Australian Adventure Writer Kez Wickham St George - The Back Story

 

I’ve been working lately with Australian adventure writer, Kez Wickham St. George. We had been talking about cross marketing between the U.S. and Australia. Kez creates her stories from her real-life adventures and explorations in the Australian Outback. My kind of research. Kez told me the most engaging story, I have to paraphrase some of it because, like any good writer, she told a lot of story. It seems that after the peak of Covid passed, several families headed out into the remotest of the Outback for a caravan trip. As luck would have it, they developed an oil leak in the Jeep, lots of acrid smoke, and had to layover in a ‘caravan bay’ for a couple of days.

I quote, ‘This night one woman caught my eye, she looked familiar, yet I did not know her, she was from Cairns and traveling to NSW. I introduced myself, she asked me about my accent, “I’m a Kiwi (New Zealander)” she informed her family had married into the Maori people. My ears twitched, as also to have ties to a Maori family, I asked her for names of where they were? When she said the name of my hometown, so many memories filling my mind, now the attention of the entire gang around the fire pit was engaged. As this woman said names, times and places, the air around me went still, the family she was talking about were my next-door neighbors for ten years [back in New Zealand]. She told me that her sister married into this family. Meant to be?  What struck me was what a small world we live in, I’m sitting around a campfire in Western Australia in a tiny county shire Dandaragan she knows a family I once knew in a small fishing village Ngunguru in Northland New Zealand, different countries the Pacific Ocean plus many thousands of kilometers between us, wow….. The story continues in the Camp fire trilogy beginning with Metal Mermaid.’

As you read one one of Kez’s adventure stories, maybe even Metal Mermaid, and when the main characters are in an isolated ‘public layover’, imagine that those two ladies at the next campfire are reminiscing about their families back in New Zealand…. because now you know Kez's Back Story.

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My First Review of Not On My Watch From SPAIN

 

Every now and again I find a little nugget that just tickles me to the bone. This review is one of those moments. It's a review of my thriller Not On My Watch from anonymous reader from Spain. This is my first review from Spain - SPAIN. I don't have any network contacts in Spain that I'm aware of and the submitter elected to remain anonymous. Just a serendipitous, pleasant little moment. SPAIN this morning.

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A Review of Kira Tynan's The Third Choice

 

The Third Choice by Kira Tynan was unique in so many ways, a thoroughly delightful read. It was an unusual blend of family dynamics and Sci-Fi without the Sci-Fi dominating the plotline. The protagonist, Chris, is by all accounts a normal young man, living a life and caring for his ‘special-needs’ parents. But those ‘special-needs’ are … well … a bit unique. Thus enter the Sci-Fi backstory. One might say that the parents are out of this word. I liked Kira’s presentation and writing style. They were not heavy handed or intrusive. The story just flowed well and kept the social dynamic of one living with his parents and trying and trying to meet a nice girl in the forefront. Gives new meaning to ‘meet the parents.’ I could easily see The Third Choice as a Sci-Fi selection on the Oprah Book List. It was that well done. I’ve already ordered my next Kira Tynan novel. For me, five stars for both Kira Tynan and for The Third Choice. Jeff Bailey, author of the conspiracy thriller Not On MY Watch.

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The Back Story for The Great Live Radio Show

          Lately I’ve been posting a series on called ‘The Back Story.’ It’s the kind of little ditty that authors would tell about themselves or their books in polite conversation at a cocktail party or a family reunion. I’ve had a couple of the authors in my network challenge me to tell a back story about myself. So here goes. Many of you know that a few weeks ago I was featured on Gunner Lindblom’s Our Thing Detroit live radio show. I posted about it. I also posted about how nervous I was to do the show. One of the regulars from my LinkedIn network, Anrea WR Jones, suggested that I pretend that ‘everyone there is sitting in their undergarments. Is that adage still around?’ Well, I thought about it and decided that I needed something… stronger. So just as the interview started, I reached over to the corner of my writing area and picked up my great grandsons plushie toy of Sponge Bob Square Pants and placed it on my computer. As Gunner and I talked on the phone interview, I stared into the goofy grin of Sponge Bob Square Pants. Hey, it worked and I have Andrea to thank for it. For this radio interview Andrea was my muse. As you listen to the interview see if you can detect the ‘relaxed calm’ in my voice because you know the backstory. Thanks you Andrea.

Here's the link to the interview:

https://www.facebook.com/910amsuperstation/videos/2196135483879331/

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