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Date Published: Oct 20 2020
Publisher: 43Ten Press
The only thing to save two old friends from death may also be what kills them.
Mr. Peters is a successful business owner. Other than dealing with a recent rash of break-ins, he lives a very satisfying life. That was until a childhood friend and brilliant scientist paid him a visit.
While the two friends had a troubled past, not speaking for ten years, the reunion was a happy one. That happiness quickly took a wrong turn as their lives are threatened.
Now held captive, the use of an experimental drug was the only option. A top-secret drug that enhanced a person’s will and physicality is the only thing giving them a fighting chance.
However, there are deadly side effects. Along with enhanced abilities comes a decrease in mental stability. Moreover, there is more to the kidnappings than first thought.
Will the two childhood friends maintain their sanity long enough to survive?
About the Author
DL Jones is a Writer, IT Professional and Tech Enthusiast.
DL Jones was born in Brooklyn NY, grew up in Newport News VA and has spent the last 8 years in Charlotte NC. He has served time in the US Army and works as an IT Professional. His first love has always been tech, well computers and the web specifically, which has led to a lot of writing.
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Science Fiction
Date Published: 9/17/2020
The enemy wanted him. The galaxy needed him.
Sixty years ago Nolvarics nearly conquered the solar system. They were defeated by starfighters.
Konran dreamed of becoming a starfighter, but he blew his one shot five years ago. Now his life is stuck in neutral as a glorified rock hauler.
He didn’t expect to find Nolvarics lurking within the solar system. They didn’t expect him to survive the confrontation.
Now all eyes are on Konran as he is plunged into a whirlwind of space battles, peril, and conspiracy. The Nolvarics will stop at nothing to catch him, dead or alive.
Can Konran rise up and claim his destiny, or will the galaxy fall?
Is There a Message in Your Novel That You Want Readers to Grasp?
Yes! Believe in your
dreams and never stop trying. You never know when opportunity will come
knocking!
Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
Definitely. Sometimes the
hardest part is wanting to get the story onto paper so badly, but still having
so much left to do. It can feel overwhelming. I made a rule to ‘write at least
500 words per day’, which helps me keep plugging away until I get there.
How many books have you written and which is your favorite?
This is my first book! I have nearly 30
planned though (including another sci-fi trilogy and multiple fantasy series).
It’s hard to pick a favorite—they’re all different, and they all hold onto my
heart in unique ways. I really like my
stories.
If You had the chance to cast your main character from Hollywood today, who would you pick and why?
I think Tom Holland would be an awesome Konran
Andacellos (protagonist from Starfighter Rising). He’s the right age, and
his ability to portray Spiderman—the unassuming hero swept away in an epic
adventure—is perfect for Konran.
When did you begin writing?
It depends on what you mean by writing. I had writing
professors tell me I should publish some of my essays during my first semesters
of college. But I didn’t start trying to
write novels until about five or six years ago. The seeds of Starfighter Rising
began four years ago.
How long did it take to complete your first book?
Four years! This included down time when life
got in the way, and a long phase of figuring out what the heck I was doing with
editing and self-publishing.
Did you have an author who inspired you to become a writer?
Can I say three? Orson
Scott Card, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Timothy Zahn.
What is your favorite part of the writing process?
Ideation. The initial
creation. I live for this phase, and try
to recreate it as much as possible throughout the writing process (every scene
is new, for example). I can stay up all
night just to get an idea down on paper in a way that sounds ‘right’.
Describe your latest book in 4 words.
riveting challenge to rise
Can you share a little bit about your current work or what is in the
future for your writing?
Absolutely! Starfighter
Rising is the first book in its trilogy. The story follows Konran as he
navigates the twists and turns begun in Starfighter Rising.
I have another sci-fi adventure series planned
in a different universe with a female protagonist. This series will explore
undertones of racism and prejudice as well as self realization. Although I
started planning this series before the dramatic civil unrest of 2020, I think
its message could resonate with the pleas for understanding that so many
Americans have been expressing this year.
I am writing a fantasy series based loosely on
a cross between samurai culture and Legend of Zelda. I am in love with this story and so excited
to write it. A free first story is
available from my website (danielseegmiller.com/free). This started as a set of
bedtime stories I made up for my kids, and many of their ideas are woven into
it.
I have a series of fifteen short western
historical fiction stories planned, the first of which is also available for
free from the link above. This is
written for a younger age group (middle-school-ish), and I think it’s really
fun!
Finally, there is the fantasy trilogy which
started my adventure into writing. I got
30,000 words into the first book and hit writers block, so it’s not done yet.
By completing Starfighter Rising I gained the writing skills I needed to finish
that story. Its storyline stirs an emotion within me that I’m excited to convey
to my readers. It is compelling, beautiful and fantastical.
Then there are there all the spin off possibilities
from these, several additional sci-fi stories I have written without developing
further yet, and the infinite possibilities beyond that! Needless to say, I love writing, and am
excited to bring as many stories to life as I can.
About the Author
Daniel Seegmiller grew up loving Star Wars, Mech Warriors, and all things sports. He started out as an English major before switching to his other love, science. He has an MS in mechanical engineering and has worked on everything from biomechanics, to machine learning, to defense technology.
Daniel loves dreaming up awesome adventures…like, literally, he wakes up in the middle of the night with the best ideas. Most of the stories he writes are for his kids. Starfighter Rising is his debut novel.
He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife and three squirrelly children.
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Date Published: August 11, 2020
Publisher: Bublish
The memoir of a magnificent woman who at the end of a life that has changed so many lives for the better, asks us all to see the beauty in one another. This memoir calls to a deeper belief in ourselves – that whatever disappointments, anguish and uncertainty life brings – we have the strength and ability to summon gratitude, compassion and acceptance to see our way through. An avid writer, her work has also been featured in SurvivorNet, Share Care Cancer Support and on her blog, A Crack in the Wall, which was selected as one of Healthline.com's 2020 Blog of the Year awards.
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Michele Wheeler was a caring mother with twin daughters she adored. She was an easy friend that loved to smile and laugh. She was a devoted wife. Michele was a universally respected co-worker that never shied away from hard work and knew how to have fun doing it. She was a scientist. She was also someone who found herself in the devastating position of being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 37. After surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation she lived cancer-free for four years. Cancer resurfaced, and she battled it fiercely for nearly five more years, before dying peacefully at home on June 23, 2020. During her last years, Michele fought to find her way past debilitating fear and rage to stay present, and not let cancer be what defined her. Though difficult, she succeeded. She lived on her own terms and left us with a moving memoir full of stories and wisdom, laughs and tears, hope and love.
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Date Published: October 21, 2020
In this book, The Internal Threat: The Community Behind the Security Checkpoint, Dr. Stacey Tyler provides a qualitative study on the central research question that focuses on the degree to which miscommunication between TSA, airlines, and airport employees has an impact on the implementation of changes in airport security policies, particularly those regarding prohibited items that pass through security checkpoints. This behavior impacts the effective execution of airport security policies by federal law regarding carryon baggage on commercial aircraft that is specifically known as the Internal Threat.
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During her pursuit of this degree she completed an investigation of the predicament to what extent miscommunication among TSA, airline, and airport employees has an impact on the implementation of changes in airport security policy, particularly those policies regarding prohibited items that pass through security checkpoints.
In conjunction with accomplishing this challenging degree, Dr. Tyler has accumulated 22 years of professional experience in the airline industry working in all facets of the operation throughout the country. She started as a part-time Customer Service Agent while climbing the corporate ladder to a General Manager including but not limited to initiating five station start-ups. Dr. Tyler worked at the Philadelphia International Airport intermittently since 2006 with US Airways (Hub Operations Manager) to managing two airlines as a General Manager with GAT Ground Support Services for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines. However it does not stop there.
Dr. Tyler is also an Adjunct Professor, at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University teaching courses in Counterterrorism in Aviation, Airline Management and Air Carrier, Passenger, and Cargo Management.
From getting her doctorate to becoming a professor, the lineage of Dr. Tyler achievements and ambitions continue to prosper and transform as she endeavors into her new opportunity: Business –Owner of Interactive Intelligence Corporation (IC).
As a New Jersey Women-Owned Minority Business supported by U.S. Senator Corey Booker, Interactive Intelligence Corporation is dedicated to assisting policy makers, administrations, and airport and airline management with executing the following: examining and preventing the exploitation of weaknesses in the current system, increasing the efficiency and effectiveness in identifying and responding to emerging threats, and producing greater public satisfaction.
After spending over 22 years, in the aviation industry, from Ticketing Agent to General Manager, Dr. Tyler developed the IIC Internal Threat Training Program. IIC Internal Threat Training Program is a multi-layered approach designed to improve facilities and incumbent airlines to mitigate the internal threat surrounding national security and airport infrastructure concerns.
Dr. Tyler is an author who wrote books in conjunction with her business curriculum as a required material for universities, institutions, local, state, and federal agencies:
In closing, Dr. Tyler has tapped into uncharted territory by suggesting the greatest threat to airport and aircraft safety is what occurs internally. Dr. Tyler brought attention to this concern in our national aviation system by appearing on the following media outlets:
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Dark Paranormal Romance
Date Published: 9/22/20
Publisher: FyreSyde Publishing
Once The King of Nightmares, Ashe lost everything when he was betrayed. Released from prison, he's got one goal: Stay Free. To make that happen he'll have to rescue the girl who stole his crown while saving the court he'd rather see burn. But he can't do it alone. He needs Callie.
Abused, neglected, and finally shunned by The Court of Light, Callie is done with court politics. It's just too damned bad Ashe doesn't care. He's arrogant, manipulative, and dangerous. Everything she's been taught to fear. It would be so easy to hate him, but the sadness in his gaze calls to her heart, and his touch awakens her own darkness. She has never wanted anyone more.
Callie is Ashe's darkest desire, but to earn his freedom and prevent the destruction of humanity, she must embrace the destiny that will keep them apart. But is the safety of the world worth losing the kind of love he's only dreamed of?
Is There a Message in Your Novel That You Want Readers to Grasp?
There is no black or
white, good or evil. Everyone is a villain and a hero in their own story, and
everyone deserves to find their happily ever after.
Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
Finding
balance. I love to write but I tend to hyperfocus to the exclusion of all else
and it is always a struggle being able to switch back and forth from reality to
imaginary life. Like who wants to do laundry when you can go play with vampires
and faeries?
How many books have you written and which is your favorite?
Eleven. My favorite changes to whatever I am currently working on.
If You had the chance to cast your main character from Hollywood today, who would you pick and why?
This is a really tough question. In my head Ashe is this amazing, larger
than life dream figure, and I just can't imagine anyone being able to capture
that. Now, maybe if we could cross Jason Momoa with Johnny Depp.... yeah that
might work.
For Callie, Jurnee Smollett would do so amazing. She's got this amazing
ability to be sultry and yet kick-ass.
No one is allowed to play Daina, I call dibs on that role.
When did you begin writing?
I've always written, but the first time I was
like YES, I love this was when I wrote a play in 5th grade and had
kids perform it in the talent show. It was so much fun and I loved watching
people experience my characters. Winning didn't hurt.
How long did it take to complete your first book?
I honestly couldn't tell
you. It takes me anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months to finish drafting. It
really depends on how loud the characters are inside my head and how much time
I can devote to them.
Did you have an author who inspired you to become a writer?
In third grade I
discovered RL Stine and Stephen King. They were my first favorite authors. I
read as many of King's books as I could find, and I became so obsessed with
their works, I actually carried a shoe box of books everywhere. As I got older
I started reading different genres, and when I discovered Sherrilyn McQueen (formerly Kenyon) I fell in
love, and that inspired me to delve into the world of romance. Prior to that I
wrote mostly horror stories. Now I really want to be able to do what she did.
Give people hope and show that no matter how broken you are, there is love in
the darkness.
What is your favorite part of the writing process?
The first draft is magic. I am a pantser, I
have no clue whats going to happen. I meet my characters and they take me on a
ride. It's all so exciting seeing where they are going to take me and how we're
going to get through this big bad thing together.
Describe your latest book in 4 words.
(this question is evil)
Monsters, Magic, sexy times?
Can you share a little bit about your current work or what is in the
future for your writing?
There's so much happening in the alternative future timeline
of Georgia. Things are exploding, everyone's secrets are coming out. I am
finishing up the draft of the third book in Of Courts and Desires, which
takes place about four months after the events of Sleeping With Shadows, and
two months after Sins in Sunlight. It focuses on the dreamkyn (witch-like
energy vampires). Its a topsy-turvy mass of magical intrigue.
I am really excited to show the entire kyn world and how
everything works. I want to showcase each court, giving even the most seemingly
irredeemable character a chance to find love.
About the Author
Rachel Hailey was born and raised in the South. She's all about that nerd life and in between writing she's dedicated herself to raising the next generation of nerds.If she's not online or staring at a book she can usually be found at the local game store rolling dice, shuffling cards, or planning her next cosplay.
Her childhood was most prominently shaped by the works of R.L. Stine, Stephen King, Anne Rice and the Brothers Grimm.
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