Dale Cusack & 3 Wacky Questions for Indie YA Authors with Ebooks Online

Dale Cusack - Grace Trilogy

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Dale Cusack, Indie YA Author of The Grace Trilogy answers 3 WACKY QUESTIONS for Indie YA Authors with Ebooks Online:
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1.  When Cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?

DALE CUSACK: Give it back or I’ll call the police!

2. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Why?  

DALE CUSACK: Running as fast as the flash or flying like superman are all cool and worthy choices. I used to think that having the ability to transmute metals into gold would be useful, until I read ‘The King with the Midas Touch’ and went off that power.  My favourite hero is Batman and he is exceptional in that he hasn’t got any superpowers, but if I had to have one…reanimation and healing would be awesome!   

3. If I put you in a sealed room with a phone that had no dial tone, how would you fix it?
  
DALE CUSACK: Damn I should have picked ‘One touch repair’ as my superpower, or ‘go back in time’ although you don’t say what needs fixing? the room or the dial tone? And fixing could mean fixing dry wall. But the room is sealed, so I’m running out of oxygen, headaches, blurry vision. Now I need ‘holding my breath forever’ superpowers…

Hahaha - Thanks, Dale! 

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ABOUT THE GRACE TRILOGY: 

Grace and the Drawl

Grace #1: Grace And The Drawl 
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SYNOPSIS:  Have you ever wondered what animals can see that we can't? Fourteen-year-old Grace knows. The Drawl, terrifying creatures from a higher dimension. Protecting us from these nightmarish creatures are our cats. Grace is drawn into their world and soon discovers there is more than meets the eye to her family cat. Will she find the courage to fight alongside her new friends or will she be lost forever?

What inspired your novel or series? Discuss writing it.

DALE CUSACK: The Grace books started as a premise. What is it that cats see that we can’t? I was watching my large black moggy one day. He was enraptured with something in front of him that I couldn’t for the life

Grace And The Revenge of the Drawl

of me see. From that idea I had a setting, then for characters I wanted a female lead that would start out weak and gullible and grow over the series into a strong and powerful woman.

Even though this is a trilogy I wanted each book to be a different reading experience. I like to write action and there is plenty of action in these books. Book two percolates on an upward climax to a massive confrontation at the end. On the way the characters change as their environments reshape them. There is a lot of tension between Boot, the masculine feline character and Grace, the feminine human character. Ancillary characters also go through dramatic changes as events unfold. It’s a different style to the first book which had more mystery and a great twist to it. Book three wraps all the threads together and reveals the mysteries uncovered in the first two 

Grace And The Drawl Invasion of Earth

books but in a more familiar ‘Die Hard’ style action story pace. I am fascinated by the concepts of sacrifice and destiny and wanted to entwine these themes throughout the story.  I think it all came together quite well.   

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
 Dale Cusack was born in Australia in 1970 and moved to New Zealand before his first birthday. He has written many short stories and four novels for children. Dale mainly writes for the tween and teen readers although adults still enjoy his stories. He is fluent in Japanese and Mandarin and holds an Asian languages degree. Dale is married with one son and is currently living in Christchurch, New Zealand. He enjoys discussing his stories with his readers and invites their feedback at every opportunity.


Visit Dale Cusack's website, check out his blog Chilli Tween Reads, fan his books on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter at drcusack.


And... PAY IT FORWARD! Best Indie Author You've Read, Dale Cusack!  
DALE CUSACK: It’s a hard choice, over on my blog I have reviewed quite a few authors and I really admire their writing. Standouts for me include Leah by J. M. Reap for his fantastic characterisations and writing style.  “The Demon Queen and the Locksmith” by Spencer Baum for writing such interesting and compelling stories. “The Realm of the Red Rabbit” by Laura Eno is another outstanding piece of writing. I usually start a review reading by listing the errors a writer makes but she shattered my preconceptions with a stellar piece of writing. Nick Travers new story ‘Nina Swift’ is shaping up to be something awesome as well another story I wish I’d thought of first. But if I had to pick a personal favourite it might be Jamie Sedgewick and his book “The Darkling Wind” it had a real Stephen King or Dean Koontzstyle to it and an outstanding story.

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