it comes to favorites I think I have two clear winners, both of which I have now written about: Pyrokinesis and Superspeed.
Superspeed, at last at last, is featured in Stronger, Better, Faster, More. As the title might imply. I love this power because there are so many great iterations of it and how it affects the character who has it. Some can turn it on and off, which is convenient. Others are constantly sped up, though, which is Vel Chandrasekhar’s ability/problem. So he’s constantly feeling like the whole world is moving in slow mo, constantly having to slow down how he talks, eats, walks, constantly being super impatient with everything. Except he’s actually mega-patient, in his world.
That has been, by far and away, one of my favorite things to write about ever. I’m glad this book and Vel gave me the chance!
Carlin: I actually love superspeed too, when presented the way Vel’s was in Stronger, Better, Faster, More where the character’s entire world is sped up. I’ve found that, in both reading and writing, I’m drawn most to superpowered characters whose abilities either come with drawback when using it, like Beau’s endurance, or is something they have to manage in their everyday life, like Vel’s superspeed.
When writing superhumans, you always run the risk of creating a character that’s too large or powerful to relate to, and I feel like drawbacks help a character stay accessible to the reader. When you see a character struggling to manage the side effects, it makes you want them to succeed. When they go into a fight or rescue situation knowing it’ll mean intense pain for them later, it makes that sacrifice and risk a lot more meaningful.
As for me? I’d go with teleportation. It’s hard to beat fast, free travel.
Title Stronger, Better, Faster, More by Carlin Grant and Katey Hawthorne
Book Blurb
When he gets super-endurance powers out of nowhere, being a culinary student and kids’ soccer coach isn’t enough for Beau Warren–he has to be a superhero too. A sweet, hardworking trans man from a close knit family, it’s important to Beau to use his new abilities to stand up for people who can’t protect themselves. When he runs into a speedster at a fire rescue, he doesn’t expect it to be his high school crush, Vel Chandrasekhar. Turns out Vel got superspeed when Beau go his endurance, so they decide to make their single supe act into a duo.
With their immediate attraction and superpowered libidos, it’s not long before Beau and Vel are roommates-with-benefits. That’s the idea, anyhow, if only Beau can keep from falling back into his old crush hard, since Vel’s self-esteem issues have left him skittish about relationships. Just when things are at boiling point between them, though, their search for their own superhero origin story leads them and their families into mortal danger. The only way to survive the truth is to depend on each other–and admit they’re a lot more than friends.
- Genre: M/M, Paranormal, erorom
- LengthNovel (72k)
About the Authors
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Congratulations on your new release Carlin and Katey. The premise of the book is really intriguing Superspeed seems to have good and bad sides I’m looking forward to reading the book.
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Thanks for the interesting post and congrats on the new release. The various facets of the story sound good. I agree that characters need balance between strengths (or super powers :-)) and challenges.
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I like the concept of this one. I just read one coauthored by Katey and it was great.
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Sounds interesting! Congrats on your release!
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Congrats on the new release and thanks for the giveaway!
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Congrats on the new release! It sounds really good and the cover is so eye catching.
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Congratulations on the release and looking forward to reading it!
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I love the sound of this one and look forward to reading it after my next pay.
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