Writing for the Love

AUTHOR ELLE ANDREWS PATT Our featured author today is Elle Andrews Patt , author of " Manteo ", a short story in The Prometheus Saga . " Manteo " is available for FREE on Kindle today, 4/13 - 4/17, so be sure to download your copy! Welcome, Elle. Tell us, what inspired you to launch / join the Alvarium Experiment? M.J. Carlson introduced me to Ken Pelham and their joint enthusiasm for the project as they explained it made me really interested in the details of the premise. The very thoughtful and thorough details of both the Prometheus character specifications and business plan that Ken and Charles Cornell had drawn up inspired me to jump up and down yelling, “I’m in, if you’ll have me! Pick me!” What are some of the benefits and challenges of writing “into” an existing framework for Prometheus as a character? How did that shape your creative process for your story? Is it different from your usual writing process? I love a structure challenge...

AUTHOR JADE KERRION Our featured author today is Jade Kerrion , author of " East of the Sun ", a short story in The Prometheus Saga . " East of the Sun " is available for FREE on Kindle today, 3/30 - 4/3, so be sure to download your copy!   Welcome, Jade. What inspired you to launch / join The Alvarium Experiment ? Late last year, Charles A. Cornell reached out to me to ask if I'd be interested in joining a unique collaboration of authors writing short stories around a central premise. I'd engaged in many author collaborations previously, especially on anthologies, but Charles' project was unique and piqued my interest. How were a dozen or more creative people (likely with more than one voice in their heads) ever going to come to agreement long enough to make a project like The Alvarium Experiment happen? With an equal mix of eager enthusiasm and morbid curiosity, I signed up! What are some of the benefits and challenges of writing “into” an ...

AUTHOR CHARLES A. CORNELL Our featured author today is Charles A. Cornell , author of " Crystal Night ", a short story in The Prometheus Saga . " Crystal Night " is available for FREE on Kindle today, 3/24 - 3/28, so be sure to download your copy! Welcome, Charles! How does your work differ from others in its genre? In my thriller, Tiger Paw, I definitely channeled my 'inner Edgar Allan Poe'. Woven into the intrigue and suspense are elements of the macabre and the occult. This portrayal of the dark side of human nature can also be found in my sci-fi/fantasy novel, DragonFly in the character of Nazi wizard, Reichsfuhrer Morax. My novels unabashedly contain a strong 'good vs evil' theme as the main protagonists are in an 'against all odds' journey to triumph over the worst mankind has to offer. I like to think out of the box regarding the plot, embed a twist or two, and definitely want my work to be unique. Why write what others have al...

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...

AUTHOR M.J. CARLSON Our featured author today is M.J. Carlson , author of " Ever After ", a short story in The Prometheus Saga . " Ever After " is available for FREE on Kindle today, 3/9 - 3/13, so be sure to download your copy! Welcome, M.J. Tell us, what inspired you to launch / join the Alvarium Experiment? When my friend, Ken Pelham contacted me prior to the 2014 FWA Conference and asked if I was interested in joining a dozen other writers in “something never done before,” I was intrigued. Since we hear so much about publishing being in a flux right now, I decided to meet with Ken and Charles A. Cornell, the co-conspirators, as it were, behind the Alvarium Experiment. In preparation for that initial meeting, Ken sent me two papers describing the concept. One was the guidelines for the character and story premise behind the saga, the other was the publishing paradigm outline – the Experiment itself. The more I read both, the more interested I be...

Readers can still download a free Kindle copy of " On Both Sides " now through Friday. On the Amazon Best Seller list, "On Both Sides" hit #2 in the Top Free Historical Fiction Short Stories. The story, a blend of historical and science fiction, is told from the perspective of two young people with opposing views of the American Revolution. Young Robby Freeman believes that independence is the answer for the colonists, and the only way they will ever truly be free. Miss Olivia Wilton hopes that the war will not spoil her social calendar, and can't wait for the British army to overpower the colonial militants so that she can continue enjoying her balls and parties. Tying them both together is a mysterious woman named Lady Maryanne Carrington. Her disappearance leads them both down a path they could never have imagined. Here's an excerpt from the short story: When her father and Colonel Denton returned, a strange relief flooded through Olivia. “Well,...

Today, I'm the one being interviewed. It's very fitting for President's Day as my short story takes place during the American Revolution. AUTHOR BRIA BURTON  Our featured author today is Bria Burton , author of " On Both Sides ", a short story in The Prometheus Saga . " On Both Sides " is available for FREE on Kindle today, 2/16 - 2/20, so be sure to download your copy! Welcome, Bria. Tell us, what inspired you to launch / join the Alvarium Experiment? At the FWA Conference in 2014, Charles and Ken approached me about the idea, and I absolutely loved it. The author collaboration, the story premise, and the new way of reaching readership really drew me in. Not to mention I love science fiction. What are some of the benefits and challenges of writing “into” an existing framework for Prometheus as a character? How did that shape your creative process for your story? Is it different from your usual writing process? For me, this story began wit...