For The Agents of the Nevermind Series publicity:
Bio:
Tantra Bensko, with an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, teaches fiction writing with UCLA Extension Writing Program, Writers College, Writers.com, and her Online Writing Academy. A couple hundred of her stories appear in magazines and anthologies and various publishers have put out her books, including ISMs Press and ELJ Publications. She lives in Berkeley.
Long Bio:
Tantra Bensko, with an MA from Florida State and an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, teaches fiction writing with UCLA Extension Writing Program, Writers College, Writers.com, and her Online Writing Academy. A couple hundred of her stories and nearly a hundred of her poems appear in magazines and anthologies, such as Unlikely Stories, Strange Little Girls, NonBinary Review. She has also written many book reviews and literary theory.
She won many honors such as the Iowa Journal of Literary Studies and the Academy of American Poets Awards. Various publishers have put out her books, including ISMs Press and ELJ Publications. She has also published many authors in book and magazine format.
Her art and photography have been widely published and displayed Internationally and she has held a variety of positions in the artistic field, including being Art Director of Mad Hatters Review. She is passionate about exploring the history of mass social engineering and blogs about it. Her book series is related to that concept. She lives in Berkeley where she has read at numerous venues.
Short Bio:
Tantra Bensko, fiction writing Instructor with UCLA Extension Writing Program.
Bio:
Tantra Bensko, with an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, teaches fiction writing with UCLA Extension Writing Program, Writers College, Writers.com, and her Online Writing Academy. A couple hundred of her stories appear in magazines and anthologies and various publishers have put out her books, including ISMs Press and ELJ Publications. She lives in Berkeley.
Long Bio:
Tantra Bensko, with an MA from Florida State and an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, teaches fiction writing with UCLA Extension Writing Program, Writers College, Writers.com, and her Online Writing Academy. A couple hundred of her stories and nearly a hundred of her poems appear in magazines and anthologies, such as Unlikely Stories, Strange Little Girls, NonBinary Review. She has also written many book reviews and literary theory.
She won many honors such as the Iowa Journal of Literary Studies and the Academy of American Poets Awards. Various publishers have put out her books, including ISMs Press and ELJ Publications. She has also published many authors in book and magazine format.
Her art and photography have been widely published and displayed Internationally and she has held a variety of positions in the artistic field, including being Art Director of Mad Hatters Review. She is passionate about exploring the history of mass social engineering and blogs about it. Her book series is related to that concept. She lives in Berkeley where she has read at numerous venues.
Short Bio:
Tantra Bensko, fiction writing Instructor with UCLA Extension Writing Program.
Blurb for Glossolalia from Richard Thomas. The novella, book I in the series, will be published July 10, 2016. ARCs are now available for Glossolalia and for Remember to Recycle, which is book II.
The predominant theme throughout the series is the heroism possible when recognizing the psychological manipulation inherent in society such as we see in propaganda on the news, counterintelligence hoaxes, infiltration and disruption of groups, blackmailing of officials and creation of trends for an agenda.
Topics for guest posts include history, social issues and science addressed in the books, psychological suspense, the craft of writing fiction, insights from a writing instructor, recommendations for recognizing social engineering. Blog is The Engineering of Society.
The predominant theme throughout the series is the heroism possible when recognizing the psychological manipulation inherent in society such as we see in propaganda on the news, counterintelligence hoaxes, infiltration and disruption of groups, blackmailing of officials and creation of trends for an agenda.
Topics for guest posts include history, social issues and science addressed in the books, psychological suspense, the craft of writing fiction, insights from a writing instructor, recommendations for recognizing social engineering. Blog is The Engineering of Society.
YouTube Channel Agents of the Nevermind
Sample interview questions:
Sample interview questions:
- What do the Agents represent?
- Why do you write Psychological Suspense?
- What exactly is Psychological Suspense?
- Have you written in other genres?
- What social issues do your books address?
- Tells us more about the collusion of church and state as explored in your books.
- What is social engineering?
- Is the elite corruption in Remember to Recycle related to the real world situation?
- Is the evangelical corruption in Glossolalia realistic?
- What authors are you most often compared to?
- What movies inspire you?
- How can we avoid being victims of social engineering?
- Tell us more about the real-world background to the Agents.
- What is Gothic Fiction and how does it relate to Supernatural Suspense?
- Have you had any personal experiences that inspired any of the book material?
- You're a teacher and editor. Tell us how we can take advantage of your services.
- As I understand it, in at least one of the books in the series, there is a US led coup in another country. Can you tell us the historical background you're referencing?
- Without giving too much away, what sorts of Psy-Ops are the Agents involved in? What real-world examples are they referencing?
- Without spoilers, can you tell us what kinds of Black Ops are the Agents carrying out, and what made you choose Black-Ops and their funding for a major topic of the books?
- Do you think readers are ready for a strong female protagonist in a spy story that questions US policy and brings attention to the behind the scenes governmental corruption people in the US depend on to make their lives go smoothly day by day?
- Some of the books involve the occult. Can you go into that topic?
- A major subject of your work such as in Paranoia Magazine and your blog, The Engineering of Society, is the way mass beliefs occur due to disinformation and propaganda campaigns as well as elaborate theater and media being told what to say for social engineering. I'd be curious to hear more.
- What is this ancient spy code you speak of?
- In some of The Agents of the Nevermind, you include auras, telepathy, egregores, alchemy, magick, and other such esoteric practices. How are we supposed to take those?
- Who is your ideal reader?
- The motto of your series is - We can be heroes by recognizing, resisting, and exposing social engineering. Can you speak to that?
Alternate categories for Glossolalia:
Conspiracy Fiction, Suspense Thriller, Crime, Political Thriller, Occult Thriller
Alternate category for Remember to Recycle:
Crime
Art on the cover is by Annnmei
Conspiracy Fiction, Suspense Thriller, Crime, Political Thriller, Occult Thriller
Alternate category for Remember to Recycle:
Crime
Art on the cover is by Annnmei
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