Tell us about your latest book.
THE
PHOTO TRAVELER is about a 17-year-old teen, Gavin Hillstone, whom
discovers his ability to time travel through photos and images.
THE
PHOTO TRAVELER was created after one of the most important individuals
in my life lost his grandmother. He was looking at an old black and
white photo and said, “I would do anything to jump into this photo.” In
that moment the idea came to me. I thought, Oh my god. What if we could?
Can you imagine having the ability to time travel to and revisit old memories or moments in time!? AMAZING!
So
I developed the story line for my main character, which ends up
traveling to distinct periods in history (The Great Depression and The
Salem Witch Trials) for certain answers, and has this fierce, radical
group of European Photo Travelers after him (called The Peace Hunters).
What marketing methods are you using to promote your book?
I
am involved in loads of social media. I am very active on certain
platforms for authors, such as Wattpad, which is primarily geared
towards the YA community. And I host as many giveaways as possible too!
What formats is the book available in?
Currently THE PHOTO TRAVELER is available in all eBook formats and paperback.
What do you like to do when you're not writing?
I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I’m pretty big of forming memories.
Who are your favourite authors?
I’m really enjoying John Green. I love his style of writing and distinct voice he has.
What advice do you have for other writers?
Success
does not come overnight. It takes hard work. If you want it, you must
first define your own interpretation of success and be willing to work
relentlessly towards it.
What's your favourite quote about writing/for writers?
We are each given a gift my God. It is up to us to determine what that is. What we do with this gift, is our gift back.
What's the best thing about being a writer?
There
are no limits. There’s no right or wrong way. If you have a story to
tell, no one can tell you that you are wrong. No idea is too
over-the-top. On the contrary, the bigger the idea, the better!
Where can people find out more about you and your writing?
They
can go to my personal website: www.arthurjgonzalez.com. They can also
sign up to my mailing list under the CONTACT tab. Also, any one can
visit THE PHOTO TRAVELER official website: www.thephototravelerbook.com.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thephototraveler
Twitter: ArthurJGonzalez
Anything else you'd like to add?
I’m
working on the sequel to The Photo Traveler, titled The Peace Hunter. I
cannot express how excited I am about this book! This story takes off
in directions I, myself, could not believe!
My
children’s novel, Monty and the Monsters, will hopefully be ready by
end of summer/end of year. The story is about a newborn human boy,
Monty, who’s taken from his world and raised by monsters (in a
hysterical monster world I created, called Gloomsbury). Monty is raised
by monsters his entire life, carrying the burden of feeling different,
but never knowing he is actually a human. His life is filled with
isolation and loneliness, constantly being the target of heavy bullying.
On
Monty’s 15th birthday, he is informed of the truth of his origin and
given the opportunity to venture to his human world; where there, Monty
will have to decide if he will stay in the world he was stripped of, or
stay with the monster parents he has grown to love, in a world that has
always shunned him.
The story is about love, blended family, acceptance, bullying, and finding your way.
My
young adult superhero series, tentatively titled LADY ELEMENT (a series
meant to break passed the typical male superhero mold, by focusing on a
female main character, Charlee, who has developed her abilities to
summon the elements. She is on the hunt for her scientist parents whom
she discovers have been kidnapped by an underground governmental
program, designed to create new strands of diseases for population
control. Charlee suffers from body dysmorphia, has a hunky gay best
friend, and in a matter of words…is quite fierce.).
The
third novel is part one in a still untitled YA series surrounding the
end of the world. This story, though, takes place ten years after the
fact, where five 5 teens wake to an earth that has evolved into a
completely different planet than they remember.
They
are forced to resuscitate their kind and reestablish civilization. But
they soon realize why their world ended and discover that earth is
still at its mercy.
And
then I’m also working on an adult Fiction series surrounding Greek
Mythology, The Olympian Chronicles: Hades. Think True Blood with Greek
Gods, rather than vampires and werewolves. It’s an edgy, sexy, and
modern take on Greek Mythology, with a 21st century twist.
What would our favorite tales look like if they took place in today’s world?
Seventeen-year-old
Gavin Hillstone is resigned to being miserable for the rest of his
life. Left alone in the world after his parents died in a fire when he
was four, he was placed in foster care, which for him meant ending up in
an abusive home with an alcoholic adoptive father.
Gavin’s
only escape is in taking and creating images. His camera is his refuge
from the unending torture and isolation of daily life in his “family.”
Until
he learns by accident that he isn’t alone in the world after all. His
father’s parents are still alive and living in Washington DC.
When
he takes the plunge and travels 3,000 miles to find his grandparents,
he learns that they—and he—are part of something much bigger, and more
dangerous, than he could ever have imagined. Something that has always
put his family at risk and that will now threaten his own life, while
forever changing it.
He
learns that he is one of the last descendants of a small group of Photo
Travelers—people who can travel through time and space through images.
But his initial excitement turns to fear, when he soon discovers that he
and his grandparents are being pursued by the fierce remnants of a
radical European Photo Traveler cult, the Peace Hunters. What Gavin has,
they want!
His
adventure will take him to past eras, like The Great Depression and the
Salem Witch Trials. Gavin will have to discover who he really is and
must make choices that spell the difference between life and death for
himself, for the relatives he now knows and loves, and for the girl he
will come to love.
For Gavin, life will never be the same.
Buy Now @ Amazon
Genre - Young Adult Science Fiction
Rating – PG
More details about the author
Website http://www.arthurjgonzalez.com/
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