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Member Since: April 13, 2015

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Brian Kindall

Biography

Brian Kindall is an author living in the mountains of Central Idaho, a world with long winters perfectly designed for holing up and writing novels. His books range in diversity from classically evergreen middle-grade novels - Blue Sky, Pearl, and Sparrow - to the ongoing adult fiction series, The Epic of Didier Rain novels, Delivering Virtue and Fortuna and the Scapegrace, to his most recent publication, Escape from Oblivia – One man’s midlife crisis gone primal. His accolades include starred reviews at BlueInk and Foreword Reviews, finalist for ForeWord Reviews literary novel of the year award (Delivering Virtue), A Seal of Excellence awarded by Awesome Indies (Delivering Virtue), and Editor’s Choice at the Historical Novel Society (Delivering Virtue). Twisted humor is a given in Brian’s work, as those long winters mentioned earlier tend to drive a writer slightly mad.

Smashwords Interview

Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
I was eleven. It was spring break and pouring rain and I was stuck indoors with nothing to do. As an escape from the dreariness of my situation, I decided to write a novel. How hard could it be? I liked adventurous stories about boys and animals, so I took those basic elements and set to to work. I wrote longhand, day after day, for hours at a time. I remember getting so lost in the process that I forgot to eat. It was focused, undistracted work - what every writer dreams of. At the end of that rainy week, I had about eighty pages of crimped, nearly unintelligible script telling the plotless story of a boy named Billy who lived alone in the mountains with a bear. I'm sure it was a terrible book, and probably pretty great, too.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
Fame. Wealth. Glory. the usual stuff of one's wildest dreams. But besides that - I've always had my own ideas about writing, and I've always preferred to choose my own path. After all the mistakes have been made and endured along the way, it just means that much more when success finally arrives and you're the one who made it happen. So when independent publishing came along, I thought - Aha! I've been born into the right era! It's important for a person to embrace the opportunities they're given to work with. All the greats were fearless forward movers and thinkers. Sure, it's good to draw from the past. There are timeless lessons to be learned on the dusty byways. But if a writer isn't willing to venture into the brave new world of their own era - independent publishing, in this case - is he or she a writer you really want to be reading anyway? Where's the thrill in a writer who isn't willing to take a chance?
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Where to find Brian Kindall online

Website: http://www.briankindall.com
Twitter: @briankindall
Facebook: Facebook profile

Where to buy in print

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Books

Sparrow by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 41,330. Language: English. Published: February 1, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Nature & the Natural World / Environment, Fiction » Children’s books » Animals » Birds
Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Gold Medal Winner 2022 in pre-teen fiction. Global Book Award Gold Medal winner. Timothy Sperling is left behind with his morose uncle while his parents are off on an expedition to avert an environmental crisis. Missing them terribly, he makes a wish on a shooting star that ends up in disaster - a snowstorm that won't quit! Can Tim bring back the sunshine?
Escape from Oblivia by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,120. Language: English. Published: August 13, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
Will Kirby is suffering one seriously confounding midlife crisis. Lamenting his lost youth and doubtful of his worth as a husband, father, and breadwinner, he escapes into adventurous fantasies until his he-man fiction becomes his reality.
Fortuna and the Scapegrace: A Dark Comedy South Seas Adventure,the Epic of Didier Rain, Book 2 by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 94,990. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
Didier Rain is penniless, forlorn, and roaming the muddy streets of San Francisco when a seductive albino soothsayer launches him on the next leg of his life’s stormy voyage. In a twist of destiny, our hero finds himself on his way to a South Seas island where love and a new life awaits. Is this the work of Lady Luck, or are the gods just having fun with their favorite gullible scalawag?
Sideshow: A Novelette by
Price: Free! Words: 13,960. Language: English. Published: May 3, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
Meet Didier Rain – that antihero with noble aspirations, that poet with the fickle pen, that eager paramour ever in search of someone to love. This novelette gives us the rogue at his finest as a flawed human being. Prepare yourself to be amused!
Pearl by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 26,060. Language: English. Published: August 31, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Fiction » Fantasy » General
Pearl can’t move. She’s never wanted to, until now. Life above the waves beckons to her as she watches the boats moving along the surface of the water above her. Pearl is a statue carved of milk-white stone that has stood on the floor of an ancient sea for a thousand years, but she’s waking up, and she wants more.
Delivering Virtue: A Dark Comedy Adventure of the West, the Epic of Didier Rain Book 1 by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 82,750. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
It's 1854 in the American West and Didier Rain - scalawag, poet, and would-be entrepreneur - is hired by an upstart church to deliver a child bride to the sect's prophet across a frontier fraught with perils. Editor's Choice at Historical Novel Society and Finalist for Literary Fiction Book of the Year at Foreword Reviews.

Brian Kindall's tag cloud

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