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MOONLIGHT free download on Amazon!

Posted by Aeon Igni on May 14, 2016
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moonHi Everyone!I know it’s been a while since I’ve blogged, But Phoenix Comicon is coming up so you can look forward to more blog posts from me soon!

Anyway, the reason I’m writing stay is because I finished a new science fiction romance short story called MOONLIGHT. It’s about Jace and Belle, to techs who live on the moon and mine Helium 3 for the Moonrock Mines Corporation.

And the best part is that it’s up for free for the next two days on Amazon!

Is the moon really as romantic as we all think it is? Read MOONLIGHT and find out!

All the best,

Aeon

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Revelations of an Indie Author

Posted by Aeon Igni on December 1, 2015
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One of my fellow authors, Lisa Morrow, just posted a great review of Salvation, as well as giving advice on why you should read books by other indie authors as well as mainstream publications!

You can check out her review here: Revelations of an Indie Author, as well as her YA fantasy novels and novellas on Amazon.

Liza O’Connor’s Surviving Terranue and Pre-ordained Death

Posted by Aeon Igni on September 20, 2015
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Hi All,

I haven’t been too active on this blog lately (the dangers of a day job), but I wanted to take a second to tell you about the sequel to Liza’s book, Surviving Outbound, which I blogged about last month.

One of the most popular posts on my blog is entitled, “Happy Endings: The Other Side.” In the post, I discuss the idea that there is nothing wrong with the main character dying at the end of the story, and in fact, it may actually help us (especially children) learn to deal with and accept our eventual fates.

In Liza’s books, there are ‘pre-ordained’ deaths, which are a very interesting concept, and one I thought would be of interest to readers of this blog. I got the opportunity to ask her about them, and her answer is below.

Feel free to comment and leave your opinion on death in books, pre-ordained or otherwise!


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One disturbing point of my books is there are quite a few Pre-ordained deaths. Both Tamara and Blue are fully aware that their deaths were pre-ordained. On the positive side, neither actually ‘dies’. The simply transform into a different entity, rather like a powerful spirit.

I wouldn’t mind a pre-ordained death, especially if I got to help a great cause in doing so. Then, hopefully, I could get everything in order before my death. Maybe even clean the house, but that would be the last on my priorities. If I knew the exact time of my death, I could give all my stuff away and not worry about the future.  But alas, we don’t get an exact time of death. Even if you have cancer, exactly when you will go isn’t known until a short while before. Six months can be three months or nine.

I would love to know, down to the very second, so I could give away all my worldly goods in person. It would please me a great deal doing good deeds ‘til the end.

My spirit Tamara, was told by Pane as she was in the agonizing pains of death, that her demise was pre-ordained and necessary to protect her soul-bond and her husband when they go Outbound. And while she didn’t enjoy her excruciating death by poison, at least she didn’t have to blame herself for being stupid enough to stick her hand into a bag which was supposed to have apples in it only to be bitten by the most deadliest snake in the world, the inland Taipan snake. That it rested in her bag of apples is most odd because it naturally lives in Australia, which was half-way around the world.

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The Inland Taipan is normally non-aggressive to humans. It would prefer to get away from them. But stuck in a bag with a giant hand reaching in, it had no choice but to defend itself. And it did, killing Tamara in short order. As she died, Pane told her the good news about her transformation so she could keep Saran and Dmitri safe.

The other pre-ordained death is Blue’s, yet Pane has no idea who told him about his forthcoming death. Pane had no idea of the complexities required to save the Path of Light until a short time before the event when he dreamed a very complex solution to the problem at hand.

Do you think it possible that the dream Pane had in his sleep was like the advice he gives his sentients while they sleep? Did an even bigger God, possibly the First God, dream speak to him?

What do you think?

Surviving Terranue

Surviving Terranue

By

Liza O’Connor

 Blurb

Leading a colony of frightened people on a new world is rarely easy. The human colonists of Terranue have as their leader, Tamsarandem, the only Soul-bond of Three that has ever existed. Unfortunately, some perceive the innate kindness in the shaman’s choice of leaders as a weakness, thus, challenges begin. From the moment they arrive on the planet, self-survival instincts take hold among the colonists, putting the survival of the colony at risk.

To survive, they must act for the good of the colony rather themselves, even when their natural instincts tell them to do the opposite. First, they must befriend the dominant intelligent life form on the planet, long-haired blue cattle, only slightly smaller than the blue bull Tamsarandem brought with them. Second, they must find a way to survive three of the planet’s five seasons. Otherwise, they’ll be baked, frozen, and pummeled to death. Third, they must protect themselves from the giant bears, saber tooth lions, and T. rexes that roam their planet. But worst of all, deep within the planet, a seed of evil grows, waiting to devour every living creature on the surface.

Every day in their new paradise is a challenge to survive. Despite all the advantages the Gods have provided, success is neither easy nor certain, and people are rarely as good as they need to be.

Excerpt

Pane was confounded. For the second time, the old bull, Solomon, spoke of prophecies. First, he declared Blue’s arrival to be one and now he claimed the black death that would annihilate everything on the planet had been foretold as well. Where had these prophecies come from? Certainly not from him.

“Marybell, can you determine when and by whom these prophecies were created?

“Hmmm….No, I can’t.”

“Why not?”

“Not sure. Ah, the prophecies proceed the creation of databases. Those bulls have one impressive brain. They record everything. And I mean everything, and nothing is ever erased. This is a far better idea than my brain. I wonder if I can grow one.”

“It won’t cause your personality to change will it?” Pane asked.

“No, my love. Their brains are massive, non-deteriorating event recorders. My emotions will sit on top of this, just as theirs do…if I can create one. It’s astoundingly complex.”

“Be careful,” Pane pleaded.

“Always,” she promised.

Comforted by her promise, Pane returned to the mystery afoot. “So was Cronus around before databases?”

“No, these sentients are far older than Cronus.”

“But that’s not possible. They are in Zousan’s multiverse.”

“I just performed a carbon dating on the planet. It is far beyond the age of this multiverse.”

“How is that possible?” Pane asked.

“Well you know the first law of Probabilities. Anything that can happen will.”

“Do you have any guess to how a planet from a much older multiverse made its way into our universe?

“That’s easy enough to surmise. Someone put it here.”

“But who? Cronus?”

“No. But I’m very certain the creep seeded the rats that the prophecy warned about.”

“But if this planet was moved here by someone of long ago that means he or she had extraordinary foresight to see so far in the future and warn the Sargon.”

“I agree. This may have come from the God of the very first big bang. And by the placement of this planet in each universe of our multiverse, we can deduce that a) He/She is very much alive, b) supports The Path of Light, and c) doesn’t like cheaters.”

The possibility that the First God wanted them to succeed caused Pane’s entire body to shiver in awe.

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Book 3: Surviving Terranue

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Book 2: Surviving Outbound

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Book 1: The Gods of Probabilities

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About Author

Liza is a multiple genre author of 16 novels. A Late Victorian Series, The Adventures of Xavier & Vic, plus a spinoff, A Right to Love, is an ongoing series.    A Long Road to Love is a humorous Contemporary Disaster Romance series of five books. She has two single books. One is a humorous, bad boys contemporary novel with ghosts, called Ghost Lover, the other is Untamed & Unabashed, a spinoff from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Now, she’s rolling out her Science fiction series (with romance & humor) called The Multiverses. The first four books are slotted for last half of 2015.  In addition she hopes, if she hasn’t dropped from exhaustion by then, to re-release a sometimes humorous/suspense thriller called Saving Casey

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Liza O’Connor : Surviving Outbound

Posted by Aeon Igni on August 14, 2015
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Today, I have a new comedic science fiction book to bring to your attention! This is the second book in Liza O’Connor’s multiverse series.

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When Zousan gained his own multiverse, it came with a great deal of bureaucratic rules created by his horrible father, Cronus.

Within the byzantine rules, that only Marybell, the sentient computer, can follow, there are a vast deal of limitations on the number of interventions Zousan and his staff can perform.

In fact, there are over 3 trillion rules on what he cannot do and only one permitted life-save per critical persons during each hundred years. Given the short lifespan of the species involved, this equates to one save per person.

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Rescuing the Oceanics (in book 1) consumed a huge portion of their authorized saves. Realizing how few actions they had left to use, Zousan’s best shepherd, Pane, began pre-planning what exactly they would need the critical persons to do in future years and assist them in their sleep dreams to resolve future problems without Godly intervention.

For example to get the not yet existing Soul-bond of Three, all Pane had to do was to have Dmitri share his worries with his spirit wife Tamara that the Shaman gates would not stand much longer. The reason Pane had to go through Dmitri, rather than simply telling Tamara to retrieve her sister and the bull is simple. Tamara is a spirit, and no longer sleeps, but Pane can only communicate with sentients during their sleep. He just worked around the problem. When Dmitri mentions his concern about the walls falling, Tamara disappears for two weeks, then returns with her soul-bond Saran and the largest blue bull he’s ever seen. With no prompting from Pane, she coaxes Dmitri to fall in love with Saran (not a hard task given Saran is very easy to love.)

Next Pane needs Dmitri to call Shaman Troy and ask to be married on the second day he knows Saran. The first night at the cabin, when Dmitri falls asleep watching over Saran, Pane sends him a nightmare. This naturally wakes Saran and she goes to his aid. Sensing Tamara’s soul (remember: they share a very large soul between them) he pulls Saran into his arms and kisses her. Problem solved.

Shaman Troy is surprised when Dmitri calls the next day, requesting to be married. The shaman knows Tamara didn’t properly die, but hangs on as a spirit. However, when Dmitri asks if he can bring a blue bull, Shaman Troy assures him he can and returns to his stone tablets.

For years Shaman Troy has been searching for The Soul Bond of Three with no success. Twenty years ago as a boy of twelve, he’d dreamed of finding a cave with stone tablets hidden inside. (Dream brought to Troy by Pane). Then the young Troy went searching for the cave and found it and the ‘ancient’ tablets within. And while it took many years and a little more dream help from Pane to translate the tablets, he learns to read the lost language and translates the ancient text. One of the tablets mentions the blue bull would travel with the Soul Bond of Three.

The Soul-bond of Three

Upon realizing Tamara and Saran were soul-bonds, Troy marries Dmitri to them, believing that was all they require to fulfill the prophecy of the Soul-bond of Three. However, when the three join physically, their souls bond into one, making them a true Soul-bond of Three. In fact, they are the only Soul-bond of three in all of the many universes. Soon they will head outbound to a new planet where they will thrive….if they don’t die. If the latter happens, we are all doomed, so let’s all focus on the positive possibility. (Being positive is very important in Quantum.)

Zousan marvels at how well Pane shepherds his people without any direct intervention. Just a few helpful dream nudges from Pane and they handle matters on their own.

Pane is an amazing Shepherd. The best Zousan has ever seen. It’s a shame, he’s so hideous looking.

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Surviving Outbound
By
Liza O’Connor

Blurb

Saran along with her ‘not dead, just no longer human’ soul-bond—Tamara, and their giant blue bull leave in search of a handler so Blue can escape Earth and travel outbound. The man Saran meets and falls in love with turns out to be Tamara’s husband. Their spiritual joining of three sets into play a prophecy written long ago. Together, they become Tamsarandem, the most powerful soul-bond in all the multiverses.

The shamans pay for their voyage to Terranue, an unknown planet, never before colonized by humans. In return, Tamsarandem must look after the other colonists and help them to prosper and find their Paths of Light. They will need to do this mostly on their own, for the Gods are running out of authorized interventions. However, the God Pane, with the help of the sentient ship-computer, Marybell, constantly search for clever workarounds to ensure The Path of Light will reign supreme upon the final collapse. But there is only so much they can do within their bureaucratic rules.

Having failed to stop Tamsarandem from leaving Earth, those who walk the Path of Darkness embed their own people, including their darkest lord, on the ship to ensure it will never arrive at Terranue.

Excerpt

The God Pane woke to alarms. He rushed to his computer panel and spoke to his girlfriend, the sentient computer who ran the ship.

“Marybell, can you tell me what’s happened?”

She paused before replying. “A high percentage of our soul-bonds travel to the ship without food. Most will starve before arriving.”

“Can we provide them food?”

“Not outright, but if you wish to plant a tree of life in the forest, that is within the rules.”

“Pane to me!” Captain Zousan, the top God in the Multiverse, demanded.

Pane popped in, still in his sleeping shorts. Seeing the beautiful Athena, Zousan’s daughter, in the control room, he had a great desire to pop out and get dressed. Only the dire situation kept him in Control Central. “Sir, two parts of the future Soul-Bound of Three are in danger of starving before getting to their ship in most of the universes. Marybell says while the rules prohibit us from giving them food, we can plant a tree of life in their path…only I don’t know the paperwork necessary to get permission to do that.” He hung his head in shame.

If only he had been allowed to complete his studies before being made a shepherd.

“Fortunately, I have clearance to do that,” Athena said before disappearing. Less than a minute later, the alarms ceased screaming.

Both Captain Zousan and Pane breathed out in relief.

After tapping on the console, Zousan smiled. “Probabilities have returned to fifty-three percent.” Return to your sleep time and thank Marybell for her clever solution.”

Book 2: Surviving Outbound
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Book 1: The Gods of Probabilities
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About the Author

Liza is a multiple genre author of 15 novels. A Late Victorian Series, The Adventures of Xavier & Vic, plus a spinoff, A Right to Love, is an ongoing series. A Long Road to Love is a humorous Contemporary Disaster Romance series of five books. She has two single books. One is a humorous, bad boys contemporary novel with ghosts, called Ghost Lover, the other is Untamed & Unabashed, a spinoff from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Now, she’s rolling out her Science fiction series (with romance & humor) called The Multiverses. The first four books are slotted for last half of 2015. In addition she hopes, if she hasn’t dropped from exhaustion by then, to re-release a sometimes humorous/suspense thriller called Saving Casey

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
LIZA O’CONNOR
Investigate these sites:
Liza’s Multiverse Blog
Liza’s Blog and Website Facebook Twitter

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Salvation Quote #10

Posted by Aeon Igni on July 1, 2015
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Salvation Quote #9

Posted by Aeon Igni on June 24, 2015
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A Writer’s Torment

Posted by Aeon Igni on June 22, 2015
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writing is a fire
it burns in the blood
hold back the desire
and it becomes flood.

the voices they speak
they cry out to be heard
go away! – but i’m weak
and the ‘real world’ is blurred.

i’ll give in – just once!
tell your story tonight
the love, the adventure
the heartache and fright.

tomorrow i’ll wake
back in the mundane
and wonder if it isn’t
the ‘real world’ that’s insane.

Salvation Quote #8

Posted by Aeon Igni on June 17, 2015
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Salvation Quote #7

Posted by Aeon Igni on June 10, 2015
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Phoenix Comicon 2015 – Magic Refresh

Posted by Aeon Igni on June 5, 2015
Posted in: inspiration, Science Fiction Writing. Tagged: author resource, comicon, Phoenix Comicon, science fiction writing, worldbuilding, writers science fiction, writing. Leave a comment

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“Science gets cooler the more you explain it, and magic gets cooler the less you explain it.” – Stephen Blackmoor

Magic Refresh was my first panel of the con, so I was very excited to get it underway. The four panelists were Beth Cato, Brian McClellan, Greg van Eekhout, and Stephen Blackmoor.

When asked why they decided to write about magic, the authors agreed it was mostly about escapism. Cato answered emphatically, “Wish fulfillment. I wish magic really existed.”

There was a brief discussion on magic versus science. Stephen Blackmoor referenced Ted Chiang in his answer:

 If you do something one thousand times and the results are always the same, that magic functions like a science. If you can’t then there is a freedom from predictable results that gives a lot of latitude to the author.

When I got home, I looked up Chiang and found a very informative, interview-type blog on science versus magic, featuring Chiang and a few other authors that is definitely worth a read: http://io9.com/5021701/science-versus-magic–is-there-a-difference-in-the-world-of-fiction.

An audience member asked McClellan if the black powder in his novels was supposed to be similar to heroin. He answered affirmatively, saying: “Magic is going to be addictive. Any time you can do something other people can’t do – you’ll want to do more of it.”

The other authors also agreed that magic has to have a cost. Just as heroin has an addictive nature, magic has to have a physical or emotional sacrifice to the characters or to the world. That cost largely depends on what metaphor you pick for magic. If you pick money, it becomes a limited resource. If you pick love, it has an emotional cost.

I found it interesting that all of the authors know where the magic in their worlds comes from, even if the characters and readers don’t. In fact, they said it was better only to give the reader what they need to know and that the best types of magic are the ones where you see the magic at work without necessarily having an explanation.

One of the final audience questions was hilarious – he asked if they had ever gotten to the end of a book and realized it was wrong. They all spoke at the same time and the answer was a resounding ‘YES!’

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