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AK22-38. The Silent Count by E. A. Smiroldo

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Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Elizabeth A. Smiroldo, on air from September 13th

Nuclear engineer E. A. Smiroldo talks about her cli-fi (climate-change fiction) thriller The Silent Count

E. A. Smiroldo, novelist, musician and nuclear engineer. Her novel The Silent Count is a cli-fi (climate-change fiction) thriller about a young nuclear engineer who comes up with a daring plan to combat climate change, but faces unintended consequences as she fights for her family, her career, and for humanity. E.A. talks about her background in science as a nuclear engineer specializing in weapons nonproliferation, and the inspiration for this climate-change thriller.

E.A. Smiroldo, a native of Washington DC, has witnessed how politics corrupts and skews human perspectives on what’s right and wrong. E.A. says humanity is dangerously close to the brink of a real climate crisis.

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  • How a nuclear weapon could indeed change weather patterns
  • How the premise of her book, The Silent Count, was inspired by a real textbook and valid science  
  • Weapons nonproliferation 
  • Climate change and is it too late? 
  • People think energy and fuel is expensive now, just wait… 
  • If countries like France can make climate headway, then the US can, too 
  • Her book is satire but in the same spirit as movies like Don’t Look Up, is a cautionary tale
  • Greenwashing – corporations and people do this to feel good but it doesn’t really help 
  • Capturing carbon from coal, and other ideas we should consider  
  • We need to make sure leaders are doing things for the betterment of the people, not for poll numbers 
  • Music and how it influenced her writing 
  • One of the main characters is a musician — E. A. infused a lot of her experiences from the gigs she played as a musician  
  • The local DC music scene — the hardcore punk scene in Washington DC were on the forefront of the straightedge movement, like her main characters 
  • The soundtrack for The Silent Count, available on YouTube 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

She’s determined to stop climate change before it’s too late…

Nuclear engineer Dara Bouldin’s life is a mess. She’s paying off her dad’s gambling debts, reeling from a broken engagement, and practically invisible at the energy research agency where she works. Meanwhile, her ex Jericho’s latest single is racing up the charts and her handsome new colleague Dmitri is friendly with everyone but her. All around them, wildfires, floods, and other natural disasters have become the norm. But Dara has an audacious plan to reverse climate change, if only someone would listen.

Little does she know, someone at the CIA has been paying attention. And when the public demands action, Dara gets the chance to turn her dream into reality, with the blessings of Congress and the President. Things are looking up. That is until she discovers a secret that thrusts her into the center of a global conflict that could rewrite history, in dire ways she never intended. Things are going to change, big time. And the countdown has already begun. Be careful what you wish for, Dara.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

E. A. Smiroldo is a novelist, musician, and a nuclear engineer. She is the author of the debut novel The Silent Count, which blends her scientific expertise as a nuclear engineer specializing in weapons nonproliferation, with real-world inspired drama. A Washington DC native, she’s also a Washington Area Music Association Award-nominated singer-songwriter and has won prizes in writing competitions sponsored by the Bethesda Literary Festival and the International Screenwriters’ Dig. After placing in the latter, she optioned the treatment for a screenplay with X-ray Media.

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AK22-37. Stacy Lee, Never in a Billion

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An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Stacy Lee, on air from September 6th

 Stacy Lee talks about the latest books in her Amazon best-selling Historical Fiction series, set on the beautiful and enchanting New England beaches of York, Maine
The Nubble Light series is set on the beautiful and enchanting New England Beaches of York, Maine. Each of these novels are separate stories that appeal to readers of all ages, especially women. Young adults to seniors have confessed to falling in love with characters that will feel like friends in these quick reads.

Each novel consists of a female main character who has a personal obstacle to overcome. Some learn about the importance of second chances, while others are challenged to love without hesitation. In each story, someone returns to her hometown. Whatever the lesson may be, they learn from the experience of other characters, as the action toggles between multiple time periods, mainly the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and present day.

“Written like a movie, these books offer entertaining, unique twists in a warm and fuzzy Hallmark-type way,” says the author. “There is a constant action in these quick, easy reads that zero in on human connection and how people bond with one another.”

There are currently three books in the series with the fourth book on the way this August. These stories take readers on a journey of big emotions and leave them satisfied and happy for the characters, while also leaving them wanting more! They can’t wait to pick up the next book to check in on their old friends and meet new ones.

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Stacy Lee is the author of three Amazon best-selling books that make up The Nubble Light series: The Hundredth Time Around, Future Plans, Never In A Billion and Ten Percent Of My Heart. The fourth installment, Ten Percent Of My Heart, releases in August. She is a lifelong resident of New England, where the books take place.

Stacy enjoys spending time in the beautiful and historic town of York Beach, Maine with her family.  The Nubble Lighthouse holds a special place in her heart and inspired the setting for her historical fiction series.

Her education includes earning a Master’s Degree in Christian Ministry and Homiletics from Liberty University; a Master’s Degree in Leadership and Administration from Jones International University; and a Bachelor of Science in Childhood Studies from Plymouth State University. She earned a Teacher’s Certificate K-8, and a Principal’s Certificate for K-12.

She was an elementary school teacher who taught courses, including writing, for a dozen years before becoming a connections lead for a major church for four years. The last six years she served as an event planner and seminar manager at a law firm. She is also involved in a family business, a food-distribution company.

Stacy lives in New Hampshire with her husband, two children, and two well-loved (spoiled) rescue pups. 

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AK22-37. Charles Christian the Urban Fantasist

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An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Charles Christian, on air from September 6th

If you are fascinated by the weird, the unexplained and the bizarre, join author Charles Christian on a fascinating road trip around what he calls the Wold Newton Triangle, where rather odd events have occurred, unmatched anywhere else in Britain. He will talk about werewolves, zombies, vampires, green skinned fairy folk, headless ghosts, screaming skulls, ancient warlords, a Parkin-eating dragon, and so so much more!

?Descended from a motley crew of smugglers and witches (*), Christian was born a chime-child with a caul and grew up in a haunted medieval house by the harbourside in the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough. According to folklore a caul-shrouded chime-child can’t drown at sea but can see and talk to faerie folk and also has protection against spells cast by malevolent sorcerers. And yes, he was once commissioned to go on a werewolf hunt on the night of a full moon by a newspaper. Spoiler alert: he didn’t find one. (Or it didn’t find him.)

He is the author of the best-selling ebook Writing Genre Fiction – Creating Imaginary Worlds: The 12 Rules while his latest book is Shuckland: Weird tales, ghosts, folklore and legends from East Anglia’s Waveney valley. He also scripts and presents the Weird Tales Show videos on YouTube and for four-and-a-half years ran the Weird Tales Radio Show. And, yes a UK national newspaper once really did commission him to go on a werewolf hunt on the night of a full Moon. Spoiler alert: he didn’t find one. (Or it didn’t find him!)

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Charles Christian is an English barrister and Reuters correspondent turned writer, podcaster, award-winning tech journalist, and sometime werewolf hunter. He now writes, talks and makes videos mainly about folklore, urban myths, history, and the weird. And yes, an English Fleet Street newspaper once did commission him to go on a werewolf hunt on the night of a full Moon. Spoiler alert: he didn’t find one. Or the werewolf didn’t find him! He was born a ‘chime child’ with a caul so, according to legend, cannot drown at sea but can see and talk to ghosts and fairy folk without fear of coming to harm – allegedly!

Skeptic or Believer? Does Charles Christian personally believe in ghosts, the weird and the paranormal? His answer is the same as the celebrated ghost and supernatural horror writer M. R. James gave in the preface to a collection of his short stories about 100 years ago: “I am prepared to consider the evidence and accept it if it satisfies me.”


He is the author of “A travel guide to Yorkshire’s Weird Wolds: The Mysterious Wold Newton Triangle” and “Saints & Sinners in Dark Age England”. His latest book is “Shuckland: Weird tales, ghosts, folklore and legends from East Anglia’s Waveney valley” – volume one of a new haunted landscapes series – and he is currently writing an almanac of real witches and sorcerers, along with other practitioners of magic – black and white, from earliest times through until the modern era.

* The Mysterious Wold Newton Triangle (Newest book)

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Shuckland
A travel guide to Yorkshire’s Weird Wolds: The Mysterious Wold Newton Triangle
Saints and Sinners in Dark Age England
Creating Imaginary Worlds – The 12 Rules


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https://urbanfantasist.medium.com

www.youtube.com/c/weirdtalesshow
christian.uncut@icloud.com

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AK22-31. Poet & Author Melissa Da Silva

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Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Melissa Da Silva, on air from August 2nd

My name is Melissa Da Silva. I talk about self-improvement, anxiety, therapy, relationships, self-help, dating and emotional intelligence. I have three poetry books on amazon
Last Kiss  
Lose me 
A love like ours 

Melissa Da Silva is a Canadian writer who grew up in Toronto, ON. She graduated with a business diploma from Humber College. 

Melissa’s been writing since she was 18. In 2020 she self-published a book called Lose me. Lose me is about a toxic relationship and the importance of loving yourself. Lose me debuted as a top seller on Amazon. Inspired by her own life events. Last Kiss was on Amazons top 10 list. 

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MELISSA DA SILVA IS A CANADIAN WRITER WHO GREW UP IN TORONTO, ON. SHE GRADUATED WITH A BUSINESS DIPLOMA FROM HUMBER COLLEGE. 

MELISSA’S BEEN WRITING SINCE SHE WAS 18. IN 2020 SHE SELF-PUBLISHED A BOOK CALLED LOSE ME. LOSE ME IS ABOUT A TOXIC RELATIONSHIP AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVING YOURSELF. LOSE ME DEBUTED AS A TOP SELLER ON AMAZON. INSPIRED BY HER OWN LIFE EVENTS. LAST KISS WAS ON AMAZONS TOP 10 LIST. 

I enjoy listening to podcasts, watching movie, cooking, going on walks, traveling and trying new restaurants. I read poetry, self help and biographies. My life inspires the books I write about.

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AK22-26. China Hand by Scott Spacek

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An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Scott Spacek, on air from June 28th

A Thriller By Scott Spacek

Scott Spacek, author of China Hand. Originally from Cleveland, Scott Spacek has lived in China for most of the last two decades, working as a technology executive and advisor to leading corporations and governmental organizations. He attended Harvard University and speaks Mandarin Chinese. Teaching at an elite university in Beijing after college provided revealing details for CHINA HAND, his first novel.

INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS: When a high-ranking Chinese general wants to defect to the US, the CIA tries to recruit a recent Harvard grad teaching at a Beijing university to exfiltrate the man’s daughter—a treacherous operation that could shape the balance of power for decades.

The whole debacle was classified and buried. Until now.

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It’s 1998, and China’s political and military leaders are torn by ideological divisions. Amid these seething rivalries, Andrew Callahan arrives in Beijing fresh out of Harvard, planning to spend an adventurous year studying Mandarin and teaching at the renowned International Affairs University. The IAU is known as a training ground for diplomats and spies. But Andrew has no idea that his budding relationship with the attractive and self-assured dean’s assistant, Lily Jiang, will also entangle him in a conspiratorial web of worldwide proportions.

A CIA officer approaches Andrew and informs him that Lily’s father is a top Chinese general caught in a power struggle. The general wants to defect but won’t do so without his wife and daughter. Even more shocking is that the Agency needs Andrew’s assistance for Lily to evade round-the-clock surveillance and escape to the US.

If Andrew agrees, he’ll face lethal odds against China’s ruthless security services to help pull off one of the greatest intelligence coups in American history. If he refuses, it could cost Lily and her family their lives.

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful culture at a turbulent time, China Hand is the story of a reluctant spy and a mission whose deadly consequences continue to reverberate today.

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Scott Spacek, originally from Cleveland, has lived in China for most of the last two decades, working as a technology executive and advisor to leading corporations and governmental organizations. He attended Harvard University and speaks Mandarin Chinese. Teaching at an elite university in Beijing after college provided revealing details for this novel, his first.

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