Month: February 2013

K.S. Brooks Podcast on Newbies Writers

Newbie Writers has been around since 2006. It was originally run by writer Dawn Copeman. In 2009 Damien Boath came on to run the show. He and writer Catharine Bramkamp host a lively and entertaining podcast show. Since its early days, Newbie Writers has evolved from a humble site with forums, newsletter and how-to articles; to a weekly podcast and popular blog.

Our own K.S. “Kat” Brooks was interviewed by this dynamic duo, and it made for a very entertaining segment. We hope you’ll enjoy the show and let Catharine and Damien know you heard about it here!

Book Brief: Daimones

Daimones
by Massimo Marino
Genre: Science Fiction, post-apocalypse
Word count: 93000

Dan Amenta wakes up one morning to discover the world has changed…the Apocalypse has arrived.

Death, destruction, and disaster are spreading around the globe. Yet Dan and his family remain untouched. He begins to fear they are the only three people left alive on Earth.

They are not.

Efforts to survive and make contact with others reveal disturbing truths about the human extermination. Dan finds Laura who discloses ever more. Her presence – a young, sexy, disruptive girl – adds questions about what is moral and ethical in this new reality.

Then supernatural experiences reported by other survivors force Dan to seek explanations from his own past. Memories of childhood hallucinations strike him with sledgehammer force, bringing him face-to-face with a secret millions of years old. Planet Earth is in the hands of an older power, one Dan never envisioned and dares not disobey…

This book is available from Amazon, Smashwords, and Barnes&Noble.

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Legacies of Empire

Regardless of any assertion of virtuous intent; at its core, the motivation for the building of empires, by and large, is the accumulation of wealth for the minority at the expense of the majority. There are of course other, just as avaricious, incentives for empire but they all align with its primary purpose. However, regardless of its grandeur or period of reign, following its downfall (and eventually all fall) it is judged not by its initial motivations, or by the destruction it causes whilst coming into being, and certainly not by the wealth and accomplishments it accumulates during its reign; in the end, it is judged by the legacies it leaves.

Throughout history man has built empires, one hundred and eighty seven, recorded, nation-based empires alone. The first on record, the Akkadian Empire, began in 2334 BC, and the last, the Portuguese Empire, officially ended in 1999. The empire with the shortest reign, less than two years, was the first Mexican Empire (1821 – 1823), and the longest reigning empire, the Mayan Empire (2,000BC – 1540 AD) was a staggering 3,540 years in duration.

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Sneak Peek: Ripple

Today we have a sneak peek of author Tui Allen’s metaphysical fiction novel: Ripple.

Twenty million years ago, powers of the universe allow an ancient spirit one final chance to achieve a mysterious intellectual purpose, by incarnating it as a dolphin on the planet Azure, (Earth.) The spirit is born as Ripple, a vulnerable female with a seeming tendency to insanity. She falls for the scarred fighter-dolphin Cosmo and love inspires her to achieve her purpose. But before she can communicate her discovery, she must overcome terrific odds among the terrors and tragedies of the ancient oceans. If she can succeed, the universe will change forever, and profoundly affect the yet-to-evolve human race.

Ripple is available through Amazon.com and Amazon UK. 

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