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In the Spotlight – Jennifer Adele

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Jennifer Adele

Today it is a great pleasure to welcome Jennifer Adele to the spotlight.

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Jennifer Adele

author pic 2Jennifer Adele is an independent author and nature gal, whose sense of adventure is only matched by her predilection for the magical and macabre. Her love of the written word in its various forms and her fascination with the symbolism inherent in all languages provides an ancient, deep, and eclectic background to her works. She is also an active lecturer and educator for many local groups and public education venues. Her written works on broad-based educational topics, plants, animals, symbolism, and a wide range of nature-based subjects, as well as her creative writings and fiction, have been frequently featured in national and international publications.

On a more personal note, Jennifer is mom to two dogs and three cats and greatly enjoys nature hikes, organic art, photography, cooking, painting, wild crafting, and travel.

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In the Spotlight – Valerie Douglas

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Welcome to Valerie Douglas’ The Coming Storm Blog tour.  Check back at The Finishing Fairies daily to find out where she’ll appear next.

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valerie-douglas-001Valerie Douglas is a prolific writer and a genre-crosser, much to the delight of her fans. A fan of authors of almost every genre from Isaac Asimov to Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, she writes classic fantasy, romance, suspense, and as V.J. Devereaux, erotic romance. Who knows what will pop up down the road!

Happily married, she’s companion to two dogs, four cats and an African clawed frog named Hopper who delights in tormenting the cats from his tank.

You can find more information at Valerie Douglas Books or at Alexandria Publishing Group.

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In the Spotlight – S.B. Redstone

BOBpix1Today I welcome S.B. Redstone to the blog with his mystery novel, A Sinister Obsession. Described as “a page turner thriller” by a Top 500 Amazon Reviewer, this novel sounds intriguing, edgy and dark. Just my cup of tea!

About S.B. Redstone

After attaining master’s degrees in Social Work and School Psychology, and then completing a post-graduate education in Psychoanalytic Therapy, he became a School and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in his private therapy practice on Long Island. S.B. wrote a personal improvement book, Taming Your Inner & Outer Bullies: Confronting Life’s Stressors And Winning. He’s also written articles on the web concerning human nature and relationships, given lectures, and appeared on radio shows. Always having a vivid imagination and a desire to write, he became a successful writer of short stories. It was time to move on to larger works. His mystery novel, A Sinister Obsession, was published by Black Opal Books. As an expert in the field of human psychology, S.B. has been able to develop realistic characters from the dark side of human nature where his villains don’t aspire for happiness through personal achievement, but rather from their demented narcissistic schemes. Many of his characters have roots from his clinical work. S.B, is a member of the International Thriller Writers Org.

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In the Spotlight – Ciara Ballintyne

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A brand new novella and short story by the fascinating author Ciara Ballintyne is our feature today. Let’s find out more about this exciting high fantasy!

About Ciara Ballintyne

Ciara Ballintyne was born in 1981 in Sydney, Australia, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, one masochistic cat, and one cat with a god complex. She holds degrees in law and accounting, and has been a practising financial services lawyer since 2004. She is both an idealist and a cynic.

She started reading epic fantasy at the age of nine, when she kidnapped Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings from her father. Another two years passed before she began her first attempts at the craft of writing. Confronting the Demon is her debut book.

She enjoys horse-riding, and speculation about taking over the world. If she could choose to be anything it would be a dragon, but instead she shares more in common with Dr. Gregory House of House. M.D.

Read on for more about Ciara and her new fantasy novella!

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In the Spotlight – Thomas Rydder

P1010004-croppedIt’s always fun when friends stop by to visit and today is no exception. Thomas Rydder is the author of the paranormal novel, The Clearing, and his story collection, Restless Souls: 3 dark fables. He’s fun, generous with his time and has a wicked sense of humor. Thomas is always quick with a word of support and encouragement to his fellow writers. He’s one of the good guys.

About Thomas Rydder

Thomas was born in 1957 in a small town in Western Pennsylvania that had — and still has — one traffic light. There wasn’t a whole lot to do there, so he learned to play quite a bit of make-believe – soldiers, cowboys and Indians, that kind of thing. At the same time, he loved to read and watch old movies.

Since childhood, he loved to create. Thomas played trumpet, sang, even dabbled in genealogy. Nothing quite did it for him. One day his wife suggested that he try writing. He wrote a short story, and everyone liked it. So, he wrote another one. Except it kept growing, and he kept getting more ideas, and it lengthened to 20 thousand words, then 30, then 40. By the time he sat back, he had the rough draft of his first novel, except back then it was called “Werewolves and Flapjacks”. Somewhere along the way he decided to submit his work to publishers. The result was The Clearing.

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In the Spotlight – R.M. Clark

bob_zpse8b654a8Today’s author treat is the truly awesome R.M. Clark. I’ve known R.M. for a couple years now and he’s a talented and engaging writer. He’s also smart, helpful and generous with his time. I thoroughly enjoyed Dizzy Miss Lizzie and I’m so looking forward to reading Center Point! I’ve been hearing some really good things about it.

About R.M. Clark

R.M. Clark is a writer and dedicated civil servant. He has written several middle grade books, including Dizzy Miss Lizzie. He lives in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife, two sons and crazy critters. Center Point is his debut “grown up” novel.

 

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In the Spotlight – Avery Olive

Avery 2013A warm welcome to my friend, Avery Olive, author of the cool, paranormal, Young Adult novel, A Stiff Kiss. 

About Avery Olive

Avery Olive doesn’t kiss and tell. Except when it comes to writing about hot supernatural guys. She lives with her husband and son in Red Deer, Alberta, where she spends way too much time reading, writing and avoiding house work.

Currently, she’s the author of A Stiff Kiss, a young adult novel with a morbid twist on a classic fairytale, in reverse, and Won’t Let Go, involving an amnesic ghostboy who just won’t move on.

What she is sure of is that writing will always give her the chance to escape and hopes to release many more novels in the future.

Read on for more about Avery and A Stiff Kiss!

 

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