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Authors: Al Macy
Tags: #Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, #Thrillers & Suspense, #Technothrillers, #Science Fiction & Fantasy, #Science Fiction, #Alien Invasion, #First Contact, #Thrillers, #Post-Apocalyptic, #Teen & Young Adult
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I learned so much from my critique partners on CritiqueCircle.com. Many of the best plot ideas came directly from their keyboards. Special thanks to Allison Maruska, Dennis Taylor, Auraxx, Pamela Bedore, Lauraeve, Wmreed, Ratrilyn, Kismetw, Nathanfoun, McZee, Linda5216, Jaramsli, and Ioana Visan.
Thanks also to Lena Macy, Linda Johnson, Gail Summerville, Lara Summerville, Maria Bartlett, Liz and Craig Wruck, Mia Bergström, Marie Kelleher-Roy (the BMW model for Marie Keller), Braumeister, Amethyst, Brett Cameron, Walt34, Bob Crane, Steve Lord, Jenny Macy, Margie Adler, Eric Mattson, Deborah Mattson, and others who helped me review my work.
Cover by Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick (
http://perryelisabethdesign.blogspot.com
). Components of the image supplied by NASA and Mike Kiev.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Al Macy writes because he has stories to tell. In school he was the class clown and always the first volunteer for show and tell. His teachers would say “Al has a lot of imagination.” Then they'd roll their eyes.
But he put his storytelling on the back burner until he retired and wrote a blog about his efforts to improve his piano sight-reading. That's when his love of storytelling burbled up to the surface, along with quirky words like “burble.”
He had even more fun writing his second book, Drive, Ride, Repeat, but was bummed by non-fiction's need to stick to “the truth” (yucko). From then on it was fiction all the way, with a good dose of his science background burbling to the surface.
Macy's top priority is compelling storylines with satisfying plot twists, but he never neglects character development. No, wait … his top priority is quirkiness, then compelling storylines, then character development. No, wait …
