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- I am the author of Space Brigade, a science fiction novel.
I first began work on Space Brigade back in 1998 and after completing the first manuscript started going through the usual practice of contacting numerous publishers and agents, this often resulted in getting the usual response; lists are full or not for us sorry; we’ve all had them at one time or another, but one has to keep trying no matter how disheartening it is.
However, during the negative times I have rewrote Space Brigade several times, polishing and polishing, and worked on the other instalments of the Space Brigade saga, at present I am working on the 4th novel. I may end the saga with the fourth but I’m not too sure yet, but I’ll leave it open just in case.
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- http://www.spacebrigade.co.uk/
- About Me:
- I first became interested in Science Fiction through watching early Doctor Who, and the original Star Trek series. The best thing to happen to Sci-Fi since then in my opinion is Star Wars.
I was born on April 1st 1957 in the military town of Aldershot Hampshire England, and still live there. School was the usual mundane trek, and back in those days nobody needed qualifications, so like most of my generation I never acquired any. During my younger years I didn’t really have an interest in writing, but as time churned on and I got older something nagged my mind, something that pushed forward my creative side and thus spurred me on and my writing began.
I have been married to my wife Jenny for twenty-five years and have a daughter Tara of twenty-three, and two sons; Wayne nineteen and Adam seventeen; all three can still be a pain at times.
The majority of my working life has been spent working within the plastic industry, working on stationary products such as binders, wallets and the like. This career resulting in me spending twenty-one years as a factory supervisor then gaining the heights of works production manager.
In 1993 the company went under resulting in redundancy. I spent a few more years in other same type jobs, but after the third consecutive redundancy my wife and I agreed I should become a househusband; this gave me the time I wanted to concentrate on my writing something I’d wanted to do for a long time.
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- www.spacebrigade.co.uk/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1413792146/qid%3D114599415...
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Are you ready?
Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.
What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?
Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author
One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.
Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.
Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.
I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.
The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.
Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!
Mary Cunningham
She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.
To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!
Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/
Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham
Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?
Quake/Echelon Press
http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=23&zenid=4ac57b7ae19fa071cab3b4295df7baf3
Please leave a comment to welcome Mary.
Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks
Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Can We Talk?
I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.
What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?
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Thanks for adding me as a friend. Good luck with selling your novel and hang in there. With the wait times these days, it can take a while, especially if once you get out of the slush pile
Thanks for coming aboard.
My mystery, Two Wrongs, which was published last year, was written over 12 years ago. I took it out again and updated it, spoke to an editor and the publishing house wanted it, so persistence does pay. Unfortunately, it's not a series. Publishers do go for series these days, so you'll be ahead of the game.
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