K.L. Bryant

Freelance writer, blogger, lover of all things life. Blog: klbryant.com Novel: Clark Evans https://amzn.to/2EOdavr

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My inspiration for the name of my main character- Clark Gable 💗

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Q: If I had to compare Clark Evans to another work, what would I?

A: I’d have to say, Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks and A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis.

Q: Every story has a piece of the author. Which parts are most you?

A: Clark Evans and Kat McNamara are each a little part of me and a lot of and a lot more a combination of people I’ve met along the way. I will say, the parts of the story that are me can be seen in the musical choices of the characters (Sinatra) and the interactions of the characters being like that of an old movie.

Q: What’s your favorite part of the novel?

A: The relationship between Clark and his daughter. I knew when I was fleshing out the characters that Clark and his daughter were going to have the characteristics and bond of a loving, supportive father-daughter relationship. The kind every little girl wants to say at the end she had with her dad.

Q: Was there a particularly tricky part of the novel for you to write?

A: Yes. I had to do several re-writes on the part of Kat’s secret. It was too difficult for me on a personal level to include, but it is also an integral part of the story that it remained.

Q: How did you decide the characters names?

A: Clark Evans is a combination of one of my favorite actors of all time (Clark Gable), and Evans is the town I grew up in. Katharine McNamara was named after my favorite actress (Katharine Hepburn). .

Q: What would you like the reader to walk away feeling?

A: I’d like the reader to walk away, knowing they’re always loved. That no matter if you’ve lost a loved one, parted ways with friends/family, the bits and pieces of them that you hold dear is a part of you. And because of that, whether you can adequately convey their impact on your life or the grief of their loss, they will be in you for all those who meet you long after to experience. .

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My inspiration for Clark Evans came to me when I was driving home one day. I was having a particularly stressful day. It was one of those days I needed to lose myself, and the car ride home was the only moment I knew I’d get. I hit my go-to playlist - Dave Matthews Band. The second song on my list is song #41. This was probably the 500th time I’d blared the song and lost myself belting out the tune. But this time it was different. About the line “I will go in this way and find my own way out,” I felt the lyrics wash over me. At that moment, I found a story that I needed to tell. When the song was over, I hit replay and replay. I must have replayed the song ten times in a row. Every time the lyrics jumped out to me with a new appreciation I’d never experienced before. I felt like I was listening to the song for the first time.

By the time I had pulled into my driveway, I had tears streaming down my cheeks and a hoarse, guttural voice from the crying and singing. I was astonished at the ease and speed that in a span of a forty-minute car ride home, I had somehow melded song #41 with all that I was going through at the time, into a story. (Truth be told, that effect is why I am a HUGE DMB fan.)

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“Climb Ev’ry Mountain” The Sound of Music (O. Hammerstein II & Rodgers)

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A strong person is admired for enduring and facing life in ways some couldn’t fathom. No one knows that better than Clark Evans. A family ripped apart by tragedy left him to raised by his Gram who taught him to embrace life. When she passed, he was left to face life alone for the first time. His journey brings him back to the place where it all started and into the presence of a woman who intrigues him and harbors secrets of her own that will bond them.

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