Upmarket Commercial/Women’s Fiction
Date Published: January 3, 2019
Publisher: Acorn Publishing LLC
Let pilot Tris Miles lift you up, and fly you to new heights with her inspiring story of love, ambition and the meaning of success.
R. D. Kardon's debut novel puts you in the cockpit with Tris Miles as she navigates the challenges of integrating an all-male corporate flight department in 1997. Tris encounters harassment, marginalization, and backstabbing on her journey to becoming a jet captain.
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It’s 1997. Women stand beside men in combat and fly fighter jets. Pilot Tris Miles is not content with her job as a First Officer for tiny Clear Sky Airlines. She wants to be a Captain—the only way she knows to prove her worth as a pilot and atone for a deadly mistake.
To further her career, Tris accepts a prestigious job with Tetrix, Inc. But her dream of becoming pilot-in-command twists into a nightmare.
As the company’s first woman pilot, she encounters resistance, marginalization, and harassment on a daily basis. Fortunately, Tris has one thing her co-workers can’t deny—skill.
When Tris finds herself in a crippled airplane thousands of miles from home she must prove she can lead. With her career on the line, can Tris earn the respect she’s been craving? And if this is the end, can she find the strength to forgive herself?
Interview
Is
There a Message in Your Novel That You Want Readers to Grasp?
Flygirl was
written to honor every person--male or female-- who has ever felt marginalized,
excluded or harassed at work. It tells the timely story of an ambitious female
pilot, Tris Miles, who thinks she’s hit the jackpot with her new job, only to
run into a brick wall.
Is
there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
Writing a novel presents many
challenges. For me, the biggest one is making sure that I reach my readers,
that I engage them in the plot and also make my characters relatable.
How
many books have you written and which is your favorite?
Flygirl is my debut novel so, by default,
my favorite. My second novel is at the revision stage right now, but is too
‘raw’ to rise to the top of the list...yet.
If
You had the chance to cast your main character from Hollywood today,
who would you pick and why?
Jennifer
Lawrence. Tris and Katniss are sisters from another mister.
When
did you begin writing?
I
started writing when I was a child, in grammar/primary school. I wrote a short
piece about my favorite season that was read to the entire school over the
loudspeaker by our principal.
How
long did it take to complete your first book?
Either
25 years or four years, depending on how you look at it. I first started
drafting what is now Flygirl in the mid-90’s. Like my
protagonist, Tris Miles, I’d just taken a corporate flying job and started
seeing and hearing some, uh, odd things at work, as did some of my friends in
similar situations. I wrote 83 pages in WordPerfect, printed them out, and
carried them around in a manila folder with the word ‘Book’ written on the tab.
Fast
forward to 2015, when I started to take novel writing craft courses. Without
that knowledge, those learned skills, I would never have finished the book.
From my first class to my publication day of January 3, 2019 was almost exactly
four years.
Did
you have an author who inspired you to become a writer?
No
one inspired me to write. I just started writing at a young age.
What
is your favorite part of the writing process?
Finishing the first draft.
Describe
your latest book in 4 words.
Page-turning, relatable, action,
healing.
Can
you share a little bit about your current work or what is in the future for
your writing?
I’m thrilled to share
that my second book is currently in the revision/editing process. In it, we
dive deep into Tris Miles’ background and inner world. And all the while, she
doesn’t know her life is literally in jeopardy.
About the Author
Robin "R.D." Kardon was a litigation attorney before beginning a twelve-year flying career as a corporate and airline pilot. She holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and three Captain qualifications. Her travels took her all over the world in every type of airplane from small single-engine Cessnas to the Boeing 737. Robin earned her B.A. in Journalism and Sociology from NYU and J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law. A native New Yorker, Robin now lives in San Diego, California with her beloved rescue pets. , a work of fiction inspired by her own aviation experience, is her first novel.
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thanks for hosting
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading Flygirl! Thank you
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