FIREBORN

AT HOME IN FLAME

My name is Mary Andrews.  Welcome to my worlds. 

 

 

First, for those of you who are asking “why did she choose a blue template and call her site fireborn?”   Remember that the hottest part of a flame is blue.

 

 

I keep this page updated to report all "Me Sightings" as they occur.  I have added a table of contents to both the Gypsy Research page and the Writing page
Red asterisks (*) indicate newest posts. Menu is located above


 As always, I welcome your comments, praise, and suggestions on my contact page

 

I invite everyone to include their websites  and even short blurbs in my GUEST  BOOK  
so other like-minded people can visit you too
  

 

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On My Blog Page ( MACROCOSM ).  
http://www.freewebs.com/mary-andrews/macrocosm.htm

check out sporatic postings of  MY WRITING MEMOIRS, Interviews,  
and

My GUEST BLOGGERS

 

                               June 16, 2008......adventure travel & historical fiction author Linda Ballou

March 4, 2008........historical fiction author Joe Trent
July 21, 2007..............
fantasy author,  Sandy Lender 

               August 4 ...........Christian Science Fiction writer, Karina Fabian

                        August 6-10 ..... from UK, epic fantasy writer, Colin Harvey               

                       September 6...young adult and paranormal mystery writer, Lea Schiza

November 4 .............. multi genre author Darrell Bain

                         November 6...versatile Austrailian author and reviewer Magdalena Ball


 

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I now have a MySpace if anyone would like to drop by and join my friends

 http://www.myspace.com/fireborn_chronicles  

 

 

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  BUY The Fireborn Chronicles  at: 

 

http://www.swimmingkangaroo.com/index.php
http://www.amazon.com/Fireborn-Chronicles-Mary-Andrews/dp/1934041505/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books (Amazon.com)
 
 http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.aspz=y&EAN
=9781934041505&itm=1
 (Barnes&Noble.com)
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook54285.htm?cache (Fictionwise.com)
http://beta.bordersstores.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=1934041505#complete_contributors (Bordersstores.com)
              
 And during personal appearances which will be listed below as they are scheduled. 


All major stores like Barnes & Nobel and Waldenbooks can order the book with the ISBN number: ISBN: Paperback 978-1-934041-50-5 (it is a POD book distributed by Ingram )
           
                                              
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     Read sample chapter on MY BOOK page.

--as well as book reviews and updates

http://www.freewebs.com/mary-andrews/mybook.htm

 

 

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Book II of The Fireborn Chronicles
Tues Jan 1, 2008

Swimming Kangaroo Publishers has just contracted to publish Book II of The Fireborn Chronicles.  The book is slated to reach an editor by Sept 1, 2008.

  
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Me Sightings


I regularly attend Write Right Critique Group meetings in Lubbock TX every Tuesday.
For more info
:
http://www.freewebs.com/write-right-critique-group/
 


 

 

August 29-Sept 1 (friday-sunday) SCA event- Gothic War http://trelac.ansteorra.org/Gothic/ 


August 6  (wednesday) Interview on Allie's Musings http://www.allieboniface.blogspot.com/ 

 

July 3-5 (Thursday-Saturday) UFO Festival in Roswell NM.  Swimming Kangaroo will have a table in the main dealer's hall.  Publisher Dindy Robinson and Authors Mary Andrews, Lorriane Wills and Mari Atherton will be joining us.  Come on down and plan to have a time out of this world.  For more info on festival : http://www.roswellufofestival.com/ 


 

 

April 26-29 (Friday-Sunday) SCA eventChampions in Forrest Park Lamesa, Tx--same time & site as

Forrest Festival, an annual celebration of Poetry & Music & Arts www.forrestfest.com  


 

 

March 4 & 29 (Tuesday) The Political Pulse featured two of my article about the Texas Democratic conventions
I attended and wrote about both the district convention and then volunteered to be a delegate in the County Convention. 
Both articles were posted at Marquel White's Political Pulse website.

(Which I highly recommend.)  http://www.freewebs.com/politicalpulse  

(I've also reprinted them on my blog--MACROCOSM). 

Ever wondered what goes on at a Democratic caucus?

Well, check out   How I Spent My Texas Tuesday   and 

Lubbock County Democratic Convention--or what the heck happens at one of those things?


 

 

February 17th (Sunday) I am interviewed on Joyce Anthony's Books & Authors Blog

Check it and many other interesting author interviews at http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?from=20080217   Joyce's 20 question interviews are definitely fun.


 

 

February 15 (Friday)..MY PUBLISHER'S ONLINE BIRTHDAY PARTY!!
(check out hilights of the event at Lea Schiza's  
THE MUSE UNLEASHED newsletter http://www.freewebs.com/themuseunleashed/behindthescenes.htm )

Swimming Kangaroo Books is celebrating a birthday this month and you're invited! Don't miss this 24 hour long forum hosted event. In order to meet our publisher and authors and take part in the door prizes, you need to register for membership at: http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/BraggingRites/

All day long ask our guests questions based on their books, the genre they write in, read excerpts of their books. Tons of fun and prizes to be had. Also one lucky winner will win Swimming Kangaroo's birthday box containing books, plush and other goodies.


 

 

February 9th  from 2:30-5:00pm at Barnes & Nobles (   Slide Rd, Lubbock,TX) another fun filled autograph session.  This time, guitarist Susan Grisianti will perform as well.  Join us as we celebrate the arts amidst friends, music, and the aroma of fresh coffee.


January 4th 2008 from 6pm til ?  at The Tornado Gallery (1822 Buddy Holly Ave) from 6pm til? I will be signing books during their Friday Arts tour. Other artists & performers will also be featured (ie: Guitarist Susan Grisanti & Flamenco dancer, Alicia Laura).

 

 

December 15 from 2pm I will be autographing books at the Waldenbooks store in the Lubbock South Plains Mall.
 

 

December 6  from 6:30-8pm Alicia Laura hosts my Lubbock,Tx book release party at her dance studio (Park Towers suite 101--27th. & Ave Q).  Join us for cocoa,coffee, snacks, merriment and books to be signed--as long as they last.

 


October 18   I was a guest speaker
on Karina Fabian's FAB CHAT from 8-10pmhttp://karinafabian.tripod.com/id15.html 
(see my blog page  MACROCOSMS, to read
FabChat  transcript) 
is a weekly live chat for writers and readers of all interests and persuasions. 

 Join us to learn about books, the stories behind them, the lives of their authors and a little about the writing craft itself.

 

October 16 2007   The interview by Cheryl Malandrimo at The Book Connection

 http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2007/10/meet-author-mary-andrews.html

  

 


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"Tell me about your novel."

 

The first book of THE FIREBORN CHRONICLES should be released in both eBook and trade paperback .... 

 

 It is a science fiction story that takes place in a future where The Universal Government has offered a solution to most planets’ biggest problem: Criminal and nonproductive members of society.  Each planet remains free to determine for themselves what constitutes an unacceptable faction.  Then The Universal Government will remove them, and employ them on the Hive Planet.

 

Workers of the Hive are addicted to a wonderful and all-encompassing drug that can only be earned by working, thus converting each planet’s formerly unproductive and dangerous elements into a universal workforce that provides the ultimate interplanetary temp service across a truly universal web.

 

Since its creation, only one person has ever escaped the Hive Planet: A newborn, fully implanted with compu-link interface temple plates, but not yet introduced to the drug.  He now leads a Dark Ops unit for The Gov. on a mission to uncover a psionic ring of criminals who have inexplicably taken control of an important Government Ambassador. 

 

What they find will change the universe.

 

 

FYI: In high school I remember reading an epic poem The People, Yes by Carl Sandburg.  
It spoke of the resilience and power that resides within us.  This is my favorite passage:

    THIS OLD ANVIL HAS SEEN MANY BROKEN HAMMERS...
TIME IS A GREAT TEACHER...
THE FIREBORN ARE AT HOME IN FLAME...
WHO CAN LIVE WITHOUT HOPE...

 

--All of my characters are at home in flame, hence the title. 

 

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--excerpt from an interview by Ruth Pennebaker in 2007,

producer of the new STATE OF TOMORROW website ( http://www.stateoftomorrow.com/features/mary_andrews.htm ).

 

Ruth asked for this interview as a follow up to my appearance on the 6th episode 

(Diabetes and Obesity) of the PBS series STATE OF TOMORROW 

 

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Check out my articles in BRANCHES OF LIFE BLOGZINE, located at

 http://branchesoflife.blogspot.com/   

March’s subject was TEENS.

April features articles on DEALING WITH AN OLDER PARENT.

May discusses TIPS FOR TIME MANAGEMENT 

June is all about FANTASY (i wrote a poem!)

July covers LOSING WEIGHT AFTER 40 

 

 

 




Please come back often, and when you do, feel free to play with my newly adopted mascot, Sparks. 


 He has a toy and food in the 'more' box below. 

You can feed him (by pulling out the can of cat food and double clicking on it)
Pet him and he will jump out of the basket to play with you.  

When you double click on the basket he will jump back into it.


(He excels in swat-ball and dreams of someday competing in the Olympics.)