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Member Since: May 15, 2013

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Alex Ames

Biography

Alex Ames always dreamed to -- but never dared to -- become a famous jewel thief or computer hacker or super spy. After some consideration the only morally feasible option was to become a writer.

Smashwords Interview

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
Carly Simon, the great singer songwriter of the Seventies, had the line in one of her songs: "People who have no hills write songs about the plains." I grew up in 100% whitebread suburbs and the first foreign person I ever met was probably an Egyptian immigrant who had spent 16 of his 18 years already in my hometown. Nothing ever happened there, no murders, no catastrophes, no violence, no bullying...
That probably developed my liking for adventure stories with shoot outs, car chases, abandoned ghost ships and plane crashes in the desert.
Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
I am born with a "story-gene". The first story I wrote when I was about six years old and it was called "Alexander and Armin in Africa" -- my parents still have it stored somewhere. Something to do with my little brother and myself on the River Nile and crocodiles.
But seriously: the first real story I wrote was a book called "Stories end" - describing the last night of a group of friends together as they make their way through bars and parties. I never published it but it taught me three important points about writing:
1) There is a story in me that needs to get out
2) Endurance! One page after another from the beginning to the end
3) Writing is not only creativity. It is creativity, handywork and marketing.
Especially point three: my first story was born out of creativity, but it was missing handywork and marketing. Something I developed in stories 2, 3, 4, 5... - hopefully.
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Where to find Alex Ames online

Website: http://www.alexames.net
Twitter: @alexameswriting
Facebook: Facebook profile
Wattpad: alexames
Blog: http://www.alexames.net/blog

Where to buy in print

https://www.amazon.com/Alex-Ames/e/B00D5DNPME

Series

Troubleshooter by
Meet Paul Trouble, the one-handed, ex-US Marine, ex-CIA spy, now an accountant and all around troubleshooter for his boss at Strom Industries. Don't expect bullets on Powerpoint slides whenever Paul takes a case.
Troubleshooter
Price: $3.99 USD.
Troublemaker
Price: $3.99 USD.
Troubleseeker
Price: $3.99 USD.
Pieces of Trouble
Price: $1.99 USD.
Share of Trouble (Five Troubleshooter Novellas)
Price: $2.99 USD.
COVID Trouble (A Troubleshooter Novel Inspired by Current Events)
Price: $3.99 USD.
Teen Monster Hunters by
The Supernatural Investigation Agency SIA has three recruits. Sassy Sally, genius Ryan, and monosyllabic Moe are the last word whenever a mystery into the unknown lurks in dark corners. For lovers of X-Files, Stranger Things, IT, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Teen Monster Hunters
Price: $2.99 USD.
Teen Vampire Hunters
Price: $2.99 USD.
Brilliant - Calendar Moonstone Mysteries by
Meet Calendar Moonstone, acclaimed jewellery creator, cynical romantic and compulsive part-time cat burglar. With the tendency to get into serious trouble, crime-wise and love-wise. "Stephanie Plum meets To-Catch-A-Thief"
A Brilliant Plan
Price: $3.99 USD.
Brilliant Actors
Price: $2.99 USD.
Belisla Piraten by
Die Abenteuer des jungen Johannes Gordon, der plötzlich aus seiner modernen Welt von Schule, Computerspielen und Handy in die verborgene Karibikpiratenwelt Belislas gerät und dort mit seinen Freunden aufregende Abenteuer erlebt. Für alle, die Harry Potter, Emil und die Detektive und Piraten der Karibik lieben!
Piratenjunge — Teil 1 der Belisla-Piratentrilogie
Price: $3.99 USD.
Piratenkapitän - Teil 2 der Belisla-Piratentrilogie
Price: $3.99 USD.

Books

The Transport by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 129,500. Language: English. Published: January 1, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
It’s all true. The USA found a crashed alien spaceship in the 1950ies and hid it from the world. And failed to solve its secrets.
 Today’s the day, a different attempt to investigate. The US Army transports the ship behemoth to its new lab in the New Mexico desert.

 Today’s the day for the aliens, too, waiting to recapture their ship. By all means necessary!
COVID Trouble (A Troubleshooter Novel Inspired by Current Events) by
Series: Troubleshooter. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 80,080. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Paris after 2020's COVID-19 first lockdown. Someone is infecting supermarket customers with the virus intentionally. A madman? A terrorist group? Or anti-Corona activists? Marine-turned-corporate-troubleshooter Paul Trouble teams up with the formidable but danger-seeking Leah Steel of Interpol. Soon, they'll find out it's not only the virus that's killing off people!
Share of Trouble (Five Troubleshooter Novellas) by
Series: Troubleshooter. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 63,010. Language: English. Published: April 14, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Enjoy five novellas from the Troubleshooter universe. Paul Trouble, the Troubleshooter. Former US Marines Special Forces, ex-CIA MI6 liaison, now turned into corporate troubleshooter for the international conglomerate Strom Industries. *Trouble Next Door: Sometimes it doesn't need corporate greed or an international mystery to bring trouble to Paul's doorstep. A domestic neighborhood issue is a
Teen Monster Hunters by
Series: Teen Monster Hunters, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 52,840. Language: English. Published: November 27, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
X-Files meets Buffy meets Stranger Things meets Men in Black When Hawthorne High's janitor is mysteriously attacked in the basement, school misfit Sally Storm is not convinced with the official explanation and starts to investigate. With the help of her newly-found odd friends, school-genius Ryan and gentle but strong Moe, Sally sets out to face whatever is in the basement.
Teen Vampire Hunters by
Series: Teen Monster Hunters, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 55,600. Language: English. Published: November 24, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Mystery & Detective
The Teen Monster Hunters are back! Sally Storm is intrigued when her cheerleading nemesis Tiffany offers a case to the Monster Hunters. Amysterious mountain retreat of a late eccentric millionaire, an open coffin in the cellar and a dead dog with tale-telling bite marks! A vampire? Sally, Ryan, and Moe will need all their supernatural investigation expertise to bring light into the dark!
Pieces of Trouble by
Series: Troubleshooter, Book 4. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 49,160. Language: English. Published: January 3, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Paul Trouble, former elite soldier and retired spy master, is Strom Industries’ troubleshooter and fixer for dodgy situations, still recoving from the aftershocks of losing his left hand. He is the accountant you want to have by your side when bullets and knives replace Excel spreadsheets and paper staplers. This volume collects four short stories from Paul's present and past adventures.
Troubleseeker by
Series: Troubleshooter, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 79,780. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Former US Marine and ex-Spy Paul Trouble is in for a nightly surprise: an unknown man dies on his apartment doorstep, pursued by two ruthless killers. Hunted by an unseen mastermind pulling the strings towards an explosive finale, Paul and Scotland Yard's investigator DCI Stephanie Burton need all their combined skills and wits to unravel the conspiracy - Trouble style, fist, guns, and all!
Troublemaker by
Series: Troubleshooter, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 90,820. Language: English. Published: February 1, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Paul Trouble’s boss has been kidnapped. During the worst Blizzard ever to hit the East Coast for years, trapped alone and unarmed, Paul needs all his former spymaster and Marine skills to save his boss and himself from a gang of merciless killers in the middle of the Massachusetts wilderness. A lot of people will find out that snow also comes in the color “red”.
Brilliant Actors by
Series: Brilliant - Calendar Moonstone Mysteries. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 78,580. Language: English. Published: January 11, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
What could be more exciting than attending the Academy Awards ceremony, joining the hottest after-show party, and have an A-movie star wearing your jewelry? All of the above, plus spending the rest of the night in jail! Acclaimed jewelry maker and part-time cat burglar Calendar Moonstone finds a stolen necklace in her purse, an enigmatic, unemployed actor with a cheesy name working against her!
Piratenjunge — Teil 1 der Belisla-Piratentrilogie by
Series: Belisla Piraten. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 89,630. Language: German. Published: October 31, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
Strandurlaub, Nichtstun, Eiscreme, iPod hören Das ist der Plan des zwölfjährigen Johannes Gordon und seiner Familie auf der karibischen Ferieninselgruppe Belisla. Und dann passiert es: Johannes wir von Piraten entführt. Von leibhaftigen, altertümlichen Karibikpiraten mit Schwertern, Kanonen und Segelbooten, die sich „Schwarze Falken“ nennen und behaupten, Johannes sei einer von ihnen.
Piratenkapitän - Teil 2 der Belisla-Piratentrilogie by
Series: Belisla Piraten. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 60,340. Language: German. Published: October 31, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure
Die ‚Schwarzen Falken‘ wurden vom Gouverneur festgenommen und stehen vor Gericht. Und nur Johannes und seine guten Ideen können die Falken-Piraten retten. Und diesmal ist Johannes nicht allein. Mit Schwester Amelia und seinem genialen besten Freund Richard an seiner Seite kann das Abenteuer beginnen: Befreit die Falken!
Troubleshooter by
Series: Troubleshooter, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 61,740. Language: English. Published: November 18, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage
One hundred million dollars have gone missing from the accounts of Strom Defense Industries. A underwhelming assignment for ex-soldier-ex-spy-turned-financial-controller Paul Trouble. But soon the case turns into murder and mayhem, and Paul will need all his former skills to stay on top of the game.
A Brilliant Plan by
Series: Brilliant - Calendar Moonstone Mysteries. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 84,160. Language: English. Published: June 4, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Just a regular job.... Get in, crack the safe, fetch the diamonds. That‘s what hobby cat burglar and acclaimed jewelry maker Calendar Moonstone has aimed for. Instead she finds a dead body, meets a handsome Detective, has a nosey insurance investigator on her tracks and manages a complicated boyfriend situation. And must solve a century old jewelry mystery!

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