Episode #78: Technology & Truth & a Paranormal Thriller with Ashley Fontainne & Andrea Emmes

Books and Brews: the place where beer and literature meet! Ashley Fontainne is an author and co-author of more than 30 novels, known for her intricate plots and writing in genres from dark comedy to mystery/thrillers to suspenseful paranormal. Andrea Emmes, a singer, performer and one-time magician's assistant who has narrated many of Ashley's books, steps into writing for the first time with their co-authored paranormal and psychological thriller, ETERNAL BEAUTY. We talked about masks (psychological, not covid), childhood trauma, plastic surgery…and Aquanet wiggling into tight pants in the 80! (And more!)  00:00 START 06:26 Drink 1: The Exorcist 09:35 Reading 1: Bridget 16:17 Technology & Truth: how much of what we see isn't real?  23:45 Ashley's most meaningful book  25:51 Drink 2: Witch's Brew 30:30 Reading 2: Claire 37:29 Abused children, trauma & the brain  39:03 Claire & plastic surgery  44:25 Drink 3: The Bulge in My Pants 46:58 Reading 3: Barbara 52:35 Why the story is set in the near future 55:14 Women & other women; women & men & love & sex    Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS with Ashley and Andrea Www.booksandbrews.net www.lauravosika.com www.gabrielshornpress.com www.glenmirrilfarms.wordpress.com Www.ashleyfontainne.net Www.andreaemmes.com   GET THE BOOK: https://bit.ly/42AqEF3 AUDIO: https://www.audible.com/pd/Eternal-Beauty-Audiobook/B0FV4W68M5 ~ ~ ~ If you enjoy our interviews or have benefitted from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We've been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do. A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode. Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN  Books and Brews products: https://www.zazzle.com/store/books_an… (more to come) Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us [email protected] COMING NEXT MONTH:  Jake Needham, counter-terrorism and action thrillers UPCOMING EVENTS: Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: CHILDREN See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk Our theme music is from www.bensound.com. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to get notifications of all our new videos. We have now interviewed more than 115 authors! Would you like to be featured? Leave a comment. https://www.youtube.com/@booksandbrews