Chandra Clarke

Award-winning entrepreneur. Author. Professional Optimist.

A Book for Entrepreneurs

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Combining careers and parenthood is challenging; combining running a business and parenthood is downright nuts. Guess which I did? Yeah, the nutty option.

For those of you who don’t know the backstory: My business and life partner Terry and I managed to take a company — Scribendi.com — from basement startup to successful acquisition, while raising four kids. We’re now battle-scarred and a lot wiser, and we’ve written this book to pass on what we’ve learned to other entrepreneurial parents.

The book busts the myths surrounding entrepreneurship and work/life balance, walks you through the five phases of business life, and teaches you strategies to help you deal with your biggest issues: guilt, stress, and lack of time.

If this title isn’t for you (and it might not be, if you found me through this blog, my sci-fi book Echoes of Another, or my humorous fantasy Pundragon), that’s cool. Keep it in mind for any entrepreneurial friends and family!

If it is for you, you can find out more here. The ebook is available now, and the paperback will be available before the end of March.

2020 Awards Eligibility Post

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I’m excited to be able to do my first ever eligibility post, as I managed to publish two books last year. (Like the rest of you, my actual writing  output for 2020 was greatly curtailed by lockdowns and doomscrolling, ugh.) So, from the department of nothing ventured, nothing gained, here I go:

Echoes of Another

Published in April by Fractal Moose Press, this is a near future sci-fi novel. Kirkus Reviews was kind enough to say that: “Clarke’s lush prose envisions a future both alien and utterly believable…”

I have a Big Idea post up on John Scalzi’s blog if you’d like to know some of the background for this work. https://whatever.scalzi.com/2020/04/08/the-big-idea-chandra-k-clarke/

Echoes is available through Kindle Unlimited if you’re on that, and also as a paperback. Oh, and there’s an audiobook too, narrated by the Emmy-award winning Brian Callanan. Links:

Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Another-Novel-Near-Future-ebook/dp/B0844FJ1L7/

Amazon Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Another-Novel-Near-Future/dp/0973039582

Audible Audiobook: https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Another-Novel-Near-Future/dp/B088HHPWMJ/

Bookshop.org Paperback: https://bookshop.org/books/echoes-of-another-a-novel-of-the-near-future/9780973039580

Pundragon

Pundragon came out in August, and it is also through Fractal Moose Press. A humorous fantasy, readers have favourably compared it to Sir Terry Pratchett’s work (squee!). Diane Donovan (Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review) said: “Clarke crafts a whimsical, fun blend of intrigue and personal discovery that will delight fantasy readers…”

There’s a backgrounder post on Cat Rambo’s blog here: http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/2020/08/13/chandra-clarke-on-the-importance-of-not-giving-up-in-the-face-of-big-intractable-problems/

Pundragon is also available on Amazon Kindle Unlimited, and as a paperback at both Amazon and Bookshop.org. More links!

Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C1GMH77/

Amazon Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Pundragon-Chandra-Clarke/dp/1777217415/

Bookshop.org Paperback: https://bookshop.org/books/pundragon/9781777217419

If you want a sample, or have comments or questions, I can be reached at chandraclarke at gmail dot com. Thank you for your time and consideration. And if you have eligible works this season, good luck!

 

 

 

If Chandra Clarke happens to be as nuts as the characters in her book…

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Pundragon launches today, and the early reviewers have been very kind. Mike Reeves-McMillan, writing on Goodreads, says:

“The other thing about a comedy for me is that, in order to work, it needs (like Dorothy’s companions) a brain and a heart and a bit of courage. This book has all three.”

Rachel G., a NetGalley reviewer, wrote: “This is a thoroughly enjoyable romp through a strange world with a bizarre but very likeable cast of characters. Some of the puns are eye-wateringly terrible, but they are supposed to be and that is all part of their charm. I’d recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fantasy novels with a comic twist.”

One of my favourite review lines from Marvin on Goodreads was this: “If Chandra Clarke happens to be as nuts as the characters in her book, one might start feeling sorry for the people surrounding her …” My family has no comment at this time.

Marvin also says: “Let’s imagine that Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams and the Monty Python guys would have met in a pub, and after a considerable amount of beers, decided to write a modern version of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. The result could have been ‘Pundragon’.” I can’t think of better authorial company to be keeping, as they’re all influences.

Pundragon is available in both ebook and paperback format on all Amazon sites. If you’re in need of a good laugh, this might be the book for you.

Coming Soon: Pundragon!

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This sweet doggo was so excited to bring you the cover, she only charged me one biscuit. I gave her an ear scritch as a tip.

 

I’m thrilled to announce the upcoming release of my next book, Pundragon. Here’s the blurb:

Ian McDonald is trying very hard not to think about how the world might be going to hell in a handbag. After all, what’s he going to be able to do about it? He’s just this guy, stuck in a small town, pinned there by a load of student debt and a stalled writing career. Oh, and a wicked case of writer’s block.

Or at least he was, until a dragon showed up in his bedroom. At midnight. Quoting Freud and muttering about the space-time continuum.

So of course, Ian must Make a Choice and decide whether he wants to follow the dragon back into the Connectome and find his muse again, or stay in a house that surely wants to kill him, one repair bill at a time.

Follow Ian on a rollicking adventure, where he finds out that he can make a difference. And that some things are worth fighting for.

Even if all you have is a can opener.

Chock full of puns, terrible jokes, and nerdy references, I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did in writing it.

It’s going to be released in August, but you can preorder the ebook version anytime here: Amazon Link