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Secret Supers Excerpt for You, Text and Audiobook

Secret Supers Excerpt for You! Get your Secret Supers excerpt right in this post, below the book cover:

“Oh no,” Dan yelled.

“What’s the matter, Dan?” Jeremy asked.

“My parents’ house is on fire!”

“Did you get a text or something?” asked Darla.

“Uh, yeah.”

“Sorry to leave you in the lurch, Darla, but we’ve got to go and help,” said Aubrey.

“What can you do?”

“More than you think.”

“I’ve already called my car,” said Jeremy.

“Your car? You’re not old enough to drive,” asked Darla.

“I made a flying car. I can summon it here. See, there it is.”

Darla’s, the cheerleaders’, Rich’s, and the football players’ mouths dropped open as Jeremy’s car came flying down the street, as fast as any other car. Jeremy and Dan had modified it so it had a rumble seat in the back for Kayla and two running boards with grips and safety lines like a fire truck, for Dan and Aubrey to stand.

“That is SO COOL,” screamed Darla.

The Secret Supers climbed into the car. Jeremy transferred carefully from his wheelchair to the driver’s seat, not using his telekinesis.

“We’ll come back if we can. Watch my electric wheelchair,” said Jeremy as they zoomed off.

“Wow, Jeremy! You’re really going fast,” said Aubrey over the rushing wind.

“I told you I was getting stronger. I think we’ll have to modify this again for full seats for you and Dan.”

From Secret Supers

Secret Supers Excerpt – Second Part

“Hurry,” said Dan. “They’re trapped in the basement!”

“Okay, let me open her up.” The car sped up, and they began passing other cars on the road.

“Fifty-five, sixty miles an hour! That seems to be my limit, now. Hey, did someone call the fire department?”

“I did before we started,” said Dan. “Oh hurry!, The smoke is getting thick! They’re lying on the basement floor with wet clothes over their faces!”

A line of cars at a red light blocked them.

“Hold on! Kayla, shields up!”

Shields up, Captain Jeremy!

The car faded into invisibility.

“No one saw that,” said Dan, holding on for dear life as they soared over the cars and traffic lights. “Please hurry! My little sister is coughing on the smoke.”

“I guess we can dispense with the roads. My GPS says if we take a twenty-degree turn—”

“Look out for the high-tension wires,” screamed Aubrey.

Six high-voltage wires blocked their path, less than twenty feet away.

“Hold on,” yelled Jeremy.

The car dropped like an elevator with its cable cut. The Secret Supers ducked, and the wires passed where their heads had been a moment before. They could feel the hairs on their heads lift up from the intense voltage a foot away.

“Look out, a tree,” shouted Aubrey.

The car swerved around and over an oak tree blocking their path.

The Elanga’s house blazed ahead, a pillar of fire and smoke rooted in the disintegrating house.

Swooping down, Jeremy brought the car to a skidding halt in front of the house. A wall of heat burned their faces. Acrid smoke assailed their noses. In the distance, fire engine sirens blared.

Oh no! Dan, are we too late?

From Secret Supers

My Inspiration For Secret Supers Flying Car

I actually watched this TV show in the 1960s as a little kid. Imagine me sitting on my living room floor in the morning, watching my black and white set. Here’s what it looks like in color and the whole first episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIUax8IVe0

Let me know if you also watched this show and I’ll give you a free ebook of your choice!

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Squirrels, Jet Packs, Nanobots – and Free Fiction

Squirrels, Jet Packs, and Nanobots — oh my! What am I up to today? Laughter, amazing science, and a free Zombie Turkeys excerpt for you.

Squirrels come first.

Squirrels, Jet Packs
Malabar Squirrel from India

What do squirrels have to do with Zombie Turkeys? They both appear in my book. The zombie turkeys are on the first page, the zombie squirrels at the end. Here’s your free excerpt:

He felt great, full of energy. He ate a nut from his stores.

Then he went down his tree and out to breed with some females.

He saw a really good one with a sexy, bushy tail. As he

chased her toward her tree, a hawk swooped down and killed

him. The hawk never noticed the squirrel’s red eyes.

From Zombie Turkeys

But don’t feel badly for the poor zombie squirrel. I have another excerpt from the sequel, My Undead Mother-in-law, coming up later in the blog.

Squirrels, Jet Packs – Up Next

Let’s do jet packs first, since that’s alphabetical.

I’m posting interesting science stories and videos all the time to my Facebook page. Here’s another jet pack for you.

But I’m also a sucker for cute animals, like the following squirrel.

My Undead Mother-in-law has squirrels and jet packs–can you imagine? If you can connect the two together, I’ll give you a free copy. Just write me an email here.

Are you ready for another squirrel excerpt? This one comes from My Undead Mother-in-law.

“I wonder if the zombiism causes increased violence in

people? It certainly does for turkeys and squirrels. Did you

read the story about the zombie squirrel killing a hawk?”

“No! What happened?”

“The hawk nabbed the squirrel, as hawks normally do, but

in midair, the squirrel revived, ripped open the hawk’s belly,

bit off its leg, and fell a hundred feet to the ground, where it

scampered away unharmed. It was captured on drone video.

My Undead Mother-in-law

Finally, Nanobots

Nanobots! Beloved of science fiction writers everywhere. They can do about anything you can imagine. But what about real nanobots?

Guess what? I wrote nanobots into Paranormal Privateers. Here’s the first excerpt about them.

“They sent this saucer and picked me up. They made

some biological changes to my body through nanobots, so

I have perfect health and regeneration capabilities. Then

they spent months training me to speak and represent

them to the American people.”

From Paranormal Privateers

I’ll close for now with links to the three novels I mentioned if you’re interested. Two of the links give you free audiobook samples. But you can listen to all my books are on Audible or Amazon.

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What Does An Author Do Between Books?

What Does An Author Do Between Books? Have you ever wondered? Do book ideas just appear like packages in the mail?

I don’t know what other authors do, but I’ll let you know what I do.

What Does An Author Do Between Books? Getting Ideas

I have no lack of ideas: books devoted to my favorite characters, sequels to current books, whole new series based on alternate history. These ideas appear daily and my wife and children give me more. But ideas aren’t books.

First, I create a list of ideas. Then I think, “What do I want to write?” Then I think, “What do I need to write?” By that, I mean I must write sequels to a series that isn’t finished, like my Secret Supers series.

But I just did that. I wrote Secret Supers sequel Villain’s Vaction, and it’s at my editor. I’m also working with my illustrator to create an awesome cover.

So now I can do whatever I want. I surveyed my newsletter group (You can join here and get 4 free audiobooks) about my next project and they said this:

Between Books - what does Andy Zach do

The Tesla Trilogy came to me in a flash:

1: Tesla Time Travels

2: Tesla’s Travails

3: Tesla Triumphs

Of course, all titles are provisional and subject to change. That’s why they’re called “working titles”.

But this single idea in three volumes was completely new to me. I envisioned a steampunk, alternate history US where Tesla’s technology is used, for good and evil. It also dovetailed with an idea I had from a successful author (income in six figures!): write all three volumes of a trilogy every year and release them one month apart.

Between Books – Mapping the Territory

This might be a surprise to you. I research every one of my books and my research may be 33-50% of the size of the final book. The research makes me comfortable with the subjects and locations involved and generates plot and character ideas.

I’ve begun research on Tesla. I’ll also have to research Edison and General Electric, plus all the key locations in Tesla’s and Edison’s lives. I won’t use most of what I learn.

I’ve got the first image and the first link of my research for you.

Between Books

Nikola Tesla’s Time Travel Experience: ‘I Could See The Past, Present And Future All At The Same Time

Plotting the Path

I have my trilogy set–why can’t I just start writing? Some writers would begin now. But I’ve learned I write faster if I research first and then write. Having all my facts in my head gives me ideas and I don’t have to interrupt writing to look up how tall Tesla and Edison were. (Six feet two inches and five ten, respectively.)

Once I’ve read all I can find about Tesla and Edison, I’ll plot what will happen when Tesla travels in time and changes the past.

Does this blog post give you any ideas? Do you have any questions? Write a comment or contact me and I’ll give you an audiobook of your choice. Pick one of the following:

Andy Zach's Life After Life Chronices
Four books in my Life After Life Chronicles

If you click the image, you can read reviews of Zombie Turkeys. Click the following book titles to get their reviews and free excerpts from the voice actors: My Undead Mother-in-law, Paranormal Privateers, and Oops! Tales of the Zombie Turkey Apocalypse. The last book will be released on audio real soon now.

You may also pick Secret Supers, my disabled 7th grade superhero series.

Science or Science Fiction
Click to listen to free sample of Secret Supers.

Meanwhile, Back At the Ranch

I estimate I’ll need at least a year to write three books, probably more. But my business model requires that I publish one book every nine months. Writers must write and publish to make money. So what can I do?

I’ll keep writing sequels to Secret Supers. There are no end of adventure four seventh grade superheroes can have. I’ll write a sequel to Villain’s Vacation around November 2020 during National November Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Then I’ll publish it around May 2021. My next book won’t be due until February 2022. That’s when I’ll start publishing my Tesla Trilogy.

Now you know what this writer does between books.