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Bowie Rowan
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#AuthorInterview | Ask debut novelist Jade Shyback a question

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Novelist Jade Shyback has had many lives that I find just completely fascinating. And now is your chance to join the conversation and ask her a question. I'm going to start us out, but please feel free to join in at any time. Jade, I am so excited to talk with you about your debut novel. You moved through many different realms after having a career in financial services, where you traveled the world, raised daughters

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Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:29

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For those who haven't yet had a chance to order Aquius, which you all can now, happy publication day, Jade. I know it just happened yesterday. As of this recording, it is a coming of age story that set in the life beneath the sea in what feels way too potentially possible post APOC elliptic future. I love that you say on your website that you would never descend two and a half kilometers to live beneath the ocean, though you love it
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Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 0:20

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I know many of our readers and writers would love to hear a little bit about the book. So I'm wondering if you would be willing to share maybe a sentence or two or a brief passage to give those a sense of what they can expect when they order the book and enjoy reading it as much as I have. Thank you. Jade
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Jade Shyback
@Jade.Shyback · 1:43
I think we all have one. My little voice repeatedly said you could do this, Jade, you could write a books. And the voice never left. I moved away to university. It was there. Onward to Toronto. It was there. I left Canada for the Middle East and it was still there. But what delayed my writing journey was time. Family and career had to be prioritized. I'm turning 50 in June. That sounds really old, but I am turning 50 in June
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Jade Shyback
@Jade.Shyback · 1:24

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It's? Well, my postapocalyptic world is supposed to be hopeful. The ocean is beautiful and fascinating, but we know so little about it. It surprises me that there seems to be more fascination with space exploration than what is right in front of us. The ocean is an ecosystem that could harbor us, protect us, and the deep ocean has so many resources, it's sheltered from the sun. In Aqueous, the sun is personified, and she's angry
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Jade Shyback
@Jade.Shyback · 4:15

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I smiled back at them, and they each extended a hand toward mine. In that moment, we became an unsinkable team. We became a family. Me. They would be my parents until my mother arrived
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Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:24

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And I know I will be sharing this interview with my circle that it's never too late and to keep going and to trust that little voice that has been with you, like you said since you were a child. It's so beautiful to hear about and I'm so looking forward to seeing where your writing journey continues to take you. Thank you so much for writing and sharing this novel with us
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