Featured Interview With Kayl Karadjian
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Venezuela, but I moved to the United States when I was very young. I’m currently living in Florida. Unfortunately, I do not have any pets even though I adore them. Dogs and cats and even reptiles!
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started reading Harry Potter when I was very young, and then moved to some other fantasy and sci-fi series. I started writing at the end of 2013, or at least, I started writing seriously then. And even though I was serious, what I produced was actually garbage until I had some practice and bettered my writing skills.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Of course, any fantasy author is going to name Tolkien, Martin, Lewis, etc. I’d add Rothfuss and Sanderson to that list, in addition to a few other authors (Vonnegut, Orwell, and Lovecraft) who have inspired me.
I was a huge fan of Blizzard Entertainment, particular in their earlier installments of StarCraft, Diablo, and WarCraft, and have read a wealth of novels pertaining to those games. Knaak and Golden are a couple of authors from those series that have inspired me.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest (and first) book is called Broken Blades Don’t Sing, and it is the first in my Tales of Ashkar series. It is fantasy, and takes place in a world called Ashkar. In this world, there are those called elementalists, who can wield the power of the elements through sharing a bond with entities called elementals. Sounds kind of complicated, or maybe not. It’s hard to tell sometimes as the writer of your work.
Either way, I have several PoVs and characters. Most of them are elementalists, some young and inexperiences, others older and veterans of the magic. There are a total of ten elements, and some of them are obvious like fire and ice. Others, not so much, though they all follow a certain mastery or concept.
There are a lot of mysteries about Ashkar that are yet to be unraveled, and there’s a whole lot of drama.
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