Please tell us about your book
Voices for All is a middle-grade
novel about a 12-year-old girl named Stacey who discovers the secret to
communicating with animals. It’s a fast-paced, action-adventure story with
humor, mystery, and touches of magic. It begins with Stacey visiting a zoo, and
everywhere she goes the animals erupt into pandemonium. They recognize a
pendant she is wearing as being the symbol of ZoaBrio, a legendary world where
animals and humans lived together as equals. The animals think she is their
savior. Stacey has no idea what the pendant means, nor how she got it.
Without
spoiling the plot, Stacey soon learns to communicate with animals using a form
of telepathy. This alarms a secret clan of cats and dogs that have sworn to
keep that skill hidden from humans. Without human-to-animal communication, cats
and dogs believe they will remain humans’ favorite companions. They are
determined to keep Stacey’s discovery a secret, and Stacey must overthrow them
before they silence her forever.
Stacey
is joined by a boisterous gorilla who thinks he’s the funniest animal ever, a
serious ocelot who rants about animal rights, and Stacey’s friend Alex, a boy
who’s not fond of animals yet braves the ensuing chaos to help his friend.
Between
the laughs and outlandish plot, this story is about friendship, understanding,
freedom, and equality — no matter what your species.
Who illustrated the cover?
Leesha
Hannigan. I’m a huge fan of her artwork, so I was delighted when she agreed to
do the cover. I think she captured the three main characters perfectly. She
also found a great balance between the story’s realistic setting, its funny
characters, and its magical elements.
What inspired you to write this story?
I
love animals and I’ve always wondered what it would be like to talk with them.
I like to imagine animals as having their own silent language, much like mental
telepathy. If you watch animals in the wild, you’ll notice they can coordinate
without making much noise, so this kind of makes sense. I wondered, what if
animals talk to each other but we humans are the only ones who can’t hear them?
What if a girl discovered how to do that? What if that skill had been hidden
from us humans for thousands of years by some sort of conspiracy? The story
evolved from there.
I also had help and
inspiration from my two kids. I originally started writing this merely to
entertain them, but it quickly grew into something more. They provided plot
ideas, and they requested (in some cases insisted) that I add certain things,
which expanded the story as we went. When we started, none of us knew how the
story was going to end. I would write a chapter, read it aloud to them, and
they’d come up with ways to make it better. Writing with them was tremendously
fun.
When will the book be released, and how can people
learn more about it?
The
e-book will be released on Amazon November 15th. Print paperbacks will be
available soon after that. If anyone would like to start reading it now, I’ll
happily send the first 9 chapters for free. That’s essentially the first
quarter of the entire book. Anyone interested can visit my website at www.scottvincentfiction.com and enter an email
address to tell me where to send the digital sample.
Please tell us about yourself
This
is my first novel, so I guess that makes me a soon-to-be debut author. When I
was young, my parents had a lot of animals, and I even worked at a zoo one
summer when I was a kid. I enjoy reading fast-paced, speculative fiction that
makes me laugh. This book is my attempt to put all that into a fun story about
animals yearning to be free. I currently live in Southern California with my
wife, daughter, and son.
Title: Voices for AllSub-title: The Legend of ZoaBrioPublisher: Venzi Productions
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Length: 288 pages
Cover Illustrator: Leesha Hannigan
Blurb Description:
12-year-old Stacey discovers the secret to communicating with animals. Animals rejoice, thinking she is their long-awaited savior who can return them to a world where animals and humans once lived as equals. But not everyone loves a savior. A small clan of cats has kept this secret hidden from humans for generations, ensuring that dogs and cats remain humans' favorite companions. They are determined to destroy Stacey and keep her discovery a secret. Stacey must find and overthrow them before they silence her forever.
Voices for All is an adventure
comedy about friendship, freedom and equality, no matter what your
species. Join Stacey, her friend Alex, a wise-cracking gorilla, and a
cast of animals yearning to be free as they fight for a world where
animals are not as voiceless as we once thought.
About the Author:
Scott Vincent is a debut author who loves animals and likes to imagine what they are thinking. He grew up surrounded by a menagerie of different species, and worked as a zoo volunteer. Scott currently lives in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and son.
He can be followed online at www.scottvincentfiction.com and on Twitter via @ScottVincent65
Scott Vincent is a debut author who loves animals and likes to imagine what they are thinking. He grew up surrounded by a menagerie of different species, and worked as a zoo volunteer. Scott currently lives in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and son.
He can be followed online at www.scottvincentfiction.com and on Twitter via @ScottVincent65
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