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Brittany Quagan, known by family and friends as "Brittles," was born in Connecticut, twenty-something years ago and spent most of her life day dreaming like the stereo-typical Gemini she is. 

 

Growing up, she wanted nothing more than to live a life of magic, mayhem, and writing, never knowing her dreams were being manifested into a reality with every wish and intention. 

 

As a teen, her anxiety-riddled existence became nothing less than a burden, but she was determined to escape it and convinced there had to be more going on than just "being anxious." It wasn't until she met a new group of friends who guided her down a path of understanding energy and intuition that her life changed and she was able to overcome this.

Today, Brittany owns Journeys: Holistic Wellness & Anxiety Relief Center in Simsbury, CT.; an anxiety relief, intuitive development & healing center to help others who suffer from anxiety/panic disorder, those who believe in the unseen to tap into their intuitive selves, and to help people grow, find empowerment, manifest like a boss, and heal from wherever it is they feel stuck. 

 

 

 

 

Facebook: @BrittQuagan

Twitter: @bittyinwndrlnd

Instagram: @brittanyboop123

Website: www.brittanyquagan.com

Joan Hazel is a native of Corinth, Mississippi.

 

Her works include paranormal fantasy, and sweet romance, as well as non-fiction spiritual. She is a sought after vocal coach and technician who still enjoys working with students to achieve the best vocal quality they can. Joan has been a featured vocal coach at the 2012 and 2014 International Community Theatre Festival in Venice, FLA., and will return there again in 2018. In addition to Hazel's artistic work, she is a Reiki Master and Psychic Intuitive.

 

She currently resides in Deland, FLA., with her husband and their two dogs, Izzy and Ellie.

Author of Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance.

Sabine grew up consuming Science Fiction, Fantasy and Romance novels (there was a brief bodice ripper period, but we won’t go into that).

She wanted to be an astronaut and travel the stars looking for aliens. She ended up an Electrical Engineer and Cultural Anthropologist. She's a geek with heart.

Seriously disappointed we’ve yet to establish so much as a moon base, she’s watching Moon Express and is encouraged by the recent developments by superstars such as Elon Musk, Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, among others.

She’s a travel addict, beach-loving, stargazing disruptor.

Her heroines are kickass and her stories action packed.

Laura has several books, short stories and poems under her belt with many more in the works, ranging from thrillers, to time travel, reapers and the paranormal to romance for all ages. She writes the the stories that need to be written. Her motto from the beginning: Strong Women, Strong Stories.

She has become a regular presenter for the Orange County Library on writing topics and loves to promote local resources. Her writing role model? Her mother Laura Luzmila who Laura grew up watching as she worked full time, raised three girls and wrote into the night. 

Laura lives in Orlando, FL with her partner in life of over 27 years and works full time as a Martial Arts Instructor/Program Director, as well as running her newly formed LLC, Palmas Publishing. As an Indie writer her philosophy is to be able to pay it forward and she hopes to assist other writers in achieving their publishing goals. She just has to avoid the squirrels that cross her path!

I’ve been an avid reader ever since I was old enough to hold a red leather bound first edition copy of Sir Walter Scott’s The Lady of the Lake in my lap.

So it only seemed natural at some point in my life I take up pen and paper to start writing. Over time my skills slightly improved which I attribute to my English teachers.

My breakthrough came about in the mid 1970’s when I read a historical romance written by Sergeanne Golon, Angelique. This French husband and wife team opened my eyes to the real world of fiction. Stories about romance, beautiful damsels, handsome heroes and plots which kept me hooked. Of course, being a man, I had to keep my reading hidden from others as that wasn’t appropriate reading for men.

With this new found appreciation of the written word I took up other books and devoured them as a starving person would a plate of food. I them attempted to write again. I still wasn’t satisfied so I put it aside for years as other events entered my life.

Finally, in the early years of the new millennium I tried again to write and once again met with limited success. At least now I was able to get past the first page or two. Then, in 2006 a life changing event brought me back to my love, I took a job as a security officer. This allowed me plenty of time to read different genres.

My favourite was regency. As I poured through everyone I could get my hands on I knew this could be something I wanted to attempt.

Since 2012 when my debut regency romantic suspense released I was hooked and have, except for a few contemporaries, focused on this genre.

Since 2012 I’ve lived in central Texas. I’m also a member of Romance Writers of America and the Austin, TX chapter.

Grady P. Brown is a science fiction author who is diagnosed with high functioning autism. He is a connoisseur of the science fiction, fantasy, and superhero genres. In addition, he is an autism ambassador, hoping to demonstrate the potential benefits one can gain from being autistic.

As a writer, Grady P. Brown utilizes his autism to visualize the story taking place inside of his head like a movie. Also, he has a very strong memory, allowing him to store information about his characters and stories in his brain as though it were a computer hard-drive. His superhero series, The Young Guardians, is based on a childhood fantasy he shared with his best friends of becoming superheroes.

He is also a passionate pit bull lover and owns two sweet and loving pit bulls named Wally and Fitch."

In 1998, Pasha Kalachev transitioned from Moscow, Russia to New York. Forced by this new culture to learn English at an accelerated rate, he developed a keen affinity for English literature but still  immersed himself in Russian poetry. It appealed to Pasha’s growing obsession with lyricism, which transformed to a substantial appreciation for hip-hop music. Poetry on a beat became his escape.

 

Russian rap music flowed through Pasha’s headphones as he attended art school, earning a degree in Menswear Design. His passion for writing poems never ceased. After working for a corporate company that left creatively stifled, he began to search for his true artist. Adopting the NYC hustle, he became an actor but still felt he wasn’t contributed to the world in any impactful way.

 

Feeling a loss of identity, he left home, traveled through Europe and began writing short-form nonfiction and poetry guided him back to the root of his creativity. After arriving back in NYC, and starting work on a novel, Pasha became an active member of the underground poetry scene. Still enthusiastic about hip-hop, he decided to write a 3-track EP in English.

 

Just like that, the fire ignited. In a union of lyrical poetry and rap, Glass Hamlet was conceived. A casual hobby became Pasha’s life. From that point on, all he wanted to do was write the music which ultimately became his first album. A year later, in the production stage of his first album; he finally had a project he was thoroughly proud of, with which he could push the boundaries of the rap genre to a more intellectual direction.

 

“This journey has been chaotic and the track is wet. Yet, we continue.”

-Pasha Kalachev

Aka Glass Hamlet

Debbie is 53 years old she has always wanted tor write, after visiting the 2017 Space Coast event she said it was time, Her next novel to write is Gloria's Coastal Sheriff

Kris Keppeler is a narrator, actor, writer, voice actor, and funny story junkie.   Visit her IMDB page for stage and screen credits, read her Does This Happen to You? series on Channillo for a giggle or listen to samples of the 31 audio books narrated on Audible.  She’s impersonated a cat, a prince, a princess, a witch, a madwoman, and a president with her voice.  She loves to narrate funny stories.  Tune into her podcast, Does This Happen to You? for short stories about the more bizarre ways to get through your day, http://kriskkaria.podbean.com/.

Tonight we are doing an open mic night. I do that from time to time. I will be playing some music from some of my favorite artists, disussing topics of the day and who knows what else will happen on OFF THE CHAIN.