Janice Seagraves is visiting and talking about writing #MFRWAuthor #Stay at home mom #Science fiction romance #Alien furt

 Day 1

1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

I was a stay-at-home mother, who reads a lot, raising my daughter. She reads, too. :)

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

I write romance in various subgenres. I do have some books in the paranormal romance genre. 

3. What is your latest release?

A science fiction romance set right here on earth. 

Alien Fury. 

The Arcon, Thorn Grindstone, finds himself alone and injured, thawing in a disabled cryogenics tank. Making an impulsive deal for a fighter, he launches into a battle with a pirate ship before beginning his search for his people.

After Thorn crash-lands in the widow Roxie Carson’s corn field. Roxie nurses the injured Arcon. As tension worsens between Roxie and her brother-in-law, Thorn turns out to be an unexpected ally.

Roxie is grateful to the handsome alien, but what will happen when the Arcon government finally shows up and takes Thorn away? What will her brother-in-law do then?

4. What are you working on now?

I'm working on three new series, Dragon Grimoire which follows Dragon Mirror, Empath Curse which follows Empath's Ranch, and a new series Magic Surge: when the magic surge hits, and all hell breaks loose. 

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

I read mostly in the romance genre, so yes, it does. Paranormal romance is my guilty pleasure. 

6. Where can we find you?

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaniceSeagravesAuthor

Instagram: Janice Seagraves (@janiceseagravesauthor) • Instagram photos and videos

and my website: Janice Seagraves, Author | Out of this world stories to leave you breathless (janice-seagraves.org)

 

Friday Mary McFarland is visiting and Talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #Technical writing #science fiction #thrillers

 1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

 

Before I forged a path to my dream of writing novels, I needed to pay the bills, so I earned my keep as a technical writer in the software industry.  Being fascinated with technology, I developed a passion for science fiction and wrote several SF short stories novels.  My enduring love for authors like Asimov heavily influenced my choices as a writer.  Today, I write thrillers whose protagonists are in step with the modern world's technological dystopia but yet who are determined to fight it.  My characters understand how technology can damage us and our environment; thus, they are often techno and geeky, or "brainy," but they are also eco-justice warriors.  So, while I view technology as the window into my thrillers, and not the stories themselves, I hope my works influence readers to think about technology and their world and, when necessary, to take action.

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

I couldn't have answered this question a year ago.  Being a multi-genre author has kept me conflicted.  However, I recently had a major breakthrough and discovered that, while I wrote in multiple genres, my work across all genres was connected by recurring tropes and themes.  Voila!  Lightbulbs!  The same was true, I became aware, in the world of publishing.  Okay, so everyone but me seemed to know this.  Lol.  It just took me a little longer than it should've to see it.  

The other important epiphany, however, was the fact that I didn't have to push myself like a demented book production multi-platform author run amok.  I instead had to narrow my genre choices, and I did.  I chose the thriller, mystery, and suspense genres, and now I get my novels written with focus and passion.  In fact, one novel I wrote, and I love "What Happens in The Vegas Cemetery" more than anything I've ever written, is a YA paranormal thriller with a romantic suspense subgenre.  I'd originally had no clue where to put it genre-wise, but now it fits perfectly.  

 

3. What is your latest release?

February 2nd of 2023, I'll be releasing "Van Gogh Syndrome," a thriller.  It's the first in my three-book Hidden Cobra series about a forensic investigator, whose background in cyber forensics helps her stop a terrorist attack on an American nuclear facility.  

 

4. What are you working on now?

 I'm presently working on five novels for 2023 and 2024 release:

1. First, I'm writing book two in the Hidden Cobra series for a 2024 release, and this thriller's working title is "Starry Night Over Pyongyang."
2. My second project, being edited and prepped for a 2023 Easter release, is a religious historical fiction called "Only Son: Jesus the Magus (Clan of Solomon Book One). 
3. Third, in the Clan of Solomon series, I'm researching and drafting book two, titled "First Wife: Mary."  It will be a 2024 release. 
4. Fourth, I'm prepping "What Happens in the Vegas Cemetery" for a 2023 Halloween release in Salem, Mass at "Gettin' Witchy With It."  "Vegas" is a YA paranormal thriller with a romantic suspense sub-genre.
5. Fifth, I'm editing "Vengeance Is Mine: the Profiler's Passion" for a 2024 release.  This is a romantic suspense, which won the 2010 Golden Pen contest (third place), but I sat on it, choosing not to publish it, since I wasn't comfortable establishing myself solely as a RS author.  Glad I waited, too.  

Two 2025 projects I'm working on for 2026 release are are: 

1. Dubai Bones, a stand-alone thriller, 2025 release.
2. Deeply, Darky, a stand-alone thriller, 2025 release.
3. Family Affair: Mary and Jesus (Clan of Solomon Book Three), 2025 release.
4. Black Sheep:  Lazarus the Leper (Clan of Solomon Book Four), 2026 release.

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

When I'm not writing I'm reading, and I read everything, depending on my whim.  However, as a professional writer I've learned to focus on writing in my primary genres and, of even greater importance, to trust in my own style and voice.  I choose not to be influenced or to follow the literary trend of the day.  In fact, if I'm writing and someone says, "Oh, have you read so and so," I avoid reading so and so. I don't ignore literary trends.  They're important.  But the favorites of the day have their voice, and I have mine.  

  

6. Where can we find you?

I have carefully crafted my author platform to serve my readers by avoiding making them hop like fleas from one social media site to the other to find me.  I want them to know I'll be here, and in a place where we can connect and interact unfailingly.  My decision to limit my presence on the web is all about serving my readers consistently from a very organized platform.  That doesn't mean I won't be on Instagram or TikTok, if I determine I can serve my readers from those places.  However, for now I'm connecting from my author page on Facebook, my author website, and my blog.  Those links are as follows:

 

1. https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMaryMcFarland.author/
2. www.marymcfarlandbooks.com
3. https://marymcfarlandbooks.com/blog-1

Saturday's Blogs feature three books by Janice Seagraves #MFRWAuthor #science fiction #romance #dragon #weather

 

Alien Collision. A red-hot romance with two sexy aliens. Full length book. This book is the seventh in the series, but it can be read alone. 

Heather Wood hasn’t had the best luck with her love life, or just life in general. Being called Junkyard does that to you. After getting pregnant by her unfaithful lover, she’s kidnapped by aliens to be actioned off as a slave, and then the spaceship crashes on a deserted planet.

Things start to look up when two handsome aliens, Sky and Lance, rush to her rescue. She finds herself deeply attracted to both males, but you can only take one, right?

However, there is more growing than just Heather’s baby belly. The planet is host to a hoard of killers. And it looks like Heather’s luck has just run out.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BGY26CQD

Dragon Mirror--warning one SA scene. Red hot romance. Short read.

Kidnapped and impregnated, Crystal Wedgewood will do anything to get back to her husband. Even fight a king dragon with her bare hands.

Dragon Mirror: Book One in the Dragon Magick Series

Weather Witch--a sweet romance. Short read.

In Regency England, Lord Godfrey negotiates for a wife, when Meredith, the weather witch, storms in she provides Godfrey with interesting possibilities, but will she embrace a chance to let go of her past and find happiness for her future?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B17MF7ZR/

Books by Eileen Troemel are featured today as Saturday's Blurbs #MFRWAuthor #science fiction #dark romance #pilot #Interstellar

 Day 2:

 

Give the blurbs and buy marks for 3 of your books.

Fractured

This is a Reverse Harem dark scifi romance. There is cursing and violence. Rape and torture are referred to.

 

Sent to the prison planet Laken, Zulma expects to be raped and tortured. What she finds there may save her and her people.

 

Ordered to a crashed Dolian ship, Conasian prisoners of war Drake, Claud, Stuart, and Parker hope to survive the trek through the dangerous sleepers. The downed ship is vital. What they discover will change their future if they survive the sleepers and their own men.

 

https://books2read.com/Fractured-bk1-Love-of-the-Broken

Celtan Dilemma

Traitor or criminal?

 

Lieutenant Lillian Buckner receives orders to take her squad of women pilots out to specific coordinates and destroy an unarmed transport.  Lilly must decide whether to be a war criminal by firing on an unarmed vessel or to be a traitor and disobey her orders.  Her life and those of her six pilots depends on her decision. No matter her decision, the punishment may kill her if she returns to the human forces.

 

Trust or Punish?

 

Lord Hugh Korol fights against the humans.  They invaded the Celtan’s territory and took sectors of space from them.  The humans attacked their home world.  When human women aid one of their unarmed transports, he must decide what to do to them.  Can he trust the one he desires or will she break more than the fragile trust growing between them?

 

https://books2read.com/CeltanDilemma

Draconian Peace

Daughter of Hugh Bradon a human who caused the Draconian people embarrassment in the interstellar arena, Dewi Bradon lives in the squatters’ camps to hide from her family and the Draconians. Half human and half Draconian, she fights to survive and stay out of the brothels.

 

Son of the Lord whose grief caused anti-human laws, Lachlan Camdon, Draconian Lord, is willing to sacrifice taking a true mate to promote Draconians and gain entry to a lucrative trade alliance with the human race.

 

Bias and prejudice have ripped Draconian and human relations apart for the last fifteen years but when Dewi is forced to become the mate of Lord Lachlan Camdon change ripples through their society.

 

Corruptions and crime are profitable. Ridding their current society of the worst corruptions and crimes creates a storm of conflict with Dewi and Lachlan at the center of it all. Can they overcome their own prejudices to create a better society for their two kinds?

https://books2read.com/Draconian-Peace

 

Saturday's Blurbs featuring Books by Vijaya Schartz #BWLAutor #angel Brave #Science fiction #paranormal

 ANGEL MINE – Azura Chronicles Book 1 - Buy link: https://books2read.com/Angel-Mine

What in the frozen hells of Laxxar prompted Fianna to pursue her quarry to this forbidden blue planet? Well, she needs the credits... badly. But as if crashing in the jungle wasn't bad enough, none of her high-tech weapons work. She'll have to go native, after the most wanted felon in five galaxies. It's not just her job. It's personal.

Acielon has never seen an outworlder like this fascinating female, strangely beautiful, and fierce, like the feline predator loping at her side. He always dreamed of exploring the universe, despite the legends... and the interdiction. Is it truly a hellish place of violence, lies and suffering? If it spawned this intriguing creature, it must also be a place of wonders, adventure and excitement.

Fianna's instincts tell her someone is watching. Sheba, her telepathic feline partner, doesn't seem worried... yet, something on Azura isn't quite right.

ANGEL FIERCE – Azura Chronicles Book 2 - Buy link: https://books2read.com/Angel-Fierce

Something’s rotten on the angel planet. When Avenging Angels turn up dead, Urielle, their Legion Commander, suspects the handsome intruder brought unspeakable evil to Azura.

Maksou never met a woman he couldn’t seduce. He came to the forbidden planet to rescue his friends and get rich in the process, but the jungle crawls with lethal life forms… including a gorgeous warrior angel, who saves his life but keeps him prisoner and challenges his irresistible charm.

Urielle, sworn to protect Azura at all costs, has no use for a maverick who ignores the rules and endangers the planet… no matter how attractive. Especially when the Galactic Trade Alliance (GTA) wages a secret war to get their greedy hands on the priceless crystal at Azura’s core.

ANGEL BRAVE – Azura Chronicles Book 3 – Buy link: https://books2read.com/Angel-Brave

Keoke Mahoe slips through the forbidden planet’s impenetrable defenses to deliver a perilous message. But Lady Valoria fiercely protects Azura. Any intruder, especially one who kills for food, is promptly terminated.

While Valoria admires Keoke’s uncanny ability to cheat death, she cannot trust a spy. What he suggests is unthinkable... and could throw the galaxy into chaos. Yet, could he be telling the truth? She appreciates his audacity, his noble heart, and his smile… to the chagrin of Eris the Amazon, her best friend, bodyguard, and would-be lover.

But in the farthest confines of the galaxy, an old enemy is rising again. People are sacrificed by blood and fire on unholy altars. Malevolent armies are assembling, and this time, even Azura's Avenging Angels may not be able to stop the onslaught of darkness upon all civilized life.

Vijaya Schartz, author 
Strong heroines, brave heroes, cats, Romance with a Kick
http://www.vijayaschartz.com  
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Friday Vijaya Schartz is visiting and talking about her latest release #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Paranormal #justice #romance #science fiction

 Tell me about your latest release or the book you wish to feature? Genre?

My September release, ANGEL BRAVE, Book 3 in the Azura Chronicles series, is a sci-fi fantasy romance set on the glowing blue planet, Azura. This is the last book in this particular series, although I have other series set in the same universe, like the Byzantium (space station) series, featuring a few Azuran characters. As my readers have learned to expect in my sci-fi novels, one of the characters is a large feline… but I’ll let you discover it for yourself. The hero, Keoke Mahoe, is a spy for the Resistance against the GTA oppressing the galaxy. The heroine, Lady Valoria, is the leader of Azura, responsible for the well being of her people.

Where did the idea arise?

Since this is a series, the idea flowed naturally from the first two books, and also from what happened in the Byzantium series spinoff. The planet, its culture and idiosyncrasies, are already familiar, although I always make sure that each book can be read as a standalone. As for the characters, I wrote so many books that it takes me some time to make each of them unique and memorable. Keoke is a Zephyrian mind-reader with many talents that make him the perfect spy. Valoria is a strong leader, former Avenging Angel (yes, they can sprout wings and take flight anytime) and, like many of my heroines, she’s handy with a sword. As for the plot, it involves the return of a sinister cult that performs human sacrifices to please a certain evil deity.

How much research was involved? Did you stay on point or be distracted by wanting to look at just one more thing?

The readers familiar with the islanders of the Pacific Ocean will recognize some familiar traits in the hero, Keoke. I used my personal experience as a surfer and an islander when I lived in Hawaii. I also included a few Polynesian legends and beliefs. I had to research some of them to refresh my memory, as it’s been a while since I left Hawaii. This hero is very close to nature, and very close to my heart.

How long did you take to write the book?

I started writing this book when my last one was published (a year ago) and finished it in July. One book a year is a good pace for me. I like having a deadline to keep me on point, but I also like having enough time to polish the book to my satisfaction.

Now a bit about you. How long have you been writing? What is your Sun Sign?

I’m a Capricorn, in other words, a workaholic. I wrote all my life, but my first novel was released in 2000. I had many publishers over the years, and more than thirty titles released. BWL Publishing is my only publisher now.

Do you write in a number of genres of stick to one?

I’ve tried my hands at many genres, but science fiction, fantasy, and romance are my favorites. From contemporary, to Celtic legends, to space operas, human conflicts remain the same. The fight for justice, survival, the right to love, are all part of the human (and alien) makeup. So are the ugly side of

Where on the internet can you be found?

Vijaya Schartz, author - Strong Heroines, Brave Heroes, cats
http://www.vijayaschartz.com
amazon - B&N - Smashwords - Kobo - FB 

Friday Janice Seagraves is visiting and talking about being Panster or Plotter #MFRWAuthor #Panster #Plotter

 1. Are you a panster or a plotter or perhaps a bit of both?

I'm strictly a panster. I plotted once and wrote out the heart of the book and then couldn't write a single word.

 

2. Which comes first - characters or plot for you?

Always the character leads the story.

 

3. What are you working on now? Is this a book in a current series or something totally new?

I'm getting my series Chronicles of Arcon self-published. It's a long series. Three shorts books in the mini-series (which starts off the series where the Arcon have to leave their planet and then finally getting to Earth) and twelve in the main series starting with Alien Desire and Alien Heart (both are set here on Earth). I originally had Alien Heart first in the main series, but Alien Desire started just a few months earlier in the timeline, so I switching these two around.

 

4. Do you have some kind of object or place that figures in most of your books? I use gems a lot, hospitals, and caves.

In my Windswept Shores, two book series it was shells and my heroine was always weaving something. In my Matrix Crystal series, it was rocks, crystals, caves, and mines. I also have the ocean in both series. I'm not sure about Chronicles of Arcon. Each book is vastly different.

5. Do you write every day or just when the spirit hits?

I used to write every day and wrote crazy fast. I literally wore the letters off my keyboard. However, over a span of two years, three deaths rocked my family, I got hit by Writer's Block. I still write, but it is so slow now. It's really hard to get the words down. Luckily, I have all my books in my Chronicles of Arcon written. I just have to revise or polish them. Some just need an editor.

 

6. Where can we find you?

My website: https://janice-seagraves.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/janiceseagraves

 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaniceSeagravesAuthor

7. Who are your favorite authors? What about a book you’ve enjoyed?

Jim Butcher (urban fantasy), P.C. Hodgell (high fantasy), and Anne McCaffrey (science fiction).

I just finished reading: The Traitor God and God of Broken Things (fantasy). both are by Cameron Johnston. I enjoyed them very much.

Saturday's Blurbs feature books by Lyndi Alexander #MFRWAuthor #Fantasy #science fiction #romance

 

TRIAD:

After five years of silence, the Arkosian space pirates are back to terrorize the sector where Trezanna Len fights to save her Solarii colony, a small group of Terran descendants settled on the planet Induna. To survive, the Solarii need assistance. And soon. 

Trezanna could ask for help from the neighboring group called Dragonfleet, but its cruel leader Estrella Drake has been on a rampage to annex Solarii space. Estrella would never agree to an alliance with the Solarii. Or would she? [Science Fiction (PG) available in print and ebook from Dragonfly Publishing, Inc.]

A SMALL DEGREE OF HOPE:

Even the smallest degree of hope can spark love.

Against her wealthy father's demands, and the usual blockades of a male dominated profession, Kylie Sanderson proves worthy of her position as lead investigator of planet Andan's Scientific and Investigative Research Taskforce. Someone is killing Andan's women in an attempt to mutate them into reptiles. Kylie makes it her mission to discover who's behind the murders and prevent more grotesque deaths.

Shapeshifting lizard Griff comes to Andan to stop his brethren from mutating other planet's women into mindless breeding stock. Overcoming Kylie's suspicious and defensive nature proves difficult, but he must in order to help the SIRT team thwart his planet's scientists.

When Kylie is abducted and becomes the first human to survive the transformation, it's up to Griff to rescue her so SIRT can restore her human form. On the run and desperate to unravel the mysteries of Kylie's past to solve the crimes of their present, can she and Griff forge a future for themselves?

SIXSHOOTER:

Valeni Pascual wants to be free to make a living hauling cargo with her spaceship and to understand the shapeshifting alien who presents sometimes as the steamy male Nik and other times as the blonde bombshell Nikki.

As a rebel insurgence builds against the oppressive government known as the Agency, Valeni and Nik/Nikki encounter a sexy Terran cowboy named Garrett Rawls. Since being pulled into this region of space by another mysterious wormhole, Garrett has looked for a way to return to Earth. After meeting Valeni and Nikki, he might have found something worth staying for.

 However, dark forces may have a much bigger picture in mind for all of them. Valeni, Nik/Nikki, and Garrett are pulled into a life and death fight that lays bare all of their secrets and their desires. Will they lose everything as the battle against the Agency rages around them or can love pull them through?

Friday Join Barbara Montjoy aka Lyndi Alexander as she visits and talks about Who She was Before #MFRWAuthor #Family experiences #Science fiction #fantasy #Suspense

 1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer? 

I've been a pizza maker, waitress, floral designer, lawyer, and mother to seven (and plenty of others who passed through).  My family experiences definitely have impacted my writing more than everything. My heroines almost always are in the process of creating their own family from those around them who need love and support.

 

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

I actually do cross the major genres. I write sci-fi and fantasy as Lyndi Alexander and romance and suspense as Alana Lorens. I'm not a formulaic writer--I know some writers have the "romance trope" down to a T and can drop one of those every few months. I really prefer to begin with an idea and expand it into a story, then discover if it's going to be "out there" or a love story or something inbetween.

 

3. What is your latest release?

In June, SIXSHOOTER comes out from Dragonfly Publishing. It's the story of a spaceship captain, and a cowboy, and an alien who's genderfluid and loves them both...in all the ways.

Valeni Pascual wants to be free to make a living hauling cargo with her spaceship and to understand the shapeshifting alien who presents sometimes as the steamy male Nik and other times as the blonde bombshell Nikki.

As a rebel insurgence builds against the oppressive government known as the Agency, Valeni and Nik/Nikki encounter a sexy Terran cowboy named Garrett Rawls. Since being pulled into this region of space by another mysterious wormhole, Garrett has looked for a way to return to Earth. After meeting Valeni and Nikki, he might have found something worth staying for.

 However, dark forces may have a much bigger picture in mind for all of them. Valeni, Nik/Nikki, and Garrett are pulled into a life and death fight that lays bare all of their secrets and their desires. Will they lose everything as the battle against the Agency rages around them or can love pull them through?

SIXSHOOTER [©2021] A Horizon Crossover series novel by Lyndi Alexander | Cover Art by Kat Hardy | Science Fiction Romance (R) 280 pages / 100,000 words | Available in ebook and print from the DFP Books label of Dragonfly Publishing

 

4. What are you working on now?

I'm finishing a historical romance with pirates set in Key West in 1898, during the Spanish American War. While that's wrapping up with my excellent critique group, I've started a thriiller about a criminal defense attorney who crosses the wrong person in Miami.

 

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

Probably. When I was younger, I devoured gothic romance. Never really enjoyed the Harlequin type books, because they were predictable. So most of my romance has a dark, suspenseful; side to it. But Science Fiction has always been a favorite. At this stage, if I take time off writing to read, it will probably be sci-fi. (and NOT Syfy. Ugh.)

 

6. Where can we find you?

Author Bio

 

Lyndi Alexander always dreamed of faraway worlds and interesting alien contacts. She lives as a post-modern hippie in Asheville, North Carolina, a single mother of her last child of seven, a daughter on the autism spectrum, finding that every day feels a lot like first contact with a new species.

 

Author Links

Website  and Blog         https://lyndialexander.wordpress.com/

Facebook                      https://www.facebook.com/lyndialexander13/

Goodreads                    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4185290.Lyndi_Alexander

Amazon Author Page

https://www.amazon.com/Lyndi-Alexander/e/B005GDYPU2/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

Bookbub:                      https://www.bookbub.com/profile/lyndi-alexander

Smashwords | Lyndi Alexander    https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/lyndialexander