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George Plumley 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in a certain small town in Pennsylvania famous for mushrooms. I’ve always been a fan of stories be they from books, tv, or how my family members used to spend their time getting into trouble. I’ve written one book, Forged Destiny: From the Ashes, the first in a trilogy I’ve been working on since college.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest and first book is Forged Destiny: From the Ashes. I started getting inspiration for character tropes at random through my junior year of college. The first character I remember thinking of was Phoebe, a mage who could use healing magic but only once or twice a day. Eventually, my pool of characters grew to the point where I began thinking, “Well, how would they interact in this situation?” and from that point, I had a plot for a series.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I opened a document on my laptop, wrote down the overarching plot for a chapter in a few sentences, then wrote down up to ten bullet points of what I wanted to do for that chapter. Sometimes I wouldn’t get the most out of everything or I had to spill some points over into the following chapters, but I felt like it kept me on pace with everything and let me keep up with the plot I had in mind in a very simple fashion.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My favorite book series is Croak by Gina Damico. It’s about an outcast girl who goes on to become a grim reaper. It’s funny where it needs to be, it’s plot-driven where it needs to be, and it’s overall very well-paced and kept me interested the entire time.

What are you working on now?
I’m finishing up work on the second installment in the Forged Destiny series. I’ve just recently gone over From The Ashes and reread my final draft a second time to make sure I was happy with it. It should be out soon!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Honestly, I’m terrible at promoting books! It’s my weakness! I do have a Facebook page (@WritermanPlumley) where I have links, but that’s about it! I’m hoping to get my books in the hands of as many as possible, so who knows what the future holds?

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Make sure you’re having fun writing it! What’s the point of writing if it isn’t something you yourself wouldn’t enjoy? I can look at my book, smile, and be happy with what I did. I’m honestly STILL in shock that I managed to self-publish a book. If you’re still not sure, get somebody you trust (shoutout to you, mom) to go over your book and point things out. It’s fine to be your own biggest critic!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Do the best you can whenever you can.”

What are you reading now?
I have the pleasure of reading the Bakemonogatari light novel series by Nisioisin currently. It’s a series of stories about different monsters and their effect on the characters introduced in them. I’m on the second book now, I’m loving it!

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m working on publishing the second installment of Forged Destiny now so I can start on the final installment. I’ve got the basics down of what I want to do but not my patented bullet list strategy, so it might be a while longer before it’s completed. I’m already getting ideas for another book, so I have no intentions of slowing down!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’d definitely take Croak by Gina Damico, Bakemonogatari 1 by Nisioisin, and this one book my mom found she made in elementary school on printer paper, because it would make me laugh.

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Yvonne Rediger 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Saskatchewan, lived and worked in northern Manitoba, Alberta, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
I’ve been writing since I was in my teens. My favourite genres are Mystery, Urban Fantasy, and Romantic Suspense, each with a bit of humour.
March 6, 2022, my tenth novel will be released.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Condo Crazy is the third book in the cozy Musgrave Landing Mysteries series. This work inspired by my sister and the crazy things that happened in her condo building. She was great about letting me weave her adventures into a story. I like to add humour to my stories and Condo Crazy has some funny things happen along with a few mysteries to solve.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know about unusual, to me they seem normal. I scuba dive and sail with my husband. I’m also the videographer on his Pallet Cabin YouTube channel. We own a parcel of land and my husband always wanted to build a cabin from scratch, so here we are.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tanya Huff and her many, many books. She too writes several genres, all have mystery of a type to solve like mine. Ann Cleeves and her Vera series influenced my other mystery series, The Adam Norcross Mysteries. Linwood Barclay, his dry wit. Harlen Coben too, there are so many.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I’m working on the next Adam Norcross mystery, The Right Road, the follow up to The Wrong Words from 2021. While the previous on was set on Vancouver Island, this one will contain more travel, Afghanistan to Canadian Prairies.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
You can find all my news and the books here: https://blackyvy50.wixsite.com/yvonnerediger

There is no link as yet for Condo Crazy, it’s coming soon!
http://bookswelove.net/rediger-yvonne/

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read writing craft books. If you have a favourite author and he or she has written a ‘how I write’ book, read it. Check you local library for books as well. Also, don’t think you have to have your whole story figured out before you start typing, you don’t. Begin, that is the first step. Write the scenes that keep you up at night first. Later you can daisy-chain them together and reorganize them.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just write it down. You can’t edit a blank page.

What are you reading now?
Terry Pratchett’s Jingo. I love Sir Sameul Vimes and the Watch in Discworld. Sir Terry knew how to write humour along with big social issues.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Once I have The Right Road completed and submitted to my publisher. It will be on to book 4, as yet untitled, of the Musgrave Landing Mysteries. I think a mystery weekend theme may be in store for Gladys and Arlington.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Lois McMaster Bujold’s Shards of Honour Omnibus. Tanya Huff’s Blood Series Omnibus. Ann Cleeves’ latest Vera novel and the bible.

Author Websites and Profiles
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wong ian 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello everybody! i am a hong kong people. I like to build the thing up from zero and establish it to a certain extent. Sometimes, a lot of ideas would come up in my mind. During covid-19, everyone has to stay up at home. So, I just do a thing I’ve never done before. You know what, I’ve just written a new ebook published on amazon.

So, this is my first book!

In fact, I have spent such a long time writing this book but I don’t have the courage to publish it online at the beginning. Writing a book and publishing it on amazon is a long story to tell. Hope people like my book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my book is “Losing Weight Easy: From The Art of War Perspective & Ian’s mindset ”

During covid-19, everyone has to stay at home for a long time. I think this may be a good time for me to publish my 1st book as everyone may have some more leisure time to read anyway.

What’s more, people may not be easy to keep being fit as they have less time to go out for exercise during covid-19. Maybe, People may put on a few pounds in some way. My book is about the mindset and strategies for losing weight in an easy way. Therefore, I think my book may be of some value to people in a certain way, especially during covid-19.

So, finally, I decided to publish my first ebook on amazon. At that moment, I feel so touching and this book is just like my newborn son.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
nothing unusual. I just need to be in a quiet environment and fully concentrate on my mind to write something serious.

I get used to writing in moring time. This is the best time for me.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. It inspires me a lot. Working independent of time, location is the goal to fight for now. It gives me another direction for life in some way.

What are you working on now?
I am striving hard to promote my ebook online.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think finding a book agency like Awesome gang is a good way.

Also, doing content marketing via social media is another way.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing as a habit. Adjusted to the feedback of reality. You just need to improve very very little every time. But, it must be from your genuine desire for writing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Quality is subjective. Get yourself dirty first!

What are you reading now?
It is a Chinese book. The book is about the autobiography of Genghis Khan

What’s next for you as a writer?
I just focus on the marketing of my first book. let’s see if people like my book. There is still a lot of things to learn. A long way to go.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
The power of No by James Altucher
A Steve jobs biography by Anna Revell
Become an idea machine by Claudia Azula Altucher

Author Websites and Profiles
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Stewart Kouba 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Stewart Kouba is a pastor, educator, and beekeeper, who resides in the piney woods of East Texas. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from Baylor University and a Masters in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He loves spending time with his beautiful wife and children playing games, writing stories, and building dreams. The Land of Grand is Stewart’s first children’s book!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Land of Grand; There’s something special about Grandmothers. Actually Grandparents, in general, are quite wonderful. I don’t know if it’s the way they captivate you or how they charm their way through life, but magic seems to follow them wherever they go. One day I caught a glimpse of that magic and had to pen the truth of The Land of Grand! The secret is out…

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Writing, in general, is unusual when you have three kids under the age of 3. I’ll take what I can get!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky
The Book of James
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
A Severe Mercy by Vanauken
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Silverstein
The Hobbit by Tolkien
Phantastes by MacDonald

What are you working on now?
The second installment in the Land of Grand series. This one focuses on grandfathers and is due out this Summer.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Word of Mouth!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
It’s ok that most of what you write will end up in the garbage. Keep writing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Being on time covers a multitude of sins.

What are you reading now?
Atomic Habits by James Clear

What’s next for you as a writer?
A few articles this week for the local paper:)

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Gospel of Luke
Abolition of Man
SAS Survival Handbook
Me Talk Pretty One Day

Robin Joker 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Robin Joker is a remarkable individual and a skilled author specializing in writing jokes and text fails books. His achievements in the industry have made him a rib-cracker with amazing contributions. Joker’s journey creating books and text fails started with a funny text from his wife that got him laughing, and he hasn’t looked back since!

When you meet Joker, you will be thrilled by his personal and professional skills. He is a friendly and easy to get along with kind of person, an attribute that has contributed greatly to his writing career. With deep industry knowledge, coupled with an analytical and detail-oriented approach, Joker is equipped to understand the needs of the most discerning audiences, delivering an experience rooted in entertainment, creativity, and vibe. His strong writing and performing skills make him a keen advocate of his name, proactively seeking out new ways to enhance his services and to continually attain excellence, with customer satisfaction the ultimate objective.

Outside writing, the 30-year-old man loves spending time with his friends and family. He also loves engaging in self-developing activities like traveling and watching comic movies, with the belief that fun and excitement are the root and foundation of a happy life, and to build strong lives, we must fortify the root! This is Joker’s motivation towards using his skills and expertise to entertain those whose lives would be enriched by it.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Text fails, I started making books about text fails, from a message I received from my wife that made me laugh for hours … she had typos in the text of the message

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to create my books at night

What authors, or books have influenced you?
More than influenced, I can say that I like to laugh a lot, and it amuses me to read jokes, funny short stories and everything related to comedy.

What are you working on now?
To the next book in my chain of TEXT FAILS!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My favorite distribution platform is amazon now. I am expanding marketing using promotion sites and I think yours is one of the best in the world.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be yourself and follow your emotions

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Know your audience. This is perhaps the fundamental rule: you must know, always, especially if you want to make them laugh, who are the people you are addressing

What are you reading now?
Tre uomini in barca di Jerome K Jerome

What’s next for you as a writer?
Continue to make my readers laugh

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Text fails, Guida Galattica per gli Autostoppisti (1979), Douglas Adams, Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki,

Author Websites and Profiles
Robin Joker Website
Robin Joker Amazon Profile

JENNIFER BROWN-BANKS 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Awesome to be here. I am a veteran freelance writer, award-winning blogger and award-winning poet. I’m also a senior editor of a regional publication in the Midwest.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
ODE TO TONI MORRISON–It’s a book of poetry on an array of topics, fun themes and timely events, inspired by Ms. Morrison’s impressive body of work and her legacy.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually start on the computer very early (when most folks are sleep) with a cup of hot tea.
I also dig listening to music sometimes as I create. Typically Jazz or something upbeat and loud.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
YOUR NEXT LEVEL LIFE–KAREN ARRINGTON
THE BIBLE

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on expanding my client base, my writer’s income, and getting more poetry published in literary journals.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Typically my blog (Pen and Prosper) and email blasts. Good reads is also a good site for visibility.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Make excellence your brand. Study successful authors in your genre of interest. Get trusted feedback.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Go where you are celebrated, not just tolerated.” Joel Osteen

What are you reading now?
LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW FANTASY-JENNIFER DOTSON (POETRY)
TAME YOUR TONGUE-DEBORAH SMITH PEGUES

What’s next for you as a writer?
Conducting book tours for busy authors and promoting my new poetry book.
I also hope to land a traditional book contract in 2022/2023.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
THE BIBLE
THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE- RICK WARREN
DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF-RICK WARREN
AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY/POETRY OF GORDON PARKS

Author Websites and Profiles
JENNIFER BROWN-BANKS Website

Jake Allen Coleman 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Fantasy and Science Fiction author born and raised in Southern California, eventually pursuing a degree in Physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and migrating to the middle of the country to Texas. He now calls Colorado Springs home, along with my wife, two daughters and son.
One of my earliest literary memories is of Frodo and Sam outside the gate at Bree. The wall was bigger, the night darker, and the thunder louder, but reading J.R.R. Tolkien sparked a lifetime love of reading fantasy that later expanded to include science fiction.
Currently published, I have the complete Eligium series available both individually and as a box set on Amazon. You can also find The Geneva Factor under the pen name Jacob Allen.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a Kindle Vella project titled A Shot in the Dark. The idea came from a science fiction series I’m working on and was originally intended as a spin-off. The published episodes are Part 1 of a five part journey for the protagonist.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My wife will never understand it, but I enjoy listening to classic rock while I’m writing. There’s something about the energy of the music that provides momentum. I’ve also got a candle with a “Lanai” scent. The island vibe keeps me relaxed and fluid.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Where to begin? In no particular order…Tolkien, Arthur C. Clarke, C. S. Lewis, J.D. Robb, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Michael Anderle, A.G. Riddle to name a few.

What are you working on now?
My current project is a science fiction series I plan to launch later this year. The first two books are drafted and I’m about a quarter of the way through an initial draft of the third book. Set in Earth’s far future, it has some of my favorite scifi elements; including science-y concepts, strategy, and political conspiracies. There’s a mystery at the heart of the plot that required a long-game in plotting, which has been a lot of fun.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still working on this one!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. Write. Write. You can take a hundred online classes and hear all sorts of noise, but nothing builds your skill as a writer like the act of putting pen to paper. Even thirty minutes a day adds up to thousands of words.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Establish a set of annual goals and then focus that down to no more than three per quarter. More than that is overwhelm. Each week set objectives that progress your big three.

What are you reading now?
I’m in the middle of a re-read of The Wheel of Time. Currently on Winter’s Heart and looking forward to the Big Event at the end. (If you know, you know.)

What’s next for you as a writer?
I really want to be intentional about the launch of this next series so will be spending time establishing my brand in the market and helping readers find my books. I have a backlog of other ideas ready to start plotting, but I am focusing on a quality experience for my readers.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I really want to be intentional about the launch of this next series so will be spending time establishing my brand in the market and helping readers find my books. I have a backlog of other ideas ready to start plotting, but I am focusing on a quality experience for my readers.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jake Allen Coleman Amazon Profile

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David Rich 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
David Rich began practicing law in Phoenix and was then recruited as a law professor at ASU College of Law. He then tried private practice but found the cushy job of assistant attorney general more to his liking. He retired in his 40s to become a sailing captain, pilot, and full-time traveler, living in almost every country on the planet while writing dozens of travel stories and six books: Myths of the Tribe, When Religion and Ethics Diverge (Prometheus Books 1993) examined the influence of organized religion on ethics, 2nd ed. 2019. RV the World, 2nd ed., 2018, combines his seventeen-years RVing the world with his wife Mary insisting anyone can do it. In 2019 David wrote The ISIS Affair, a satire on religion and nationalism in Syria subtitled Putting the Fun Back in Fundamentalism, and Scribes of the Tribe, Our greatest Thinkers on Religion and Ethics. He published Antelopes, A Modern Gulliver’s Travels, in 2020 and Sail the World?, the prequel to RV the World, in October 2021. Six books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Latest book was Sail the World?, Prequel to RV the World. Sail the World was inspired by having tried to circumnavigate, the colorful characters and many scrapes along the way, from almost sinking in the Pacific Ocean to vicious storms at sea resulting in complicated repairs, and the many new friendships and adventures along the way.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, now spending time marketing!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Way too many to list comprehensively: Hawking, Feynman, John Gardner, Paul Theroux, and dozens of others.

What are you working on now?
RVing South America and the second is RVing OZ and NZ.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Still looking for that!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing is rewriting.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write daily.

What are you reading now?
Ian Rankin, Andrea Camilleri, and Phillip Wylie

What’s next for you as a writer?
Books on continents we’ve RVed: South America and OZ/NZ

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
That would definitely not be enough books! My wife reads a book a day, and has for 40 years. I can’t keep up with her but usually read maybe one out of five that she reads! No time for more.

Author Websites and Profiles
David Rich Website
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David Rich Author Profile on Smashwords

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Yvonne Richards 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in the West Midlands, recently widowed from a wonderful husband of 40 years.

I have always written on and off, but wrote two novels in the early 2000’s, one being a fanfic, which was what drew me to writing more prolifically. I’ve written another romance novel now, but my main focus moving forward as an author is to help promote work in the environment, especially fostering a love of wildlife in children.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Billy the Badger is Sad! as part of the Tales from Prickly Hedge series.

I live in the West Midlands in my very own Prickly Hedge – a beautiful garden that is home to all manner of wildlife, including badgers.

This gave me the idea to create Bubble and Squeek, two hedgehogs who have fun and adventures in the garden they call their own, namely Prickly Hedge. Through the stories and their adventures, they learn how best to help all their wildlife friends. It is hoped that this will inspire young readers to engage more with wildlife and hopefully begin to not only help preserve it but create habitats in which it can thrive.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I don’t think anyone has influenced me per se in terms of writing. I read a lot of Danielle Steele before writing my romance novels.

In terms of personal development though, Stephen Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I first heard it on audio cassette in the early 90’s and haven’t looked back since.

What are you working on now?
The third book in the Tales from Prickly Hedge book series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Well, AwesomeGang.com is, well, AWESOME.

I haven’t got into the swing of things with marketing yet, so I can’t really answer this one. I suppose if you pay for advertising, it has to be Amazon, which is where your books are.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Spend AS MUCH time looking at making marketing connections as you do writing – and never give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Two actually:

Measure twice, cut once and Be present in the moment.

Says it all, think before you act, research before you jump and actively enjoy every moment you get to be alive on our glorious planet.

What are you reading now?
I have a lot of books TO read, but I just don’t get the time nowadays to read, sadly.

They mainly range from personal development to Tudor history to UK politics to spiritualism. Bit eclectic.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m hoping to move into helping children’s reading charities to improve reading standards and literature in countries where facilities are lacking.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I suppose my Kindle is out of the question?! LOL.

7 Habits by Stephen Covey – you can always be better even if alone
Flip It by Michael Heppell – I think you’d need to flip your mindset if you were stranded on a desert island
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling – I’d feel like I had the complete set by reading the last one – lol
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran – beautiful story book.

Author Websites and Profiles
Yvonne Richards Website
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Yvonne Richards Author Profile on Smashwords

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Trenor Rapkins 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my debut book. It is only about 140 pages but it took years to complete. I lost count of how many.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Lords of Invention. I must have been inspired by the steampunk subgenre and the amazing story of Nikola Tesla.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
If I feel like my writing is getting too technical and rigid I will drink an alcoholic beverage and loosen things up! haha.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I was a big Clive Barker fan when I was younger. I appreciate Cormac Maccarthy’s writing style these days. Alan Moore was primarily the one who got me into graphic novels.

What are you working on now?
I am working on two novellas. One is historical fiction that takes place in ancient Greece that is based on a true story. The second is both dystopian and utopian science fiction. It is going to be good. I promise.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still trying to figure that out.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Start with self-publishing. It is not only very educational but it helps to build your platform, which is what you will need if you want to work with companies in the future.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It was from the mythologist Joseph Campbell. It was something along the lines of “Follow your bliss.”

What are you reading now?
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. So far so good. My editor recommended it to me.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Didn’t you already ask me that question?

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
It would be books about how to survive on a desert island.

Author Websites and Profiles
Trenor Rapkins Website
Trenor Rapkins Amazon Profile

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Ashley Poole 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written about 10 books in my lifetime, not all of which are published. I am a stray cat feeding, introvert empath energy sensitive person who enjoys writing, music, movies, painting and nature.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Heal & integrate Shadow Workbook: Trauma Toolkit” is the name of one of my latest books. Wanting to get to know myself on a deeper level and wanting to heal from my past is what inspired me to write this book. Wanting to heal the world ultimately made me do it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like writing in dark mode. I,also, write more at night time.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are so many good authors and books out there! It’s hard to just choose a few. Stephen King and Cassandra Clare are two of my favorite authors.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on four different books at the same time right now to avoid burn out. One is a book on angels, I’m writing the second book to “Heal & Integrate Shadow Workbook: Trauma Toolkit”. I’m writing an empath guide to the world. And I’m writing a book on how to write a book and get published.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just now starting out so I haven’t really found a Best Way yet. But I’m advertising on Amazon and Google right now. I’m also selling on selling apps.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Work hard, follow through, have a great marketing plan, network.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Let it go.

What are you reading now?
Since I just published a few books, I haven’t had much time to read anything other than learning how to do what I’m supposed to be doing after polishing a book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have no clue and that’s the fun part. There is no telling where this path can take me.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Khalil Gibran’s “The Prophet” and a few books by Edgar Allen Poe.

Author Websites and Profiles
Ashley Poole Website
Ashley Poole Amazon Profile

Zerry Greenwood 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My husband and I raised seven, yes, I said seven, children on a cattle ranch in west-central Idaho. After eight blissful years of public school, we lost our minds and decided to homeschool them ALL! We survived with all our limbs intact, but we now own the east wing of St. Alphonsus Hospital. Seven active children left to run wild in the Rocky Mountains. What were we thinking?

I came by my insanity honestly. I am number eight of nine children. My parents’ insanity led them to name us Jerry, Terry, Sherry, Merry, Kerry, Cherry, Perry, Zerry, and Berry… all our middle names start with an L.

Welcome to my loud, crazy, wonderful life.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Replacement Order
The book wrote itself, I sat down to write a comedy, but this book of pain and struggle came out.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Every book I ever read inspires me.

What are you working on now?
A comedy in this same series, called Unsolicited Mail. Miriam Tanner is not the brightest crayon in the box, but she will light up the streets of Idaho City. Her sights are set on Colton Fuller, the uptight manager of the local haberdashery, whose only desire is to take her snipe hunting and go back to his quiet life. Will Mariam secure herself a husband or find herself frozen in a snowbank.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just keep writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never go to bed angry, settle your life daily.

What are you reading now?
Editing.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Editing and writing a new series called Reasons Two. A series of second chances at romance.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Bible, To Kill a Mocking Bird, and The Taming of Lady Lorinda.

Author Websites and Profiles
Zerry Greenwood Website
Zerry Greenwood Amazon Profile

Zerry Greenwood’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile

Jane O’Roarke 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written six books – Four in my Men of Honor Series and Three in a new Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series that releases in Spring 2022.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Controlling the Game – I just loved this book. It’s about some of the younger members in my series, and their love of computer gaming. Sophie, the heroine is kick-ass in both her gaming life and also as a data nerd! She goes for a wild weekend in Vegas and comes home to a few surprises!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so – but then, they wouldn’t be unusual to me, right? I can’t spell – and I don’t see grammatical mistakes – so that’s a big problem for me. I write really fast – but have to spend a lot of time editing before it even goes to the editors!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I loooove Julie Garwood and Jude Deveraux, Suzanne Brockmann, Cherry Adair, Emma Holly, Sarah J Mass, Karen Marie Moning – more recently – I like L.J. Shen, Brittney Sahin – I’m all over the place. I like most genre fiction. I’ve been reading a really long time! LOL

What are you working on now?
I am working on the edits for my Eve of Fae Series which will have three books releasing back to back starting in March 2022.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I really like BookFunnel – and Goodreads.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Stick with it and tell the story that you want to tell! You will hear a lot about writing for the market – but if you like your characters and enjoy your story – then I’m sure there is someone else (or many someones!) that will also like it!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get thick skin and don’t take reviews personally. It’s hard – but you just have to push through and keep writing.

What are you reading now?
I just finished L.J. Shen’s new book, and also Shannon McKenna’s series. I was thinking of reading a new book (to me) of Ilona Andrews.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m excited about switching over to Sci-Fi/Fantasy for awhile – but then I have to get back and write Nico and Drago’s story!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Anything by Jude Deveraux, Julie Garwood, Suzanne Brockmann and Linda Howard – the Grand Dames of Romance for me!

Author Websites and Profiles
Jane O’Roarke Website
Jane O’Roarke Amazon Profile

Jane O’Roarke’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Leslie Jasper 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
For the past 29-years, I made the choice to become a journeywoman electrician by trade. My first taste of electrical work was as a U.S. Navy Seabee Constructionman Apprentice. A few years later, I joined the union and began my career within the construction industry. After quite a few years in the trench with the tools, I made the transition into the office side of my trade. After earning some office experience, I studied and earned various safety credentials. I now work on projects as a Site Safety Manager throughout the boroughs of New York City. Back in 2008, I endured massive unemployment during the Great Recession. I needed a focus to distract myself from the stress of no work. I then thought about how unique my story is and how it should be told. Over the years, I was often the single solitary woman on the entire jobsite. There are not many stories out there about women in construction. Since I have many years of stories, I decided to create the #ConstructionTales series. With my new batch of free time, I started writing. For Volume I, I covered my 5-1/2-year apprenticeship once I joined the union. This first book of the series is entitled, Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman’s Journey To Become An Electrician. I was concerned about young teens reading my uncensored content. Therefore, I have a censored version that is entitled, Construction Tales: A Young Person’s Guide To Accomplish Anything In Life. The message of chasing your dreams despite facing negative people along your path is quite valuable for young people to receive. These books are available in audio, e-book, and paperback on Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I opted to create my first children’s book that is entitled, Not All Girls Play With Dolls. This book is intended to inspire young boys and girls to follow their passion even if it is not considered traditional within society. This book is loosely based upon my own childhood and teen years and my relationship with my father. My father was the person in my life who told me that, since I’m smart and strong, I’m capable of doing anything in life that I set my mind to do. I joined the military right after high school with the motivation to do exactly what I want to do. This motivation was regardless of whether or not I received push back from people who doubted my place. This book’s goal is to empower young people to push through and past life’s mishaps and hurdles. My illustrator, Anastasia from Tad_Art, is in the final stages of creating the front and back covers and final edits. I anticipate this children’s book to be released by May 2022 the latest.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I started writing short stories for Kindle Vella since carving time to write an entire book front to back has not been feasible. My Kindle Vella Library is entitled, Construction Tales: Told By A Woman. I’m killing a few birds with one stone by writing out short stories for Kindle Vella while building the stories to morph into Construction Tales: Volume II: My Illuminated Path Continues.. and later volumes in the future. Additionally, I use my short stories and create #VerballyDisastrous podcast episodes as well. I opted to launch The Verbally Disastrous Podcast With Leslie M. Jasper and Melissa Polito back in February 2021. This podcast shares some of my stories as a chick in construction as well as discussing topics with my best friend. Perhaps this writing style is unusual since I’m sure not all people consider doing this form of writing and multi-tasking.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Sadly, I read far more books as a kid than an adult. My favorite authors who opened my mind to the imagination that stems from the wonders of a book include: V.C. Andrews, Steven King, Ann Frank, Ayn Rand, Richard Connell, and the Bible. As an adult, I finished, “Atlas Shrugged” and enjoyed it thoroughly as well as books from Malcolm Gladwell such as, “Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking” and “The Tipping Point”. I read Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In” on a whim while on vacation. I currently have a fellow Twitter connection’s book that I’m trying to read entitled, “Turning Point” by Melissa Sak. I need to just make myself read each night in sections. I absolutely love reading. My problem is that I allow the day-to-day functions to impact my capacity to read during my down time.

What are you working on now?
When I first released by book back in 2013, I learned that I needed every social media imaginable to promote it. I also opened up my first blog on Blogger back in 2013. As of now, I have (4) blogs that I share content with readers on a regular basis from around the globe. My WordPress www.ConstructionTales.com blog is considered my main blog. I created a book trailer, courtesy of the Combined Book Exhibit. I have (2) YouTube channels either under my name Leslie Jasper and Verbally Disastrous where I promote book content on occasion. My use of my #ConstructionTales hashtag is my favorite mode of sharing my book. I remind myself in my calendar of upcoming book festivals throughout the year. Once the date arrives, I will find the book festival hashtag and put my hashtag in promo tweets on Twitter. I got some people frustrated so I had to back off with that marketing strategy. I’ve signed up for blog write-ups and even given away books as promos. I’ve reached out to fellow indie authors and have sought out cross promoting each other on each other’s blogs. Sadly, very few authors share an abundance mindset with me. It’s almost as if they put another author’s book on their blog, it’s competition and not alluring. I’m open to cross promoting if an author is interested.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
When I first released by book back in 2013, I learned that I needed every social media imaginable to promote it. I also opened up my first blog on Blogger back in 2013. As of now, I have (4) blogs that I share content with readers on a regular basis from around the globe. My WordPress www.ConstructionTales.com blog is considered my main blog. I created a book trailer, courtesy of the Combined Book Exhibit. I have (2) YouTube channels either under my name Leslie Jasper and Verbally Disastrous where I promote book content on occasion. My use of my #ConstructionTales hashtag is my favorite mode of sharing my book. I remind myself in my calendar of upcoming book festivals throughout the year. Once the date arrives, I will find the book festival hashtag and put my hashtag in promo tweets on Twitter. I got some people frustrated so I had to back off with that marketing strategy. I’ve signed up for blog write-ups and even given away books as promos. I’ve reached out to fellow indie authors and have sought out cross promoting each other on each other’s blogs. Sadly, very few authors share an abundance mindset with me. It’s almost as if they put another author’s book on their blog, it’s competition and not alluring. I’m open to cross promoting if an author is interested.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I personally believe that you can’t sell a book, in a sea of much internet content, without having every social media out there, a blog, a book trailer, YouTube channel, podcast, and a book hashtag. You have to be willing to pound the pavement to promote your book or hire someone to do it for you. Promote your book on your social media each and every time you stand in line waiting for food, on the bus, finished with lunch, or waiting for any reason. Instead of consuming other people’s content, use that time to promote your content since time is money.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I received was to open up every social media available and build your brand and network with people in the same situation as yourself.

What are you reading now?
As mentioned before, I’m trying to get myself to read, “Turning Point” by Melissa Sak. Melissa runs the Brook Reading podcast on Spotify and other platforms.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’d like to teach myself how to craft and write out a #ConstructionTales play and see if there is a market for it in the future. This is a goal of mine to create once I finish my first children’s book. I’d like to write another empowering book for women in the near future or even another children’s book.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’d like to pack up and read pretty much any Stephen King novel or real stories about paranormal experiences. Creepy paranormal experiences in historic locations are even more fascinating.

Author Websites and Profiles
Leslie Jasper Website
Leslie Jasper Amazon Profile

Leslie Jasper’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Terrice Thomas 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Terrice Thomas is a graduate of Jackson State University (Jackson, MS) where she received a bachelor’s degree in mass communication. She also holds a master’s degree in public administration from Keller School of Management (Oak Brook, IL). Throughout her professional career, she has served in various positions in the non-profit sector including fundraising and development, volunteer management, special event planning, and community engagement. Ms. Thomas also spent years writing grants, creating strategic plans and other professional documents for community development corporations, churches and starter non-profits. She has helped residents with career development and life skills classes.

Ms. Thomas worked in local government, managing a library branch and providing innovative programming and resources for the community. She also partnered with local schools, neighborhood associations, and businesses for outreach events, speaking engagements and trainings.

Thomas is currently the Director of Memphis Programs for Project Transformation Tennessee. When she is not working & volunteering, she enjoys spending time with family and friends.

You can visit TerriceThomas.com for more information.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
In Mentor Coaching, author Terrice Thomas addresses the unfortunate truth that high school graduates, college students, and college graduates commonly feel under prepared for the real world. Thomas, presents a how-to guide for mentors to help prepare young adults for the future. Topics she touches on include:

What makes a good mentor vs. a bad mentor
How to set goals and why it’s important
How to build relationships

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I listen to instrumental music to help with concentration and writers block.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, Write, Write!! Worry about the critics and edits after you get it all down.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t sweat the small stuff.

What are you reading now?
Diversity in the Workplace by Bari Williams

What’s next for you as a writer?
Thinking about the subject of my next book

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Voice of the Heart by Chip Dodd
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

Author Websites and Profiles
Terrice Thomas Website
Terrice Thomas Amazon Profile

Terrice Thomas’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Twitter Account

Sanzaki Kojika 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I write under the pen name is Sanzaki Kojika. I have been writing since a child and always immersing myself in the fantasy world. It only made sense that I would become a writer myself. I currently have 12 novels completed and published, 2 artbooks, and 17 graphic novels. I am always writing and creating.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Zos Kias vol 14 as of Feb 2022. I am also already working on the next volume as well as Hanif, the long awaited sequel to Altier. I find inspiration all around me, but with Zos Kias specifically, it draws heavy inspiration from gothic literature, manga, and Aleister Crowley, the Ordo Templi Orientis, and Zos Kia.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I tend to get a lot of writing done in weird place. I sometimes find it easier to write when out than home. The majority of Hanif has been written in the waiting rooms at doctors’ offices.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Terry Brooks and Barbara Hambly were the two big authors that influenced me as a writer at the beginning. Since then, a lot of others have come into play. I have a huge library of books and love to read, so I’m constantly learning new things.

What are you working on now?
My big project right now is Hanif, the very long awaited sequel to Altier. Altier was intended to be a oneshot, but thanks to fans “pursuading” me, I finally decided to write what happens after. I always had the idea in my head, but never planned to do much with it. It’s been a lot of fun working with the story, especially some of the new characters.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Haven’t found it yet, but I’m still learning.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing. It’s good to make good habits and get in the practice of just sitting down to write, even if it’s only a little bit.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
An English teacher in highschool gave me the best advice, so I’ll repeat it here: “All that stuff you’ve learned in English growing up? Forget it. Writing fiction isn’t like that.”

What are you reading now?
Reading the latest Dresden Files book!

What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing, haha. I’m also working hard to promote myself more as a writer. I am hoping to do an in-person book tour in the next year or two. I had started getting it planned and locations when COVID hit, so things have been strange.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Oh man, that’s a tough one! Honestly, a notebook and a sketchbook might be enough for me though…

Author Websites and Profiles
Sanzaki Kojika Website
Sanzaki Kojika Amazon Profile

Sanzaki Kojika’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Butch & Louie 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
We’ve published three books in the last year: Butch & Louie’s Book of Stress-Relieving Humor: Feel Better Fast, Butch & Louie’s Book of Poetry, and Butch & Louie’s Book of Odd Short Stories.

The only thing they have in common is us, Butch & Louie.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Our last book is Butch & Louie’s Book of Odd Short Stories. Our inspiration was poverty.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, we only write with words we can spell.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mrs. Blanchard, our tenth grade English teacher, encouraged our study of etymology, which looks at the origin of words and how they’ve changed over time.

One day, she asked us to stay after class to discuss some specific things she thought we could do to improve ourselves. As we were taking notes on everything she said, she used the word incorrigible in a reference to us. We raised our hands and asked her if she could spell that, and maybe use it in sentence to put it into context for us.

She said, “Of course. You two are incorrigible idiots who can’t spell sh*t!” She suggested we hang around for the summer and take a class in etymology which might help us learn to string two words together that make some kind of sense.

At first, we thought etymology might be a cooking class, but thanks to Mrs. Blanchard, we got our first real lessons in understanding and using words. However, she was wrong about us not being able to spell the word “sh*t.” If she had looked around the school, she would have credited us with using it in several places, both in context and out of context.

Mrs. Blanchard would probably be surprised to know we over came being idiots and wrote three books with all the words spelled correctly. Unfortunately, she has dementia now and lives in a home with other people who can’t remember who lives next door. However, we’ve been told that every time our names are mentioned, she gets very animated and needs tranquilizers to calm down, so we know she still remembers us. Why wouldn’t she? We’re Butch & Louie.

What are you working on now?
Lately, we’ve been thinking about a plan to spring Mrs. Blanchard from the home and take her for ride, but first we’ve got to adjust our cam chain tensioners. If the cam chain tensioners are too tight, we’ll have inner bearing problems. Then we’ll have to buy hydraulic tension cam plates, and won’t be able to take anyone for a ride.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
We give them away. In our marketing survey of 5000 people who showed signs of being able to read, they said they preferred books that didn’t cost anything. That did it for us, so all of Butch & Louie’s books are free.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Of course we do. Make sure you are very successful and make lots and lots of money before you start publishing books because you’re going to need it!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Make sure you are very successful and make lots and lots of money before you start publishing books because you’re going to need it!

What are you reading now?
We’re reading the instruction manual for adjusting our cam chain tensioners. Friday is date night! We’ve got to get it done.

What’s next for you as a writer?
We’re just waiting to the back from the Pulitizer Board.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
What! No streaming services?