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Lawless Justice is book 3 in the OUTLAW series but is not a sequel, thus it can be read as a stand-alone.
I wanted to write a story about a female MC as I had already published two, male MC stories. Of course, that’s the norm.
Even though there are only a handful of female MC novels out there, I wanted ***to*** bring a little something extra to the story.
And that’s how the sexy, feisty and violent women of the Kittnz MC came about.
I also have to give Quentin Tarantino a mention for his film Death Proof and his bad arse ladies who inspired me to write Lawless Justice.
S.E. Anderson can’t ever tell you where she’s from. Not because she doesn’t want to, but because it inevitably leads to a confusing conversation where she goes over where she was born (England) where she grew up (France) and where her family is from (USA) and it tends to make things very complicated.
She’s lived pretty much her entire life in the South of France, except for a brief stint where she moved to Washington DC, or the eighty years she spent as a queen of Narnia before coming back home five minutes after she had left. Currently, she goes to university in Marseille, where she’s studying Physics and aiming for a career in Astrophysics.
When she’s not writing, or trying to science, she’s either reading, designing, crafting, or attempting to speak with various woodland creatures in an attempt to get them to do household chores for her. She could also be gaming, or pretending she’s not watching anything on Netflix.
S.E.Anderson is the author of the funny Sci-fi novel, Alienation. We managed to get hold of her and ask her a couple of questions.
What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
I love to read, but also create book covers. And knit, and cross stitch. And study the universe! I’m currently studying for a Masters of Space sciences.
What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?
How many friends would support me! I couldn’t believe how cool and excited everyone was about Starstruck and my little career as an author.
3. How many books have you written? Which is your favourite?
I’ve written 23 novels, though only Starstruck has ever been published – and Alienation soon! The other ones might be worth publishing one day, but they need a lot of work. Some are fantasy, some are scifi, and I even have a YA romance I’m dying to get back to!
4. Do you hear from your readers much? What kinds of things do they say?
I love my readers. I was amazed that they reached out to me, and I could not be happier! Many have become great friends of mine. They seem to really love the humor, and also… the growing relationship between Sally and Zander! They’ve even come up with a ship name – Zally!
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Follow this exciting blog tour starting at your first stop UrbanHype101 and if you get lost in cyber space, come back to UrbanHype101 for the tour map.
There’s something new to read see or hear on each of these stops.
Don’t forget to hunt for that special word and if you find ALL of them, send them to scavengerhunt@bolidepublishing.com and you could win a signed copy of Alienation and a gift pack of unique swag. This contest is open internationally.
Now hop onto your spacecraft and visit the next blog.
Please take your seat and strap yourself in, as we take you on an intergalactic tour. You will be amazed, entertained, and educated. Manoeuvre through the cosmos and be astounded at all you see. Hunt down the hidden words that will get you to your final destination where a one-of-a-kind award awaits one lucky traveller.
You are here to celebrate the release of Alienation, book two of the Starstruck series.
Sally Webber’s dream is coming true: Zander is back and taking her out for a night on the town–on a planet hundreds of light years away from Earth.
But when an accident separates her from her alien tour guide, she’s thrown into the seedy underbelly of an insane city where nothing is as it seems. Suddenly lost and desperate to get back home, Sally is willing to do anything to get out, even if it means accepting spontaneous marriage proposals, crashing some fancy parties, or joining what appears to be the space mob.
All she wanted was some decent interstellar pizza, but now it might be the end of the world as evil nanobots and an out of control AI try to take the universe by force, and the only one who can stop them is missing in action. Sally has no choice but to try to stop them herself–if she can stay alive that long.
Alienation is the fantastic sequel to the hit sci-fi comedy, Starstruck by S.E.Anderson.
Follow this exciting blog tour starting at your first stop UrbanHype101 and if you get lost in cyberspace, come back here for the tour map. Every stop has something new and exciting for you to read see or hear.
Don’t forget to hunt for that special word and if you find ALL of them, send them to scavengerhunt@bolidepublishing.com and you could win a signed copy of Alienation and a gift pack of unique swag.
This contest is open internationally.
Now, let’s learn more about this amazing world S.E.Anderson has built.
Welcome to the Alliance
The United Planetary Alliance plays a major role in all the Starstruck books. As our closest galactic neighbor, Sally and Zander will run into them more often than not: it’s hard to stay out of their affairs when they control this arm of the Milky Way.
The Alliance has existed for a little over 10,000 years – converting their time to ours is a little complicated, as their time is based on a very complicated decimal system, based on the days of Pyrina, their capital planet. Assuming their definition of a second is the same as ours, a day on Pyrina is 55h long – over two earth days. Across the Alliance, Standard Time is defined by the local time on Pyrina’s dolmen, a rock where the Alliance accords were signed.
History tells that ten races signed the accords, unifying against a shared threat known only as “the darkness,” which threatened to destroy the two neighboring systems. Some notable planets who signed were Pyrina, Hydra, and Da-Duhui: what we call the core planets of the Alliance. While Pyrina holds the seat of government, the real cultural hub is Da-Duhui (think DC and NYC).
Both Hydra and Pyrina, despite being in neighboring solar systems with no contact for millennia, both are home to humans. A link or reason for this parallel evolution has not yet been found.
The Alliance is a democratic system, run by an elected President. However, like with Da-Duhui, the elections are too far and few between, and too limited in candidates, to really be called elections. The President resembles more an emperor. Currently, the government has lost the President’s son and heir, making it turbulent times.
There are now well over 100 planets included in the Alliance – and those are just the ones currently inhabited. Many planets and asteroids are riddled with mines; and many others, including earth, are simply under the Alliance’s control, as they have strict rules governing when contact can be made. While earth is too primitive to join their coalition, it is an ideal place for alien tourism. They quite enjoy seeing a world so underdeveloped, with our ‘petty’ squabbles. The tourism is organized by a group known as “The Agency”.
Zander and Blayde have a complicated history with the Alliance. Their obsessive need to mess with other people’s affairs for the greater good have seen them on either side of the Alliance, sometimes helping, and sometimes diverting their plans. For this reason, the Alliance has a massive bounty on their heads, though not fully comprehending who the siblings are.
As with any large group, there are bound to be tensions. And the Alliance is so massive, there are many: a few planets claiming independence, certain races demanding change, rebels trying to bring the entire system down. The rim planets are always hard to control, joining the alliance, for the most part, to avoid getting on their bad side.
But while the system isn’t perfect, it’s quite effective. It ensures cohesion in this arm of the milky way, and for the most part, peace.
The Brain to Books Cyber Convention & Book Expo has the feeling of a normal book/author convention but with so much more for the readers to see, hear and play.
The Cyber Convention is celebrating it’s 3rd year and it’s bigger than ever! Angela, B Chrysler is the brains, and working mechanics behind the CyCon and owner of Brain to Books, which is an open portal for independent authors. And thanks to the hard work of the genres managers, customer service, tech and the rest of the working wheels – who are ALL volunteers and have spent months making sure you and all the authors are happy and this years CyCon and Book Expo is going to be the most successful and largest ever!
Let me break it down. Imagine 200+ authors taking part in genre specific events such as Blog Hop, Genre Tours, Panels, Cover Wars, Character Tournaments just to name a few and then you, the readers can come into the convention and take part and it’s all FREE.
And then you have Storytime, where two wonderful and extremely busy ladies (who are also authors) make time to read excerpts from authors books. So grab a coffee or tea and get curled up on the couch to listen and watch Storytime.
The Blog-Hops are happening all over Facebook, websites and blogs. Follow the sign posts to all the blogs, take part, have fun, support all these amazing authors and enter to win books, swag, Amazon Gift Cards and lots more.
You can vote in the Cover Wars for your favourite book cover.
The panels are unscripted and start off with a theme and then the discussion gets passionate when the writers’ talk about the industry, their books, and life in general and you never know what will happen. Panels
The Book Expo are book features, again genre specific, so that you, the readers, can go your favourite genre, and take a look at books you’ve never seen before by authors you have never heard of.
The Author showcase, which is run from Goodreads, work as book booth, just like actual conventions have. Here you can learn more about the author and their books, you can take your time as you stroll through the convention, stopping at booths that catch your eye. Ask the author a question – you know you’ve always wanted to do that. And don’t forget to take some samples and a grab bag when they are offered.
Don’t forget to enter the giveaways (there’s one for every genre)
And then there is JOE LIVE where you can click on anytime throughout the convention. Joe live is recording the convention, with live discussions, chat’s with authors and general chit chat and information about the convention 24/7. When Joe goes and shuts his eyes for a few hours, I will be taking over. So tune in you can watch and listen live anytime throughout the day and night and you can ask questions to myself, Joe and any of the authors that join us.
And for the first time, MC (motorcycle club) authors are now represented. Here is a showcase just for this awesome genre. You can listen to short readings of the best fight scenes in their novels, become a biker and take part in B2BCyCon Biker Run and learn who won the title of the BADDEST MC NOVEL, in the Biker Wars contest.
Umm what else have I missed? Seriously, there is so much for you to do, so much fun to be had on the cyber convention and book expo. Take a Look at All the Events on Offer
So you don’t forget about the convention, sign up to Save The Date where you will receive emails on the run up to the con. This wonderful gathering of amazing authors in all genres begins on 7th April 2017 and go on until 9th. The blogs will probably go on a little longer and of course, the showcase, panels, storytime, Joe live – in fact anything that is recorded will be around forever! Save the Date
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S.E. Anderson can’t ever tell you where she’s from. Not because she doesn’t want to, but because it inevitably leads to a confusing conversation where she goes over where she was born (England) where she grew up (France) and where her family is from (USA) and it tends to make things very complicated.
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