Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am christian author. I have written 5 books and currently working on other titles to be released soon.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Above Everything You Must Prosper. I wrote to help people find simple ways for creating wealth.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No not really. lol!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Adam Houge, T.D. Jakes, Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen, Myles Munroe

What are you working on now?
The Closer I Get To God

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Well I usually stick to Amazon but hopefully Awesomegang will be a favourite for me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
New authors should always seek to produce quality work. The truth is there is no magic way of becoming a best seller but good quality work stands out. It may be slow at first but a good reputation with steady sales is better than a few days or month of high sales with negative reviews.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep promoting your books everyday.

What are you reading now?
War Room

What’s next for you as a writer?
Besides the next book lol! I’m trying to learn as much as I can about the writing industry along with marketing.

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, War Room, How to hear God’s voice easily

Author Websites and Profiles
Ruel Fordyce Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was a school teacher for twenty-seven years, but my dream was to write full time. I have written over 25 books, but have only published seven. Hopefully, someday, they’ll all be published. I started writing children’s books first, then romance, and moved into romantic suspense.

I live in Bartlett, Tennessee. I have three daughters and three granddaughters. I’m married, and my husband, Geoffrey, also likes to write. I love to inner tube down rivers and hike. I’ve hiked to the bottom of Brice Canyon and back. I have also hiked through parts of Alaska. The greatest thing I’ve ever done is learned to fly a plane. I flew right down the MS. River. Cool. I also sing. I’m a first soprano with the Rhodes Master Singers. We perform with Memphis Symphony Orchestra. I also sing with a Scottish group. I’m a member of Clan Wallace and a member of the Memphis Scottish Association. I’m also a member of Bartlett Methodist Church.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Blood Tide. It had first been titled Dark Suspicions. Since I have Dark Side of the Mirror, also set in Alaska, I feared people would think the two books were a series, so I changed the title. I actually found it in the Bible. It fit, because the heroine’s father washes up dead on the shore in the morning tide.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nope. I get a story idea, jot a few notes and start writing. About halfway through, I plot the rest of the book.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Linda Howard, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Debbie MacComber, Candice Proctor, and Pat Potter.

What are you working on now?
Now that Blood Tide is finished, I’ll finish my three-book comedy series. Also, I’ll start my next romantic suspense, Love in the Shadows.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook and passing out promotional cards.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write because you love it. Take the advice of others.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t burn your bridges in the writing world.

What are you reading now?
I don’t have time to read right now other than research material.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Finish my comedy series and write Love in the Shadows.

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?
Other than my books, I’d take a few by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Linda Howard, and Candice Proctor.

Author Websites and Profiles
Elaine Meece Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I love to read and that lead to my love of writing. Years ago, I was a teacher and story time was the best part of the day for me and the kids. Since then, I have had the desire to write but was only able to realize my dream a few years ago. My experience working with kids has helped me to create books I think children/middle grade/young adult readers will enjoy. So far I have four books in the Patchwork Dog and Calico Cat series (children) and I’m presently working on the third book in the Wee People series (MG/YA).

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I published the fourth book, “A Ghostly Adventure” in my children’s, Patchwork Dog and Calico Cat series last October. I already had stories about summer, spring and winter (Christmas) and wanted a new book about Halloween and the autumn. Plus, Some of my readers have been asking for more Patchy and Calico and I wanted to make them (and myself) happy.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I don’t really have any writing habits except I have to have a glass of tea close by. My writing time is taken in snatches when I have a few free hours to sit and concentrate without too many distractions.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have read many books that have fed my addiction to fantasy. Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, David Eddings, Isaac Asimov are a few of the well-known authors. Lately, I’ve been reading mostly Indie authors who captivate my imagination – Dannye Williamsen, Nicole Storey, Donna Dillon, Robert DeBurgh, Yvonne Hertzberger, K.D. Emerson, Tamy Burns, Leland Dirks – to name a few.

What are you working on now?
My latest book doesn’t have a title yet. It is the third book in the Wee People series and it was inspired by requests from readers and my desire to continue the adventure.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Word of mouth is a great promotional tool and I use several websites ENT, Fussy Librarian, EBBT, etc to advertise. I’m setting things up to use the Book Goodies website as well.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
First step is to get your idea for a story down on paper (monitor). Then you can go back and fill in details, modify, etc. When you’re happy with your manuscript, do a self-edit, let beta readers read through it and make any changes you want. It is important to have your work professionally edited before you even think about publishing. Remember, you have no deadline to complete your masterpiece so take your time and enjoy the writing process and make your book the best it can be.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep plugging along. There may be days, weeks, months, when the writing muse refuses to inspire you. Don’t give it, it will come when it’s ready.

What are you reading now?
“Riders of the Wind” by Robert F. DeBurgh.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep working on my latest manuscript and eventually I’ll finish it.

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’s a hard question. I’d take Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series (all in one volume), and several other series bound in one volume so I’d have plenty of reading material.

Author Websites and Profiles
Greta Burroughs Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I currently have ten novels in publication, all with the setting of a dystopian American. They’re available in e-books on Amazon and other outlets, such as Barnes & Noble and Apple. The novels are also available on Amazon in paperback, with two novels in each volume.

Like so many independent authors in this new world of writing, I had always loved to write but never had a practical way to get my work published. And then, along comes the internet—oh my goodness, what an amazing (as well as crazy scary) place! The interest that grew in me about four years ago with the idea that something, many things actually, could happen in our complacent world and turn it upside down seemed to blend with my desire to write fiction. To my own surprise, I found myself with a new book on Amazon and people were buying it and reading it. Here I am, nearly three years later, with ideas of “what if” swimming around in my old head and still writing.

I am basically a very optimistic old gal and my stories are always about families, friends or lovers and how they cope with survival in a very changed world. I don’t care for zombies and epic battles and am fascinated with exploring how the everyday man would face and deal with the dangers and challenges of a dystopian environment—what would that environment really be like? The development of the characters is my true joy in the writing and the research about locations.

My hubby of nearly fifty years and I spend a bit more than half our time at our small cabin in Colorado and the remaining time in our beloved home of Texas. Our daughters, grandchildren and even one precious great grandson are scattered throughout the state. We will forever have one foot and our hearts firmly planted there. We have built four homes in our time, from scratch, doing the majority of the work, including the cabin that is now mainly our home base. Earlier this year, we downsized and sold our Texas home. When we go home, we live in a travel trailer and that has brought new experiences and people into our lives.

My retired life style and fortunate new vocation is a great source of peace and joy in my life. I always love to hear from my readers.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is It Was 2052, High Haven. It is the second of a series. There are four books in the No Normal Day series and four in The Days After series. The beautiful scenes, views and wildlife around our cabin was the true inspiration for the book. I’m also fascinated with the stories of lost treasure in the surrounding mountains. So, some of the characters that came together in the end of No Normal Day, Travelers are re-visited and find new adventures twenty years later.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know how unusual my writing habits are. I don’t very often sit in my pj’s and write. I try to do it like a job, like to be dressed and have my chores around the house taken care of. Popcorn and coffee often join me. I am a near compulsive observer of people and when I meet or just encounter an unusual person or when I visit a new place, it often sends my mind into the imaginary country of a new story.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
When I was a girl, I loved the Nancy Drew mysteries, still do love a mystery. When a young mother, the historical romances of Kathleen Woodwiss were pure escape. I love humor, such as Jean Shepherd wrote. More recently, I became interested and inspired by dystopian fiction, one of my favorites, the books of Elle Casey. Not yet quite over the sting of my early book’s criticism, grammar, etc. (thank heavens, Amazon allows for we, obsessive re-editors). I’m finally comfortable in my style of writing shoes and I still read many books on writing fiction. My favorite of those is How Not to Write a Novel, by Mittelmark and Newman.

What are you working on now?
Taking a winter break right now, but little visions keep floating through my mind—things like, what would happen in that pleasant campground in a catastrophic situation? So many varied and interesting folks there—would they come together or turn against each other?

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I just don’t do the social media thing, though I see the benefit there. I welcome my readers to e-mail me at the address in the back of my books and have a small mailing list. I use the tools of Amazon, have my books on D2D, where it’s made available on several outlets and look for affordable sites such as Awesomegang to run promotions several times a year.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
As so many authors suggest—sit down and write. Study what other successful writers have learned on the internet and read their books, as well as the books in the genre you are interested in. Work and work some more on your knowledge of grammar and point of view and correct writing techniques. The world is the most wonderful inspiration, get out of your own head and explore the heads of others.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t keep doing what you’re doing, over and over, and expect different results.

As far as writing—write.

What are you reading now?
I’m re-reading How Not to Write a Novel. It’s funny, you can always find something to learn. I’m getting that urge to pull together a new story with new characters and I can use all the help I can get.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Don’t know—isn’t that intriguing?

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 Wolf and the Dove (Woodwiss), Dictionary, Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and other Disasters (Shepherd) and the best Prepper Survival book I could find.

Author Websites and Profiles
J. Richardson Website
J. Richardson Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a bucket list achieving, junk jewelry collecting, hopeless romantic who loves great wine and a good dose of adrenaline rush from time to time. I write under 2 pen names and have 7 books published. I have won several awards including Romantic Book of the Year and my books have been Amazon bestsellers several times.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Rise of Memphis – January Chronicles follows one woman’s journey into sexual self-discovery and the hunky men willing to fulfill her desires. I wanted to read a book where the woman was nervous about sex, ie not a sexual diva. I couldn’t find what I wanted and I always found erotica so serious. So I created a wonderful character – Jane Nichols who becomes her own naughty twin, Memphis, in order to find sexual gratification that’d been eluding her for three years. I also wanted to show that sex could be fun and that it wasn’t always perfect.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write best when I take my laptop and sit in a park or a cafe. Although writing about sex isn’t always easy when there are dozens of wholesome people sitting around me.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Kylie Scotts – Stage dive series, Janet Evanovich, Nora Roberts, Cherry Adair, Matthew Reilly, Wilbur Smith.

What are you working on now?
This Rise of Memphis is a year long project for me. These books will release in Monthly Chronicles on the first of each month. It’s exciting watching the journey of my character take effect.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Word of mouth is by far the best method to promote any book. So getting reviews is the most important thing for me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just keep writing. If you plan to write 200 words each day then before you know it, you’ll have a book. Your craft will improve.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Watching movies can improve your writing. When I watch movies, I truly study the character to see what works. I want the characters to be true to themselves so I’m always looking for what they shouldn’t have done.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading Ice Twins – S.K. Tremayne.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m about to start another action adventure romance set in Mexico. The book was inspired by a very recent trip to a Mayan Temple in Cancun, Mexico. I love the idea of weaving treasure hunts into a gripping 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?
I’d have to take my all-time favorites which I’ve already read dozens of times over:
Ice Station – Matthew Reilly
Deception Point – Dan Brown
River God – Wilbur Smith
The Reef – Nora Roberts

Author Websites and Profiles
Kitty Kendall Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Rev. Dr. Kevin T. Coughlin Ph.D. I am an International Master Coach, trainer, writer, speaker, Christian counselor and therapist, Provincial Superintendent to be consecrated a Bishop in the Spring of 2016, associate professor, Anger Management Practitioner, Nationally Certified Interventionist, Life Coach, Life Recovery Coach, Gambling Addiction Coach, Sexual Addiction Coach, Domestic Violence Advocate, I am an expert on Addiction and Recovery, also the Director of a Residential Recovery Facility New Beginning Ministry and President and CEO of Phase IIC Coaching, LLC. I have been working in the addiction recovery field for almost two decades, have helped thousands of individuals and their families overcome all types of addiction, shame and guilt, relationship and communication problems, anger management, inner healing, self-image, interventions and much more. I love to write, read, teach, and learn. I started out writing poetry. I’m a former 9 time Nation powerlifting champion, and 2-time world champion. I love dogs, especially pits.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called, In the Sunlight of the Spirit. It’s a workbook and manual on spirituality. Working at the ministry, the manual was written to help with the recovery program, and help people understand spirituality in general. Too often spirituality is mixed up with religion. We are all spiritual beings, it would be nice if I could help more people understand the spiritual side of life. In addiction recovery, spirituality is important.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I think we all do! I usually write two books at the same time. I write all day and night, whenever the mood strikes.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have the heart of a poet. The Bible has had the greatest influence on me. The Basic Text of AA is another. I enjoy E.A. Poe for short stories and poetry.

What are you working on now?
I’m writing a book about addiction and my friend’s life story.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I would have to ask Catherine Towsend Lyons about that!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing! Never give up and read everything you can.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never quit before the miracle happens!

What are you reading now?
A New Day, A New Life by William Cope Moyers

What’s next for you as a writer?
Editor and Chief at Addicted Minds & Associates and perhaps a book of poetry.

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 Basic Text of AA
A Book on survival on a desert island/ How to build a boat
A large book of poetry
A book of short stories

Author Websites and Profiles
Kevin Coughlin Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m at the beginning of my publishing journey. I have written two (and a half!) books, with the second one due to hit the digital shelves in late January 2016.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s called Resolution Evolution for Moms: Take Charge of Your Life at Any Time of the Year. I wrote it because this season in life (parenting young kids) leaves me with little time, but I really want to be productive. I also want to have some interests for myself, not dictated by family demands and household duties. The mainstream productivity books don’t make allowances for moms who cannot drop their caregiving duties to attend to their own projects. In my Mom Not(e)ables series, I write about practical and meaningful life changes and improvements moms can make in between our mom tasks.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Several non-fiction authors who have been successful on the Amazon platform inspired me to write the books I was interested in reading.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently putting the finishing touches to the second book in my Mom Not(e)ables series. It’s called Resolution Success for Moms: Set yourself up for Maximum Momentum and Obstacle Obliteration.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best method is elbow grease, I think! I am working hard to promote my books, because I want to understand the process. It definitely takes a lot of time, so perhaps in the future I will ask a VA to do that work for me. First, I want to understand exactly what’s involved.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If writing is important to you, find a way to make it happen!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
In terms of writing, Anne Lamott’s “sh!tty first draft” makes a lot of sense to me. Too often, we hold ourselves up to a standard of perfection that is impossible to maintain and/ or achieve in the first place. We need to get our ideas out on paper, so we can improve on them.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading lots of books about self-publishing. This whole business is still new to me, and there is a lot to learn. I’m also making time to read Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline for my book club.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have several books outlined for the Mom Not(e)ables series, so I will continue working on those. I also have a side project I’m excited to start, but for now I won’t be sharing any detailed information on that.

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?
My all-time favorite book is Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, so that would be number one on my list. After that, I would add Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (because it’s on my current to-be-read list), and a survival in the wilderness-type handbook!

Author Websites and Profiles
Maya Green Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up poor. Sometimes the only entertainment we had was me reading books to the rest of my family. I have been an avid reader since and have dabbled with writing, but I did not become serious with it until three years ago. Since then I have written two -one published and the other I am getting ready for publication.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Securing Aisling is the first book in The Kingdoms of Kearnley series. It all started with a “what if”. What if the princess rescued the prince, and why not a queen instead of a princess? Ideas just flowed from one to another from there until it morphed into a series.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t usually write in order. Random scenes will sometimes play out in my head, and I write or type them out as they come. They can be from anywhere in the story.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I don’t know that a certain book or author has influenced me. I would say they all have. I read a lot. I mostly stick to Christian Romance and Secular YA and I believe the influence of both can be found in my writing.

What are you working on now?
My second book, Healing Gilvary, is pretty much finished. I am working on getting the outfit together for my heroine to wear for the front cover. I am also hoping to finish the first draft of my third book soon as well.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I believe in spreading information about your book as far and wide as you can. I keep a list on my computer of sites and I am adding to it all the time.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read, read, and read some more. As you read, keep notes on what you like/dislike in a book. What is your favorite genre? What is your favorite POV? What character traits do you love? What do you hate? Also, read about writing. Rules for writing are a lot different than what you remember from English class.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Your family may not be as enthusiastic about your writing as you would hope and that is okay.

What are you reading now?
A Bride at Last by Melissa Jagears

What’s next for you as a writer?
Maybe a dystopian or it could be a historical. I only know I will be writing something.

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, A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers- it’s my favorite, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling, and a notebook so I could write my own.

Author Websites and Profiles
Andrea Boyd Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written one book that is completely about makeup tips, but it also has a bit of history in it of the genre as well. I’m also featured in a travel anthology book by Robert Fear.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Lifetips 101 Makeup Tips was inspired by my lifelong obsession with makeup.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I get to work every morning on the writing I have to do for the day on the couch with my computer, a cup of coffee, and the Today Show on television.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I adore reading memoirs of different famous and regular people. Essay compilations are some of my favorites too. Augusten Burroughs is probably my favorite. I can read his books over and over again.

What are you working on now?
A non-fiction book about lifelong die hard Cubs fans.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Twitter is great fun for promoting anything since you get instant feedback right away.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write. Write as much as you can any time you feel the urge.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I don’t know if this is advice or not, but my mother always said, “isn’t fun the best thing to have?”

What are you reading now?
A book about public shaming that is rather interesting by Jon Ronson called, “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed.”

What’s next for you as a writer?
Just keep rolling along working for a variety of freelance writing companies, and my private clients.

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?
Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs
The Hunger Games Series
A dictionary

Author Websites and Profiles
Kelly Reising Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1977 and attended the University of Limerick as a mature student, graduating in 2013 with a B.Sc. in Computer Game Development.

As a computer whizz-kid I was naturally inept at writing until I discovered that by utilising the Law of Attraction I was able to seamlessly transition into the field and I am now a full-time author with two books currently self-published on Amazon.

My second book “Surviving a Realistic Zombie Apocalypse” gained local notoriety within days of publishing and was featured on the front page of the Limerick Leader newspaper, which has a readership of 110,290, and also received airtime on local and national radio.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Surviving a Realistic Zombie Apocalypse”. The inspiration for this book came from; watching back-to-back episodes of The Walking Dead, the Miami cannibal case from 2012 and the movie 28 Days Later. I tried to imagine what realistic zombies would be like and how best to survive.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I never start at the introduction. I always jump from chapter to chapter writing what I can when I can.

Every morning, before getting out of bed, I visualise my book as finished and published. Even when I’m writing a book I see it as already finished.

If I get a case of writers block I’ll get out my phone and record myself talking instead. This way I can get full chapters done without thinking much about it.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. I wouldn’t be here today writing this if it wasn’t for that book opening me up to the power of the Law of Attraction.

What are you working on now?
“Prepper’s: The Ultimate Guide”. Many doomsday prepper’s only prep for specific events. They need to prep for every eventuality.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook. Create an author page and post your new and upcoming titles there with links to Amazon, or wherever else you sell your books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t waste your time submitting to traditional paper publishers. It will take you years for one of them to agree to publish your book and cost you all of your money along the way.

Sit down and write your book. Don’t agonise over formatting or covers or anything else. Get the book finished first.

Never, ever doubt yourself or your book. Maintain full faith in your work and your ability.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand.” – Bob Proctor

No truer words have ever been spoken. Every morning, before you get out of bed, visualise your book. Feel the book in your hand (even if it’s going to be an eBook). Feel the pages, the cover and the weight of the book. Turn it over and admire your picture on the back cover. Feel overjoyed that you managed to create this.

Once you feel overwhelmed with joy, jump out of bed and get yourself ready for a productive day of writing.

What are you reading now?
I don’t have time to read at the moment. All the time I have is dedicated to writing new material.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Work, work, work. I won’t make it unless I put in the time. Just like anything in life, if you want to reach the top you need to put in the hours.

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 Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The Magic by Rhonda Byrne
The SAS Survival Handbook by John Wiseman (I’m stranded on a desert island, right?)

Author Websites and Profiles
Tadhg O’Flaherty Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
After getting my degree in Illustration, I did what a lot of ‘Arty’ types do when they leave University and proceeded to meander my way through the next 15 years of my eventful life trying my hand at numerous jobs, as well as travelling and living abroad.

Well, after working as a Diamond Technician, as a Toy Tester, as a Medical Engineer, an Art Teacher in New Zealand, an Avocado Packer, a member of Royal Security, (I could go on and on) I finally awoke from the happy whirlwind I had been riding. I found myself living back in the UK, with my beautiful wife Heidi and my two perfect little girls Connie and Bettie, wandering what I should do with my life.

‘In order to be happy you must finally do a job that makes you happy,’ I kept saying, ‘in order to support the ones you love financially, you must do what you’re best at’ I kept thinking!

Only one answer presented itself to me: As I had always dreamed of doing, I set out to Write and Illustrate my own Children’s Books, So, here I am, biting the bullet, waving ‘goodbye’ to procrastination, realising the dream!

My first book is out now on Amazon, ‘The Rhino that I Know.’ I hope you like it!

Stef

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Rhino that I Know – Well I’m not sure what inspired it really, but you might be interested it was completely written on the train! I used to have a hard, long hours laboratory job that required me to take two 45 minute trains a day, and I knew that if I was going to follow my dream and illustrate and write my own books, I better start being creative! I wrote the whole thing on my phone!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I start with a hook, a line, a phrase, some jumble of words which sounds good together, something kids will learn quickly – and go from there!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
In terms of Writing and Illustration together – ‘The Gruffalo’ Donaldson/Scheffler

What are you working on now?
I’m illustrating my next book at the moment called ‘I’m a Guillemot – SO WHAT!’

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m new to this so, I’m trying everything I can, I don’t think i really know what works yet!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes, as a new author myself I hope this doesn’t sound a bit big headed but, I believe you have to act as if you have already made it as an Author. Make the moves you would make if you are the best in the business, confidently and calmly!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t forget to tell your friends and family! Don’t be one of those secret authors, who have written hundreds of books but never lets anyone read them!

What are you reading now?
An inspirational self help book – ‘The Success Principals’ by Jack Canfield

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have an urge to write a more serious book, still for children, possibly about the Blitz over London in the Second World War.

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?
Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl – My fav book growing up.
Think and Grow rich – Napolean Hill
Chicken Soup for the Soul – Jack Canfield
Journey’s End – R.C Sheriff (It’s actually a play)

Author Websites and Profiles
Stef Rzysko Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Michael and I’m the author of two books, a short story collection and a novel. I’m a thirty-something guy who lives in the suburbs. I like cooking (not always a successful venture), traveling (even though it makes me anxious) and holidays (my husband’s birthday and Valentine’s Day are coming!).

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Parade is my first novel. I was inspired by religion. As a child, I was raised with no religion and always felt extremely curious about it. Who and what is God? Is he white? Is God really a male? Does God hate me? I was a little obsessed. So, as a college student, I studied all types of religion. I went to Temple. I attended Catholic services. I meditated with monks. I took a bit of everything and pasted together a sort of religion worked for me. With Parade, I wondered what it would be like if my characters created their own religion (and government). My protagonist writes his own bible and creates his own church. But it’s kind of punk rock…with glamour…with mansions. I really love this novel!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I scrawl notes all the time. On little pieces of paper. It could be an image or one word that charms me. Paper scraps follow me, I swear. And I write in the kitchen. At our island. I have a nice office space, but I always end up in the kitchen. I dice veggies in between edits so…it makes sense.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Recently, I’ve been drawn to the work of Bud Smith. He’s so incredibly inspiring to me. What a down to earth fella. He works construction, but writes whenever he can. He’s composed three books of fiction and one poetry collection. He didn’t attend college, but is smarter than most writers I’ve encountered. One of his best quotes: “I just want to create cool shit.” Amen!

What are you working on now?
Short stories! So thrilled to be doing so. I’m a writer with a million projects on the back burner. Another novel, a memoir, another novel. I’ve always wanted to start a cooking/lifestyle blog thing too.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
It’s always different. The Lambda Literary Foundation has been incredibly kind to me. Really, I just try to find nice people who want to support artists. I’ve been lucky.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just keep being you and doing what is important to you. Also, find something else creative that fuels you. Knit or something. I wish I could knit. It’s all math. I’d love to make a scarf.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Some writers can be real assholes.” My first mentor said that to me during lunch. I thought, “Aw. Crap. Really?”

What are you reading now?
I’m reading The Blue Girl by Laurie Foos and The Misadventures of Sullivan Pong by Leland Cheuk. I’m a terrible reader, though. It takes a great deal for me to commit to a book. But I’m devoted to these two.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More readings, more stories. Flexing my craft muscles. Journaling and having fun.

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?
Gee, that’s tricky. Raymond Carver’s Complete Collected Works. He was a master and dreamy. Emily Dickinson’s Collected Poems. A Martha Stewart book of recipes. Something by Danez Smith.

Author Websites and Profiles
Michael Graves Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Chris von Halle has had many different lives in many different worlds—the near and distant future Earth, other planets, and even other dimensions—and his books recreate his childhood memories of such outlandish locations. In this world and life, he lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and enjoys such extraordinary activities as playing videogames, tennis, and basketball, and writing the occasional comic strip. The Fourth Generation is his first published novel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I think some of the recent bestselling young adult dystopian novels inspired mine – such as The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner (two of my all-time favorite novels), etc. Same with a couple old-school, classic ones, too, like Fahrenheit 451 and 1984. Other than that, I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of a world or setting that used to be booming/prosperous, but has suddenly (or over a long period of time) become horribly degraded. It poses the question, “What utterly terrible thing could have happened here in order for things to be in such horrific shape now?” And I love that.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, I always write sitting on a couch with my legs pinned up against the wall. Just kidding. I don’t really have any unusual writing habits. I am highly scheduled, though, so I always write during the same-exact hours and for the same-exact amount of time every single week.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Like I said, books such as The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451. Aside from the authors of those novels, I’ve been highly influenced by the likes of R.L. Stine, J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, and Louis Sachar.

What are you working on now?
I just finished the draft of a middle-grade science fiction novel currently called Picket Town.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still learning the whole promotion thing, but methods I’ve found that work so far is finding and posting in Facebook reading groups that love your book’s genre, and participating in other authors’ release parties (as well as having a party for your own book’s release).

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I wish I did, but to be honest I’m still learning a lot as a new author myself.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I’ve been given some great advice over the years and I feel like what I consider the most valuable constantly changes haha. At the moment I would say to believe in your work and keep submitting to literary agents and publishers, even in the face of constant rejection. At least, that applies if you’re seeking traditional publishing.

What are you reading now?
I am reading City of Savages by Lee Kelly. More dystopian/post-apocalyptic fiction for me haha.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Well, I hope to keep writing, publishing, and building a fan base, all that fun author stuff.

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?
This is simply too unfair of a question. Only 3 or 4 books??? Haha. I guess I’d have to go with Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, The City of Ember, a Goosebumps book (any one), and Wayside School is Falling Down.

Author Websites and Profiles
Chris von Halle Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written 3 books so far. I am twenty four years old, and an Asian American.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Malevolent Twin was created from one of my dreams. I always have some crazy horror dreams, and this one stuck. It is about twins. This book is for readers who like horror and suspense, with a focus on a young woman coming of age while facing long odds.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to drink rumchata whenever I write sometimes. Yes, I did make an A on term paper, buzzed off rumachata.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Robert A. Heinlein’s “I Will Fear No Evil” is one of my favorite books. I like his writing style, and the story. Reading “I Will Fear No Evil” improved my book immensely. I gained so much from reading the classic sci-fi.

What are you working on now?
I am working on “The Spine-Chilling Accommodation” and “The Malevolent Twin’s Retribution”. Hopefully, I will have them out by the end of the year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I made a comment on Huffington Post once. Its free, and people do read the comments section on newspaper articles. I am not sure which website is the best for promoting your books, but if you use many. You should overcome the odds.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write as many books, as you can! Spend your advertising budget wisely. Use www.ebooklaunch.com for all formatting, and cover design needs!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be all that you can be and never give up!

What are you reading now?
The Casual Vacancy by J.K Rowling

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will be publishing “The Spine-Chilling Accommodation” and “The Malevolent Twin’s Retribution” soon.

Author Websites and Profiles
Mary Nguyen Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am one of those people who always wanted to write books. I started doing NaNoWriMo way back in 2003, which helped me turn off my internal editor and just get some writing done. Eventually, many NaNos later, I wrote the draft that turned into Raising John. I have written 1 novel and 2 short stories. I am currently working on a sequel to Raising John, which will be published by Booktrope in late 2016.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Raising John. I was inspired by growing up with an alcoholic father and seeing how destructive addiction is – not only to the addict but to anyone involved with them.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write in surges. I have never been someone who can write for an hour a day. I set aside weekends to get large chunks of work done.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
John Steinbeck was one of my early favorites. I read The Grapes of Wrath several times in high school. More contemporary authors include Anne Tyler, Ann Patchett, Anita Shreve and Joanna Trollope.

What are you working on now?
I am working on a sequel to Raising John, about John’s search for his biological father.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Engaging with readers about my process and characters. As for websites, I don’t know if there’s one that does it all – I use Facebook and Twitter, plus my own author website.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
People often ask me how they can get inspired to write. I tell them … there’s no magic. You’re not going to suddenly feel inspired one day and be able to write easily. Writing is hard. The best thing to do, if you want to be a writer, is to sit down and write. The other thing you can do, to make yourself a good writer, is read. Read a lot of authors and styles. I can usually tell when an author doesn’t read much. Read to learn about pacing and voice.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Butt in chair, hands on keyboard.

What are you reading now?
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing the sequel to Raising John, then finishing the next book, which was another NaNo project. It’s a multi-generational story about a kid who grew up with an angry hippie father, who himself grew up with a distant, outwardly successful, but very cold, father.

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 Grapes of Wrath
At least one of the Little House books.
Robertson Davies’ Salterton Trilogy (the one with all three volumes in one book – sneaky!)
Something by Anita Shreve.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jennifer Lesher Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Monica Sidoine S.N.H.S. DIP. Herbalism, Skincare Products. She is an Author, Lifestyle Educator, Medical Missionary, Certified Licensed Massage Therapist and a Lay Evangelist. . She holds a diploma in Herbalism and also Skincare Products from the School of Natural Health Sciences, UK and have done thorough training at Uchee Pines Institute in Alabama, U.S.A. She resides in ST. Lucia. West Indies

Mrs. Sidoine is the radio program host “Medicine From Your Kitchen Cabinet” which is been aired daily on Prayz FM 98.5 St. Lucia.

She has conducted many health lectures in St. Lucia, Dominica, Jamaica, Belize, Bahamas, Kenya and the U.S.A.

I have 13 books which are completed and i am currently working on 12 more which i am hoping to complete by June 2016.

Other book titles by the author can be viewed on her home page.
https://www.amazon.com/author/monicasidoine

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is Home Remedies For Losing Weight.

Persons are more concerned about their weight right now, due to the increase of many ailments where obesity is one of the factors. Many persons have tried doing it the easy way by doing crash diets etc. only to realize that the weight comes off fast but after stopping the diet it comes back on very fast and about twice the weight that they had. Many persons consume alot during the festive season and in January they are trying to remove what was added on.

This Ebook will help persons to lose the weight naturally in a slower pace and also to maintain it.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Books on spirituality, health, do it yourself and business have influenced me.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on more home remedies and cookbooks.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I just started publishing my books so i am currently trying to promote them on as many websites as i can.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up no matter what you go through. Be persevering till the end.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The sky is the limit so keep going.

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading spiritual books.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To get my Ebooks published in paperback and to soar above the skies in sales.

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?
spiritual, natural remedies, jokes

Author Websites and Profiles
Monica Sidoine Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Originally from the Midwest, I’m now a high school French teacher in the Pacific Northwest. I currently have two books published and am working on a third.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is “For Two Cents, I’ll Go With You,” and it’s based on the true story of my grandfather’s adventures as an Army medic in WWI. He never talked about the war to us kids, but he did tell my dad what he did, and one summer I spent a week with a digital recorder collecting the stories from Dad. On the last day of my visit I learned Granddad’s letters home had survived. I transcribed the letters, incorporated Dad’s memories, and the novel grew from there.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do not compose at the computer. Early on I found that I only stared at the screen and made the same changes over and over again. I sketch out scenes in a notebook, then write them out longhand in another notebook and make corrections and additions before adding them to the file on the computer. That way I know what kinds of changes I’ve made and how the story is evolving.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
James Herriot as an author, Stephen King for his book “On Writing”.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on my third historical fiction novel, again set in the medieval period, but this time in France. It features another strong female main character who went against societal norms to find her own way.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Reviews from bloggers and groups like the Historical Novel Society have been the most helpful for me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read in your genre, and write. Read your work aloud; it’ll help you spot errors and clumsy prose. Give your work the time it needs to mature. Set it aside for a week or a month or a year and read it again. You’ll be surprised how your vision changes. Enlist beta readers who are not your friend or relation, and remember that criticism will only help you to grow.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Talk is cheap; takes money to buy whiskey.

What are you reading now?
Barbara Tuchman’s “A Distant Mirror”.

What’s next for you as a writer?
“For Two Cents” will soon be published in French! and I’m researching a third 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 collected works of Shakespeare, the Bible, War and Peace (haven’t gotten more than 100 pages into it before giving up; if I was stuck I’d have to read the damn thing! haha)

Author Websites and Profiles
Marcia Maxwell Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well, as of right now, I only have one true book out in the world, but I intend on writing many more over my lifetime as writing is my greatest passion.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Within Shadows.
A combination of many things, including influences from Avatar/Korra and even a bit of the present generation of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. (I believe those influences are very clear.) But on top of that, a few games I’ve played also majorly influenced me as well as a few personal experiences now that I think about it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Well, one I can think of off the top of my head is this one unusual habit where I’m getting very into writing at a particular time and I end up completely doing the exact opposite of what I intended on doing. Basically, I end up trolling myself in my own writing and it’s relatively annoying, but it goes with my weird ability to surprise even myself as it always turns out surprisingly well.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling.
Harry Potter (All seven books) and Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit. These books have a major influence on me and will always do, they actually inspired me to express my creativity when I was just a budding writer.

What are you working on now?
What am I working on now? Well, first off, aside from trying to advertise my novel, Within Shadows in whatever way I possibly can…I’m also trying to do research on a particular subject so I can get the information as accurate as possible. My next novel is going to be an Adventure story (Presently untitled) About a dragoness traveling the world, trying to make a unique map and the various oddities that come from that. Not only will it help with worldbuilding for the world my stories are placed in, but it’ll draw in a ton of interest too.
I’ll be able to give people lore in an interesting way, while putting my characters through hell.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far? The best advertisement method I’ve had is just telling my friends. I’ve actually sold more copies from friends on an online game I play than anywhere else. But I’m trying to expand as much as I can so the word can get out about it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
All I can give them? The best advice I have for ANY budding writers/authors that are just even writing fanfiction is simply, write what you love. Put your heart and soul into it and try to make the characters compelling. I know you’d want to put yourself in a story, but unless you do it right…it won’t work.
Writing is something that future generations will enjoy and while your work may never be that popular right away and don’t expect it to be, just write because you enjoy it. Listen to feedback on how you can improve and focus on developing your technique.
But most importantly, don’t be afraid to take risks. If you think your story is going to suck, just try giving it to a few friends first. If they enjoy it, go for it.
Friends and sometimes family are a great support system for budding authors. It’s tough out there though, because we indie authors tend to get a very bad rap in some cases. As there’s a ton of crap out there to sift through to find the genuinely GOOD stuff.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Best advice I ever heard? While I’m not sure about the sources, I think Rowling and Tolkien once said this: Have a daily word limit that you write every single day. No matter what you’re doing, make sure you find time to write a certain amount of words every single day. Like….maybe a 500 word short story or something?
That’s what I do. I have a daily word count, though I haven’t been meeting it personally as of late, as I’ve been extremely focused on other things. But, trust me, this will help get you into the habit again.

What are you reading now?
Reading? Well, mostly whatever snags my interest. I don’t personally read too much anymore, though I could stand to do this as it’d give me some new ideas. The last book I read was ForNever, a very interesting tale and one I really enjoyed.

What’s next for you as a writer?
World Development for my creation and more novels until the day I die. I don’t care if they’re popular or not, because while feedback is important to help me improve, I write mostly for myself. (And a little to make a living)

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?
Hmm….The Hobbit, A Harry Potter book, an island survival book and whatever other book interests me at the time.

Author Websites and Profiles
Aduro Tri Website

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Andrew Buckley and I’m a British-born author living in Canada. I write rather silly fiction (under my name) along with rather violent and sexy fiction (under a pen name). I’m traditionally published through Curiosity Quills Press since 2012 and will be published for the first time with Month9Books in September 2016.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book releasing on September 9th, 2016 is titled ‘Hair in All the Wrong Places: The Perils of Growing Up Werewolf’. It’s my first upper MG novel and was inspired by watching far too many werewolf movies over the years and believing I had a great werewolf horror story rattling around somewhere in my head.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I tend to write late at night while wearing a onesie. I think that’s normal for most writers though, isn’t it?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve been heavily influenced by the wonderful work of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman. Later in life I also discovered Christopher Moore (Read ‘Lamb’, it’s excellent)

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a sequel to my first novel ‘Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish.’ The plan is to complete two novels this year. The first will be this sequel, the second is a hilarious take on the exploits of Jack the Ripper. That’s right, you read that correctly.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve found that social media is the base foundation for any promotions. I’ve also find that building a mailing list with people interested in your book is a great way to continual reach your readership.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. One book won’t cut it anymore. With the introduction of self publishing, the literary landscape became flooded so the need for more quality content than just a single novel has become a necessity.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I’ve heard it several times, particularly while querying agents: writing is subjective. What you write will not appeal to everyone, find your niche, write what you know, what you feel passionate about, and enjoy what you do.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently reading The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey because I saw the movie trailer before Star Wars and thought it looked interesting. In between each book, I’m in the middle of reading the entire Ian Fleming collection. Aside from the blatant racism and sexism I’m really enjoying the original Bond.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Other than the two novels I’m currently working on, I have two more planned and am in the middle of developing a mobile app that will make use of my storytelling ability and will appeal to the entertainment sector. But that’s all I’m allowed to say

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?
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
The Martian by Andy Weir
How to Get off a Desert Island in 3 Easy Steps by Sir Elfin McSwarmy

Author Websites and Profiles
Andrew Buckley Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am from Anchorage, Alaska but I now live in colorado Springs with my four kiddos and my husband. Six Points of Light:Hook’s Origin is my debut novel. I’ve written a few short stories but I this is my first novel-length work. I love all things creative. I love to write but I also love music, I love ballet, I love anything that allows you to get lost in what you are doing.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My debut novel is called Six Points of Light:Hook’s Origin. It is the “true” story of Captain James Hook. I love retellings of classic fairytales. I’m a huge fan of Wicked and that got me thinking about where these characters that I love so much come from. I have always loved the story of Peter Pan but I always thought Peter was kind of a jerk. He’s clueless as to how his actions affect other people. He’s self-absorbed. That is what sparked the idea. What if, perhaps, Peter wasn’t the care free embodiment of youth we all know him to be? If that is the case, then it means Captain Hook is propably not as he seemed either. I took that idea and ran with it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to listen to music when I write. The music has to fit the tone of the scene I’m writing. It’s not really an unusual habit, but quite a few of my friends who are writers can’t stand to have music with lyrics going in the background.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Anne Rice, Stephen King, JK Rowling, Toni Morrison, and Maya Angelou just to name a few. I love to read and find myself having to say “Today is a writing only day.” Otherwise, I’d curl up with a book.

What are you working on now?
I just finished the second installment of Six Points of Light. I’m working on revising it now and I also have a few WIPs that I have outlined. 2016 is sure to be a busy year for me!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
It’s a toss up between Facebook and Twitter. They both have helped so much in the promotion of my projects. I’m still building my network and it’s important to me that I make real, lasting connections with people. Anybody can send out tweets all day long but I’m not big on spamming people. It’s annoying.

My Facebook author page is a great tool for me. I’ve met some wonderful authors and we try to support each other.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’m a newbie myself so I don’t think I’m in a position to hand out advice! I can say that this journey began for me when I really started to believe in myself. I stopped listening to people who said “It’s impossible to get published.” or “New authors have zero chance of having their work seen.” Please. If writing is your thing. Do it. Plain and simple.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”
― Stephen King

You have to start and even when that process is terrifying, you can, you should and you will.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar children by Ransom Riggs. Creepy and so well written. I love it!

What’s next for you as a writer?
Six Points of Light:Hook’s Origin comes out January 19th, so I’m gearing up for that. Then book two will go off to my editor in the next few weeks. I’m trying to take it all in at the moment. I’m very excited for what the future holds!

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 Shining
Dracula
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Author Websites and Profiles
Kalynn Bayron Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Glasgow and, I am one of 7 children. With 5 sisters and 1 brother, growing up was filled with drama and laughter. I live with my husband and two children and I’m lucky to call two girls I met at primary/junior school, my friends today. We still have lots of fun. I value family and friendship above all else. My life became complete when I published my first novel The Braille Club which I self-published in Nov 2014. I was lucky enough to be signed to Limitless Publishing and The Braille Club was relaunched in July 2015. My second book The Braille Club Unbound was released Dec 2014. I am currently in the latter stages of writing my third book The Braille Club Undone and have already made a start to my last book in the series The Braille Club Reborn.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My lasted release is The Braille Club Unbound. The second book in my series. I was inspired to write it because I didn’t want the story to end. I still had so much to write. The second book has some new characters and the main characters from the first book. of the books. My mum is a voracious reader. The books she gave me filled my imagination. With a mixture of genres, I went for Romance to Crime to History. Everything I’ve learned, I owe to books. With a busy life, I just couldn’t find the time or the courage to write but kept thinking, wouldn’t it be amazing if the next book I picked up, was my own. I always had the story of The Braille Club in my head and with the advent of self-publishing, one day I just sat down and started to write.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I always write my ending first. For me, the ending of a book is what I base my opinion on. If the story has a good conclusion then I’m happy. It doesn’t necessary mean I agree with the conclusion, but I’m happy with the book as a whole. So I write the layout of my ending first, then leave it and develop the rest of the story. I am writing my third novel and I do have a system. I always write 57 Chapters. Since signing, with my publisher I’ve learned so much about POV and correct dialogue that I know adopt this process. I then create 3 different storylines to run through the book. Some are carried forward from the previous book and some are new. I bring my characters to life by finding celebrities that are similar in looks as a visual reminder. I do a lot of plot thinking when I’m in the car or have a few moments alone but sometimes my writing just develops.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read a varied mixture of genres, from Children/YA, to Crime, Romance and Contemporary Fiction. I don’t really have favourite authors but favourite books. Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Help, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series, Twilight, Looking Good Dead, The Farm, Into The Darkest Corner, The Hypnotist, Lady Killer, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Never Let Me Go, The Book Thief, The Gargoyle, The Kite Runner, The Life of Pi and The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas to name but a few. All are original and engaging stories.

What are you working on now?
I am working on the endings of my third novel. There are three different stories running through my book which means I need to write three different endings. This can be quite difficult at times but I enjoy the variety and it keeps my creative juices flowing.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think book trailers are very effective. A visual story allows readers to connect with your work in a more dramatic way…after all, there is only so much a thumbnail cover can do. My website gives lots of detail. I’m currently working on a secret chapter from The Braille Club available only on my website. I use twitter to highlight my updates and FaceBook to connect with readers through giveaways and competitions.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes. Build your author brand. You are the CEO of your book and like any new business, only hard work and persistence will pay off. You may think your book will sell regardless but I’m afraid it’s a busy and competitive market out there. Authors need to work harder than ever today to stand out from the crowd. Twitter, Facebook, Website are the necessary tools authors must use to connect with their readers…use them wisely.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I met an editor one night in Glasgow and he said to me “If you don’t believe in your own work, then no one else will. If the story is good, be published and be damned.” I worried about punctuation and sentence structure but he shook his head. “It’s always about the story. With a good story at the core of your work, you’re on solid foundations.”

What are you reading now?
You are Dead by Peter James. I’ve read his complete Roy Grace series and he is an extremely talented author, whom I greatly admire.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to adapt my book for television and film. Scriptwriting will be a new experience for me but I’m looking forward to the challenge.

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?
Jane Eyre, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mocking Bird

Author Websites and Profiles
J.A. Kerr Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a 47 year old Ordained Minister with Testimony & Prayer Ministries. I am married to my Lovely wife Carolyn and we enjoy teaching others about Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. I love reading, writing, most sports, fishing, & motorcycle riding. So far I have written three non-fiction books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called “The Unseen.” The inspiration for this book comes from all of the people out there who don’t know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. Learning to witness to other people is one of the Church’s biggest problems in today’s society. This book is to help the Christian understand who to and how to witness to in their everyday walk through life.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No. Not any unusual writing habits yet…

What authors, or books have influenced you?
John Grisham, David Baldacci, Janet Evanovich, and plenty of other. I read about 4 or 5 books a week so I find some really good authors out there.

What are you working on now?
Right now I am working on a Political Non-Fiction right now. With all the players in this election field that need to be whittled down I think it is time to take a very good look at what is happening and why things are shaping up like they are. In my next book, “Trump For President?” we will be taking a very good look at all of this and more.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Right now I am still a new Author and I am learning what will be the best path for me, but when I find out I will surely let you know…

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Do Your Homework!!! There are no shortcuts, but there are a couple of fast tracks if you are willing to put in the work…

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get your book written Already!!! Your book won’t write it by itself…

What are you reading now?
From Dreamer to Doer: A 12-Step Indie Author Business Plan for Writing Success by Jude Willhoff

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing and marketing my books.

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?
Any two from John Grisham and two from Janet Evanovich.

Author Websites and Profiles
Rev. Floyd Cryer Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Syracuse NY. Being the Middle sibling of 3 children during the end years of the depression period, I learned early to develop a strong imagination as there was not much to go around during those young years.

This skill has come in handy my whole life as witnessed by the success of my “Have Puppets Will Travel” Puppetry as well as sweepstakes contests I have won through my life.

Although I have written a lot of non published projects over the years, my most recently published “The Story of Goo” is my only published work. I am very proud of this as this a life dream come true.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Story of Goo. I wanted to have a sweet story to read my young daughters back in the 1960’s, so i chose to write my own for her.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Whenever I write things, I take my time and fiddle around with getting the structure and flow correct. I only work on the writing a little bit at a time, never too much at one sitting. It could take months sometimes to get things the way i am satisfied.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
In general, I love autobiographies, books about angels, and books that show people having positive life transformations.

What are you working on now?
I have a song that I wrote many decades ago that I have recorded in a studio and am getting that ready for mass consumption also.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Honestly, I am a novice on marketing and book promotion. My nephew Marc Shamus is the one who is assisting me with all this.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t put your dreams on the shelf. just go after them.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Focus on what is good and things will turn out right.

What are you reading now?
Walden by Henry David Thoreau

What’s next for you as a writer?
Incorporate my studio recording of my song into perhaps some type of a video or 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?
1) Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
2) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
3) The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Author Websites and Profiles
Rosalind Menter Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m C.T. Griffith and I’ve written three full-length books, plus poetry and short stories. I’ve been published in a couple magazines and an anthology, and have recently released the first book in my serial fantasy series, The Gilded Shackle.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Gifted” is the name of the first book in The Gilded Shackle. It’s kind of a play on words, because Teine, the main character, is a Human slave who is given away as a gift to a small boy. Both Teine, and the child he belongs to are very talented people – Teine, himself, is an artist and a writer, and his new young master has a natural ability with magic.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Oh yes. Sometimes it’s weeks of nothing. Other times it’s weeks of nothing BUT writing. I’m kind of at the mercy of a chronic health issue, but I live and breathe this world, and look forward to each time I’m at the keyboard. I even dream whole scenes and story arcs!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Lots of the classics – Anne McCaffrey, Zenna Henderson, Robert Heinlein, Mercedes Lackey… oh, and Stephen King.

What are you working on now?
Rough draft for The Gilded Shackle’s 4th installment.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still learning the ropes, so I don’t have a lot of data to share yet. I wish I did! I do need to put a shout out to Angelique Mroczka, of AuthorGeek.com. I’d still be procrastinating if it weren’t for her. She’s the single best reason I finally made it to published.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write consistently. Don’t be afraid to write a crappy rough draft – just keep going and clean it up in the editing phase. Also, especially if you are self-publishing, GET AN EDITOR. And not a friend or relative, either. So many good books out there could be great, if only for that one thing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stephen King’s book “On Writing” was great. Basically, in a nutshell, it all boiled down to just writing and believing in your story and characters.

What are you reading now?
Every “How to Market Your Book” book on the planet. No, seriously. That’s what I’m reading. That and Allaina Davis’s “Infinity.”

What’s next for you as a writer?
The Gilded Shackle – all of it. I was planning on 9 volumes, but I’m not sure how that will pan out. The characters keep surprising me.
Also, I’m working on a book of true horse stories, about a really unique mare.

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?
Could I leave the rest of my luggage and bring more books?

Author Websites and Profiles
C.T. (Chelle) Griffith Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m from the Great State of Texas (can’t tell I’m Texas proud, can you?) and I’ve written six books so far.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Unwrapping Noel. I was asked to be part of a Holiday romance anthology called Mischief Under the Mistletoe. It featured nineteen authors and when I saw the line up, I couldn’t resist! We hit USA Today Bestselling list and it’s been incredible!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Total unorganization #101 is my MO. My romance series is called Out of the Box and that’s pretty much how I roll in my writing habits. I look at my fellow authors and how they do story lines, plot lines, an outline…and I marvel.

I, on the other hand, rely on my characters to speak to me (which they usually do once my head has hit the pillow)

In a nutshell, I’m the author who us the red headed step child

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jacqueline Susann first and foremost. Who hasn’t read Valley of the Dolls and not liked it?
I’m dating myself….but I also liked Grace Metalious. Peyton Place was incredible!

In today’s times, I love Lisa Renee Jones (a fellow Texan)

My fav Indie Authors would be Diane Rinella, Aubree Lane, Kelly Cozzone, RE Hargrave, Judith Lucci, Hunter S. Jones and soooo many more!

What are you working on now?
I am working on the 2nd book to Unwrapping Noel, called Finding Joy.

I’m also working on a children’s book (with a new pen name) and I am so excited about it! Gonna get the grandkids and a very talented illustrator involved in this one!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up! Get involved in an indie author support group that is right for YOU. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t write. If you have a story, for God’s sake, put it into a Word document. Come back to it and make it yours.

My favorite quote is from Audrey Hepburn: “Nothing is Impossible…the word itself says I’m Possible”

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Treat others as you want to be treated (and it’s TRUE)

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to venture into the world of children’s books. I’ll continue to write my second chance romance with main characters over the age of 30, but I want to do a children’s series.
(Playing on Audrey Hepburn’s quote)

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?
Valley of the Dolls, Peyton Place, Wuthering Heights, To Serve is Divine, Something to Dream On, Tropical Dreams, Tahoe Blues, Toxic New Year, September Ends…and of course my entire collection

Author Websites and Profiles
Jennifer Theriot Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi my name is Alex McMahon, I am the founder of Evolve Nutritional Therapy LLC. I practices nutrition in Portland Oregon. I write for Barbell Shrugged,Onnit Academy and and runs a weekly blog; E​at To Evolve.​When I’m not meeting with clients, giving talks or researching nutrition, I can be found training Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu and lifting weights. I’ve written three kindle books so far and am planning to write two more in 2016!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is named Simple Fat Loss: Stop Dieting, Lose Fat and Love The Journey. It was inspired by a 12 week group fat loss challenge that I developed and ran with a group of people. I saw that some of the biggest problems people dealt with when it came to fat loss had to do with the mental side of losing fat. I wanted to design a six month fat loss program that addressed better health head to toe and allowed people to get away from dieting and learn to love the process.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write down three things I’m grateful for, read for 20 minutes and listen to meditative binaural beats as I write and edit!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Ryan Holiday – The Obstacle Is The way
The Magic Of Thinking Big – David Schwartz Ph. D.
Altshift – Jason Seib
The Paleo Solution- Robb Wolf

What are you working on now?
I’m working on a nutrition program to help local gyms run nutrition challenges without as much effort.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Twitter, Facebook and Awesomegang have all been great to me so far!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’m still a new author myself so I am trying to listen more to others authors and speak less.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Find what you love, find a way to make it into a job and things will work themselves out.

What are you reading now?
The Magic Of Thinking Big – David Schwartz Ph. D.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Decide what my next book subject will be!

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 great gatsby, zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance, atlas shrugged,

Author Websites and Profiles
Alex McMahon Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I started writing when I was in high school. My dream was to write for Harlequin and I pursued that goal for twenty-five years, writing and submitting, chasing all the different markets that emerged through the nineties. Ebooks arrived and flipped the industry on its head.

I have buckets of rejections and was starting to think about indie publishing (at about the time EVERYONE was THINKING about indie publishing.) But I was starting to see interest from Harlequin Mills & Boon in London so I worked with them and finally got The Call in May of 2012.

I promptly published the first of my two indie titles, HUSTLED TO THE ALTAR and contracted two titles with Champagne Books out of Calgary, Canada. (THE HEALER AND SHARED WHISPERS)

Then I knuckled down and wrote hard for Harlequin. I have just had my seventeenth title accepted by them. It’s exciting! I know there are pros and cons to indie versus traditional publishing, but the editing is top notch and the distribution is unparalleled. It is a huge thrill to receive an author copy that has been translated into Korean or Dutch or Hebrew!

I’ve also been lucky enough to work with Tule Publishing’s Montana Born imprint. These are wonderful cowboy/rancher small town contemporary romances generally released in multi-author series and print anthologies. I love writing Harlequin Presents for its glamour and drama. I adore writing for Montana Born for its down to earth intimacy and real life angst.

Including the manuscript I just finished drafting yesterday, I have written six titles for Tule. If you’re keeping track at home, that comes up to twenty-seven books into the publishing pipe–but it should be noted that I had written a few of those during that painful period of pre-published rejection.

And if you’re wondering about my second indie title, it’s called CRUEL SUMMER and it’s actually a short story that I wrote exclusively for my newsletter subscribers. You can join here and get your copy if you like: http://danicollins.com/free-book/

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Ha! Well, given that I write for more than one publisher, and they often come out on top of each other, my ‘latest’ book to be finalized is TAKEN BY THE RAIDER, which will be available Feb 11th. It’s a bad boy short story about a corporate raider who ‘acquires’ the heroine in a hostile takeover.

I’m also very excited about my Jan/Feb Harlequin Presents duet, The Wrong Heirs, which has a baby swap as an inciting incident for both couples. The titles are The Marriage He Must Keep and The Consequence He Must Claim.

Looking forward, I have two more Presents this year (Bought By Her Italian Boss, Jul 2016 and The Secret Beneath The Veil, Sep 2016.) And the manuscript I just finished is a very fun new series with Montana Born about wildfire smoke jumpers!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I sit on a ball. Is that weird?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many. My formative romance years were Linda Howard and Elizabeth Lowell. Also Victoria Leigh (Loveswept) and many, many Presents authors. This really is my dream publisher. I knew I wanted to write for them when I was first reading them. I wondered how you got such an amazing job! (Hard work, perseverance, luck!)

What are you working on now?
I’m about to start a quartet for Harlequin. Going back to the above question about unusual habits, I don’t like to talk about my Works In Process too much. Sometimes I post a snippet while I’m drafting, but I’m terrified of criticism while the work is in its infant stages.

I didn’t tell anyone about the baby swap for ages because if anyone had said, “What a dumb idea,” I would have been crushed. I don’t talk too much about my process in general. Mostly I trust that it works, but I worry that if I examine it too closely, I’ll start to doubt or tinker. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix, right? So I just quietly show up at the keyboard and trust the words will come.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Oh, gosh, that is the million dollar question, isn’t it? Facebook and Twitter can be very helpful, as can those magical and mysterious ‘algorithms’ within the book retailers.

I always take the approach that having a presence in as many places as possible is always beneficial. (Thank you Awesome Gang for this opportunity!) You just never know where someone might stumble over your name so be everywhere is kind of my motto.

All of last year I worked hard to build my newsletter list and will continue to do so. I’ve also had amazing success with cross-promotion with other authors, in Facebook parties and boxed sets etc. I haven’t been utilizing blog tours as much, but those have always been a nice way to introduce my name to new readers.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
This is my standard advice to any author, based on my very long journey to publication:

Writing is yours. No one can take it from you. Criticism, reviews, rejections don’t mean you are a bad writer. Embrace the process and love what you do. Only you control the writing side.

Publishing is a business. It will make you bananas because there are so many factors you cannot control. Take publishing seriously, but do not take it personally.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Writing is rewriting. No one gets it right the first time, but you have to have something to fix, so write something.

What are you reading now?
I’m halfway through a true account of a smoke jumper’s life, as research for my own book. I know. Only halfway? See above about having something to fix.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Oh, gosh, the last few years have been very demanding. My goal this year is to find a sustainable pace so I don’t burn out.

Having said that, I have a couple of single title manuscripts that I would love to publish and I have an idea for another series, so we’ll see…

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 can’t choose! I need the whole Keeper shelf because it all depends on your mood, right? And honestly, I’m always happiest writing my own

Author Websites and Profiles
Dani Collins Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am from a small town in Marshall, TX and was raised in Dallas, TX. I am an author and an entrepreneur and I have written one book at the moment. I have many books lined up waiting to be published and released on Amazon, so be looking for them!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called “Relationship Advice: Marriage: Relationships: 8 Quick Solutions For Any Problem” and it is my first. I wrote this book because I was inspired one day to write it and share my wisdom on relationships. I have been through many broken and successful relationships. I have also gained a lot of knowledge from my parents who have been married for 15 years, and multiple mentors. I naturally share this knowledge with my peers and help them through their relationship problems, but I never thought about writing a book until that day. So, I started writing, and the rest is history!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wouldn’t say that I do. I just write what comes to me and what I know to be true and will be helpful to others.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The authors that have heavily influenced me are Bishop T.D. Jakes and Robert Greene. They have an awesome writing style and I love reading their books.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on three more books. They are all about success and relationships. For a sneak peak, here is one title from one of my three books that are coming out. It is called, “The Five Fingers Of Success: A Five Step Guide To Achieving Your Dreams”. This book is awesome and I strongly encourage you guys to be looking for it in within the next few months. It is short, sweet, and straight to the point about “how” to accomplish your dreams.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote through my Facebook and to my friends and family.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice is to always write from your heart.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Follow your dreams and have enough character and will to achieve them.

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading Napoleon Hill’s Law Of Success

What’s next for you as a writer?
Write and publish a lot more books since my first one is finished!

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 Holy Bible, Napoleon Hills Law Of Success, and The Battle Plan For Prayer

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a video game journalist, developer, and producer. I have written two books – Creating an Online Roleplaying Game and Nerd Psychology. the first book is about my personal experience in creating my own RPGs and advice to those who wish to make their own. Nerd Psychology is about online trolls and how they act the way they do online in order to “ego boost.”

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Nerd Psychology is my newest book. The book idea came about randomly while playing League of Legends online with a friend of mine. We noticed that players we matched up against all said the exact same things – literally the same exact lines. This was hundreds and hundreds of people. We found this strange so began to document what they were saying and in response to what stimuli, then attempted to explain it. That became Nerd Psychology.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to listen to John Mayer music while I’m writing. For some reason his music seems to help me work.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King is my favorite author and his Dark Tower books are originally what got me into reading. After that I got heavily into roleplaying online which honed my writing ability and helped me produce my books.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a spinoff series to the Nerd Psychology book which I’m tentatively calling Liberal Psychology. It’s only a rough idea at the moment though.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Since both of my books so far have been gaming related, I’ve used the GamesPress.com forums to get in touch with gaming industry people to promote them. I’ve also used Twitter and recently registered on GoodReads.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t procrastinate. If you have an idea then write about it! If you think about it for too long other stuff will get in the way and distract you. Eventually you’ll lose focus and the idea won’t be as raw, if you ever write about it at all. So definitely write about your ideas right away.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Donald Trump’s motto of “think big” sounds like good advice to me. If you’re going to be doing any thinking, you might as well think big. I feel like people don’t think big anymore and Trump is very successful so it seems like sound advice.

What are you reading now?
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King. It’s actually the first Stephen King book I’ve read in a few years. Looking forward to the trilogy.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully start then finish the Liberal Psychology series I previously mentioned, then perhaps try my hand at writing a fictional novel. Fantasy themed!

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 first four Dark Tower books. They are my favorites!

Author Websites and Profiles
Alex Hinkley Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m the mother of three grown children and live in Atlanta, Ga. I’ve written eight novels, four of which have been published, and I’m currently working on my first series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Sweet Dreams Baby Belle is my latest book and it was actually inspired by a young child’s tombstone in the Biloxi City Cemetery in Mississippi. Although the book is fiction, her small broken monument touched and inspired me. After two years of research to discover the truth about Baby Belle, we were able to find out very little about her short life. This mystery is a tribute to that little girl who died in the late 1800’s.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I always write in my pajamas. I mean, who doesn’t want to be comfortable? I also write best when it’s raining. I have a sound machine with thunder and lightning, but it’s just not the same as when it’s storming outside.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve been influenced by so many great mystery writers starting with Sue Grafton. I also love Iris Johansen, Karin Slaughter, and Mary Higgins Clark.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on a series that is actually a spin off of Sweet Dreams Baby Belle. I just wasn’t quite ready to let go of some of those characters.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t let anyone discourage you! I’m trying to get thicker skin but sometimes it’s difficult.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My mother told me all the time as a child and often as an adult that ‘practice makes perfect’. Some days my writing is better than others and I’m not afraid to delete a sub-par day of writing.

What are you reading now?
The Witches by Stacy Schiff

What’s next for you as a writer?
To continue writing for as long as I enjoy it.

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 wow, just 3 or 4? Could I take 3 or 4 books from each of my favorite all-time authors? That’s not fair, I know, but I’m going for it… Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Series, Beverly Cleary, and John Steinbeck.

Author Websites and Profiles
Kim Herron Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a former high school theatre teacher, turned YA author. My debut series The Romany Outcasts, is currently being published by HarperCollins/HarperVoyagerUK. The first book in the series (Grey) released in April and December of 2015. The second book (Shadow) is due out in June. I’m currently working on two other YA projects on the side. A little about myself: I adore science fiction and fantasy. I enjoy attending conventions and designing costumes. I am a theatre director and writer. I watch far too much British television, drink way too much coffee, and I am slightly obsessive over Doctor Who.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Grey is the title of my latest book, and it was inspired partly by my love of fantasy and fairy tales and partly by my students. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at a version of the Beauty and the Beast tale, and I adore stories with an underdog kind of hero. I began writing little bits and pieces of this story several years ago, and my high school students soon discovered what I was doing and became my biggest encouragers.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a bad habit of deleting anything I’m unhappy with while writing, and then I kick myself every time for not putting it in a folder somewhere. I also surround myself with lots of geeky things while writing. I don’t like writing in an empty, clean space. It makes me feel…well, empty!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
C.S. Lewis was the first fantasy author I ever read, and he introduced me into that world. I feel I’ve been influenced heavily by many of the great YA authors out there, including Cassandra Clare and Richelle Mead, but I think my biggest influences come from fantasy I read in high school: The Lord of the Rings, The Dragonlance Chronicles, The Shannara Series, etc.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently splitting my time between edits for the second book in the Romany Outcasts Series and a new YA science fiction story.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Being a debut author, I’m trying a bit of everything. Even though I’m traditionally published by HarperCollins, I receive almost no marketing or promotion for my books, so it largely falls on me to find avenues to get the word out about my books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My two biggest pieces of advice are:

1. Don’t give up.

2. Don’t be afraid to write crap.

It took me six years and literally hundreds of rejections by agents and publishers before my series found a home. Every day that I write, I feel like it’s the worst thing I’ve ever come up with. I’ve had to train myself not to be afraid of writing absolute junk. The more writing you do, the better you get.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write something every day.

What are you reading now?
I just finished a book by another one of HarperVoyager’s debut authors called Ignite the Shadows by Ingrid Seymour. It’s a YA sci-fi, and it was really good. I am also re-reading the Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks because of the new television series. I still have my copy from when I was 16 years old. It’s a bit worn, but it works!

What’s next for you as a writer?
Apart from trying to market and promote Grey and my series, I’m also scheduling some workshops in various high schools to help teach the writing craft to students. And I’m pushing through this new project of mine as well.

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 would definitely take the Bible, because I read it every day. I would take The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis because it was the first fantasy book I ever read. I would take The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. And probably City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a full-time writer, publisher and direct response copywriter. I work mostly with health clients, such as Agora Publishing, writing long-form sales letters and video sales letters. The Wealthy Health Copywriter is my first book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’ve been working as a direct response copywriter for over a decade – but when I first started, there was no book that covered health copywriting, and there still isn’t. So I decided to write it – and that’s how The Wealthy Health Copywriter was born. It contains everything I’ve learned as a direct response copywriter – and everything readers need to know about how to write great sales letters.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write early in the morning, from 6am onwards, I meditate at around 10am – I’ve been doing TM for several years, and the benefits it gives in terms of concentration, mental focus and energy are astounding. Then I continue writing afterwards. I use Scrivener for non-fiction books, but I use pen and note-pad for fiction. I need to feel the writing viscerally when I write fiction, whereas non-fiction is simply a pouring out of things in my brain that I already know – I don’t have to make them up. Somehow it helps that I use a notebook and pen when I have to make things up. I have a first novel in the works.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
For copywriting and marketing, the big ones are Bob Bly, Michael Masterson and Eugene Schwartz. When it comes to fiction, it’s Murakami, Grass, Auster and Kundera.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on a second book for freelance copywriters called ‘Profitable Copywriting: 7 Easy Steps to a Successful Copywriting Business.’ It’s about the business of copywriting – how to find a niche, how to find clients, how to build a portfolio, how to increase your fees, where to find lucrative copywriting gigs, and how to grow your copywriting business into new (and more lucrative) areas. I’m also working on a novel set in a military dictatorship in the 1970s.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
There are many. I’ve used Facebook advertising quite successfully.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write every day. Don’t stop writing. Make it a daily habit and get it done. Even if you’re sitting at your desk and can’t think of anything to write, don’t leave, stay there – simply being there will make you a better writer.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write what you want to write, not what you think others want to read. You WILL find your audience.

What are you reading now?
Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum. And ‘Great Leads’, a copywriting book by John Forde and Mark Ford, two copywriting legends.

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?
Kafka on the Shore. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. The Tin Drum.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an author who got her start writing poetry. I have self-published 2 poetry, 4 activity, and 2 children’s books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book, currently being written, is the 3rd book in the piano paradise series.
I love inspiring children to grow as individuals, while allowing them to see the adventure in life.

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

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Narnia Series

What are you working on now?
Book 3 in the Piano Paradise series

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Submitting to reviews.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write from your passion and your heart.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A thought never pursued is a dream aborted.

What are you reading now?
Not Without A Fight

What’s next for you as a writer?
Creating DIY books for unique greeting cards.

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
The Dream Giver
Your Best Life Now

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a first time self published author. I am currently working on 6 series set. Awakening Promise is first in the set. I became inspired to write while I was a freshman in high school. My first introduction was a book about Phyllis Wheatly and her poetry. I beginning becoming an avid reader of poetry then. Then I ran across a romance novel with a pirate by Harlequin and have loved romance ever since.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Awakening Promise was inspired by my dreams and my wild imagination…lol

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Believe it or not I write while listing to R&B blasting in my ears

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am a fan of Zane, Brenda Jackson, Hannah Howell, and Eric Jerome Dickey

What are you working on now?
I’m completing book 2 of the series

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
As I am new to this, I’m haven’t determined the best method yet

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing and follow your passion

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

What are you reading now?
If He’s Wicked by Hannah Howell

What’s next for you as a writer?
Completing this series

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 Zane. Brenda Jackson, Hannah Howell and Eric Jerome

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a single father living in the midwest. I have written over 5 books, I come from a family of writers. I love writing and sharing my experience with people.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Healing Quartz Crystals: How to Use Healing Quartz Crystals to Transform Your Life and Unleash Your Superpowers . It was inspired out of my passion for crystals. It is a book documenting my experience with a collection of crystals I have worked with over the years. Its a very unique perspective as it is written from actual life experience.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I only write when I feel inspired. And once the inspiration bug hits, the whole world shuts down until the book is completed. Hard to explain!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My father.

What are you working on now?
Books on relationships and self improvement.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social media marketing.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Quit procrastinating, just do it!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Say thank you.

What are you reading now?
Books on palmistry.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Physical copies.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Keith D. Guernsey is retired and living on Lake Lanier with his lovely wife Susan and his four-footed son Harley (who really is the king of this castle!)

Confessions is a story of my recovery from two rounds of life-threatening brain surgeries to play on three championship softball teams in two states.

It is also a story of love and devotion between a son and his father.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Confessions of a Beantown Sports Junkie
my late father and my lovely wife

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
not yet but I’m working on it!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Patterson/Baldacci/Grisham

What are you working on now?
2nd edition including Deflategate

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
yes , minimum of three sentences per day-be consistent and persistent

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
be consistent

What are you reading now?
Patterson – Roses are REd

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?
one Alex Cross, one Baldacci, one Grisham and one sports bio

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Mine was a childhood blissfully misspent riding my bike without a helmet, playing sandlot baseball without an umpire (and keeping score) and exploring the uncharted woods, ravines and creeks at the very edge of the urban sprawl of civilization in St. Louis, Missouri, completely unsupervised. Besides girls, my main interests growing up were playing guitar, airplanes and reading. I majored in English and Philosophy, got a pilot’s license and, to date, have written five novels, four of which I have self-published.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is Somethin’ for Nothin’ which will be released on Groundhog Day. It’s a tale of adventure/misadventure that takes place during the construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline in the Seventies. I was reading a lot of non-fiction about bush pilots in Alaska and, I don’t know, maybe I watched Animal House (again) or something, but I got this idea about a couple of college roommates who dropout of The Ohio State University and head north to get rich working on the pipeline, but get in way, way over their heads — as is clear right from start with the plane crash scene in the Prologue, which is actually the end of their adventure. It’s an odd mix of Frank Capra and the Coen Brothers.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I had a day job that involved a lot of airline travel (my territory included 25 states and 5 Canadian provinces) I got a lot of scribbling done while enroute from here to there and back. I guess being locked in an aluminum tube seven miles above the earth is as good a time as any to force myself to focus on the sometimes difficult task of putting words to paper. Now I just get up at O-Dark-Thirty and spew forth words into Scrivener.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mark Twain and Catch-22 would be number one on the Author & Book lists, but there are so many others: Shakespeare, Tennyson and Eliot for verse; Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov for fiction (I took Russian in college); Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Berger and Carl Hiaasen for fun. And if I’m going to be completely honest, I’d have to admit to also being influenced in my story telling by the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg and George Roy Hill.

What are you working on now?
I’m pounding out the first drafts of three new novels. Jungleland is a sequel to My Brother’s Keeper, which finds Hawk as a mercenary pilot during the Belgian Congo civil war. The other two are as yet untitled. So far, I’ve set my stories in the 40s, 50s, 60s & 70s, so next up is a mystery/legal thriller set in the 80s. The third one is something completely different for me: the first in a series of futuristic Sci-Fi police procedural stories.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have to admit that I am behind the power curve on the marketing and promotion of my books, but I’ve had luck with sites like Goodreads and the Awesome Gang. I also hand out my publisher promos at art walks, book fairs and author events. Frankly, I find meeting and talking to folks out in “Meatspace” (as opposed to Cyberspace via social media) is a lot more fun and personally satisfying.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never give up. My personal creed is “persistence to the point of stupidity.” You’ll never win if you forfeit the game.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Plan your flight and fly your plan.”

What are you reading now?
President Kennedy: Profile of Power by Richard Reeves. A couple three years ago, I gave myself an assignment to read a biography of each U.S. President in chronological order and I’ve made it to JFK so far. It’s pretty interesting how the more things change, the more they stay the same. I’m also reading The Moondust Sonatas: Movement No. 1, A Hunters Moon by Alan Osi, who is a fellow member of the Cleveland Writer’s Group. It is Alan’s first novel and the first book published by the Cleveland Writer’s Press, a local startup publishing house.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Up early tomorrow morning to scribble some 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?
Catch-22, Huckleberry Finn, The Collected Works of William Shakespeare and The Bible

Author Websites and Profiles
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I currently have two books available and one more that is complete, but still in the submission phase.

My wife and I recently—within the last year—moved to Arkansas. This is seriously the first move that wasn’t prompted by outside forces. Jobs, in particular. We came out here for a friend’s wedding and loved it. Put an offer in on a house, sold our current one in Arizona, and moved. I followed the advice of a friend and quit my job to pursue writing.

Once my daughter got into high school, she got me into the books she was reading. Young adult writing drew me in. I love the intensity of that time of life. Everything is new and the inability to imagine life continuing after a bad grade, or that boy said he doesn’t like you anymore. The hopefulness of childhood is gone, while you’re not ready for adulthood. There’s no way you’re parents could ever understand, when really it wasn’t that long ago they were just like you. Anyway, they’re stupid and I’ll never be like them. Navigating life as a teen is tramatic with intense emotions. I know it was for me.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest work is titled Inspiration. The setting of the town of Inspiration is based on a combination of small towns near my current residence in Northwest Arkansas. This book is inspired by a picture I saw. It had this guy with intense eyes that made me think there’s something more to him. Something about him made me think an evil entity was thriving inside of him. From there the demons of Inspiration were born.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
With so many distractions around the house, I find it more productive to take up a seat at the local public library. If there’s a guitar or a drum set anywhere my days will be used up before I know it. My wife gets up early, which gets me out of bed. Once the house is quiet I realize I have to leave. I wait until 9am and head to the library. Sometimes I stare at the blank page until the scene begins to form. Then maybe stare it some more as it develops behind my closed eyes. Once the words start pouring out the character’s breathe life into it. Sometimes they do and say things I expect, but other times I’m shocked. My characters do surprise me. Extra elements and subplots spring up without permission.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love the voice of Chelsea Fine. There’s something amazing about the way she lets us get inside the character’s heads. Rick Riordan’s books speak directly to me. I like the colorful language of the Last Year Books by Trisha Leigh. Unwind from Neil Shusterman made me stop and shudder. Scott Westerfield and Tedd Dekker will find their way into my head. I have so many influences. Kiera Cass, Stephanie Meyer, Veronica Roth, Ally Condie, and lately Rick Yancey have influenced my writing.

What are you working on now?
I tend to have more than one project in the works. Right now I’m working on the third book in the series that’s out. Shifters and Ordinaries will be followed by Revolutionaries, which is coming along. I’ve still got my first work, that I’ve come back to, titled Legend of the Creator. An adult science fiction that mixes art and science. I also have a young adult work around two teens who have found each other through different dimensions.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m always up to try something new. My latest partner, believe it or not, is Amazon. The hardest thing to do is not always writing a compelling story. Sometimes it’s letting people know it’s available. The difference between a best seller and a non-seller is people knowing about it. That’s what groups like Awesomegang are all about.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be afraid to write something terrible. Just write! Never, ever, think you can edit your own work. You can’t. It doesn’t matter how good you are with grammar and punctuation. Those are the last things you check during the editing process. Finish writing your story, then rewrite it. Then have a professional look at it, and take their advice. Rewrite it again. Read it out loud. Pretend you’re listening to it on audio and listen to how it sounds. Rewrite anything that doesn’t sound right, or doesn’t sound like anything the character, or narrator would actually say.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you’re gonna do this, do it. Put all of yourself into it and get it done.

What are you reading now?
I’m in the middle of Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Loving it.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a lot of dreams. That’s not intended to be philosophical. Many of my stories are based on dreams. The kind you have when you’re sleeping. I woke up a few days ago with a conversation in my head.

“It was her.”
“That’s impossible.”
“Why?”
He looked deep into my eyes, like he was calculating the ratio of rods and cones on my retinas, and said flatly, “She’s ice. It’s illegal.”
“I’m just telling you what I saw.”

Not only did the entire scene play out in my head, I knew exactly what being “ice” meant. Will it become a book? I don’t know, maybe.

As long as I keep having dreams—the litteral kind—I’ll keep writing them down. We’ll see how many actually make to the book shelves.

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?
This is a difficult question for me. I’m not one to watch and re-watch movies. It’s the same for books. I’m all about the new experience. My favorite book tends to be the one I’m reading right now. Otherwise, I would have stopped reading. And yes, I do stop reading when something’s not holding my attention. There are so many great stories out there. Why should I spend my time on one that’s not right for me?
I would love to say something about the classics here, but they just don’t speak to me. I know… I’m a writer. I’m supposed to love classic literature. Honestly, I’d love to hear characters say, “My name’s Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty.” So… maybe the Uglies series? Or maybe Unwind. I love that. I definitely need the whole series. You can’t leave me hanging.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello! I write compelling fiction that deals with the deepest issues of the human heart. I’ve written two novellas, A CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING and SURRENDER TO LOVE, and one novel, THE MADONNA OF PISANO, Book One in my trilogy titled THE ITALIAN CHRONICLES; three children’s picture books: WHO IS JESUS?, TOBY TOO SMALL, and CANDLE LOVE; and one chapter book for middlers, DO ANGELS RIDE PONIES?

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is THE MADONNA OF PISANO. It was inspired by an incident that occurred in my family’s ancestry.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
This may be an unusual habit. Before I write and as I write, I pray. I ask Holy Spirit to give me the story of His heart. There are times when I feel Him hovering over me, inspiring me with His words. During those times, I see myself as simply a pen in Holy Spirit’s hands. The feeling is exhilarating!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The book that has most influenced me is the Bible. I have also been influenced by the classics of world literature. In fact, my PhD is in French with a concentration in Comparative Literature.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I am working on the second novel in my trilogy, THE ITALIAN CHRONICLES. The novel is titled A SICILIAN FAREWELL.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method for promoting my books is word-of-mouth. My best tools for this are Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep on writing. Learn all you can about the writing craft. Never give up on your dream!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.” ~ Proverbs 3: 5-6

What are you reading now?
–Everyone Communicates: Few Connect by John Maxwell
–Idea Sparking: How to Brainstorm Conflict in Your Novel by Michelle Lim
–The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate

What’s next for you as a writer?
To complete my trilogy.

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- Bible
2-My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
3-Dante’s Divine Comedy
4-The Red Horse by Eugenio Corti

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MaryAnn Diorio Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have wrote two books. A novella and a novel, they are Part 1 and Part 2, respectively, of a two book series. I have combined both of these books and placed them under one title.

I was raised in East Tennessee and have loved books for as long as I can remember. In real life, I am a paramedic and have worked in emergency medicine for six years. I am currently back in school, but I haven’t decided on if I want to get my Surgical Tech or RN.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Broken Pieces Series, Part 1 & 2. Part 1 is based somewhat off of me growing up. Anything hilarious that happened to Fayth while she was a kid, more than likely actually happened to me. LOL

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, I don’t think so. Hahaha

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew up with Nancy Drew, V.C. Andrews and R.L. Stein (Fear Street). I have found some great authors in the Indie world that encourage me and help fuel my passion.

What are you working on now?
My WIP is Chief. As with most books, this is loosely based off of a real-life situation that inspired me to weave it into words.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I comment and post to some blog’s posts for Tease Me Tuesday, Wet Wednesday, etc.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up. It is a very hard world to break into, but determination is key.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write even when you have nothing to say. Something just might come out of it.

What are you reading now?
Six Points of Light by Kalynn Bayron.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am attending a Literary Event in Sevierville, TN on February 27th.

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?
Moonshine by Regina Bartley, Beauty in the Ashes by Micalea Smeltzer and the rest, I would close my eyes and randomly pick from my bookshelf

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a single mom of a three year old girl. I have published one novella so far, but am working on my first full length novel now.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Love and Self Discovery is my novella. I wrote it for a creative writing class in college. It’s inspired by my life and why I waited until I was 24 to come out as pansexual to my parents. This story is how I expected my family to react. Luckily for me, I was wrong.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I try to write 1000 words per day, which seems to be pretty average.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I absolutely love Stephen King, although I don’t write in the same genre as him.

What are you working on now?
I am working on a novel about a vampyre/faerie hybrid who falls in love with a human and tries to protect him from her past.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve found that Goodreads seems to give me the most connection with people and has helped me to get people to read and review my book.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read a lot, write a lot. (To quote Stephen King, also, reading his book On Writing is probably a good idea).

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day, even if it’s not good. You can always go back and make it better, but you have to get the idea down first.

What are you reading now?
Moxie’s Decision by Hank Quense

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m hoping to finish and publish my novel by the end of the year and am thinking of writing a sequel to it as well.

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?
-On Writing by Stephen King
-The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
-The Bible (I’d finally have the time to actually read it)
-The handbook that came with my tarot cards (I’d probably be doing a lot of tarot readings for myself)

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Samantha Fischer Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve always had an overactive imagination and started writing for fun in middle school, but it wasn’t until I finished my post-secondary education. I began taking writing seriously and about two years ago, one of my first short stories, CALL FROM THE GRAVE, was accepted by a small publishing company called Mocha Memoirs Press. I spent some time writing short stories and putting them out for submission while working on larger projects before I deciding I would have more success as a self-publishing author. That turned out to be the right decision, because as of now, I have published one novella, two novels in a trilogy, and a standalone novel. This year, I’ll be completing my trilogy and starting a new one comprised with three major novels and a series of prequel novellas. All of this in addition to various short stories that will be featured by small publishers. Writing is more than my passion. It’s my whole life. I love it more than anything else in the world, and I hope that that love is evident every time someone does me a great honour and reads one of my books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’m huge into folklore and mythology, and two of my favourite types of characters/beings are pirates and vampires (the non-sparkly kind). When I was younger, I tried to write a high-seas adventure combing the two, but it just didn’t fit together the way I planned it. I left the story alone for a few years, and came back to it when I discovered the beauty and intricate majesty that is steampunk. I adore that genre, because literally anything is possible. So I started working on a new, post-apocalyptic world where vampires ruled the skies, pirates were a dying breed, and humans were living on the scraps left behind by both. That was the beginning of my DARK SKY series, and I tested it out by submitting a summed up version of it to a Mocha Memoirs anthology called AVAST, YE AIRSHIPS! That turned out to be a great idea, because the story was beloved by the editor and many readers. I expanded the concept into the full length novel, CRIMSON SKY, set to be released February 2, 2016. The story and the series as a whole turned out to be more than I expected, and I had a fantastic time writing them. I’ve had great responses so far, and hope that readers will enjoy an exciting epic with monsters and mayhem.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to write for at least an hour every day. It’s not even an option– I HAVE to. Writing must be part of my daily routine, or I’ll feel like a part of my life is missing. I definitely have habits– I always have to have music playing (I listen to a lot of heavy metal, which is perfect for fight scenes), and I often write with a scented candle nearby. It helps relax my thoughts. I’ve also started shutting off my WiFi when I feel like I’m slacking/can’t get my concentration. The Internet is a wonderful resource, but definitely a source of distraction.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I draw inspiration for almost everywhere, but my biggest influences have been Rob Thurman and her CAL LEANDROS series. I love the complex relationship her characters have, and siblings often play a large role in my stories. I’m also a huge, huge fan of Jennifer Estep and her ELEMENTAL ASSASSIN, MYTHOS ACADEMY, and BLACK BLADE novels. She writes incredible fight scenes and great characters, and is definitely my idol as an author.

What are you working on now?
I always have a couple projects on the go. I like to keep busy, so at the moment, I’m completing the third novel in a Greek mythology urban fantasy series (think Percy Jackson and Supernatural), which I might start releasing in 2017. The novels still need a lot of work, but they’re so much fun and I think they’ll really be enjoyed. I’ve got a couple short stories to complete, and then I’ll be turning my attentions to editing two more novels: DAMNATION’S DOOR, the final novel in my current trilogy, CURSED, and STORM BORN, the standalone novel I wrote for 2015’s NaNoWriMo.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still learning how to best market myself, but I’ve found that starting and maintaining relationships with book reviewers to be the best method for me, especially if they love your work. I’m always very excited and happy to receive an email from them, and am truly humbled when they offer to feature me in a blog post or author spotlight. Kindness and respect go a long way, so I always make sure to thank them.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’m still a new author myself, but the best advice I can give is to just write. It won’t be perfect, it won’t turn out the way you expect it to, and you’ll likely slog through some of it. But when you reach the end, you’ll have this feeling of accomplishment: You created something and saw it through to the end. The more you fine-tune it, the stronger it will become. Writing is a long, sometimes frustrating process, but it is absolutely worth it in the end. To look online, see your book, and realize: “I created that.”

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Most of the advice I’ve gotten has been to just keep writing and not to give up on it, but one piece of advice that has stuck with me was from a fellow author in one of my writing communities. She’d been writing for some time, and told me that “The more you write, the better you do.” She was part of the reason I chose to go the self-publishing route. I can never thank you enough, Donna. We all miss you at WritingGIAM Pro.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently immersed in two almost polar opposite books right now: GENERATION V by M. L. Brennan, which is a really fun take on vampires and unlikely heroes, and JOHANNES CABAL: THE DETECTIVE by Jonathan L. Howard, a macabre steampunk adventure with sharp dialogue and a slightly sociopathic anti-hero. I love both books, and have definitely taken some inspiration from both.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Releases aside, I’d like to find a routine. I want to expand not only my reader base, but my reach and understanding of how to market my books. It’s trickier than I imagined, and I’m one of those people who lives and breathes by her schedule. I definitely want to maintain a schedule of releasing at least four books a year, which is something I’m going to attempt in 2016.

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 can only bring 3 or 4?! That’s not enough! Okay, well, I would have to go with DEATHWISH by Rob Thurman, HEART OF VENOM by Jennifer Estep, and THE DEATH OF DULGATH by Michael J. Sullivan. Those are the three that come to mind first, because they’re all my current favourites from books series’s that I’ve fallen in love with, and have inspired me the most.

Author Websites and Profiles
Amy Braun Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a retired veteran of the US Air Force. Writing has been a lifelong dream. Over the years, I’ve started work on twenty something novels. Now that I have the time to devote to writing, I am fully committed to producing cerebral science fiction thrillers which, hopefully, readers will love.

My first book, Rebirth, is now available in paperback or Kindle eBook format from Amazon.com. My second novel, The Drift, will be available late spring/early summer.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s hard to pinpoint the inspiration for my writing. Most of the time, an idea will just pop into my head. I’ll jot down some notes and put it away to simmer. It might be days, weeks, months, or even years before I return to it, but, eventually, every story wants to be told. As odd as it may sound, the characters tug at my mind, demanding resolution for whatever situation I’ve left them in. Those who tug the hardest gain my attention and off I go to tell their story.

I spoke a bit on my Goodreads page about my inspiration for Rebirth:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14833405.David_Maxwell

Inspiration for The Drift spawned from my adventures in Colorado. I lived there for eight years and spent a lot of time rock climbing and skiing. During one ski trip, there was a major blizzard that created massive drifts of snow and, basically, stranded people in their homes. I spend a lot of time asking myself “what if….” During that blizzard, it was what if the drifts covered homes and blocked all emergency crew access. What if the snow didn’t stop falling? What if critical services failed? What if death was unavoidable? Then, with my penchant for the supernatural or unexplained, I imagined how those people might be rescued. Who would do it? How would they pull it off and to what ends? The rest, as they say, is in the past…or is it the future…. You’ll have to read it to find out!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Who am I to judge which writing habits are usual or unusual? I’ve never been found plunking away on a typewriter (do those even exist anymore) in the middle of the street at 2 o’clock in the morning. Usually, you can find me at my computer in my home office pounding away at the keyboard. Sometimes, I need to feel a sense of community, so you might find me working on my laptop at the bar of one of my favorite restaurants.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Too many to list. Any author whose book made me think has influenced me. If I had to make a list, I’m sure Stephen King, H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury would all be near the top.

What are you working on now?
In addition to juggling the many demands of being an indie author, I’m working on The Drift. It’s a blast for me to watch the story unfold. As with anything we do, the more we do it, the better we get. I learned a lot of lessons with Rebirth and am diligently trying to apply them in writing The Drift.

I’m not singularly focused, though. In addition to The Drift, I’m working on the structure for the sequel to Rebirth. For those of you who’ve read that book, you might not think a sequel is possible, but I assure you it is.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, my Facebook Fan Page seems to be generating the most interest.
http://www.facebook.com/davidmaxwellwrites

Goodreads is a close second. In addition to the promotion and exposure the site affords, I’m also enjoying the forums and the advice from other authors and readers.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Here’s a short list:
1. When you think your book is ready for publishing, do another full edit
2. When you are certain the book is ready, pay for a professional edit
3. When it finally is ready, put some real effort into finding an agent
4. If you do decide to self-publish, do your research (Amazon Author Central is a good start)
5. Once it is out there, make it known (blogs, fan pages, book clubs, whoever will let you talk about it)
6. Don’t be discouraged by low sales or poor review…keep writing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To quote Stephen King:

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”

What are you reading now?
I’m currently reading Gone, by Michael Grant, and The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern.

What’s next for you as a writer?
My goal with Rebirth was not to generate massive sales. Instead, I published it in hopes of getting some honest reviews and feedback that might help me become a better writer. So, what’s next for me as a writer is to learn how to become a better one. The Drift, I believe, will attest to that commitment.

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. How to Survive on a Desert Island, by Tim O’Shei (for its utility)
2. In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust (at over 3,000 pages, it should keep me busy)
3. The Bible (obvious reasons when faced with pending doom)

Author Websites and Profiles
David Maxwell Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was an Indian Air Force physician for five years, then came to the United States for further studies. I am a practicing pathologist in Southern California. While making diagnoses is my profession, creative writing is my passion. My short stories were published in short-story.net and induswomanwriting.com.
I published my first fiction book The Vision in 2014. My new release Shadowed Promise launched in Jan 2016.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Shadowed Promise. It was inspired by a friend who had adopted her sister’s child and kept it secret from her husband, threatening their marriage. I enjoy reading and writing about various experiences immigrants have when they come to a new country. In Shadowed Promise, I combined the themes. The protagonist is in the middle of riots in Bombay and makes a decision that comes to haunt her years later, when she comes to the United States.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write after I turn on the coffee machine. I write as I sip coffee, often letting it go cold. I type with five fingers: Two on the right hand, and three on the left. I think of what I’m going to write whle I’m walking, or jogging, or praying (I know! I’m supposed to concentrate on God!). Then as soon as I get to the computer, my five fingers fly!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Somerset Maugham, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dan Brown, Nora Roberts. I also love JK Rowling (I have many of the Harry Potter dialogues memorized), and Tolkein, and Suzanne Collins. They span various genres, and I love them all.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on a story of four people thrown together. A special forces officer (alpha male), a woman hiding from the mob, a closet gay man from India, and an Indian female commando. Or some modifications. They all want diferent things, and must come together to have it all.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m using buck books, bknights, fussy librarian, books butterfly and james mayfield promotions.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write! make your characters have strengths and weaknesses. Give them desires impossible to achieve. Place obstacles in their path. When it gets slow, kill off a character. If you’re stuck, start at the ending. Cut chapters mercilessly if they don’t help. Combine characters. Make interesting sidekicks.
And then keep editing, especially for fiction. Put your book away for a few weeks. let inspiration come. Make changes. Edit! And enjoy the ride.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Put the book away for a few weeks after writing. Then come back to it and mercilessly fix issues.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to keep writing. I love fiction. It makes you get into the head of someone else, face their problems, and realize that your own pale in comparison. Writing, to me, is meditation.

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’s a tough one. The Power of Now, Harry Potter 5, Autobiography of a Guru, Hunger Games 1, Interpreter of Maladies.

Author Websites and Profiles
Sunanda Chatterjee Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Ginny Scales Medeiros was raised in upstate New York and now resides in the San Francisco North Bay. Ginny is an entrepreneur with multiple patents/trademarks. Ginny’s product widely sold in World Class spa resorts and on QVC, made appearances on NBC, CBS, FOX News and written about in many national magazines. This is Ginny’s first novel. “What Is Normal?” made the 2012 top 40 most inspirational list in Gladys Magazine. Scales-Medeiros has been on radio and TV, talking about her book, most recently on ABC’s morning show, “Believe in Yourself.” Currently, Ginny’s focus is on landing a movie deal for the screenplay, “WIN”, based on her novel, “What Is Normal?” Ginny is a co-author of “What is the Electric Car?” along with many celebrities. An animal lover, on her own at 15, finishing only the 9th grade, Ginny’s intention is to motivate and inspire people to remember their God-given gifts and talents and use them. Ginny believes that “Thoughts become Things” and EVERYTHING counts.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
What is Normal? is inspired by my life. Book Trailer https://youtu.be/p1h0AX1ADjk
.I want to use my story to help others stuck in a funk, because they believe their not worthy of love or happiness. I get many who say “What is Normal?” has inspired them, to do what they know they are in the world for. *I just recieved a letter from someone who made a move towards his calling after reading my book.
Enjoy and I would love to hear from you after you read it.
blue skies,
Ginny

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Augustan Burroughs Running with Scissors, Dry

What are you working on now?
Currently, my focus is on landing a movie deal for the screenplay, “WIN”, based on her novel,

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Do not follow the rules

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do NOT follow the rules.. or you will not stick out

What are you reading now?
Seth Speaks

What’s next for you as a writer?
Book tour

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?
Seth Speaks, God Calling, The little engine that could

Author Websites and Profiles
Ginny Scales Medeiros Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Atalia loves to serve by helping people to be a better version of themselves. She is passionate about education, people and life. Having traveled to 50 countries so far has helped her see things from various different points of view. It allows her to put herself in other people’s shoes more easily. She values things unseen like culture, rich insight and friendship, more than things that are seen. Atalia has professional experience from over 10 years of consulting entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals of Fortune 500 companies and helping them figure out what they need to make decision for their companies, organizations, life and education. She finds it fascinating that people are all in need of living in a better life and improving their standard of living. There are many ways to do this, but the main one is through having the right education. Her passion for people and love of travelling both created a great desire and urgency deep in her heart to put everything she learned in writing. This is so she can teach you what she has learned, so you don’t have to repeat the same mistakes other people have. The idea is to be able to give back to this world. Everyone counts. YOU count. Visit http://onlinelearningmastery.com to get your free gift from Atalia.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Online Learning MASTERY: 7 Simple Steps to Your Graduation, Reaching A Higher Level in Life.
I have seen too many people drop out their studies all over the world. This can be prevented and so I wrote a book to help them manage their life, so they can graduate and live the life they have always dreamed of, while at the same time serving the community they live in.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, as I am unique

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read many books and love all of them, even ones I don’t enjoy reading. I like reading autobiographies of great and successful people and these people influence me. Not only through published books but from the internet or news. You will see these names come back in my book, such as Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Richard Branson, Larry Page and Sergey Brin to name a few, but also those whose names none of us heard of or I can’t even recall. You don’t have to be famous to make a profound impact to others.

What are you working on now?
To influence people to graduate even more. To inspire them to live the life they desire. To serve others. I have some projects lining up for this.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Still have to find out.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t stop!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
― Abraham Lincoln

What are you reading now?
Lean In

What’s next for you as a writer?
More books, helping others with my knowledge, skills and expertise.

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 note books to write on.

Author Websites and Profiles
Atalia Felicia Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an Englishman, living in Spain with my wife and two crazy, calculating cats. The children have left the nest and are, semi, flying alone.

I love reading, music, jazz vocal particularly, although I listen to most music except heavy metal, techno and rap, and writing. It surprises many people that I don’t have a television!

I was born in Witney, Oxfordshire, (UK), too many years ago to mention without embarrassment, and suffered through the usual childhood problems of mumps, measles and miserable schooldays.

My father worked for the government and changed his workplace frequently. The constant changes made me wary of making friends: if you don’t have close friends, you don’t get hurt when you have to leave them. Now, I still find making new friends difficult.

I worked in the area of photography, in London, then moved to Spain after my marriage. There, my wife and I established a successful language school in Andalusia. After many years,I am now concentrating more on my passion – writing.

I’ve published three books of the series ‘The Chronicles of the White Tower’, Janette’s Tale, Bennett, and Winter Moon. The fourth book in the series should be published in March 2016.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
At present, I’m involved in the editing of Legacy, which is taking up a considerable time as the book runs to 136,000 + words. Although it is part of the series ‘The Chronicles of the White Tower’, it is also separate from them as it blends the present day into the medieval past. It is also part of an individual trilogy within the series, which is called ‘Throwback’.
Legacy, which has a projected publication date of March 15th. 2016, was, in reality, the first book I had written which was sufficiently well written to present to a publisher. When I finally did get an Editor interested in it, she mentioned that it was really too long for the publishers guidelines, but if I wrote anything shorter, she’d like to see it. I sat down and wrote Janette’s Tale, using the medieval background of Legacy as a setting.
They published that and the second book I wrote, continuing the series, Bennett. Although both books had good reviews, they didn’t sell particularly well, so I regained my rights and self-published them, and the third book in the series, Winter Moon.
What inspired the original Legacy? That’s a difficult question to answer, Maybe I just wondered if dreams could possibly become real.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Well, I usually write with a pencil in cheap notebooks of A5 format. Then I transfer this, or at least, the parts that are good, to a word document. When this is finished, which can take considerable time as I type with two fingers, I print it and sit down to read and correct the typescript. This usually takes longer than the writing.
Then it’s a matter of sending the corrected typescript to my editor and discussing changes and adaptions with her. It’s quite a drawn-out process.
Finally, it’s ready and I can send it to print. Winter Moon took two and a half years to get to this stage.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve been reading since I was four, so, I assume, I’ve been influenced by many authors. One is probably Anne McCaffrey whose books are very much character based, but are also very good adventure fiction set in believable worlds.

What are you working on now?
At present I’m working on the second book of the trilogy ‘Throwback’, which is called ‘The Summoning’. I doubt if it will be finished much before summer 2017 as it is both long and complicated – I’m talking about 200,000 words +, about three normal novels.

The Summoning follows directly on from ‘Legacy’, with the same characters, and more.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Obviously – Awesomegang. I’d be embarrassed to say anything different!

Actually, I have only just starting to promote my books, up until now I’ve had no time to sit down and work at it. What with the day job – the academy: teaching, writing and running the business, time seems to vanish. And I have to eat and sleep.

Maybe …. Someday ….

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I hate giving advice! Nobody takes any notice of it. I suppose the best thing to say is: write, and then correct, correct, correct. I know typos are easy to make – I make plenty myself. But some of the cheap and free books I’ve downloaded don’t appear to have been revised once, let alone edited. If I find too many mistakes in a book – I give it up and chuck it.

My advice is to have the book professionally edited.

Okay, editing takes time and money – but it is essential for a good product. I price my books high because I believe that a year, or two years, or four years (Legacy) of my time and effort is worth some reward. If people don’t want to spend money on a good product – that’s their problem. As Robert Heinlein once wrote (The Moon is a Harsh Mistress) ‘Everything that is free is worth what you pay for it.’

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Sir Winston Churchill said it, and it applies to everything in life: ‘Never Give Up.’

What are you reading now?
I’m re-reading some of the old, familiar, Peter Wimsey detective books of Dorothy L. Sayers. I don’t like to read books too similar to my writing as I find the style can influence my own work.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Planning, and writing the final part of the trilogy ‘Throwback.’

There may be other novels before that comes about – I’ve started a science fiction adventure book (part of which you can read on my website) and I should finish that first. I hate having unfinished projects hanging about. There is also a book on the Jazz Vocalists I’d like to write.

Well, time will tell.

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?
Shakespeare’s Complete Works – everything is there – Love, hate, greed, envy, comedy, tragedy – nothing else is needed really.
I’d also like an Omnibus of Raymond Chandler novels – great stuff!
Another choice would be an Omnibus of Anne McCaffrey books.

I don’t know – I’d like a library.

Author Websites and Profiles
Mark Patrick Website
Mark Patrick Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Fiction has been an addiction but the need to make a living took me through Chemical Engineering and a PGDM at IIM-Bangalore and, from thence, to a long 16 year stint in the area of finance with specific expertise in fertilizer subsidies at IFFCO, and a further two years as consulting expert in the same area. That about sums up the boring part of my life, except for the people I was privileged to meet.

Born on 27 September 1963 in Chennai, India, I can be a dithering Libran most of the time. A company town upbringing at Neyveli and Engineering at Annamalai University, Chidambaram was leavened by management education at IIM-Bangalore and, later, working life at IFFCO, New Delhi. Having decided very early in life to write full-time after securing a financial future – which also incidentally meant that I remained single in order to make it as early as possible – I quit employment at the age of 41 and my consultancy at 43, and returned to Bangalore.

Otherwise, I can be described as a mess of contradictions – a bookworm but avid trekker; alone but never lonely; enjoy solitude but love company; lazy but a perfectionist, the litany is endless. Trekking, which side-tracked me from the writing for which I quit my job, is a major passion and I do, at least, one trek in the Himalayas every year in addition to numerous local treks.

I reignited my passion for writing with a fairly popular blog www.jambudweepam.blogspot.com. The blog has been rated among the Top 5 humour blogs in India, twice in succession – in 2014 and 2015 – by BlogAdda, and has also been listed third among the Top Humour Blogs by Baggout.

Having tried out fiction on my blog, I first had a story published in an anthology ‘Uff ye emotions’. Later, along with a couple of friends, I self-published an anthology of crime stories on Amazon – Sirens Spell Danger – which had three novelettes, one penned by me. Currently, I have novella ‘A dog eat dog-food world’, which had been traditionally published in India by an indie publisher but I hold the ebook rights and the ebook is available on Amazon.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a novella ‘A dog eat dog-food world’, which is a satire on marketing management and its influence on Society. It is written as a humorous pseudo-history tracking the doings of Spike Fortune who sets out to sell dog-foods.

The book was, in part, influenced by my management education and the fact that it seemed likely that the same techniques could be used not merely to satisfy existing needs but to create needs that did not exist before. The increasing impact of advertisements on today’s Society provided the impetus.

Needless to say, a humorist also revels in a subject that provides so much fodder for a parody!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
None worth mentioning. Unless writing like a demon all night on occasion counts as unusual.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Above everyone else, P.G. Wodehouse. Jerome K Jerome, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain…

Not all my future books are in the Humor genre. I’d say I probably would count Alexandre Dumas for keeping the writing racy.

What are you working on now?
I am currently writing a coherent version of the Graeco-Roman Myth. When I thought of writing Fantasy, I thought of Greek Myth since my earliest introduction to myth was the Iliad. There are so many versions of the same tale and difficulties in the chronology that I decided to put together a coherent mythology, based on one or the other of the known versions, which I could use as research material for my own writing. I got caught up in the process and, now, this coherent version is developing as a book.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still feeling my way here.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I am relatively new myself.

Cliched but nothing better can really be said – Read a lot and Write a lot.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The same thing as above – If you want to write, write! What you want to write is something that you should want to read.

What are you reading now?
Colleen McCullough’s Rome series

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hoping to break into the Big Five’s lists.

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?
If I can cheat here a bit

1. The Complete works of Shakespeare
2. The World of Jeeves by P.G.Wodehouse
3. The Complete works of Oscar Wilde
4. The collected short stories of O. Henry

Author Websites and Profiles
Suresh Chandrasekaran Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Puja Guha is the author of two books, an international spy thriller AHRIMAN: THE SPIRIT OF DESTRUCTION and an Indian family drama THE CONFLUENCE. She lives in the Washington DC area where she divides her time between writing, travel, and consulting work on international development programs. Her experiences around the world are a key component of her inspiration and weave their way into each of her stories.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a family drama called THE CONFLUENCE. The idea for THE CONFLUENCE came to me during a World Bank mission in Sudan. The setting there is what inspired me. I had many expectations of Khartoum, the capital, all of which were completely contradicted by the city itself, and I found myself imagining a story set there. After that, the pieces fell into place.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually set word minimum targets for myself when I’m writing (e.g., 2000 words per day). Without the target, I can lose the discipline that I need to keep my writing moving.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Frederick Forsyth, John Grisham, and Tom Clancy have helped inspire me to write thrillers. THE KITERUNNER is one of my favorite books on any family story.

What are you working on now?
Right now I’m working on a radio play to submit to the BBC Playwriting competition. After submitting it, I’m going get to work on the sequel to AHRIMAN: THE SPIRIT OF DESTRUCTION.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best tool that I’ve found is promoting 99 cents sales through targeted mailing lists such as Kindle Nation Daily and Ereader News. The recipients of these newsletters are actively looking for new deals on books, which helps to make putting the book on sale a really effective marketing tactic.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Remember that the most important thing you can do with your time is to write. Don’t give into writer’s block. Set realistic goals for yourself and stick to them. Don’t waste time being hard on yourself, just focus on attending to your goals.

Remember that writer’s block is a construct. Everyone procrastinates. It’s part of human nature. I believe that writer’s block is a form of procrastination. What’s much worse about it is that we as authors have empowered it by calling it writer’s block. We’ve made it excusable. I believe the only way to get past it is to sit down at your computer (or other writing vehicle) and put in the time.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To be disciplined in anything that you are working on.

What are you reading now?
GIVE AND TAKE by Adam Grant

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?
ICON
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
THE KITERUNNER
Something random that I haven’t read before

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a comedic fiction writer who has written four books so far (but I only like to talk about three of them).

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Show Up Dead” is my latest. It’s a humorous mystery that takes place in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love despite its high murder rate.

The spark of inspiration for the book came when I was standing in line in the grocery store one day. I was behind a giant man dressed in drag. He was purchasing only a bouquet of flowers. I overheard him complain to the cashier that it was a shame he could never find a rose in the perfect shade of red. I began to wonder what that shade would be and what would someone do with that shade of red once he or she found it. Which really has very little to do with the plot of the book. It’s just that when my mind gets a hold of something, it tends to twist it until I’m entertained. From that entertainment, I produce a book that I hope will equally entertain my readers.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Define “unusual.” I don’t want to embarrass myself here by exposing too much. I mean, maybe I’m the only one who writes with . . . oh, never mind. No, I don’t have any unusual writing habits. Ahem. Can we change the subject, please?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So very many. The literary snob in me loves James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Salmon Rushdie, Toni Morrison, etc.

But the average Jo in me loves Alexander McCall Smith, Carl Hiaasen and Lisa Lutz.

And I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Janet Evanovitch. I’m degreed in English literature, which for a long while made me feel ill-equipped to be a novelist. I felt if I couldn’t write as beautifully, as lyrically and as critically acclaimed as my heroes (see paragraph one), then perhaps I shouldn’t be writing. Then one day, a friend insisted I read a Stephanie Plum novel. Recognizing Evanovitch’s success made me realize I could be me (that is, a funny writer) and still be taken seriously. She is truly the biggest influence on how I came to embrace my wit and let it fly free.

What are you working on now?
I just completed a short story that’s related to a character in my second book (“Revenge Cafe”) and I’m working on the sequel to my first novel (“Hitting the Sauce”.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
No one sober would ever call my methods of promoting my books “best.” I’m still working that out. promoting is so much harder than writing.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never, ever give up! Oh, I think I stole that from a famous basketball coach and you want something original, eh?

How about — don’t let anyone tell you what you should write about or how you should write it. Find your unique style, your unique voice and create your unique book. That’s how your best work will find its way onto a printed page — or back-lit screen.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t spit in the wind.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading two books: Lee Child’s “Killing Floor” and to balance that out “Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit” by P.G. Wodehouse.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m aiming big, baby! The New York Times best seller list. But when I’m awake, my next project is the finished sequel to “Hitting the Sauce.”

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?
One of those how-to-survive anything books, probably, I’ve never made a fire before. And once I get that flaming, I suppose I’ll need a cookbook on seafood and island plants. Otherwise, maybe one or two of those ginormous literary anthologies we had to buy in college — you know those 1,000+page tomes? By the time I got the second one finished, I’ll be able to start all over again not remembering a bleeping thing from the first one.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Elizabeth Barone and I write contemporary New Adult romance and suspense. I’m also a jack-of-all-trades; in my previous “lives,” I went to culinary school and was a web designer. Through it all, I just wanted to be writing. I finally gave in—or I guess you could say was nudged—when I got too sick to work a “normal” job. (I have arthritis.) My first short story was published in a literary journal in 2007 or 2008, and I was hooked. I’ve been writing full-time since early 2015 and currently have six books released, with many more to come.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Though I self-published The Nanny with the Skull Tattoos in February 2015, it’s being re-published this February by Booktrope. Almost all of my books are born from a “What if…?” question. I’ve long felt like single dads don’t get enough props. Our culture is very supportive of single moms, but we tend to barely even give a nod to dads in the same position. I was hanging out, working on another book one day, when I suddenly thought, “What if a teenager got custody of his daughter in high school? How would that same guy be managing in college?” I know a lot of single parents who had their kids young, losing friends along the way. It’s hard to maintain a social life, never mind build a career or find love.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wouldn’t call it unusual, but I almost always have my headphones plugged into my ears and some kind of music on when I’m writing. What I listen to completely depends on the feel of the book or even the emotions involved in the scene I’m writing. And I can’t write without some kind of beverage at hand—usually water or coffee.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
For a really long time, I wanted to be Stephen King. I wrote a lot of horror when I was younger, but then realized that it’s his characterization that speaks to me most. I’m definitely a character person. I could spend hours tweaking personalities or playing with dialogue. I love these pretend people. Joe Meno’s quirky characters also inspired me, and now I’ve discovered Jennifer Armentrout and completely fell in love with her tender writing.

What are you working on now?
Don’t tell, but I’ve started writing a standalone dual point of view romance set in a bakery, called Just One More Minute. My female MC has a love/hate thing for my male MC. He broke her heart and stole her job, but now they have to work together because they’ve both inherited her aunt’s bakery. It’s a lot of fun. I’ve even already set up a home for it: http://bit.ly/JustOneMoreMinute

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I feel like there’s no one magic bullet. I’m always trying new things, experimenting and mixing it up. Right now I’m really loving the #1linewed hashtag on Twitter. And I’m always blogging and sending email newsletters. You can’t beat that one-on-one personal interaction with readers.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Run.

Okay, I’m kidding. Sort of.

Truly, be prepared for the long haul. Overnight success is very rare and is usually a payoff from years of hard work. Don’t give up. It’s going to get really hard and you may frequently question your sanity. But keep going. Find other authors—even if it’s just one person—who you can lean on. Cheer each other on. Having that kinship makes the journey so much more bearable.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
During one of my “I want to quit” moments, my husband patiently listened to my speech and then calmly said, “You haven’t even released your new series yet. You’re not even giving it a chance.” He encouraged me to release the series and then decide.

What are you reading now?
I know I’m late to the party, but I’m reading Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. I’m halfway through the first book and I just love Jamie. Before that I read Colleen Hoover’s Hopeless and sobbed through most of it. It was so good.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Well, I’m working on getting that series out (my South of Forever series). I’ve stockpiled a lot of manuscripts in the last year, so 2016 and 2017 are going to be chock full of Elizabeth Barone releases. I’m hoping to get my name out there and take over the world—I mean, write more books.

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?
Only four?! Okay, this is hard. I have an entire wall of shelves full of books, and those are all my favorites. I guess I’d take Stephen King’s Wizard and Glass, since it’s the best Dark Tower book and always makes me cry. And then I’d take my journal and planner, because it’s too hard to choose between the rest of the books, and I’m lost without my planner.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am nearly 50 years old, I have spent the greatest portion of my life observing the behaviors and actions of people, known and unknown to me. Likewise, I have spent most of my life in service to people known and unknown to me. I began writing about the age of 12 but have only recently published my first book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Etiam Tu: Eradicating Hatred, it was inspired by my young son taking me to task for my having given up on there being any hope for the human race. Because mankind has progressed so far of course from the path our societal evolution should have taken, as I had observed: I had, because of my disappointment, become disillusioned with humanity and their inability to learn to live as brothers and sisters. So once I accepted my commission to become my brother and sisters keeper I began to explain the Philosophy of Etiam Tu.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Well, when writing they are very meticulous, with several stages of digestion and processing of collected notes and data. The opportunities to work are sporadic and my best course of action is to keep something available to transcribe or record y thoughts and ideas on to or into.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Atlas Shrugged, the Holy Bible, The Prophet, The Living Constitution, The Federalist Papers, The Anti-Federalist Paper, Numerous books by Ayn Rand. These were before I began writing my recent book, others I used for research also played a role.

What are you working on now?
Marketing. I began working on the next two titles in the Etiam Tu book series as I worked on the first book. These two will be Whose God? and VIPreA (that is Voluntary Individual Perception rational and emotional (re)Alignment. I have made very little progress on these since this book was published though.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook has collected a good number of international fans for my excerpts, but I believe twitter will be my best source of publicity in the US.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Make use of as much technology as you can. Save your money to pay for professional editing services, and begin marketing far in advance of your publishing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Butt in chair hands on keyboard. Work, produce, progress reach the finish. Also,you can never give up. If it was important enough to start it is important enough to finish.

What are you reading now?
Nothing. I have no time to read. Reading is how I clear my mind in between sections I am writing, a sorbet for my brain. At this time I am looking forward to writing again at that point I will get to read again.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am going to work on some short stories set in a world where my philosophy has become dominant of all personal interactions. I still need to create my bible for that though.

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 Holy Bible, A survival guide, War and Peace, The Fountainhead

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a native Michigander–wife, mother, and grandmother–who writes Christian Inspirational Romance. As a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, I enjoy reading almost as much as I love writing!

Ruth’s Mission Statement: “My goal is to write stories that entertain, but more importantly, educate readers about Jesus Christ and His love for them.”

So far I’ve written nine Christian fiction books. I’m currently working on the tenth book–this one is the third book of a 3-book Christian Historical series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My current Work In Progress is entitled, “Laurie’s Heart”, and it’s the third book of a 3-book series. Several years ago I wrote another series–Christian Suspense/Mystery–about a FBI Agent by the name of Samuel Clemens Morgan. My readers became so interested in the Morgan family, I decided to write about Sam’s ancestors–three generations of this wonderful family. “Mattie’s Heart”, book 1 in “The Morgan Family Saga” series, tells the story of Brady and Mattie Morgan, Sam’s great-grandparents. “Clara’s Heart”, book 2 in the series, tells the story of Reece and Clara Morgan, Sam’s grandparents. “Laurie’s Heart”, my current project, will tell the story of Sam’s parents. They’ve been a lot of fun to work on and I’m going to miss these characters when the series is finished.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I can write anytime and anywhere. I don’t write every day (I KNOW! That is awful), but when I do sit down to write, I usually can produce about 3,000-4,000 words and most of them are decent. I work in spurts, and when I’m in ‘the zone’, my husband has learned to leave me alone.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Christian fiction, but the books I grew up with–that made me want to be a writer–are books written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and some of the old classic authors like Louisa May Alcott.

What are you working on now?
In addition to “Laurie’s Heart”, I’m also working on a novel with a Christmas theme that I hope to have released near Thanksgiving of this year.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what is in your heart. Don’t worry about how others write or what they have to say. Find your own voice.

Also READ. Read the old classics, read non-fiction books about how to write, read well-written books in the genre you want to write in.

And don’t give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You’re never too old to be what you might have been — a quote by George Elliott.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently reading a non-fiction book by Randy Alcorn entitled “God’s Promise of Happiness”. I have many books on my kindle, and not enough hours in the days to read them all.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan to keep writing. Currently, I’m completing two books a year, and I’m still working part-time. Hopefully some time in the not too distant future, I’ll be able to retire completely and devote myself to writing more. Who knows how many books I’ll be able to write then!

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 (of course), “Song of Years” by Bess Streeter Aldrich, “Christy” by Catherine Marshall, and “Lord of the Rings”.

Author Websites and Profiles
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My third book is about to be released, 01st Feb. ’16 to be precise, and is Book One of a Three – Book series. The series is titled “The Converts” and the first book is sub-titled “Battle of New York”.

My previous books are “Autobiography of a Terrorist – A journey from death to life” and “Annihilation : Almost – Time to start again”.

I have six more books in the pipeline as of now, excluding the two books of “The Converts” series, which are on the verge of completion.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled “The Converts – Battle of New York”, which is about a Zombie Apocalypse with elements of suspense and battleground action.

I was working on another book when I had a dream one fine night, which was quite detailed and described the whole plot of a Zombie book. The surprising part was that I had not seen a zombie movie or read a zombie book for more than a year. Hence, I paused my other book for the time being and started working on this one.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to have some movie or other running while I write even if I am not paying much attention to it or even if I have already seen it a number of times.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jane Austen, D H Lawrence, Premchand

What are you working on now?
Books Two and Three of the series “The Converts”, a book on the 9/11 attacks, a book on life of the current Indian Prime Minister, and three more books.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and niche sites like Awesomegang.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Do not worry about lack of sales; they will come. Just persevere with your writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Never Give Up.”

What are you reading now?
Research material for my ‘9/11’ book

What’s next for you as a writer?
I would like to not stick to any one particular genre and would like to keep exploring.

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?
“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “Illiad” by Homer, “Ramayana” by Valmiki, and “Mahabharata” by Ved Vyas.

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