Writing for the Love

The Alvarium Experiment Presents  Return to Earth The Return to Earth stories are unique in that each story is featured as an individual $0.99 Kindle ebook. The stories can be read in any order. Once you select your first story, be prepared. You just might get hooked and want to buy all ten. 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. “ R eco very ” 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 sc...

The Alvarium Experiment Presents  Return to Earth What if the alien visitors that surprised Earth were actually human? Ten authors unite behind this theme in  Return to Earth , a unique science fiction collection. Each story is featured as an individual $0.99 Kindle ebook. Today, I'm spotlighting author Tracie Roberts. Interview with Tracie Roberts Tracie writes in multiple genres including paranormal romance, YA, and New Adult. “ Social Experiment ” is her first foray into science fiction and it is available for FREE today on Kindle. Follow link to download while supplies last! Q: So, Tracie, you weren’t involved with the first Alvarium project, The Prometheus Saga. How did you happen to join this second project? TR: I didn’t even know about the first project! But my very good friend, critique partner, and fellow Alvarium author, C.L. Roman, vouched for me with the group and I was invited to join. I am grateful for the opportunity to...

The Alvarium Experiment Presents Return to Earth For those who enjoyed The Prometheus Saga , you'll be pleased to hear that the Alvarium Experiment authors have published another collection of short stories called  Return to Earth . The stories are currently available as individual short stories in the Kindle Store. Today, I'm spotlighting author Ken Pelham. Interview with Ken Pelham Ken reads and writes in multiple genres and is a member of the Alvarium Experiment , the consortium of award-winning writers reinventing the way readers experience short fiction. His short story, “Under the Whelming Tide” is available in Kindle. Follow link to download while supplies last! Q: What was behind the Alvarium Experiment, and how did the group arrive at this second project, Return To Earth ? KP: All genres have their strengths and weaknesses. I’ve always loved short stories in general and science fiction short stories in particular, because the format lets ...

Guest Author Appearance at Gulfport Art Walk Fantasy author C.L. Roman will be visiting the Tampa Bay area soon. I'm so excited to introduce you to this incredibly talented author. Interview with Cheri Roman Welcome, Cheri! Let's talk about your latest book. What's it about? My latest book is a paranormal YA about Lila, a teenager who knew three things about herself for sure: she was human, she was ordinary and she was adopted. She was wrong on two out of the three. On her fifteenth birthday, she simultaneously discovers a hitherto unknown ability to cast fire, and burns down her family home. Lila was adopted, but the details of her birth story have been kept from her, with good reason. Now she is being pursued by people who want to use her abilities, or her body, to benefit themselves. It’s the second book in the Witch of Forsythe High series. Describe your writing process. For example, do you plan out your books or are you a pantser (o...

Radio Interview with Alvarium Experiment Authors Another first: I'm on the radio, Mom! As exciting, and nerve-racking, as it was to participate in a live interview in the Tampa Bay Tan Talk studio, it took me a month to listen. I was even more nervous to hear myself after the fact! Thankfully, Charles A. Cornell and Ken Pelham joined me on the show,  Joy on Paper  hosted by Patzi Gil. The three of us as representatives of the Alvarium Experiment tackled the interview together, and I'm so pleased with the end result. We revealed little known details about our author collaboration, the Alvarium Experiment, and our first short fiction collaboration, The Prometheus Saga . Each of us had equal opportunity during the hour to discuss our contribution to the Saga,  what we took away from the experience, and where we plan to go next. Anyone can listen to our interview which was originally featured February 4, 2016, on AM 1340. Visit the Joy on Paper ...

AUTHOR VICTOR DIGENTI (AKA PARKER FRANCIS) Our featured author today is Parker Francis , author of " The Strange Case of Lord Byron's Lover ", a short story in The Prometheus Saga . " The Strange Case of Lord Byron's Lover " is available for FREE on Kindle today, 3/16 - 3/20, so be sure to download your copy! Welcome, Parker. Tell us, what inspired you to launch / join the Alvarium Experiment? Ken Pelham contacted me prior to the 2014 FWA Conference to ask if I’d be interested in joining other writers in a what he said was “a cool idea” called The Alvarium Experiment. I’m always open to cool ideas and asked for more details. Ken sent me two working papers I call the Prometheus Bible , an incredibly well thought-out concept with a spec sheet and working arrangement for the consortium of writers. Ken and Charles Cornell had obviously given this a lot of thought, and I was both impressed and intrigued. Though I didn’t write SF, I spent much of my waste...