SCI-FI/Fantasy Author of the Week – Gary Starta

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GaryStarta is a former journalist who studied English and Journalism at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.His love for science fiction compelled him to write his first novel What Are You Made Of? published in 2006. Inspired by Isaac Asimov, the science fiction novel focuses on intelligent artificial life and whether sentient androids should possess the same rights as humans. The androids in Starta’s novel are created as hybrids – part machine, part human – further blurring the line between human and machine. Starta foresees a near future where humans will be forced to decide if intelligent machinery is indeed a life form. Possibly, in this near future, some humans will possess computer enhancements to overcome disabilities becoming hybrids themselves. The line between biological life form and mechanical life form continues to be examined in 2010’s Gods of the Machines.

Demon Inhibitions along with its preceding Caitlin Diggs (series) novels, Extreme Liquidation and Blood Web are reminiscent of the The X-files television/movie series. Contemporary authors Laurell K. Hamilton, Rachel Caine, Jim Butcher and Kelly Armstrong also fuel his aspiration to create paranormal suspense.

Starta’s crime novella ‘ Murder By Association’ blends mystery with forensic investigation. It is a departure from previous books because it contains no science fiction or paranormal elements. Its follow up is 2012’s Kindred Killers. Additionally, Starta foresees his 2008 novella ‘ Alzabreah’s Garden ‘ – a fantasy romance – as another out-of-the-box effort.

New Release – Eternal Illusion (Eternal Island Book 3) K. S. Haigwood , and Ella Medler

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Eternal Illusion (Eternal Island Book 3) [Kindle Edition]

K. S. Haigwood , Ella Medler

Eternal Island weaves its magical enchantments into every one of its people’s hearts. No one, human or immortal, is immune to the fiery touch of love, But trouble begins to brew anew when, with the last arrival, a malignant entity also makes it onto the island. Seeking to settle an old score first, he relies on dark magic in his pursuit to rule the world.
Manipulative and possessing qualities that make him hard to identify, let alone defeat, he can only be sensed by one person. Katrista’s dreams hold the key, but will anyone believe her, or will they allow an illusion to destroy them all?

This Weeks Featured Author – Beck Bee (Rebecca Weinstein)

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Rebecca Weinstein lives by the beach in central New Jersey with her daughter and adorable yet mischievious Jackchi, Hiro. When she isn’t writing, she can be found painting, cooking, or at her day job: teacher, moderator, and coach.

More about Weinstein and her work can be found at:

http://epublishingconsortium.com/modules/profile/userinfo.php?uid=152

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0050WSCQW

http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/rweinstein

 

This Weeks Featured Author – Sam Neumann

Sam Neumann  Featured Author of the week 02/15/2015

Sam Neumann Featured Author of the week 02/15/2015

Sam Neumann is the author of three books, including the New York Times bestseller Memoirs of a Gas Station: A Delightfully Awkward Journey Across the Alaskan Tundra.

  • Things I do not want to do:– Make it a meal
    – Donate a dollar to the cause
    – Try the promotional item
    – Add a car wash today

    Please stop asking.

    http://www.SamNeumann.com/

FAVORITE QUOTES
  • “September 10, 1990 –
    Warrant releases Cherry Pie. In a CD review for my college newspaper, I call this record ‘stellar.’ It is three years before I am allowed to review another album.”
    – Chuck Klosterman in “Fargo Rock City”

He lives in Boulder, Colorado, and writes about life and leisure at TheOtterLodge.com. You can follow him on Twitter @NeumSamN.

This Weeks Featured Book – Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser Series Book 1)

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Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser Series Book 1) [Kindle Edition]

Meghan Ciana Doidge

If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it. That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.
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This 68,000 word urban fantasy is the first book of the Dowser Series by author Meghan Ciana Doidge.