Club Fantasci

Welcome to Club Fantasci, the book club taking the stigma out of speculative fiction. We want to expose you to the full gamut of the speculative fiction genre, including science fiction, hard SF, militaristic SF, high/epic fantasy, dark fantasy, dystopian, cyberpunk, steampunk, space opera, paranormal, urban fantasy, SFF romance and erotica, and everything in between.

We want to educate readers on good writing in speculative fiction, entertain with witty banter, and above all have a fantastic time. Fiction need not be literary to be well-written, and good writing need not be boring or mundane! We promise you we’ll do our best to bring you a good book every month, and if not, we’ll tell you why it’s not! For a bit of light fun, we’ll also be featuring a wine of the month and picking a song that best fits the book. So bring your book, keep that wineglass topped up, and don’t forget your i-pod!

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Most of what happens with “Club Fantasci” will be on Good Reads so please join us there! http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/73444-club-fantasci

David Lowry

David Lowry was first attracted to the guitar at the young age of twelve. By the age of fifteen he had surpassed many teenagers’ wildest dreams as he performed regularly in bars as a part of various cover bands emulating rock icons such as Winger, Slaughter, Firehouse, Bone Angels, XYZ and Johnny Lang. During the early years of his career David also held the position of “guitar tech” for Shrapnel recording artist Todd Duane, David’s primary guitar instructor, as well as R&B Billboard chart toppers Mint Condition. Deftly skilled in all areas of music, from the technical to the creative, David has also worked with some of the Minneapolis Jazz legends on charting projects for the local jazz scene while developing a personal teaching curriculum for guitar theory. A graduate of Musicians Technical Training Institute in Minneapolis, MN in 1996, David has expanded his reach in the music industry to record music for HeadGames Publishing, now Activision Value on their best selling series of games for PC with Matt Fink (Dr. Fink) formerly of Prince and the Revolution.

David joined Difference United in 2006 and launched his new creative outlet immediately launched a tour through the Eastern European country of Romania. Since then the band has toured the United States, China and India.

In response to an overwhelming number of Nashville-based musicians seeking his management, in 2008 David founded The Lowry Agency. The Lowry Agency is a full service artist management/development and promotions agency. David and his dedicated, passionate team, work with musicians, actors, speakers, authors, voice over artists, entertainment companies, music coordination/supervision for film and TV. They strive to help their clients identify and fulfill their clients’ entertainment and business goals. The Lowry Agency’s talent roster has included such stars as Damon Johnson, Brother Cane, Juno Award winning songwriter & Candian Idol host Sass Jordan, TV personality Todd Newton, and up and coming rocker Goldy Locks.

In 2010 David launched the popular blog talk radio show “Live From Music City.” The show won the “Shorty” award for best radio show on twitter in its very first year of operation. The show focuses on how to make it in the music business with both music business professionals and successful artists who share their music business experience. David has interviewed guests such as The Oak Ridge Boys, King’s X, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Guess Who, Richie Kotzen, Tommy Emannuael, CJ Snare, Jesse James Dupree, Andy Timmons, Sass Jordan, Foghat, Warrant, Damon Johnson, Gunnar Nelson, Little River Band, Rik Emmett, Neil Zazza and Ambrosia

More information about The Lowry Agency and David Lowry can be found on www.thelowryagency.com.

Ciara Ballintyne

Ciara is a writer of high fantasy. A fantasy lover from her early years, this loyal, passionate, quirky, strong-willed, confident woman is bent on world domination and already has a couple of minions in the making. Born argumentative and recognising the long road to make money out of writing, Ciara wisely invested her natural inclinations in a career in law. Her favourite authors include Terry Goodkind, Terry Pratchett, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan and Brent Weeks. She is the official dragon expert of #stabbylove.

More information about Ciara Ballintyne can be found on www.ciaraballintyne.com

Dionne Lister

Dionne is an author and editor from Sydney who loves reading (obviously) and playing sport. She co-hosts a humorous podcast called Tweep Nation where she interviews authors and discusses all things Twitter. She loves writing and sharing her stories, but she wishes they wouldn’t keep her awake at night.

More information about Dionne Lister can be found here: www.dionnelisterwriter.wordpress.com

Shannon Million

Shannon Million was conceived on a summer night in Munich, Germany.  Her destiny was imbued with an American spirit drenched in European culture.  This raven-haired doll inherited her Texas mother’s beauty, her Boston father’s athleticism and the fierce-passion of both.  A typical Piscean herself, Shannon is dramatically creative, exceptionally compassionate, intuitive and sympathetic – traits she expresses through her dual roles as a dance performer and all around funny gal.  Shannon spent the majority of her childhood years living in Texas and summering in Massachusetts.  An avid athlete and student of dance, literature, comedy and communications, Shannon studied at various universities including an eventual stint as a writer at Oxford University in England.  During her studies, Shannon followed in her parent’s footsteps and ventured across Europe to Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Brussels, Wales and France making friends everywhere she went.  While singing in the streets of Dublin, absorbing the culture of Florence, and dancing in the streets of Paris, Shannon began to create the vision that would become her future as a writer, dancer, designer, model and lover of life.

Love brought Shannon Million to Nashville and to the PinUp and modeling world… love for music, love for people, love for dance, love for beauty in all its forms.  But her unique ability to portray and showcase the beautiful purity of the PinUp culture made her stand out from the crowd.  Shannon’s passion shows in everything she does.  She is a lover of people, a strong-minded energetic force of femininity, and a helpless flirt.  Shannon is the Nashville correspondent for Pin Up America Magazine and her new website will launch soon:  www.ShannonMillion.com