In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Stephen Watts (who writes under the pen name S.R. Watts) and actor and narrator Preston Geer discuss their audio book collaboration for Stephen’s new novel, The Celestial Flame. This is book one in the Divine Saga, a 5-part sweeping epic that combines both fantasy and science fiction and is filled with familial dynasties, political drama and intergalactic war. Stephen’s motivation for writing The Celestial Flame and the Divine Saga series was the desire to write something that might help people find some relief from anxiety, depression and trauma, much like his favorite fantasy books did for him when he was young—books such as Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings. And Preston Geer worked hard to bring The Celestial Flame to life. Performing the audio book narration for such a novel was not an easy task, but Stephen provided Preston with copious amounts of notes and pronunciation guides to ensure the narration is as a true a translation of the author’s vision as possible. In this episode, I’ll chat with Stephen and Preston about their writing and performing journeys, their individual takes on some of the main characters in The Celestial Flame, and Stephen’s plans for the rest of the series.
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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, authors M.M. Downing and S.J. Waugh discuss their new middle grade series, The Adventures of the Flash Gang. This series centers around an eleven-year-old boy named Lewis Carter who is orphaned and left to fend for himself during the Great Depression in 1930’s Pittsburgh. But Lewis, unlike other orphans, has some physical challenges that make it difficult for him to pull off the same stunts as the others. So, Lewis resorts to science to help him in his plight. He becomes so successful that people assume there is an entire gang at work. Pretty soon, Lewis becomes the most notorious food thief in all of Pittsburgh. By the way, he foils a Nazi plot as well. Episode One: Exploding Experiment and Episode Two: Treasonous Tycoon are available now. In this episode, I’ll chat with Melanie and Sandra about their writing journey, how their initial research for this book led them to decide on Pittsburgh as their setting, and why it was important for them to write this series for the middle grade audience.

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