Tag: Conduit

Continuing the posts on the characters in “Conduit: The Beginning”, Adrianna is next on the list.

Beautiful, feisty, and an incredible shot with a gun, Adrianna, is not a woman to be pushed around. Though she may come across as short tempered, Adrianna is a person one would want around when times are tough.

Wife to Jack Connor, and like Jack, will not tolerate any sort of harm to those she loves. Having grown up in the country, Adrianna has learned how to get by through hard times and with little help.

Sometimes she may appear to be a cold person and slow to accept others, Adrianna loves with all her heart. Emotional and sometimes too quick to judge, people on the outside of her circle may write her off as mean and unyielding.

When the world is turned upside down and catastrophe strikes, Adrianna’s true colors show and she is shown for the beautiful and courageous person that she truly is.

Now that my book “Conduit: The Beginning” is starting to reach some readers, I’m hoping to start some discussion around the many characters in the book.  I’m anxious to hear what character people loved to read about the most.

I will be starting another category for all the characters in Conduit and will start in the order as characters are presented in the story.  First up is Jack Connor.

Jack Connor, an average man, who cares for his family above all else is the kind of person most people would want for a friend.  Dependable, easy-going, hardworking, and kind are all words that describe Jack.  Though Jack tends to want everyone to get along, he isn’t one that can be pushed.  Hurting those he loves is the worst thing you could do, because Jack will not back down from a fight.

Not to give the story away, Jack is a very important character that saves the life of Marcus as a baby, who will grow to be the only hope for humanity through an alien invasion.  Without thinking, Jack puts himself in harms way to save a baby he had never known.

My goal for this character was to show how an ordinary person, everyone can relate to, can rise to take action when necessary and how important they are to our world.  Anyone can rise to be a hero, regardless of their work or history.

Jack hates his job.  It is demeaning to him and he feels deep down that he is meant for more then what he does for work, yet he goes to work everyday because he cares about his family and needs to support his wife and child.

Caught in the usual daily events, Jack’s life takes a sharp turn when an event at a mall occurs and turns Jack from an everyday man into a hero.

I have been away from my website for a few days recovering from an eventful week-end.  Saturday and Sunday I ran a promotion for my new book, “Conduit: The Beginning”, by offering it on Amazon for FREE!  I believe it to have been a very successful campaign, though I believe there was a glitch with Amazon which may have robbed me of some potential readers.  Several people have told me that my book was not being displayed as “free” when they went to grab a copy.  From what I have read on the support forums, others have had similar issues in the past.

Ignoring the glitch that occurred, “Conduit” managed to hold a spot within in the top 10 free list under Science Fiction/Adventure by Saturday evening with its subcategory, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, it had landed in the top 30.  I was elated when I went to bed that night.  Being a new author with little knowledge of self-publishing, I was overjoyed that my book was moving so quickly.  Then came Sunday.

Obviously, checking to see how “Conduit” was doing was the first thing I did Sunday morning.  I had successfully maintained my hold on #10 and #30.  My overall rank on all of Amazon had moved up from a dismal 200,000 all the way up to 530!  All day long I was on the phone,  watching my book climb the ranks – I think my wife was about to throw my phone away on me.  By midday, I had overtaken several spots under Sci-Fi/Adventure to land at #6 and #21 for Thriller/Suspense.  I can’t explain how exciting it is to see the book that you have worked on for so long land in the hands of so many readers.  Yes, I know, it’s free.  But I really don’t care.  I hope that people enjoy my story as much as I did writing it.

In the end, I had climbed all the way to #4 in Sci-Fi/Adventure, landing right next to H. G. Wells’ Time Machine in #3.  In Thriller/Suspense, I managed to land in #12.

Not bad for a new guy on the block!  “Conduit” fared well, landing in two top 100 lists.  If you missed the chance to grab a free copy, I am running a discount through the week-end, selling my story for .99.  Not free, but close!