About this episode
Hank Quense discusses his new meta-fantasy book 'Character Revolt' where fictional characters demand agency and rebel against their author.
https://www.hankquenseauthor.org/ Imagine a cast of wildly rebellious book characters — tired of plot droughts and existential limbo — uniting and threatening to snuff out the very creative spark that brought them into existence!Character Revolt,the uproarious new meta-fantasy from prolific author Hank Quense,compels readers to ponder a deliciously chaotic question:What happens when fictional characters begin demanding agency of their own? Please refer to the press release below for additional information, and let me know ifyou would like to receive a copy of Character Revolt forinterview and/or review purposes. Watch the book trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj33xi-hcsU [1]. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fourth-Wall-Shattering Character Revolt UnleashesSelf-Aware Heroes, Literary Rebellionand Comic Mayhem NEW YORK,May 14, 2025 — In author Hank Quense’s wildly inventive meta-fantasyCharacter Revolt, fictional characters have finally reached theirbreaking point. Furious over bad storylines, unemployment andabandoned plot arcs, they unionize and launch a full-scalerebellion against the author who created them. “I started wondering what my characters might bedoing when I close…
People in this episode
Host: Richard Dugan
Guest: Hank Quense
Topics covered
- meta-fantasy
- fictional characters
- literary rebellion
- authorial control
- creative agency
Keywords
- Hank Quense
- Character Revolt
- meta-fantasy
- fictional characters
- literary rebellion
- creative spark
- author
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Books & works: Character Revolt
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