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Brick ONeil

Biography

Brick ONeil grew up in America’s heartland, the midwestern United States, receiving a Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies then moving to the southern United States for his Masters in Human Resources, living in both Oklahoma and Texas for some time before settling in the Pacific Northwestern coast in the Emerald City, Seattle.

He has been writing professionally since 2001 and before that was a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor in the private workers’ compensation field, still holding his Certified Rehabilitation Counselor certification. He began writing articles and working on projects for clients while writing his first novel, Aside of Murder under his writing business, Lione Services.

Now he has ten books under his belt in four genres, fiction-mystery, fiction-short story, non fiction-cookbooks and non fiction-biography. He has his mystery series, The Rose Petal Wine Murder Mysteries with two books published now out of the seven; the cookbook series, “Simple, Healthy, Fresh”, with books 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and the Ultimate; three books of short stories, Different Dreams; Unrelated: A selection of short stories and Triad: Fates, Furies and Graces finally,his short biography, Silver Linings on Dark Clouds (My Life with Alport’s Syndrome) is out as well.

Find him online:
http://brickoneil.com (pages for each book)
http://linkedin.com/in/brickoneil
https://www.facebook.com/brickoneil

Smashwords Interview

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
l grew up in America’s heartland, the midwestern United States, earning a Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies then moving to the southern United States for my Masters in Human Resources. The midwestern United States has good, old fashioned values, family means everything and the food is fresh. People were open and honest with their emotions, so there were a lot of raw emotions for a young writer-in-training to absorb, which comes in handy with my Novels. You can see that in alot of the characters from "The Rose Petal Wine Murder Mysteries".

Fresh foods were always available at Mom's table growing up, so that certainly influenced my cooking, in addition to health issues as an adult, that forced me to learn how to shop, cook and prepare fresh, natural foods, as close to natural and whole as possible. Mom was always shopping for fresh vegetables, such as carrots, onions, celery, bell peppers, and potatoes. Lord love a duck, she certainly loved her potatoes and gravy! At almost every meal and twice on Sundays. So Mom and her cooking are never far behind in my cookbook series "Simple, Healthy, Fresh", as you read in the forwards.

I moved around a lot after high school, living in, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas for some time before settling in the Pacific Northwestern coast, in the Emerald City, Seattle. I was able to experience alot more out of life than I would have, staying in the same small home town I grew up in.
When did you first start writing?
During English classes as an Undergraduate, I can remember writing for assignments, enjoying peppering the papers, essays and research papers with descriptions, people, places, emotions and so forth. I enjoyed the process very much, but unfortunately, none of my English teachers did. They consistently marked me off for my writing, stating to 'cut the prose' and 'don't be so descriptive'. Afterwards, I never wrote again, never getting encouragement from anywhere.

It wasn't until after my kidney transplant in 2003 that my then husband encouraged me to start my first Novel, Aside of Murder. I had always had ideas tucked in the back of my mind for the first few books in the series, but never had the courage or push to actually set the ideas down in written form. That first Novel took me two years to write, but I had the idea rolling around in my mind for over twenty!
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Where to find Brick ONeil online

Website: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/BrickOneil
Twitter: @BrickONeil
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brickoneil
Blog: http://brickoneil.com

Where to buy in print

http://brickoneil.com/simple-healthy-fresh/ultimate-simple-healthy-fresh-cookbook/

Series

Simple, Healthy, Fresh by
Simple, Healthy, Fresh 1.0
Price: Free!
Simple, Healthy, Fresh 2.0
Price: Free!
Simple Healthy Fresh 3.0: Dinners
Price: Free!
Introduction to Simple Healthy Fresh Cookbook Series
Price: Free!
The Rose Petal Wine Murder Mysteries by
Aside of Murder
Price: Free!
The Bamboo Killer
Price: Free!

Books

Blue Moor by
Price: Free! Words: 67,160. Language: English. Published: November 12, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Dylan Walker is drawn to the forbidden Wolf Lodge in the outskirts of the Cascade Mountains by a voice he doesn't know. What comes is a surreal landscape and his family must fight to survive. An ancestral family of both Witches and Wolves keeps finding one shock after another due to an old hate from another country. Throughout the mists, they resolve to stay together, come what may
Country Tried Chicken by
Price: Free! Words: 50,090. Language: English. Published: June 10, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Where has Max Tredwell moved to in Pinecone, Idaho? There are explosions, runaway trucks and a tall, goodlooking Mountain of a Man he is unable to stop thinking about.
Under The Woodlands by
Price: Free! Words: 13,510. Language: English. Published: November 13, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables, Fiction » Children’s books » Legends, Myths, Fables / General
JonEthan Aubert was raised by his Grandmere's in the Pacific Northwest between two large cities. He was happy, living in his large victorian home on the edge of the big forest. One day his world was turned upside down by some mean people and a Blue Fairy shrunk him down to size! He meets a family of Wood Elves, a MAGE council and a big bad Ogre!
Never Trust The Moon by
Price: Free! Words: 51,560. Language: English. Published: November 12, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Cole Harris has never had a Mate in all his years as a Wolf under Alpha Joe Ballard where he works construction as one of four Beta Wolves. Codi Wilson has been running from a rival Alpha Wolf and his Betas the past year for doing research and writing he can't remember. Are there other reasons Cole should protect Codi?
Introduction to Simple Healthy Fresh Cookbook Series by
Series: Simple, Healthy, Fresh. Price: Free! Words: 6,070. Language: English. Published: October 8, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Health & healing / low carbohydrate, Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Health & Healing / Low Salt
Introduction to Simple Healthy Fresh Cookbook Series with bonus How to Cook Simple Healthy Fresh.
Different Dreams by
Price: Free! Words: 1,830. Language: English. Published: March 10, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories, Fiction » Anthologies » Flash fiction
Mr. Sandman has been busy the past year or so, leaving grains of sleep in the corners of my eyes. Dreams from my sleepy mind.
Simple Healthy Fresh 3.0: Dinners by
Series: Simple, Healthy, Fresh, 3.0. Price: Free! Words: 10,260. Language: English. Published: March 2, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Health & healing / low carbohydrate, Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Health & Healing / Low Salt
The Simple Healthy Fresh series is low-carb, low-salt using-nothing processed, pre-made, boxed, bagged or canned. This cookbook has 68 dinners with 115 recipes, and1-4 recipes included per Dinner. Recipes include fresh vegetables, lean meats and omega-3 fats. Simple Recipes, Healthy for You, Fresh from Nature.
Simple, Healthy, Fresh 2.0 by
Series: Simple, Healthy, Fresh, 2.0. Price: Free! Words: 11,940. Language: English. Published: June 1, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Health & healing / low carbohydrate, Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Health & Healing / Low Salt
"Simple, Healthy, Fresh 2.0" has 70+ recipes, from appetizers/breakfasts/snacks to Vegetables, you'll see new and interesting ways to prepare foods, such as a simple meal of Fennel Frond Pesto to a more complex stuffed pork chops on onion-tomato sauce. More of those low-carb, low-salt recipes you've come to know and love from the first cookbook.
Silver Linings on Dark Clouds by
Price: Free! Words: 14,670. Language: English. Published: April 27, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » Personal inspiration, Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Diseases / genetic
My Life with Alport's Syndrome: A personal story of life with kidney failure, from diagnosis to dialysis and finally, transplant. Facing uncaring healthcare and social services systems while fighting against a genetic disease that causes kidney failure, extreme fatigue, hearing loss and eventually death unless treated.
The Bamboo Killer by
Series: The Rose Petal Wine Murder Mysteries, II. Price: Free! Words: 51,720. Language: English. Published: February 1, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Someone is killing young men at the University of Washington. Our friends are asked to investigate when a co-worker's son is the latest victim. Along the way, a nemesis from the past makes trouble!
Triad: Fates, Furies and Graces by
Price: Free! Words: 4,490. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literary collections » Ancient & Classical
A conversation between The Fates with their younger triplet siblings, The Three Graces and the Three Furies. In three parts, The Three Fates and the Three Graces; The Three Fates and The Three Furies; and finally, The Three Furies and The Three Graces. They discuss happenings around Mt. Olympus, the Gods and Goddesses.
Simple, Healthy, Fresh 1.0 by
Series: Simple, Healthy, Fresh, 1.0. Price: Free! Words: 15,020. Language: English. Published: August 31, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Health & healing / low carbohydrate, Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Health & Healing / Low Salt
Friends asked for a book of recipes that are simple, healthy, fresh. Simple to buy ingredients and prepare, healthy for your wallet and body, fresh from nature. Simple, Healthy, Fresh 1.0 has about 70+ full color recipes with basic ingredients such as brown and wild mix rice, mushrooms, the holy trifecta--mirepoix (that is, celery-onion-carrot), leeks, eggplant and lean meats, pork and chicken.
Unrelated: A Selection of Short Stories by
Price: Free! Words: 2,800. Language: English. Published: August 15, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Mashups
A selection of five unrelated short stories. In Unrelated, read about a stranded soul in Expanse, while a busy Gargoyle who tells what he sees over time. Meeting Pope Gregory, a fictional Pontiff. A Rusty Chain brings memories for one man. And Top Floor is anything but! Read each one and discover your favorite. Read again and discover something new.
Aside of Murder by
Series: The Rose Petal Wine Murder Mysteries, I. Price: Free! Words: 84,930. Language: English. Published: December 22, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.00 from 3 reviews)
What happens when a High Class Call Girl and an embezzling bank executive blackmail each other into marriage? Revenge and Murder!

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