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Leslie Coelho 

Interview With Author Leslie Coelho

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written one book. A fast paced Sci-Fi / Eco-Fiction. I’m an IT Professional by day, novelist by night. I spent the late 60’s to early 80’s growing up between worlds in the triangle formed by Harlesden, Stonebridge and Neasden, North London. And can often be found not playing the guitar, taking photos or in the kitchen at parties. Having watched and participated in the rise of technology I’m now turning my hand to writing.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’ve had various ideas for stories floating around in my head for decades. Recently one of those ideas started to coalesce into something more. I had been following up on some videos I had seen on regenerative farming. It gave me some ideas for the main plotline I could use to bring some of my other ideas together.

Now I’m embarking on a journey to turn a passion into creation and I invite you to join me.

My mother passed away last year. While I was coming to terms with that I realized life’s too short not to live your dreams. That was what really prompted me to stop dreaming and start writing.

My first novel, No Place For Flowers, is an ecological science fiction story. Which will be published on Amazon 14 May 2022.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know what counts as usual writing habits. I tend to get bit’s of the story. Various scenes worked out in my head. Then I start writing and try to piece the story together,

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mainly Arthur C. Clark, Ian M Banks, Paulo Coelho and Peter F. Hamilton but I also enjoy reading B V Larson, Dennis E Taylor and Randolph Lalonde.

However, my interest in SciFi really started watching re-runs of Star Trek in the 70s, with my parents.

What are you working on now?
I have some ideas for a sequel to No Place For Flowers. It’s still in the gestation phase so even I don’t know the story in full.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write something, anything and publish it. You will learn a lot by going through the process. Don’t spend too long thinking about it. The decades can slip by faster than you think.

What are you reading now?
Mars Inc by Ben Bova

What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing the book was fairly easy compare to marketing it. I’m hoping to sell a few copies so I can get back to writing another novel.

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 Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
The Silkie By A E Van Vogt
and a survival guide

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K. Michelle Edge 

Interview With Author K. Michelle Edge

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written many books, but I’ve published 6 picture books & a coloring book thus far. I’m a wildlife biologist by trade and graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Natural Resources as a first generation college student. I grew up in a small Southern town in Georgia, but I moved to Utah following my wildlife career. I’m now a receptionist in my day job so that I can have time for writing. I love the sunshine and the water! I’m an animal & plant lover!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Carl’s Fish Farm: An Introduction to Aquaculture was inspired by my upbringing on the family fish farm in Soperton, GA. After it was brought to my attention that there were little to no children’s books available on fish farming, I decided to create one!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Although, I’d like to venture away from it eventually, I really enjoy writing in rhyme.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dr. Seuss & Vicky Weber

What are you working on now?
I’m toying with the idea of writing another children’s aquaculture book on how to grow shrimp.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Press releases, social media output, reaching out to aquaculture institutions, and applying to free book promo websites

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Enjoy your journey! You’re going to make SO many mistakes (I’m still making mistakes). Don’t aim for success, aim for growth. Do your research, talk to other authors, join facebook author groups to collaborate.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Happiness is not a linear journey and having a happy (or sad) mood is not sustainable as a human being

What are you reading now?
I actually don’t like to read long books, but I really enjoy environmental things like National Geographic.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Opportunity! I’m not quite able to quit my day job, but I’m looking forward to increasing my school author visits.

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 Shack
National Geographic Magazines
Survival in the wilderness books

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Thibault Busschots 

Interview With Author Thibault Busschots

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a dreamer. Grew up in Belgium, mostly staring through the window and making up stories in my head. I earned two consecutive writer of the year awards on MMATycoon for writing previews and reviews. After watching and learning from Brandon Sanderson’s writing class on YouTube, I felt confident enough to write an actual book and wanted to share it with the world. I’ve currently published two books. One pirate fantasy and one young adult coming of age story, which is the first in a wrestling novella series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Wrestling with Bullies is my latest book. While writing my first book, I came across some excellent advice: write the story you want to read but hasn’t been written yet. Something clicked inside my brain. I love pro wrestling. Most wrestling books are biographies. I asked myself: why don’t I try something different and write a fiction book about wrestling? Wrestling with bullies was born.

It took me a while to figure out how to write it to be honest. I didn’t have any examples of wrestling in fiction, at least not the way I wanted to portray it. I wanted it to be a story that’s entertaining for wrestling fans but also accessible and educational for readers who aren’t wrestling fans, hoping to pass on some of my knowledge and passion for this amazing sport.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
After writing a story and doing about two or three rounds of editing, I set it aside for a few months. I do this to give myself some time to think of new and exciting ideas and also to be able to see my own story with a fresh pair of eyes.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Matthew Reilly, Terry Pratchett and Brandon Sanderson to name a few.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently editing the sequel to my novella Wrestling with Bullies.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is actually one of the parts of writing that I’m still trying to figure out.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Advice I got in the beginning was: write every day. This wasn’t for me though and it really made me second-guess my decision to write a book in the first place. Eventually I got through it by finding my own rhythm and sticking to it. That’s why my advice is: be consistent. Find a routine that works for you and stick to it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t just read good books, read bad books as well. Because they can be more inspiring than the good ones. If you’re inspired by a good book, you might copy paste a bit too much without even realizing it. But by analyzing what doesn’t work in a bad book, you will learn a lot more about writing and the mistakes not to make in your own work than by trying to copy what does work in a good book.

What are you reading now?
Just finished reading The Goblin and the Dancer by Allison Tebo, a really cool fairy tale retelling of The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m invested in turning Wrestling with Bullies into a series so I’m doing the necessary preparations for the next couple of books. There’s also a few ideas floating around in my head for some stand alone stories.

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?
Survival books and a book about raft building to both survive and eventually escape the island.

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K.W. Hether 

Interview With Author K.W. Hether

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written many books under different names. This is my first horror collection, and first published under my real name. I have written anything from romance to science fiction, but horror will always hold a special place in my heart.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Schlockbuster Horror: Omnibus #1: Rewind or Die”. It’s inspired by my childhood love of video store horror, Fear Street, and chilling anthology horror.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write by the seat of my pants. If I can’t surprise myself, how am I going to surprise my readers?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
R.L. Stine is a MAJOR influence. I remember reading his pulpy books as a teen. I still have a decent collection of R.L. merch into my thirties.

What are you working on now?
I am working on my ongoing anthology “Schlockbuster”. Free stories are posted on my blog and Facebook.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Tiktok has proven to be exceedingly helpful in getting a wider audience but the best method is just being true to yourself. The rest will follow.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write the stories only you can. Think it’s too weird? Make it weirder with a YOU style twist. Don’t ever let imposter syndrome stop you from getting where you want to be!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Believe in yourself. I know it’s cliched to say that but if you don’t believe in yourself nobody will. Confidence is everything.

What are you reading now?
I am going back to one of my all-time favorite spooky reads, “Ghost Radio”.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan to take my Schlockbuster brand and turn it into a dark empire. I am filming a horror short with my partner this summer as a pitch project for bigger stories to be told under the banner.

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?
Fear Street (any of them)
Ghost Radio (awesome book!)
IT (It never gets old!)
Anything by Christopher Pike.

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