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[Alien Invasion: Earth Resistance] Mercury’s Bane by Nick Webb
I've wrapped up three sci-fi book reviews on First Contact stories by indie authors. Now it's on to a related and equally fun subgenre, the alien invasion/colonization of Earth theme. Apparently, I've been living under a rock because this is the first novel I have...
Renegade Profiles: Author Amy DuBoff
JV: Amy, tell me who would play you in a movie? Hmmm… I’ll go with Tatiana Maslany. I think she has incredible range and could capture everything from my quiet introversion to my passionate nerdom. JV: Nice! I heard she was in negotiations for a role for Star Wars...
Using Amazon to Market Your Books For You – Six Figure Author by Chris Fox
That's my alternative title to Chris Fox's Six Figure Author: Using Data to Sell Books: Write Faster, Write Smarter: Premise: this book is largely about using Amazon's algorithms because iBooks isn't doing anything like this (yet). What I really like about this book...
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[First Contact: Alien Encounters] The Ember War by Richard Fox
This one is one that has been sitting on my Kindle for ages and I finally just gave up and bought the Audible. So glad I did! The Ember War: Publisher's Pack, Books 1-2 Setting:Present Day into Near Future Aliens: Starts with an alien drone. Alien Castes/Species: One...
Renegade Profiles: Author Eric Michael Craig
JV: Eric, tell me who would play you in a movie? Play me in a movie? Wow that is a tough question. He’d have to be an ugly cuss that’s for sure. 😉 If you mean who would be able to act the story of my life in a movie I might actually lean in a direction that my...
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[First Contact: Alien Encounters] Freefall by Felix R. Savage
Today's book review is actually of two books because the alien encounter does not really occur until the second book in the series. (This is not a spoiler, it's alluded to in the book's blurb.) Freefall: A First Contact Technothriller (Earth's Last Gambit Book 1) and...
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[First Contact: Alien Encounters] Columbus Day by Craig Alanson
I have been obsessed with First Contact stories lately. I just purchased the Alien quadrilogy (yes, there were apparently 4) on Blu-Ray** just so I could watch it over ski week. Sadly, it's now also a fitting way to remember Bill Paxton from Aliens (and more...
When Real Life and Star Trek Intersect – Enhanced Vision Tech
Remember Geordi La Forge in Star Trek The Next Generation? Of course you do. Now his VISOR headset is real and it is helping the blind see. Say What? Yes. Read this. This is one of the more magical impacts of science fiction, when creators have the foresight to...
RENEGADE PROFILES: Author Carol J. Marshall
Author Carol James Marshall JV: Who would play you in a movie? Is Predator a real answer, because that’s who I’d want to play me. It’s probably reverse as in I want to be Predator, but meh. JV: Day jobs before you starting writing fulltime? I worked for my local...
Writing is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
When I was getting in my daily wordcount for NaNoWriMo, I was often struck by how much writing felt like running. At the early stage in both activities, MORE is just MORE. So more words tended to just be good to get down, regardless of the quality. Similarly, my...
The Story Grid Workshop with Shawn Coyne
People like me need structure. Even if I did write my entire NaNoWriMo project by the seat of my pants, I like to know that the overall story spine is there, and that everything works. Listening to the Story Grid podcast all year and working through the book, The...
RENEGADE PROFILES: Author Barry J. Hutchison
Author Barry J. Hutchison JV: Barry, tell me who would play you in a movie? Easy. Adam West in his Batman days. Seriously, I wouldn’t even hold auditions, I’d just call him up and offer him the part. He’d have to learn to do a Scottish accent, but being arguably the...