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IWU Interview with Mike Cooley
Mike Cooley is the author of “The Crystal Warrior“. Below is a little information about our guest author. I have been writing science fiction and fantasy stories for many years. My writing has an edge to it. I enjoy exploring the dark and surreal landscapes of the mind. My first fantasy novel, The Crystal Warrior, has just been released. I am currently working on book two in the series. I grew up in Washington State, went to college in New Mexico, and now live in Minnesota. I am an Engineering Consultant (nerd) for a large retail corporation during the day, and a fiction writer / musician at night. I live in the suburbs, just north of Minneapolis, with one wife (dancer), one kid (boy), and two cats (fat). What issues or challenges do you … Read entire article »
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IWU Interview with Shéa MacLeod
Here we are again with another in my ongoing series of interviews with indie authors from the Indie Writers Unite group on Facebook. Shéa MacLeod is the author of “Kissed by Fire – Sunwalker Saga Book 2“. Below is a little information about our guest author. Shéa MacLeod has dreamed of writing novels since before she could hold a crayon. She totally blames her mother. Her love affair with books began at a very young age when her mom would load her and her brothers into the red Radio Flyer wagon and haul them down to the local library. For Shéa, the library was a magical place, each book opening up a new world. Her favorite poem as a child was ‘Jabberwocky’, and her favorite authors were Agatha Christie … Read entire article »
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IWU Interview with Fred Limberg
Another in my continuing series of interviews with writers from the Indie Writers Unite group on Facebook. This interview is with Fred Limberg, author of “Ferris’ Bluff“. Below is a little information about our guest author. Fred is a writer living in Minnesota near Stillwater. His first self-published book, Ferris’ Bluff, has received numerous 5 star reviews from US, UK, and Australian readers. His next offering, The Storm Glass, is quite different from the small town thiller he introduced in August of this year. When not writing you can find Fred working in his woodworking shop or fishing the beautiful St. Croix River north of Stillwater. What is the best writing advice you ever received? The best writing advice I ever received was from a guy named Chuck Logan. Chuck has been a solid … Read entire article »
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“Burn Out” by Traci Hohenstein
“Burn Out” is a novel by Traci Hohenstein. Below is a synopsis: Lt. Samantha (Sam) Collins, a firefighter, vanishes after a warehouse fire the week before she was to testify at her estranged husband’s trial for drug charges. The only clue to her disappearance is a firefighter helmet that was left behind at the scene. Rachel Scott founded Florida Omni Search after her own daughter disappeared when she was four. She has worked with law enforcement agencies all over the United States in locating missing people. Sam’s mother calls Rachel for assistance in locating her daughter. However, the search for Sam takes her on a journey that she never expected. As she digs deeper into Sam’s past, she finds out more about the marijuana operation her husband Ken, a former police officer, … Read entire article »
“Marked, Soul Guardians Book 1″ by Kim Richardson
“Marked, Soul Guardians Book 1” is a Young Adult Novel by Kim Richardson. Below is a synopsis: Sixteen year-old Kara Nightingale’s ordinary life is suddenly turned upside-down when she dies in a freak accident, and she wakes up in a strange new world with a new career—as a rookie for the Guardian Angel Legion. Kara hurtles towards dangerous missions with the help of her Petty Officer and friend, David. But when she discovers a Mark on her leg, the entire Legion accuses her of being a Demon spy. Angels are dying, and David begins to pull away from her. Can Kara prove her innocence as she becomes the Legion’s only hope? It’s going to take a miracle to save the Legion, and Kara’s luck has just run out… Kim has been kind … Read entire article »
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“Cloud Nine : A Paranormal Romance of the Guardians of Man” by Melissa Smith
“Cloud Nine : A Paranormal Romance of the Guardians of Man” is a Young Adult Novel by Melissa Smith. Below is a synopsis: What happens when you receive a guardian angel? What if you don’t believe you need one? What if one wants you removed? Claire Grayson is a seventeen year old girl on the verge of graduating high school. Better than a year ago her mother went back to work full time. Her father, being an attorney, has always been gone long hours, so that is nothing new to her. So now she has learned to take care of her basic needs on her own. For spending and gas money she works part time as a tutor for other students who need a little help in various subjects. Her best friends are the bright … Read entire article »
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“RUN” by Michaelbrent Collings
“RUN” is a Science Fiction Novel by Michaelbrent Collings. Below is a synopsis: What do you do when everyone you know – family, friends, EVERYONE – is trying to kill you? You RUN. Michaelbrent has been kind enough to provide us with a sample from this story: Malachi waited in the saloon, his hand curled around a warm beer, and wondered how long it would be before he could just kill someone. It was neither a beautiful day nor an ugly one. Neither was possible in this place, where nothing was real. Though of course it all seemed real. That was the trick. That was the joke. That was the thing Malachi hated most of all. He looked around the saloon, noting the planks that had been … Read entire article »
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“3/17″ by Mary Pat Hyland
“3/17” is a Humor Novel by Mary Pat Hyland. Below is a synopsis: In this loose parody of Dante’s Inferno, four Irish traditional musicians get lost in the backwoods of upstate New York the week before St. Patrick’s Day. On the journey, the band descends through nine hellish circles of American-style 3/17 revelry: Step-dancing princesses. Bobbing shamrock headbangers. Green beer bacchanals. Shillelagh-wavin’ geezers. (WARNING: Abandon hope, all ye corned beef-allergic who enter here.) Mary Pat has been kind enough to provide us with a sample from this story: The band wandered over to the bar side of the building. They could barely wedge their way into the place. Over the shouts of revelers, the Clancy Brothers were waking Finnegan from the dead via jukebox. A group of drunk college girls wearing flashing shamrock-shaped … Read entire article »
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“Shelby and Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes” by P.H.C. Marchesi
“Shelby and Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes” is a Young Adult Novel by P.H.C. Marchesi. Below is a synopsis: Who would want to have tea with mushrooms, when it’s a hundred degrees and humid out? As Shelby and Shauna Kitt find out, quite a few people. These are, of course, people from Miriax, a planet in a different dimension where nothing and no one is anything like what the thirteen year-old brother and sister twins expect. On Miriax, lilac tea is served with explosive mushrooms, agitex leaves cure motion sickness, stick insects patrol the jungle, and library books carefully choose their readers, refusing to leave the shelf for anyone else. And, if you’re not careful, the walls spit on you. Shelby and Shauna’s lives change drastically when planet Miriax recruits … Read entire article »
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Interview with Kevin Domenic
This interview is with Kevin Domenic, author of a series of books called “The Fourth Dimension“. Here is a little information about our guest author. I grew up in the east coast town of West Orange, New Jersey. Even as a kid, I had this endless need to be creative. I just didn’t know how to channel it. It wasn’t until I played through a video game called Final Fantasy III when I was a teenager that the thought of writing a book entered my mind. I didn’t want the story to end, so I wrote a short sequel. After that, I decided to write something completely original. And I loved it! I’ve been writing ever since. I now live in St. … Read entire article »
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