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2021 SciFi Anthology #SciFi #Anthology 14 Authors including Kayelle Allen, et al. #RLFblog
Want to read Sci Fi by authors who love Sci Fi? Check out the 2021 SciFi Anthology: The Science Fiction Novelists featuring fourteen different authors.
2021 SciFi Anthology: The Science Fiction Novelists by Kayelle Allen, et al.
Genre Science Fiction & Space Opera
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
An anthology featuring twenty new science fiction stories written by fourteen authors in four countries. Members of the Science Fiction Novelists Facebook group, like the two professional editors, each has a deep love for science fiction.
Be prepared for adventurous wonder.
Bits of terror
Aliens
Twisted reality
Dystopian dust
Whispers of fantasy, and
Hard science.
Gun play? We’ve got that too!Where to Buy the 2021 SciFi Anthology
Universal buy link: https://books2read.com/u/4jLdeY
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Kayelle Allen writes Sci Fi with misbehaving robots, mythic heroes, role-playing immortal gamers, and warriors who purr. She is the author of multiple books, novellas, and short stories. She’s also a US Navy veteran and has been married so long she’s tenured.
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Color and relax with Nameless Original Characters by Jamin Allen @JaminAllen1 #RLFblog #ColoringBook #Coloring
Bring home a few characters and color them! Meet graphic designer Jamin Allen and his book, Nameless Original Characters.
Jamin, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your new book.
Nameless Original Characters by Jamin Allen
Genre art book, coloring book, inspiration
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
This adult coloring book helps creatives do what they love doing: create. Beginning artists love inspiration.
N-OC has 26 pages of inspiration with various characters for you to color and help you destress. These nameless characters challenge your creativity.
Develop their backstory to suit your creative vision.
This adult coloring book’s primary vision is to help artists practice character development. The line art serves as a resource for game masters and dungeon masters creating characters and settings.
Bring them home to your world and give them life.
Where to buy Nameless Original Characters
Amazon and Kindle Unlimited https://amzn.to/3nQwVa7
Jamin Allen Social Media
Jamin Allen is the founder of Nimajination Studios, and is known as “Volgraza” on the popular YouTube channel V^2Gamers, which features game play, advice, and update information for games such as SpaceEngineers, and other games on Steam.
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Have you read Windmills by Lyndi Alexander #RLFblog #YA #PostApocalyptic
When a terrorist plot kills most of the world’s Caucasians, the people of color step up to begin again. But white supremacist Gabriel and his Angels plot to take down the new government and restore white power in Lyndi Alexander’s Color of Fear series.
Lyndi, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your series.
Windmills in the Color of Fear series
Genre YA post-apocalyptic
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
Bio-terrorists release a plague in the United States that spreads to kill most of the world’s Caucasian population. As the deadly virus mutates, Tzu Shin, a renowned medical doctor and biologist, defects from China to help develop a cure. His only daughter, Lin Kwan, is left behind in Hong Kong with her aunt.
Then Kwan’s father summons her from across the sea to bring him Chinese medicinal herbs he needs to develop a cure. Lonely and missing her parents, she accepts the challenge, traveling with her sensei Li Zhong to the New World.
But a Chinese assassin is on her trail, determined to kill her and Li Zhong, and when Kwan discovers her father has disappeared, she sets out on a journey to find him and deliver her precious cargo, a quest that she may not survive.
Where to buy Windmills
Publisher https://www.zumayapublications.com/ebook-store/windmills/
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Windmills-The-Color-Fear-ebook/dp/B00E7ADV32/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/windmills-lyndi-alexander/1116239347?ean=2940148620921Lyndi Alexander Social Media
Lyndi Alexander always dreamed of faraway worlds and interesting alien contacts. She lives as a post-modern hippie in Asheville, North Carolina, a single mother of her last child of seven, a daughter on the autism spectrum, finding that every day feels a lot like first contact with a new species.
Website https://lyndialexander.wordpress.com
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A Stolen Heart and a bittersweet immortal romance by Kayelle Allen #RLFblog #SciFi
I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog, and it’s usually me here welcoming someone else. Today it’s my turn to tell you about a new book. A Stolen Heart isn’t finished yet, but I wanted to share it on 2/26/2020 because 2/26/2620 is the day my immortal king is born. He’s a major character in this story and it’s fitting that we talk about the book. Happy birthday, Pietas!
A Stolen Heart by Kayelle Allen
Genre sci fi, romantic elements
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
After rescuing a half-alien / half-human child who’s running for his life, warrior-turned-entrepreneur Luc Saint-Cyr stumbles onto a conspiracy at the highest levels of the powerful Thieves’ Guild. Complicating matters, Luc’s immortal ex might be involved. Now Luc must deal with his ex, find a home for the child, squelch the flames of conspiracy and eradicate its perpetrators. As if that’s not enough, an unseen enemy is undoing every good thing Luc accomplishes. But when it comes time to give up the child to a family who can care for him, how will Luc bear to part with the adorable little boy who has stolen his heart…
A Stolen Heart, family-driven sci fi from Kayelle Allen
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Kayelle Allen writes space opera with larger than life, unforgettable characters. Come walk in her worlds and meet them.
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Sci Fi Secrets: How Lyndi Alexander wrote Triad #RLFblog #SciFi #SpaceOpera
Lyndi Alexander, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.
Triad by Lyndi Alexander
Genre science fiction, space opera
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
Being at war doesn’t stop the pain of old secrets, the joy of love, or the black hearts of space pirates, as three women commanders discover in Triad, from Dragonfly Publishing.
On the planet Induna, Trezanna Len leads the Solarii, a small colony of beings, human and otherwise, who believe in the right to pursue a peaceful life free from interference from others. She’d never intended to be the one people counted on, but after she’d been dismissed from her unit at Space Force, she’d drifted along till she found this place mostly populated with travelers from the Terran Diaspora. She’d been welcomed and made comfortable; now she believes the Solarii should do the same for others seeking shelter.
Of course, no situation is free from trouble. The thorn in Trezanna’s side is another group on a neighboring planet, Miramar: Dragonfleet. Always contentious, this group has become even more aggressive after the ambitious climb to power of Estrella Drake. The unbalanced and self-centered Estrella has lost many of the former Dragonfleet members disillusioned with her petulant rule, including an organized splinter faction called the Khimeyr, who left five years ago.
Trezanna has been able to handle Estrella’s little incursions into her space, marking them up to the price to co-exist. The exercise keeps her pilots and fighters in good practice. This turns out to be a blessing when the well-armed Arkosian space pirates decide they’d like to take the sector that includes both Miramar and Induna. But Trezanna’s Solarii cannot handle this attack on their own.
The last time the pirates entered this area of space, Dragonfleet and the Solarii stood together to repel them, but that’s when cooler heads ruled at Miramar.
Help comes from a most unexpected source, but one that has its own hidden agendas. Three women, Trezanna, Estrella and Catava Rolon, must work out their differences if they are to defeat the pirates and survive.
What species/races of people are in your book? Descendants of Terran humans; Eponans, who are humanoid, but squat, hairless and witty; the Viorn, a lavender-skinned humanoid with feline characteristics and markings, eyes solid black with no iris
Language and Culture
This section describes languages and culture in your story world.
What languages are spoken in your story universe?
Most of the groups speak Terran English, whether Australian, American or British descent. Rumadan, the Viorn rolls her r’s like a cat purring.
In the culture of your story world, what is different from ours?
I’d like to say the fact they live in a constant state of war, but I guess that’s not so different from our world at the moment.
What rights (such as equality) are challenges for your characters?
The Solarii, the Khymehr, Dragonfleet, and the Arkosian space pirates are all fighting over the same bit of space, claiming they have the right to control it.
Story Setting
Writers usually know more about their story world than they can say in a book. This is your chance to show off things you couldn’t say or had to imply rather than state.
Describe one of the worlds where your story takes place.
Miramar is the home of Dragonfleet, and its climate borders on desert. Parts of the planet are more livable, and Estrella Drake’s headquarters are there. On the whole,
Dragonfleet tends to be a raucous, lawless group, subject to frequent power grabs and overthrows by combat. Many are more interested in internal politics, and less at being farmers, so the land is barely cultivated. This makes for a society conducive to scavenging and taking what others have, rather than make a heartfelt effort to improve conditions for themselves.
Tell us about the age of the culture in your story, i.e., are the people part of an ancient civilization, a newly formed group within an established culture, pioneer colonists, etc.
Trezanna Len and the others are the remains of a colony dropped on the planet Induna in the past few decades. War with the space pirates has cost them dearly in attrition over the years, and ensuing squabbles with other small colonies has only exacerbated this.
What food or drink is available to your characters?
The Solarii are able to grow some imported Terran fruits and vegetables that they brought with them, but mostly they deal with canned and potted goods traded with other small colonies around the area.
Character Physiology
Whether your characters are humans on a new world, aliens on our world, or something in between, this section discusses their physical nature.
What are the physical characteristics of the race/species of your main characters?
Most are humans, descended from Terran stock. The Space Force regulated the Diaspora, opening doors for those moving to the outer worlds with the aliens who inhabited these places. Most tend to cling to their own kind, though.
What physical differences exist in the way your characters communicate (i.e., telepathy, empathic abilities, etc.) with each other?
Because there are different species as described above, they’ve settled on Terran English as a standard language. Other than that, they use the standard tech for communication, that has translation software built in.
Sharing World Building Expertise
This section lets you share things you learned while writing.
Please give us three tips you find helpful when creating a story world:
Building a large enough cast to tell several stories simultaneously–this gives an author the opportunity to show many different facets of the world/society
The devil is truly in the details–let your reader hear, smell and taste what your characters do.
In speculative fiction, the sky (and beyond!) is the limit–step out of the box!
What things should writers avoid when building a science fiction world?
Making it too cookie cutter. Find something unique and interesting about each one of your cultures and characters.
Share a resource you found helpful when researching for your story.
Some of the Star Trek resource books–I’m no rocket scientist, but it’s helpful to have a general blueprint of what systems are inherently constructed in spaceships and what you can do with them.
What’s your advice for writers who want to create a solid background for their story world?
Think beyond the surface story line. For example, listen to the news for a day–they talk about economics, politics, food, culture, opinions and who makes them, all of which might not matter at this moment to your pilot flying his shuttle into a spaceport, but which probably impact his life in big-picture ways over the course of your entire tale.
Where to buy Triad
Publisher http://www.dfpbooks.com/dfp/lyndialexander.html
Amazon Paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/193638132X/
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940014113014
iBooks https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/triad/id505663131?mt=11
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/triad-4
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/129399?ref=dfpbooksLyndi Alexander Social Media
Lyndi Alexander always dreamed of faraway worlds and interesting alien contacts. She lives as a post-modern hippie in Asheville, North Carolina, a single mother of her last child of seven, a daughter on the autism spectrum, finding that every day feels a lot like first contact with a new species.
Website https://lyndialexander.wordpress.com/triad/
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He can save mankind. If he dies. Lights Out by Kayelle Allen #RLFblog #SpaceOpera
Today’s guest is Kayelle Allen, author of the space opera Lights Out. Kayelle is the owner of this blog.
Lights Out by Kayelle Allen
Join the Ghost Corps, they said. You’ll live forever, they said. You’ll save mankind, they said. They didn’t say that to do it, first he had to die.
When Tornahdo signs on the dotted line, he puts his life into the steady hands of the mighty Ghost Corps. Three grisly deaths and three agonizing resurrections later, he’s assigned duty on the space station Enderium Six.
He’s facing his most dangerous mission yet, the very reason the corps exists.
Do they expect him to win? Fat chance. Tornahdo and his team are already dead and this mission is codenamed “Lights Out.”
No, there’s more to this than he can see.
To discover the truth, he must face an unbeatable, unkillable enemy, and this time–somehow–find a way to keep himself alive…
Where to buy Lights Out
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