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 DACO Our featured author today is Daco , author of " The Pisces Affair ", a short story in The Prometheus Saga . " The Pisces Affair " is available for FREE on Kindle today, 4/6 - 4/10, so be sure to download your copy! Welcome, Daco. What inspired you to launch / join The Alvarium Experiment ? Last Fall, 2014, Ken Pelham asked if I’d consider joining a consortium of authors in The Alvarium Experiment— or the “beehive,” as now we often refer to our group. I knew if Ken was involved, I had to say yes. We’d met through the International Thriller Writers debut program, and I quickly learned that Ken had “real energy,” so joining was a no-brainer. So, I began writing my story, The Pisces Affair , for The Prometheus Saga . 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? The beauty ...

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...