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ething else equally anticlimatic so on second thought thanks but no thanks charlotte the natural born abilities was a theme carried through to perfection in this story not too heavy but just enough to keep the idea fresh and alive which is important because the concept of these abilities plays a critical role in eric s transformation and ultimately the climax of the whole story in short how to become a pirate hunter was clever fresh unique and engaging i would love to see more novels written by marty reeder brittney would make a pretty great heroine name just sayin q a with author marty reeder question how did you come up with the idea for this story marty i was doing construction work between college semesters in california and i was trying to tear shingles off of a roof in the searing california heat all the workers around me were flying shingles dropping like mad all over while i was still struggling for hours with the small patch in front of me i started thinking that somewhere in the world there was probably someone who was naturally born to be a roofer that someone i knew was not me nor would i want it to be but then it made me wonder what kind of natural born ability i would like to have that led pretty easily to pirate hunting needless to say my pondering did not speed up my shingle removing and i m sure i would have been tossed down with the shingles by the other workers if they hadn t finished a long time before me question did you have to figure out the story as you wrote it or did you start with an idea about how it would all come together or something else marty the idea tumbled around in my mind for a few years until i came up with the idea for the antagonist s the willards at that point the story got interesting enough to write even if i didn t know exactly what was going to happen for everything i had the first half of the story pretty well figured out before i started writing and then the rest of the story came together as i wrote in particular i had not anticipated any details of the climactic scenes or the closing lines of the story really until i wrote myself into them writing them out when i got to them however came fairly well naturally question as a writer what would you choose as your representational mascot marty this is honestly the hardest question because i feel as if i am making a decision for the rest of my life therefore i reserve the right to change my representational writing mascot at any time in the future if i deem it necessary okay so i m going to say an albatross it is a very symbolic bird for sailors either good or bad plus the albatross spend most of its life in the air only coming down to land on very rare occasions i feel that i do the same living in a world among the clouds and coming down to earth every now and then to see what is happening in real life question what was the hardest thing about writing about charlotte since she s a girl and you re not marty great question i always feel a little nervous writing a female character in a way that is consistent with her gender but once i started getting into charlotte s character i didn t worry about gender because she was charlotte my only real concern after that was making her too confident she is a great foil for eric because he is so self conscious but i didn t want her to be so confident that she was no longer a sympathetic human character i think i hope she has her moments of wavering and concern while still maintaining her fiery strong self question are any of the characters in pirate hunter based on real life please say jedediah isn t marty most of the characters are a good combination of people in my life though i can happily say that jedediah isn t one of them there are two sailors towards the end nathan and paul whose names and roles match a couple close friends from high school you might recognize them the driver s ed instructor is a pretty close match for my own and eric s capabilities as a automobile driver also matched my own fairly well al lorenzo is inspired by a super talented custodian musician we had in our high school vice principal olsen is a conglomeration of some of the bumbling school administrators i had in schools growing up absent are all the awesome ones i had but a goofy one is more fun to write about other characters had names that i gleaned from my favorite athletes at utah state university while i was a student there curtis carroll wesley eric s last name francis comes from sir francis drake one of the greatest pirates he would say privateer in history and the historical figure who first sparked my interest er obsession in the pirate history the names of two of the captured pirate ships reflect one of the character s stark change metanoia is greek for a change of heart and constantine points to the conversion of the roman emperor constantine to christianity question what are your top two or three fictional works with a teenager as the hero protagonist marty this is perhaps my favorite question and the one that will require the most constraint on my part so that i don t write about it forever treasure island yes i know it feels like i have to include that considering the type of story that i wrote but i just reread it and i am amazed by the treasure trove of dynamic characters and excitement the language is a bit dated now so it might be more difficult to read for younger kids that might have been the original audience but when any kid is ready to digest the writing it is such a fantastic fulfilling story summer of the monkeys this is the book that first showed me the power of literature enough power to make a sixth grader cry it is by the same author as where the red fern grows which maybe gives an idea of its emotion punch it is a boy book for sure but my 10 year old daughter loved it when i read it to her and my 8 year old son this summer it has plenty of fun laughs and like i said a few tears the true confessions of charlotte doyle this is a newbery award winner and topically relevant to sailing and piracy plus the main character is a girl named charlotte i actually started writing how to become a pirate hunter before i read this so i guess charlotte was just meant to be a seafaring name this story is intense and pretty accurate technically towards sailing if i was allowed one more i d say the adventures of huckleberry finn but i m not so i won t question did you hide any secrets in the pirate hunter that only a few people will find or notice if so what are they marty yes fantastic question i ve hidden a treasure hunt within the story of how to become a pirate hunter there are three clues one in the story itself one in a bonus chapter that i ve written and will release in may and a final one in the lyrics of a song composed by tanner lex jones corresponding with one of the chapters each clue has a hint associated with it which i ll release by the end of the summer those who are able to discover the answer to all three clues should be able to locate the treasure on a map and identify a specific marker on a form i ll have available i m hoping to send a small prize and certificate to all those who find the treasure and since you asked here is the hint for clue number one book s chapters turn to roman then seek the vital x within you ll find the omen which marks the spot one checks to get a map all you have to do is show that you ve shared something about the book on social media and i will send it your way question what did you edit out of this book and may we have a copy of said deleted scenes marty actually i didn t edit a whole lot out of the book even though there were a lot of little details that changed one big detail is that the publisher changed the original title from natural born pirate hunter to how to become a pirate hunter i like the feel of the change in title even though it s not entirely accurate since i don t think many people would be able to use the book as a guide for really becoming a pirate hunter but i digress i originally had eric and charlotte in the world of pirating until the moon returned to its original phase which would place them there for a month that s a long time since most of the action in the story takes place within a week of their arrival at my editor s savvy suggestion i shortened it to what made more sense as the reciprocal phase of the moon cutting it down to two weeks instead of four another thing that got cut at some point earlier on was a subplot involving the coxswain of the rosemary he originally took part in the plot against eric once he arrives at port raleigh but things were getting complicated and i didn t want to have another explanation added onto it so i just took it out entirely however i expound on it in the bonus chapter and the coxswain gets a chance to act on some of his bitter feelings towards eric look for it in the bonus chapter governor rose s thorns which will be released in may one of the favorite things that my editor wisely suggested that i cut was the closing paragraph of the subordinate pirate captain pete shivers i was having fun with this guy s blustery yet cowardly behavior but it may have started distracting from the story so it got trimmed but since you asked here are the final two paragraphs that close his participation in the whole event the second one being the deleted one though pete would much rather be captured by the port raleigh garrison than to return to the twins defeated he could not help but glance back at his ship with regret the treasure stored away inside of her crossed his mind first the second thing he thought was that whoever took their ship had brilliantly turned to tide of the battle and cut off their escape in one blow the third thing to go through his mind turned out to be somewhat ambiguous he hoped that his knee wound did not end up too serious because he did not want to lose his leg partially because it would inhibit his ability to get around but mainly because he shuddered at the thought of spending the rest of his life with the unbearable nickname pegleg pete question is there going to be a sequel or another book involving natural born abilities specifically will there be a literary follow up on how to be a successful water buffalo hunter marty you know for the longest time i did not think there were any more stories to tell in this world and i ve been thinking about this story for a long time for a little while i dabbled with the idea of eric commandeering the old u s warship the u s s constitution for a dire situation but i could not make that anything more than a personal daydream still though i often came across different careers and abilities as i read about different cultures throughout history and i couldn t help but imagine some of the occupations through the lens of someone naturally born for them then last year i stopped trying to make a story fit for eric and i realized that i had been neglecting the most obvious possibility for a sequel charlotte there is so much not explored about her and her fascinating and unique ability the more i thought about it the more i explored possibilities and the more obvious the sequel became long story short usually an impossibility in my case i ve now outlined and begun to write the sequel to how to become a pirate hunter which picks up a month or so after eric and charlotte s return thank you marty for this fantastic opportunity to review your book and pick your brain and for the rest of you readers i hope you ll pick up your own copy of how to become a pirate hunter to enjoy read it slowly savor it let the fun details sink in i think you ll really enjoy it brittney 15 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday october 1 2015 exercise how to trick yourself into doing it if you re like me or frankly anyone in the galaxy you have a hard time being motivated to exercise sometimes i ve dealt with this lots and lots over the years as i ve trained for marathons ultramarathons and just the day to day routine of staying generally healthy so i ve compiled all the tips and tricks i ve used over the years on days i just really didn t want to work out but knew i needed to it s called the benefits are real but the struggle is realer check it out on amazon com if you re interested and if you do reviews are always appreciated 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday september 20 2015 my new ebook just wanted to let you know i ve published an itty bitty ebook of short vignettes it s not life changing it s not inspiring it s not terribly thought provoking i tried to make it entertaining but i may have failed on that front it is however short so there s that i d love it if you had a few minutes to check it out and then a few minutes after that to read it and you see where this is going don t you then to leave a mildly positive review brittney 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday october 23 2013 motorcycle jacket paint splatterishness i haven t gotten dressed today because i m painting our dining room table and consequently live in paint splattered clothes did you know it takes no less than 2 3 years to complete a dining room table paint job no you finished yours in two days and it looks awesome because you didn t make three mistakes in the process that you had to go back and redo each time oh whatever i just wanted to pop in and say that if i had gotten dressed today i would totally have rocked a motorcycle jacket kinda like this one totally happy wednesday 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fashion inspiration simple style tuesday october 22 2013 tweed jacket topknot bun dear the gazillions of maple leaves in my front yard i m sorry my kids and i spent all day saturday raking you up into a large family leaf reunion pile only to go running and jumping into you ballet flats j crew bootcut jeans big star white v neck tee american eagle outfitters scarf gift tween jacket gift vintage talbots as you most likely are aware we played with reckless abandon in your leaf piles for hours we probably squashed many of your cousins and dismembered most of your aunts and uncles in the process for that i apologize but my children had so much fun that i can t promise we ll never rake you guys up and do it again in fact there are so dang many of you guys still falling that i don t know if we ll ever see the grass in our yard again even if i spend the next solid week raking and raking and back break raking i originally intended this letter to be a thank you and an apology and a bit of an ode to leaves in the fall but i ve all of a sudden turned kind of passive aggressive toward the sheer infinite quantities of you guys in my yard and in my bed because my kids came inside after playing and laid on my bed and left millions of leaf bits ev ery where i m sorry if that 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