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Published: Sat, 07/16/22
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Paul Cogan
Interview With Author Paul Cogan
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an award winning up and coming new Canadian author specializes in writing LGBT adventure/romance adult erotica novels.
My debut first gay novel, Murder and Lace, shortlisted as Best Gay Debut at the Rainbow Book Awards. My debut first lesbian novel series, Lotus Blossoms and Hooking Into Love were shortlisted finalists in the Lambda Literary Awards.
I can generally be found procrastinating about international politics on various social media platforms on the internet, daydreaming up a storm at home with my Husband of twenty years or simply sitting on my behind at my laptop fighting with the various future novel characters struggling to get out of my gray matter and demanding their respective literary freedom in my next published manuscript.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled – THE AI ESKIMO, which is book number six in my new AI CHRONICLE SERIES of books. The AI CHRONICLE SERIES is a series of books written about a futuristic gay world, where Artificial Intelligence will not only determine the very future of humanity itself but will also restructure the very nature and definition of gay identity, gay orientation, gay love, and gay relationships. With this new AI Chronicle Series, I am attempting to integrate the Erotic Fiction genre with the Mystery & Action genres hoping to produce a futuristic world that will leave my readers both hot and wonderingDo you have any unusual writing habits?
I write completely naked, in a darken space, wearing ear plugs, chewing unflavored chewing gum. JUST KIDDING! I do however make it a point to record something in my daily life, from any and all of my senses, that triggered my imagination to envision some form of writing, be that a scene, character, event, conflict, plot, or story-line.What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am almost exclusively influenced by new authors and new works written in and about the current or future world unfolding around us and what it informs us about ourselves and our humanity. The storied classical writers and their works may serve to inform us of the nature and technical aspects of the writing profession they do not serve us well in understanding the creative aspects of writing.What are you working on now?
I am now working on an initial draft for book number seven in my new AI Series struggling not only with a new and unique story-line but also trying to determine which of the current gay community subcultures I will spotlight in this book and how much research and speculation I will have to develop to kick the story-line into the year 2050 which is where the rest of the series takes place.What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
A combination of a third party authors hosting site (https://allauthor.com/author/pfcogan/) and my own authors website (http://pfcogan.com).Do you have any advice for new authors?
First, and foremost you have been moved to become a “Story Teller”. Like the wise elders of past generations who told important and inspiring stories over an open fire and/or someone sharing their lived experiences with others what you have been moved to do is tell a “story” that will in some way touch the lives of everyone who hears it.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t give me impossible – give me possible!What are you reading now?
I would have to list the contents of my Kindle Library here to answer that question. On average I consume a new eBook title every two days. I read exclusively within the Gay genre covering all manner of subcategories.What’s next for you as a writer?
That really depends upon just how much longer this new AI series intends to hold me captive. Like most gay writers the path to imagining the future of gay writing has not always historically been an easy one. The challenge for gay writers has always been imagining the direction of straight future writing. I’m sure that whats next for me will certainly entail representing how gay peoples from disparate and marginalized groups will continue to evolve and develop going forward into a the future straight culture that in and of itself has no real sense of what their own straight sexual landscape will look like.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?
Three or four totally empty/blank journals. They would allow me to record/write about the adventures of my time on the deserted island for publication after my eventual rescue.Author Websites and Profiles
Paul Cogan’s Social Media Links
Lincoln Hartlaub
Interview With Author Lincoln Hartlaub
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Lincoln Hartlaub! I’m a teen author who wrote The Novus and am working on the sequel, and of course I have many ideas for future novels!What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is called “The Novus.” I was inspired to write it while I was uninspired during virtual learning during COVID-19. I decided to use my time wisely, so I created a book idea and made it happen!Do you have any unusual writing habits?
An unusual writing habit of mine is that I barely ever back up my work. My computer is old and slow as well, so who knows? I know one day I’ll regret it.What authors, or books have influenced you?
Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games series inflicted the wonderful world of Dystopian novels into my life.What are you working on now?
Currently, I’m working on writing the sequel to The Novus, which I believe will be even better than the original.What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still early on in the process of marketing since this is my first book, however, networking and building connections seems to be the most effective way to sell.Do you have any advice for new authors?
Make sure that while your marketing, you are doing everything you possibly can to promote your book, otherwise you have no excuse for its lack of sales.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Write what should not be forgotten.” That was from Isabel Andelle.What are you reading now?
Currently, I’m reading “All Rights Reserved.” Its a dystopian novel with an interesting twist. Check it out!What’s next for you as a writer?
I need to focus on perfecting my writing craft and routine so I can bring all my ideas to fruition. Life is too short to waste it not writing!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?
Personally, I would bring the entire Hunger Games trilogy along with the prequel book. I’ve read them many times at this point!Author Websites and Profiles
Lincoln Hartlaub Amazon Profile
Shanon Harwood
Interview With Author Shanon Harwood
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Canadian/American who lives in Southern Alberta at the base of the Rocky Mountains. I spend most of my time teaching and practicing Shamanism. Currency is my second book, but I consider myself a novice as an author. My first book, It Depends on Who’s Looking, was an online, interactive multi-media book that provided an entirely different writing experience.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I entitled the novel Currency. Currency was inspired by the tumultuous state of our world today. I perceive that the wrong type of currency is driving our existence at this time. As a Shaman, the guiding principles of Shamanic practice such as: ‘everyone is equal, ‘stewardship of the earth’, and the principle of ‘reciprocity’ are but a few of the factors that profoundly influenced the writing of the book.Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I found that setting very strict deadlines for myself forced me to find a way to be productive, even when I didn’t feel productive.For example, I gave myself one year, today, to complete the manuscript for Currency. Then I gave myself six months to have all stages of editing and proofreading done. Finally, I allotted three months to incorporate all necessary changes from three reader groups into the book.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
My favorite author is John Irving. I admire his courage to spotlight contemporary social issues. Oprah Winfrey also gets my vote because she understands the depth of her influence and uses it to make our world a better place. I also love Charles Dickens for his vision and attacks on social injustice.What are you working on now?
My partner Marv Harwood and I have embarked on a project to create a new training program at our school, The Kimmapii School of Shamanism. It is our desire to share a segment of our teachings with a select group of our senior students in order that they too can take this work out into the world to help further the principles outlined in Currency.What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best method or website to visit is https://www.currencythebook.com/Do you have any advice for new authors?
I would encourage anyone, authors included, to embrace whatever you’re doing with passion. Perceiving our tasks through a lens of excitement and anticipation makes even those arduous moments enjoyable. Also, be prepared for the backlash from your writing.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Happiness is not a destination. Happiness is a method of traveling.What are you reading now?
At the moment, I am reading Daughter of Time by Sarah Woodbury.What’s next for you as a writer?
My next book will focus on Shamanism and how Shamanic principles can help build a better world. I’m undecided whether it will be another fiction or not. The only element I’m certain of is that it too will take aim at the inequality that abounds in the world today.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 haven’t read The Last Chairlift by John Irving yet, so that would be my number one choice. I would also take along The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas and Conversations With Myself by Nelson Mandala. And…just for fun, you’d find me reading for probably the fifth time my favorite book of all time, A Prayer For Owen Meany.Author Websites and Profiles
Shanon Harwood Author Profile on Smashwords
Shanon Harwood’s Social Media Links
Katya Summers
Interview With Author Katya Summers
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
There’s nothing quite like hitting an age milestone and losing your job in the same year to make you switch careers. I started writing when I was eight, but I hadn’t written fiction in over a decade. I’m thrilled to have found my way back to it with Hurricane Ryan, my first book.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Hurricane Ryan is my first fiction book. I started reading my first contemporary romance during a trip to Miami. Throw in the fact that I’d started a Baywatch rewatch the week before, and my lifeguard books were born.What authors, or books have influenced you?
Helena Newbury. I love her books and the way everything is in one universe.What are you working on now?
Sea Side Cove 2, which will be a standalone featuring another lifeguard. Our main characters from Hurricane Ryan will be in the background.Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write. No matter how much self doubt you have, I promise there’s someone out there who is published and doesn’t have half your talent.What are you reading now?
I’m working on Court of Silver Flames.What’s next for you as a writer?
Book two and three for Sea Side Cove. I have another romantic standalone planned, but this one’s more of a comedy than a suspense book, based on a real life wedding I went to. And a fantasy series I started writing when I was fourteen that I’m thrilled to go back to.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?
Outlaw’s Promise by Helena Newbury, Gleam by Raven Kennedy, and Chosen Mate by Lola Glass.Author Websites and Profiles
Katya Summers’s Social Media Links
Rina Henry
Interview With Author Rina Henry
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born and grew up in East Germany as an only child when the Wall was still up. I remember life being simple, well more simple than it is now… Although we didn’t have much, I never missed out and had a quite happy childhood. I met my husband just north of Berlin when I was ticking something off my bucket list. I went for a skydive with him being my tandem master and fell for him in an instant. Now, 12 years later, we are married, living in New Zealand and have 2 beautiful daughters. I have always had a hand for anything creative and started writing about 16 years ago. Starting out with Bollywood fan fictions, I wrote 4 novels in German. That was my practice I guess.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Over 2 years ago I had a weird dream about a girl falling for her boss and keeping it all a secret. The urge to write again had bugged me for quite some time, so I decided to give it a shot. This is how “Falling” came about.Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Whatever I write, I don’t have a plan. Nothing is mapped out. There is this basic idea and then I just write away and see what happens. Story and characters develop on the way and I sometimes even surprise myself.What authors, or books have influenced you?
I can’t say that there is any author or any specific book that influences me. I read all sorts of things across all possible genres.What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a vampire romance called “Rising Shadows” I started over 10 years ago. I dug it back out. Let’s see where this one goes.
The other idea that is swirling in my head at the moment is something that connects to “Falling”. One of the characters is going to leave the DEA and go into private investigation.What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am brand mew to this so at the moment it’s all a bit of trial and error.Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just give it a go. You never know how it will develop, but you need to at least try. Giving up is not an option.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My husband always says “You win some, you lose some.” This small sentence has helped me through a lot of uncomfortable situations.What are you reading now?
I am currently enjoying J A Huss “Sick Heart” and everything Sybil BartelWhat’s next for you as a writer?
No clue. I will work on Rising Shadows and thoroughly enjoy the process.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 Anne Rice, Steve Alten and Sybil BartelRina Henry’s Social Media Links
Samantha Mattocks
Interview With Author Samantha Mattocks
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Norfolk and apart from three years at university on the gorgeous Yorkshire coast, I have lived here all my life. In 2004, I began The Arabian Magazine, an international publication all about the Arabian horse, and in 2021, I began nourish magazine, a food and drink magazine for East Anglia.
That sums up my passions, really – horses and food. I appeared on MasterChef in 2019, I have my own foodie website, The Delicate Diner, and we have bred Arabian horses for most of my life. Just add in cats and a good book, and you have me in a perfectly-shaped non-pigeon pigeon hole!I have self-published two books. The first was a collection of poetry, progress, published in 2009. It contains poetry written from teens to early 20s but I matched them with photography taken around the world with The Arabian Magazine. progress sold out within six hours of publishing, and has been reprinted many times and can be found in homes around the world.
Sandstorm is my first novel, and my second published book.
At university, I wrote a collection of short stories, and in my 20s, a couple of novellas – one I keep wondering about publishing. At school, I wrote plays that were performed. I have just always been a writer – it is impossible for me not to.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Sandstorm. It is inspired by the magical world I found myself in – travelling around the globe, writing about the Arabian horse. It is a somewhat satirical look at that world – and any equestrian world, to be honest. One reviewer in Dublin said it reminded her of the polo circuit.Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I still love to write by hand. I think there is something so organic about that, and it always amazes me how people stare at me when I produce a pen and start to fill a page with handwritten words rather than typing them out. I also use music as a tool to tap into my characters and locations.What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jilly Cooper! I think any racy book set in the horse world will naturally draw that comparison, but I like to think I have my own voice.What are you working on now?
Firestorm, the sequel to Sandstorm. I have also written the first in a children’s book series, and am about to start on the second.What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still trying to figure that out; I’ll see how Awesome Gang goes and let you know!Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. Even when you have nothing to write, write. And read – lots.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you love your characters, then other will love them too.What are you reading now?
World Without End by Ken Follett. I love his writing.What’s next for you as a writer?
Surely, the sky is the limit? I have so much more to write, and so much to share. Whenever I receive a positive review, or kind words about my characters, it inspires me to write more.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?
Rivals by Jilly Cooper; The Kingsbridge Series by Ken Follett – that counts as one, right? Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, and a blank notebook so I can fill it with words.Author Websites and Profiles
Samantha Mattocks Amazon Profile
Samantha Mattocks’s Social Media Links
Sherrie Johnson
Interview With Author Sherrie Johnson
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written one book titled “Authentic Leadership in the Workplace.”
Dr. Sherrie A. Johnson is an expert in organizational leadership, communication, and how authentic leader behavior affects employee job performance. She is an authority
on leading and communicating in a global environment and competency in leadership.
As a teacher, consultant, and executive coach, Dr. Johnson shows individuals, universities, and companies how to communicate, develop talent, to provide organizational effectiveness. Her research focuses on authentic leadership and
how it positively affects employees’ job performance in an organization.Dr. Johnson has served in a leadership capacity as a director for local government, secondary and K-12 public education organizations, and corporate communications.
She has also served as part of the executive management team in leadership roles. This involved overseeing the Communications and applying advanced management principles with a critical impact on citizens and the organization.Dr. Johnson supervised award-winning teams and managed all facets of communication. She is also an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist with 20 years of experience in the reporting/anchoring field with local and national news organizations.
She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and majored in Journalism and Mass Communication, received her master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in Communications, and obtained a Doctor of Education at Grand Canyon University in Organizational Leadership.
In her spare time, Dr. Johnson enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her family and her dog Shayla.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my book is titled “Authentic Leadership in the Workplace.” I completed my doctoral dissertation on Authentic Leadership. Since I had the research and information, I decided to use it for a more conversational book for the public. I used my research and information for my dissertation for my book.Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, I do not. I write when the mood hits me. I have to be in the mood to write and when the information flows rather than try to force it.What authors, or books have influenced you?
Leadership and motivational books inspire me.What are you working on now?
Currently, I am promoting my first book which launches on July 13, 2022.What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method of promoting my book is my website and social media platforms. I have a large audience.
https://www.sherriespeaks.com
Twitter @SherrieNews
Instagram sherrie_johnson_communications
Tik Tok jsherrie349
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherriejohnsoncommunicationsllc/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/executivebusinesscoachDo you have any advice for new authors?
Do not give up. Keep going! Do not keep tweaking the book and never publish it. Do not worry about whether the book is perfect. Done is good.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Believe in yourselfWhat are you reading now?
Nothing. After finishing my dissertation and writing my current book, I’m taking a break. I’m focused on spreading the word about my new book. I recently launched a new company called Sherrie Johnson Communications LLC. I am an Authentic Leadership Speaker, Executive leadership Coach, and author and I provide online courses in leadership.What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan to begin my second book next year. I want to expand on Authentic Leadership outside of higher education and into corporate and non-profit organizations.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?
“Aren’t I a Woman” by Sojourner Truth
“Authentic Leadership in the Workplace” by Dr. Sherrie A. Johnson
“Atomic Habits” by James ClearAuthor Websites and Profiles
Sherrie Johnson Amazon Profile
Sherrie Johnson’s Social Media Links
Debbie Seagle
Interview With Author Debbie Seagle
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where much of my writing originates. I’ve authored a long-running Sunday column in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, was a US Embassy Newsletter Author/Editor/Publisher, military base Communications Director, and have written numerous unpublished books. Give me time; somebody give me time!Over the years, I’ve been an Airshow Director, Marketing Director for military bases, Federal Deployment Center Operations Manager, and Top-Secret Senior Technical Writer for some of the world’s unknown oracles.
My joys include being with family, snow skiing, sailing, gardening, hiking, kayaking, hanging with friends, and good wine in a magnificent wine glass.
I have degrees and certificates for various obscure vocations, but my lifelong endeavor to become an accomplished juggler has not transpired – yet. Someday I will DOiT. #doit.
Random Facts about me:
1. I’ve jumped out of an airplane 3 times (with a parachute).
2. My Indian name is “Little Whirlwind.”
3. I played the clarinet in the high school concert band.
4. Colonel Sanders touched my boob.
5. Don Hoe grabbed my butt.
6. Bill Clinton winked at me.
7. I had lunch with Nicholas Sparks. He talked to me.
8. I hung out all day with Jeff Foxworthy (once). He signed my sign.
9. Davy Jones & I spent a day at his horse stall. He sang a song to me.
10. I still sometimes twirl a fire baton.
11. I was married to a US Marine and moved 42 times.
12. I’ve been interviewed on TV and radio 72 times.
13. I’ve been to Camp David twice.
14. I planned an international gala ball in the Eiffel Tower.
15. I have 3 sons and 8 grandchildren (so far).
16. I once could do back walkovers on a balance beam.
17. I call my bathroom The Jim. I go to The Jim every morning!
18. I’ve touched 4 US Presidents (I shook their hands, ok?).
19. I’m an expert in fitted-sheet folding.
20. Bananas make my throat itch.
21. I love my truck.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses was inspired byWhat authors, or books have influenced you?
Erma Bombeck, Nicholas Sparks – I had lunch with him!What are you working on now?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses book promotionWhat is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just now promoting my first book. I’ll let you know what works for my book!Do you have any advice for new authors?
Start your launch team before you send your book for formatting.
Have keywords & categories ready the day you launch your book.
Launch the day before you say you will.
Don’t stop.
Make yourself sleep at least one night a week.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing.What are you reading now?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses by Debbie SeagleWhat’s next for you as a writer?
18 more books… and sleeping more than 4 hours per night. Oh, and learning to juggle.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 (I’ll need hope)
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses (I’ll need to laugh)
Desert Island Escape Tactics (My new book) – just thought of it.Author Websites and Profiles
Debbie Seagle’s Social Media Links
Debbie Seagle
Interview With Author Debbie Seagle
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where much of my writing originates. I’ve authored a long-running Sunday column in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, was a US Embassy Newsletter Author/Editor/Publisher, military base Communications Director, and have written numerous unpublished books. Give me time; somebody give me time!Over the years, I’ve been an Airshow Director, Marketing Director for military bases, Federal Deployment Center Operations Manager, and Top-Secret Senior Technical Writer for some of the world’s unknown oracles.
My joys include being with family, snow skiing, sailing, gardening, hiking, kayaking, hanging with friends, and good wine in a magnificent wine glass.
I have degrees and certificates for various obscure vocations, but my lifelong endeavor to become an accomplished juggler has not transpired – yet. Someday I will DOiT. #doit.
Random Facts about me:
1. I’ve jumped out of an airplane 3 times (with a parachute).
2. My Indian name is “Little Whirlwind.”
3. I played the clarinet in the high school concert band.
4. Colonel Sanders touched my boob.
5. Don Hoe grabbed my butt.
6. Bill Clinton winked at me.
7. I had lunch with Nicholas Sparks. He talked to me.
8. I hung out all day with Jeff Foxworthy (once). He signed my sign.
9. Davy Jones & I spent a day at his horse stall. He sang a song to me.
10. I still sometimes twirl a fire baton.
11. I was married to a US Marine and moved 42 times.
12. I’ve been interviewed on TV and radio 72 times.
13. I’ve been to Camp David twice.
14. I planned an international gala ball in the Eiffel Tower.
15. I have 3 sons and 8 grandchildren (so far).
16. I once could do back walkovers on a balance beam.
17. I call my bathroom The Jim. I go to The Jim every morning!
18. I’ve touched 4 US Presidents (I shook their hands, ok?).
19. I’m an expert in fitted-sheet folding.
20. Bananas make my throat itch.
21. I love my truck.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses was inspired byWhat authors, or books have influenced you?
Erma Bombeck, Nicholas Sparks – I had lunch with him!What are you working on now?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses book promotionWhat is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just now promoting my first book. I’ll let you know what works for my book!Do you have any advice for new authors?
Start your launch team before you send your book for formatting.
Have keywords & categories ready the day you launch your book.
Launch the day before you say you will.
Don’t stop.
Make yourself sleep at least one night a week.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing.What are you reading now?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses by Debbie SeagleWhat’s next for you as a writer?
18 more books… and sleeping more than 4 hours per night. Oh, and learning to juggle.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 (I’ll need hope)
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses (I’ll need to laugh)
Desert Island Escape Tactics (My new book) – just thought of it.Author Websites and Profiles
Debbie Seagle’s Social Media Links
Debbie Seagle
Interview With Author Debbie Seagle
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where much of my writing originates. I’ve authored a long-running Sunday column in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, was a US Embassy Newsletter Author/Editor/Publisher, military base Communications Director, and have written numerous unpublished books. Give me time; somebody give me time!Over the years, I’ve been an Airshow Director, Marketing Director for military bases, Federal Deployment Center Operations Manager, and Top-Secret Senior Technical Writer for some of the world’s unknown oracles.
My joys include being with family, snow skiing, sailing, gardening, hiking, kayaking, hanging with friends, and good wine in a magnificent wine glass.
I have degrees and certificates for various obscure vocations, but my lifelong endeavor to become an accomplished juggler has not transpired – yet. Someday I will DOiT. #doit.
Random Facts about me:
1. I’ve jumped out of an airplane 3 times (with a parachute).
2. My Indian name is “Little Whirlwind.”
3. I played the clarinet in the high school concert band.
4. Colonel Sanders touched my boob.
5. Don Hoe grabbed my butt.
6. Bill Clinton winked at me.
7. I had lunch with Nicholas Sparks. He talked to me.
8. I hung out all day with Jeff Foxworthy (once). He signed my sign.
9. Davy Jones & I spent a day at his horse stall. He sang a song to me.
10. I still sometimes twirl a fire baton.
11. I was married to a US Marine and moved 42 times.
12. I’ve been interviewed on TV and radio 72 times.
13. I’ve been to Camp David twice.
14. I planned an international gala ball in the Eiffel Tower.
15. I have 3 sons and 8 grandchildren (so far).
16. I once could do back walkovers on a balance beam.
17. I call my bathroom The Jim. I go to The Jim every morning!
18. I’ve touched 4 US Presidents (I shook their hands, ok?).
19. I’m an expert in fitted-sheet folding.
20. Bananas make my throat itch.
21. I love my truck.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses was inspired byWhat authors, or books have influenced you?
Erma Bombeck, Nicholas Sparks – I had lunch with him!What are you working on now?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses book promotionWhat is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just now promoting my first book. I’ll let you know what works for my book!Do you have any advice for new authors?
Start your launch team before you send your book for formatting.
Have keywords & categories ready the day you launch your book.
Launch the day before you say you will.
Don’t stop.
Make yourself sleep at least one night a week.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing.What are you reading now?
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses by Debbie SeagleWhat’s next for you as a writer?
18 more books… and sleeping more than 4 hours per night. Oh, and learning to juggle.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 (I’ll need hope)
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses (I’ll need to laugh)
Desert Island Escape Tactics (My new book) – just thought of it.Author Websites and Profiles
Debbie Seagle’s Social Media Links
Lindsey Blick
Interview With Author Lindsey Blick
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a mental health therapist, author, researcher, adventurer, confident, master-level hair expert.What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“ Unlock the Secrets for Relaxers, Perms, and Colors” is the title of the book. People don’t know but even today there are products that make a difference in healthy hair care that can not be sold in stores; Only in licensed locations. So, I wanted to share the unavailable information. Not only can you find quick solutions if interested you will have terminology and information that is found nowhere else. I wanted to create a tool for women o have when they can not get to the salon for help.Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I can think of off the top of my head.What authors, or books have influenced you?
I came from a medical background, so the books that influenced me the most were from
college.What are you working on now?
I am currently engaged in promoting my current book. It’s like the great writer Steven King says if you don’t get out there and promote your book no one will know.What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best method is my website: http://www.junopromise.com/Do you have any advice for new authors?
I am a new writer so if I were to give myself some advice it would be to keep working at getting your work out and surely you will find the people looking for your insights or information.What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can be your own grandma. That means usually grandparents are loving, kind, giving, and cool with unconditional acceptance. I can be that way to myself, I am in pretty good company.What are you reading now?
My reading taste is always in learning mode. I have tried over the years to sit and enjoy a novel without Wilbur Smith-type Jurassic Park action. I fall short of just reading. We all read a lot on our devices while books I enjoy are tools with treasures in them.What’s next for you as a writer?
To take time to work on some fiction writing.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?
1. The Best Medical Journal
2. How Everything Works Book
3. How to build a seaworthy sailboat
4. How to make fire from anything book!Author Websites and Profiles
Lindsey Blick Author Profile on Smashwords
Lindsey Blick’s Social Media Links
Vinny O'Hare Awesomegang.com, P.O. Box 940711 Rockaway Park NY 11694