Rebecca M. Douglass, Author

Following the suggestion of fellow blogger and amazing author Jemima Pett, I'm doing a very simple A to Z with characters from my writing and the books of my author friends! I'm just posting a brief profile, sometimes a quote, and the book cover with links. Though you may also see some of my typical reviews and the usual Friday Flash Fiction. D is for Dolores In a nutshell: Spunky and level-headed member of the Viridian System team, keen to better her situation. Biggest secret: Per the auth or : Her big secret is that she appears to be hankering after a baby even though she thinks she’s infertile.  Well, hankering after Pete’s baby, to be specific. ( Ms. Pett's comment o n this rev elation: "Is that a big secret?  It surprised me.") Favourite line: Lars, Pete, Maggie and Dolores are travelling in alien space and have encountered a spacecraft apparently crewed entirely by females.  "Why don't you guys make tea or something?” Dolores suggests, a...

The Perihelix , a new book by Jemima Pett, is launched this week! You buy it at Amazon , B&N , Apple , and Kobo and Smashwords . So, why should you buy The Perihelix ? The Perihelix by Jemima Pett Book 1 of the Viridian System Series Published by Princelings Publications Genre: science fiction/scifi-adventure/space opera (for grownups, although I wouldn't describe it as adult) Words/pages: 83,800 / 360 Formats: all ereaders and paperback Price: ebook currently on special offer at 99c (rrp $2.99): paperback rrp $10.99   The Blurb: Two asteroid miners, three women, one spacecraft, and five pieces of a legendary weapon scattered around the galaxy. Big Pete and the Swede are rich, or so they discover after bringing their latest haul of orichalcum in from the asteroid belt. So some well-deserved vacation awaits them. It starts out just fine, with one of the men winning the big flyer-race of the season, but they start to receive odd messages, and despite the attentions from t...