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Alternate Afterlives with Kieva Mclaughlin

2/20/2021

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I was joined by Urban Fantasy author Kieva Mclaughlin explore the alternate afterlives in her book TORPOR, how the pandemic inspired her to take the writing plunge, and how to balance marketing strategies. Plus we discussed the root of writer's block and how much fun it is to explore our secret favorite characters!
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"Nel Bently beats Indiana Jones Hands Down"

2/8/2021

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Had a fantastic time on the DIY Writer Podcast chatting about Nel and archaeology! It was great to get into the science behind the Stars Edge series. (despite the fact that this was recorded during the coup!) Thanks for having me, and can't wait to talk again soon.

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Authors on the Moon

2/1/2021

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This is so exciting! My friend and fellow author, Ariele Sieling reached out to me at the beginning of February with this incredible opportunity: to send our work to the moon! Yep, you read that right.

​Susan K Quinn is a scientist-turned-author who bought a slot on the Peregrine Moon Lander mission with an SD card. She's allowed other authors to sign up and together we're creating a little time-capsule-meets-creative anthology! You can read more about the mission on Susan's site, and check out what I included below.
V. S. Holmes is a science fiction and fantasy author who created the NEL BENTLY BOOKS and the BLOOD OF TITANS series, among others. They were born to Priscilla Bannister and David Voorhis circa 1989 in the United States of America. As a disabled and nonbinary transgender human, they advocate for representation in speculative fiction worlds. When not writing, they work as an archaeologist with their spouse, Bradley Kirby and their dog, Rory. 
 
Included is a photo of V’s father, who was a pilot and shared a deep love and spiritual connection to space, and an excerpt from Travelers, the first of V’s Stars Edge: Nel Bently Books, an archaeological sci-fi series about where we come from, and where we’re going.
Mere Primordium

My eyes flick open; closed; open.
Rough rock in the dark, dark so dark you can taste it.
The breath of the rising water kisses my shoulders.
Clear membranes slide over golden irises.
Nostrils seal, throat-flap flips over trachea .
Waves warmer than the cold, stale air close over my head, 
contour over skin.
I push out of the dark cave-warren into the heated blue waters.
The fronds of pale-green plants rise on spindly stalks 
that would never stand above this world.
They soar metres towards the surface, kilometres even.
I glide further down, the water grows cool, 
the hiss and pop of bubbles rising to the surface,
trickling from the stones to the right, 
the sound of pebbles shifting echoing around me.
The rough brown rocks below me look like cityscapes
from a future time and place, their curls and ledges mounting
above the black of sand even further ahead.
I go deeper, my undulating feet moving me steadily down, 
pressure pushing against the membranes of my inner ears. 
I dive away from the lancing blue light of the sun I have never seen.
I reach the black sands and move out, 
particles of volcanic rock scraping harmlessly against my belly.
I leave the fronds, the caves, the rock fields behind me,
gliding out into the icy dark, only the deep blue-black ahead.

Travelers
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As a rule, Nel didn’t often join the crew on their various excursions, whether they were drinking, eating, or swimming. She was good at faking, but at the end of the day, she wasn’t a people person. 
“I prefer my people buried bones.” The words crackled in the perfect loneliness of the night.
She thrust her hands into her pockets and trudged down the road towards the ocean. She perched on a rock to unlace her boots. The coarse sand felt smooth under her rough feet, and within a minute her clothes were a forgotten pile. The Pacific was cold for only a moment, the discomfort erased by a laughing yelp. Salt water lifted her, echoing the weightlessness of space, the buoyancy before birth. 
Her eyes found the Southern Cross in the sky, and she struck out, arms propelling her into colder, deeper waters. We might need our roots, but only as reminders. It was a leap that brought humans to the Americas—across Beringia, across the Atlantic and Pacific. It will be a leap that carries us to Mars, to other as yet unnamed worlds. She flipped onto her back, swimming a tiny metaphor for the belief twisted deep in her heart. Humans were explorers, right down to the base of whatever they called a soul.
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David Gerow Voorhis
December 30, 1943 - October 15, 2019
 
David was a beautifully complicated and quiet man, who embodied kindness and exploration. "Good hands" are the words to describe a good pilot; David had good hands and a good heart. 
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