All Things Books and Publishing

Sherry Rentschler is a multi-award-winning, multi-genre author, writing coach and speaker. Currently, she has authored one photography book (I Wish You Joy), three books of poetry (Paper Bones, By Light Betrayed, Poetry of the Vampires; The Book of Now) and Midnight Assassin – A Tale of Lust and Revenge, a dark urban fantasy novella. Her most recent release, The Book of Now, is a compelling book of nonfiction poetry, issues taken from current events. On the horizon, is a workbook for writers who need help building a daily writing routine (projected Aug 2016), a fictional memoir (Nov 2016) and the summer of 2017, a vampire series

A retired US Air Force non-combat veteran, Sherry Rentschler completed her bachelor and graduate degrees while serving her country. Her background includes bylines in newspapers and online journals, plus previous work as an assistant poetry editor for an online poetry journal, a freelance columnist, and photojournalist. Rentschler was a featured author in Southern Writers’ Magazine and in Focus on Women Magazine, as well as a featured guest speaker on numerous radio shows. Also, Rentschler is the Charlotte, NC regional Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month, promoting writing and literacy for all ages.

Brie Warder is an American actress, director and entertainer from Florida. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey, but was quickly moved to Florida shortly following her birth. She grew up and attended school in Live Oak, Florida. 

Her love for acting started at an early age, but did not take off until her freshman year of High School. She started in the entertainment industry as a radio DJ and merged into theater and independent films. She has acted in many High School and college projects and plays such as Hairspray and The Great Gatsby. 

She recently acted in TB Punk Films' Viral 2, by Kapplan Bryant.

She is currently pursuing a fine arts degree in film and theater through the University of Central Florida in Orlando. She has a passion for movies and plays as well as comical, fantasy, horror and Sci-Fi television shows, comic books and sports.

Brie is the host of a weekly hashtag game on Twitter called “Five O’Clock Fridays”, or #5OClockFridays: Fridays at 5:00 PM ET.

Brie looks forward to expanding her acting career with The Cosmic Vault.

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DIRECTOR 

DAVID HERINGER

Film: The Dybbuk

David Heringer is an American author and director. He was born on a US Air Force base in Germany, but mostly raised in Live Oak, Florida. He is a full-time Events Coordinator and Co-Owner of Infinity Convention LLC. a comic book convention based in Lake City, FL. David has been in the entertainment business most of his life, starting with the music industry and eventually making his way to film business with The Cosmic Vault and Infinity Convention.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cheapjack Pulp Magazine

Plank owner in the Illiterati Writer's Collective

Flash Fiction Editor Emeritus of Aphelion-The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Editor at Large of Aphelion-The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy

This is the pen name of author Ed Sullivan. The pen name is necessary so I don't get lost in a sea of search results which are not me when people are looking for my work.

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My name is CJ Plain, also known as The Music God. I am the host of 2 internet radio shows, The Mental Metal Trivia Show and 6 Ways 2 Sunday. Both are syndicated on a host of stations throughout the week.

The Mental Metal Trivia Show is a 3 hour rock, metal, and punk oriented show.  6 Ways 2 Sunday is a 2 hour show that specializes in Southern Rock, Country, Blues, Folk, Americana, and Bluegrass style tunes.

Nik Kerry, 22, was raised in Ohio and from a young age, he knew he was destined to be a writer. A lover of many things creepy, he wrote his first novel when was in sixth grade and almost promptly burnt it. since then, he has always been trying to improve his craft. He won the VSA young Playwright competition in 2013, the same year his debut novel "Nevermore" was published. His second book, "Leavett's Asylum for Special Children" is set to come out in 2017.

Romarin Demetri, author and creative force, is a story crafter who loves black coffee and traveling abroad. When her characters come home in some sort of trouble, Demetri swears she didn’t invent it. Pulling from her Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology, her debut series, The Supernatural London Underground, is a blend of fantasy ground in reality and a world readers can truly escape to. As an eccentric and reader, she still enjoys creating the alternate reality in her urban fantasy series (more than anything!), and her interactive world waits for you at RomarinDemetri.com.

Gabriel Burns’s debut novel, 99 Souls, was published by TouchPoint Press in December 2016. He has worked as a writer and editor at Georgia newspapers. His short stories can be found in online publications like Wordhaus and Burial Day. And he has been a featured reader and Chicago’s prestigious Tuesday Funk and The Creeping Shudder.

From Georgia State University he earned a B.S. in Journalism and from Southern Polytechnic State University an M.S. in Technical and Professional Communication. Although having lived in Bucharest, Prague, and Manchester, he currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

I was born in Port Huron, Michigan USA and moved to a suburb of Toronto, ON, Canada at age five.  My father was a technical writer and magazine editor while my mother was a high school teacher.  Always interested in creative writing, I participated in many contests in grammar school which led me to start writing my own short stories.  At age thirteen I began working on one, which kept developing and progressing until I had a hand-written manuscript for “Quest for the Red Sapphire” at age fifteen.  The project was shelved for many years through high school and then returning to the USA to attend Michigan State University.  I graduated with a degree in Communication and found that I had a gift and enthusiasm for speaking in public.  That led me to a career in furniture store management and sales. 

With my first PC I dusted off my old story and began to revise it.  Not a day had passed since I first created the story that I did not consider some aspect of its outline.  An entire series was planned and put in order to be written.   Backstories were formed and the series was ready to produce. 

After years of refinement of the stories, my mother came to me with a terminal illness and made me promise to publish the books.  So I did just that.

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. 

 

Ren's story isn't one that just came to Brittany; it's a story she lived. Most of what you read about in the adventure-filled series are experiences that are very real, that actually happened as it is entirely based on Brittany's life, and people she has met along the way. The series is one that's dwelled inside Brittany since she was a child, but couldn't be told until she finished living it for herself.

8-9 Musican and Songwriter Sarah McAdams:

We are currently crowdfunding for our upcoming album and for our impending tour in August, and we are asking for your support via financial backing and/or sharing the links! Here's a bit about why. 

Our lead singer, Sarah, while dealing with mental health issues therefore put off work and sent back to her home in Fredericton, New Brunswick turned to her best friends for support, including her brother-from-another-mother and duo-mate Greg. Greg had been living out west working hard to make a good life for himself and his daughter, back home in NB. One night Greg called Sarah saying that after two years he couldn't stand being away from his friends, his family, his local music scene and most importantly, his daughter, any longer. Music had always been a beautiful solace to them both and they had been playing in a duo together off and on for a decade, and so in their mutual need of "something to make it all worth it", Greg made the decision to move back east with the plan of starting a rock band together. (He actually booked his ticket that night!) 

Brian (lead guitar, cat aficionado) was an obvious choice to add to the group as he, Greg and Sarah had been friends longer than any of them could remember, and Brian is beyond good - his solos make people feel. Deep feels. (And he and Greg once played in a band together that featured Brians cat.) 

From 9-10 PM We will be joined by Author Dana Davis : 

Dana Davis is an award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction, with an entertainment background in stage and television. When she is not writing, she loves to read, hike, travel, and investigate purportedly haunted locations. Dana lives in Los Angeles with her husband, where she is currently writing another book.