Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My first book is Motorcycle High: The Adventures of Rock Pounder. Last year, I wrote the second book in the series, The Key to Cabo: A Rock Pounder Novel. I’m originally from Chatsworth, California, and Ilived in Huntington Beach, California, before moving to Texas. I’m a motorcycle adventure rider and have traveled all over the world on my Kawasaki KLR. My true-life adventures are woven into the fabric of the Rock Pounder stories. I now live in McKinney, TX, where I am working on my third Rock Pounder adventure, set in Somalia, Cambodia, and Las Vegas.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’m now working on Onward Through the Fog, the third book in the Rock Pounder series. I always wanted to write about Somalia, and I’ve traveled in Cambodia and love Las Vegas.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, I smoke marijuana before I write at night.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Alistair McLean, Jules Verne

What are you working on now?
Onward Through the Fog

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
We have advertised a lot in Kindle Nation Daily.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be surprised if marketing turns out to be a lot harder than you expected.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write more dialogue and less narrative.

What are you reading now?
Men’s Journal

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m working on the third book in the Rock Pounder series, and I’m looking forward to the fourth.

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?
Dictionary, Bible, Motorcycle High (the first Rock Pounder novel), and The Key to Cabo.

Author Websites and Profiles
Dave Harrold Website
Dave Harrold Amazon Profile

Dave Harrold’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Kyle, a writer from the hills of Kentucky. My debut thriller, The Keeper of the Crows, appeared on the Preliminary Ballot of the 2015 Bram Stoker Awards in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Last year I released The Chrononaut, a science fiction novella about a haunted time traveler.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
A Sound in the Dark is my latest novel, a fast-paced thriller full of twists and turns meant to keep you reading until the last page. It follows a group of friends as they attempt to survive over the course of a single night of pure terror. I came up with the idea in high school when I was camping by the lake with some friends. I went into the lake on a dare, and that night I was so cold that I couldn’t sleep. I lay awake, listening to the sounds outside the tent, and it occurred to me just how vulnerable and exposed we were.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I lose myself in my writing. I’ll slip away into a chapter, and suddenly hours will have passed. I can accomplish a lot in a short time this way, but it also leaves me wondering where all that time has gone.

What are you working on now?
My next novel is a western, due out later this year from Sunbury Press. Sunbury has also accepted the sequel to my first novel, The Keeper of the Crows, for publication in 2018. I also have a few secret projects I’m working on at the moment!

What are you reading now?
I’ve been meaning to read The Name of the Wind for a while now. After I finish writing my current project, I may pick it 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?
The Passage by Justin Cronin, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, and Bone by Jeff Smith. And since I’m on a deserted island, probably a survival manual.

Author Websites and Profiles
Kyle Alexander Romines Amazon Profile

Kyle Alexander Romines’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Paul Sanders writes True Crime from a juror’s perspective. His story began in 2014, when he was called to serve as a death penalty juror in the trial of Marissa DeVault. At the completion of the case, he wrote his first True Crime book, Brain Damage: A Juror’s Tale – The Hammer Killing Trial.

Since then, Paul has gone on to write a further two True Crime books on some of the most spectacular trials in US history, Why Not Kill Her: A Juror’s Perspective – The Jodi Arias Death Penalty Retrial and Banquet of Consequences: A Juror’s Plight – The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson.

Why Not Kill Her, along with Shanna Hogan’s book, Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story, has become one of the most recommended books on the subject and was publicly endorsed by the jury foreperson, Haaken Liknes.

Paul’s first two books were published on Amazon and this helped to build a platform of thousands of followers who are now eagerly awaiting the release of his latest work.

Paul has been a guest on True Crime Radio, Trial Diaries, Court Chatter, HLN and Fox. He has also been featured on NBC Oxygen’s, “Snapped,” as well as I.D. Discovery’s, “Scorned,” where he represented himself as a former juror. He recently appeared on two episodes of Investigation Discovery’s, “Deadly Sins”. He was a trial reporter for Trial Talk Live during the Carnation murders trial of Michele Anderson.

He currently resides in Seattle, Washington. Paul is an active member of the PNWA. He is currently preparing, Beyond the Pale: Rogue Juror – The Joseph McEnroe Death Penalty Trial, for publication on December 24, 2017, the 10th anniversary of the Carnation murders.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
‘Banquet of Consequences: A juror’s Plight – The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson.

The murders of Wayne, Judy, Scott, Erica, Olivia and Nathan happened on Christmas Eve of 2017. I attended everyday of the Michele Anderson trial and then interviewed the second killer, Joseph McEnroe, at Walla Walla penitentiary.

It is one the most intense books I have ever written and the victims will always remain with me.

J*4*6*!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I type with one, maybe two fingers.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King, Ann Rule, Shanna Hogan and Truman Capote are at the top of my list.

What are you working on now?
‘Beyond the Pale: Rugue Juror – The Joseph McEnroe Death Penalty Trial’

This story began because of my seven hour interview with the killer who resides on death row.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing. If it’s in your heart and your heart tells you to write, then write. Whether you think you can or cannot, you are right.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
One is too many and a hundred is not enough.

What are you reading now?
Ann Rule’s ‘The Green River Killer’

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have three or four projects on the table. Each in it’s own time. I will keep you posted

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 Stand – Stephen King
Alive – Piers Paul Read
Conviction: Putting Jodi Arias Away Behind Bars – Juan Martinez
Misery – Stephen King
A Dummies Guide to Building a Boat – Unknown

Author Websites and Profiles
Paul Sanders Website
Paul Sanders Amazon Profile

Paul Sanders’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Appalachian Trail Happiness is my first book and has come out of my blog the Ministry of Happiness that I have been writing for 6 years. I’ve become a firm believer that people are happier when they stretch themselves and get out of their comfort zone. To celebrate my 50th birthday I hiked 1000 miles on the Appalachian Trail.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Appalachian Trail Happiness, which grew out of the Ministry of Happiness and my philosophy of happiness through action. To celebrate my 50th birthday I hiked a thousand miles on the Appalachian Trail. My hope in starting out was to get as far as my knees would take me, get enough material for the book and hopefully walk to Maine. The book is a collection of the stories accumulated on the way and a discussion of how to live a happier life.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so, as a part-time author I’m often writing at night after work and need a secondary distraction when I do, something to do with winding down from the day. Although, I was fortunate that when I wrote the first draft of Appalachian Trail Happiness I was fortunate to be able to hide away in Pensacola and write full-time for 3 months, using the Pensacola downtown library as my writing space.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
For hiking related books I really have a lot of admiration for David Miller who has written both AWOL on the Appalachian Trail and the AT Guide which is the guide nearly all AT thru-hikers use. Generally, I love David Brin a science fiction writer and several poets for the poetry writing I do, Charles Bukowksi and Warsan Shire among them.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a Happiness Guide culled from the work on the Ministry of Happiness blog over the last 7 years. Working title, that I don’t, like is Thoughts on Happiness and I hope to have it out before the end of the year. I also hope to have a poetry collection, Otherness, published early in 2018.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The network through my blog, Revkane.com, Twitter of course and my Facebook page, but to be perfectly honest I sell a decent number of books after speaking engagements.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Enjoy the writing part, writing a book is the fun part, everything after is work and marketing, particularly for self-published authors is a beast!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Find something you love and let it kill you ~ Charles Bukowski

What are you reading now?
Guerrilla Marketing for authors, that likely is not much of a surprise.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m continuing to work hard, I have a pattern of leaving my full-time job every few years to take off on a new adventure. My next adventure is about two years away and I hope to be writing about that afterward. My hope is to over the next few years to transition to my current day job being the part-time piece of what I know while I write and speak to earn my main income. You have to have big dreams.

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 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the book saved my sanity at a time when I was hitting rock bottom as an alcoholic. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, as many times as I’ve read that book it still makes me laugh out load. Crucifix in a Death Hand: Poems by Bukowski it’s a combination of great poems and it’s a visually stunning book and my favorite in my book collection. Finally for practical reasons the Army’s Survival Training Manual.

Author Websites and Profiles
Michael Kane Website
Michael Kane Amazon Profile

Michael Kane’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a busy Mum to 4 children, and am a lawyer of 20 years plus, but I recently retrained to become a success life coach. I have a desire to help people n any way I can, and I am able to talk people through problems, in a way that does change their perspective and allows them to move on positively. I am the Author of the BestSeller, Your Life in Your Control, which puts into a nutshell, the first vital steps you need to make a significant change to your life. This was my first book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Your Life in Your Control is inspired by my desire to help people. It is a feel-good book, which will show how you can change your life. The 5 steps in the book are immediately actionable and should provide hope to anyone who takes action, that things can change for the better! Things have already changed dramatically for some people who have taken action after reading the book.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really, although I like a continual supply of coffee when I write!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tony Robbins did influence me, due to his easy way of writing. My writing style is the same. Whilst you take in a heap of information, you don’t feel like you’ve attended a lecture! It’s like a conversation took place…a valuable one!

What are you working on now?
My next book, although information is sketchy as I am in the early stages. What I can say is that it will have something to do with our gorgeous children.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook and Twitter are good, but huge audiences are available through book sites online.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep going. There are various stages, like climbing a staircase, sometimes you’ll feel like giving up, or your book is no good….keep climbing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Done is better than perfect! Get it written, then make the changes to make it “pretty”.

What are you reading now?
Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins

What’s next for you as a writer?
Building my business, and my next 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?
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Beasts in my Belfry by Gerald Durrell
Awaken the Giant within by Tony Robbin
The Bible

Author Websites and Profiles
Suzie Stanley Amazon Profile

Suzie Stanley’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an engineer for a major international shipping company. I write math textbooks as a “hobby” having realized that many textbooks fall short of needs to actually teach the material. I have written two textbooks, Concise Geometry and Concise Algebra 1.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Concise Algebra 1 is the latest textbook. In total I will write 12 textbooks between now and December 2018. Focusing on the most difficult technical subjects. I see there is a huge need for textbooks to clearly explain the subject matter so it can be understood by almost anyone.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am told my tone and pace is very specific and the words flow, even for technical subject matter. Supposedly people enjoy reading my textbooks despite the somewhat difficult subject matter.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Surprisingly I enjoy reading fiction and politics. Believe it or not, my favorite writing style that I think I mimic somewhat is from Politico, the political news website based on Washington DC and also Axios. Axios is inspiring in that they convey very complex concepts in a very small number of words. I love it!

What are you working on now?
Write now I am primarily working on book promotions, something I need to understand better. Beginning in two months I will start writing Concise Algebra 2.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still researching that, will get back to you!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Book promotion takes as much or more time than writing the book itself. Don’t spend too much time on your own twitter account, instead work with book promotion sites such as this one. These are the people that the readers really trust.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just take it one day at a time.

What are you reading now?
I am not reading anything at the moment because of all the time it takes to promote my books! However, the “unread” books sitting on my desk include Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson. I will get to it one of these days!

What’s next for you as a writer?
Algebra 2 and Calculus AB. I will finish these two books before the end of 2017.

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?
Goldfinch, The Last of the Mohicans, Moby Dick, War and Peace (all long books to pass the time!)

Author Websites and Profiles
Josiah Coates Website
Josiah Coates Amazon Profile

Josiah Coates’s Social Media Links
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well, as you know, I’m Lucas Hucher. I like reading, writing, and playing the violin. I have written eight children’s books, of which four have been published, Fairy Tales and Fables, Aesop’s Fables: Volume One, The Tiger and the Mouse, and The Peacock and the Blue Jay.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Aesop’s Fables: Volume One. My inspiration behind Aesop’s Fables was to recreate some of the most beloved fables, and put them all into one place so people and children everywhere could enjoy them.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I sometimes write books really fast (like two in a day), and sometimes it takes me months to write a good book.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Aesop. Aesop has definitely inspired a lot of my writing with his wonderful tales.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on a book about a composer, and a woman who couldn’t hear or speak. It won’t be released for quite a while though.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method for promoting my book is Twitter and of course, my website, www.lucashucher.wixsite.com/home .

Do you have any advice for new authors?
The only advise I have for new authors right now, is get a Twitter account and advertise your book and name everywhere you can!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” -Oscar Wilde

What are you reading now?
Right now I am reading a book by Stephen King, Under the Dome. It really is an interesting book to read.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m not really sure, I’m probably going to continue writing children’s books inspired by Aesop.

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 Collection of Stephen King books. Under the Dome, It, The Wind Through the Keyhole, and The Dark Tower.

Author Websites and Profiles
Lucas Hucher Website
Lucas Hucher Amazon Profile

Lucas Hucher’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I started writing as a freelance journalist straight out of college, mostly inspirational articles and lifestyle stories featured in self-help, inspirational, regional, and fiction publications, including Coping With Cancer, Daily Meditation, Mocha Memoirs, Anotherealm, Horsethief’s Journal, Images Inscript, Complete Woman, and the annual anthology Writes of Passage: Every Woman has a Story!

I’m author of the self-help books Happy Tails: How Pets Can Help You Survive Divorce and Simeon: A Greater Reality, the neo-Noir short story collection Seven Shorts, the inspirational upper-elementary reader, Hootie, and the romantic comedy When Pigs Fly Over The Moon.

I’ve ghostwritten novels, non-fiction, screenplays, and other projects for clients, locally and through Upwork.

Writing awards include the 1999 Writer’s Digest Writing Competition Grand Prize Winner for the short story “House Call.”

Others:

1997 Golden Triangle Writer’s Guild Screenplay First – Driver
1998 Writer’s Digest Stage Play First – Garage Sale
1998 Writer’s Digest Short Story Honorable Mention – “Estate Sale”
1999 Writer’s Network Stage Play Honorable Mention – Garage Sale
2000 Writer’s Network Screenplay Honorable Mention – Killing Grounds
2005 Fade In magazine’s Screenplay Semi-Finalist – Grave Jumper

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
When Pigs Fly Over the Moon is my latest. I headed out to Luckenbach, Texas with my family on vacation and started thinking ” . . . what if?”

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Story ideas come to me fairly frequently, each one worth considering, but not all for taking into a completed project. I keep a running list, and regularly go to this list to revise its concepts. Not entirely unusual in itself, except that I often dream about the ideas on the list, too.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King, Thomas Harris, Dean Koontz, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gilbert, J.K. Rowling, Annie Dilliard, C.S. Lewis, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, T.S. Elliot, Patricia Cornwell, Mary Higgins Clark, Dan Brown, William Shakespeare.

What are you working on now?
A historical fantasy.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be afraid to take some time off now and then to observe and experience life. Allow yourself to be in the moment, not tasking anything. Most writers I know overthink everything entirely too much, which begins to drain them over time. The breaks that life tries to push your way, the interruptions– are entirely necessary.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write what you want to write.

What are you reading now?
I’m researching for my next book, so I’m not presently reading any one book in particular.

What’s next for you as a writer?
There’s always half-a-dozen projects on the back burner waiting to surface, but life has a very particular timing to it. I’ve learned not to resist.

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 that’s a tough one, because that list keeps changing every few years.

Author Websites and Profiles
Julie Rogers Website
Julie Rogers Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m L.J. Jackson, a woman with a big heart and big dreams, currently providing resources and support as a Women’s Empowerment Expert, Mentor, and Coach with 20 years of experience and a proven track record of helping clients of all ages experience personal breakthroughs in issues related to: personal, social, emotional, and career choices and exploration.

Additionally, I serve on the advisory board of Caramel Connections Foundation, a non-profit. And also work with high school students as a School Counselor, utilizing my training as a credentialed School Psychologist, and help women and families in understanding themselves and their children in K-12 and beyond.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Sleeping with My Shoes On: Reclaim Your Innocence, Reclaim Your Power is the name of my latest book and is a tribute to the universal story that’s true for men and women, especially for 45 million women…women worldwide, with a story of a loss of innocence that rocked them to the core, and as a result go from day-to-day, masking the emotional pain of what was stripped away.

Holding themselves, or the innocent child within them, bondage to: past actions, choices, and decisions leaving little time to enjoy the present and reducing hope for the future. So readers will appreciate my heartfelt personal memories of the loss of my childhood innocence which I weave into each chapter along with vital wisdom as an expert.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’d say, my biggest unusual writing habit, is my need to have a hard copy to make revisions and get my juices flowing, otherwise if I try to make changes just using my laptop, I often experience writer’s block.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, the Astonishing Power of Emotions by Esther and Jerry Hicks, and Strengthen Yourself in the Lord by Bill Johnson have all greatly influenced me…and I am better for having read them.

What are you working on now?
I am working on producing new shows for my Wise Up and Rise Up Radio Show, as well as an online course to help women who want more.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method or websites are: Google AdWords and Facebook.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice for new authors is to trust your instincts and don’t rush the process but rather let go, and let flow…allowing things to unfold and happen naturally.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I ever heard was to learn to enjoy the process, because the process last longer than the finished result/product.

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading the Enlightenment of Divorce by Daniel Miller.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will be working on my next book the start of the new 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?
If I were stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with me, I would take the Astonishing Power of Emotions (to help my head); Eat, Pray, Love (to encourage my heart); the Herbal medicine Book (for curing ailments), and From the Good Earth (to help me grow food).

Author Websites and Profiles
L.J. Jackson Website
L.J. Jackson Amazon Profile

L.J. Jackson’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an Indian novelist, playwright, short story and non-fiction writer, translator, a little thinker and a budding philosopher.
My novel output comprises of Benign Flame: Saga of Love, Jewel-less Crown:: Saga of Life, Crossing the Mirage: Passing through youth (plot and character driven novels all), Glaring Shadow: A stream of consciousness novel, Prey on the Prowl: A Crime Novel and Onto the Stage: ‘Slighted Souls’ and other stage and radio plays besides Stories Varied – A Book of Short Stories.
All my ‘novel’ endeavors were borne out of my conviction that if fiction were to impact readers, it should be the soulful saga of native characters rooted in their soil but not the meandering wanderings of a hotchpotch of local and alien caricatures sketched on a hybrid canvas.
While “Puppets of Faith: Theory of Communal Strife” is my non-fiction work, Bhagvad-Gita: Treatise of Self-help (sans 110 interpolations in verses with contemporary idiom) and Sundara Kãnda: Hanuman’s Odyssey, also in verse, symbolize my trancreative effort.
My above body of work is available as free e-books at umpteen websites such as Project Gutenberg Self-publishing Presshttp://www.gutenberg.us/authors/bsmurthy, Internet Achieve, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple iTunes, obooko.com, Smashwords.com, Free ebooks net, Freebookspot. Feedboks, Ebookjunkie , http://e-library.net etc. besides Amazon.com
My philosophical proposition, ‘Addendum to Evolution: Origins of the World by Eastern Speculative Philosophy’ that was originally published in The Examined Life On-Line Philosophy Journal, Vol. 05 Issue 18, which is incorporated in the Epilogue of his Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life.
I have had contributed more than a score of articles on general and materials management issues and general insurance topics in The Hindu,The Economic Times, The Financial Express. The Purchase and The Insurance Times, the prominent among them being – Organizational Ethos and Good Leadership, Reinvigorating Individual Managerial Environment (RIME) in The Hindu, Low Morale in the Public Sector in The Financial Express, The Psychology of Centralization and Lead-time Management – Key to Inventory Control in The Purchase, Conceptualization of Indemnity under Fire Insurance, Rational Evaluation of Stock Losses in Manufacturing Units under Insurance Claims, Incongruities of Machinery Insurance, Handling Irrelevant, Bogus and Fraudulent Fire Claims, The Surveyor’s Profession in India, and Redundancy of Spoilage Material Damage Cover in The Insurance Times.
I take keen interest in politics of the day, has an ear for Carnatic and Hindustani classical music and had been a passionate Bridge player.
I’m a graduate mechanical engineer from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, is a Hyderabad-based Insurance Surveyor and Loss Assessor since 1986. He is married, to a housewife, with two sons, the elder one a PhD in Finance and the younger a Master in Engineering.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Stories Varied – A Book of short Stories is my last creative work.
With the addition of ‘Prey on the Prowl – A Crime Novel’ the ninth book to my body of work, I thought the accretion was over without short story genre. Not that I didn’t try my hand at that, indeed I did, but finding the output wanting, I didn’t refill my pen again.
Maybe, literature was keen to have my contribution in this fictional sphere as well, so it seems, as beginning from July 2015, the idea of “Write India Campaign of Times of India”, to let the aspiring writers build their stories on the ‘prompts’ provided by eleven of India’s popular authors worked for me as my muse, at last, found its way into the short story mould.
When I penned Ilaa’s Ire on Amish’s prompt, it felt like I had crossed the unassailable frontier, and thereafter, for the next ten months, thanks to the prompts by Chetan Bhagat, Aswin Sanghi, Ravi Subramanian, Preeti Shenoy, Tuhin A. Sinha, Ravinder Singh, Durjoy Datta, Madhuri Banarjee, Jaisree Misra and Anita Nair, I had experienced the joy of short story writing.
That in the end, I could pen my ‘Twelfth Tale’, sans any prompting, perhaps, is a testimony to the success of the said Write India Campaign.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write with passion and without a break that is save to rest and recuperate till the completion of the book, and maybe that’s unusual in these times when writers tend to write for a couple of hours or so per day.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
When I was fourteen or so, my maternal uncle, Challa Subba Rao, advised me to read English classics for they, widen one’s understanding of life, deepen the thinking about it besides imparting language skills. Luckily, his advice led me first to English classics of Jane Austin, Charlotte Bronte, Henry Fielding etc.hen to continental fiction of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Gogol, Zola, Flaubert etc. whose works I had read with gusto and insensibly internalized. Nevertheless, savoring those masterpieces, I never dreamt of becoming a writer myself but thirty years after I began reading, my muse overwhelmed me into expressing myself through “Benign Flame: Saga of Love’ and the other works during the next two decades and more.

What are you working on now?
The saying that all good things come to an end has become true for me that is after that creative ecstasy that lasted over ten books in varied genres. Besides, I think I’m through as one’s creativity has its limits, so it seems.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Since, more the websites host one’s books even more are the chances of getting noticed by the prospective readers, I had strived to place my free ebooks on as many willing domains, and as can be seen from the search for “BS Murthy, Indian Author” on Google, succeeded to a considerable extent.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
One may venture into the fictional arena with his pen and paper only after examining life for some period of time and in some depth. That apart, a writer must have something unique to offer to the literary world that affords a new reading experience to the interested readers. When, I was halfway through my maiden novel, Benign Flame, believing that I had something great on offer and not wanting to die till I completed it, I used to go to great lengths to preserve my life.
It’s as if to vindicate my sense of purpose of “Benign Flame” that one Mr. Spencer Critchley, an American critic felt that – “It’s a refreshing surprise to discover that the story will not trace a fall into disaster for Roopa, given that many writers might have habitually followed that course with a wife who strays into extramarital affairs.”

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Hard to say, but, may be, ‘follow your nature’ could be one of the most influential.

What are you reading now?
. Marcel Proust’s “Remembrances of the things Past”, oh, how it affects!

What’s next for you as a writer?
In the time left for me on earth, I would like to try to find as many potential readers as possible to my body of varied books, and it is the only literary goal left for me in life.

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?
Without any disrespect to the great classics I’ve read, I would like to bring all my ten books to savor for I love each one of them, for what they are.

Author Websites and Profiles
BS Murthy Website
BS Murthy Amazon Profile
BS Murthy Author Profile on Smashwords

BS Murthy’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I work as a Virtual Assistant for a living. I have 2 clients in the US that I work for. I have only written one book and I have a fiction book that I am still writing on and off for 10 years now.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my book is Keto Hacks: Keto Diet For Beginners -Lose Weight Fast, Control Diabetes, Recipes and More. My experience in controlling diabetes inspired me to write it. The Ketogenic diet was the only thing that worked for me. I have always wanted to reverse my diabetes. I still haven’t but I’m nearing my goal.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually prefer to have a tv series that is playing in the background while I’m writing. I just make it into a small window and put it at the lower left of my screen. Weird but it helps me concentrate.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
A lot, mostly fiction authors. Funny even though my book is non-fiction. But yeah, my favorite authors are: JR Tolkien, Anne Rice, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a related topic of my first book. It would still be about the Ketogenic Diet but it would discuss more about its positive effect with diabetes.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Kindle’s free promo

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t get stuck in overthinking if your book is ready to publish or not. When you finish it, give it one or two reads and if you like it, go ahead.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t get stuck in the analysis paralysis rut.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading how to market ebooks books right now!

What’s next for you as a writer?
I really want to finish my fiction book this 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?
Well, its more than 3 or 4 books. Any book that I have in The Sword of Truth series and the Wheel of Time series.

Author Websites and Profiles
Paulo Solana Website
Paulo Solana Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I love history and I love a good story that can make you feel every emotion under the sun all in one book. A book where you forget where you are and for awhile actually feel like you are living with the characters and experiencing their emotions.
Fall of the House of Queens is the first book that I have published though I have many partial books laying around in folders, in drawers, in boxes, on the floor!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Fall of the House of Queens. I was inspired to write it because I have always been fascinated with Henry VIII and those who lived, and died, around him. I wanted to live for awhile in his court so I took a pen and a notebook and decided to go for a visit. I actually went in expecting to tell the story from the perspective of one of Henry’s mistresses, Bessie Blount, but when I started writing it was Henry’s famous fool William Somers that came through.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write on the floor often in the closet. Small quiet places. I also have to have a Kombucha as my writing drink.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mary Steward, Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare, James Alexander Thom, there are so many I could list several dozen more..

What are you working on now?
I’m working on the next two books in the Shattered Rose series that takes place where ‘Fall of the House of Queens’ leaves off. The second book follows one of the main characters daughters who is best friends with the future Queen Elizabeth I. That book is titled, ‘Crowns Will Fall’ and it will be followed by the third and last in this series ‘In the Shadow of the Sun’.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Well I’m new to this so I’m joining different writing groups on Facebook and learning from the other members.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there. Join groups, ask questions, answer questions. And the thing I want new authors to remember is this time in your journey. You have to give back. You will find help and advice from so many people that have been where you are and you should never forget when you needed and received help. So when a new author asks you for help or when you see a way you can help someone do it. Don’t compete with other authors support them; be happy for them when they are successful.

What are you reading now?
I usually read several books at once. I’m reading John Douglas and Mark Olshaker’s book ‘Obsession’ and ‘The Sacred Pipe’ Recorded and edited by Joseph Epes Brown.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I really need to sit down and finish the last two books in the Shattered Rose series because I have another book I want to start.

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 ‘Black Hawk Down’ by Mark Bowden
‘Follow the River’ by James Alexander Thom
‘Black Elk Speaks’ by John Neihardts
and probably a collection of works by Edgar Allen Poe

Author Websites and Profiles
Shelly Hancock Website
Shelly Hancock Amazon Profile

Shelly Hancock’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I started writing when I was in the seventh grade. Always having an active imagination, I wrote a short story for class that was later printed in the local paper. Setting aside my love of writing and drawing as a teen, I returned to it as a young man and started writing stories and creating comic book characters. Using my children, loved ones and friends as inspiration, I went on to create over a hundred characters and stories that I hoped to publish. Always considering myself more of a creator than a writer, I spent several years looking for a collaborator. After a couple of failed attempts, I finally teamed up with my friend Charles Little and formed New Legend Books & Comics. Our first venture is the book “Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption”. I plan to continue creating new stories and characters and hope to help others see their dreams of becoming published authors come true.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know how unusual they it is but I do have my own process. My stories can start from just about anything and I will roll them around in my head, like a movie, for months sometimes before anything gets on paper.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am more of a comic book guy. I would love to be the next Stan Lee some day.

What are you working on now?
My writing partner and I are working on our next book that we hope to have out by the end of the year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
We have used Amazon and Facebook.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find a process that works for you and don’t give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Make you dreams realistic and obtainable for you.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More books and some comics too at some point.

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?
Spider-man comic, a history book & The Bible

Author Websites and Profiles
Troy Pendleton Website
Troy Pendleton Amazon Profile

Troy Pendleton’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a Christian entrepreneur, wife and mother dedicated to serving God and others.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled, ‘Marriage is Ministry.’ It’s inspired by 1 Corinthians 13 in the Bible.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, but when I write a book, I usually do it in a short time period.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m influenced by authors Joseph Prince, Creflo Dollar, Charles Capps, Andrew Wommack and Barry Bennett. All because I want to grow in my spiritual life.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on my fourth book which is a Christian testimonial.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I send newsletters to my website subscribers with freebies!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Stay encouraged and take each day at a time.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To believe and never give up.

What are you reading now?
Destined to Reign by Joseph Prince.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Looking to help other writers in my genre to become published authors as well.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Holy Bible, Destined to Reign, The Tongue- A Creative Force, A Woman After God’s Heart, and Bible Journey.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jennifer Quetant Website
Jennifer Quetant Amazon Profile

Jennifer Quetant’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Pinterest Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
200 Spring Run Circle

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
200 Spring Run Circle

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write best when I have a good atmosphere for it, and I’ve become very picky lately. Ambient music in my earphones, a glass of red wine, a cozy blanket, and my laptop are included in this ideal setup.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Gail Carson Levine was always a favorite of my growing up. She brought a modern sensibility to these classic fairy tales, making them come to life in an entire new dimension.

What are you working on now?
I’m revising the final story in the three-part novel, The Heart Between Kingdoms, releasing Fall 2017! My co-author Anne Kendsley and I are very excited to share this novel with everyone!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still very new to the game and getting my sea legs under me, but Amazon has a plethora of services for indie authors that impressed me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never stop writing! It’s easier to edit a badly written page than to revise a blank one. Keep writing and reading every day and you’ll improve.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I think it’s less advice, and more of a motivator– life is short. So your ideas are weird or you’re worried about rejection. We don’t have enough time on this earth to explore both paths. So take the risk! Get your crazy out there, get rejected, and find those other people who are weird as you.

What are you reading now?
Faery Rebels, by R.J. Anderson.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m currently writing a three-part novel with Anne Kendsley, and revising a fantasy trilogy with Fabian Moore. We’re very excited to share our hard work with everyone!

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?
Faery Rebels, by R.J Anderson, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

Author Websites and Profiles
Magdalena Munyon Amazon Profile

Magdalena Munyon’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in Cornwall with my husband and teenage son. I currently have five books published by The Wild Rose Press – a series of four women’s fiction and a standalone romantic comedy.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Breaking All The Rules. It is the tale of Kate who is due to get married in a month to a totally suitable man, but she gets thrown completely when her old high school crush returns to the village. I was inspired to write a romantic comedy about a wedding when my daughter was getting married.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I often write in the middle of the night.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Daphne du Maurier, Sophie Kinsella, Barbara Erskine

What are you working on now?
A couple of things actually. Another romantic comedy about a couple who don’t know each other, who get forced to travel from the South of England to the North of Scotland together on a motorbike.
I’m also working on a novel which is set in the present, but with two flashback stories running through that uncover a century old mystery.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just keep writing. You’ll get loads of rejections but don’t let them get your down. You’ll get there in the end.

What are you reading now?
Just about to start The Girl on the Train.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have lots of book ideas spinning around in my head, so my plans are just to keep 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?
The King’s General by Daphne du Maurier
Kilcaraig by Annabel Carothers
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier

Author Websites and Profiles
Rachael Richey Website
Rachael Richey Amazon Profile

Rachael Richey’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been an observer of human behavior for over 40 years, especially audiences who attend my concerts, and I’ve found that music has powerful, replicable effects on human beings. That’s the core of what I teach, and my second book is about self care using music: music care. This first book is about how to activate the human spirit and use it to enliven personal, family, and professional/business engagement.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
More Than Human – The Value of Cultivating the Human Spirit in Your Organization, was inspired by volunteer work I did with the San Diego Veterans Coalition Spiritual Affinity Group. Our group’s mission was to explore and document the connections that exist between the human spirit and success, and to come up with actionable ways this knowledge can be applied within organizations. The group was disbanded before any actual writing got done; this book fulfills the promise of the assignment and delivers solid how-to for engaging the human spirit in best practices that work.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
None that I’m willing to admit to

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Joseph Campbell got me started on the journey of self discovery that continues with this book. I’ve been influenced more recently by the writings of John O’Donohue, David Whyte, Mark Nepo, Mickey Singer, and Robert A Johnson, all of whom have taken a deep dive into what David calls “the well of grief” to bring back for us the “…coins…thrown by someone else.”

What are you working on now?
Working title is “More Than Music,” which will be a condensed version of the music care courses I have taught for at-risk Veterans, homeless people, and others over the last seven years.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Because so much of what I do is one-to-one, I feel that the best promotional method is individual connection. That may have to change, but it can’t lose authenticity or — for me — it may not work.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never stop writing

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
JP Sears says it best: be weird

What are you reading now?
More Robert A Johnson, and a really intriguing and difficult read called Spiritual Cannibalism by Rudi. I’ve also enjoyed listening to the Department Q and Jack Reacher novels on Audible, as well as industry non-fiction: Switched On by John Elder Robison; The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk; Good to Great by Jim Collins; a smattering of Seth Godin and Malcom Gladwell, and of course Four Hour Work Week by the indomitable Tim Ferriss.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Promote promote promote!

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

Author Websites and Profiles
Bill Protzmann Website

Bill Protzmann’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an engineer by profession and working as a technical manager with MNC, This is my first book
which published, there are 5 books in the pipe line, astrology is passion since my childhood

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is Rainbow of Tarot Cards
The book is basically influenced by Hebrew literature about Tarot Cards Reading
actually, this is the very deep part of the science which is directly related to human life

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have some habits that I can only write with Deep research and try to connect link between beginner to expert

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The book Christian Astrology by William Lily I am greatly inspired by the book and author both

What are you working on now?
I am working with the subject of Numerology and an ancient art of indian astrology which called prashan Kundli means astrology of your question which is in your mind, very easy to understand
and the very accurate result,

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
No dought Awesomegang my favorite website as like many writers

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Only one sentence That try, try and try till then you get success

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
work hard and be the positive mother nature will complete our all desire

What are you reading now?
Now these days I am reading the book The Secret rhonda byren this will be 121 time when i have read the book

What’s next for you as a writer?
i am writing a book about numerology

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Secret,Bhagwad Gita and Bible

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
When I was 17 years old, I ran away to join the circus (with my parents’ support, of course!). It’s been a wild ride ever since.

I wrote my first two books in the 1990s about my career in performing. Shortly after that, I retired from performing and ‘went legit.’ I settled down, bought a house, and began successful careers as first a real estate agent, then a financial planner.

After years of sitting in an office, I had had enough. I wanted back into a life of adventure…but I still wanted to do something important. I’ve always found purpose in helping people. How could I combine my interests in personal finance with my love of performing? I decided to write a show about math in everyday life and help children understand the importance of needs and wants, how and why to save money, where money comes from and goes, budgeting, etc. I gave my notice at my financial planning office, took six months to write and perfect the show, and then started performing school assembly shows, helping kids learn the essentials of personal finance.

Then…I turned 40. My mind started slipping. I’d walk into a room and realize I had forgotten why I was there. This led to research and experimentation to see if an ordinary guy could improve his memory. I learned some techniques, developed a few of my own, and started competing as a memory athlete. (Yes, I’m one of the nerds who has turned memorizing into a competitive sport!)

My memory improved so much that I knew I had to share what I had discovered and created, so I wrote both a show for students and a show for adults about how amazingly easy it is to remember better.

Which brings us to today. I write, I travel to give my presentations for students and adults, and I train my mind. I live in a cute fixer-upper house in upstate New York where the winters are long and the summers aren’t. BUT: we have a wood stove, slow internet, and clean, fresh, farm air. It’s a good life.

My latest book is about how to remember every password, every time, to save time, stress, and protect ourselves online (The Hack-Proof Password System).

My other memory book is for students in grade 5 to 8 (or younger with a little help from a parent or teacher). “Unlock Your Amazing Memory: The Fun Guide That Shows Grades 5 to 8 How to Remember Better and Make School Easier” is perfect for any student that wants to get better grades, dislikes or struggles with one or more school subjects, or has trouble focusing and recalling what they read, see or hear.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is about how to remember every password, every time, to save time, stress, and protect ourselves online (The Hack-Proof Password System). As a memory athlete, I have one of the top memories in the world, yet I still struggled to recall passwords! I finally got frustrated and decided to learn how to fix this for me, and devise a strategy that could help non-memory athletes recall their passwords too. Now people who have read the book tell me they can finally remember their passwords! They no longer risk using one or two variations of the same password for every website, and realize they are much more secure online now than they were before. The best feedback I continue to receive is that people are discovering that remembering doesn’t have to be difficult or feel like it did when we were in school: something to struggle with and dislike! It can be easy and even fun, when we work with our minds and use the proper techniques.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a few friends that claim writing is so hard. I just picture a person in my mind who I know is interested in the subject, then I proceed to tell them everything they want to hear about the subject. I think about what questions they might have, the order in which they’d best hear the information, and then write it down. I’m next going to see if the same technique works with me for fiction too.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve loved reading since kindergarten, so it’s hard to pick influences. I devour books, from science fiction to non-fiction.

What are you working on now?
I have two non-fiction books in the works and one fiction idea that is floating around in the back of my mind (three scenes written down – longhand! – so far).

One non-fiction book is updating a book about success I wrote 20 years ago. I’m revisiting the same people I interviewed and discussing their answers and ideas about success twenty years later.

The other non-fiction book is about making more money and handling it wisely as you earn it for the self-employed. Since I’ve been self employed for years, as well as being a former real estate agent and financial planner, I have a unique insight to how to handle money for the self-employed or very small business owners.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
1. Write great books.
2. Ask others who love the book to refer it to others.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write more, write faster, write every day. You always have time for what you do first, so get up earlier and knock it out.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
We create our own stress.

What are you reading now?
Enemy at the Gates
The Handmaid’s Tail
After Life
The Rogue Agent
The Sky Below

What’s next for you as a writer?
Continuing to write about subjects I’m an expert in to help others.

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 I’d bring the equivalent in blank paper so I could write my own stories!

Author Websites and Profiles
Brad Zupp Website
Brad Zupp Amazon Profile

Brad Zupp’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been an avid reader and writer since my young days as a child. I remember checking out so many books from the public library on a weekly basis that the librarian behind the counter gave me a special library card that allowed me to borrow an unlimited number of books. I took advantage of it for years. Being so in love with books, I obviously developed “author heroes” and sometimes imagined myself as one of them, creating beautifully intricate worlds and strolling down the gilded hallways of fame and fortune. When I was thirteen I made a few dollars from selling homemade comics at school and soon after within 3 years had written a zombie book for my friends. Other books followed and I comfortably settled into the fantasy genre, loving how I had no rules to follow in my writing but that of grammar. To date, SunRider is my most current novel, now available on Amazon.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
SunRider came about from a wonderful conversation with my father-in-law. We were making dinner at his place, I think rolling out the dough for some pies actually, and discussing what we wished we saw more of in fantasy books. He told me he was getting tired of the traditional elves, dwarves, and dragons stories and wished for worlds that felt new and not a modified scan of Tolkien’s Middle Earth. I told him I wanted a fantasy story with a lot more intricate quests, weird monsters, and characters that weren’t OP by the end of the first book-which seemed quite unrealistic to me. After our conversation, I realized that instead of waiting for a book like that to come out, I could be the one that wrote it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m a meticulous note-taker. I’ve got a backpack stacked with crumpled sheets full of plot ideas, a phone memory-laden with digital notes, and a computer-screen half-buried in sticky notes. Somehow I’m able to make some sort of sense from it all and compile a legible story… I hope. I really need a giant whiteboard in my house actually. I think I’ll buy one of those next.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
When I was younger, probably Brian Jacques, rest in peace old friend. He wrote great children’s fantasy up to his death in 2011.

What are you working on now?
The sequel to SunRider. I have to continue the series!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Oh gosh, marketing is its own beast. Word of mouth, social media, begging on street corners, it all works… but never enough.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Live and breathe your stories until you’re walking alongside your characters. Imagine what they see. Understand what details would stick out to them. Become them in your minds eye, not only with their greatness but also their imperfections.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
More of a question than advice really: just, “why not?” It’s almost a permission for me to go a little wild in my stories. Twist my characters around, make them complex and difficult. Make their journeys take wrong turns.

What are you reading now?
A few old classics from Brian Jacques, The Monster Hunter Series by Larry Correia, and warning labels off bathroom cleaning products when I’m really bored.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Just continue to do what I’m doing writing the second book in the SunRider Saga and hopefully see that bright light of success with the entire series.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Survival books and how to build a raft books hahaha.

Author Websites and Profiles
Rafael Hohmann Website
Rafael Hohmann Amazon Profile

Rafael Hohmann’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi, i am a medical writer, a history buff, and an author. I love to read, especially historical narratives, and i am also passionate about the study of foreign languages. I have written three books so far. Two of them are medical thrillers, and one is a book on history and politics.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled ‘our Father’s wells’. It is the result of several years of study, research and prayer about the issues that currently face the African continent generally, and my nation Nigeria in particular.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I write whenever i am inspired to do so, or when i get ideas. Sometimes, especially when faced with deadlines, i have to write irrespective of feelings. In such cases, I’ve always noticed that inspiration seems to come once i take the initiative.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Authors of popular historical narratives. The books of the historian Martin Gilbert, which focus on the world wars and the nation of Israel. The books of the historian Thomas Parkenham, which focus on African history. The books of the historian Max Hastings ,which focus on the world wars, and twentieth century history. The books of the historian Paul Johnson, who has written with great insight on a variety of topics. The books of HG wells, especially his outline of human history. I have also read many other books and authors.

What are you working on now?
I am working on a book in which i try to distill what i perceive to be the specific genius of the different people groups that have had a great impact on human history.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote my books on websites dedicated to book promotions.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes: Continue writing, don’t give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I’ve heard plenty of good advice. I believe a very good piece of advice for authors is this : To write well, you have to read a lot.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading ‘ a distant mirror: the calamitous 14th century’, by Barbara Tuchman. She’s another popular author of historical narratives. Some of her books are really awesome.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to write at least five books 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?
The bible first, then Paul Johnson’s History of the Jews ( i discovered that the Jews are so woven into the fabric of mankind, that to read their history is to read the history of much of humanity.) For my third book, Lets be practical; i will take an unabridged edition of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe ( i’m all alone and i have to learn to survive right?)

Author Websites and Profiles
Uche Udeariry Amazon Profile

Uche Udeariry’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Yaagneshwaran Ganesh, I love everything marketing and martech to be precise. I’m an author, columnist and also the Director of Marketing at Fiind Inc. I’m from Chennai, India. I’ve written 5 books so far.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My just launched book is titled “Syncfluence”. It stemmed out as an idea during one of our MarketingSync workshops, which was focused on marketing synchronicity at the strategic level. People wanted something actionable and it was the year of influencer marketing. That was the spark for syncfluence.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t have a pattern or structure that I rigidly follow. I just go by who is the book for and what am I trying to communicate.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Most books of Seth Godin, Malcom Gladwell and Jeffrey.J.Fox

What are you working on now?
I just finished this book “Syncfluence” so not working on any book as we speak but I’ll definitely work on more books. I enjoy the process more than the results as writing has been one of those reasons to collaborate with people across the globe, interview them and learn from everyone.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon India comes first, then Amazon US. Others help too but these two are the linhcpin.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
“Do what you want to do. People will have their views anyway,”

What are you reading now?
Most recently – “Hacking Marketing” by Scott Brinker.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I would like to explore more specifically in martech and try new formats of 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 ask for internet and regularly read the blogs of Scott Brinker, Jeff Bullas and Ann Handley.

Author Websites and Profiles
Yaagneshwaran Ganesh Amazon Profile

Yaagneshwaran Ganesh’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been a published author since 2000. My first book is a travel memoir about my first journey to West Africa. I have written, or I should say, published three adult books and two children’s books. A third children’s book will be published in early September. Before becoming an author, I was a career banker―quite a stretch from being an author I guess you would say! I do enjoy writing though; I’m passionate about it.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Nosey Charlie Chokes On a Wiener! It will be published within the next few weeks. It is the third book in the Nosey Charlie Adventure series―picture books for children ages 3-8. There is a fascinating story about how this came about, but I’ll give you a brief version of it here: I was walking up a broad street in Toronto on my way to work on a crisp fall morning when I observed a gang of squirrels feasting on hundreds of ripe crab apples that were strewn on the ground in a small park in the heart of the city. Suddenly, an idea came into my head! Write a children’s book about a squirrel living in a big city. And as they say, the rest is history. I wrote a blog post tittle “PERSEVERANCE, A GREAT ELEMENT OF SUCCESS,” and in it I tell the story in more detail.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I can’t say that I do. I tend to write late at night into the wee hours of the morning, but I do not believe this is unique.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m an avid reader and I read many genres. I wouldn’t say I have been greatly influenced by any single author. I will say, however, that I love John Grisham and John Le Carre for the intriguing stories they write, and I adore Maya Angelou for the way she writes her non-fiction stories.

What are you working on now?
Besides the children’s books I’ve mentioned, I wrote a novel set in Jamaica in the late 1950s. It was edited and I need to do some fine tuning, however, the children’s books are my priority at the moment. As you know, marketing is important.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I wonder if there really is a best method. You have to utilize several methods at different times in a book’s cycle in order to properly promote it. When I published my first book in 2000, social media was not as popular as it is today. I threw a big launch event with speeches and food and sold hundreds of books there. I also gave speeches at many community events and sold hundreds of books that way. Today, we rely a lot on social media in one form or another. Furthermore, promoting children’s books is a tad different from promoting adult books. For me, I think Facebook and LinkedIn are probably the best social media methods. I hope that appearing on a couple of TV stations and doing interviews on a couple popular radio stations will also give the book a good boost.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I would advise new authors to pursue their dreams, and if writing is one of them, keep plugging away. Just remember, you do not become famous or wealthy overnight!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“PERSEVERANCE, A GREAT ELEMENT OF SUCCESS, IF YOU KNOCK LONG AND LOUD ENOUGH AT THE GATE YOU ARE SURE TO WAKE UP SOMEBODY.” I live by this creed.

What are you reading now?
The Audacity of Hope and Secret Daughter (I tend to read more than one book at a time!)

What’s next for you as a writer?
To get the children’s books properly set up, then complete my novel.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Off the top of my head I have no specific titles, but the books would have to include something about survival, something humorous, something spiritual―a Bible, and something absorbing that I can get lost in.

Author Websites and Profiles
Yvonne Blackwood Website
Yvonne Blackwood Amazon Profile

Yvonne Blackwood’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was was born Daniel Earl Javorsky in Berlin and immigrated to the US. I’ve been, among other things, a delivery boy, musician, product rep in the chemical entertainment industry, university music teacher, software salesman, copy editor, proofreader, and novelist. My novels include Down Solo and Trust Me, and a sequel to Down Solo will come out in October of 2017.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The second book in my Charlie Miner series, called Down to No Good, will be out this October. The opening line to the first book, Down Solo, popped into my head and into a Word doc and demanded an explanation.

Okay, wait a minute–my latest book is actually Trust Me, which was inspired by a real-life character who was a sex predator in the LA recovery community.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have an unfortunate habit of not writing. Then, occasionally, out it comes. It’s like teetotaling and then binge-drinking. I work as a copy editor and proofreader, so my mechanics are pretty good.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Hoo boy, okay:
Elmore Leonard, because i like mean-and-lean.
James Lee Burke (the anti-Elmore) because of his deep exploration of character, and because he can hold my attention even when he’s describing a sunset.
Graham Greene and John Le Carre, for setting the standard.
Brian Moore, for creating a secondary character in Cold Heaven that served as a model for Charlie Miner–dead but ambulatory, with no other weirdness.
So many more: Michael Gruber, Iain Pears, Neal Stephenson, Gabino Iglesias, Jorge Luis Borges . . .

What are you working on now?
I have a third Charlie Miner book plotted, roughly. And I have a fairly fleshed out sketch for a father-son crime novel that is close to my heart.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have no idea what has been effective. I have somehow managed to garner some nice blurbs from writers with fine reputations. This whole process is very much like back in the day when I played in bands in LA, trying to get the record deal, inviting friends to the clubs we played, etc. It’s like taking vitamins: you don’t know which ones help so you take a bunch and hope.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Sure. Read, write, take a class. Join a read-critique group. Leave it when the experience gets old, but stay in touch with the people you liked. It helps to be in a culture of writers and not exist in a creative vacuum. Read Strunk and White. Own a copy of The Chicago Manual of Style. Know the rules so can break them. Be satisfied with the intimacy you can create with whoever reads your work and hears you as you want to be heard.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be here now.

What are you reading now?
The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad, by Ken Wilber

What’s next for you as a writer?
Social media and promotion effort to try to get more people reading my Charlie Miner sequel. And write one or both of the two books I have in mind. And (Yikes!) I might take on a ghostwriting project, for a writer who needs help.

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?
Would I be stranded forever? It makes a difference. Anyway, assuming that’s part of the formula:
Radix, by A.A. Attanasio
Godel, Escher, and Bach, by Douglas R. Hofstadter
and, just maybe, the Bible, which I’ve never been able to slog through.

Author Websites and Profiles
Earl Javorsky Website
Earl Javorsky Amazon Profile

Earl Javorsky’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I like to think of myself as a budding entreprenuer. i’m very creative and i have a lot of ideas, currently on my first book and only getting started!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Love Requiem Volume 1: New age/ Same love” the state of the world in 2017. we need a lot more positive vibes out there theres turmoil all over and truly only a loving attiude can fix the problem.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
*laughs out loud* i write when i feel it, you have those people in the world who force everything. i can’t do it i’m not one of those people.
‘

What authors, or books have influenced you?
wayne dyer, deepak chopra, alan watts, eckart tolle, robert greene. anything those put out is pure gold.

What are you working on now?
volume 2 is coming soon but i’m looking to direct a movie first. i dabble in all the arts ha!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social media is always a major factor with promoting anything.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just stay focused and finish what you start no matter how bad you think it is keep going. Pressure makes diamonds

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“you have to want success like you want your next breathe”

What are you reading now?
Perfect health by Deepak Chopra

What’s next for you as a writer?
Continuing my current series and a fiction novel.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
the art of seduction
wishes fulfilled
33 strategies of war
love requiem volume 1

Author Websites and Profiles
Ned Guilford Website

Ned Guilford’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
The Trouble With Dreamers, a science fiction novel about dream analysis, was published on June 22nd 2017 on Amazon. I have the professional goals of partnering with a cinematography company and contributing to responsibilities in screenwriting and music composition. I wrote The Trouble With Dreamers as a novel and published it with the intention of seeing the story hit the big screen. I plan to publish four projects, each between 8,000 and 50,000 words, within two years.

I am in my third year of college studying for a Bachelor of Business in Entrepreneurship at the Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business, in partnership with Paradise Valley Community College. I made the decision to pick this major based on my passion for novel writing.

There’s a feeling in my heart when a piece of writing speaks to me. It’s like being a child and seeing the ocean for the first time. I made my own reality interesting by getting lost reading a book. I felt an inclination to create another world by writing my own story. I began to know the type of person I wanted to be. I wanted to be the girl in the movie. Writing is silent speaking. Allowing careful thought to swarm the page, either for someone to read or to be hidden forever.

Writing stories felt natural to me as soon as I could work a pen and computer. It was seventh grade that the socially dramatic switch from elementary school to middle school sparked a need to write. That was when I told my family, “I’m going to be an author.” Now, I look at each heartbreak in life and love as another opportunity to create art. I feel that dreams are messages from the subconscious, which turns into a thrilling story. You can count on the knowledge that most of my writing is from my own dreams and nightmares as well as the amazing inspiration I find in the works of other writers. The best way to describe my writing is dark, romantic, and surrealistic.

After publishing my first novel, The Trouble With Dreamers, a futuristic science fiction about dream analysis, my plan is to write the screenplay. Following in the steps of one of my largest role models, Kent Moran, I set out to be involved in the many aspects of movie production, such as music composition, screenplay writing, and acting.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I enjoy a story that has a secret throughout the entire plot and that plays tricks on the reader’s sense of reality, such as Vanilla Sky by Cameron Crowe. I began writing The Trouble With Dreamers when I was a freshman in high school. The book was planned, written, and edited with the help of several different mentors, peers, and professors throughout the course of seven years. Inspirations for my first novel include:
· Black Mirror (2011) by Charlie Brooker
· Vanilla Sky (2001) by Cameron Crowe
· The Eye (2008) by Sebastian Gutierrez
· Listen to Your Heart (2010) by Kent Moran
· The Notebook (2004) by Nicholas Sparks
· The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009) by Audrey Niffenegger

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I create very long and detailed storyboards before I begin a project. I can write a story out of a picture, song, movie, quote, or dream. To seek inspiration intentionally is to tell oneself that the point of every beautiful and tragic part of life is another area to write about. For myself, inspiration is sought out visually, emotionally, and mentally.
I create my story structure using worksheets for the character, world, mood, and setting, which can be found on the mobile app Character Story Planner. The character information worksheet outlines the basic components of the role, history, and life of each character. After the worksheets are completed, the next step would be to condense the material into chronological order in ten scenes, serving as the storyboard. In partnership with the storyboard, the outline relates to the specific details using imagery and description. The portfolio would serve as a map to the story’s setting, mood, and order.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Vanilla Sky (2001), screenplay written by Cameron Crowe, brought about the surrealistic and
dreamlike themes into my writing. Black Mirror (Charlie Brooker), The Eye (Sebastian
Gutierrez), and Divergent (Veronica Roth) continued to provoke my imagination inside
psychological thrillers as I struggled with the plotline of The Trouble With Dreamers. Vanilla
Sky manifested an artificial state of dreaming with the potential of technical malfunctions. Black
Mirror presented the idea of technology dictating the entire human experience. The Eye was
based on an eye transplant recipient who became delusive with the donor’s visions. Divergent
introduced the idea that the government had the ability to view dreams. My genre of preference
is romantic science fiction. I remember being fascinated when Stephenie Meyer’s novel Twilight
became a film because the story I imagined had become a form of reality on the big screen. One
of my favorite brainstorming methods is reading the scripts to movies that fascinate me. My
favorite romance novels are The Notebook, The Best of Me, The Lucky One (Nicholas Sparks),
and The Time Traveler’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger).

What are you working on now?
Everything That Happened- A superficial woman of the future lands in limbo as her teenage self and must watch her own heinous actions in the eyes of the classmate she degraded the most before being permitted into the afterlife.​

Stepping on Glass- A modern Cinderella runs back to her stepmother after her husband is found with another woman. Stepmother encourages her to seek revenge on mankind’s dishonorable intentions by casting a spell that enables Cinderella to torture people inside their minds between nightmares and hallucinations.

Finish the Story- Two classmates discover they have identical dreams after an anonymous letter instructs them to dig up a dream journal and write a book by connecting the stories. They attempt to identify the author as they fall in love with the journal’s surrealistic content.

Future Professionals- Psychological and academic struggles in underage students could be prevented by emphasizing strategies for self management in creative educational literature. For students K-12, this project will moralize and inform about psychological, professional, and organizational skills.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Talking one on one with social media users who express an interest in reading, writing, science fiction, suspense, and romance.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
It’s a good strategy to self publish your longest work and enter writing contests for shorter works. Don’t wait to publish, because the more work you can claim the better!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Have the ending to your story planned out before writing. Create storyboards and outlines.

What are you reading now?
Looking for Alaska by John Green. “So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”

What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing short stories for a larger variety of audiences genres. Entering contests and submitting movie proposals. Submitting screenplays to Amazon Studios.

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?
Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, and The Notebook and The Choice by Nicholas Sparks

Author Websites and Profiles
Starlight Tucker Website
Starlight Tucker Amazon Profile

Starlight Tucker’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Faey Bonne is a collaborative pseudonym used by affianced authors John Riley and Felicity Partington. We wanted to branch out and explore a more magical world together and so decided to begin our Twisted Tales series. Letting our imaginations delve to the darkest of places and spinning popular stories into unrecognisable adult stories.

Beautiful Temptations, the first Twisted Tale was released in April and Red Velvet, the second, is out in September.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Red Velvet.

It is inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. The story of a girl alone in the woods, at the whims of the predators around her. Except we wanted her to evolve, to have the book end with her being the most dangerous predator of all. Flip the entire notion of women needing rescuing on its head.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Only for first drafts really. Felicity takes on the initial plan and draft, – sort of like word vomit, everything gushes out – but honestly, until it’s been brutally edited and shaped by both of us, you wouldn’t recognise it! John takes the second edit, clearing up the mess and carving something legible out of the story. Then we both polish it.

Our brainstorming before the book always seems to happen at the worst times too! One of us will have an idea when the other is out/almost asleep/in the bath. It’s almost like inspiration likes to come at the worst moments.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Fairytales mostly. They’re something we all grew up with. But we wanted to explore what happens when real people are thrown in. Characters with flaws, problems, undesirable traits end up mixed with magic? Can ‘happily ever after’ really be the end? And surely, happily ever after is subjective? One woman’s happily ever is another’s nightmare. What happens to the villains? If the good guys are perfectly good and the bad guys are perfectly evil it’s clean cut. What happens when the good guys have flaws, make bad choices? When the bad guys do bad things for good reasons?

We don’t want to read about perfect people getting a perfect ending. We want to read about genuine characters coming head first with emotions, fears, magic, and monsters and reacting accordingly. We want to read about things going wrong, about bad decisions. And since we couldn’t find them, we wrote them.

What are you working on now?
The next Twisted Tale in the series; Ashes. Points if you can guess which tale is getting the Faey Bonne treatment first!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
When we find one, we’ll let you know! Generally, Facebook is where we’re most active. But Amazon is where we usually advertise.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Lose yourself in the writing part. That’s the amazing bit, where the magic is. If you can write a book, then you’re doing something incredible. Write it. Love it. Everything else is just the ever after.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t say ‘one day’, say ‘today’ – because one days run out.

What are you reading now?
Felicity is currently well and truly stuck into Alison Weir’s Six Tudor Queens series. She’s a little bit obsessed with Tudor history.

John is reading Influence by Robert B. Cialdini. It’s all about human nature.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More books of course!

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?
Phantom by Susan Kay, always. One of Felicity’s favourite books of all time and I could read it over and over again.
Chris Bunch’s Dragonmaster, it’s a trilogy but since it’s available in omnibus form it’s not technically cheating.
Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind, John’s favourite book ever.
And something heavy and hardbacked, for tropical-spider murdering purposes.

Faey Bonne’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Dallas, TX. I graduated from the University of North Texas with a BA of Arts in Spanish. I love to write fantasy. When I am not writing, I enjoy hiking and being outdoors and spending time with my husband and three fabulous kids. In May I published my debut novel Sunwalker, the first in a trilogy. Nightwalker, book 2, is set to come out in Spring 2018

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
SUNWALKER, is my latest book. It is a YA vampire novel, containing action, romance, suspense, losts of twists and surprises. I always wanted to delve into the origins of vampires. Most books about vampires, don’t explain where they came from. In Sunwalker, the original vampires are born from humans due to a very rare genetic gene. They can walk in daylight, they are stronger and faster, but they have the ability to create other vampires. These created vampires, are still stronger and faster than humans, but not as powerful as a Sunwalker, and they live in the shadows.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am pretty easy. Give me some chocolate and good music and I am all set.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Brandon Mull. He is a writer of fantasy, and is great at drawing the reader in and really painting a picture. Brandon’s books really opened my eyes to endless possibilities.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I am working on a new fantasy novel entitled the Portal Keeper, and Nightwalker, book 2 in the Sunwalker trilogy.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still new to the promoting, but I am finding goodreads and facebook groups a great place to start. Word of mouth is always the best, so I have done a few giveaways and look for blog interviews and done some guest posts. Just find ways to get your book in front of people.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find good beta readers. It is harder than it sounds. I tell people I want them to tear my book apart and scour it for its faults. Most friends and family will just tell you a book is great, they are afraid of hurting your feelings. I want all the flaws gone before publication. Finding people who will pick those out and then tell you is hard, but really helps the book to be great when it’s all said and done.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t be afraid to rewrite or even start from scratch, no matter how far along you are. Listen to your beta readers if you have found good ones. Writing is a long process and sometimes you may need to wipe the slate clean and start over. Just keep writing and don’t give up.

What are you reading now?
I just started Dracula. I love vampire books but had never picked it up. I just finished a reading challenge at the library and got to pick out a free book. It was sitting there and I thought how can I not have read this?

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope within the next year to finish writing book 3 of the Sunwalker Trilogy, Darkwalker. I can only imagine how satisfying it will feel to complete my first trilogy. I have it all in my head and can’t wait to see how it turns out on paper. I have enjoyed the journey that the main characters Tread and Lilly have taken me on. I think it will probably be a little bittersweet to end.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
That is a hard question. I’d probably have to go with Harry Potter, maybe Pride and Prejudice ( I love the movie but have never gotten around to actually reading the book) and The book of mormon.

Author Websites and Profiles
S. T. Sanchez Website
S. T. Sanchez Amazon Profile

S. T. Sanchez’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am Polish by origin, but have lived in London all my life. I’ve always loved reading – I was a real book nerd as a child and spent many a half term in the kids’ corner of Waterstone’s making my way through the shelves. (My dad was a bookseller and I was allowed two new books a week, provided I was on my best behaviour.) I always secretly dreamt of writing my own book, and as I grew older I became fascinated by modern Polish history, so I decided that’s what I wanted to focus on in my writing. ‘The Walls Came Down’ is my first published book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
‘The Walls Came Down’ is the story of a young boy who goes missing during a workers’ strike in 1980s Communist Poland, unravelling a chain of events which will touch people across decades and continents. Joanna, a young journalist in Warsaw, is still looking for her brother, who’s been missing for over twenty years. Matty, a high-flying London city financier is struggling with relationship problems and unexplained panic attacks. And in Chicago, an old man is slowly dying in a nursing home, losing his battle with liver cancer. I wanted to get readers interested in how the three stories are connected and how the pieces of the puzzle all fit together.

Author Websites and Profiles
Ewa Dodd Amazon Profile

Ewa Dodd’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Nick, a former journalist turned full-time writer, editor and dad. Although I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember, the first story I was satisfied with came when I was 16, and it was ten years later, after going to college and starting work at my local paper, that I began my first novel. I’ve now written seven, including the three books and prequel that make up my upcoming trilogy, as well as a novella I published a couple of years ago as part of a collection that also included short stories. In recent years, I’ve found my work has taken on an increasingly speculative hue, and I’m excited to keep discovering hitherto unknown worlds.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Black & White, and is the first part of the trilogy I mentioned just there. It was inspired by the fact that we all have to deal with dirt and grime invading our homes on a daily basis; a major inconvenience, especially if we have full-time jobs. What if scientific developments meant that all dirt was eradicated? Of course, that would make for quite a sterile society, and I had to have something to offset it. I came up with the idea of an elitist society that is totally clean, while all the dirt has been relocated to another country that is now beset by disease. This is unknown to those in the “clean” society – except, of course, those in charge.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually get up around 4am to write, which might seem unusual to some, because my day job starts at 6 and I’m guaranteed peace and quiet at that time. I also don’t write in chapters on a first draft, preferring to divide up the text during edits, once I know how the action flows and where breaks would best be placed.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Terry Pratchett is my all time favourite author. What I like most about him is that while the worlds he creates are wild and wonderful (and yes, there is more than Discworld), the characters are people you can recognise. George Orwell’s 1984 has also been a big influence, particularly on my latest series.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on edits for the second and third books in my series, which should be released in spring/summer next year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve been engaging more on Twitter and mixing up the content with fun quotes and facts from my books. It seems to be getting a good response.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write the story you want to write – don’t be distracted by passing trends. Practice your craft by setting aside dedicated time every day to write. Less people are blogging nowadays, but I would always recommend it as a fantastic way of making connections with fellow authors and soaking up a wealth of advice. I would say that blogging is for connecting with other writers, while other social media like Facebook and Instagram are for connecting with readers.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Something I was told by a critique partner – try to avoid the use of the infinitive when describing action (to shoot, to run). So instead of saying “He raised his hand to switch on the light”, try “He raised his hand to the light switch and the room was suffused with a warm glow”. The idea is that the reader sees the results of the action, rather than merely being told what the action is.

What are you reading now?
An awesome series about three sisters in Alaska who can shift into bears, by Christine Rains.

What’s next for you as a writer?
After I finish up with this series, I’ve got lots more ideas in a speculative vein that I’m excited about working on. I don’t yet know whether these will be standalones, series or short stories; I’m just looking forward to seeing where they take me.

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?
First I would say The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams because I find that book endlessly entertaining; then some Dickens, because I’ve sadly never made enough time to read him, perhaps Oliver Twist; and then another author I want to read more of, Stephen King, probably IT. Apart from being a weighty tome, hence taking up more of the time, hopefully being scared would keep me alert to any possible dangers lurking!

Author Websites and Profiles
Nick Wilford Website
Nick Wilford Amazon Profile
Nick Wilford Author Profile on Smashwords

Nick Wilford’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I spent most of my childhood and teenage years with a book in my hands. I developed a desire to become an author while working on short stories and other creative writing assignments in school. My descriptive writing talent showed through in these assignments, with teachers often commenting that the vivid scenes and pictures I painted made them feel as if they were actually part of the story. As a young adult, I attempted on more than one occasion to write a book, but life always seemed to get in the way. On top of the challenges of a busy schedule, I came to feel that I was a writer without a story to tell. I had all but given up on my dream until I read some book ideas that my friend and now collaborator Troy Pendleton had outlined. Those ideas came to life for me and for the first time since I was a kid, I felt like I finally had a story to tell. I then co-founded New Legend Books and Comics with Troy and our first venture was the book “Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption”.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’ve always been ready to describe a scene, able to paint a picture with words that allow you to see what I’m describing in your head. The only problem is that I’ve never had the patience to do the planning and character development that must go along with writing a book.
Troy is the exact opposite. He has several ideas and has planned them out to the smallest detail, but he has never been a book reader (always preferring comic books) so doesn’t have much skill when it comes to writing.
Troy will write a very rough draft of the book we are to work on and I use that as the outline to tell the story. He will read every few pages to make sure I’m keeping with his original idea and vision.
It’s a very interesting process and works well for us.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
As I said before, I spent my entire childhood and teenage years reading. This list could go on forever. Some of my favorites are:
Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Robert R. McCammon, Frank Perreti, Raymond E. Feist, Tolkien…

What are you working on now?
Troy and I just published our first book in early August 2017.
We plan to publish our second by the end of this year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far we have used Amazon and Facebook. And Awesomegang.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t ever let your dream die. I nearly did.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More books and some comics at some point.

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?
Dead or Alive: The Reapers Redemption, By the Light of the Moon, the Bible.

Author Websites and Profiles
Charles Little Jr Website
Charles Little Jr Amazon Profile

Charles Little Jr’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have spent my life in the field of accounting but now I can add author to my list of accomplishments. I Have written and published one book, but I have plans for more.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled The Spirit Field Adventures: Spark. It’s hard to say where the exact inspiration came from. I drew from many different stories when I was writing it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think any of the things that I do while writing would be considered strange. The only thing of note would be that I like to have things playing in the background while I write; like music or my favorite TV shows.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have read and liked a great many books in my time. The list would probably be to long to fit all of them here so I’m going to narrow it down to just ten.
The Inheritance Cycle By: Christopher Paolini/ Atlas Shrugged By: Ayn Rand/ The Dragon Riders Of Pern Series By: Anne Mccafferey/ Cherub Series By: Robert Muchamore/ Insignia Series By: S.J. Kincaid/ The Clan of the Cave Bear Series By: Jean Auel/ The Hobbit By: J.R.R. Tolkien/ Hatchet By: Gary Paulsen/ Tunnels Series By: Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams/ Life As We Knew It Series By: Susan Beth Pfeffer

What are you working on now?
I have four main projects that I’m working on right now. The first is the next book in the Spirit Field Adventures. It going to be a continuation of that story line. The second and third projects are two different books that I don’t have fully planed out at this time. The last project is a series of short story’s that I’m working on.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far the best promotion for my book has been through social media, mainly Facebook.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just to keep on writing and moving forward with your dreams no matter what happens.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. (P.S. I bet you can’t guess where that comes from.)

What are you reading now?
I’m not currently reading anything because I’m between books right now, but I was thinking about getting into Game of Thrones.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To keep on writing and expand my audience. I also want to improve my skills and become the best writer that i can be.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
This is a very interesting question that you propose. The books that would take would need to be entertaining as well as uplifting to keep me focused. I would pick, Hatchet, The Hobbit, Eragon, and Clan of the Cave Bear.

Author Websites and Profiles
Adam Hitz Website
Adam Hitz Amazon Profile

Adam Hitz’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Patrick McNulty I am from Ontario, Canada and I have been a life long fan of horror and supernatural fiction stories. I’ve had a lot of jobs over the years. I started out going to university for Neuroscience, and then dropped out to be a writer. Wrote a few screenplays and worked with Dreamworks studios for a bit. After that I joined the Canadian Military and served as a medical technician for five years. I left to become a police officer and have been ever since. I have been married for twenty-one years and we have three beautiful children. We currently live in southern Ontario. My hobbies include reading, writing, watching sports (football, hockey and baseball) and just hanging out with friends and family.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Sleepers Awake is the story of a father and daughter that are tied together even after one of them dies. Bishop Kane is the father who after his death at the very beginning of the novel is given a chance to work for the Ministry of the Wraith, this super secret organization who uses ghosts or wraiths to hunt down supernatural threats, before sending in the hunters (Bishop Kane) to do the dirty work. The story is about Bishop getting sent to kill his own daughter in a small town in Alaska. I’ve always enjoyed movies that were scary and had lots of action and I wanted to create one for myself. Sleepers Awake was actually a screenplay first called Dark Season. When the movie deal fell apart I thought I would try my hand at transforming the screenplay into a novel and it was originally published by the now defunct Kunati Press.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I get the most writing done in the mornings. I find that if I get my word count in (4000) I’m in a much better mood to be around later in the day. I do find it easier to write my stories out long hand though. Maybe that’s weird that I choose not to use the laptop. Not sure.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Oh, wow, so many. I love Neil Gaiman, John Connolly, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Blake Crouch, Clive Barker, just to name a few. All of them can teach you so much.

What are you working on now?
My latest book is called: The Last Reaper. Its another Ministry of the Wraith novel featuring all new characters from the first book. The inspiration was thinking about being someone else, even for a short time. About falling asleep and waking up as a new person. How cool would that be? To wake up as a rockstar? How scary would it be to wake up as a criminal on death row? Of course this is a Ministry of the Wraith story so there reason the main character goes through this torture is to destroy invading demons and save the world. Think of it as the old tv show Quantum Leap mixed with nightmarish monsters loose on a cruise ship (whatever that is).

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Not sure yet. I’m only new to this self-promotion thing and I’m trying a bit of everything to see what works for me. I’ve never been very social (online) so this is all a steep learning curve for me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. Write everyday and don’t stop. Don’t stop to edit or tweak or anything. Just keep going until you get to the end. Then go back and put the pieces in order. Its the only way.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
See above.

What are you reading now?
John Connolly’s Game of Ghosts. It’s fantastic.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Another book obviously. I have a taste for it now and I love it. I always have.

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?
Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere
John Connolly: Game of Ghosts
Dennis Lehane: Darkness, take my hand

Author Websites and Profiles
Patrick McNulty Website
Patrick McNulty Amazon Profile

Patrick McNulty’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have Bachelor of Science degree in Fermentation Science from the University of California at Davis. In 1995, I was in a bicycle (me) vs pick-up truck collision. I lost. I received a severe Traumatic Brain Injury, a broken neck, and a lot cuts and scratches. I wrote two books on that continuing ordeal. Those books are: “TBI Hell – A Traumatic Brain Injury Really Sucks” followed by “TBI Purgatory – Comes After Being In TBI Hell.” I had no training to be a writer and never even imagined that I would write a book. I didn’t like any English, literature, or any such class in all my schooling. In fact, I extremely disliked them.
I have written three books total.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I have now written a novel. It was first released in 2015, but it was so full grammatical errors (I edited it myself – big mistake) that I had to edit it again. I did it myself again (lack of funds) but this time I did have some help and did a much better job.
It was inspired by the incompetence (in my opinion) of President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Governor Jerry Brown (D – California), and other politicians (mostly, but not limited to, Democrats.) It was also inspired by annoying tourists, and residents, in the Napa Valley.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to eat dark chocolate M&M’s while writing.

What are you working on now?
A western.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
That’s my problem. I don’t promote my books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t worry about good grammar, or spelling, or structure, or anything. That can all be fixed later…just write something down.

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written two fiction novels and prior to that had only written non-fiction. Fiction has always been my first love and I can’t wait to write more!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is “The Atlantis Twins” (and the prequel is “Alabaster Island”). They are both part of the Mermaid Curse Series. I find mermaids enigmatic and fascinating. But I have a slightly different viewpoint than I’ve seen represented elsewhere. I was also inspired to tell a story that spanned several generations. Genetics and the topic of what aspects of our personalities (and in some ways destinies) are inherited and what gets chosen is a fascinating area of debate.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I use my nose on the keyboard instead of my fingers. When people say that I’m a “hunt and peck” typist, they are not joking. I developed this habit after a severe case of writer’s cramp that left me unable to work for several days. And yes I am joking. My writing habits are woefully boring. I get up early and write first thing before I get upset by something I read in the news or distracted by social media or email. I often light a candle when I start a new project…not sure if that counts as unusual.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Neil Gaiman, JRR Tolkien, Suzanne Collins, J.K. Rowling, Judy Blume, C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Madeleine L’Engle, Ray Bradbury, J. D. Salinger…there are many!

What are you working on now?
I’m working on the third book in the Mermaid Curse Series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m relatively new to this so I’m still figuring that out!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write even when you don’t feel like it. It’s a great lesson to learn that you don’t always need to feel inspired to still produce quality material.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Forget your excuses and do the work. Be stubborn.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading “House of Leaves” by Mark Danielewski. I buy nearly all of my books for Kindle, but this one I have as a paperback. It has some wild formatting!

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have many fiction ideas in the pipeline that I’m extremely excited about. But I’ll also continue to write non-fiction. To date I’ve concentrated on YA fiction and I will stay in that genre for the foreseeable future. However, once I’ve built up a bit of a back-list I’d love to write a conventional thriller novel.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I could never choose just 3 or 4! I would bring a solar charger and a Kindle with hundreds of my favorite books loaded…and maybe a backup Kindle just in case.

Author Websites and Profiles
M.S. Kaminsky Website
M.S. Kaminsky Amazon Profile
M.S. Kaminsky Author Profile on Smashwords

M.S. Kaminsky’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account