In the Spotlight – J.D. Hallowell

jd author pic indie hatToday’s special guest is author J.D. Hallowell. Anyone who knows me will know that the titles alone of his books would spark my interest. I adore dragons. And magic. So it’s a particular pleasure to be able to spotlight J.D. and his series about dragons and magic. I’ve added both of his books to my To Be Read list and hope to get to those very soon!

J.D. Hallowell is a 50-ish father and husband who is fortunate enough to have lived an interesting and active life. He’s had one two-book fantasy series, War of the Blades, published, and several other fantasy and SF projects are in the works. J.D. likes to keep many irons in the fire at once, so his work experiences include such diverse occupations as automotive mechanic, cowboy, photographer, psychiatric tech, paralegal assistant, bouncer, and medical billing clerk. He studied martial arts for over thirty years. He’s been a soldier and an emergency medical technician, and served as the chief of a volunteer ambulance squad. He was a diamond courier for a while, and later owned a working kennel where he trained dogs for law enforcement as well as personal protection. Most recently, J.D. trained one service dog for himself.

Read on for more about J.D. and his Dragon series!

 

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In the Spotlight – Cindy Young-Turner

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Today, it’s exciting to welcome the gifted writer, Cindy Young-Turner, to “In the Spotlight”.  Her debut novel, Thief of Hope, is a tightly written, fast-paced read, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I pretty much blew through it, turning pages on my Kindle as quickly as I could. The characters were fun and I loved her heroine, Sydney.

Cindy Young-Turner has always been an avid reader and became fascinated by mythology and Arthurian legends at an early age. She quickly decided she enjoyed creating her own worlds and characters and set to work writing her own stories.

She believes genre fiction can be just as well written and valuable as literature. The universal themes of love, hate, revenge, and redemption are present regardless of whether the characters live in the distant future, on other planets, or in fantastical realms.

Read more about her at http://www.cindyyoungturner.com.

More on Cindy and Thief of Hope

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In the Spotlight – Wendy S. Russo

Wendy_C_300It gives me great pleasure to have Wendy S. Russo stop by as the first guest on my newly-created column “In the Spotlight”.

Wendy has been writing since sixth grade and currently lives in Baton Rouge, LA. She’s a  wife, a mom, a Tiger, a Who Dat, and she falls asleep on her couch at 8:30 on weeknights.

Wendy’s debut novel, January Black, has been released by Crescent Moon Press and I had a chance to chat with Wendy recently.

Oh, and we have an Easter Egg hidden somewhere in this post. All you have to do is:

1. Find the hidden link and click it

2. Use the password “matty”

3. Comment on that page.

A random winner will be drawn from those who comment and receive a free signed copy of JANUARY BLACK!

Read on for more…

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