Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a simple man with above-average ambition. I do not have many demands, nor do I have many expectations. All I seek is to live decently so that I can continue doing what I love: Writing stories.

I have written only one book so far.

While this may be my first book, it is certainly not going to be my last. As the cover dictates, it is the first in a trilogy, so you can expect at least three books to start with.

Stories of the Terraverse is a long and ambitious project that will take the bulk of my life to publish. People will grow up with this series, just as I will grow up in turn.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
A Perilous Beginning: Secrets of the Eldarii.

Funny story about this book, it was spur of the moment. I’ve had this series bubbling under the surface for years. I’ve written small excerpts here and there, molding out dozens, if not hundreds of characters spanning many generations. It was not until a few months ago that I was told I could publish these books without spending alot of money.

Enter Amazon KDP. I am so grateful to this system that allowed someone with very little funds such as myself to get started in the Writing business.

So I decided to write the series and make it all official and whatnot.

Though I never had an actual “beginning” of this series. I’d often just work at various pinpoints in time and just ramble about from here to there. This first book is the first time I’ve written this era. Many of these characters are appearing for the first time, to me and to readers.

I wanted Sechul to be my main character. I created him a long time ago and he was a legend by the time Season 2 (where I have alot more material stored up) takes place. So I thought to myself “What if I were to begin this series by recounting Sechul’s various adventures he had that built his name up to the legend he will become once things really get moving? I’m going to have to come up with a real gripping saga to make this man a legend. I’ve got my work cut out for me, this should be fun!”

A Perilous Beginning had many revisions during writing. I suppose that’s the gift of being a work in progress. I could evolve it as I saw fit. But once it was published, the story was set in stone. A good, solid start to what I hope is a long series that will give many readers entertainment in the years to come.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t necessarily keep a schedule. I write when I have my mojo, then I take a day or two off to unwind. Some days I can dish out 30+ pages of material whereas another day with a headache I dish out only 5. My release dates are never concrete due to this fluctuation. Thus I try to keep the date flexible, such as simply giving a month, rather than a day as well.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My influences?

Well, what Fantasy Author would I be if I did not list Mr. Tolkien as one of my top inspirations? Lord of the Rings was one of the first serious Fantasy series’ I ever read. It was hard to understand it at the time (I was in Middle School) but the movies were beyond amazing.

Another of my inspirations… Steven Erikson. The Malazan Book of the Fallen series is an ambitious project that really deserves alot more than what it is now. I came across this series completely by chance at a bookstore on my birthday. I had 75$ to burn and no idea which books I wanted to read. I saw Reaper’s Gale’s cover and thought “Man, that guy looks so cool.” so I picked that, and the rest of the series Erikson had published thus far up and took them home.

I read them back to back and was engrossed every step of the way. Much of my worldbuilding skills came from reading this series.

I’ll keep my list at three. My third and last inspiration is possibly the most important. R.A. Salvatore. I chanced upon my first Drizzt book at a used bookstore when I was very small. I followed this Drow for his entire journey all the way up to the very end (?) (R.A. Salvatore’s ‘Hero’)

Fantasy was redefined once reading these books. They were easy to follow. I had to open a WIKI guide at times to learn about the various pieces of Lore that were not explained in detail, but overall I could keep up with what was going on. I grew to care for Salvatore’s characters like they were family, like they were friends. You can tell he put alot of love into those characters, and it shows.

That is how I wanted to work on my characters. With the same love and determination as him. I do not think I would be writing this right now if it weren’t for R.A. Salvatore.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on book 2 of the Noct & Tath Trilogy: Wrath of the Assassin.

I have a rough draft written up. But I have about a half-dozen more chapters to write. I expect to make this book as long as the first, give or take a few pages.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have just started. So I will try anything I might find. Though my funds are severely limited at the moment until sales increase. Free is my best option. So… I recommend this site!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Promote and gather a following before you release your first book. Gather your team, and get the word out beforehand.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“When in doubt, figure it out.” – Willie Robertson, Duck Dynasty.

I heard that line while watching one of their episodes. And… I don’t know, it just stuck. I’ve used it whenever I found myself stuck. Nothing can’t be done. You have to figure out your next step and get back to work.

What are you reading now?
I am currently re-reading Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The Pendergast books are a great series. I highly recommend it.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Getting the second book out. And hopefully getting my name known.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
A Survival Guide, and 2 leisure books to keep me entertained whilst I use the first to get off the island and back to civilisation.

Author Websites and Profiles
M.R. Cull Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I recently finished my first book, and am still finding my way in the world of publishing. I have been a professional musician for most of my life, and continue to do that.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called, “Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America”. It’s a memoir that describes a journey I took with my young horse, Gizmo, back in 1974. We traveled from coast to coast across the United States, seven months and forty four hundred miles. It was a different world back then, and the America we witnessed no longer exists.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Well, I’m probably first and foremost a songwriter, so I look at writing with an eye for a few things: tight editing, staying focused, and allowing the reader (or listener) to place themself in the story or song, to imagine that it’s about them. And of course, I want it to be entertaining.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are so many that I can’t possibly list even a fraction of them. I read around a hundred book a year, and have for most of my life. I’m big on science fiction, but read everything from Louis L’Amour to Richard Feynman, from Margaret Atwood to Neil Gaiman. I like smart writers, people who can make words flow and create imagery in my mind.

What are you working on now?
I produce records for artists these days, so I’m in the middle of 3 projects right now; a folk rock project, a country record, and a classical album. I’m also starting a new novel, a fictional tale of lost treasure, hippies, bandits, and bounty hunters, that takes place in the 1960s down along the Texas -Mexico border. Oh, and there’s aliens, too.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Mine’s on Amazon, so I reckon that’s been the best outlet so far. I have a blog and a Facebook page, along with Twitter, Google Plus, and various social network things, as well.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Well, since I AM a new author, I would never pretend to know what’s best. In fact, can you give me any tips?

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
When working with horses, never wrap a lead rope around your hand. When driving a big truck, never wrap your thumbs around the steering wheel.

What are you reading now?
I generally read two or three books at the same time. Right now I’m reading “The Master Switch”, by Tim Wu, “Pickers & Poets”, edited by Craig Hillis, and I’m revisiting Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Mars Trilogy”, since I had just finished his book, “New York 2140”.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m working on a few song ideas, which is an ongoing pursuit. I have a doctorate in music and work at a university, so I do a lot of research. As such, I end up writing a lot of academic papers. Reading them is boring, but researching and writing them is always interesting.

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?
Hmmm, let’s see….. “The Way Things Work”, a good star atlas, like “Burnham’s Celestial Handbook”, and since I can’t cook, maybe a cookbook with recipes for wild plants and critters.

Author Websites and Profiles
John Egenes Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi there. My name is Misty Hayes and I am the author of a debut young adult paranormal novel. I am currently working on the third book in this specific trilogy, and it is equally as exhausting as it is exhilarating. I never knew what ‘Labor of Love’ meant until I started writing.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Outcasts – The Blood Dagger: Volume 1. I love the self-torture of running – and I was on a seven-miler when I found my mind wandering… the story of Larna (or ‘Lardo’ depending on who ya ask) began. Thus, I began the self-torture of writing.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to use a sacrificial alter to spill Yeti blood (I find it on Amazon) in order to come up with new ideas… selling your soul on is so yesterday.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jim Butcher! Harry Dresden Wizard PI! I mean, come on! If you’re not reading this series, you should be. Then there’s Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas. “I see dead people. But, then by God, I do something about it.” That’s all you need to know about Odd. Absolutely amazing and relatable lead protagonist.

What are you working on now?
TRYING TO STAY SANE. That’s a constant work in progress. That, and book three of my trilogy with a side of editing book 2 – The Watchers.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I do all the things. Does that count? Seriously, I am all over the place. Sometimes, I forget where I’ve signed up in order to promote my book.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I am a new author! But, I would say, keep plodding along. Eventually you’ll slog through to the other side, and then hit another bog and then you slog through that one, too… it’s never-ending.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Not so much advice, but a quote from Mahatma Gandhi – “If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

It defines the writing experience, in my opinion.

What are you reading now?
I am working on the Jane Hawk series by Dean Koontz. She’s kick ass.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing. I’ve got ideas swirling around my head about a stand-alone novel after my trilogy and then a dystopian trilogy after that (I have not plotted out) and then the skies the limit. I just watched ‘Bright’ with Will Smith and I LOVE the idea of mixing a ‘buddy cop’ movie with orcs, elves, and magic. I’d like to work on something kinda like that.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
‘How to Survive on a Desert Island’, ‘How to be a Doctor for Dummies’, and probably Terry Goodkind’s ‘Wizard’s First Rule’, cause I’d need entertainment, too.

Author Websites and Profiles
Misty Hayes Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live with my family on a lavender farm in Sonoma Valley, where Jack London wrote his books from his Beauty Ranch. I have written five books, the first is LAVENDER FIELDS OF AMERICA, about the 300 lavender farms and the magical, healing qualities of lavender. I love writing biographical historical novels about remarkable people who lived before us.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
THE SECRET LIFE OF MRS. LONDON, is based on the love triangle between Houdini, Jack and Charmian London, a little known fact which inspired me to delve further into the astonishing lives of the Londons and Houdinis. I was not disappointed to discover the poverty, struggle and shear ingenuity which drove London and Houdini to become the most iconic men of their generation. Equally, the terrifying secrets with which they wrestled, sexuality, the meaning of fidelity, the driving urge to leave a mark on this life. But the story would not be complete without their wives and their struggle with genius and pathos and love.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write by candlelight beginning at 4am before the household is awake. I need the silence and mystery of the dark morning to hear the story emerge.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Of course, Jack London amazes me, even more than a hundred years later. He was no “pantser” letting a story drift along. Theme was foremost– whether is was the theme of the underdog rising up to claim the life that was rightfully his, or a real dog, torn between his wild instincts and love for man. Other favorite books: Gone With the Wind, for the unforgivable heroine, Scarlet O’Hara, and Doctor Zhivago, for Laura, who gives in to her desires. I like flawed heroines, that choose their fate from an aching heart or ambition too wild to tame. I hate formulaic stories where the heroine wins the man and her dreams come true.

What are you working on now?
CHAMPAGNE WIDOWS, the true story of French widows from the 1800’s who created a thirst for champagne throughout the world.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Goodreads is a phenomenal resource for readers and authors alike.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write everyday, find the obvious and underlying conflict in EVERY scene, make us care about your characters. If we do not care, there is no story.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get a critique group that works for you. One that is honest, yet encouraging. I have a group that meets on ZOOM, from California, Canada, Spain, Germany and Australia– We critique excerpts of each other’s work weekly, in writing and then discuss “in person.”

What are you reading now?
A Gentleman from Moscow, for my Sonoma bookclub, Salt to the Sea, for my Goodreads Historical Fictionistas Club, a new diet book because that’s what I do every January, every novel and history about Napoleon and French culture and champagne making I can read.

What’s next for you as a writer?
This year, I’ll finish Champagne Widows- Barbe Nicole Clicquot, and there will be a sequel to write next year about the other 4 widows. I also plan to finish a rewrite on MATCHLESS, about the first Silver King, Horace Tabor, and his wife, Baby Doe. It’s always about the woman!

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?
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books, I love to dream of that era. When Elephants Dance, Tess Uriza Holthe. Gone With the Wind, Doctor Zhivago.

Author Websites and Profiles
Rebecca Rosenberg Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am 31 years old and I quit my 9-5 day job to make my dream job a reality. That dream being: A full time romance author. 2018 is going to be a big year the series I am releasing, which will be 2 new Shimmer Pointe Romance releases per month!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest book is, The Beach House-Book 1 in the Shimmer Pointe Romance Series which will allow the reader to get to know Theo Glenn and Charlotte Winters.
I love to write books set in warm tropical or beachy places with strong and sexy characters who find love when they least expect it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to listen to music while I write-but that isn’t that unusual! Music gets my muse fired up. Instantly, the characters and the setting starts taking shape like a movie inside my head.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love anything by Nora Roberts. She was really the author that made me think, “Wow! I want to write and create worlds and people like she does.” Hopefully, one day I will be able to inspire someone like she inspired me.

What are you working on now?
I am working on Book 2 in the Shimmer Pointe Romance Series called, “Bad At Love”. This story follows Eve and Justin who were first introduced in Book 1 “The Beach House” Eve and Justin come to terms with the fact that their relationship is just physical. They don’t want to entangle any feelings into what they have. However, when a surprise shows up on Justin’s door step, they are forced to re-evaluate their relationship and acknowledge that there could be room for love.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am on twitter and facebook a lot. I think that Twitter is probably the best way to promote your writing and to get the word out to a wide audience that you have books out.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I would have to say my best advice is to stop worrying about it and just do it. Write the book and get it out in front of readers. Before I decided to launch this series I was nearly paralyzed with fear in my other works in progress. I felt that my writing would never be good enough. With that mentality, nothing was ever going to get published, so I decided to take my writing life into my own hands and just do it!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t over think your writing. There’s only so many times you can edit and revise it. At some point the writing has to be good enough. You have to allow yourself to approve of the work you’ve done.

What are you reading now?
Year One by Nora Roberts

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to build my name up with the Shimmer Pointe Romance series and make writing my number one focus in 2018.

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 Nora Roberts, Veronica Roth, Jodi Picoult, Danielle Steel. Those were the books and authors I grew up on and I love their stories.

Author Websites and Profiles
Sterling Keyes Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I write with my brother, Garry. We are from the Elephant and Castle, south east London.

Our father (variously a pig farmer, cab driver, haulage contractor and general ducker and diver) and mother (homemaker, cook and doctor’s receptionist with a well timed left hook) raised us and our siblings with some old fashioned south London working class values. These included hard work, respect for their elders and a willingness to duck and dive when required.

We have endeavoured, with varying degrees of success, to maintain the values our parents tried to instil in us. One day, whilst enjoying a beer or two, we decided to write a Crime Thriller Series. We awoke the next day and were surprised to discover that we meant it.

I live in Bromley, London, and once worked as a Service Delivery Manager for an International IT Consultancy. My brother lives in Krakow and is now, of all things, a sociology professor. Both career choices served as a source of confusion and humour to our parents, who were born and raised in the days before computers and sociology professors existed.

Although Harry ‘H’ Hawkins, the protagonist of the London Large novels, shares some of our old fashioned values, he is based upon neither Garry or I. We wouldn’t survive the first chapter of a Harry Hawkins novel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Our latest book is the third in our ‘London Large’ series, and is called Bloody Liberties. Our books are very much centered on our protagonist Harry Hawkins, or ‘H’. We were inspired to create him by our own need to see a character like him in action. He is a flawed, often drunk and occasionally unstable murder detective from south east London, with a brilliant but problematic career now mostly behind him. The Falklands War left him with PTSD, and his subsequent police career has exposed him to the depths of human depravity. But we see him as a heroic figure who will always choose to protect the innocent and punish evil. He fits, therefore, squarely into the tradition of self-determined and hard-bitten cops who tend to go off the reservation to get their idea of natural justice dispensed. We like this kind of character, about whom it is cathartic, fun and satisfying to write, and we know that many others do to.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Day of the Jackal, The French Connection, The Sweeney, The Conan books and Pride and Prejudice.

What are you working on now?
A collection of short stories – Sharp and Short – to be published in January.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
No – none at all. I’m not worthy.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just sit and write – don’t wait for inspiration

What are you reading now?
Roger Scruton – The Soul of the World

What’s next for you as a writer?
Write more books

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Animal Farm – to continually remind me of the fallacy of communism. If, on the island, I were lucky enough to meet my Eve I would ensure a capitalist society, given that it is the only form of government to ever truly raise people from poverty.
The Bible – I’m an atheist but it’s the cornerstone of all western culture and civilisation and has an infinite variety of life lessons.
A Jack Reacher novel to remind me not to take any shit from the wildlife
The Rainbow by DH Lawrence – It would remind me of when England was a better place and allow me to bask in nostalgia.

Author Websites and Profiles
Roy Robson Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am the brother, son and friend passionate about leaving a good legacy behind after death appears. I have written three unpublished epic poems and two poetry collection books currently at the level of editing.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Faith-Life. It is a Christian book inspired by my desire to share inspirations I receive from the Holy Spirit.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I tend to write what I am led to write by my heart of hearts (Holy Spirit), not necessarily what society and the book market suggest I write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
A. W. Tozer’s books “The attributes of God” and “The Pursuit of God”. I have also been influenced by Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke’s books and by Homer’s epics

What are you working on now?
Editing my first epic poem titled Horsemen, it is a romantic tale.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Well I’m a new author, and from what I see, every new author arrives at the book market like a pin in a forest, thus there is a great temptation to quit. I advise new authors, don’t quit. Secondly, forget the external forces and write from your heart.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It is a quote that says “The professional writer is an amateur who refused to quit”

What are you reading now?
Mainly the Christian Bible, that’s where my power comes from

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing from the heart

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Bible and any other two of A. W. Tozer’s books

Author Websites and Profiles
Oghenekome Eterigho Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
The author Kevin Callon Boyle is a seasoned employment attorney who has helped thousands of employees, and employers, work through matters such as sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation in the workplace for several decades. The Law Offices of Kevin C. Boyle located in Calabasas, CA in the Los Angeles area.

In addition to his Juris Doctorate degree, he previously earned a Masters In Business Administration (MBA) from Loyola Marymount University, and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona.

Boyle has litigated cases of all types, and seeks to share his experience and knowledge of the law with his readers through simple, easy to read, explanations of the law and its procedures. In a day when legal counsel is a costly proposition, the words of wisdom provided in his books are priceless.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Stop Sexual Harrassment Today! A Victim’s Guide to Protect Rights in the Workplace. With sexual harassment in the news almost every day with a new public figure being accused by multiple women regarding the abuse they have suffered, there is clearly a need for women, and men, to understand their rights in the workplace. Whether its Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, Bill Cosby, Louis C.K., Roy Moore, Al Franken, John Conyers and the list goes on, employees are fed up.

This book is for those victims who need to take steps to stop their own battle with sexual harassment and take steps today and make a difference. This book goes through various reasons why employees fail to complain, helps you work through those obstacles, and learn how to make the record and properly document and make complaints that will help prove your case. The book covers how to get an attorney, what attorneys are looking for, the ins and outs of the contingency agreement with your attorney, and what to expect if there is a lawsuit. You will have a plan of action and no longer fear the unknown. You deserve peace of mind and you have a right to work in an environment that is free of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write in a conversational style like I am talking to my clients. I write in a easy to understand style as I know a very technical legal non-fiction book will put you to sleep. You will be pleasantly surprised at the entertainment value in addition to information that would be very costly if you were to consult with an attorney.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My influence comes mostly from my work experience and time spent with my clients as I don’t believe there are books like mine.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working an a book to stop sexual harassment that is more geared to help employers as we have a passion to top lawsuits where they begin, i.e. in the workplace. I am also working on a book titles “Wrongful Termination – Can I Sue My Boss?” which describes the narrow instances when employees can sue their employers. This includes an overview of the at-will doctrine and what employees need to do to document their situations to preserve evidence to put them in a position to best win their case.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing and then keep writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing on a regular basis, and then write some more.

What are you reading now?
I have become interested in Mysteries.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am seeking to move into Fiction, with a murder mystery. I also have a number of non-fiction legal matters to write.

Author Websites and Profiles
Kevin Callon Boyle Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a physician and a specialist in kidney disease working with Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders); I’ve just finished a mission helping to treat people displaced by the conflict in Syria in the city of Irbid, in northern Jordan. When I’m not on mission I live in a big old house in the countryside of the north-west of Ireland with my wife, Gwen, and far too many animals. I have published short fiction in Flash magazine, but Final Diagnosis is my first published novel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s called “Final Diagnosis”.
Although it wasn’t something often discussed, I had known since childhood that dinosaurs, a technologically-advanced culture, had not been destroyed by accidental catastrophe but rather had left Earth deliberately, in order to escape an ecological disaster of their own making. The realisation that this fact is not universally accepted dawned on me only very gradually.
How to correct this knowledge deficit without appearing a crank? Fiction struck me as the best method. I would allow a member of a rump faction of dinosaurs who had remained on Earth to explain the situation in a psychiatrist’s office, and how he had come to realise his own genetic heritage.
Vampire novels (a category that definitively does not include Final Diagnosis) are extremely common, but very few attempt any biological explanation of the vampire phenomenon. Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow had introduced me to the concept of an alien predator species mimicking the phenotype of an otherwise completely different prey species. In Firefall, Peter Watts’s vampires are also aggressive mimics, but of a species closely related to humanity. Phenotypic convergence by aggressive mimics from a completely different species struck me as more likely, and more satisfying.
The part-Celtic, part-Nordic city of Searcy had been created as the setting for a planned novel. When the novel’s ambition outgrew the scanty framework of my talent, the project collapsed and Searcy was left unpopulated. And therefore ready to be the setting for the psychiatrist’s office of the new tale.
I was pleased with the resulting short story, seeing it as complete in itself, so was surprised when peer readers asked, what happens next? I hadn’t considered this possibility but, once it was raised, the answer came very quickly: a post-modern detective story.
Once this had been decided, the piece wrote itself over a six week period. The only remaining problem was how to insert the self-awareness of one character into the nervous system of another. The answer to this involved misappropriation of Roger Penrose’s quantum theory of consciousness, expounded in The Emperor’s New Mind, as well as a sexually-transmitted xenovirus.
If the symmetry of the structure suggests intricate plotting, this is a false impression. The plot is in fact very simple: one of the main characters meets a series of interesting individuals in the course of a murder investigation, while the personalities of other two coalesce into a single entity who goes on a mountain walk and then returns. Events merely follow their course.
Although writing Final Diagnosis has been enormous fun, it could not have happened without the help of my peer readers (Fergus Smith, Rachel Sargent, Gillian Walker, Jennifer Sanders, Gwen Garrett, Jen Becker, Lyvia Dabydeen, Colin Lancely, Steve Becker, and Matthew and Sarah Garrett), the support of Robert S Malan and Francesca T Barbini at Luna Press Publishing, the firm but sympathetic hand of my editor, Kat Harvey of Athena Copy, and, of course, Simon Walpole’s stunning illustrations.
If readers have anywhere near as much enjoyment reading Final Diagnosis as I have had writing it, then I will have succeeded.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Most of my writing work isn’t actually writing. I like to think up words walking, driving, lying in the bath or just sitting on a sofa while gazing at a wall with my mouth slightly open. This can go on for weeks with nothing committed to paper (or, more exactly, to electronic script). Once I have a clear idea in my head, though, I can sit at a keyboard and type for hours on end.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I was introduced to the power and wonder of science fiction by the syndicated Flash Gordon comic strips scripted by writers such as Harry Harrison. This sense of awe was enhanced (in very different ways) by exposure to writers such as CS Lewis, Ray Bradbury, JG Ballard and, especially, the wry irony of Kurt Vonnegut.
All these authors influenced M John Harrison, whose dreamlike evocation of an imaginary city (Viriconium) was also shaped by the beautiful imagism of Italo Calvino, and in turn fed into the fiction of New Weird writers including China Mieville and Catherine M Valente, as well as the literary fiction of Kevin Barry (City of Bohane). The concept of Searcy owes much to this tradition. I think my style and content have also been influenced, in different ways, by William Burroughs (The Naked Lunch) and Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy).
I regard the compact but high quality oeuvre of Irish literary fiction dealing with violent death (including work by Samuel Beckett, Eugene McCabe, John Banville, Edna O’Brien, Eoin Mcnamee, Patrick McGinley, Robert McLiam Wilson and Patrick McCabe) as a major influence. Finally, Scandi-noir authors, especially Peter Hoeg and Kerstin Ekman, have helped to develop the landscape and atmosphere of Gnesta.
I should add that, other than Dracula and fiction by Brian Stableford and Peter Watts, I have never read any vampire novels.

What are you working on now?
I’m drafting plot lines for two sequels to Final Diagnosis: one exploring the concept that faery changelings are afflicted by a mitochondrial myopathy, ameliorated by feeding on human empathy; and another about a genie (an artificial intelligence from the dinosaur era) unearthed by Russian airstrikes in Syria. My active project, though, is a crime thriller involving a cynical gay detective in Andalusia. Peer reviewers consider it my best work yet… and I’m inclined to agree.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I strongly recommend Awesomegang.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
As a newbie myself, I’m in the position of looking for advice rather than providing it. Do however make sure to craft an Author Page on Amazon.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
In writing technique, break up blocks of dialogue with stage direction, but make sure this is well observed and avoid banality (raised eyebrows, clenched fists, tapping fingers) if possible.

What are you reading now?
Rachel Sargeant’s “The Perfect Neighbours”: a chilling study of psychopathy in an encapsulated society. Highly recommended.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to follow up on “Final Diagnosis” with my publisher, Luna Press.

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?
Jean-Paul Satre’s “Roads to Freedom”: how can the individual perceive the world in a meaningful way, and avoid bad faith.
Robert Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”, which described for me the concept of quality.
Gilbert Ryle’s “The Concept of Mind”: a demolition of the notion of mind/body dualism.
And… Kurt Vonnegut’s “The Sirens of Titan”.

Author Websites and Profiles
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in France and raised in Paris, had the opportunity to study in Montreal, Canada and later in the US… Since then, I have moved back and forth…
I love creating, whether it is about writing, or shooting and editing. I write in a very visual style, and it is suited for TV and Film… at least, this is what I am being told.

I have written about four of the NEWDAWN Saga novels. It is not the only think I have written though, having started to write fiction in the realm of TV and films. I have worked as an independent producer in Los Angeles for some time, and really wanted to focus on creating the NEWDAWN world, so I started with the books… There is still a long way to go but, I love building this world one piece at the time, and one character at the time… The way I see NEWDAWN, it is very much as a multi-faceted project, almost with a life of its own, as it spans over different modules, in a kind of transmedia way.

I love reading, traveling, kicking back with friends, enjoying good wine and good food. You could say that I have a great deal of focus on the future, although I tend to leave one day at the time, taking advantage of the moment… The planet and the environment is something I care about, and I guess one will find that in my work. Animals and nature are important to me… I have created a furry family around me… Cats, dogs… no matter. Currently, I have my two cats, Nieve & Oliver, rescued from the LA river… and they are a big part of my life along with my partner. I have books about them too… Nieve & Oliver Adventures, for kids!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
NEWDAWN ROAMERS is the first of the NEWDAWN Saga, but it is not the first book I wrote… I wrote NEWDAWN REBOOT first, which happens to be the eight book of the series. Don’t ask me why… It is how the story came to me. I guess you could say, I did a George Lucas, although I am not George Lucas! He is awesome… The way he created Star Wars at the time when technology was just beginning to give us the effects we now have… I am not just partial to that series though because I love Start Trek too. It is followed by NEWDAWN RETRIBUTION, which is also written, but needs editing, and I am now finishing NEWDAWN CENTRAL, the second book of the series.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I can’t say that I do… I like to write about four hours each day, but it’s not always possible due to the various aspects of NEWDAWN. I enjoy writing first thing in the morning when my mind is free from other things, or later at night… I usually reserve afternoon for meetings or marketing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have read since I was a little girl… My mom used to read to me every night. Both my mom and dad gave me an appreciation of books. I used to stay up all night reading… From French authors to American authors, from the great classics to the Sci-Fi genre, they allowed me to travel the world and time even, opening a window into things I never witnessed first-hand. I guess that is what good books are meant to do… giving you a glimpsed of a world you never would experience otherwise. I know you probably want to know what authors, but there are so many of them, naming a few would feel like cheating the others because they all have contributed to who I am today, in some way.

What are you working on now?
I am tweaking NEWDAWN CENTRAL. This is really cool, because in CENTRAL we get to know what happened after the ROAMERS join our world… There is much to discover about Tesh, Chase and Gen… and all the confrontations that go along with it.

I am also writing a reality series about the future. This is something important because science, technology and innovation have changed the landscape of business and we have not yet felt all the effects of this transformation and more is coming, things most people do not have envisioned yet. It is important to realize the path we are on, both personally and with businesses.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still figuring that one out… I do a lot of Instagram though. I like it. It’s a great visual tool and fun and easy to use. I do Facebook too… I know I need to do more on Pinterest too… But the different sites all have a purpose. My author site www.dominiqueluchart.com is about letting the readers and fans know what is going on with me and the series. The information site www.newdawnworld.net is about letting the fans know what is happening in the world of NEWDAWN. The blog, www.newdawnblog.com talks about reality and fiction. The www.windhorse.net site is about our production work with the NEWDAWN brand. The www.windommedia.com is all about what we are building with our partners both on the reality side and the fiction side… and is more business… And of course the www.newdawnstore.com is where we are selling the books and merchandise and soon virtual products too.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t stop writing! Sometimes you feel like you will never get it done, and it can get daunting. Just focus on one word, one paragraph, one page at the time…

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write and keep writing! It’s true. Don’t think about making it perfect. It will never be perfect. I wish it wasn’t so… But the truth is that is can always be better. You can tweak forever. Still, at some point, you have to let it go. Do your best and release it.

What are you reading now?
Carve The Mark by Veronica Roth…

What’s next for you as a writer?
Working on the next NEWDAWN Novel – NEWDAWN RISING. Finishing the game, NEWDAWN GATEWAYS. Creating the NEWDAWN Reality series – Tomorrow Today!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I don’t know how to answer this question… It’s like asking me what are my favorite films… I like many for different reasons, each giving me a little piece of something worthwhile. For books it is the same. Science fiction books definitely… Maybe one or two classics…

Author Websites and Profiles
Dominique Luchart Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m the world’s oldest teenager, regardless whether my physical appearance agrees with that appraisal. I grew up reading a book a day of military history, classic SF or Fantasy. I’d reading Lord of the Rings twenty times before it became popular. After writing non-fiction for thirty years my first novel was published in 2016 and much to my shock it sold a lot of copies. I’ve written twelve books so far, have a contract for a World War Two book to be published in 2019, and have four more novels in various stages of production.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest book is Standing At The Edge, The Last Brigade Book 3. Although it’s military SF, it was partly inspired by my dismay at the divisive politics ripping the USA apart. That, and I like blowing stuff up on the written page.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Regardless of what I do or don’t accomplish during the day, I have a ritual every night. My wife and I eat dinner and catch up on favorite TV shows or read. Around 9 pm I start letting our 8 dogs out to use the potty. (Two are rescue pit bulls we’re fostering, and we call this their pittie potty.) While this is happening I put away food, clean the kitchen, etc. Once that’s all taken care of I adjourn to my office to write until midnight, usually with my youtube rock and roll playlist in the background.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Wow, there’s so many. In non-fiction, Cornelius Ryan, David McCullough, Robert K. Massie and Adrian Goldsworthy would be a few of them. For SF/Fantasy the list is very long. Roger Zelazny’s “Nine Princes in Amber” series is a foundation of my writing style. Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber and Karl Edward Wagner underline my fantasy outlook, while Robert Heinlein and Larry Niven undoubtedly influence my SF stuff.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently outlining Book 4 of my best selling series, The Last Brigade and have about 18k words of text written. A secret project with a projected finish date of Feb. 1 is 51k words long. Helion Books has me under contract to produce a World War Two non-fiction book and that’s at least 50k words long now. A fantasy novella in my Sharp Steel and High Adventure series is 18k words long, there’s a prequel for The Last Brigade that’s at 35k words…there’s more, but you get the idea.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Bribes. I pay people to read my books. Okay, not really.

I’d be lying if I said I know the answer to this. I never stop marketing so it’s hard to say what works best. I do hand out a lot of postcards with my book cover on one side and a synopsis on the other, mostly at the grocery store or other places. Like I said, marketing with me is constant.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes, I do. NEVER, ever, ever edit what you’re written until you finish it. NEVER. If you have to read a few paragraphs to remember where you left off, and are disciplined enough not to edit them, fine. Otherwise, editing doesn’t happen until you type The End.

This is where so many new writers defeat themselves. When you read something you just wrote the tendency is to think it sucks. It happens to all of us, no matter how many books you’ve sold. That voice in your head keeps telling you that you’re a fraud and somebody is going to find that out.

Put some distance in time from your work and you can judge it better. Writing and editing are two different processes.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Drink heavily.

Okay, not really. My advice to new writers is not original to me, it’s what I learned after many years of failure. I was a Creative Writing major in college and it took me 30 years to unlearn what I was taught and finally write something worth reading. All they taught me was rules, rules and more rules. I had to forget the rules to find my inner voice.

What are you reading now?
I assume you mean reading for pleasure, not research. A friend wrote a wonderful historical novel titled “Orphan Hero”, the author is John Babb. Really well written.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Interstellar travel. If I can’t arrange that, I’ll settle for Fiji, Jamaica or another warm beach with tasty food and frosty drinks. But I really want to tour Austria for my upcoming World War Two book.

I also look forward to attending some new SF cons 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?
Lord of the Rings, without a doubt. Adrian Goldsworthy’s biography of Julius Caesar. The Bible with all of the Apocrypha, and Zelazny’s complete Amber series.

Author Websites and Profiles
William Alan Webb Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I love nature and playing soccer. I have written three books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I just published: HOW TO WRITE SEVEN SIMPLE ENGLISH SENTENCES. Inspiration? So who likes to study English? How to write seven simple English sentences is an easy writing system to learn. It quickly improves one’s writing skill, reading speed, and writing speed. From making a logical sentence to writing a good essay, this English writing method is effective! Writing seven simple sentences works for English students of all ages.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I drink HOT coffee every time I write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I like George Orwell. He writes with clarity and was a true visionary.

What are you working on now?
A good night’s sleep.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Sit down, get to work, and don’t stop.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Always do your best. When mistakes are made, it’s OK. Welcome to the human race.

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

What are you reading now?
AWSOME GANG!

What’s next for you as a writer?
Book promotion.

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 1984, Animal Farm, and President Trump and the 2nd American Revolution: RAW MILK Uncensored Edition.

Author Websites and Profiles
Joe Pelech Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Christopher Vince Gonzales. I am the author of 11 books. All of my books are self help books. I have 5 adult self help books and 1 children’s inspirational book. I translated 5 of my 6 books into Spanish. I have been poor all of my life but my passion for growth cant be stopped or measured because I believe anything is possible. I have raised 3 kids for many years by myself but I never quit improving and I never will stop improving.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled Pursuing Happiness “A trip down the rabbit hole”. This book was inspired by simply going outside. The world is in a funk/ A state of misery has captivated the minds of millions its time to Wake Up a generation.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I never get writers block.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have been influenced by Rhonda Brown, Napoleon Hill, Depak Chopra, Tony Robbins, Don Miguel Ruiz and Eckhart Tolle to name a few.

What are you working on now?
I am working on marketing my existing books. I also have 1 in the pipeline. Its called “Oneness”

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have been using FB I have a good following I have been doing this for many years. I recently lost my job so my books are my new job. I will do whatever is necessary to get these books in the hands of people. I am confident that my books not only add value but can change lives.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never give Up!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
No one gets out of life alive so live with passion!

What are you reading now?
Dianetics

What’s next for you as a writer?
Massive Success by adding immense amount of value to the people of the world.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Bible
My book (Pursuing Happiness)
Interview with the Devil by Napoleon Hill

Author Websites and Profiles
Christopher Gonzales Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My debut novel *The Second Cup* was published by Creativia in July 2017. It’s about how the lives of four friends unravel when someone they know commits suicide. Although it’s quite a dark topic, the book is (hopefully!) uplifting. Mental health is something that has been a shadow in my life for decades, so it’s a book I felt I *had* to write.

***Only include below if interview is sent out on 15 January 2018***
My novel is discounted to 99¢ today because it’s Blue Monday – said to be the most depressing day of the year. The Christmas festivities are over, but money is still tight from overspending – and it’s a week until pay day. I felt it was important to highlight depression on a day when more people are struggling.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
If I tell you why my book is called *The Second Cup* it will contain a spoiler! So I can’t, sorry. All I can say it that it’s linked to family rituals.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have ADHD, so I don’t write in the normal way. I use an app called Evernote to capture thoughts and ideas as they ping-pong round my head. Every few weeks I go through them and start to piece together a story from them. They get pasted into a Word document that is split into characters/ideas rather than chapters – that process comes later. I then write around these ideas until I build up sections of copy. As I realise what order these different sections need to take, I start to create chapters. (I’m still quite amazed I managed to write a whole novel!)

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My favourite mental health authors are Patrick McGrath and Nathan Filer. McGrath’s father used to run a mental hospital and Filer worked as a mental health nurse, so their depictions capture the very essence of mental health issues. My favourite authors for capturing fractured family relationships are Maggie O’Farrell and Elizabeth Strout. Both create clever push-pull dynamics between their characters.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on my second novel, working title *The Victoria Lie*. It’s in the very early stages and – because of the disjointed way I write – it’s difficult to know how it’s going to turn out. But there’s a complex lie at the centre of it.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think it’s important to share your voice as an author and explain *why* you write what you do, rather than just shout “read my book!”. My hope is to explain mental health to those who’ve never experienced it as well as making sure those who have experienced it feel less alone. Hopefully, if I share this message, people will want to read my book to understand what I’m trying to say.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
For anyone who finds it difficult to write out plot journeys, character descriptions, chapter structures… I’d say “write anyway”. Just because those processes help the majority of writers, doesn’t mean they help everyone. You only discover *your* way of writing by getting writing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It would be to write freely and just get everything down – the editing process exists for a reason!

What are you reading now?
*The Memory Keeper’s Daughter* by Kim Edwards. It’s about a doctor who delivers his wife’s twins. One of the twins has Down syndrome, so he gives it to one of the nurses to take to an institution – and lets his wife believe the child has died. Powerful stuff.

What’s next for you as a writer?
As well as writing my second novel, I’m trying to become more involved in the ADHD community in order to ensure other sufferers don’t sideline their creativity because they’re expected to fail.

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 Time Traveler’s Wife* by Audrey Niffenegger
*After You’d Gone* by Maggie O’Farrell
*The White Lie* by Andrea Gillies
*Goodnight, Beautiful* by Dorothy Koomson

Author Websites and Profiles
Sarah Marie Graye Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in southern California, USA. Since my family moved a lot, I have lived in 49 of the 50 states for at least two weeks each. I’ve been to college three times, garnering degrees in Anthropology (Archaeology) and Geology (Paleontology). Sadly, I no longer roam the land, having been corralled into an office where I pretend that I am riding my desk off into the sunset on a daily basis. Though I have only published one book, I have three written, and outlines for something like 124 across science fiction and fantasy.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The current publication is The Neo-Crystalia Chronicles, Hunter’s Saga Book I, Williamsburg’s Finest. I lived in Williamsburg, Virginia for a while and used that as one of the cities that survived into my dystopian future. Since my main characters are bounty hunters, it seems only appropriate that I called them Williamsburg’s Finest, even though it seems they barely escape each situation.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I write, I have to have music playing, for sound, and something on the TV in the background, usually muted, for motion. Only by having both of these going on can I get my Attention Deficit Disorder afflicted brain to settle down enough to spit out the stories that are constantly rolling around up there.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
JRR Tolkien (The Hobbit; Lord of the Rings; The Silmarillion), Frank Herbert (Dune), Alan Nourse (Blade Runner); Piers Anthony (Incarnations of Immortality; Xanth); John DeChancie (Starrigger); David Eddings (The Belgariad); Dante Alighieri (The Divine Comedy) … and so many more that I cannot list them all without driving people crazy.

What are you working on now?
I have the entire Neo-Crystalia chain. So far that includes: The Ascension (2 books), Mobile Unit Six Saga (3 books), Hunter’s Saga (3 books), Ravenwolf’s Saga (3 books), EPD Saga (3 books), and PPD Saga (3 books). I have my fantasy series in The Blind Servant (2 Books) and The Blade Servant (2 to 10 books depending on my mind). I also have some sketches for others, but they haven’t made it to plot lines yet.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Currently, and maybe sadly, Amazon is my current promotion place. I have Independent Stories Incorporated as both an out of date website and a slightly more up to date Facebook page.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write every day, even if it’s garbage.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Funny thing… write every day, even if it’s garbage.

What are you reading now?
“Ill Fares the Land” by Tony Judt. It came as a recommendation from a friend. I would not recommend it to people wanting fiction.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing. I have my second book in the polishing phase. I expect it out soon. Maybe March.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
A survival guide to being stranded on a desert island, Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, probably some graphic novels, and at least one blank journal with pen so I could keep writing.

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
J.D. Nero is a first time author. However he is a serial writer. This creative has written over a hundred songs. Most of which are available on all major streaming sites, he is a blogger, and an emcee. J.D. has decided to take his creative skills to a new realm. This short story Sex Memoir is the first book he is releasing. J.D. is constantly creating and you can bet that more books will be coming soon.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Off The Rebound is my first book. It was inspired by recent events. The book is basically a memoir in short story form.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not sure if it’s unusual for people outside of large cities, but I love writing on the train. I constantly create content while riding the train. Not just during my commute either.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m inspired by many. In the romance genre I’d have to say Zane. She’s a legend. She’s done some great things outside being an author as well.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently focused on spreading the word about this ebook since it’s my first release. However, I am working on more content to go along with it, and I will getting back to writing my fifteen chapter sex memoir soon.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I like twitter. It’s short, sweet, to the point, and its easy to engage with others.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, write, edit, and then write some more. Keep creating, and getting the ideas out of your head and on the page.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I try to surround myself with wise people so that’s difficult. One of my favorites is that life is supposed to be a struggle, it’s what we do with it that matters.

What are you reading now?
Hip Hop icon Angie Martinez’s memoir. It was a gift and it’s been a good read.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m not a hundred percent sure. I will definitely be working on more books in the near future. Maybe I’ll seek out someone who can turn my books into film.

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?
Pig Farm, The Alchemist, Jay-z Decoded, and some type of Star Wars book.

Author Websites and Profiles
J.D. Nero Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Mallory Brown at Super Fun Town is my first Children’s book. Before that I’ve written several comic books and been featured in a few Collections and Anthologies.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Mallory Brown at Super Fun Town” is about a young girl who loves her favorite amusement park so much, that she hatches a plan to live there.

It was inspired by a real life conversation between myself and several friends while waiting in line to ride roller coasters at my own favorite amusement park.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love the depth and scope of George R.R. Martin, the heart and soul of Tad Williams, the wonder and magic of Neil Gaiman, the grit and subversiveness of Warren Ellis, the fearlessness and dread of Stephen King, and wit and wisdom of Dr. Seuss.

What are you working on now?
My first full novel entitled “Circle of the Sword”, and several short stories.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
www.daviddisspain.com Everything will be announced there first.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never stop reading. Never stop writing. Never give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stop calling yourself “aspiring”. If you write, you’re a writer. If you paint,

What are you reading now?
“The Witchwood Crown” by Tad Williams

What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing, writing, and a little more 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?
Game of Thrones, The Dragonbone Chair, The Shining, The Cat in the Hat, the Five Fingers

Author Websites and Profiles
David Disspain Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I started my first novel the summer after I finished seventh grade. It was based on a short story I had written for class the previous school year about the passengers of a shipwrecked cruise ship forced to coexist on a deserted island.

I didn’t get very far with that project. Much as I liked writing stories, I far preferred playing outside with my friends.

Eight years later, I wrote the early drafts of my first screenplay Vita during my last two years of college. Vita went on to win an Honorable Mention award in the 2010 Los Angeles Movie Awards script competition and was named a finalist in the 2011 Sacramento International Film Festival.

After college, I spent a year in Sundsvall, Sweden and Cape Town, South Africa, playing and coaching for local baseball teams and penning my first book, a dystopian fiction novel titled Our Dried Voices. That novel was published in 2014 and was a finalist for Foreword Reviews’ INDIES Science Fiction Book of the Year.

I currently work as a forensic scientist by day while writing during lunch breaks, evenings, weekends and whenever else I have a few spare moments. My second novel, a literary choose-your-own-adventure titled The Friar’s Lantern, was published this past October.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Friar’s Lantern is another name for a will-o’-the-wisp or ignis fatuus (Latin for “foolish fire”), all terms for the pale ghostly light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground. The light results from the oxidation of gases produced by the decomposition of organic material. Folklore warns travelers to beware this false light, lest it lead them from the safe path.

The Friar’s Lantern is a choose-your-own-adventure novel, meaning readers will get to pick their own paths through the story. But the title of the novel warns readers to avoid being deceived by false ideas and straying from the safe path.

More specifically, the novel addresses the long-standing philosophical debate between free will and determinism. It questions whether or not free will is a myth, an illusion of conscious deliberation that can lead you astray from the truth.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to go for walks outside to stimulate ideas. There’s something about moving and breathing fresh air instead of sitting inside in front of a computer screen that allows my mind to wander and helps new ideas flow.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Socratic Puzzles by Robert Nozick (specifically the chapter on Newcomb’s paradox), Columbine by Dave Cullen, and The Mask of Sanity by Hervey Cleckley.

What are you working on now?
I just finished the first draft of my next novel, tentatively titled Parabellum. It’s the story behind a fictional mass shooting incident in my hometown of Chicago. I’m hoping to polish it up enough to send it to beta readers by mid-2018.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
1. Read
Read the news and opinion columns. Read works of fiction by your favorite authors and by authors who come from a very different perspective than your own. You’ll get ideas for your own stories (exactly what happened to me with Our Dried Voices) and you’ll also see how other writers tell their stories. You’ll start to discover what styles and linguistic peculiarities you like and learn what works in plotting and character development and what doesn’t.

2. Be confident, but humble, but confident
It takes some guts and some faith to put your work in front of another reader for the first time. Write something you’re proud of (i.e. free of major gaps in story logic and without significant spelling and grammatical errors), and then get another pair of eyes to read your work. That person will almost certainly discover things you missed. Try not to get defensive—after all, you asked for advice.

Instead, consider their feedback with an open mind. It may seem like your reader hated your work. But a good proofreader or editor will do their best to pick your story apart so you can make it as strong as possible. Have confidence that you can take the reader’s advice and apply it to your story one step at a time.

3. Keep track of your good ideas, no matter how small.
The Friar’s Lantern began over ten years ago with a single line in my writing journal: “Write a literary choose-your-own-adventure novel.” I didn’t know what that book would be about. I just thought a choose-your-own-adventure novel sounded like a cool idea.

Two years after that, I came up with an idea for one of the main story threads. Another two or three years later, I began to outline the basic elements of the story. And now it’s a completed novel. All from that one sentence that never would have amounted to anything if I hadn’t written it down.

Ten years ago and earlier, I kept track of my writing ideas in a spiral-bound notebook. Today I use Evernote. However you do it, find a way to curate all your good ideas, even if you don’t know what they’ll become. Someday, you may discover connections between multiple ideas or build an entire story on a single, decade-old thought.

What are you reading now?
I just finished Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, which I highly recommend, even if (like me) you don’t read a lot of graphic novels.

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 Fountainhead by Ayn Rand – It’s my favorite book and one I think I could read over and over without ever getting tired of it.

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela – A great autobiography of the man who was imprisoned for twenty-seven years during apartheid and later became South Africa’s first black president, and a book which would hopefully offer some solace given my plight on the desert island.

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien – Something a little lighter than the first two titles that would help my mind escape my surroundings.

Author Websites and Profiles
Greg Hickey Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
The Ordinary Life is my first novel. I am currently working on a companion book that should be out in the fall of 2018 and several other projects in various stages of development.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Ordinary Life was inspired by true events in my family.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I tend to write late at night. Sometimes, I will awaken at 2 or 3 in the morning feeling inspired.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My personal tastes run the gamut from horror and sci fi to other fiction and philosophical tomes. My favorite is Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations.

What are you working on now?
My current project is a companion to The Ordinary Life following the life of one of it’s minor characters. In this companion, that minor character becomes the main character.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just do it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
When, as a child, I complained that something was too hard or couldn’t get done, my mother always said to me: “Don’t tell me that it can’t be done. Tell me how it can.”

What are you reading now?
Re-reading Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray

What’s next for you as a writer?
More novels and other smaller projects.

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, obviously.

Author Websites and Profiles
Mario Kiefer Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am Jonathan Myers, I’m a working man. I drive trucks you know the ones with 18 wheels. I am an independent author. I publish through create space. I am a family man. I have been married to my beloved wife for 16 years. I love children. I love looking at the wonder and amazement in their eyes. I started and run a non profit organization that raises funds for homeless veterans and disadvantaged children. I am sort of a history buff. I love history especially on the cold war and the USSR.
I have written two books that are published and listed on Amazon The Unfinished volume 1 and The Unfinished The Finishing volume 2. I love interacting with my readers. I love the messages they send me. I do answer all of them myself.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is The Unfinished volume 2 The Finishing. I was inspired by God to write. I wrote this one to let everyone see that families have problems. Love for one another is the glue that holds the family together. My readers asked for this one. I always put my readers first when I write. I want my readers to always want more. I want my readers to be able to relate to my books and the characters.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I always write with the TV on in the background. I have what they call Tinnitus which is ringing in my ears. when it is real quiet that’s all I hear so I use the TV to drown it out. I write in my kitchen usually. I always have coffee available. I will write for days when I get into it.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am a big fan of The Holy Bible. Tom Clancy, Jack London, and CS Lewis. I love the book White Fang, and The Hunt for Red October.

What are you working on now?
I am thinking about volume 3 in The Unfinished Book Series. It is still in the thinking stage. I am waiting for my readers to say they want another one before I start to write.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Awesome Gang. Facebook and my blog jdmyers1562.blogspot.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing. Don’t stop. If it is what you want to do then do it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Life will beat you up. It is up to you to pick yourself up and move forward.

What are you reading now?
The Finishing by Jonathan Myers getting ready to start Sum of all Fears

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully volume 3 of The Unfinished Book 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?
The Bible, The Unfinished, and White Fang.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jonathan Myers Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Like I mentioned before this is my first but not last book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I called my book “My family lies” because of some real and interesting stories which happened to the people around me. In this case, my good friend adoption story was the inspiration.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I believe I do, but I need to explore them.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many, hard to separate one.

What are you working on now?
On my second book, wichc will continue the first one.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still looking for one. But I will create a web in the future that everyone and everywhere could get a chance to know my books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t say you cant because you can!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stop to be lazy and start following your dreams.

What are you reading now?
Short British stories. I wanna know the context.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Part 2 of my book.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would take Bible, desert animals, and plant encyclopedia, the unread book about love and my blank note with a pen.

Author Websites and Profiles
Edita Aimik Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written and drawn over 75 comic books, including the classic series The Desert Peach, Stinz, and Hader and the Colonel. My characters include The Desert Peach, about Rommel’s fictional gay brother, and Stinz, a central-European-style Catholic farming centaur, as well as a male military harpy and his sidekick, a bunny suffering from a little too much magic. Prose novels include a Desert Peach Novel, “Bread and Swans,” a Stinz novel, “An Insupportable Light,” and a fictionalized memoir about my time in the 1970’s US army, “Permanent Party.”

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’m working on a book about The Bethlehem Incident. No, that’s not what it’s called – it’s just what it’s about. I discovered a key to reading the Jewish and Christian original mythologies that opens up doors to old questions. As I delved deeper into the stories, I saw the pieces fall into place. One of my writing rules is, “If it’s Funny It’s Right,” which means – the oddest things are likely to be true.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to put movies I’ve seen a thousand times into the Video player. The Christopher Walken “The Prophecy” series, “Red Dwarf,” and “Angels in America” especially provide pleasant backgrounds as I work, especially when I’m inking. 70’s and 80’s rock also freshen up my work attitude.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Read a lot of Kipling as a kid. He basically taught me to be unafraid of language and to Write What I Know. Be an original. If you have a good agent, she’ll figure out what genre you belong in.

What are you working on now?
A comic book about The Bethlehem Incident. I discovered something amusing and peculiar around the time and place of 0 CE. I found a key. The more I re-read the Christian part of the Jewish tribal library, using this key, the more the pieces began to fall into place. I was surprised by doors that opened up, clarifying things that have been a question for centuries. I found it all very amusing, and I think my readers will enjoy it, too.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
http://www.donnabarr.com which includes my bookstore links all over the internet. You can also find my work at Amazon.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Promote promote promote. You’re the one knows your work best. Nobody else will be able to tell your readers what you do as well as you do. When writing, slap down everything and anything you can think of. Let it get cold, and come back and edit it. You’ll be asking yourself editorial questions such as, “What the heck does THIS mean?” When you make it clear to yourself, you’ll make it clear to your reader. Go out and experience life, instead of reading other books. You’ll never find such wonderful dialog and such funny, confusing, complicated and horrible situations as you find in your own life. Get exercise every day. Sleep and eat properly. Share your ideas with readers, and let them help. You’ll never do research again once you get readers.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Patrick O’Brian (of the sea novels fame): “Write your novel, then throw away the first and last chapter.” Because the first chapter is just the author trying to make it clear to themselves – and the last chapter just ties up loose ends when life never does that. Loose ends also allow you to come back to the characters and their lives if your readers demand it and you get more inspiration from them.

What are you reading now?
“We are all Romans” by Carl J. Richard. It’s an overview of general Roman history, with an emphasis on law and religion, and how they’ve been transferred to present societies. I’m also using “SPQR” by Mary Beard, and “The Mode in Costume,” by R. Turner Wilcox.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m researching Rome its outlying provinces, as well as their common daily habits, costumes and legal situations, as well as the Jewish and Christian mythological texts, for a comic book about The Bethlehem Incident. I’m approaching the time and place in a way that I don’t think has been done before, at least not specifically. As a writer who always finds the amusing in human history, I suspect this story will be quite funny by the time I get done with it.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Crazy Weather, by Charles L. McNichols; Perfume, by Patrick Suskind; Plain Tales From the Hills, by Rudyard Kipling; and The Key to Chinese Cooking, by Irene Kuo.

Author Websites and Profiles
Donna Barr Barr Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
By day, I’m a biomedical research scientist, but in the evening I write urban fantasy and paranormal romance featuring ghosts, grim reapers, mythical creatures, and magical worlds hidden in the nook and crannies of our own. I’ve written two books in the Soul Broker Series, four books and two novellas in the Southern Elemental Guardians series, and a novella set in the weird and wacky fictional town of Magic, New Mexico.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Raising the Dead, Soul Broker Book 2. It follows the adventures of Nashville native Vivian Bedford, a living soul broker who finds herself navigating the tricky business of afterlife management. Technically, she works for guardian spirits. These entities are no angels, however, and they run their operation like a mafia-style pyramid scheme. But she also takes on more than a few side jobs with the help of seductive and enigmatic reaper Lazarus Darkmore.

The story premise came from a flash of inspiration I received while sitting on my deck on a hot summer evening about nine years ago. I wondered what would happen if a ghost suddenly appeared in the back yard.

Yes, I’d had a few glasses of wine. Don’t judge.

Anyway, I wondered, why would a ghost show up in someone’s back yard? I figured he probably had a story to tell. But to whom? And why? Answering those questions helped shape the characters of guardian spirit Ezra and unwitting soul broker Vivian Bedford, and gave birth to their story.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Define “unusual.” LOL.

My writing habits are actually quite boring. I tend to write in my PJs with a cat on my lap and some sort of beverage on the table next to me within easy reach—coffee, wine, or something stronger, though I mostly reserve the hard stuff for editing.

I have been known to work out dialogue by talking through it in the shower, though. Does that count?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King has influenced me in terms of style and craft. “On Writing” is one of the first craft books I ever purchased and it’s still one of the best, IMHO. I aspire to write heroes like J.R. Ward, adventure like Jeaniene Frost, humor and heart like Darynda Jones, and if I could write a heroine on par with Thomas Harris’s Clarice Starling, I think I’d feel pretty darned good about that!

What are you working on now?
I’m working on Southern Elemental Guardians Books 5 and 6, finishing Soul Broker 3, and tweaking Book 1 in a new Urban Fantasy series. Stay tuned!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Vinny The Bookman and Awesome Gang, of course! Beyond that, I’ve had some success with Amazon Ads, and more with Romance Devoured and The Fussy Librarian. The best method for me still seems to be building my author newsletter subscriber list. I’ve been able to reach those readers through sponsored giveaways and interaction on my Facebook author page.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
No matter your process or journey, finish something! It’s far too easy to spin your wheels tweaking the first chapters or self-editing the first fifty pages until they are “perfect,” but you’ll never move forward in your career unless you have a finished manuscript! Even if your first manuscript isn’t great, the lessons you’ll learn will make your next project better and much easier to finish.

Beyond that, I recommend joining some professional organization for writers, such as RWA, Mystery Writers of America, or SCBWI. These organizations offer a wealth of resources on craft, marketing, branding, and other essential tools you’ll need whether you decide to pursue a traditional publishing contract, go with a small press, go indie, or become a hybrid author. And you’ll find a tribe of passionate writers to lean on.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Eyes on your own paper!

What I mean by that (and what the purveyor of wisdom who offered it to me meant) is to measure progress and success based on your own goals and milestones instead of getting caught up in what other authors are doing. Someone is always going to write better than you, or faster than you, or be more “successful” than you in terms of sales/reach/popularity, but if you focus on that, you’re likely to get derailed from your own journey. I believe you should only compete with yourself if you want to stay focused, content, and productive. Remember, no one can write the book you were meant to write, and no one else can tell your story, so the goal is to do all you can to tell YOUR story in YOUR unique voice the best way you can.

What are you reading now?
I’m in heavy-duty beta reading mode right now and I love it! My critique partners and authors in my network are writing some amazing, heartwarming, gut-wrenching, nail-biting, thought-provoking, swoon-worthy, scary, hopeful, and thrilling stories, and I get to see how these stories are born, shaped, changed, and polished. That’s one of the best parts of being an author.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More books! That’s actually true—I’ll be writing more Soul Broker and Southern Elemental Guardians series books, and plan on writing more in Magic, New Mexico (Thanks, S.E. Smith). I’ve also got a couple of Contemporary Romance projects floating around and a new Urban Fantasy series brewing. As long as I’ve got readers, I’ll keep cranking out books!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
“How to Survive on a Desert Island.”

Just kidding. Mostly.

My list is ever-changing, but at the moment, I’d go with: “Outlander” and/or “Voyager” by Diana Gabaldon, “Night Shift” (Short Story Anthology by Stephen King), “Lover Awakened” by J.R. Ward, any of the Charley Davidson books by Darynda Jones.

And “How to Survive on a Desert Island.”

Author Websites and Profiles
D.B. Sieders Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am James “TheBoos” Canteen, Jr. I was born and raised in the inner cities of Georgetown, SC and Bronx, New York. Starting from breakdancing and rapping to DJing, I’ve left my mark on the urban hip-hop culture scene. From there I’ve created Boosta Sports Apparel — BOOSTA meaning Buying Our Own Styles Transcends Awareness — as a way to raise the consciousness of the African American community about economic self-empowerment while contributing to the hip-hop culture. As a serial entrepreneur, I later created the brands ShoppingWithTheBoos, Happy Huggs, and Big Boos Thee Invisible Man, (the musical artist), all which merged into TheBoos247.

I am now adding urban fiction writer to my accomplishments. Drawing from my experience of living in the inner-city, I write to share my knowledge and wisdom with the masses.

My Young Jamaican Wife is the first book of the series.

Why write this series? My work is a collection of Urban Fiction Novellas. As a Hip-Hop artist/lyricist, I’ve grown into writing my thoughts and ideas into stories, forming books. Putting my experiences, knowledge, and wisdom into these titles has allowed me to demonstrate what could happen when marrying a younger Jamaican woman. When dating, it’s important to meet the family of your fiance. Being with someone from a different culture and cleave to you has its advantages and disadvantages — spiritual, physical, mental — all worth exploring.
I hope you enjoy the first book in this series, My Young Jamaican Wife.
~TheBoos247

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My Young Jamaican Wife. Just seeing how many from other countries would go to Jamaica and chose a young bride. Not really following our American custom. Leading you to facing the possible events/hell that Jamal faced in the story. It could happen to anyone.

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

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Toni Morrison and Langston Hughes

What are you working on now?
Completing the series and starting my Children’s Life Stories Series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Working the combination of them all. One by itself wont do it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Always keep looking for new and better ways. When you don’t find what you are looking for, create a way.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t stop!

What are you reading now?
Spending more time building.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Maybe learning to write plays/movies.

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?
King James Bible
Nobody Knows My Name
Notes of a Native Son

Author Websites and Profiles
James Canteen Jr (TheBoos247) Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is A.K. Williamson and I am a debut author. I run the blog, “Cutting Edge Horror,” where I review movies, TV shows, and books in the horror genre.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Citizen” is my first book. It is more of a dystopian novel, but it does have elements of horror, as well. It was inspired by a dream that I had a few years ago. Most of my writing is inspired by my dreams, but this was the first one I was able to make into a full-length novel.

What are you working on now?
I am working on the sequel to “The Citizen” right now. I have a lot of great ideas for the story and I am excited to see how it turns out!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use Twitter a lot. It might not be the best method for promotion, but it is a low-pressure way to connect with readers and other authors. Besides, I have too much fun with the GIFS!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be persistent and never give up. If you keep at it, even a little bit every day, you are closer to your goals than before.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I have ever heard was in the form of a quote. It is: “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” It is a quote by Earl Nightingale. It influenced me to be brave enough to take the plunge into putting my work out there. I figured that I could be stagnant and only dream of becoming a writer, or I could get out there and actually do it.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will be finishing “The Citizen” series, and then I have a few short stories that I want to finish and publish. Other than that, I will be writing for my blog.

Author Websites and Profiles
A.K. Williamson Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in Iowa U.S.A. I love all manner of fiction. And I have written three not counting editions.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Adventures On Aura World Chapter 3: The Big Jubilee: Part 1. I was inspired by a video game that had a fighting tournament in it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I describe the books in the Adventures On Aura World stories to be less than novels, more than short stories. I mostly drew inspiration for that style from monthly comic books.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
J.K. Rowling, Rick Riordan, J.R.R. Tolkien.

What are you working on now?
My stories are currently on hiatus until I get some more sales in.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t have many sales, this site is my attempt to get more

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t cut corners.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t be afraid to be unique.

What are you reading now?
Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing more for Adventures on Aura World and eventually a full 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?
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, Return of the King, The Hobbit, Magick.

Levi Lohman’s Social Media Links
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I sent most of my adult life in high-tech – for almost 20 years as an entrepreneur and 14 years as a venture capitalist. Four years ago I decided to retire and do what I always dreamt to do. Write books. Recently I finished my 3rd book which is due to be published on April, 2018. In all my books I invent a start-up company and then build a thriller around it.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my last book is “In the wrong hands” and it deals with a very intriguing aspect of the Genetic field.
I studied this field for almost a year before I sat down to write the book. I chose to research the field because I felt that Genetics research represents the hope for the human race, but at the same time the biggest risk. And this is were the name of the book came from.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
A long period of research followed by three months of writing (10-12 hours a day).

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Robin Cook, Stephan Frey, Baldacci, Clancy and many others.

What are you working on now?
Finalizing my 3rd book and playing with some ideas for the next one.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am bad at book promotion. I know what should be done, but I do not have the energy to do it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write about subjects you know intimately.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The one I gave above.

What are you reading now?
I usually read 2-3 books in parallel. Currently, I read:
Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Split second by Douglass E. Richards

What’s next for you as a writer?
I honestly don’t know. My beloved Grand daughter insists that I’ll write a book for her. And believe me. No one can resist her.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Catch 22
Atlas Shrugged
The bible

Author Websites and Profiles
Avi Domoshevizki Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Michael R D James was born in South Africa and lived in Cape Town for 16 years. He travelled to England and was educated at Grammar School, Exeter University (B.ed) and Birmingham University (B.A and M.A. in Philosophy). He moved to Sweden in 1979 and has lived there for 38 years, taking his doctorate at Uppsala University in 1987 in Kantian Philosophy. For the past 24 years he has been lecturing in the International Baccalaureate Program (IB) and teaches the subjects of Philosophy, Psychology, and Theory of Knowledge at Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket (the Alma Mater of Olof Palme, the present King of Sweden, Curt Nicolin, Peter and Marcus Wallenberg and Carl Bennet) He introduced World schools Debating into Sweden and was the Swedish Schools team Manager between 2008 and 2013, coaching the team at the World Championships at Qatar and Dundee. His trilogy “The World Explored, the World suffered” is both an attempt, firstly, to bring student life into the arena of everyday existence and also, secondly, an attempt to introduce the curious to the study of Philosophy. He enjoys reading, travelling, exercising, listening to music, being with his family, and walking his dog. He currently lives in Uppsala.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The World Explored, the World Suffered:The Exeter lectures”
Teaching students curious about the subject of Philosophy was part of the inspiration. The other part relates to the concern for the extraordinary times in which we live

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write notes on all the important books I read and re-read

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Lawrence Durrell in all his works, including those on the Greek islands have influenced me but two works stand out “Bitter Lemons” and the “Alexandrian Quartet”: the latter because of its ability to communicate the spirit of the place of Alexandria and the times of the characters living in the city.
Other authors: Shakespeare, Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Laurens van der Post, V S Naipaul.
Poets: T S Eliot Dylan Thomas W B Yeats Robert Frost

What are you working on now?
Two works: The second volume of the trilogy “The world Explored, the World Suffered”. This volume will feature lectures from Birmingham University embedded in a fictional narrative.
The second work is entitled “The World Explored, the World Suffered: An Introduction to Philosophy”: a textbook for Colleges and Universities.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My blog at michaelrdjames.org
Amazon

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write every day and reflect upon what you have written sometime in the evening

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Know thyself

What are you reading now?
Heidegger’s “Early Greek thinking” and the “Heraclitus Seminar” by Heidegger and Fink

What’s next for you as a writer?
Retiring in May 2018 and spending all day every day 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 Bible
Shakespeares collected works
The Alexandrian Quartet
T S Eliot’s Collected works

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