Title: Open Season
Series: The Caeteran Tales #1
Author: Susan Stradiotto
Publisher: Stradiotto LLC
Release Date: July 19, 2018
Pairing: Male/Female, Female/Female
Length: 27,000
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Synopsis
Elle Jones coveted an executive position.
Running from her past, Elle developed a strong drive. Her mantra: Executive by thirty! She landed the job and celebrated her long-awaited success. That was…until she left the office late one night. When she stepped from the elevator, her life changed. Three cloaked figures waited…
Andreas Javine had Elle in his sights.
Terrináe’s Congress only allotted thirty-six slots for new entrants. When Javine missed his opportunity to nominate Elle, he resorted to alternate methods.
Yster yearned for her first entrant.
Thirty-six mentors had been selected, and Yster missed selection by one. For another Entrant Season, she would be relegated to serving the mentors who were gifted an entrant. That is…until her benefactor approached her with an unusual offer. She would have to pull double-duty, but…at long last… She had the opportunity!
The start to an Epic Fantasy Series that will take the reader between Earth and Caetera.
Do you have any advice for all the aspiring writers out there?
Be persistent and learn to seek out critical feedback and how to evaluate it well. Don’t give up when you get hurtful advice. Not everyone will like your work, and that’s okay. Follow the technical rules but stay true to your vision.
If you could travel forward or backward in time, where would you go and why?
So hard to narrow down the possibilities here. I’d absolutely go back in time, and probably to the Renaissance in Italy when so much art was being developed. I’d love to be a part of the creation of so many works that shape us as a culture today.
We’ve all got a little voyeurism in us right? If you could be a fly on the wall during an intimate encounter between two characters, not your own, who would they be?
Joscelin Verreuil and Phèdre nó Delaunay de Montrève from the Kushiel’s Legacy Series.
If I were snooping around your kitchen and looked in your refrigerator right now, what would I find?
Milk, eggs, and condiments. I need to go shopping.
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?
Telepathy. Guess that’s part of the why in my books.
If you could trade places with one of your characters, who would it be and why?
Elle. She had an amazing career, and when it ends abruptly, she’s thrown into a world of intrigue and with so much to discover.
If you could sequester yourself for a week somewhere and just focus on your writing, where would you go and what would the environment be like?
I’d go to a villa along the Amalfi Coast in Italy, then maybe spend a bit of time in Florence before returning. The creative energy just seeps from the Earth there.
What’s the one thing, you can’t live without?
Water. 😊 Must be literal on this question, because there’s so many other things. If you consider my family “one thing,” that would be my figurative answer.
What internet site do you surf to the most?
Amazon or Facebook.
If you had your own talk show, who would your first three author guests be and why?
- Jacqueline Carey: I love everything this woman writes, even down to her blog posts.
- R. Ward: Because she has an edge that I simply drool over!
- Rick Riordan: Odd, I know, but I desperately want to understand how his mind works and draws in so many young people and forcibly makes them readers.
When you got your very first manuscript acceptance letter, what was your initial reaction and who was the first person you told?
Ha! I’m an indie publisher. Maybe one day.
Javine puzzled over why she turned away just as their eyes met. But when she approached Alan, her reasons seemed logical. She was pristine, poised in her golf skirt and collared shirt. He went to the bar, leaned onto his elbows, ordered a Macallan single-malt—neat, and waited. He’d be patient, they’d come his way soon. And they did.
Javine forced himself to not blink against the irritating contacts that bothered his vision. The light surrounding Elle was still there, but muted. It annoyed him to have the acuity blurred, but the obfuscation was necessary. From the time he’d watched her over the years, Javine knew the colors of her glow—the marker that predicted Flare.
Andre Jordan, I’d like you to meet the new V.P. of Corporate Communication, Elle Jones,” Alan introduced, making the predictable motions from one to the other.
Javine stood straight, scotch in one hand. Though his contacts and glasses obscured her glow, he’d seen the highlights before. Lavender streaks weren’t a foolproof indicator, but he’d come prepared just in case. He offered her a gloved hand. If her Flare turned out to be touch activated, he didn’t want to inadvertently give things away.
Coming from the range, Mr. Jordan?” Elle asked.
He raised his brows with a single nod to affirm, then said, “Elle, I understand that you come to Travelers from Jewel Systems?”
It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Jordan.”
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My life in Prior Lake, Minnesota revolves around my husband, three children, and two dogs—a border collie named Chipper and a Bernese Mountain Dog named Delaunay. If you check out my Facebook page (fb.me/susanstradiottoauthor), you’ll definitely see the BMD smiling back at you. I’ve been a Technology Project Manager for more years than I’d like to admit, but stories are my passion. I have always been a voracious reader, lover of worlds, and a “werd nerd.” My infatuation with well-developed characters sometimes rivals my relationships with real people. I spend my free time writing, networking with other writers, and occasionally camping “up-north.” If you’re from Minnesota, you’ll get the reference along with “hot dish” and “grey-duck.” If you’re not from Minnesota, you probably don’t want to ask. Note that I’m originally a Texan, and that just never leaves you!
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