{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bookshop Interview with Author Evan Kidwell, Episode #269","description":" Author Evan Kidwell discusses his debut fantasy novel, Timeaous Spark and the Luck Curse. This first installment in a new series introduces a world where magic is unlocked through brutal trials, and the abilities revealed determine one\u2019s place in a rigid class system. Timeaous Spark discovers his magic\u2014known as \u201cminor luck\u201d\u2014is a power society views as dangerous. His journey forces him to decide whether to accept the role he\u2019s been assigned or fight for the life he wants. Evan wrote this story with themes of bullying and self\u2011discovery in mind, drawing on his own childhood experiences and the advice that helped him through them. And although this is his first book, he\u2019s been inventing characters and worlds in his head since he was a kid\u2014and some of those characters finally make their debut in this novel. In this episode, Evan chats about his writing journey, the moment at a work conference that pushed him to finally write the book, and the people in his life who encouraged him to keep going. ","author_name":"The Bookshop at the End of the Internet","author_url":"http:\/\/bookshopwithstaceyhoran.libsyn.com\/website","html":"