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Today is my third post featuring the semi-finalists of the Small Spec Book Awards ! Check out the first  and second posts! I've done a feature on horror authors and one on fantasy authors, so in this post, I will be focusing on three of the science fiction semi-finalists: K. C. Aegis, author of  Her Gilded Voice,  Rosie Oliver, author of  A Truth Beyond Full , and Terry Jackman, author of  Worlds Aligned. Each author has been asked the same questions:  1. What inspired you to write this book? 2. What was your favourite part of writing it?   3. Where can we find you and your work? (socials, blog, website)     Her Gilded Voice by K. C. Aegis Lacey has a woman living inside her head … or is it the other way around? Decades from now, technology has advanced, and everyone has a ‘neuro-net’ wired into their brain. This provides each person with a ‘voyce’ inside their head that offers advice that guides and ostensibly protects them; as teen Lacey C...

Welcome to the second post featuring the semi-finalists of the Small Spec Book Awards ! Check out the first post here ! Today is Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada and I have had a busy, busy weekend full of food and family. When I think of lots of food, I think hobbits and Lord of the Rings, one of my first entries into fantasy. My father loved fantasy and Tolkien most of all. So in honour of him, I've selected three of the fantasy semi-finalists to feature today: J. A. Mortimore and Penelope Hill, co-authors off  The Harlequin: The Draper's Reel , Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, author of  Cursed Under London , and Sam Flynn, author of  The Mystery of the Pale King . Each author has been asked the same questions:  1. What inspired you to write this book? 2. What was your favourite part of writing it?   3. Where can we find you and your work? (socials, blog, website)     The Harlequin by J. A. Mortimore and Penelope Hill Question my honesty if you must, but ...

Welcome to the first of many posts featuring the semi-finalists of the Small Spec Book Awards!  Every few days between now and when the finalists are announced, I will be highlighting three semi-finalists at a time. More information on the awards can be found here . The full list of semi-finalists can be found here . Each author has been asked the same questions:  1. What inspired you to write this book? 2. What was your favourite part of writing it?   3. Where can we find you and your work? (socials, blog, website)   For this first post, since it is October, the month of all things spooky, I have decided to start with three of the horror semi-finalists: Carson Winter, author of  A Spectre is Haunting Greentree , Damien Casey, author of  Church of Skatan , and Emmett Nahil, author of  From the Belly .   A Spectre is Haunting Greentree by Carson Winter REAP WHAT YOU SOW In the wake of a series of panic attacks, isolated and introverted Carina takes...