Return to Earth Spotlight: Veronica H. Hart
The Alvarium Experiment Presents Return to Earth
Today, I'm spotlighting author Veronica H. Hart.
Interview with Veronica H. Hart
Veronica Helen Hart, like many of the Alvarium Experiment authors, writes in multiple fiction genres: women’s, historical and science fiction with a little murder and adventure on the side. “Recovery” is her first foray into science fiction and it is available for FREE today through 10/4 on Kindle. Follow link to download while supplies last!
Q: How did you
come up with your story, ‘Recovery’, for Return
to Earth?
VHH: My first
idea fell apart, shattered by being too big for even a novella, much less a
short story. I thought I’d do an interim sequel to Silent Autumn, my science fiction novel which is a finalist for a
Royal Palm Literary Award (Florida Writers Association) this year. By adding
the extra element of humans returning to Earth a hundred and fifty years after
The Devastation, I created an entirely different story than anticipated.
Taylor, Max and the kids will have to have something else to contend with when
I get back to them.
In the meantime, I’d been watching the news about how Big
Pharma can price-gauge the public and even withhold development or release of a
drug until they can guarantee themselves the biggest profits regardless of the
needs of the population, so I put a group of people on an intergalactic
transfer station and created a disease. The premise of the story is to send one
of their scientists to Earth to secure the formula. Once I had the premise, it
suddenly turned humorous.
Q: What is
happening in your writing world now?
VHH: While I
await the results of entries into competitions, Silent Autumn in the RPLA, and The
Reluctant Daughters in the Writers’ Digest Self-published competition, I am
working on my first paranormal murder mystery/romance, Knife! I’m also spending time making the rounds of book fairs,
libraries and other events to promote my books.
Q: What is the
most difficult thing about writing for you?
VHH: The most
frustrating is seeing my books associated with an author with a very similar
name to mine. I constantly have to remind publicists for events that they must
include my middle name or at the very least my middle initial when they post my
books for sale at an event. For example, I will be presenting at a state university
in October, and the press release has my name without the middle initial. If
students type in my name to see what I’ve written, they will wind up on a porn
site. It is unfortunate that that other writer’s name is a fictitious name –
the woman is too embarrassed and ashamed of the trash she writes to use her
real name. When I notified the people in charge, they of course immediately corrected the
oversight.
About Return to Earth
Return to Earth is the second project of the Alvarium Experiment, a consortium of accomplished and award-winning authors.
The stories do not need to be read in any particular order; each story is an entry point into the overall story.
Return to Earth stories & authors are:
"AOB" by Bria Burton. Aona, an Alien-Operated Bot (AOB), suffers a malfunction that could jeopardize her mission on Earth and could lead to the extinction of an entire species from another planet.
"The Paradoxical Man" by Bard Constantine. Albert Rosen is one of five explorers who vanished on a deep-sea expedition into the Bermuda Triangle. He returns to Earth centuries later, transported across space and time through a mysterious wormhole. However, Earth is not the home he remembers. Humankind has been evacuated, and the survivors lie in hibernation aboard the Locus, an orbiting space station. Rosen is forced to match wits with Deis, an artificial intelligence determined to keep humanity in stasis until he is convinced they are fit to return.
"Children Of The Stars" by Charles A. Cornell. In Japan, an American medical researcher discovers the deadly secret behind an eighty-year-old woman's ageless appearance and incredible fertility, and her connection to the bizarre disappearance of the freighter the Ourang Medan in 1948.
"Recovery"by Veronica Helen Hart. When a virus threatens the lives of everyone on board a transfer station for intergalactic travel, it's up to Dr. Candace Bertram to retrieve the only known vaccine from Earth. The risky, untested method of transport could mean catastrophic mission failure, and grave danger for Dr. Bertram.
"Coming Home" by John Hope. Finally achieving his dream of being an astronaut on the Jupiter missions, Jasper's mind is elsewhere, on the recent loss of his stepfather, Bud. But Jasper's space mission is interrupted when he is sucked into a wormhole that transports him to a different time, 30 years in the past. And now, doctors don't believe where he's from. Fortunately, his loving nurse at his side comforts him and a love builds. That is, until he realizes that his nurse's son is Jasper as a young boy.
"Someday Loyal" by Elle Andrews Patt. Alien invaders are lobbing fireballs at Peoria, but Grandmama is holding tea. When the military arrives in search of Mrs. Suniol, Alice is drawn into the mystery of Lake Snow, a missing husband, and securing the key to an entire civilization's survival.
"Social Experiment" by Tracie Roberts. For the past two years Dr. Olivia Tate had led a satisfying life with her alien spouse, Kya Dumont. As a scientist and cancer survivor, Liv is on a mission to discover a cure for the deadly disease. But something equally deadly has put Kya’s people, the Oo’mahn, in danger of extinction. With an order to evacuate Earth, Kya struggles between helping her people and remaining with the woman she loves, especially now that Liv has also fallen ill. Now Kya’s ship is approaching and the couple must not only find a cure for Liv and the Oo’mahn, but also devise a plan to remain together despite the objection of the aliens.
"Gaia Returning" by C.L. Roman. Pirates steal things. It's what they do... When Captain Irina Demyanov’s first mate disobeys orders and steals the crown jewels of a vengeful alien race, she knows she’s out of options. Desperate to escape, Irina takes her chances on a dangerous vortex leap and lands near an unnamed, yet strangely familiar planet. The gamble may have paid off, but between hostile inhabitants and inevitable discovery by their pursuers, the pirates’ chances of survival appear slim. Can the human remnant find refuge, or will their enemies put a permanent end to the human race?
For additional info about the stories and authors, visit the website: www.alvariumexperiment.wixsite.com/returntoearth
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