Ramblings of an Australian Writer

Super for You, Bad for Me
Asta Idonea
Dreamspinner Press
14 August 2018
60k/200 pages
MM/Fantasy/Superheroes



Struggling actor Oswell Outterridge thinks he’s hit the jackpot when he’s chosen to play a scene opposite his idol, Kane Teague, in a superhero movie. However, things take an unexpected turn when the slime he accidentally ingests gives him telekinetic powers. Then Kane asks him out, against all expectation, and it seems that life couldn't get any better—aside from the little matter of keeping his identity secret from his celebrity boyfriend. Oswell goes from a nobody with little social life and few prospects for the future to dating the man of his dreams and using his superhuman abilities to defend innocents. Everything is perfect, and it seems he’s finally achieved a happily ever after worthy of the silver screen. But when a supervillain arrives, determined to defeat Oswell and win Kane's affections, everything falls apart. In the ensuing conflict, Kane gets caught in the crossfire, and Oswell faces his toughest fight yet. Can he remain the hero he’s always imagined himself, or will a dark desire for vengeance change him forever?

SoundCloud Excerpt: https://soundcloud.com/nickijmarkus/super-for-you-bad-for-me-by-asta-idonea-excerpt
YouTube Excerpt: https://youtu.be/RmbDY_g0kNc

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Author Bio & Links
Asta Idonea (aka Nicki J. Markus) was born in England but now lives in Adelaide, South Australia. She has loved both reading and writing from a young age and is also a keen linguist, having studied several foreign languages.

Asta launched her writing career in 2011 and divides her efforts not only between MM and mainstream works but also between traditional and indie publishing. Her works span the genres, from paranormal to historical and from contemporary to fantasy. It just depends what story and which characters spring into her mind!

As a day job, Asta works as a freelance editor and proofreader, and in her spare time she enjoys music, theatre, cinema, photography, and sketching. She also loves history, folklore and mythology, pen-palling, and travel, all of which have provided plenty of inspiration for her writing.

Blog: http://www.nickijmarkus.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NickiJMarkus
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickiJMarkus
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aleera21
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickijmarkus/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4567057.Nicki_J_Markus
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Asta-Idonea/e/B00RMGGVYO

I'm very happy to be at Raine Delight's place today, Raine interviewed me and I talk about all sorts of things, from dream casting of angels to how I write to music. So do drop in and say hi!

I'm also very happy to announce that I signed the contract for Long Road Back, my novella-length short story for the Dreamspinner Press Christmas theme anthology / Advent calender. That will be out in December. Yay!

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I'm at Audacious Authors today, talking about how to promote your books. I am indebted to xakara, meredith_shayne and RJ Astruc for answering some questions and allowing me to quote them and to AWW for the quote from Matthew Reilly in the body of the article on AA.

So please do stop by and have a chat and maybe get a few ideas on promotions!

A link would help, wouldn't it? :) It's over this way.

To celebrate the Amazon Kindle release of Life and Nothing But, I'm having a wee party here. More of a shindig than a party, actually. Maybe a hootenanny. A Blue Light Disco for you Aussies who remember those ;).

So do drop in and say hi, chat, eat the virtual nibbles and lets talk books, Kindles, E-Readers, and my novella on Amazon! Which is *drum roll* here:

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Join me and the other wonderful Dreamspinner Press authors who have stories in the First Time For Everything anthology at an all-weekend chat at Literary Nymphs. So please do come and join in this weekend for a great series of chats!