Guest Blog: Tour The Valkyrie’s Guardian by Moriah Densley

Poor Cassie. She’s surrounded by epically talented immortal superheroes, and she’s a healer who flunked out of her medical residency. Mortal, weak, and with high-profile celebrities in the family, she’s stuck with a bodyguard 24/7.

The good news? It’s Jack MacGunn, the dazzling Atlas-lookalike berserker warrior she’s had a crush on since a girl. The bad news? He won’t breathe a word about what’s going on, even when Cassie finds herself in the middle of a private war with an enemy who’s oh-so out of her league.

Being someone who learns almost everything “the hard way,” I sympathize with the feeling that everyone else has a Logical Humanity 101 manual, and I’m reading a comic book instead. In this excerpt, Jack and Cassie are preparing to leave on a dangerous mission. Cassie has no choice but to keep up with Jack and his squad of Navy SEALs.

“I can’t believe I’m getting you into this.”  His combat vest already fastened, he strapped on small-handled throwing knives, serrated combat knives and one nasty-looking machete between his shoulders. “I’ll brief you in a sec. Here, put this on.” Kevlar, in size huge. She put it down. If Jack expected to need a grenade launcher, then a bullet-proof vest would do her no good. He huffed irritably and strapped it on her with rough movements. He flared his nostrils and complained in a growl, “You smell like heaven, Cass. It’s torturing me.” She had no idea what to say to that. She’d been in a medical clinic all night and needed a shower. Behind rows of climbing gear she saw him unlocking fireproof cabinets piled with C-4 and other components for plastic explosives. When Jack smeared camo paint on his face, Cassie couldn’t stand not knowing. “So, which third-world army are you taking on single-handedly?” “We. Idiotic, but I am taking you. Because I can’t leave you here. That’s what he wants, it’s a trap. I can feel it in my gut.” He tossed her a holster. It looked like bad lingerie, with black straps hanging at odd angles— “Thigh holster—biggest strap around your waist. You okay with a forty-caliber, honey?” He racked the slide of a Springfield XD, grabbed its magazines and swore again, in Gaelic. “I wish I’d taken you out shooting more. Just point and click, okay?” She loaded the clips with menacing hollow-point bullets, thinking about the purpose of the weapon, an abstract concept until now. She’d always imagined hay bales and milk jugs, not a human body. Her throat closed and her blood chilled, washing her with a shocking paralysis before she wrestled it under control. No time to freak out. Jack glanced and must have noticed her stricken expression. He kissed her once, short and rough but hot. “Five minutes.” He nodded at the ammo in her hands. “In combat there’s no time to sight. You aim with the barrel, okay? Three rounds into center mass.” He pantomimed shooting a triangle in the air. Center mass, the opponent’s heart. He really thought she was going to have to kill people with this gun. In five minutes.

We all say we’d do anything for the ones we love; it was interesting to write a character in a position of having to prove it. I’ve never had to fight in combat, but I’ll take veterans at their word when they explain how holding on to what you care about makes you braver. I won’t spoil the surprise, but Cassie does find her inspiration. 

The Valkyrie’s Guardian
Moriah Densley

Genre:  Paranormal Romance

Publisher:  Crimson Romance / F+W Media

ISBN:  1440551375

ISBN13:  9781440551376

Number of pages:  300

Word Count:  91K

Book Description: 

“Augmented strength, lightning weapon, chronic PMS – you’re a valkyrie, Cass.”

You might call them superheroes. “Extra-sentients” are one in 4.5 million with the extraordinary ability to unlock the full potential of the mind.

Cassiopeia Noyon is descended from the most powerful known extra-sentient, but she’s a dud – no impressive talents except a healing ability which lands her in trouble. She’s all wrong for Jack MacGunn, her dazzling immortal berserker bodyguard.

Cassiopeia Noyon has a medical degree at age twenty-one, which makes her a total loser … for an extra-sentient with merely superhuman strength and healing powers but not much else. Cassie may not even be immortal, which is a downer since the man she’s adored since age six, is.

Jack MacGunn is King of the Bad Pick-Up Line. A true blue kilt-wearing, pipe-playing Scot descended from a long line of berserker warriors; if he’s awake, he’s either hungry or itching for a fight. Lately Jack feels lost. His career as a Navy SEAL detachment agent is on a slow train to nowhere. He suspects it has something to do with his out-of-control superhuman rages.

The one task Jack has never failed at is guarding Cassie from their enemies, but now he fears he can’t protect her from himself. Even if they could go a single day without fighting, Jack knows he’ll never be good enough for her. The boss’ granddaughter is off-limits anyway.
A chance encounter with a villain long assumed dead sends Jack and Cassie on a race to save the children secreted away at Network One, the academy for genius extra-sentients. Jack discovers a new side of Cassie when in the heat of combat she invokes unheard-of powers. Has Jack finally met his match?

Read Chapter 1 free: http://moriahdensley.com/chapter-1-the-valkries-guardian/

Author Bio:

2012 RWA Golden Heart finalist Moriah Densley sees nothing odd at all about keeping both a violin case and a range bag stuffed with pistols in the back seat of her car. They hold up the stack of books in the middle, of course. She enjoys writing about Victorians, assassins, and geeks. Her muses are summoned by the smell of chocolate, usually at odd hours of the night. By day her alter ego is your friendly neighborhood music teacher. Moriah lives in Las Vegas with her husband

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Guest post by D L Richardson

Thank you to Wenona of The Creatively Green Write At Home Mom for hosting me during my virtual book tour. Being green is a noble cause that more of us need to take up. Perhaps one of the greenest things I can do as an author is to release my books as ebooks and print on demand books. Ebooks are a huge reduction in resources, and print on demand means that the book only prints when someone buys it. Mainstream publishers will print about 5,000 copies of a book to make it profitable to sell. Not every one of these books will sell so this can end up becoming a huge burden on the environment.

Anyway, I wrote this little guest post and I hope you like it.

Guest post by D L Richardson

Why weighing yourself daily will make you fat.

Okay, maybe this post isn’t about the downsides of weighing yourself every day. Chances are if you’re reading this post then the title captured your attention, and that’s what this post is really about – book titles.

So you’ve written a book and you’re ready to submit it to a publisher. Before you hit Send it’s a good idea to make absolutely sure that the name of the book is perfect.

The book title is important because you want to intrigue readers into picking up your book. You also don’t want to name it and then find out that there are already ten books with the same time. There are many novels titled Firelight, Embers, Shattered. Checking Goodreads and Amazon before you submit is an easy way to make sure your novel will look original when it is read by a publisher.  And lastly, do you choose a one word title, as is popular with young adult fiction, or do you choose the more classic title?

Classic titles – One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Cather in the Rye, The Spy who came in from the Cold, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

My first novel has a classic or traditional title: The Bird With The Broken Wing. There is a bit of psychology behind this title. It is a story about second chances and putting things right, and in order to fix things they firstly need to be broken so that is where the ‘broken’ of the title originates from. The messenger of this story is an angel, an angels has wings, so that is where ‘bird’ of the title comes from. It took me a while to nail this title. For me, it’s lyrical, it’s beautiful, and it sums up my novel perfectly.

One word titles – these are popular with young adult fiction but they’re nothing new. Authors like Dean Koontz and Stephen King have had one word titles for years (if anyone has read my blog or any of my other posts you’ll notice that I refer to King and Koontz quite a bit. The reason is that they are both mega successful novelists who release a new novel each year and my goal is to be the King or Koontz or ya fiction. Yes, writers have mission statements too and mine is “Become a successful, prolific author.”)

Examples of one word book titles by Stephen King – Misery, It, Cujo, Carrie, Christine, Firestarter, Cell, Thinner, Dreamcatcher

Examples of one word book titles by Dean Koontz – Shattered, Velocity, Watchers, Intensity, Phantoms, Lightning

My second novel features a one word title: Feedback. The reason for this title is that feedback is a scientific theory that is a key element to the storyline of this novel.

One thing to be mindful of is that the publisher has final say over the book’s title. If they have a book with a similar title they’ll request you change it. Coming up with a unique and original title to start with is the key, but whichever way an author decides to go – classic title or one work title – the title of your book should reflect the story so that is remembered in years to come.

Feedback

D L Richardson

Genre: YA Sci-fi/Fantasy

Publisher:    Etopia Press

ISBN: 978-1-937976-77-4

ASIN: B009LKHUQM

Number of pages:  208

Word Count: 69,263

Cover Artist: Eithne Ni Anluaine  

Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/vEluhYM8WNw       

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Book Description:

Listening to your inner voice can get you killed.

Ethan James, Florida Bowman, and Jake Inala are three teenagers who receive much-needed organ transplants. Two weeks later they are inadvertently recruited by the CIA when a spy dies halfway through his mission. Three bacteria bombs are set to detonate, spreading illness and death across the planet, and it’s up to Ethan, Florida, and Jake to deactivate them.

Except that they have no idea where the bombs are located.

Kidnapped for information they can’t possibly know, and fuelled by the spirit of a dead CIA agent, Ethan, Florida, and Jake must look deep inside themselves if they are to finish the mission and save millions of lives. But they’re being held captive in a strange place by a man who believes in Feedback, the theory that information is retained in the memory of organs–in this case those of a certain dead CIA agent donor. And their captor will stop at nothing to get the information retained in their newly transplanted organs.

 About the Author:

D L Richardson was born in Ireland and came to Australia with her parents as a baby. She went to a public school in Sydney's western suburbs and the books she read were given to her or borrowed from the library. However it was music that first captured her creative interest.

​She joined the school choir at age eight and got her first acoustic guitar at age ten, although she really wanted a piano. In high school she took up lead vocals after the girl she was to sing a duet with failed to show up. After that she told her stage fright to get lost and took up singing with the school band where she performed in many concerts. When she left school she helped form her own rock band where she sang lead vocals, played bass guitar, and wrote all the lyrics. At age 26 she realized she wanted to write novels for the rest of her life or die trying so she sold her equipment, quit pursuing a music career and began writing instead.

​She has two young adult novels published, "The Bird With The Broken Wing" and "Feedback" and is currently writing her third novel "Little Red Gem".

​She lives in Australia on the NSW South Coast with her husband and dog. When she's not writing or reading she can be found playing her piano or guitars, renovating the house, or walking the dog.

Website:       www.dlrichardson.com

Blog:  dlrichardsonwrites.blogspot.com

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Interview with Charlie Daye Author of The Gypsy's Dance

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Tips for dealing with supernatural children Guest blog by Chrysoula Tzavelas

Tips for dealing with supernatural children

It may be, as you go about your mundane life, that you suddenly find yourself responsible for children of a supernatural persuasion. This is a problem! Supernatural children can be quite a handful, especially if you have little previous experience with the pint-sized set. Here are some tips to keep in mind.

Feeding

Some supernatural children eat normal food, just like you and me. Some eat fancy, though! They may subsist on blood, raw meat, or fettuccine alfredo. Ask them what they prefer. They might take advantage of your ignorance to get their hands on forbidden treats. Just go with it. Inevitably, they'll let slip what they usually eat, usually by comparing it with the new food. After the first day, do your best to keep their diet normal, to help them adjust to being with you.

Finding Toys

Possibly the supernatural children will come to you with their own toys. This is convenient. Unfortunately, whatever they bring with them won't be nearly as interesting as your belongings. It can be extremely hard to keep possessions out of the reach of supernatural children, who can sometimes fly, exercise telekinesis, or climb like monkeys. Your best bet is to let them satisfy their curiosity in a controlled setting, while making it clear to them just how important your possessions are to you. It might be helpful to sacrifice one or two of your sturdier possessions in the name of peace and quiet.

If you happen to have a game console or a large collection of children's videos, you know what you have to do.

At the Park

Children, even supernatural ones, need fresh air and room to run (or zoom) around. Take them to the park, but keep a close eye on them. It's okay to let them play with other children, but be ready to intervene before any conflict gets physical. You want to avoid the claws coming out. Also, supernatural children may have unusual interests, such as sniffing lampposts or catching and eating insects or stripping off all their clothes and running around naked. Gently explain to them that there's a time and a place for such behavior, and a public park isn't it. Remove them from the park if necessary, and try again later.

Shopping

At some point, you'll find yourself in a store with your supernatural children. Do your best to engage their interest. Chat with them about the day so far and what you plan on doing with your purchases. It's okay to focus more attention on them than the shopping trip—a few mistakes in the cart won't ruin your day, but a full-blown public tantrum from a bored supernatural child can really make things unpleasant. If you find they're getting bored anyhow, this author suggests singing. You may get some strange looks, but supernatural children love music.

Bedtime

You're probably planning on putting your supernatural children to bed on your pull-out couch, or maybe in your own bed while you take the couch if you fear nocturnal troublemaking. Go ahead and do this, but don't be surprised if, at some point, nocturnal activity happens anyhow. Some supernatural children are naturally nocturnal, and you may have to reverse your schedule for them. Sometimes, however, they're just lonely. Their whole life has been upset and you've become their only point of stability. Be prepared to share your bed. It might be best to prepare an extra pillow and blanket in advance. There's not much to be done about the kicking. Sorry.

Fears

Dealing with the fears of supernatural children can be tricky. Naturally, in the upheaval that has given you sole responsibility for them, their ordinary fears will be exacerbated. Be aware of these, and do your best to soothe them. If you can't, well, the fears of supernatural children can take on a life of their own. Poltergeists, strange monsters, and destructive behavior may all appear. There is no such thing as too many hugs in this situation. Supernatural children are desperately in need of love and will take all you can provide. Be patient and try to limit their exposure to unusual situations. Be careful what you say around them, as supernatural children often have incredibly keen hearing. And when they finally start to talk about what frightens them, demonstrate how you aren't afraid of the same. If you can't lie convincingly, at least maintain an upbeat tone of voice. Together, you can face anything!

Matchbox Girls

Chrysoula Tzavelas

Paperback: 324 pages

Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam

ISBN-10: 1936460203

ISBN-13: 978-1936460205

Book Description:

Marley Claviger is just trying to get her life together. Stumbling into an ancient conflict between celestial forces is going to make that a whole lot harder... When Marley wakes up to a phone call from a pair of terrified children, she doesn't expect to be pulled into a secret war.

She rescues them from an empty house and promises to find their missing uncle. She even manages to feed them dinner. But she barely feels competent to manage her own life, let alone care for small children with strange, ominous powers... And when a mysterious angelic figure shows up and tries to claim the girls, it all falls apart...

Plagued by visions of disaster, Marley has no idea what she's gotten herself into, but she knows one thing: magical or not, the kids need her.

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Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/bAhT-MTK9cE

"Lovely worldbuilding and an unusual heroine surrounded by strong relationships and good intrigue kept me reading Matchbox Girls until well past my bedtime. Tzavelas has created a winning story universe and I'm impatient for the next book!"

- CE Murphy, author of Urban Shaman and The Queen's Bastard

About the Author:

Chrysoula Tzavelas went to twelve schools in twelve years while growing up as an Air Force brat, and she never met a library she didn't like. She now lives near Seattle with some random adults, miscellaneous animals, and a handy small child. She likes combed wool, bread dough, and gardens. She's also a certified technology addict; it says so on her (trademark-redacted) music player.

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Interview with Margaret Fieland

Please share a little about yourself.

Born and raised in Manhattan, I have lived in the Boston area since just after the blizzard of 1976, thus missing the opportunity to abandon my car in a snowbank and walk home. I am the daughter of a painter and the mother of three grown sons. An avid science fiction fan, I selected Robert A. Heinlein's "Farmer in the Sky" for my tenth birthday, now long past. I live outside of Boston with my partner and a large number of dogs.

In spite of earning my living as a computer software engineer, I turned to one of my sons to put up the first version of my website, a clear illustration of the computer generation gap. An accomplished flute and piccolo player, I can also write backwards and wiggle my ears. Thanks to my father's relentless hounding, I can still recite the rules for pronoun agreement in both English and French. My articles, poem, and stories have appeared in anthologies and journals such as Melusine, Front Range Review, and All Rights Reserved. My 2010 NaNo novel, "Relocated", was published by MuseItUp Publishing in July.  I published the book of poems that goes with the book through CreateSpace. My book, "The Angry Little Boy," will be published by 4RV publishing in early 2013. I am one of six authors of the poetry anthology, "Lifelines."

Are you a mom?

Yes, I have three grown sons, a step-son and a step-daughter. My middle son, the one who had the blog, is a captain in the army. He's done two tours in Afghanistan and is about to start a new posting in Washington, D.C. He's part of the reason that my alien planet is largely desert and that there's a Terran Federation base and spaceport on the planet.

Tell us a little about your book.

My novel, Relocated, is a science fiction novel for tweens/young adults, though adults will enjoy it as well. My main character, Keth, ends up on Aleyne with his father when Dad is deployed to Aleyne to help thwart a gang of terrorists who are, among other things, infiltrating the computer network at the spaceport.

Have you ever based your book or character on actual events or people in your own life?

Yes. I'm a computer software engineer and I work in computer data security, so no surprise that my terrorists are infiltrating the computer network in my novel.

I also have a chapter book coming out next year that is based on a tragedy in my own life: a friend lost his wife and all of his children in a house fire. In the book, my main character's mother dies, but he and his dad live. It was my way of coming to terms with the whole thing. I wrote the first draft of the book in a weekend, then spent the next two years learning to write fiction well enough to make it really say what I needed it to. I also named the dog in the book after another friend who died unexpectedly.

Is there a theme or message in your book you'd like readers to connect to?

The poison of secrets can kill. Wholeness demands exposing them to the light.There are threads going through novel:

Secrecy/Self knowledge

Self hate/Self Acceptance

Accepting responsibility

Secrets, family secrets, integration of disparate elements of self, self-acceptance and the like are big themes of mine. While some of the secrets in my family, are, from a certain point of view, ordinary, or perhaps trivial, they were nevertheless important to me. "Ignore it and it will go away" was practically a family motto in my home. My main character, Keth, is fighting against this, and his father, Gavin, embodies it.

What would your readers be surprised to learn about you?

Hmm. Well, they might have been surprised to learn I'm a software engineer, but if they've been paying attention they know that. I also speak fluent French, play the flute and the piccolo. I can write backwards and wiggle my ears.

I taught my middle son to write backwards when he was in elementary school. He and I thought the whole thing was a giggle, but his teacher was less pleased.

What do you do when you're not writing? Do you have any hobbies or guilty pleasures?

I'm a compulsive reader and suffer withdrawal symptoms when I'm down to only one or two left to read. I'm better now that I have a kindle and a large number of books I haven't read on it. Plus it's easy to get more.

I've recently discovered the joys of digital photography and have been playing with GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program). 

Relocated

Margaret Fieland

Genre: Tween/YA sci fi

Publisher: MuseItUp Publishing

ISBN:978-1-77127-111-0

ASIN:B008OHOVVU

Number of pages:155

Word Count: 51272

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Book Description:

When fourteen-year-old Keth's dad is transferred to planet Aleyne, he doesn't know what to expect. Certainly not to discover Dad grew up here, and studied with Ardaval, a noted Aleyni scholar. On Aleyne, Keth’s psi ability develops. However, psi is illegal in the Terran Federation. After a dangerous encounter with two Terran teenagers  conflict erupts between Keth and his father. Keth seeks sanctuary with Ardaval.  Studying with the Aleyne scholar Keth learns the truth about his own heritage. After Keth's friend's father, Mazos, is kidnapped, Keth ignores the risks and attempts to free him. Little does he realize who will pay the cost as he becomes involved with terrorists.

About the Author:

Born and raised in New York City, Margaret Fieland has been around art and music all her life. Daughter of a painter, she is the mother of three grown sons and an accomplished flute and piccolo player. She is an avid science fiction fan, and selected Robert A. Heinlein's “Farmer in the Sky” for her tenth birthday, now long past. She lives in the suburbs west of Boston, MA with her partner and a large number of dogs. Her poems, articles and stories have appeared in journals and anthologies such as Melusine, Front Range Review, Umbrella Journal and All Rights Reserved. In spite of making her living as a computer software engineer, she turned to one of her sons to format the initial version of her website, a clear illustration of the computer generation gap.  Her book, "Relocated," was released by MuseItUp Publishing in July, 2012. The Angry Little Boy," will be published by 4RV publishing in early 2013. 

You may visit her website, http://www.margaretfieland.com

http://poetic-muselings.net/

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http://www.facebook.com/margaret.fieland

https://twitter.com/madcapmaggie

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4417476.Margaret_Fieland

Guest blog: Life After the Undead Pembroke Sinclair

A major concern when the zombie apocalypse starts, aside from the fact that the dead have risen from the grave, is food.  It may not be the number 1 concern, but it will probably be in the top 3, right after weapons and water.  Food is an important part of our daily lives.  We need it to live and to give us energy to outrun the massive hordes of undead.  It will be a concern.

With the vast amounts of preservatives and chemicals in our prepackaged products, you can guarantee that there will be plenty of stuff to gorge on for years to come.  While canned goods will be plentiful and a good source of fuel for fighting the zombies, don’t limit yourself to the drudgery and boredom of what you find in a can.  You can find pastas and meats that will last for years that don’t require water to cook.  (You’ll want to be careful with your water, especially if it hasn’t been bottled or sanitized.)  There are plenty of other prepackaged goodies that can make mealtimes adventurous, especially in those first few years before you establish a home base.  Remember, bottled spices take a very long time to go bad, so add them liberally to whatever concoction you come up with. 

You will have to worry about fat and sodium intake with canned and processed foods, but try to counter the intake of these with some daily exercise.  This shouldn’t be too hard if you’re on the move and constantly running away or fighting the undead.  Again, after you establish your home base, you can counter these effects by eating foods that are good for you.  I wouldn’t worry about this for a while, though.  The first and most important thing is to survive the first few years after the zombie uprising.

Your body will miss fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat.  Until you have a chance to establish a permanent, safe, protected new home, you can supplement the missed nutrients with vitamins, which I recommend you take daily.  Again, you can worry about counteracting the negative effects of canned/prepackaged foods after you survive the first few zombie years and establish a new home where you can grow your own food.  Bottled/canned juices and veggies will help, too. 

Don’t underestimate the importance of energy during the zombie crisis, and don’t be afraid to horde food.  I also recommend stocking up on ziplock baggies.  That way, you can dump the contents of cans into the bags to make them lighter and easier to carry.  Just make sure they are safe so they don’t get punctured.  Stay safe and keep up your energy.  Trust me, you’ll need it!

Life After the Undead
Pembroke Sinclair

Genre:  YA Horror

Publisher:  eTreasures Publishing

ISBN:  ISBN-10: 1937809013

ISBN-13: 978-1937809010

Number of pages:  356

Cover Artist:  Jerrod Brown

Book Trailer:  http://youtu.be/hrgv7W9A_7w

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Book Description: 

The world has come to an end. It doesn’t go out with a bang, or even a whimper. It goes out in an orgy of blood and the dead rising from their graves to feast on living flesh. As democracy crumples and the world melts into anarchy, five families in the U.S. rise to protect the survivors.

The undead hate a humid environment, so they are migrating westward to escape its deteriorating effects. The survivors are constructing a wall in North Platte to keep the zombie threat to the west, while tyranny rules among the humans to the east.

Capable but naïve Krista is 15 when the first attacks occur, and she loses her family and barely escapes with her life. She makes her way to the wall and begins a new life. But, as the undead threat grows and dictators brainwash those she cares about, Krista must fight not only to survive but also to defend everything she holds dear—her country, her freedom, and ultimately those she loves.

About the Author

Pembroke Sinclair has had several short stories published.  Her story, “Sohei,” was named one of the Best Stories of 2008 by The Cynic Online Magazine.  She has novellas and a short story collection available from Musa Publishing and eTreasures Publishing.  Her two novels, Coming from Nowhere (adult, sci fi) and Life After the Undead (YA, horror), are available from eTreasures Publishing, as well as Death to the Undead (YA, sequel to Life After the Undead), which is forthcoming.  Life After the Undead was a Top Ten Finisher in the Preditors and Editors Reader’s Poll in the YA category and the cover art category.

As Jessica Robinson, from March 2008 to January 2011, she wrote scientific articles for Western Farmer-Stockman.  Her nonfiction book, Life Lessons from Slasher Films, is available from Scarecrow Publishing (an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield).

Jessica/Pembroke received her Master’s in English, and she is a freelance content editor for Musa Publishing, as well as a former content and line editor for eTreasures Publishing.

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