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The Obsolescence Trilogy

January 28, 2020January 20, 2020 by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

Author: Chris Muhlenfeld

Narrator: Price Waldman

Series: The Obsolescence Trilogy, Book 2

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Publisher: Chris Muhlenfeld

Released: March 5, 2019

Genre: Science Fiction

Billions are dead. The world is still smoldering. A terrifying new threat has emerged from the ashes. Returning safely from their expedition, James and Alexa deliver the weird news to the survivors at Winona Station. Everyone still alive is now faced with an impossible decision: betray their very humanity to survive, or watch the human race regress into a new stone age. The stakes could not be higher. Will they choose wisely? Make time now because once you start listening to UPGRADE, you’ll be instantly hooked. Get it now! UPGRADE is the second thrilling audiobook in The Obsolescence Trilogy. This audiobook is plausible, near-future sci-fi that’s full of rich, insightful characters, and compelling ideas.

Chris has been reading and writing science fiction since he was a teenager. After roaming all over the world, he finally settled down in the beautiful mountains of western Montana where he publishes Distinctly Montana magazine with his wife. When he’s not hiking, biking or camping in the Montana wilderness, he and his wife are traveling the world.

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Price Waldman is an actor and singer, born and raised in NYC. Classically trained, and working professionally in the theater for over 20 years he is new to the world of audiobooks. As an actor he has performed multiple times on Broadway, toured nationally and internationally and appeared on film and television.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Chris Muhlenfeld. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

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Q&A with Author Chris Muhlenfeld- Part II

What do you say to those who view listening to audiobooks as “cheating” or as inferior to “real reading”?
- I say they’ve probably never tried an audiobook. Kindle’s whispersync (sync your location between an audiobook and a kindle ebook) is brilliant!
How did you celebrate after finishing this novel?
- By writing another! And another! And another!
What gets you out of a writing slump?
- There’s only one way out of writing slump: WRITE MORE.
In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of writing a stand-alone novel vs. writing a series?
- In today’s market, if you write a standalone novel, it has to be absolutely stellar to ever see any success at all. If you write a series, it only has to be decent in order to find some success.
Have any of your characters ever appeared in your dreams?
- I almost never remember my dreams.
What’s your favorite:
- Food – Som Tom Kai Kem (Thai spicy green papaya salad with salted egg)
- Song – Assimilate by Skinny Puppy
- Book – Crime and Punishment
- Television show – Dark
- Movie – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Band – Skinny Puppy
- Sports team – What’s that?
- City – Tokyo
Are any of those things referenced in appearance in your work?
- Yes, many of them.
What bits of advice would you give to aspiring authors?
- Write every day on a strict schedule. Don’t stop, even to celebrate. Write every day and keep going.
Do you have any tips for authors going through the process of turning their books into audiobooks?
- Find a talented, skilled, efficient, dedicated narrator. This will make the process easy for you.
What’s next for you?
- I’m working on getting my next series out there, but have since taken over a magazine, so I’m also doing some non-fiction writing.

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Rational Creatures

September 8, 2019September 7, 2019 by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

Editor: Christina Boyd

Narrator: Victoria Riley

Length: 18 hours and 3 minutes

Series: The Quill Collective, Book 3

Publisher: The Quill Ink, LLC

Released: Jul. 18, 2019

Genre: Anthologies

“But I hate to hear you talking so, like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.” (Persuasion, Jane Austen) Jane Austen: True romantic or rational creature? Her novels transport us back to the Regency, a time when well-mannered gentlemen and finely-bred ladies fell in love as they danced at balls and rode in carriages. Yet her heroines, such as Elizabeth Bennet, Anne Elliot, and Elinor Dashwood, were no swooning, fainthearted damsels in distress. Austen’s novels are timeless classics because of their biting wit, honest social commentary – because she wrote of strong women who were ahead of their day. True to their principles and beliefs, they fought through hypocrisy and broke social boundaries to find their happily-ever-after. In the third romance anthology of The Quill Collective series, 16 celebrated Austenesque authors write the untold histories of Austen’s heroines, brave adventuresses, shy maidens, talkative spinsters, and naughty matrons. Peek around the curtain and discover what made Lady Susan so wicked, Mary Crawford so capricious, and Hettie Bates so in need of Emma Woodhouse’s pity. Rational Creatures is a collection of humorous, poignant, and engaging short stories set in Georgian England that complement and pay homage to Austen’s great works and great ladies who were, perhaps, the first feminists in an era that was not quite ready for feminism. “Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will become good wives; – that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.” (Mary Wollstonecraft) Stories by: Elizabeth Adams, Nicole Clarkston, Karen M Cox, J. Marie Croft, Amy D’Orazio, Jenetta James, Jessie Lewis, KaraLynne Mackrory, Lona Manning, Christina Morland, Beau North, Sophia Rose, Anngela Schroeder, Joana Starnes, Brooke West, and Caitlin Williams

CHRISTINA BOYD wears many hats as she is an editor under her own banner, The Quill Ink, a contributor to Austenprose, and a commercial ceramicist. A life member of Jane Austen Society of North America, Christina lives in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with her dear Mr. B, two busy teenagers, and a retriever named BiBi. Visiting Jane Austen’s England was made possible by actor Henry Cavill when she won the Omaze experience to meet him in the spring of 2017 on the London Eye. True story. You can Google it.

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Victoria Riley is a British voiceover artist and audiobook narrator. Originally trained as a theatre actor, she gradually moved into voice work and is now happiest behind the mic. She loves classic literature and travelling the world. If she isn’t recording, she’s probably lying in a hammock in some far-flung place, reading book after book after book.

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Feminism in the Hearts of Austen’s Most Beloved Females?

By Christina Boyd, editor, “Quill Collective” anthology series

Jane Austen’s novels evoke romantic imaginings of gallant gentlemen and gently-bred ladies. Achieving social, economic, and political equality amongst the sexes isn’t a concept one would imagine in a novel from the 1800’s, especially if the novelist was Jane Austen, whose characters are in pursuit of good matches and whose novels all end in weddings. How could a woman who was poor, never married, and lived with her mother and sister in a cottage on her brother’s estate authentically write about equality? Yet through her veiled wit, honest social commentary, and cleverly constructed prose in a style ahead of her day, Austen’s heroines manage to thwart strict mores—and even the debauchery of Regency England—to reach their fairytale endings. Have you never wondered about her other colorful characters like Mary Crawford, Penelope Clay, Charlotte Lucas, et al.—and how they came to be? In Persuasion, Mrs. Croft says, “But I hate to hear you talking so, like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.” Those words have always struck me as terribly modern and I have wondered what Mrs. Croft might have been thinking of when she said those very words to her brother Captain Frederick Wentworth. It is not a reach that several of Jane Austen’s characters might have had feminist sensibilities, even if they yielded to the expectations of their sphere. Further, I like to speculate that Austen was cleverly revealing her own feminist discourse using “her fine brush” on her “little bit (two inches wide) of ivory.” When choosing authors for the soon-to-be released anthology Rational Creatures, I wanted strong women, not just strong writers. Like several of my Rational Creatures authors, Brooke West believes, “There is no singular way to be a feminist. Feminism, to me, is about the ability to choose. To choose whether to have children, to marry, to pursue a career, to wear a suit and tie or a frilly pink dress. It’s that choice that is so often taken from women and rigid expectations put in choice’s place. A woman deciding for herself is the simplest—and best—expression of feminism, to my mind.” West goes on to say about Mansfield Park’s quiet heroine, “Many readers find Fanny weak and boring. I’ll admit—I did, too. At first. But after another read, I found Fanny’s feminist spirit. She won my respect by showing a quiet and enviable strength. She was the victim of everyone’s expectations, but she stood firm in her principles, rejecting Henry’s offer because she knew it would not bring her happiness. Though her ultimate decision to marry Edmund seems predictable—exactly what one would expect of a young woman of her time and exactly the opposite of what one might expect from a tale with a feminist twist—I saw bravery behind her choice. Her choice to marry up when she’d always been told she’s lesser. Her choice to marry at all when it’s perceived she missed her only chance to avoid spinsterhood. Her choice to accept a man who overlooked her.” “The reserved inner strength of Fanny appears to be in counterpoint to that other memorable female character of Mansfield Park, Mary Crawford,” says author Jenetta James. “Where Miss Price is muted and seemingly beholden to others, Miss Crawford is outspoken, charismatic, and independent. Mary Crawford gets all the best lines, but there is more to her character than moral bravado. She is after all a discerning and mostly kindly critic who speaks plainly and lives honestly. The candor which Edmund reviles has about it the stamp of the modern, and in depicting it, Austen was considerably ahead of her time.” Moreover, it seems as unlikely that Austen’s least beloved heroine would forward or embrace any cause besides her own. “With societal conventions thrown aside to make way for a seemingly pampered heroine who, although innately good, appears oblivious to the problems of the world, we have Miss Woodhouse,” says author Anngela Schroeder. “Emma, willing to leg-shackle every other single creature in Highbury to another, refuses to do so for herself. ‘And I am not only, not going to be married, at present, but have very little intention of ever marrying at all.’ And why should she? She has all that is needed by a woman, or a man for that matter. She has fortune, connections, the adoration of her father, and management of his house where she knows that most women are ‘half as much mistress of their husband’s house as [she is] of Hartfield.’” In modern day translation: I don’t need a man or marriage to be happy. Author Lona Manning says, “Penelope Clay, the artful, designing young widow in Persuasion, tries to wheedle her way into Sir Walter Elliot’s heart. She has the ‘art of pleasing,’ and hopes he’ll overlook her low birth, her crooked tooth, and even her freckles. A ‘good’ woman was supposed to sit back and accept the extremely limited choices which restricted her life. Mrs. Clay, left with two children, was supposed to live under her father’s roof, and hope for some other offer of marriage to come along. But Penelope Clay does not sit back and accept this dismal fate. She is active; she smiles, talks, and charms her way into the household of the vain baronet. And why not! The opportunity is there, and it’s the rational thing to do!” In Pride and Prejudice, “Charlotte Collins née Lucas seems the Queen of Compromise,” says author Joana Starnes, “because what can her marriage to a self-absorbed fool be but a compromise? She seems the archetypal Regency female who sees marriage as her only object in life, however unappealing the partner and however small the chances of happiness. “Yet should she be censured for her choices or applauded for having the courage to grab any weapon at her disposal and fight the system from within? What can she do with herself if she refuses Mr. Collins other than become a figure of pity to her friends and family, someone taken for granted and expected to keep house or help raise other people’s children for the ‘privilege’ of being tolerated in their home? “ ‘Not Charlotte!’ says Starnes. “She seizes the one chance that comes her way. And if that means indulging Lady Catherine with smiles and nods and playing the part of the model wife while she adroitly coaxes her weak-minded husband into doing her bidding, then so be it! Her envisaged reward is financial security and the privileges that come with being the actual head of her household. And there is always the promise of becoming the mistress of Longbourn someday…” Although the idea of “feminism” was coined long after Austen’s time, the contributing authors to Rational Creatures wrote backstories or parallel tales off-stage of canon, remaining true to the ladies we recognize in Austen’s great works—whilst stirring feminism in the hearts of some of her beloved characters. Surely that is why so many adore Elizabeth Bennet best: her moral strength to reject not one but two advantageous proposals, choosing love and respect over wealth and social status. West proclaims the project’s intent best: “I wanted to show Fanny as a part of the beginning [of feminism]—as a young woman who sticks to her morals and does not let anyone else tell her what her happily-ever-after must be. A woman who would think for and choose for herself.” Isn’t that one of the reasons millions have loved Austen’s novels and her rational creatures these last two-hundred years? I daresay, it’s those little bits that will endure another two hundred. “Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will become good wives; —that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.” —Mary Wollstonecraft

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Michael Ridding

September 6, 2019August 30, 2019 by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

Author: S.T. Hoover

Narrator: Chris Abell

Length: 5 hours and 54 minutes

Series: A DenCom Thriller, Volume 1

Publisher: Project 89 Media

Released: Apr. 2, 2018

Genre: Technothriller

In Southern California, three terrorists of unknown allegiances slaughter dozens of men at a shopping mall. In Denver, the eccentric CEO of Denver Communications, or DenCom, has a target on his head. In the wilds of Greenland, a long-forgotten enemy is reaching out for recognition and revenge. At the center of it all, a special investigator for the “communications” company is dragged into a diabolical plot he can’t begin to understand.

S.T. Hoover was born and raised in Southern California. He enjoys writing books packed with variety and genre-bending plots. His first book, Michael Ridding, is the first volume of a pentalogy meant to serve as the backbone of a shared literary universe. When not writing, he enjoys reading, traveling and researching the next book. He currently lives in Canton, Ohio with his wife Faryl.

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Michael Ridding
Age: 36
Height: 6’ 3
Training: No formal military or advanced training.
Personality: Dry-humored, occasionally ill tempered. Prefers the presence of close friends or solitude to crowded clubs or shows. Aside from his work for DenCom, he doesn’t get out much.
Bio: Michael Ridding was born in Sacramento, CA. He attended college at the University of Akron with his long-time childhood friend and now roommate Aron Sanderson. After college, Michael managed an aquarium import facility in Dallas where fresh- and saltwater fish were quarantined and then distributed to various shops all over the country. Michael then moved to Palm Springs and opened his own aquarium shop, Modern Aquaria. Soon after, he was asked to join DenCom as an official investigator and has since partaken in and led several low-level investigations, except for a high-level trip to Antarctica six months ago.
Favorite foods: Steak, shrimp, salads.
Favorite drink: Lemonade or water.
Professional Assessment: Ill fit for investigative work and expeditions. Would not recommend for current position.
Status: Active Investigator.

Number 173: Mr. Ridding, how do you feel your time at DenCom has been spent following your recent trip to Antarctica?
Michael: To be perfectly honest, I’m not thrilled with how things have gone. Why did we leave Antarctica so suddenly? I still feel like the crew deserves an answer. What did Benedict find out? What was that other team doing there? Too many questions, not enough answers.
Number 173: Interesting. In the future, you would prefer Benedict be more open and honest about your work?
Michael: Who wouldn’t? Half the time, I don’t even know if I’ve done what he asks. I mean, I’m grateful for the opportunity, but I still feel like I need more to work with.
Number 173: Do you feel like the work you do is fulfilling?
Michael: I mean, didn’t you hear what I just said?
Number 173: Correct. I’m just following protocol.
Michael: Sometimes. To sum it up, sometimes.
Number 173: If you could take a year off from DenCom, would you, and how would you spend your time?
Michael: I don’t think I would. Can’t really say why. What I’d do, like, if I had to take a year off? I would probably just focus on my shop, maybe take a short vacation? I don’t really know what I’d do without DenCom.
Number 173: Do you feel that DenCom is an intrusive part of your life?
Michael: That’s the strange thing: yes, but no. It’s a welcome intrusion. Even given my problems with how Benedict runs the show, I really do enjoy my work, regardless of the pay.
Number 173: Alright. Last question: Would you feel comfortable sharing your answers with Benedict?
Michael: He wasn’t getting them already?
Number 173: He has access, but these interviews are simply a formality. HR stuff, you understand. He’s not going to see these answers if you don’t want him to.
Michael: … I do not wish to share these answers.
Number 173: Any particular reason?
Michael: *Mr. Ridding refused to answer the question, and the interview was terminated at his request*

Gradually Subverting Genre Expectations by S.T. Hoover

When I set out to write Michael Ridding, I knew people would hate it. That’s a pretty grim outlook, I know. But it was the one I had going in. After years of refining the characters and the universe they inhabit, I knew this series would not be for everyone. While Michael Ridding is, on the surface, a thriller novel, there are bigger things at work that have been in motion since before DenCom was even on my radar. Going in, I knew one thing: This was a thriller novel that would not follow the rules. It would lay the groundwork for bigger and stranger things than I’ve seen in the genre before, and I knew that, pass or fail, it would upset readers in one form or another. There is a promise made between an author and a reader when the cover is cracked: I’ll tell you a story. A safe story. One you’ve probably heard before, but it will pass the time. I knew I could never make that promise. So, I’m not shy about saying this book isn’t for everyone. It wasn’t meant to be for everyone, and I doubt most of my books ever will be. If you enjoy the ride, great! Michael is straightforward enough that most readers will have found my warnings unnecessary. But this is just the start of the journey. We’ll be passing some odd attractions along the way and making more than a few unforeseen stops. If you know that going in, then I welcome you aboard. Buckle up.

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Legend of Song de Light

July 24, 2019July 23, 2019 by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

a duet in an all-time signature by Kaitlynzq

midnight’s pink undercurrent

sunrise’s hum

lovecontu

continuous

dream in-real time

tru’adreyam

ocean in the sky

sky within the ocean

In the series Lovecontu Song de Light Lovecontu

A series that interweaves interior elements from the stories together like gentle hugs to one’s heart from Ancient Script of

Lovecontu audio poem, a vocal surround of unique instrumental notes from Legend of Song de Light audio book, layers of

quiet a cappella from inside of Legend of Song de Light audio play, to petal soft pink glows that hum throughout the hours

held within Lovecontu Song de Light Lovecontu audio set.

The following links will guide you to the vocal recording for an extended and expanded upon scene of moments that

subtly touch inside of Legend of Song de Light audio book, and Legend of Song de Light audio play, and

are

composed in the notes of lovecontu tru’adreyam.

For the audio version on my audio streams:

https://soundcloud.com/kaitlynzq/extended-expanded-upon-scenes-three-for-legend-of-song-de-light

And, for the audio streams and text version on my blog:

https://kaitlynzq.com/blog/extended-amp-expanded-upon-scenes-three-for-legend-of-song-de-light

Legend of Song de Light audio book is included in the series of interconnected stories Lovecontu Song de Light Lovecontu .

A series of interior connections of lovecontu with feather light whispers of love, sonic palettes of radiant-ambient colors,

and songs from within of continuance.

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“…the author creates this book of intimate passions, you have what will soon become one of your favorite audio books. The author effectively draws you into each character’s scene and sets them (the characters) up individually and as a unit. You are allowed to discover their personalities and passions. I found myself envisioning each room, each touch and each emotion the author pulled out of her characters…”

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“…This stunningly original composition is heartbreaking yet uplifting and not to be missed…” by Lynda with Books Direct https://www.booksdirectonline.com

“Kaitlynzq puts together a magnificent “song” with her words of Legend of Song de Light…The music in the background was chosen perfectly as it almost danced around her words…”

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“Excellent book I really loved it.” by Nancy

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Information for the audio book: Recorded in Kaitlynzq’s voice with a blend of music like a heart’s wave

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My fictional stories are written from the inside view

of a character’s interior heart-that

beautiful, vulnerable, intimate space

feelings, desires, needs, dreams

a blend of

delicate feather ripples of heart waves

needs, feelings, dreams, desires

quiet, gentle heart strings

tender, continuous

soft, vulnerable air mist

circles, weaves to caress

a sonic sea of heart’s breath

Woven into audio books that are recorded in my voice with a medley of music as a heart’s wave into downloadable mp3

files; audio plays adapted from the audio books, and layered into pdf files like a

heart’s song; audio poems that are

multiple poems designed to connect to form a story as a heart’s breath; and audio sets that are sets of

these interconnected

stories with elements from each story that interweave

in one another as heart’s wave, heart’s song, heart’s breath.

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Juggling Life

July 10, 2014January 26, 2019 by eileentroemel, posted in Life, Writing

Finished the Fablehaven series last night at 2:00 am. I should have put the book up but I just couldn’t. It means I’ll be tired today. I have to figure out what book I’ll be reading next. I know it may seem strange but I usually have a book on my kindle, one on my fire, and sometimes a physical book all going at once.

I’ve got one audio book going in the car. I find myself looking forward to it everytime I head to my car. I have some extra driving to do today which means extra time in the car. This also means I’ll likely be hearing more of the story as well since I won’t have any passengers with me.

I’m going to shift though from reading non-stop to working on writing again. My todo list has gotten much longer while I’ve been off in other books. I have managed to check off some things from this list. I corrected an error in my front and back material in all my books; made the final decision on the cover for the next poetry book; submitted some articles and a variety of other things.

I can tell I’ve not worked on writing items for a while, I’m starting to get antsy about them. I feel like I’m behind schedule but I keep reminding myself it is my own schedule. However, this is a pay weekend so we have errands to run and Sunday we have friends coming over. I’m looking forward to having them come – it reminds me to keep that balance in my life.

In between all of these, I have to put a bunch of manuscripts away (they are edited versions of a story) and clear off some space on my desk so I can work at it. Ken got the furniture organized in my craft room which means I need to go in and organize the room. Right now I have containers of crafts sitting around which annoys me.

I need to find a balance of getting all this done. Some of it I can do in my recliner with my feet up so I will save those tasks for when my legs hurt and I can’t do the other stuff. The craft stuff I will try to start first thing in the morning so my legs are in good shape but this means I need a non-pay weekend to do them. Hopefully next weekend I’ll be able to work on both the craft room and the office.

My biggest problem when I’m working on the office is I get into decision overload. I’m cleaning and organizing which means making tons of decisions of where and how things are going to be organized. I get to the point where I can’t figure out the best place for one more thing. This means I don’t quite finish the room. Life happens and things get put here and there and suddenly my office is a mess again.

My second biggest problem with the office is I’d rather be writing and working on submissions than doing the cleaning and organizing. I can spend hours at my computer working on a story, submitting work, researching and so on. I get lost in what I am doing and forget that I was going to organize the room instead. I just need to stay on track.