The Queen of Hearts featuring Kaitlyn Legaspi

In This Episode

We speak to the Queen of Hearts, Kaitlyn Legaspi, about her Young Adult book series, Red Blood – Card Holders. She tells us how a deck of cards and anime inspired her to write a book in high school, and after graduating from the University of Florida, she published said books and is currently working on book three of six. She talks to us about how her pantser style of writing allowed her to create over 52 domains within her world. A tournament to the death for people bound (have superpowers) and entertainment for the unbound (ordinary people) in this dystopian world. Plus, so much more in this episode of Beyond the Pen.

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Maccabee is a husband of 19 yrs, father of two boys, Army vet, voice actor, writer, and podcast co-host of Beyond the Pen. Growing up in the theater and working as a voice actor, script analysis has been a critical skill he's been perfecting over the years. This skill has allowed him to look past what the author wants you to see and discover the truth between the words and the printed paper. Every story is unique, and so are the authors.

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