Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a junior in high school, with a passion for making things to helping people pursue the things they want to do. I have written a number of things in my life, but have only published one book so far. The book that I have written and published is up in the Kindle bookstore, and is centered around my passions-bettering the lives of others.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first and latest book is titled Engage, Enlighten, Evolve and was inspired by an extremely long car ride… Over the last summer I went on a trip with my family that involved a 24 hour car ride, which pretty much eliminates any distractions that were preventing me from actually embarking on the long term goal of writing a book. I had always wanted to pull my thoughts together and put them out there but never seemed to find the right scenario. Once I started though, I kept working and editing for months.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m a very visual person so when I have an idea or feel inspired I need to map it all out; I’m sure I’m not alone in that but I take it a little far. Aside from this, the only thing I can really think of is the manner in which I write. I need to have a base for all the concepts I’m writing about before I can elaborate on any single one.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have definitely been influenced by what I’ve read regarding animal agriculture and living mindfully. Some books I can think of having to do with this are Food, Inc and The Food Revolution by John Robbins. Others relating more to mindfulness are Be Here Now by Ram Dass and Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a second book regarding natural products you can make for yourself and your home; I have gotten really interested in the toxins you can find in everyday products over the past year and experimented a great deal with replacing them. In this experience, I’ve accumulated not only a deal of knowledge regarding the subject but some personal recipes I find work very well.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think word of mouth is always important; telling the people you care about and talk to on a daily basis regarding what you’re working on is always interesting. Not only do these people usually help you or give advice, they also tend to be interested in the finished product.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I am a new author myself, so I would just say that it’s important to continue working. I feel like no matter how many forms or roadblocks you encounter, it’s worthwhile to keep pushing. In the end, when everything is said and done, having created something and made it available for anyone in the world to see feels amazing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I have ever heard revolves around putting yourself out there; the gist of this advice being that the only way to avoid judgement is through saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. You essentially have to put yourself out there and accept vulnerability if you want to be happy in life.

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield, and Revolution by Russell Brand. I love a variety of different genres, and tend to get a couple books at a time so I can read something that works with whatever mood I’m in.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan on continuing to write and hope to release another book soon.

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 were in this situation I would probably bring Love, Freedom, and Aloneness by Osho. Alongside this book, I’d bring Dark Places by Gillian Flynn and Everything That Remains by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I practiced trial and appellate law for thirty years, litigating many high profile cases that had an impact on the protection of fundamental rights. I have written four books. One is a nonfiction sort of autobiography about my love for college football. My first novel “Justice for the Black Knight” has won a number of awards and received great reviews from Kirkus and other literary review magazines and sites. My other two novels “Black and White” and “Choices” are Volumes I and II of My Lincoln County Law Trilogy. This series is highly influenced by my law practice in a rather rural Southern county where I watched changes that took the system and the county from a racist and sexist past to a more tolerant present and hopefully an even better future.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Choices: Volume II of the Lincoln County Law Trilogy” is highly influenced by experiences I had in the cases I litigate. I was appointed to represent a teenager who wanted to exercise her privacy right to obtain an abortion without parental consent, and the case went from the trial court to the United States Supreme court in eighteen days. It was my first high profile case. Wolf Blitzer slept in a motor home in my parking lot while waiting for the case to progress, and it was covered hourly by CNN back when that network was still mainly a series of news reels. It created quite a stir in my small town. There are bits and pieces from other cases I’ve litigated, and of course of the attorneys I worked with and against in all of the story line and characters.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Some times I feel like the words are just channeling through me. I start typing and just go. I’m a serious editor also. I could probably edit a piece forever if it didn’t eventually go to publication.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The list is endless. I’m a voracious reader. Most definitely, Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” and White’s “The Once and Future King” would be high on the list. The “Red City Review” wrote that my first novel was like a combination of the best of legal thrillers like “The Firm” and works of great literature like Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.”

What are you working on now?
I’m working on Volume III of the Lincoln County Law Trilogy.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I can almost always make it to a very high rank on Amazon when I schedule a free book day.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you have the need to write, follow your heart. However, remember that you have to develop a thick skin and be ready to tackle the huge task of getting your words out there in the public eye.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
When one suffers from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, to thine ownself be true.

What are you reading now?
Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses”

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have to finish the third book in my trilogy and also publish a pile of short stories that I’ve already written. I also have the beginnings of a new novel percolating.

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 Baghavad Gita,” “Anna Karenina,” “Semi-Tough” by Dan Jenkins(just to make me laugh once in a while), Joyce’s “Ulysses”(a deserted island would be the perfect place to analyze every line), Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”(I know it’s three books, but hey I’m on a desert island), and I could go on.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jerri Blair Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a court reporter in Michigan. I’ve written five books and one short story.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called The Tunnels. It is set in my hometown of Harbor Springs, Michigan and is about secret tunnels built by mobsters in the 1920s. I’ve always been drawn to the building that was once a speakeasy owned by The Purple Gang of Detroit. As a child, I would always notice the top of the roof peeking over the trees when we would drive by. I heard about the tunnels when I was in college. The idea lingered in the back of my mind until I thought of Chapter 1 and knew the story had to come out.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m very superstitious about only writing in my sunroom.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Danielle Steel and Jack Canfield are two of my favorite authors.

What are you working on now?
I am working on the second book in the Harbor Secret Series called Devil’s Elbow.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook has been my best method for promoting my books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice to new authors is to just keep writing. The more you write, the more feedback you get, and it will make you better.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I’ve ever heard….. I have to just choose one? If you don’t change what you do, your life won’t change.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading The Crooked Tree as research for Devil’s Elbow.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Another Harbor Secret story, and then a historical fiction book based on a European island. I’ve also recently come up with an idea for a horror story.

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

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Kristie Dickinson Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
How many I’ve written and how many that have been published are different answers.
Currently, I have a Sci-Fy series called Evolution of Angels out. There are three books in the series so far with more coming down the pike, including one that I’m looking to launch early next year.

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote non-fiction books about Fantasy Baseball. I also did quite a few videos. Those were fun, but I decided that splitting my focus between it, my work and other projects was taking its toll on me.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Artificial Light. It’s a continuation of my Evolution of Angels series.
Book 1 “Evolution of Angels” and book 2 “The Descendants” were events that happened simultaneously. Book three brought them together and introduced a new crop of characters.

The books are science fiction and deal with a race of galactic superbeings known as angels, their offspring, their interaction with earth, humans and the consequences. Gods from ancient mythologies (Greek, Egyptian, Myan, Norse, Yoruba…) are all angels. The books weave an original story by incorporating old myths, legends and religious tales through a scientific lens with new characters and boat loads of action.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
This is sort of a leading question. Since I just know my habits, I can’t say what is weird and what isn’t. I can’t really write while listening to music, but I do all my best scene planning while listening to music in the shower.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Robert Frost, Franz Kafka, Mathew, Mark, Luke, John

What are you working on now?
I’m doing my second pass of the 4th Evolution of Angels novel while balancing two unrelated projects.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
They all suck. If any of them were the best, then I’d be getting more sales given the feedback I’ve gotten through reviews, posts and personal messages.

Goodreads is a storm of authors all clamoring for the same candlelight. Facebook beats you down until you pay them. Twitter….hahahaha.

I like to find KDP groups on Facebook and relentlessly post there. I get about 100 pages read a day on my KDP. More than most, shy of many.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t rush your first book. Yeah, you just finished it and it’s the best thing ever. I’m sure. But it’s not. Put it down. Play with some action figures. Then come back to it.

Don’t do your own editing. Don’t do your own proofreading. Don’t ask family to do anything: it’ll either be bad information or they’ll just let you down with how much they couldn’t care less.

Find 5-7 BETA readers who enjoy different types of books. You want readers who will appreciate romance and those who appreciate a twisting plot. Some readers will tick more than one box, none will tick them all.

Do hire someone to make you a professional cover. Microsoft paint won’t cut it.

Don’t pay for one of those scrolling blog blasts. They regurgitate the same information. You can find better people looking for content for their site on Goodreads. Just look at this one here! Totally free.

Do plan in advance: schedule your book for pre-order 3 months after you think you want to publish. During this time, you need to be doing a full gauntlet of interviews, posts, sneak peaks, artwork leaks, anything you can do to ramp up support. If you haven’t already done a book trailer, do one. The three months leading up to your book release ARE NOT for editing and formatting. That should be done already.

Find as many ARC readers as you can. Some will flake out. Most will take longer than they claim. Use the same type of criteria you did for your BETA’s. Readers who look for theme, action, characters or some other specific thing they enjoy about books. No one reader is the same. This way your reviews are all different and focus on a different aspect of your novel. Maybe your BETAs will be willing to do an ARC.

Find ARC readers by searching for similar books to yours and pick out those who wrote 5 and 2 star reviews. Find the reasons for their reviews and see if your book hits the notes they want in those types of books. Why 5 and 2 star reviews? 4 and 3 star reviews are the “I read some of it and just want to leave a good review so that I don’t piss this person off, but I totally don’t want to mislead.” 1 star reviews mean a book was shittier than shit and therefore you can’t really determine what a reviewer was looking for.

This is all stuff I wish I would have known before publishing book 1.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t pee into the wind.

A fox smells its own hole.

What are you reading now?
I’ve been doing some Development Editing to make some spending cash. It’s made me a tremendously better writer. The book I’m currently reading is especially painful.

If you’re looking for some good indie books, check out Iron by Robin L. Cole, GR3T3L-1 by V.M. Sawh and The Eleventh Ring by Tom Hoffman.

What’s next for you as a writer?
You ask a lot of questions. Anyone ever tell you that you are nosy?
The same thing I do every night: try to take over the world.

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?
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
How to Build and Sail Small Boats-Canoes-Punts and Rafts by Tony Read
Born Survivor: Survival Techniques from the most dangerous places on Earth

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live with my parents, two little brothers, cat (Posy), kitten (Sparrow), and border collie (Gidget) along with assorted cows and chickens in a ranch located in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. I’m a homeschooled teen who loves reading, horseback-riding, music, various sports, and, of course, writing.

When I was ten, I wrote a never-to-be published story called ‘Midnight and Twilight.’ It was AWFUL! I’ll never write about talking horses again … I can almost PROMISE you that! Anyway, I wrote along for a couple more years, never finishing a book, but half-finishing many.

When I was thirteen, I came up with the idea for a novel set in the Victorian era. I wrote it during NaNoWriMo in 2014. The first draft was awful, but after over a year of thorough editing, I published it. You can find it on Amazon now! I’m rewriting the sequel as we speak. I’ll also have a novella coming out in September.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Lady of the Vineyard, my novella (which is coming out in September), was inspired by an earlier outline of The Dressmaker’s Secret, which is funny, because the stories are COMPLETELY different!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to get into a flow to write a lot. NaNoWriMo really helps me do that, but I basically have to shut myself up to do that.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Well … there are a lot of authors and books that have influenced me. I imagine naming books would take all day, so I’ll just name some of the authors:

Gene Stratton Porter, Maud Hart Lovelace, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Jules Verne, Carrie Turansky, Shannon Hale, Tamera Alexander, Julie Klassen, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Beverly Cleary, L.M. Montgomery … about fifty others …

What are you working on now?
I’m proof-reading The Lady of the Vineyard and rewriting Ivy Introspective (The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Book 2).

Ivy Introspective, set during the 1870s, is the story of a girl who is mentally disabled. I think she has a form of autism, though having it set during the Victorian era allows me a little freedom in that area. Anyway, she goes to a special school – which is really more like a hospital – to learn to cope with life. When I explain it like that, it doesn’t sound realistic from the Victorian era, but eh. I’d have to go into it in detail, and I don’t have room!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
NaNoWriMo, my blog, and Goodreads are my three favorites. Having an email I don’t mind sharing with the world (kellynroth@gmail.com) isn’t bad, either.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you were meant to be a professional author, you’ll have to make up stories, just because you have no choice. Don’t ever smother yourself! You can do anything you put your mind to! You know, as long as it’s physically possible … I’m not saying you can fly or hold your breath for eternity (without dying, that is …).

What are you reading now?
I’m beta-reading Befriending the Beast by Amanda Tero, and Beauty and the Beast retelling. I tell you, it is amazing! When it’s published, you should look it up.

As far as enjoyment, I’m reading A Necessary Deception. I’ve only read the first couple pages, but it’s been interesting. I’m also about half-way through with Persuasion by Jane Austen, which is awesome, although I’m forcing myself to take it slowly.

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?
Ooh, that’s a hard one! Well, I’d take the Bible (ah, I’m such a good girl!), A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, and Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.

Author Websites and Profiles
Kellyn Roth Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi! My name is Lesa (sounds like Lisa). I’ve written a handful of short stories (two of which won contests, and are now featured in published anthologies), one (unpublished) novel, some skits and plays, poetry, and over 30 songs. Suffice it to say I love variety!:)

I’m loving life, and living my dream as an Indie Author, making writer and reader friends along the way.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I just released my first publication, book one of my Operation Space Cats series. This series is about a team of lovable space cats which kid’s and parents can enjoy together.

I saw a contest and wrote my entry for it. Operation Space Cats, The Rescue Mission was the result. I entered my story, and it was one of the winners.

After it was published in the Space Kitties Anthology I decided to turn it into a series, so I made some changes reflecting that, and now it’s book one in my series.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write at random. In between social media posts, critiquing or beta reading for others, and of course all that goes along with what’s going on here at home in the ‘real world’.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Children’s books! Little House on the Prairie was my favorite. I think that’s why I’ve always wanted to write historical fiction.

Amelia Bedelia is another favorite. Her silliness is contagious. I still smile when I read them. I think these stories are one of the reasons I’m inspired to write books for kids.

The Giver is great. The Hiding Place will always stay with me. So many, too many books to list, lol.

What are you working on now?
I have three projects going on right now. I’m currently writing book four of Operation Space Cats, Sky, book two of a spec fic series, and book one of a historical romance series.

Whatever genre I set out to write, I generally write Inspirational feel-good fiction. I’m looking forward to writing and publishing many more stories & tales!:)

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m pretty new to publishing and promoting my work. But one thing I’ve started doing is networking with other writers via FB groups and on other forms of social media. That’s how I learned about this great site!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Three things- And these are all things I’ve done.

1) I’d tell them to get connected. Other writers are your best friends. No one can relate to your writing and your writing journey more than your fellow writers. Join writing groups on social media like facebook and goodreads. Admit you’re a newbie and ask for advice.

2) Write, but don’t write aimlessly. Invest in some good books on writing, take a seminar, and follow good blogs on writing. You have the desire to write, now do all you can to learn your craft. All workman must study their craft to show themselves approved.

3) Join a critique group, at least one. You want to get as many eyes on your work as possible. Make sure to critique others too. This is one of the best ways to learn how to write. Really, it works.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
As long as you’re alive, you’re learning. So keep on learning …

What are you reading now?
Anymore, I’m reading books put out by other Indie Authors. They have my full support, and I enjoy a lot of their work.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More publications- hopefully, four to five over the course of the next year. That’s a lofty goal, but I mainly stick to short stories and novellas.

I also hope to expand on my Operation Space Cats series. Add a coloring book to the line.

And I want to continue to grow as a writer and in my marketing skills.

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, and three of my own, but that’s hard because they are series. And you can’t break up a series, right? So I would take my Operation Space Cats series, my Sky series, and my Bridal Falls series.

Am I allowed to write more while I’m there? Guess I could fashion a pencil out of bamboo …

Author Websites and Profiles
Lesa McKee Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a pharmacist by trade, lover of all things science, baker of goods, surprisingly impressive interior painter, and mother to a very inquisitive and energetic budding scientist. I love teaching my little one about the world around him, so much that I’ve created the “Think-A-Lot-Tots” collection; an educational series of science books for babies, toddlers and kids (pre-K and elementary school). I am both author and illustrator which makes every book near and dear to me! I currently have 3 books available and 2 more coming down the pipeline.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Of the 3 books I currently have available, 2 are books to be read and 1 is a book to be written in.

The latest of my books to be read is “Think-A-Lot-Tots: The Neuron”. It follows suit with my first book, “Think-A-Lot-Tots: The Animal Cell” in that it describes a cell within our body step-by-step, both introducing the topic of cellular biology to the young reader through colorful and engaging pictures while also building on scientific vocabulary. My Neuron book takes things a step further by not only explaining what the nerve cell’s parts are, but also what it does.

The first and latest of my books to be written in is “Think-A-Lot-Tots: My Science Lab Notebook”. This is a hands-on learning tool for older children (I’d say those in elementary school) that walks the reader through the scientific method; specifically, how to approach a question (or “hypothesis”) and what steps are taken to find the answer. In developing this notebook I kept in mind that children learn not only by writing-out activities, but also by drawing them too. As a result, there are areas reserved for the reader to draw or attach a photograph of the experiment or process they completed in order to answer their question.

All of my books are inspired by my own little one’s drive to learn (and my own efforts as a mom to teach as much as I can!).

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I only work on my books after my child is fast asleep. The days are dedicated to his activities and development, so my writing-time is usually from 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM. That and I typically have a container filled with dark chocolate chips by my side as I write and draw.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I began down the path of creating my “Think-A-Lot-Tots” books after many hours of searching for material that I was initially hoping would already be available and out there for my child and I to explore. One of the books that made me think “hey, I could do this” was “Quantum Physics for Babies” by Chris Ferrie. My little one enjoyed talking about the electrons as I become animated, jumping and dancing with “energy.” So I figured if he can learn the parts of an atom, why not learn the parts of the cell?

What are you working on now?
I have 2 books in the works; one discusses the classification of microorganisms and is on the cusp of becoming available (I am particularly proud of my spirochete drawings!). The other is a work-in-progress that I’m very excited about. Moving away from the topic of biology, this book will discuss the atom and several elements from the periodic table (so more of a physics / chemistry-focus).

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m not sure that I have the best answer for this question as I’m so new to the world of being an author. With that said, I find word of mouth to be the most valuable. (Tell your friends!)

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Creating your own books can be a lot of work; however, if you enjoy doing it, it will never feel that way. Always remember why you started putting pen to paper in the first place.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The advice I just gave actually! It was passed on to me and is essentially my mantra.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently participating in a book review group and am diving into several unexpected fantasy fiction novels. One of the reasons why I enjoy participating in these groups is because it expands my reading into genres and / or books that I wouldn’t otherwise pick for myself. I have to say, I have been pleasantly surprised by what I am reading thus far!

What’s next for you as a writer?
To continue writing and learning. As Dori puts it’s best, “Keep on swimming, keep on swimming…”

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?
2 of anything Philippa Gregory
1 of something astrophysics
and the book I have on my nightstand about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity because I have been meaning to finally get to it…!

Author Websites and Profiles
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an off-grid lavender farmer, musician, writer and sometimes illustrator. The Keller family first invaded my head in 2004 and I’ve written a five book series about their exploits.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest in the series is a graphic novel entitled Up on the Roof. I recently concocted the plot, along with a daily illustration, on Instagram for the #100daychallange – The idea is to do something creative for one-hundred days in a row. A great practice in discipline.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m lazy yet spontaneous.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
A Course in Miracles has been the most influential book in my life…so far.

What are you working on now?
Another graphic novel; The Quest of Lavender Girl. Hopefully she can give my puny company, Lordandladylavender.com a boost in sales.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Not sure. Trying to figure that out. Marketing is the nemesis of me!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Go for truth. Dig deep.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If your writing doesn’t meet your expectations, lower your expectations.

I always used to tell my students, “you have to do it bad before you can do it good.”

What are you reading now?
Innocents Abroad. Early Mark Twain.

What’s next for you as a writer?
No plans. I want to practice drawing and get The Jamie Keller Mystery Series out in paperback.

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 Course, of course…
The Bible (because I’ve never totally read it.)
A Dictionary??? Naw….I have to give this question much more thought than there is time for.

Author Websites and Profiles
EN McNamara Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been an amateur writer for years and years but never got around to finalizing anything. I have now published three books in a Young Adult/Teen fantasy series called The Cremelino Prophecy. They are The Path Of Destiny, The Path Of Decisions, and The Path Of Peace. My goal was to write clean, family friendly, fantasy adventures.

I have always read a lot, and although i read many different genre’s, I have always been drawn to fantasy. The ability to emerge myself into a new world and follow young men and women as they make life decisions and become heroes of sorts has been fun and inspirational for me to read – and now write.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest published book, THE PATH OF PEACE was the third book in my series. Originally I had written the first two as one book, but it became too long and so I split them in two. My intent of the third book was to tie up a few loose ends and really bring a dramatic conclusion to the story.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No unusual habits that I can think of.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
In the fantasy genre I have enjoyed reading Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks, Brandon Sanderson, Terry Goodkind, and Jeff Wheeler among others. Other authors I really like reading are David Baldacci, John Grisham, and Brad Meltzer.

What are you working on now?
I am working on the first book of a new series set a few kingdoms to the south of my first series. It is about a Kingdom that has been surrounded by a magical barrier for 150 years. Now that barrier is breaking down. A group of young wizards get caught in the ramifications of the barrier falling, the power struggle that ensues, and trying to find their way among the wizard community when they seem to be more powerful than others.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have been struggling in trying to figure out how to promote. I use a few twitter companies (booksgosocial and readers gazettte), I belong to a lot of facebook groups, and try to get the word out in as many places as possible.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice would be to just keep writing. Do it because you love it. I had been writing for 25 years before I published something. And don’t get frustrated with the editing process (its not very fun!)

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I think just to treat everyone the same. We are all children of God.

What are you reading now?
I am reading Benjamin Ashwood by AC Coble, a YA fantasy book. I am really enjoying it. Recently I read Disemblance and Boston’s Quest by Shanae Branham, The scourge of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler, Orison by Brandon Gray, and Deceived by Heather Sunseri

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep on writing. Its fun and enjoyable.

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 that is hard! So many great books are in series. I would say The Bible, The Book of Mormon, Mistborn (by Brandon Sanderson), and maybe The Wheel of Time (by Robert Jordan).

Author Websites and Profiles
Mike Shelton Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a slightly shambolic and extremely short-sighted advertising copywriter. ‘Sleeping with the Blackbirds’ was my first published work of fiction, and was originally written for my kids. In 2014, my short story ‘Scared to Death’ was published by Mardibooks in an anthology entitled ‘The Clock Struck War’ to mark the centenary of the First World War. In 2015, a collection of my blog posts was published under the title ‘Random Ramblings of a Short-sighted Blogger’. I’m currently working on a thriller, which I plan to have published in 2017.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The working title of my current book, which is a modern-day thriller is ‘Spineless’. and it’s inspired by my disabled wife.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Writing late at night in my attic by the light of the moon.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Clive King – Stig of the Dump
Richmal Crompton – Just William
Jerome K Jerome – Three Men in a Boat
Kazuo Ishiguro – Remains of the Day
Mervyn Peake – Titus Groan
George Orwell – 1984

What are you working on now?
A modern-day thriller.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Free Kindle prmotion is without doubt the best way of getting your books out there.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Enjoy your writing. Listen to advice. But never be put off by rejection letters from agents. The very best writers have received them.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But it’s definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I’m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.” — Neil Gaiman

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” – Anton Chekhov

What are you reading now?
The Islamist by Ed Husain.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Research. And a trip to the British Library.

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?
War and Peace by Tolstoy
The complete works of P G Woodhouse
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Author Websites and Profiles
Alex Pearl Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I always feel so awkward talking about myself! Here goes nothing!

I’m a native Floridian with a soft spot for cute animals, motivational clickbait, and strong coffee. I’m a lifelong reader and storyteller, but I’m very green as far as the publishing world goes. As of now, I have published two co-written books and I also have a short story in an anthology. Being a daydreamer by nature, I tend to include fantastical and speculative elements in all of my stories.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Bait, Brutes, and Bullets: Tales from New Biloxi. Bits and pieces from all over the place inspired that one, but the setting was somewhat inspired by Fallout: New Vegas. That’s a video game, for those who don’t know. I’ve always loved that series because even though it’s set in this rather bleak post-apocalyptic world, the stories can still be somewhat upbeat and comical at times. I’m a big fan of that sort of contrast in entertainment. Monte, my first book, is similar in that it touches on some dark subjects in such a way that you find yourself rooting for the villain, even though you know you shouldn’t.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think that they’re too unusual… I just need plenty of coffee and a space without too many distractions. Sometimes listening to music beforehand can get me inspired, but I have to listen to instrumental or nothing at all while I write since lyrics make me drift.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read a lot of horror and crime as a kid because that’s what we had on the bookshelves at home and I would blow through my library borrows way too fast. I was fortunate enough to be in a school that hadn’t banned any classics from the reading list (The Scarlet Letter, Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc) so while I was reading those, I also had stuff like The Body Farm, The Silence of the Lambs, and Interview with a Vampire in my backpack. I think that reading whatever was put in front of me helped me to really appreciate just about every genre of fiction.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I’m working on my third co-written effort about a doomsday cult in Florida, as well as my first solo book – a paranormal romance that takes place in a dystopian setting.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve been doing a lot of Facebook promoting with the help of friends, but I’m trying to expand to other platforms as the restrictions on some social media sites can limit the audience. It’s all new to me, so it’s a trial and error thing at the moment.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be afraid to put your work out there. If I regret anything, it’s that I allowed my self-doubt to hold me back for so long.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
People who are very good at something, who are professionals, do not wake up every day and feel excited and motivated to do what they do. They face the same challenges and lulls in motivation that hobbyists do. What sets professionals apart from the rest is that they keep going, even on those days that they don’t really feel like it.

I read this in a blog post that was much more eloquent than I am, and I wish I could remember the source, but it definitely has helped me to get back to the keyboard on my less motivated days.

What are you reading now?
Vindicate by Virginia Johnson. It’s evil and bloody in the best kind of way.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully a long, successful career of doing what I love! I look forward to attending book signings and conventions in the not-too-distant future.

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?
Now this question is just impossible to answer! There’s no way I can pick favorites.

Author Websites and Profiles
Lila Vale Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m fairly normal outwardly, but I’ve led an interesting life: traveled the world, looked in dark places for wisdom, participated in some really questionable decisions. I wish I was as pretty as the avatar I use for social media. Alas, I am not.

H.C. Cavall is, of course, a pen name. (My first choice, Joey McDarkname, seemed a little too subtle.) It’s a corrupted version of “Cleiti Capall,” which is Irish for “horse feathers.” I’ve always loved foreign languages and word play like that.

TAINTED is my first novel fit for human consumption. All past attempts have been buried in a shallow grave with no markers or witnesses.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The funny thing about TAINTED is that it literally came out of nowhere. Well, that’s not 100% accurate—I had a spiritual upheaval about a year or two ago, and I don’t think I can usefully explain it beyond that. A few weeks later, Astin just sort of materialized, feathery bits and all. Nemesis was a character I was already using in short stories, and the fit seemed right. Once I got the two of them on her bike, the rest practically wrote itself.

I suppose TAINTED is also a metaphor, featuring a struggling millennial trying to stay away from a force that wants to suck out his soul through his eyeballs. It wasn’t intentional, though. Mostly, I just drop-kicked Astin into this bonkers new world and let things fall where they may.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a theory that authors don’t actually create, they just observe something that’s happening and write down their own account. These worlds we have in our heads are very real. If you can get out of your own way, there’s a wealth of stories to be found.

I also get a lot of inspiration from my dreams, which is probably why a good deal of TAINTED is driven by Astin’s. If a dream leaves a big enough impression on me, it’s bound to get plopped into a story sooner or later.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dave Barry was a huge inspiration on my sense of humor as a teenager. George Sand is a huge inspiration to me, as well—her political views as much as her writing. Beyond that, Lilith Saintcrow’s JILL KISMET series pretty much showed me how the urban fantasy genre was done.

I’ve got a whole host of other authors I admire, but this is going to turn into a Emmy acceptance speech if I get started, so I’ll leave it at those.

What are you working on now?
ALTERED, the next Astin Fell book. I’ve already got the overreaching plot and major characters. I just need to stitch the scenes together, then sit down and actually *write* the damn thing.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m a nobody from nowhere—for now—so getting the book in front of people is a lot more important than making money. Promotional sites for cheap/free books (like Awesomegang! wink, wink) are life savers. Amazon Kindle Direct can be incredibly useful as well, though you don’t want to stay locked in forever.

Bottom line, I’m doing whatever I can to get as many eyeballs on TAINTED as possible—no visual pun intended. That’s the single most important thing to me right now.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find a community of published authors who have been through this before—there’s probably a online forum *somewhere* for your chosen genre. Make sure you vet them AND their sales so you know their advice is worth something. Once you have, take whatever advice they have to give. LISTEN to them. Be prepared for your ego to take a beating, even from the nicest of people. You’ve got the energy and optimism, but if you go into self publishing without the savvy, you’re gonna get creamed. It’s better to take your lumps in a controlled environment.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Your cover and blurb matter as much as your book.”

Runner up: “Your cover designs suck.”

It took me 14 tries to finally land on the “fire eyeball” one that I used for Tainted, and even that required some outside help. I can’t wait until someone leaks the earlier ones I was considering. Woof.

What are you reading now?
I’m between books while I ramp up promotion, but I’m definitely finishing Gail Carrianger’s CURTSIES AND CONSPIRACIES series as soon as I catch my breath. Beyond that, maybe I can start an email campaign to pester Lisa Mantchev into writing a TICKER sequel. SUGAR SKULLS will hold me over in the meantime.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m still learning how to promote as I go, which is going to make my first publish all the more draining. Once things settle down, I want to spend time on ALTERED and, of course, reading.

Only so many hours in a day. Eesh.

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 Survive on a Desert Island.”
“How to Get Rescued from a Desert Island.”

And beyond that, HOUSE OF LEAVES. You can dig and dig and dig and *still* find new things in it. It’s inspired lunacy. I still don’t know how Danielewski did it.

Author Websites and Profiles
H.C. Cavall Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m the author of young adult urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and contemporary romance best known for The Ignited Series (2013-2016.)

The Ignited Series is a series of 4 books with a mild greek mythology theme, a rockstar cast of characters, lots of adventure, and a healthy dose of romance.

I reside in Western Pennsylvania with my three young boys. My days revolve around taking care of my boys, writing, and attempting to keep a clean house.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
What Comes Next (published October 2016) is the first book I’ve ever attempted to write. I first started it around 2002, so I don’t remember what inspired it at that time. I decided to come back to it after I finished The Ignited Series, and had a series under my belt and a fan base started.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I think all authors have their little habits and things that make them tick. Me? I usually have a cup of hot tea beside me when I write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Two authors have had tremendous impact on me.
First, the author that inspired me to write was Dean Koontz. I read his first book at the age of 11, and fell in love with him and his style. I wanted to be just like him. Since then, I’ve deviated more toward the romance side of fiction, but he remains my idol.
Colleen Hoover inspired me to go indie. She did it, and has had tremendous success with her writing career, leading many others to believe they can have success too.

What are you working on now?
After What Comes Next, I’m going to return to the paranormal/urban fantasy genre with an apocalyptic trilogy. This one is intended to be new adult, and I’m super excited about it.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I rely a lot on my fan base. They do a lot of the sharing and promoting for me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing, even if it’s only a few words at a time. Practice will make you better. Read A LOT! Reading boosts your creativity.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Go Indie! It’s been the best decision I ever made.

What are you reading now?
I’m deep into editing What Comes Next ahead of its release next month, so I’m not reading anything yet. To reward myself when I’m finished, I’m planning to enjoy Wendy Higgins’s Unknown and Erin Watt’s Twisted Palace.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to keep doing it! I’ve got a new release coming October 2016, then a trilogy planned for 2017. I have tentative plans for a spin-off on The Ignited Series, and sooooo many other ideas. I hope to get all of them out in the future.

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?
Darkfall – Dean Koontz
Ugly Love – Colleen Hoover

Author Websites and Profiles
Desni Dantone Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I write about my passion, the Biker Community. In essence, I write my books for the 99% who ride, love and live by their own rules. My books are non-traditional, the storylines are unique and different from other books about bikers. Anyone who takes a look at my reviews will quickly see that readers describe them as refreshingly unique, unlike anything they have read. At the moment I have eight published works, with three more in various stages.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Brenna’s Club, which is the last book in my erotica trilogy titled ‘The Brenna Series’. My intention was to write a single short story, but like my other series it took on a life of it’s own. The characters themselves inspired me and spurred me on.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Other than going for a ride before I start writing (wind therapy!) I usually just sit down and write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tolkien and Stephen King for the most part. The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings taught me to use my imagination, and King’s books kept me in suspense.

What are you working on now?
The one book getting the most attention at this point will be the woman’s version of my short story titled, ‘Just Ride’, which is five short stories. Each one about a different biker at a particular moment in time. The reader rides along, privy to his thoughts, learning exactly what motivates and encourages each man to take that ride, that day and time. The women’s edition will focus on what provoked each woman to get off the back of the bike and learn to ride her own. The reader will take the journey with them, learning about their fears, obstacles, heartaches and triumphs.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Like everything else, my approach is somewhat different. Being a member of the Biker Community long before I started writing, I enjoy going to biker events to promote my books in person. Of course, I also use social media and AWESOME sites like this. (see how I did that? lol)

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you don’t know good grammar, take a class before you start. Edit everything you write, over and over. If you revise the story, edit it again. Edit, edit, edit! (Unless you can afford an editor, which most of us can’t) Whatever you do, don’t push that ‘publish button’ until you have had someone proof read it, several someones is even better!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Embrace your reviews, learn from them what you can to make you a better writer. Take nothing personal and whatever you have to do to restrain yourself from responding to a review, do it!

What are you reading now?
I have the book, ‘The Girl on the Train’ waiting for me, but I won’t be reading anything until I get my next book finished. I like to read straight through without interruption. Nothing worse than being immersed in another realm and have reality snap you out of it!

What’s next for you as a writer?
First I have to finish what I’ve started and get these 3 books released. After that, I may go back to my first series, A Biker Saga, and revisit some notes I took for a few of the characters. It’s possible that my readers may have the opportunity to spend more time in Slider’s castle!

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?
Let’s pretend I can’t count….The Hobbit, LOTR Trilogy and Lonesome Dove.

Author Websites and Profiles
Pamela Murdaugh-Smith Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in England, but moved to New Zealand 10 years ago. I live with my partner Jason, and my cat Sacha in the Hutt Valley in Wellington. When I’m not writing I do lots of reading, gardening, shopping and yoga, and occasionally short film making. And I work as a nurse in disease control in Public Health.
I have written one book, ‘Tom’s Inheritance’, and I have just finished writing the second book, ‘Twice Born’ which should be published early 2017. Work on book 3 is about to begin!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
‘Tom’s Inheritance’ grew out of a short story. I challenged myself to write a sort of fairy story beginning with ‘Once upon a time’. From that story I explored what happened to Tom, and the book grew from there. I also enjoy the King Arthur tales, and love the way they have a strong magical/fairy tale element. I decided I wanted to explore the magical side of those tales, where Arthur wakes in Avalon but stays in the Other.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I prefer to write in solitude and quiet, if possible. I don’t like music on, it’s too distracting. However I write in my lunch hour, on planes, and sometimes in front of the the TV.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There’s lots of children’s books that I enjoyed and which have stuck with me over the years – the Narnia books, Peter Pan, the Wombles, the Famous Five, and lots more. They are books with strong characters and lots of adventures.
As an adult my greatest influence is Lawrence Durrell. I read the Avignon Quintet when I was 18 and it stunned me with its inventiveness and brilliance. I then read the Alexandria Quartet, and thought that was even better. Since then I’ve read all of his books, biographies and some critical works. One day I will write my own travelogue of Lawrence Durrell. I’d love to travel to all of the places he’s lived.
I also think Salman Rushdie is fantastically inventive, and Umberto Eco’s ‘Foucault’s Pendulum’ is excellent. I love the esoteric.

What are you working on now?
Twice Born, the follow up to Tom’s Inheritance. The story’s complete, it just needs fine tuning. It continues to explore the new world Tom and Arthur find themselves in, ably assisted of course by their new friends and Tom’s cousin. And it introduces new characters, some of them from Arthur’s past.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still exploring my options there! There are so many choices, and so much advice it’s difficult to know where to start. Facebook and Twitter are must haves, and my website should be ready soon.
Otherwise sites like Awesome Gang seem pretty good!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up. Keep promoting, join groups, get to know other authors- they are a source of a great help and advice – and don’t expect miracles.
And if you can afford it, use a professional editor and cover designer. Mine have been fantastic.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t procrastinate, sit down and write. And revise, revise, revise!

What are you reading now?
The Hanging Cage (The Northminster Mysteries book 4). It’s a detective book set in the Victorian age. I’m really enjoying it. I haven’t read the others in the series, but I probably will after finishing this one.
I love detective stories and thrillers, as well as contemporary fiction, magical realism, and non-fiction. My tastes are quite eclectic.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have some ideas for other books with new characters, but for now it’s continuing the Tom series.
Once my website is complete I’ll try to get into regular blogging and book reviews!

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 Alexandria Quarter by Lawrence Durrell, The Jungle Book and Kim by Rudyard Kipling, and I’m not sure what else. Maybe The Thousand Nights and One Night, the Arabian Fairy tales.

Author Websites and Profiles
T J Green Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I love horses, reading and writing! I also love to be able to share my Christian faith in my writings. Currently I have 8 books released, 7 of these fiction.

My latest fictional release is B and B, which went live on Amazon in August of 2016.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
B and B arose from a dream I had in 2015. Very quickly the two main characters developed and I worked hard to write as fast as the ideas were coming! It features a lot of my horse knowledge and explores the Christian faith in a romance.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so! I tend to just write as ideas come to me and try to get them down as soon as possible.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love to read any horse books! Elyne Mitchell’s Silver Brumby series is a favourite. However, I’m not sure that any authors have specifically influenced my writing.

What are you working on now?
I have started a follow on to B and B and am working on the sixth book in the Free Rein series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon and Goodreads are the two I use to make books available and promote them to readers.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Make use of all free online author tools like Amazon Author Page, Goodreads, Library Thing and any others you can find!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be persistent. You need to consistently promote yourself and your books.

What are you reading now?
Free Again by Terri Farley, the Bible and the Further Adventures of the $700 Pony by Ellen Broadhurst

What’s next for you as a writer?
To release the sixth Free Rein book in 2016 and then focus my energies on the follow up book after B and B and perhaps a new novel about a woman introducing horses to a tropical island.

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?
Ooh! I’d want so many more! The Bible, Silver Brumby, To Win Her Favor.

Author Websites and Profiles
Christine Meunier Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Sherry Soule is an Amazon bestselling author, who lives in Northern California with her family and one very spoiled black cat.

Many of her books have spent time on the Kindle bestseller lists and have been nominated as top picks in the “Paranormal Romance” categories by sites such as The Romance Reviews, Night Owl Reviews, and the Paranormal Romance Guild.

Sherry mainly writes urban fantasy, romantic suspense, and paranormal romance in young adult, new adult, and adult genres set in fictional places within the SF Bay Area that feature independent females and sexy alpha males.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest publication is the Starlight Saga, which has humor and steamy romance, but it’s not hardcore science fiction.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to emerge myself into whatever genre that I’m writing at the moment.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The late V. C. Andrews inspired my early work.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I support self-published and indie authors! I have a blog that offers inspirational writing tips, along with awesome advice on self-editing, author marketing, and book promotion for fiction writers!

Even if you’ve already published a few books or you’re just starting out in the indie publishing world, there’s always more to learn on the craft of writing fiction and book promotion.

If you’re determined to take your writing career seriously and make it to the next level, you need to make sure that your author branding and book packaging are “genre specific” to hit your target audience and build a loyal readership.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be grateful every day for what you have.

What are you reading now?
Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole. Awesome series!

Author Websites and Profiles
Sherry Soule Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well…I am from Brazil…and I am a very active person, or better, I am hyperactive. Professionally I’m a lawyer and a writer…I love to dance, to work out, to read and to cook ( I can cook some amazing dishes and now I’m learning Indian Cook…spicy!!!!). I am also addicted to movies.I love to learn foreigner languages and culture ( I speak English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) and I travel abroad whenever I can. I love art and I’m a museum rat and passionate about history. I love animals. All kind of animals. And I have two dogs, two beautiful girls, Gaia and Juno.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Behind The Door is my first and last novel

Human nature inspired me. I love to observe people and try to guess why they behave the way they do…it’s all about hidden motives and we all have ours.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Whenever I have an idea for a scene I send messages to myself (whats app and e-mails)

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many marvelous writers inspired me…to start with the classical ones like Emily Bronte, Stendhal, Dumas, Saad Marquis, Margaret Mitchell and modern ones like Marc Levy, Tom Clancy, Dan Brown, John Grisham and Colleen McCullough …but I could list a hundred here…the poems of Alisson Matos – a Brazilian writer – from Baudelaire to Allan Poe…

What are you working on now?
I am working now on Lara’s Diaries, the sequel to Behind The Door.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use to promote my books on social media, it’s a great way to let people know your work

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you love to write, believe you are going to be a publisher writer and never give up on your dream!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I ever heard came from my father: “learn everything you can, Nobody can take knowledge from you.”

What are you reading now?
I’m reading Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham and Elle et Lui de Marc Levi

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing, that makes me happy!

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 4? I would take Gone With The Wind, Wuthering Heights, Torn Birds and Da Vince Code.

Author Websites and Profiles
A. Gavazzoni Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first book. I am retired military and decided after a long break from work from Lyme Disease to write an encouraging book signifying my life.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is entitled, Don’t Give Up. I was inspired to write it after witnessing so many people suffering from Lyme disease and they felt like they had no hope. I have overcame the illness and wanted to share my story with others.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I pray to God for guidance.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Bishop Td. Jakes

What are you working on now?
nothing at the moment.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have been trying to engage in book signings as often as I can and just look for free promotional sites like this one.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be patient!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Good things come to those who wait.

What are you reading now?
Nothing, I have been busy promoting my book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Mature and grow…then I’ll see what happens.

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 for sure!!!

Author Websites and Profiles
Marlena Lewis Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m from Louisiana. I’m the author of the book The Harlem Renaissance Time Traveler’s Diary, which is my first published book. I’m a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I have a Bachelors of Science in Apparel Merchandising/Business but writing and music is my passion. I also enjoy writing poetry and songs as well as stories. I like reading historical fiction, literary fiction, science fiction, and christian fiction and inspirational books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called The Harlem Renaissance Time Traveler’s Diary. The main character of my book, West Barrington, a musician from 1926 Harlem, awakes in 2016 Harlem after falling asleep on the eve of 1927. During his journey in the future he discovers the reason behind his time travel.
I was always drawn to this period of time because it was such an important time for African Americans. There were a lot of talented writers and musicians during The Harlem Renaissance. In addition to being a writer I also love music and the love of music also caused me to be curious about this period of time. I feel blessed to be able to write as well as have a fiction book published that is based on the Harlem Renaissance.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I get inspired about things that interest me and what I’m passionate about. I don’t have any unusual writing habits. If something interest or excites me I just pick up a pen and paper and start writing. But I will say that sometimes you have to picture something in order to create it. Writing a book can sometimes be like writing a movie.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I feel like there are so many talented writers. I’m definitely influence by the writers before me. I like to read historical fiction and time travel books as well.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently in the beginning process of writing another book. I also like to write poetry and songs as well as stories.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think that the social media sites are good, for example twitter and facebook. Pinterest is a good site as well. Also sites such as goodreads can be helpful. Any kind of marketing helps.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice for anyone that loves to write or is passionate about anything is to go after it, follow your dream. When you love what you do you don’t mind putting in the hard, extra work. Believe in yourself, what you do, and have faith. It may not happen overnight, but just keep on believing. It also helps to write about what interests you.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Believe in yourself. Follow your dreams and have faith.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently reading The Miracle Landing by Larry Welch and I just finished reading a book called Time’s Anchor by Lynda Engler.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I definitely plan on writing another book.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would definitely need to bring something inspirational, a Bible. A dictionary, and a good fiction book or two.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written several books but only three are published so far, with a fourth due out before Christmas. I’ve also written some Crime Shorts, an e-ook series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s a trilogy about a boyhood rivalry set mostly in the 1940s. An elderly man recounted being the last child chosen for billeting by villagers where his London school had been evacuated. I thought how resilient children must have become in such a situation. I imagined a boy growing up and through the experience, then I imagined his counterpart who would make his life even more difficult. The two characters emerged, and then I thought of how the rivalry could develop over time and reach a crisis. Meanwhile, all the chaos and hardship of war would be around them . . .

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m disorganized and have a messy desk. However, I am very focussed when writing so much so that if the telephone rings I jump out of my skin. I never have a block, although obviously the writing doesn’t run smoothly every day. I go on until I have an appointment or am too tired to think straight.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve enjoyed so very many books and am never quite sure how or whether they have influenced me. The authors who I know got under my skin are Fay Weldon. Kasuo Ishiguro. DH Lawrence. JM Coetzee

What are you working on now?
I’m struggling to finish the third book in my WWII trilogy, A Relative Invasion. Its title is IMPACT and is set in the postwar period. INTRUSION and INFILTRATION were set in the wartime years, the second while the two main characters were evacuated.

The theme is a boyhood rivalry which lingers and festers throughout the years until it culminates in an event that devastates both boy’s lives.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I need to have been published for more years before I can know this. However, a website run by Harper Collins Authonomy put me in touch with several good authors, and the critiques I received on that site were very helpful. Best of all was winning a full review from Harper Collins.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Try to focus on the writing and not become distracted by all the advice and marketing emails you will receive. I wish I could have blocked it all out. It has got in the way of my writing every day.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Persist. A small piece, but I have seen it work for others and I know it myself. You just have to keep on sticking at your writing, day after day, and see it as your main task in life.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading Philip Roth’s The Ghost Writer. This is an author I really admire, although I will never write in the same genre.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Once I finish Impact, and get it beta read, then edited, I want to finish Speechless, a novel I started three years ago and have left until the trilogy is finished. I want to rewrite The Parody, a novel I wrote years ago. It was my first, so I’d dearly love to see it published.

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 Reluctant Fundamentalist, Artist of the Floating World, Forensics, Val Dermid. The Greek Myths (Graves) Notebooks and pens.

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Rosalind Minett Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Born in lower Manhattan, I now live in Northampton, a Western Massachusetts college town with a thriving literary culture and queer community. My husband, Adam R. Cohen, and I are the founders of WinningWriters.com, an online resource site for creative writers. We have over 50,000 newsletter subscribers and 70,000 Twitter followers. I’ve published two full-length poetry books, most recently Bullies in Love (Little Red Tree, 2015), two chapbooks, and now my debut novel, Two Natures (Saddle Road Press, 2016). Find it at: http://www.saddleroadpress.com/two-natures.html

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Two Natures is the spiritual coming-of-age story of Julian Selkirk, a fashion photographer beginning his career during the 1990s AIDS epidemic in New York City. Though success comes easily to him, he struggles to feel worthy of love because of his abusive childhood and social prejudice. At the time I started this book, my Christian community was being torn apart by the debate over affirming LGBTQ relationships and identities. Standing up for Julian made me clarify what I believed about love and knowing God for myself.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My fictional characters are like imaginary friends with whom I have regular conversations even when not writing. I write all of my first drafts in Mead 5-Star 9.5″x6″ notebooks with a mechanical pencil. A spiritual practice has to undergird my artistic practice. Most recently I’ve been using Tarot cards to set my intentions and prompt images to arise from my subconscious.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I admire big novels of ideas that are also exciting action-adventures, like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History and The Goldfinch and David Ebershoff’s The 19th Wife. The literary novelists Alexander Chee and Pat Conroy and the poet/memoirist Mark Doty model a masculinity that is expansive enough to revel in beautiful language and deeply sincere, even sentimental, emotions.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on Origin Story, the sequel to Two Natures. The main character is Peter, the man whom Julian loves and tries to win in Two Natures. While working as a mentor in a transitional home for at-risk youth, Peter collaborates with a teenage bi-gendered artist on a gay superhero comic, whose themes start to parallel traumatic memories he’s unearthing. Peter’s controversial discoveries challenge his partner to confront beliefs he’s internalized from his evangelical upbringing, such as the “ex-gay therapy” myth that homosexuality is a curable disorder caused by abuse.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m an introvert: anything I can do from my home office, for free or cheap, is automatically at the top of my list! For my first venture into serious marketing, I’m trying a whole bunch of social media tools: my book’s Facebook page, my personal and Winning Writers Twitter accounts, ads in the Winning Writers newsletter, giveaways for reviews in the MM Romance Group on Goodreads, e-book discounts promoted via BookBub, and of course Awesomegang! Time will tell which of these strategies was the best return on investment. I recommend Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s book The Frugal Book Promoter and her consulting service for more great ideas.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Know the difference between soliciting feedback and seeking approval. It’s great to have an audience, but your self-worth and motivation have to come from within. Strive to be authentic, not perfect.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
One of my writing teachers once told me, “Problems with the novel are really problems with your soul.” Though she might have meant something slightly different by it, since her religious beliefs made her uncomfortable with my turn toward gay fiction, her words are still a touchstone for me. When I hit a rough patch in the writing, it’s important to keep checking in with myself about whether it’s really a technical problem with the book, or some unhealed issue in my spiritual or emotional life. Don’t project unmet needs or self-undermining beliefs onto my work. Stay connected to the source of love, through all the ups and downs of the book’s career.

What are you reading now?
My current fiction read is Jessamyn Smith’s The Inugami Mochi, a lyrical collection of linked stories about a writer recovering from an abusive relationship and the dog who is her spiritual guide. Other reading in progress: Julia Serano’s Whipping Girl, to understand myself as a genderqueer woman affected by sexism. A lot of graphic novels as research for my next book. Recent favorites are Beauty by Hubert & Kerascoët and The Greatest of Marlys by Lynda Barry. Thomas Phelan’s parenting advice book 1-2-3 Magic to keep ahead of my 4-year-old son, “Baby T-Rex”.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Starting to think of myself as a professional novelist: someone who has a business model and a reliable skill set to produce more books in this genre. Then, finding the funds to make that happen, whether that’s through grants, prizes, book sales, or our regular business at Winning Writers.

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?
Books on surviving outdoors, sailing, and shipbuilding, because I never accept that there’s no way to escape a bad situation! And if there’s room, the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry.

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Jendi Reiter Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m the woman behind the Facebook page “The YA Gal” where readers have fun chatting about books every #TakeALookTuesday. My YA debut is called “Genesis Girl” and was published by Month9Books. I’m a member of The Sweet Sixteens, founder of Sixteen To Read, and I write a weekly newspaper column called “I Brake for Moms” for The Everett Daily Herald.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My goal for “Genesis Girl” was to create a YA book that didn’t remind readers of anything else. That meant no vampires, no werewolves, no teenagers in creepy reality television shows, and no twisted fairy tales. My inspiration was singers from the 1700s called castrati. These were young boys castrated at a young age in the hope that they would become famous opera stars who could hit the highest notes. In the Sci-Fi world of “Genesis Girl” Blanca and her Vestal friends have their digital footprints castrated in the hope that they will become celebrities. Their lack of a virtual identity makes them so valuable that they get auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m a big believer in multiple drafts. I revised and edited “Genesis Girl” twenty two times before I sent it to my agent, Liza Fleissig. The publisher then put the book through round after round of additional editing. By the time it was done I had almost every word of “Genesis Girl” memorized because I had read it so many times.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love anything and everything Young Adult, with a special adoration of speculative fiction books. My favorite authors include Jeanne Ryann, Joshua David Bellin, Suzanne Collins, and Stephanie Meyers.

What are you working on now?
The sequel to “Genesis Girl” is called “Damaged Goods” and it’s in the middle of the editorial process with the publisher. I can’t tell you too much about book two because that would reveal “Genesis Girl” spoilers, but be prepared for more twists, turns, and major reveals.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m a huge fan of Benjamin of Tomes, the famous booktuber. Other channels I love include LovingDemBooks and TayliciousReads.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
It took me eight years from the time I first jotted down a story idea, to the moment I held my published book, “Genesis Girl,” in my hands. My biggest advice to YA writers slogging it out in the query trenches is to not give up. My second bit of advice is to join SCBWI, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Determination and guidance are what helped me finally land a book deal in traditional publishing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“There is no such thing as a wasted draft.” Every time you craft a book or revise a manuscript you learn something new.

What are you reading now?
I’m about to dive into “Girl in Pieces” by my friend Kathleen Glasgow.

What’s next for you as a writer?
In the future I’d really love to write a YA Contemporary Romance. But right now I’m completely engrossed in the Science Fiction world.

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 Complete Works of Shakespeare, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cabin Fever.

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Jennifer Bardsley Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my debut nonfiction memoir. I have written two smaller ebooks in the past but this is my baby.

Gloria Oren has a powerful perspective to find the positive in experiences on the roller coaster lurches that leave many in panic.

She is an editor with Muse It Up Publishing, and writes nonfiction and book reviews which she posts on her blog when time allows. A graduate of Long Ridge Writers Group “Breaking Into Print” program, a past member of the Willamette Writers Group, and longtime member pf the Redmond Association of Spokenword (RASP), is also the founder of the Women Writers Editors Agents and Publishers group on Facebook. She lives with her husband and eldest son in Washington State.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Bonded at Birth: An Adoptee’s Search for Her Roots is a story of loss, survival, determination, and persistence. It covers one state, three countries, and two continents. It covers sixteen years of searching and a little over four decades since my first adoption. It wasn’t until seven years post-reunion that my second adoption occurred when my birth mother adopted me to close the circle.

What inspired me to write my story was the realization that adoptees do have the right to their own information regarding their origins and medical histories. I had almost no information to go on, yet things have a way of happening, and because of them and the help of others I was found. I had to share my story with adult adoptees who wish to search but hesitate, adoptive parents confronted by their adopted child’s wish to search, and by birth parents who fear searching not wanting to intrude on their biological offspring’s life. It will also attract memoir readers who enjoy a unique story. And couples contemplating adoption will learn the damage secrecy can lead to, and with hope, this book will ensure that they will be the ones to talk to their adopted children about their adoptions.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, I just write when the thoughts come to mind. And then it somehow all comes together.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Belva Plain and Jodi Picoult. But for memoir I’d have to say it was a few of the adoption memoirists I’ve read, for example Judy Land.

What are you working on now?
I am in the research state. There were seven elected presidents before George Washington. I want to learn more about them, about the duties of those elected presidents, and how they were elected. What else they did in their personal lives. Did they have families and who were they. What were those years like and how did events of daily life affect those men. I became interested in this when I heard it mentioned on the radio and when I asked around no one seemed to know anything about this. I don’t recall having learned about this in school.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just a newbie to book marketing. I have only promoted free promo days so far and have had a pretty good turnout from what little I’ve done. I am in preparation of a virtual book tour during November to coincide with National Adoption Day.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just do it. Write daily. Get that horrible first draft done and then let it sit a few days, at least, before going back and revise and tighten as much as you can.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never give up on your dream(s).

What are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Right now I’m concentrating on prepping the VBT and what will come later is yet to be seen.

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?
Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook so I would have something to eat; Making Shelter in the Wild so I could have someplace to sleep; and a Soduko booklet so I would have something to do.

Author Websites and Profiles
Gloria Oren Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am Victor from the Philippines, a self-published Author of a Novel and Comic book. I have two books available in kindle and in print at lulu.com

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first debut novel is titled ”Bunny Syndrome” it is a science fiction story about a boy who had a rare condition but was actually a result of an experiment of a mad scientist working in a hospital. It was inspired by my experience of being shy as a child and had experience bullying.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write when I am mostly inspired and in the mood.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
J.K. Rowling is an inspiration to me as an author because I was able to see videos and documentaries about her life and how she struggled as a writer. Moby dick was a book I had a book report on, when I was in high school and I also watched the movie. It inspired me to not become blind of ambition but to achieve it in the right way.

What are you working on now?
I am working on my next Novel, about kids being hired as Toy Designers by a famous Toy company sometime in the future. It will be part of a series and I hope also to write spin-offs of the characters personal lives.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I used my Author page on facebook and tell my close friends about it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
They should keep on practicing their craft no matter how many rejections they get from publishers or literary agents, if they can afford to study creative writing that would also be great until they perfect their writing craft. they need to show their work to their friends to get an opinion about it, they really need to spend a little for an editor to give an advice on their work.

most people who reject would really ask you to stop writing in general, but don’t give up. there is always room for improvement and your dream will come true if you continue to pursue it with humility and acceptance but keep on moving forward.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
the best advice I heard from a literary agent after rejecting my work, is that I should continue on doing my work and they want me to go on.

What are you reading now?
I am reading ”Excorcist: encounters with the Paranormal” by fr. Jocis Syquia.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to continue to practice my craft and get better along the way. try non-fiction at some point and other things that have to do with writing.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would want Harry Potter, Moby Dick, Alice in wonderland anything that would fuel my imagination that there is hope of returning home.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
After travelling extensively during my teens and twenties – France, Italy, South America, USA and the UK, I have been a Bordeaux resident since 2005, where I translate, teach and run.

A sports enthusiast, language lover and fan of travel, this is my first book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My two passions; football (soccer) and travel.
It was a particularly interesting period in my life where I was travelling a lot, and trying to keep in touch with England’s progress in the World Cup Qualification campaign was often challenging.
The book will appeal to travelers and sports fans alike.

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Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I work better first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Bill Bryson I find very interesting for his outlook on the world.
Michael Moore.
Simon Kuper for football books.
For page-turning thrillers, Lee Childs rocks my boat!

What are you working on now?
My second book, about running in the south west of France.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Great question! I am a novice and exploring all the possible avenues out there right now.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
As a new author myself, I would only say keep plugging away, hang on in there and don’t get disheartened.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write about what you know.

What are you reading now?
Currently reading the complete works of Sherlock Holmes which my wife gave me for my 40th, as well as the fourth installment of the wonderful Millenium series.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Try and become a successful writer, whilst completing my second book.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I think one should read the bible at least once in one’s life.
Catch22, one of my all time favourites that I can read again and again.
The complete Godfather series.
The complete Harry Potter series.

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been an independent author since August 2014 when I launched my first series — Seduce Me. I am the author of New Adult Romance and have published over 40 novellas (which are also available in over a dozen box sets), with over 400,000 eBooks downloaded to date.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book, at the time of this interview, is Fractured. I wrote the New Adult Romance series with my good friend Amanda Meadows. The inspiration for the series was a series of “what if?” questions we raised about a fiercely independent college student meeting her “Prince Charming.” The heroine in the book is loosely based on Amanda’s experiences having grown up the rural southern part of the United States and taking a few art classes in college. Nothing remotely as dramatic nor interesting happened to Amanda in real life as in the book, but, hey, it is fiction after all.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My writing habits have evolved over the past few years, but I don’t know that I have any unusual ones. I’m a pretty early riser (some may find that unusual), so I am most creative and productive during the morning. I get the majority of my writing for the day done before 1:00 PM. I spend my afternoons handling the marketing for my books, responding to emails and connecting with readers on Facebook.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
E.L. James, Sylvia Day, Danielle Steel, Nora Roberts, and M.S. Parker.

What are you working on now?
The Right Moves, a New Adult Sports Romance series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Bookbub is king (or queen), but you guys at the Awesomegang are, well, pretty awesome. I also like Freebooksy/Bargainbooksy as far as promotional sites go, and Facebook advertising is essential for ongoing promotion.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Study your craft by reading the top-selling authors in your genre, and the more you write, the better writer you will become.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You need to take the long view as an author and keep publishing books readers want to read.

What are you reading now?
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. I love mystery/thrillers in addition to romance.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully continuing to write books my readers want to read.

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’m going to cheat a little on this one. I’d take my e-reader loaded with all my favorite authors and a solar powered charger.

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