{"id":6153,"date":"2009-02-18T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T19:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/02\/18\/cyndere_s_midnight_amdash_an_interview_w_1\/"},"modified":"2009-02-18T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T19:47:55","slug":"cyndere_s_midnight_amdash_an_interview_w_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/02\/18\/cyndere_s_midnight_amdash_an_interview_w_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyndere&#8217;s Midnight &mdash; An Interview With Jordam, The Beastman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left; margin-bottom:10px; margin-right:10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400072530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51NOG6m1dzL._SX200.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Cyndere's Midnight By Jeffrey Overstreet\" title=\"Cyndere's Midnight By Jeffrey Overstreet\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Today, as part of Day Three of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csffblogtour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSFF Blog Tour<\/a><\/strong>, I wanted to interview one of the main characters of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400072530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyndere&#8217;s Midnight<\/a><\/strong>, Jordam the Beastman. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/epic.originalrobinhood.com\/blog\/rsc\/smilies\/graysmilewinkgrin.gif?w=1200\" alt=\"&#59;&#68;\" class=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now if you haven&#8217;t read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/cyndere_s_midnight_amdash_a_full_review\">my review of Cyndere&#8217;s Midnight<\/a><\/strong>, take a look.<\/p>\n<p>And if you haven&#8217;t read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/cyndere_s_midnight_amdash_an_interview_w\">my interview yesterday with the author, Jeffrey Overstreet<\/a><\/strong>, please do so!<\/p>\n<p>Now bear with me, I know interviewing Jordam, a murderous beastman, is dangerous.  <\/p>\n<p>All precautions have been taken, including putting myself into a cage in Tillianpurth.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m not afraid to talk to him. Really. After all, isn&#8217;t he a tame beastman?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I hope he is.  Read on at your own risk.<\/p>\n<h2><em>(Click the following link to keep reading &mdash; interview below!)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RT: So Jordam, could you explain to us from which of the three major houses in the Expanse you are from?<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrWait.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Jordam, no, you can leave the bars alone, no, no, don&#8217;t try to bend them.  Really, I&#8217;m all right. Please sit down again, we&#8217;ve brought you a few cookies and some lemonade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrCaptured.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: No, Jordam, I&#8217;m not captured, its just that I, you know, I&#8217;m not used to being here in the frightful world of the Expanse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dangerous.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, it is rather dangerous here, so please have a seat.  That&#8217;s better. Now back to the question, from which of the three great houses are you from? <\/p>\n<p><strong>I am Cent Regus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Ah, yes, isn&#8217;t that the place where they manufacture that powerful soda-pop?<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrLakewater.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Well, not exactly the lakewater, as nice as that is, I&#8217;m sure. I mean that other liquid, you know?<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrEssence. So much strength.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, that&#8217;s it.  Nasty stuff.  Hopefully with the economy tanking they&#8217;ll be shutting down some of the production. Anyway, I&#8217;m glad the ale boy doesn&#8217;t serve the stuff up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrBoy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, the Ale Boy, you know, Auralia&#8217;s boy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>O-raya gone. Jordam hurts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Speaking of her, now tell me what first brought you back to civilization? You look rather dashing in that sport-coat, you know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrBlue. Caves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, that tweed is a rather nice shade of blue, and what&#8217;s this about Caves?  Is that some Men&#8217;s Wearhouse here in the Expanse?  Caves, Inc.?<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrNo. O-raya. Paint colors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Well, I guess I&#8217;m getting off subject here.  Tell me more about Auralia?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sad song.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Well of course. Sorry if I hit a nerve there, we can talk about it later if you like. Tell me about your family.  What kind of inspiration did they give you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Older Brother.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: He must have been a good role model, eh?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mordafey!&#8230;not good.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Well, you must have learned something from him?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Always let Older Brother go first.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Ah, there we have it, a true gentleman!  Now, tell me more about the colors.  I hear they&#8217;re all the rage throughout the Expanse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrCent Regus took them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Well, they didn&#8217;t take all of them, did they?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Are you sure?  I mean, didn&#8217;t Cyndere have a portion.  I seem to remember something like that.  Even the Ale Boy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I lied. Better than Essence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Okay, but lets not let that happen again.  You don&#8217;t want our audience distrusting your answers, now do we?  And wasn&#8217;t there something about a well in this story? I&#8217;m a bit thirsty myself, could you pass me some of that lemonade?<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrNot Enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Well, I suppose a whole pitcher isn&#8217;t quite enough for someone with an appetite like yours, but you don&#8217;t have to glug it all down while I&#8217;m sitting stuck in this cell feeling rather thirsty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrGood water. Drink.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, yes of course. Lets change the subject. Tell me about your dreams. Do you have any aspirations in life?<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrWeakerfolk in my dreams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Like who? You must really look up to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrSin-der? rrO-raya. Keeper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: I rather look up to the jailkeeper myself.  I hope he doesn&#8217;t forget about me locked in here. Oh, and what about the leader of your house.  What&#8217;s his name, Mr.? Mr.?<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrChieftain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, Mr. Chieftain. Tell me about him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dangerous.  rrEssence. So much strength.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, well, I think we&#8217;ve been over this before. Tell me, do you have any upcoming plans?  New acting jobs? Any speaking engagements?<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrSummer. Still growing. Help.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, yes, it sounds like you&#8217;d like to have a garden, but I&#8217;m you know, I have three left thumbs and can&#8217;t help you with it.  Maybe ask someone else.  Maybe your older brother, he sounds rather strong you know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrWe should go back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Yes, it is time to wrap this up.  Do you have any parting questions you&#8217;d like to ask the author, Jeffrey Overstreet?  I&#8217;ll be sure to pass the question on to him and get back with you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rrWho is the white giant?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RT: Well, that is a question we&#8217;ve all been asking, isn&#8217;t it? As soon as I know, I&#8217;ll send you a text message. Anyway, on your way out, could you tell the jailkeeper we&#8217;re done, so he can let me out?  <\/p>\n<p>Jordam, no, don&#8217;t try to open the lock yourself.  No, hitting it won&#8217;t help anything.  The jailkeeper, he has a key, really.  No, please set that rock down.  Ah, well, the lock is smashed shut now.  Jordam, please tell the jailkeeper, no, don&#8217;t climb out the window.  Come back! <\/p>\n<p>RT: Ah well, Robert Treskillard here, signing off. I do hope the jailkeeper remembers me soon.  If only I had a pitcher of that lemonade&#8230; or maybe some pear cider.  Alas&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And in case anyone is wondering, all of the things Jordam says in this interview came straight from the book.  Here are the page numbers, in order, if you&#8217;d like to look them up:<\/p>\n<p>101, 112, 265, 263, 49, 126, 164, 168, 167, 93, 166, 71, 335, 256, 323, 315, 259, 336, 327, 335, 329, 93, 44, 167, 33, 336, 48, 265, 126, 341, 363, 95, and 232.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, I guarantee that each one was taken out of context!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Views: 118<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left; margin-bottom:10px; margin-right:10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400072530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51NOG6m1dzL._SX200.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Cyndere's Midnight By Jeffrey Overstreet\" title=\"Cyndere's Midnight By Jeffrey Overstreet\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Today, as part of Day Three of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csffblogtour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSFF Blog Tour<\/a><\/strong>, I wanted to interview one of the main characters of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400072530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyndere&#8217;s Midnight<\/a><\/strong>, Jordam the Beastman. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/epic.originalrobinhood.com\/blog\/rsc\/smilies\/graysmilewinkgrin.gif?w=1200\" alt=\"&#59;&#68;\" class=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now if you haven&#8217;t read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/cyndere_s_midnight_amdash_a_full_review\">my review of Cyndere&#8217;s Midnight<\/a><\/strong>, take a look.<\/p>\n<p>And if you haven&#8217;t read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/cyndere_s_midnight_amdash_an_interview_w\">my interview yesterday with the author, Jeffrey Overstreet<\/a><\/strong>, please do so!<\/p>\n<p>Now bear with me, I know interviewing Jordam, a murderous beastman, is dangerous.  <\/p>\n<p>All precautions have been taken, including putting myself into a cage in Tillianpurth.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m not afraid to talk to him. Really. After all, isn&#8217;t he a tame beastman?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I hope he is.  Read on at your own risk.<\/p>\n<h2><em>(Click the following link to keep reading &mdash; interview below!)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/02\/18\/cyndere_s_midnight_amdash_an_interview_w_1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Cyndere&#8217;s Midnight &mdash; An Interview With Jordam, The Beastman&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Views: 118<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,2,3,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-authors","category-christian-sf-fantasy-blog-tour","category-fiction-tours","category-jeffrey-overstreet","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/51NOG6m1dzL._SX2001.jpg?fit=200%2C309","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p67v0M-1Bf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}