News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #57…
Friday, September 20th, 2013#317: Wish Donna well! On Sept. 19, mystery writer Donna Carrick, co-founder of Carrick Publishing with hubby Alex, had surgery. Donna’s book, The First Excellence, is a great mystery story set in China. She also has other works to quench your thirst for a good mystery. For those in the know, she’s also my trusty ebook formatter. Wish her a speedy recovery.
#318: Full Medical might not be sci-fi. My sci-fi thriller Full Medical (now available as a second edition ebook) was written before Obamacare and painted a dystopic world where only the rich could afford complete medical coverage and a black market in body parts was pervasive, not to mention those obtained from illegal human cloning. Now that the Speaker of the House, Mr. Boehner, is holding Obamacare hostage, with approval of the budget and increase in debt ceiling depending on cancellation of the medical program, events in my book could become painful reality.
By the way, Full Medical is followed by Evil Agenda and the soon-to-be released No Amber Waves of Grain. Look for the latter—coming real soon! It completes this “Clones and Mutants Trilogy.” For all lovers of good dystopian sci-fi thrillers.
#319: Welcome Scott Dyson! People might know Scott as a frequent commenter to some of my blog posts. He’s embarking on an indie writing career…let’s wish him success! Check out his speculative fiction short stories “Odd Man Out,” “The Gateway,” “Jack’o’Lantern,” and “Sole Occupant”—all $0.99 on Amazon. I read the first and last—a lot of fun! Thanks, Scott, for that opportunity. Visit Scott at his website.