Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
JB Snow is an 11x Best-Selling author of abnormal psychology, self-help, OCPD, Complex PTSD, narcissist epidemic, and Alice in Wonderland Syndrome books. She has 200+ titles published in ebook and audiobook format – available on iTunes, Amazon, Audible, and NoiseTrade.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. I suffered from Alice in Wonderland Syndrome as a child, and I wanted to touch other readers who have experienced the syndrome. I strive to educate people who are suffering from trauma from their childhood and from relationships. Many people think that they are alone in their suffering, and I am here to tell them that there are many others out there like them. I touch each of my readers through interaction via email, and I try to give them personalized advice based on their experiences.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually email my readers back at odd hours of the night – usually 3:00 in the morning. This is the time when they have my undivided attention, and I find that I come up with my best material at this time. My husband thinks that I am strange, but my readers appreciate it.
My books come in spurts in a writing frenzy. The ideas for my books flood into my head at unusual times, so you might just catch me jotting something down on a napkin!
I have wanted to be a writer since I was 3-years-old. My audience is growing much faster than I have anticipated, and I love getting the emails from my readers saying that I touched their life in many ways. It is very rewarding.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dean Koontz, James Hankins, Gregg Hurwitz, Stephen King, and John Saul are my favorites for fiction.
Non-fiction – I read every book I can get my hands on. I believe that every author has something to say, and I read their book until I find it. Every book has value, and there is a special readership for each person with writing talent. The only people who don’t realize that are those who are frozen on a book idea and unable to get started with their idea. My writing books can help those who are stuck in getting their ideas on paper.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on OCPD Essentials and a Narcissism Gaslighting book. The trauma bonding that occurs with gaslighting is devastating. These women suffer in silence for a long time in a destructive relationship. Many of them experience dissociation or Alice in Wonderland Syndrome because they cannot reach out for help. It is crucial to educate them and pull them back from the brink of psychoses.
OCPD is prevalent and breaking up marriages daily. It is crucial for couples to be educated on OCP so that the negativity and criticism of the OCPD partner does not rip the marriage apart.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My blog is located at www.flurriesofsnow.com. I promote most of my titles using KDP select on my Amazon Author page.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be persistent. Write for your readers. If you see a need, fill it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
…just love him anyway… Advice from my mother-in-law in learning to relate to my husband with OCPD and Asperger’s Syndrome. I am glad that I listened to her. I am extraordinarily happy in my marriage and with our 3 wonderful children. He is the reason that my books are successful and my career as an author is rapidly growing. He has grown into an extraordinary partner since it all began. I am proud of him everyday.

What are you reading now?
Complex PTSD materials for an upcoming childhood trauma book. I read anything and everything that I can get my hands on. I support upcoming authors, and I encourage them to get in touch with me at flurriesofsnow@gmail.com if they would like me to review their books and do a guest blog to my readers.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I publish a new book every 3 days. I’m steadily working on my marketing to grow my readership. I am growing my selection of audiobooks that people can buy for the price of their morning coffee. I like to keep them entertained on their morning commute. I try to bring relevant topics to them that will improve their life in formats that are easy to listen to, especially for busy parents.

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 bring my kindle and hope they have wifi… I couldn’t survive on just 4 books.

Author Websites and Profiles
JB Snow Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Bikini Baristas is the fourth book in the Ted Higuera Series. The Cartel Strikes back, the fifth book, will be out this spring.

I also have two books in the Catrina Flaherty Mysteries, with a third book due out this summer.

Blue Water & Me and Christmas Inc (an Amazon #1 bestseller) are stand alone books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Cartel Strikes back is the fifth book in the Ted Higuera Series.

I can’t make this stuff up. The Cartel was inspired by the news events reported every night about the drug wars in Mexico.

See if you recognize the story.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
What’s unusual. I get up early and write for about four hours before breakfast. I return to my office after breakfast and write for about four more hours.

Does that count as unusual?

How about the fact that The Inside Passage, Hacker for Hire and The Mexican Connection were written at the mess table of my 56-foot sailboat as we cruised down the Mexican coast. How many writers can say that?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There’s so many it’s hard to list them all.

Let’s start with Edgar Rice Burroughs. I read all of his books when I was a teenager and loved them. Much of my writing style is a poor imitation of his.

Elizabeth George is a big influence. In her Inspector Lindley series, you care more about the characters and how their lives are evolving than you do about who done it.

Next up is Robert Ludlum. No one can write an action scene like he did. Don’t believe me, read The Bourne Identity.

What are you working on now?
The Cartel Strikes Back is due out this spring. It’s a follow up to The Mexican Connection.

At the end of The Mexican Connection, one drug lord is dead and the other rotting in prison.

In The Cartel Strikes Back, the drug lord escapes and plots his vengeance. SPOILER ALERT: Ted proposes to Maria, but I won’t tell you how that comes out. I guarantee you, you won’t guess the ending.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
BookBub is by far the best way to promote my books, when they will accept me. They get so many requests that they are picky about who they promote. I’ve heard that they only take about 20% of the books submitted to them.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
In Winston Churchill’s immortal words “Never give up.”

Your path will be filled with obstacles. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to find a way over, around or through those obstacles.

Never let anyone tell you you can’t do it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My father used to tell us “A Wallace never says can’t.” As a matter of fact, I got more than one spanking for saying I couldn’t do something.

What are you reading now?
Steven King’s On Writing.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a new Catrina Flaherty Mystery up next. Then the sixth book in the Ted Higuera Series. I left too many loose ends hanging in The Cartel Strikes Back not to follow up on them.

I have a couple of other characters I’d like to write about. Maybe next year.

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?
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.

Night Over Water by Ken Follett.

Can I take the whole Aubrey/Matrin Series as a single book?

Oh, and, of course, the complete Sherlock Homes tales.

Author Websites and Profiles
Pendelton Wallace Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a college graduate with two degrees, one in general science and the other in animal science. I have only written one book, and have incorporated my love for horses and other creatures in my writings, and will continue to do so.

One thing I am looking forward to is having my book in circulation so that many people can enjoy what I have put forth. Then maybe I can fund my own breeding farm someday.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest and only book so far is called Hollow’s Charge. It was inspired partially by one of my favorite authors, Terry Brooks, and an animated show I watched years ago that had to deal with balance in the world, and destiny. Since then, an idea popped into my mind, and I began writing.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wouldn’t say unusual. I have a certain tea I like to drink while I write. Lady Grey. Just to throw that out there. I like to listen to classical music while I write. I end up tuning it out, but in doing so, I concentrate more on my work, and don’t even realize how much time has gone by until I’m interrupted by something.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have enjoyed reading the works of both Anne McCaffrey (may she rest in peace), and Terry Brooks since middle school. A good friend of mine exposed me to their work, and I have been a fan ever since. If I am being completely honest, I would have to say that much of my writing style has come from Brooks, while the addition of humor is all up to Madam McCaffrey.

What are you working on now?
I need to get in gear to continue working on the second book in The Hollow series. It is proving to be a bit more difficult than the first book. Though through my job as a virtual assistant for an author with websites specifically for other authors, I have been writing content that I never would have otherwise, and it is opening doors into new and exciting things to experiment with. I’m hoping this will help jump start some new ideas for the second novel.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have not had so much luck with this first novel. It’s been a pain to sift through all the other authors publishing by themselves, and trying to get reviews to entice readers to take a chance and buy my book. If it weren’t very good, I would give up, but I believe there is potential in there, so I will keep going with my promotion until something good happens.

Much of my promoting has been done through Facebook and Twitter. With Facebook, they have a very good system of setting up ads to run that are cheap and easy to set up. While they don’t necessarily garner sales, they do get exposure to a lot of people who might mention your book to another party who is more likely to buy it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
GET YOUR BOOK PROFESSIONALLY EDITED. I fell into the trap of thinking I could do it all myself. While my initial manuscript was not half bad, there were still reviewers picking up on mistakes that took something away from the story. That’s not what I wanted at all. I know what it’s like to find a glaring mistake and have it halt my train of thought and interrupt my reading. I never want that to happen to my readers again.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A friend told me that it’s OK that my novel begins a bit slowly. She says its all part of building up the story. I was put off a bit when a reviewer said it started off slow, and one person didn’t even finish it because she couldn’t get past the starting point. So I have decided to take my friend’s advice and not worry so much about it. There is a point where it is not so slow, and I think that once people get over that hump while beginning a new series, they will be greatly rewarded for their efforts.

What are you reading now?
I just finished Green Rider by Kristen Britain, since it was recommended to me on Goodreads. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves fantasy and adventures with a little mystery to keep you guessing. I am looking forward to reading the next books in the series.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing. I don’t believe there is a point where I will really stop. Until the inevitable, of course. But until then, I will keep doing what I love, what comes natural. It’s not something I can just give up.

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 book I really enjoyed was The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Gosh was it long, but it kept me occupied for quite an enjoyable while, so that would be one of them. Another would be at least the first book in McCaffrey’s Acorna series. Love those books. The third would likely be Black Horses for the King, another of McCaffrey’s books. It is all about horses, and has so much information on them, as well as being an intriguing fantasy read.

Author Websites and Profiles
Arielle LeClair Author Profile on Smashwords

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
The majority of my writing career has been spent in the shadows as a ghostwriter, and I can’t tell you how many books I’ve written for myself and other people! It’s a good thing I’m passionate about storytelling.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is entitled #Deserving. Most writers will admit no one thing inspires a story. It starts with a desire to create something new, and once the seed is planted, it is fed and watered by every experience the writer encounters. This particular book was nurtured by memories of my high school years, snippets of songs that I heard on the radio, stories relayed by some of my friends of the pros and cons of open relationship, etc. I started to see the characters, and I had to bring them to life. I couldn’t let the idea die.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think I do! Unless you count writing nearly 24/7. Ha! The nature of my work requires me to constantly shift between personal projects and projects for my clients–ghostwriting work and freelance work. When I’m not writing, I’m coming up with promos and marketing ideas. But, if you ask my partner, my quirking writing habit is reacting to the scenes I’m writing (i.e., laughing, looking sullen or smirking.) That’s the best I can come up with.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Every single writer I have ever read influenced me. Growing up, I read a lot of adventure books for girls, which encouraged me to picture places I had never been. There is a magic to words that allows us to go anywhere and be anyone, and that–more than anything–influenced me to want to be a writer.

What are you working on now?
I can’t put a finger on what to do next, aside from projects for other people. I have several ideas floating around in my head but no specific work in progress. I’ll be excited to see what my crazy mind comes up with next, though.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use Facebook probably more than I should because it’s a platform I visit several times a day anyway. I try not to go the traditional method of blasting and spamming with my buy links. I do a lot of graphic design and create colorful, eye-catching promos to give people a reason to keep coming back to my page. It’s a way for me to exercise all my talents. I was a visual artist before I ever got serious about writing.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Hard work is not enough. Your best, sometimes, isn’t enough. The only thing that I have discovered works for everyone who has made it to any degree is simply perseverance. You must be willing to do the thankless work, to occasionally feel voiceless and undervalued, yet still continue tirelessly until you accomplish what it is you have set out to do.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My mother always told me, “Volunteer nothing.” Ha! I took it to heart because I felt like she was giving me the life hack to mom/daughter relationships, lol.

What are you reading now?
At the moment, nothing. I just don’t have enough time. I work so often that I barely remember to shower everyday. #WriterPeopleProblems

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’ve decided I’m in it for the long haul. Whatever it takes, I’ll be putting out new books for years to come.

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?
Chuck Palahniuk, Choke; David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim; and, probably a survival book.

Author Websites and Profiles
Sondi Warner Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Karen Sjullie it is pronounced (Shoely). I’ve been married for 46 years. I have two children and seven grandchildren. In July of 2012 I retired from work, now I have time to pursue my passion of writing. I’ve been interested in writing all through my life though I wrote stories and poems many of the stories I never sent in since I was working and raising children at the time. I graduated from The Institute of Children’s Literature July 26, 1998 and Long Ridge Writer’s Group June 28, 2012. I have had poems published by The National Library of Poetry 1994-1998, Iliad Press 1995-1996, Famous Poet’s Society 1996-1998. In December 2015 my first novel was published.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Hostage Within is a mystery full of action and suspense. My last writing course at Long Ridge Writer’s Group inspired me to write this novel. The course taught how to write a novel. I wrote the first three chapter’s during the course and I was on my own afterwards but learned so much during the writing course and I wasn’t about to not finish the whole novel- after all I only had 24 more chapters to complete the novel.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really unusual. I like to write on paper first. After rewriting then I put it on word in the computer. I have to have a quiet room with no distractions.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I use ‘ROGET’S International THESAURUS’ it is a must have. ‘The Elements of Style’ by William Strunk and I love, ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King. A lot of great advice in his book.

What are you working on now?
At this time I am promoting The Hostage Within and I have started writing another mystery novel.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Send press releases to your local newspaper as a local author also to other cities you have lived in especially to the city the story takes place in. I also use twitter and linkedin. Word of mouth and web sites such as awesomegang.com.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing is fun and easy. The hardest part is promoting but you learn a lot from it too. Keep writing! I wish now I would have started writing a novel sooner.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Watch the word ‘had” it sounds bad!

What are you reading now?
I love to write mysteries and I love to read biographies, because I enjoy reading about people and real life experiences they have been through.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Another novel. I started writing 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?
My Thesaurus, Elements of Style, writing paper and a biography.

Author Websites and Profiles
Karen Sjullie Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Kris Moger was born in Calgary, Alberta, and spent many years trying to live somewhere warmer. She first started writing seriously (as opposed to just keeping stories in her head) when she moved with her family to a children’s camp in northern Alberta. (Yes, bad move if you are trying to avoid snow.) Despite having the inspiration of a hundred acres of wilderness and one enchanting graveyard, she and her family moved again and eventually ended up in Kelowna, B.C. This not only led to the desired warmth, but a supportive community of creative people. After publishing a couple of small pieces on the internet, she decided to pursue writing full time. An extensive research into the pros and cons of traditional publishing versus indie publishing led to her decision to publish her stories independently. Currently, she has three young adult, dystopian books out and plans on releasing a new anamorphic fantasy in 2016.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is ‘Outside In’–the third book in my Undercity series. The entire series was inspired by working a retail job in a mall. On certain nights, shopping malls are a strange and empty place where the vast amount of stuff surrounding you can seem senseless. While staring out at a vacant hall, I wondered what it would be like if society collapsed and the only place left to live was a shopping mall. After that, I started to wonder who would live there and why they would be trapped in such a place.
When I lived in Calgary, Alberta, sometimes I would go downtown where the buildings are linked together by overhead walkways, and this led to the inspiration of the tunnels of Undercity.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My favourite time to write is at night when everyone else is asleep. Often, I will try to go to bed, and all these ideas crowd in, making it difficult to sleep. So, I figure it’s either get up and write or toss and turn. As much as I would love to be one of those quill and paper writers like Neil Gaiman, I find writing by hand tedious. I’m not a typewriter writer either though I do have an old typewriter and several quills. They are both romantic ideals that, unfortunately, do not come with a backspace function.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The first author to influence me was Anne McCaffrey. I loved her dragon series and the world she created. In the last few years, I have decided it would be wonderful to have my own version of Neil Gaiman’s life–a successful writer who gets to do all kinds of interesting projects.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I am working on an anamorphic fantasy with a steampunk setting. The story has a wonderful array of characters and a magical element. Here is a bit of a synopsis.
For Aiden Murphy life was ordinary, a sensible journey where adventures only played out in his dreams. But an intriguing encounter with a mysterious stranger turns his dreams into reality and sends him on a journey, which turns his life into a nightmare. In the midst of the chaos, past loyalties fall apart, love alters, and fear becomes anger as suffering pushes Aiden to commit the unthinkable. Can he stop himself in time? Or will he become the monster of his nightmares.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote my books via my website, facebook, and various sites that promote books, but I also advertise through my email list. The first book in my Undercity series is free on Amazon, ibooks, Nook, etc… and in it, is a link to get the second book for free by signing up for my mailing list.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing, keep reading, try things, stretch your boundaries–find out what the usual tropes and stereotypes are and strive to write something else. Plus, get your advertising funnels together. Get a website, a facebook page, a twitter account, and a way to build your email list.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A writing career isn’t built on perfecting a story. It’s built on finishing something and getting it out there where people can read it. Write, publish, learn, and write again.

What are you reading now?
Right now, I’m reading the second book in the Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

What’s next for you as a writer?
In the next year, I will be finishing a series I started writing years ago called ‘Woven Threads’, and taking part in a collection of fantasy novellas that is set to come out in October. I also have a short-story/art book collection planned with my daughter, who is a professional artist, called Wishes.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
How to catch fish. How to survive being on a desert island. Venomous Animals and Poisonous plants. And an empty journal.

Author Websites and Profiles
Kris Moger Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a retired Detective Sergeant having served 30 years in the UK Police, during my service I helped investigate murders, rapes, robberies, major drug offences, child abuse and all manner of other criminality.
I have written 6 books to date with a 7th on the go as we speak.
5 of my books all have real life experiences behind them but fictionalized for obvious reasons. I have also written one short story.
I write under the pen name of Roger Rapel

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest published work entitled ‘Missing’ is as the name suggests about a missing 18 year old girl who goes out on the town with friends but never turns up, days,weeks and months go by. The anniversary of her disappearance arrives with all the trauma that causes.
CID become involved and the central character DS Jim Broadbent begins to look under stones and rocks seeking to unearth something that had laid hidden or missed; what he finds is sickening to him and others……………….
The story reminded me of when I was a rookie and was called on the radio to go and deliver a death message. I was told in training to get in and deliver it and get out, you have other work to do. I was also advised to get a neighbour to assist. Any I didn’t; I knocked the door, the woman looked at me and the mothers instinct kicked in, she stepped back her face dropped as her hand came to her mouth. ‘Oh no please no, no please don’t tell me please no.’ I went in and made the fatal mistake of holding out my arms as I gave the message that her son had been killed in an accident. She melted into my arms and a lump came up in my throat. For the next couple of hours I was useless all I could feel was her in my arms crying which kept bringing back the lump in my throat. I never did it again, you harden and put on an outside shell to protect you, but it was a lessen learnt

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I try to give the reader ability to work out conversations between two people, rather than he said she said, as long as the introductions are made at the start then the reader should be able to work that bit out for themselves.
Also I hate over embellishment perhaps my training, factual writing reports.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I like the impact books such as Chris Ryan

What are you working on now?
I have just finished another which is with my publisher Ravenswood Publisher entitled ‘Bad feeling’
this concerns a series of murders and the main suspect is eliminated by DNA but DS Broadbent has sixth sense which cases him a bad feeling about the suspect is he right………………??

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Through my Publisher , facebook, Tweeting

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing don’t dismay, I got turned by publishers 47 times before finding Ravenswood, take heart as it took JK Rowling 127 rejections before being accepted.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t write twenty words when ten will do

What are you reading now?
Martina Cole

What’s next for you as a writer?
My first book ‘Cindy where are you?’ has been written as film script and the script writers agent has read it and loves it and will be promoting it in April so here’s hoping.

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?
A couple of survival books and Chris Ryan books

Author Websites and Profiles
David Parle Website
David Parle Amazon Profile
David Parle Author Profile on Smashwords

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Pablo Michaels disguised himself as a shy, friendly heterosexual during his adolescence, fantasizing other males. Falling in love with another man his first year in college, he followed this man to another university to maintain their platonic love, while he continued in his in studies. When he had his first sexual encounter with another man, just before turning twenty-one, he exploded into gay life with lust and rage. He attempted to live his new life naturally, seeking love, ignoring the statistics of the books he read on homosexuality in high school, and proving what he had read was wrong.
Pablo Michaels is a gay man who writes gay romantic genre fiction from a gay man’s perspective. He is driven to educate and enlighten readers with the true beauty of love between men. He has published several books over the span of the last five years. He has found a new home to publish his stories with Yellow Silk Dreams, a publisher composed of a coop of authors. He grew up in a working class family that taught him the values of hard work, regardless of the profession, and helped him acquire a diverse education. The family motto is “People can take everything away from you. But they never can take away your education.” He is legally married to his soulmate, a man he has lived with for twenty years.
Pablo Michaels was born in the story, “Raging Silence”, which is included in the book, “This Beautiful Escape”. The silence raging in Pablo Michaels was his inherit sexual orientation, suppressed in his adolescent years. Through years of struggles he finds peace in his current life with his legal husband, a partnership of 20 years.
He wrote poetry and stories since third grade. When he turned twenty-one, he moved to San Francisco to work and write, experiencing more of gay life. In the 1980’s he wrote every chance he had, trying and failing miserably at publishing mainstream fiction. He published his first story, Reunion on the Trail, in 1986 in a literary magazine When the Mockingbird Sings.
After writing plays, short stories, poetry, and two novels, he began writing gay genre stories, feeling he had more knowledge and experience with gay lifestyle. Trying to publish, he went to a library seminar hosted by two published authors. Inspired by the gay writer, Scott Kemble he connected with him on the internet site for The San Francisco Bay Area Literary Arts Newsletter and Review, which published four of Pablo’s short stories.
Consistantly writing since 2004, he published his first e-book, Pagan Knights of Cambria, with Life of Riley Productions in London. Soon a mainstream story, When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again Hooray, published also. In 2012 Pablo self-published his first novel, Catnip, Rosemary, Rage and Time, combining mystery and humor in a gay, erotic romance. He continues to write more episodes in his next novel, The Deer in the Forest The plot spreads over several decades, about a man’s attempts to adapt to the world he lives, all with love, heartache, history and survival at no cost.
His latest article, Why Gay Men Retire to Palm Springs, was just published in the very popular SimplySxy.com online magazine. You can read the insightful article here. http://simplysxy.com/articles/2015/06/08/why-gay-men-retire-to-palm-springs/
Pablo retired from gardening and landscaping to devote his energy to write fiction. As a gay man he wishes to promote his writing gay genre fiction to help others understand the necessity for equal rights for LGBT people and comprehend that love between a man and a man, people of the same sex, is as natural as love between a man and a woman. Throughout his lifetime he has experienced the long battle of achieving acceptance. He has searched for a committed relationship with another man. He has loved his partner for twenty years. They were legally married in front of Harvey Milk’s bust in the rotunda of San Francisco City Hall by a judge, in 2008. Although their marriage remained legal after the passage of Proposition 8, they continued to work to repeal DOMA and Prop. 8. Throughout his life he has attempted to live and practice peace as a process for living.
His published books include the book, Blood, Sweat and Black Leather, a gay paranormal romance, published by Yellow Silk Dreams in January 2015. Affairs of Men’s Hearts, published in May 2015 by Yellow Silk Dreams is an anthology of four stories connected by the themes of gay men seeking love with another man, from wishful thinking male to male romance to gay marriage. His latest book, Jack and the Magical Beanstalk is an adult version with a gay twist of the fairy tale classic, Jack and the Beanstalk, published in December 2015 by Yellow Silk Dreams. He has rewritten his first novel, Catnip. Rosemary, Rage and Time, and its prequel, Learning to Love Again, both soon to be published. He is currently working on the sequel to Jack and the Magical Beanstalk. The working title is Climbing Another Magical Beanstalk.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Jack and the Magical Beanstalk is an adult erotic romance, fairy tale based on the classic, retaining the original flair in the story line, with the addition of a gay twist in Jack’s character, the two giants, Master and Slave and his love interest, Sam. I loved fairy tales as a kid and wanted to rewrite it from a perspective of a gay man.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write where there is a lot of activity surrounding me so I know I am close to life as it happens. I can write in a cafe, coffee shop or bar, or at the beach or simply with the TV on in the living room.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye and Richard Stevenson’s Donald Strachey mysteries have inspired me to be frank and right to the point. Some people like my crude , rustic flavor in my stories.

What are you working on now?
I am working on the sequel to Jack and the Magical Beanstalk. IN this book with the working title, Climbing Another Magical Beanstalk, Sam Jack’s love interest finds away to return up in the sky to the home he came from.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Word of mouth works best for me in getting the message of my new books. I have to say I use Facebook and Twitter along with a number of sites to get the word out on my new books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. Don’t give up. Keep writing, even if you get blocked, write anything as long as you keep writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep trying and keep writing so you don’t become rusty or lose your voice.

What are you reading now?
Blak Rayne’s The Jock

What’s next for you as a writer?
The Prequel to Jack and the Magical Beanstalk, the last book, Passionate Silver Paradise, in the series for my two main characters in my novel, Catnip, Rosemary, Rage and Time.

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 Odyssey, Catcher in the Rye, Any of Richard Stevenson’t Donald Strachey mysteries.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Halmstad, Sweden. I’ve written and illustrated two books for children. I grew up in Warren, Michigan, and now reside in Rochester Hills, Michigan. The daughter to parents who worked on the assembly line at Ford Motor Company for 30 years. I have a son Omar, who is attending Oakland University and studying in the field of IT Engineering;

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is inspired by my son and the young students I work with globally. I write from a place of deep passion, joy, and commitment to producing the highest possible quality of literature for children.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to be in total seclusion while writing a children’s book.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
These are some of my favorite early childhood authors. You can’t go wrong with these writers for the young crowd. They are as follows: Eric Carle, Kevin Henkes, Steven Kellogg, Ruth Krauss, and Margaret Wise Brown.

What are you working on now?
Nothing at this time, but will begin writing another children’s book in the summer of 2016.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Utilizing all social media platforms. I’ve not favorite one at this time.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Children are the world’s toughest critics. If you want them to read your book, you’d better to be sure to provide a narrative hook early on in your story – ideally in the very first sentence or paragraph. With many other media competing for your readers’ attention, you want to make sure they aren’t going to put your story down because it takes too long to get going.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t expect to make big money or make it quickly.
Writing books for children is like starting a business. You must invest both time and money.

What are you reading now?
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I’m reading it with one of my clients (student in 11th-grade).

What’s next for you as a writer?
My goal is to write about five children’s books in total.

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?
Fifty Shades of Grey, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Desperaux

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Katica Blajic Website
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