Stones of My Heart: One Woman's Life Journey: diciembre 2012

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Miss Scandalous, Book 2 in the Shaw Family Saga

1. What types of books do you write?
I have dubbed myself the “gumbo genre” novelist, because books shouldn’t be lightly seasoned. Okay, I haven’t written a cook book, even though it’s the holiday season and that just might come in handy. I write stories about reality. Delving into a make believe world that does more than follow a cookie-cutter attempt at romance or another genre has always kept my interest. For my debut novel, Miss Nobody (Shaw Family Saga, Book 1), the story is stocked with drama, and seasoned with issues of family and abandonment. Lightly spiced with suspense and mystery and stirred with a love story.

2. What is the latest book you have written?
The latest book I’ve written is Miss Scandalous, Book 2 in the Shaw Family Saga. The two main characters are mother and daughter, Charlene and Raven. Charlene wants to right her wrongs for abandoning Raven as a child, to pursue a acting career. Her life is perfect now, as she is getting married at the beginning of the story and assumes everything will fall in place, regarding working things out with Raven. Her daughter is on a mission for revenge and Charlene is number one on the list. Miss Scandalous is an emotional rollercoaster and will have you hating, loving the characters. Ultimately, will a mother’s love be strong enough to quill a daughters rage?

3. Is it part of a series, if so which one?
Miss Scandalous is the second installment with the first being Miss Nobody. Miss Nobody is out in ebook and paperback form. “Miss Nobody” begins with Charlene abandoning her daughter to become an actress. Raven grows in her mother’s tiny hometown in NC. She’s been dubbed “Miss Goody Two Shoes,” heads the children’s choir at church, but nothing can pacify her anger when she hears gossip about her mother. They both have their highs and lows. Charlene is self destructive. It’s a hard climb to fame. She drinks, pops valium like breath mints and tosses it all back with vodka. As a teen, Raven’s “living her happily ever after”. She falls in love. Nonetheless, there’s always a ebb before the hurricane. Tragedy strikes for Raven. She seeks the only person who can help, her mother. Only finding Charlene can ruin the perfect life that she’s built. Heck, finding Charlene can ruin her life, too.

4. When and why did you start writing?
I can remember being in my mom’s busted-up car when I was about five years old. We didn’t have a radio. I started out singing--unfortunately, I was no Alicia Keys. So I dabbled in story telling while my mom drove from Long Beach to do the “kiddy exchange” with my father who lived in San Bernardino. Over the years I’ve always had a few stories going on in my head at one time or another. After I got a Masters in Educational Counseling and couldn’t find a job--eeek! I decided to try my hand at self publishing.

6. Who are your influences?
I’ve been told that my characters are lifelike through Amazon reviews and talking with book groups and others that send me a note after reading the book. The people that I cross paths with during every day life influence my stories. You know the whackos that you meet, the friends that are there for a season and the scandalous ones, too. They are all interwoven into different characters. “Miss Nobody” is a poignant portrait of a mother and daughter relationship. It has dark and colorful contrasting strokes that come from counseling students. There are bits and pieces of Raven in the depressed, neglected students that I’ve met. There are aspects of her mother, Charlene, in other parents and students that I’ve counseled. Now for the color. The bits of sunrays and happiness blended into the story. It’s like that moment when a child’s brain registers the fact that their foster parent/guardian loves them despite what they’ve been prewired to believe. Their newfound happiness inspires me.

7. What can we expect from you in the near future? Book signing events, other details I conduct exchange reviews
Thanks for asking, Sarwah. I will be completing the book cover for Miss Scandalous shortly and would love to drop by at your blog for your reader’s opinion on my top choices, in addition to an unveiling. I’m open to work with any book clubs; in fact, I just finished a discussion about Miss Nobody with a Facebook club. I’d love to offer discounts to clubs who want to buy that paperback version and would be glad to join in on discussions are if you’re in the Inland Empire Area, I’d be willing to drop by for book signings.
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Love From Planet Wine Cooler

1. What type of books do you write?
When I did my MFA at the University of British Columbia in the mid-1990s, all program participants were required to write in three genres to ensure we could make a living as writers. It's a demand that has served me well. My works ranges from technology journalism to creative nonfiction and from experimental fiction to chick lit.

2. What is the latest book you have written?
Love From Planet Wine Cooler is a collection of inter-rated short stories and it's definitely chick lit for the reader with literary tastes.
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Finnegan and His Sisters, the collection I am working on now, has more of a YA appeal, I think. I'm not finished with the book yet, but a few of the Finnegan stories have been published. One is currently up as part of the America's Next Author Social Writing Contest. If your readers leave a comment, they'll be able to influence how the rest of the book takes shape.

3. When did you start writing?
Writing has always been a big part of my life, but I started writing for publication when I was in third year university and was part of a close-knit seminar group. Having that supportive environment around a shared passion was and is hugely important to me.

4. Why did you start writing?
When I was 15, my father died of Leukemia. Then, my grandfather died of cancer. Then, I had cancer at 19. These were three very tragic events that changed me forever and, I felt, isolated me from my peers. Writing became my way of explaining, of re-joining the human race after being isolated by circumstances.

5. Who are your influences?
Margaret Atwood is the Godmother of Canadian literature and all Canadian writers. With her come Margaret Laurence, Alice Munroe, Richard Wright, Thompson Highway and Austin Clarke.

6. What can we expect from you in the near future?
Dry Stories, a collection of short stories about comforting someone get over addiction and recovery will be ready in 2013.

lunes, 3 de diciembre de 2012

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Rockapocalypse

1. What type of books do you write?
I’m not really genre specific at this point. My first book, Rockapocalypse, was a paranormal/action/adventure/, and my second book, Cold Currents, was a southern murder/mystery/thriller. All of my books have a few core elements that I believe every story should have: character(s) with internal conflicts that they strive to overcome, relationships that drive the character(s) internally and externally and feel real to the reader, a hero and a villain, and a prevalent state of Good over Evil.

2. What is the latest book you have written?
My last book was Cold Currents. It was picked up for representation by Joyce Holland of the D4EO Literary Agency last July. It’s a murder/mystery/thriller set in the South. Synopsis:

Thirty years after the shocking murder of Jenny Franklin, followed by the arrest and conviction of his brother Terry, Knoxville Detective Bobby Taylor returns to his North Carolina hometown of Clayton at his aging mother’s request. Reluctant to face his estranged father and make amends after blaming him for not doing more to save his brother, Bobby arrives to discover the head of another young girl has washed up on the banks of the wild Neuse River. Disgusted at the brutality and familiarity of the crime, he realizes the murderous, sadistic monster from his past has returned with a vengeance. His brother’s blood is now on the hands of those who failed to catch the real killer the first time around. Fueled by retribution, and eager to heal his past, Bobby’s determined to bring the true murderer to justice.
Armed with equal parts instinct and desperation, Bobby confronts his broken relationships while chasing a mysterious trail of death that spans thirty years and two continents. Obstacles, lies, and deception face him at every turn as he partners with a tough-as-nails female reporter and a reluctant Chief of Detectives to catch a resurrected killer and vindicate his family’s name. In the end, Bobby finds redemption in a way he could never imagine as the whispers of the river reveal the horrible secrets beneath her swift, cold currents.

3. Is it part of a series, if so which one?
No, not officially anyway. Cold Currents was written as a standalone novel, but after it was completed I felt the main character, Detective Bobby Taylor, had more to share with the world. I’m currently working on a follow-up to Cold Currents tentatively titled Bone Whispers. If all the elements are there to bring that to life, then I guess it will be the beginning of a series in the style of Lee Child’s “Reacher” or James Lee Burke’s “Dave Robicheaux”.

4. When did you start writing?
I’m told it was in elementary school. I do have some recollection of devising wild stories at the expense of a few laughs. What’s even more remarkable is the fact that in recent years I’ve actually had old school mates recite some of my own grammar school writing back to me over dinner. Imagine…that was 45 years ago!

5. Why did you start writing?
Good question. And one I’m afraid I have no definitive answer for. I guess I’ve always had an imagination that needed an outlet. Writing gives me that freedom.

6. Who are your influences?
My earliest recollections of literary influence come from the likes of L. Frank Baum, O. Henry, and Mark Twain. Through my adult life I’ve been all over the genre map in terms of preference. Stephen King was very influential, but from a purely fantastical aspect. The more horror I read the more I came to realize that horror, in general, was extremely difficult for a writer to pull off effectively. I’ve been immersed in several authors over the last few years. James Lee Burke, Lee Child, John Hart, Michael Connelly, Joe Lansdale and Pete Dexter. Pete is the rainbow in that stew in case you were wondering.

7. What can we expect from you in the near future?
Well, I have every confidence that you’ll see Cold Currents in mass market publication within two years. Bone Whispers is a work-in-progress and any author worth his salt wouldn’t play the confidence card on a project in such an infantile state. (Ask me about that one in four months.) I’m also polishing a collection of short fiction I’ve written over the last few years. The idea of putting them in book form as a collective work is definitely a possibility.

Besides writing Bone Whispers, I’ve been busy promoting Rockapocalypse since its September 2012 release. I’ve attended five book signings to date with three more lined up for December-January 2013. A fourth one is pending due to schedule conflicts. Rockapocalypse can be purchased through Amazon (Kindle and paperback), Barnes & Noble (Nook and paperback) and my publisher’s website. Below are a list of links where you can follow my projects, see my promotional schedule, read book synopsis’, view photos and book trailers, and buy my book.

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If Only They Knew

1. What type of books do you write?
I write fiction thrillers. It's a genre that i think is just so exciting and full of possibilities that in fact it normally strays into other domains. I love being able to provide the reader with twists and turns, I strive to leave the reader thinking 'I didn't see that coming'.

2. What is the latest book you have written?
'If Only They Knew' is my first and latest book! It's a fiction thriller (surprise) with almost apocalyptic elements. In essence, it's a story of betrayal and greed. When the world is brought to its knees by a series of environmental disasters, simple commodities become valuable currency. Amidst the chaos, Alfie and Porter are forced to reevaluate their lifelong relationship as they are made to choose between their friendship and the natural resources which are left.

3. Is it a series?
This is the first book of two. The sequel 'Now They Know' is currently being written and I expect to you to be able to feast your eager eyes on it but summer 13'.

4. When did you start writing?
This was my first attempt actually at writing in story form. I graduated from University with a degree in Sports Journalism so 1,000 word articles were more my forte. Writing an entire manuscript was completely alien to me and caused me to doubt myself through the initial process as I just felt a complete novice. I arguably of course still am, however to be represented by a literary agent and published on my first attempt gave me great belief to continue pursuiing this passion of mine.

5. What prompted you to start writing?
My love of the English language probably first and foremost. My grandfather always did and still does possess the most impressive vocabulary I've ever encountered. Just listening to sentences he would craft fascinated me beyond belief, and soon I was so keen to learn all these elaborate words and notions he concocted I became very meticulous in my study. As I've got older and read many novels myself I realised my interested in reading and writing exceeded the realms of reporting, and in fact my creative senses really craved to tell a story - and write it my way.

6. Who are your main influences?
My grandfather of course is my main influence. Though he is unpublished, without him I severely doubt I would have found my way to writing period. James Patterson is my favourite author, I'm a huge fan of the Alex Cross series. His stories are always fast-paced and gripping, he brings the entertainment factor that authors of this genre should aspire too. Robert Ludlum, John Grisham, Dan Brown and Dick Francis are other authors I greatly respect and enjoy. You could say I'm very mainstream with my reading material.

7. What is in the future for you with reference to your writing?
I'm currently working on 'Now They Know' and building up the reputation and audience of it's predecessor 'If Only They Know'. My home town of Hemel Hempstead has reacted very well to the books release, so a book signing of sorts when the paper back version comes out is certainly in the pipeline. Other than that, you'll catch me around Goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6192135.Alex_McCarthy), Twitter (@Al_Mac8), Book Blogs (http://bookblogs.ning.com/profile/AlexMcCarthy) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/AlexMcCarthyAuthor) promoting my work and taking a keen interest in any and all things fiction! Should you wanna ask me anything or just have a chat, I regularly interact on all of those networks.

The Man Who Built The World

1. What type of books do you write?
I write mainly in the speculative fiction genres, that is to say, science fiction, fantasy and horror. However, I like to try new things and have written in a variety of different genres. Among my current projects are a action-comedy novella series and a romance novel.

2. What is the latest book you have written?
My latest release is a horror/thriller called The Man Who Built The World. It is set in a fictional village on the edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England. The central character is a man named Matthew Cassidy who returns to his village after sixteen years to attempt the funeral of his sister, facing up to the demons in his past in the process. It is very much like Stephen King's The Shining, in such it features an alcoholic writer on the verge of madness. However, the root of Matthew's problems are far deeper than even he could have imagined.

3. Is it part of a series, if so which one?
This one is a stand-alone novel. Series seem to be all the rage these days and I have one myself - The Tube Riders trilogy (only part one has been published) - however I believe a lot of readers enjoy reading one-off stories. I know I do.

4. When did you start writing?
The earliest I can remember writing stories is about age 8. I won a prize in school age 10 for a story I wrote. No idea what happened to it, I imagine it's in a drawer somewhere now! Through my early teens I tapped gamely away on my dad's typewriter, then when we got a computer when I was about 16 I stepped it up a level. I submitted my first short story manuscript at age 18 and finished my first novel the same year.

5. Why did you start writing?
I had an overactive imagination and I just always had stories to tell. My earliest stories were pretty much Lord of the Rings fan fiction - as in unlikely hero goes on a quest - but these days I feel I've developed my own style and never write the same book twice. Readers that are new to my work would be best to expect the unexpected. My books will always entertain but my stories won't always turn out the way they're expected to.

6. Who are your influences?
Early on I read tons of fantasy and horror, stuff like Terry Brooks, David Gemmill, Stephen King, Dean Koontz . . . these days I read a lot more varied stuff. Probably my favorite writer is Iain Banks, a Scottish writer who writes sci-fi and mainstream books, although a lot of them are truly genre-bending which is why I like them.

7. What can we expect from you in the near future? Book signing events, other details
I'm working hard on new material plus brushing up lots of older manuscripts. I recently started a novella series entited Beat Down! under a pen name so look out for it. I'm also working on part two of my Tube Riders trilogy. After that one is finished I'm going to take a break before I write part three to write another sci-fi book. There's a lot to come from me so keep a look out.
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