Earlier, BraveWords reported about the Doro bassist's initial foray into the literary world, as narrator ad producer for the audio version of Craig Strete's The Bleeding Man and Other Science Fiction Stories. 

"I guess you could say I did a bit of 'moonlighting,' says the four-stringer. "It took about two years to complete. I was researching it and working on it during breaks between touring and recording. The author, Craig Strete, whom I've known for over ten years, is currently a Professor at East Stroudsburg University (Pennsylvania). But years prior to that, he had successfully established himself as a fiction writer. Back in 2013, he asked if I would consider making an audio version of some of his books. I agreed and he gave me some of the earlier books from his catalog to read through. The first book I started was The Bleeding Man And Other Science Fiction Stories (originally published in 1974). I was intrigued immediately. As the title suggests, it's a collection of short stories. They center around Native American or science fiction themes or a mixture of both. Having never done anything like this before, a lot of it was done by trial and error. I learned a lot along the way, regarding performance and production. So if I do another book, it hopefully shouldn't take quite as long. It was fun to develop the characters. I briefly studied acting, in New York, some years ago and I still have an interest in it so I got to exercise a bit of that craft here."

Amazon describes the literary tales as, "this unique collection of stories range from the representative science fiction of Into Every Rain, A Little Life Must Fall, in which "wombcops" plugged into computer consoles monitor city streets, to the phantasmagoric, prophetic quality of the title story. There is a wry humor and folk wisdom in A Sunday Visit With Great-Grandfather and the influence of Indian lore and legend is powerfully evident in White Brothers From The Place Where No Man Walks.

 

On September 19th, Doro will hit one of the most famous festival stages on earth: she will rock at Rock In Rio together with Angra.

A bit later after this mega show in Brazil, Doro looks forward to her Strong & Proud European tour - and to show a young American Band as special guest: Archer. The trio with the charismatic vocalist and super guitarist Dylan Rose is from Santa Cruz, California, and delivers independent, merciless hard rock and heavy metal.

“These guys are really good, especially the guitarist is great. Archer fit super to the Doro band. In spring, they’ve already proved their qualities as support on our US tour,“ Doro reveals. “I’m looking forward to present them to my German and European fans now.“ Because: “For my career, I’ve benefitted enormous from tours with Judas Priest and Dio,“ she tells. “Young bands need these experiences. That’s why I’m very keen on taking Archer with me on tour through Europe and that’s why I’m deploying the Wacken Foundation for newcomer bands and musicians for years.“

Strong & Proud Europa Tour 2015 (with Archer):

November
20 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
21 - Buckley, UK - Tivoli
22 - London, UK - Garage
27 - Fulda, Germany - Kreuz
28 - Leipzig, Germany - Brann  Winterfest
29 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp

December
1 - Hamburg, Germany - Große Freiheit
2 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol
4 - Herford, Germany - X
5 - Duisburg, Germany - Steinhof
6 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
10 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Trix
11 - Saarburg, Germany - Stadthalle
12 - Lüdenscheid, Germany - Schützenhalle
13 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn
15 - Wien, Austria - Szene
16 - Graz, Austria - Explosiv
18 - Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory
19 - Nürnberg, Germany - Löwensaal

Pre-sale for German shows at this location.