Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a real estate investor, Director of Call Centers, Financial Literacy Expert, Mentor and Motivational Speaker. This is my first book, but I plan to release one each year.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Proven Pathways To Wealth & Happiness- Over the past 7 years, my wife, Latasha, and I have made incredible strides to improve our credit scores by 200+ points, increased our earnings and began investing in rental properties. Through our journey, we have learned quite a bit about overcoming adversities, setting proper goals and taking action, Proven Pathways To Wealth & Happiness outlines that journey. As people have quizzed me about the steps taken to conquer my goals, I felt that telling my story would inspire many others, that had no college degree nor large sums of money, to realize that their mind is what real drives their success in life.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. None that I can think of.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dr. Dennis Kimbro (Think & Grow Rich: A Black Choice) & Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich; Joseph Murphy (The Power of The Subconscious Mind); Gary Vee (Crushing It); David Bach (The Automatic Millionaire); Alex Haley (Malcolm X); anything by Suze Orman and so many more.

What are you working on now?
At this time my focus is on getting the word out about the book as it will help transform peoples’ financial lives. I am looking to do speaking engagements, conferences, seminars, one on one classes, articles and anything else to help people get ahead of their finances. For those that have it figured out and want to grow their wealth, I would like to mentor them on getting into real estate investing.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
www.nicodonprojects.com is one method to promote my book; however, I am somewhat old-school and still believe traditional promotion, like handing out flyers, going to book festivals and events and having a great conversation with my readers.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice to new authors is to partner with someone that has published a book or that has worked for someone that has published a book. This will help you see around the corner. We don’t know, what we don’t know and this can be costly when attempting to self-publish a book. Also, be patient and enjoy the ride. You are creating something that will last for ages.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Never limit yourself by your past results.”
We are constantly evolving, as are the things around us. Continue improving yourself and you may just surprise yourself.

What are you reading now?
The Wealth Choice- Dr. Dennis Kimbro & Big Potential – Shawn Achor

What’s next for you as a writer?
Speaking engagements, mentoring and more books or educational material.

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?
Not sure of the exact titles but these would be the topics.

– How to survive on the land
– Body-weight exercises
– Something by Langston Hughes
– The Bible

Author Websites and Profiles
Victor Johnson Website
Victor Johnson Amazon Profile
Victor Johnson’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
So I live in Stoke-on-Trent, England, and have worked 9-5 as a software developer for a few years, which probably doesn’t sound very related to book-writing! But I’ve always had a passion for stories, and it’s long been a dream of mine to write and tell my own great stories. The 24 Laws of Storytelling is my first published book completely of my own making, but I’ve also contributed to a book on postal services published by the UN in 2012. That might sound like quite a random topic, but writing a whole chapter for a book, getting paid for it, and seeing it print was an amazing feeling. It’s always incredibly awesome to see your hard work manifest into something real and tangible you can hold in your hands. With my latest book I hope to help others create that same feeling of accomplishment for themselves.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recent book is called The 24 Laws of Storytelling: A Practical Handbook for Great Storytellers. As the title implies, it’s a non-fiction book on fiction writing that uses stories and historical examples to show you the timeless principles of stories that created immersive experiences and emotional resonance in their audiences. It’s perfect for all kinds of writers, novelists, and film-makers, and I wrote it primarily to give them a toolbox of strategies to help make their stories great. It’s also my first ever book that I’ve published.

When I started out writing, my first goal was actually to write fiction. But all the storytelling books I read were either too linear or too woolly and unfocused. With the former, I hated that each chapter was prefaced with a dozen definitions. You should never need to do that, tell a story that conveys the lessons instead. With the latter, I felt like I’d read 200 pages of the author stroking their own ego without gaining any practical advice.

So with 24 Laws I set out to write the kind of practical handbook I wish I’d been able to learn from when starting out. One that eschews definitions and preaching, and instead actually embraces the very medium we’re trying to study: stories. Every chapter is self-contained, can be picked up and enjoyed by anyone, and includes at least one story or historical example. My goal was to make it both practical and entertaining, something I always have in my sights when writing anything: you’re writing for someone else to gain, not for yourself to stroke your own ego.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m a pretty obsessive Plotter, and I love doing research and outlining. It’s like planning the grand strategy for a military campaign. I’m much more interested in learning strategies than individual tricks and tactics. A detailed, thorough outline actually makes the writing process easier: instead of having to summon immense creative energies every day you try to write, the drafting process becomes more of a mechanical process. You avoid writer’s block and have a lot more confidence in where you’re going. Maybe the overall process takes as long or longer than Pantsing, but I’m 100% sure that it more consistently produces more satisfying results.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So my biggest writing influence is the non-fiction author Robert Greene. His method of writing books has two key aspects: 1) using historical stories to convey a lesson, and 2) speaking in a direct, authoritative tone to the reader. The first aspect makes it so much easier for the reader to absorb your book’s lessons, because a good story naturally leads you down a path where your mind is open to receive new knowledge. A story gets under the reader’s skin, and repeated rereads make this effect exponential over time. The second aspect both conveys confidence in the material and also stirs a reaction in the reader. I knew that by claiming that there are “Laws” of storytelling, I’d unsettle a few people in the writing community, and that’s actually a good thing: an emotional person is more likely to talk and think about your book.

What are you working on now?
My next book, though I can’t reveal the title or precise topic just yet, is going to be more on history and warfare. I’m covering real events in history, and the lessons we can learn from them and apply to our own lives. There’s a clear difference there with 24 Laws where I studied fictional stories, but even with a real event there are a thousand interpretations and instructive examples. I’m learning more about history, a subject that I love, and gaining a greater appreciation for the ups and downs of human progress. Can you tell how much I love the research and outlining phase?

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Bookbub.com, 100%. The ROI is amazing. If you’ve invested in a great, eye-catching cover, their announcement service will take your book to #1 Best Seller in your category. Every other promotion service I’ve tried has largely been a waste of money. I’d encourage you to try other methods too: if you lose money, don’t think of it as a loss per se, but be happy that you have more data and intel on what works best. I also spent a year before publishing 24 Laws building an email newsletter list. When my book came out, I announced it to 1,500 fantastic storytelling fans. That no doubt contributed to my book’s initial sales.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
1) Plan, research, and outline. This will make it so much easier on yourself down the line. Writing becomes less about summoning immense creative energies every day, and more about producing actual work.
2) Make your book (or other work) either extremely entertaining or extremely practical.
3) Yes, people do judge books by their covers, as much as we hate to admit it. I invested a lot into my book’s cover, and it’s no doubt contributed to its sales.
4) As Anne Lamott puts it in her classic book on writing, great creative works we can be proud of aren’t produced in an immense burst of great genius, but Bird by Bird. Piece by piece. Day by day. Word by word.
5) Find a great, independent copy-editor and listen to her advice. Don’t take any of it personally, her job is to make your work great, so let her do just that.
6) If you have an idea that you love, don’t ever think “Oh, someone’s covered this before.” No one can write in your unique style, or approach it with your perspective. Just write to your heart’s content and let your own style flourish.
7) Finish projects. Don’t let things stew in unfinished Word documents or Evernote folders. Writers write, so do that.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
1) Start an email list with a weekly newsletter. This advice gets drummed into us every day, but it’s so true. Having to write a fresh, entertaining, and useful newsletter for my list every week keeps my writing skills sharp, and reminds me who I’m writing for.
2) Avoid shortcuts, the only path is through. I learned this from Mastery by Robert Greene, a life-changing book for any creator. Robert makes the bold claim that if you’re only after shortcuts, hacks, and the path of least resistance, then you’re eminently unsuited for mastery. It sounds harsh but it’s so true: the only secret is the work.
3) Tell stories, don’t preach. It’s so much better for conveying a lesson. This applies equally to fiction and non-fiction authors.
4) Pay attention. In my earlier years I always had a problem with dissipated focus. I’d have all these great ideas but never executed well on them: this was discouraging and frustrating. Taking the advice of many sources and focusing on my work has paid dividends for myself and hopefully my readers.

What are you reading now?
So my friend Kristen Kieffer (@kristen_kieffer) recommended the fiction book The Song of Achilles, which I’m about a quarter of the way into. It’s not my usual genre, I can tell you that! But it’s good so far. I’m also reading A Lab of One’s Own by Patricia Fara, and re-reading The Joyous Science by Friedrich Nietzsche.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To keep writing! I have several more book ideas planned after this next one on history. I currently have a 9-5 job which provides a great, safe income, but if I could live entirely off my writing that would be a dream come true, and I’m working hard towards making that a reality. I’m also planning to do some speaking in 2019 and start a YouTube channel, so stay tuned!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. There’s no doubt that, stranded on an island, I’d need some Stoic teachings to keep me calm and rational.
2) The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. If I’m stranded, I’m unlikely to have anyone to interact with, so I’d like a book that reminds me of the social game I’m missing out on.
3) Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Like #1, I’m going to need some guidance on meaning and survival while stranded on this island.
4) Does a notebook count? I love writing notes, plotting, and thinking so this would also help keep me sane and plan my way off the island.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jonathan Baldie Website
Jonathan Baldie Amazon Profile
Jonathan Baldie’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am Lloyd Celeste, an Environmental Planner, and College professor. I wrote only one book which is about my missionary experience for one year. Though I am planning to write another book related to this one.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I was inspired to write the book in order to spread the love and blessings God has given to me. Also to the people behind my success right now, like my family, wife, and brethren.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have unusual writing habits. Often I encounter writer’s block. But if I am this eureka moment, I just scribble anything in my notebook or cellphone to take note of ideas. And many times my ideas come up when I am alone or even with other people. It just automatically spark up in my mind.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The number one author that inspires me to write is Bo Sanchez. I am a book reader too. Prior discovering Bo Sanchez books, I read fiction books from authors like Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Sue Grafton. Their writing inspired me to write my own novel, but at that time I have no idea really how to write a novel. I just scribble anything. But after reading Bo Sanchez books (an inspirational author). He’s writing style is easy to follow. And I also had many book references on writing a novel, memoir and any type of genre.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I am a researcher and I write scholarly articles. But in the future I will continue my hobby on writing inspirational books.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Well, I have encountered Readers Favorite and Online Book Club. These are good for book reviews. But it is pricey. I had a 4-star book review in Readers favorite. Not bad at all. I did not purchase book review in Online book club because I cannot afford it. Fortunately, I read a website that also had a link to Awesome Gang. I tried it. That is why I am here.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Well, I have a friend who wanted to become an author. My advice to all aspiring authors is to continue writing and don’t get distracted by the shiny object syndrome. This syndrome is present in us today because of the Internet of Things.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
FOCUS is the key to success.

What are you reading now?
Reading books from a spiritual author.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Write another book (or co-write) about success.

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?
Holy Bible
My Book (Wise Decisions)
Great Controversy
Steps to Christ

Author Websites and Profiles
Lloyd Celeste Website
Lloyd Celeste Amazon Profile
Lloyd Celeste’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a writer, blogger and personal development enthusiast. I created Brave. Honest.Healing to help other improve their well being and create the life they have always dreamed of. I have written a number of books that help add value to readers lives and help solve any problems they are currently facing.

I have written and self published four books on kindle they are…

Crystal Healing: A guide to using Crystals to Balance your chakras.

Money Matters: Manifest money by changing your financial vibes in order to thrive.

Anxiety Help: Overcome Anxiety, panic attacks, stress and worry fast.

Design your Life: A guide to manifesting the Life you deserve.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Crystal Healing: A guide to using Crystals to Balance your Chakras. I published it last month and am very happy with how it has turned out. I have always loved nature and been interested in Crystals in particular. When I was 21 I was attuned to practise Reiki and I began using crystals to help balance my chakras. In this book I have put together all the knowledge I have acquired over the last seven years on how to balance the chakras using crystals.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write in the mornings and I use a website called focus mate to keep me motivated and give me the accountability to keep going!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love anything by Joanne Harris especially Chocolate. Another book that has influenced me is the 4 hour work week by Tim Ferriss as it has made me question societies traditional beliefs about how to make a living and inspired me to start my own business.

What are you working on now?
I recently walked the Camino de Santiago – a 560 mile walk across Spain. I am writing a book about the inspiration I gained on the walk and the people I met. I’m hoping it will be published early next year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have put my book on promotion on kindle which has been effective. I am still new to learning how to market my book and hope that I will get better at it in the future.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write every day, it is easier to get in the habit of writing if you make an effort to write small chunks every day. If you are working on a book and it feels daunting it is easier to come up with an outline and then write a paragraph at a time. You will soon have your book written.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I think the best advice I have heard is to read a lot as this will help improve your writing.

What are you reading now?
The Miracle Morning – it is helping me to get into better habits in the morning so that I start off the day on a positive note.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a lot of ideas for new books and need to make the time to get them written. I would like to write a fiction book and have a great idea for a story about a family that are working with a travelling fair. It is a magical story and the family are making potions to help people solve their problems whilst at the same time running away from problems of their own. At the end they are forced to confront their problems head on and their lives are changed for the better.

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?
Chocolate by Joanne Harris
A year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

Author Websites and Profiles
Jayne Todd Website  

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am the creator of the webcomic “Bold Coarse Blend” (BCB) and author of the “The Book of Joe”, which is my only book to date. I’ve been making comics for BCB since 2015, but have been cartooning for most of my life as I come from a family of artists. Right now I live in Hoboken, NJ and work in trade support for an investment manager. Drawing cartoons relieves the stress.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest graphic novel is “The Book of Joe” which features Joe, a coffee-mug who rebounds from a series of failed relationships after he befriends a monkey named Oscar. The characters are a derivative of my comic “Bold Coarse Blend” and the book came together from a set of short stories I did where Joe would go on dates with other beverages. I wanted to make “The Book of Joe” into sort of a children’s book for adults and I think I succeeded in doing so.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. When doing comic strips I push quality over quantity. This just means that eaning I try to get down as many ideas as possible until a few “great” ones appear.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many! “He Done Her Wrong” by Milt Gross was one of my main influences when writing “The Book of Joe”. I also love comics like “Underworld” by Kaz, “Maakies” by Tony Millionaire, and “Nancy” by Ernie Bushmiller. My uncle, Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), has been my main inspiration and one of the main reasons why I’m drawing and writing today.

What are you working on now?
I’m continuing my ongoing webcomic “Bold Coarse Blend” which features Joe and Oscar. I’m also experimenting with another comic on the side that I hope to release someday when I feel it is ready.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method has probably been posting on Instagram every day and building a community. I think leveraging your personal relationships and online relationships to help promote your work can be really beneficial. I’ve also utilized paid Instagram ads and press releases when publishing “The Book of Joe”… Just plan carefully and try to enjoy the process.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never stop. Just keep chipping away.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Miss big.

What are you reading now?
Wish I could say I’m reading something right now, but I’m not. I’m mostly drawing.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to improve my skills as an artist and then write/illustrate another book that’s geared more towards children.

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 Calvin & Hobbes Tenth Anniversary by Bill Watterson, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, and A Fan’s Notes by Frederick Exley

Author Websites and Profiles
Daniel Misdea Website
Daniel Misdea Amazon Profile
Daniel Misdea’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am 36 years old, married and have a little girl by the name of Jessica.

Ever since Jess was born I have enjoyed watching her grow into the beautiful (if not cheeky) 4 year old she has become.

Jess was and is my inspiration and the reason I decided to write a children’s book, ‘Jess and the Pirate Hat’

I have always believed that there is nothing more wonderful than a child’s imagination and Jess never ceases to amaze me with hers. ‘Jess and the Pirate Hat’ is the first book I have written and published, this book has allowed me to offer a glimpse into her world and share in some of her adventures.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called ‘Jess and the Pirate Hat’ and my daughter is the one who inspired me to write it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Books that have influenced me are the Singing Mermaid and A Squash and a Squeeze written by Julia Donaldson. I love her work and I’m a big fan of her rhyming abilities.

What are you working on now?
Mainly marketing for my book Jess and the Pirate Hat and brainstorming the next Jess adventure.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I would say Facebook has been particularly useful in gathering interest in my book and also my own website.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up, I came across a few stumbling blocks on the road to publishing my book and I wanted to quit, a few times. Just remember the reason you started your journey in the first place, there is plenty of advice and help out there, you just need to find it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Live for today because you might not have a tomorrow.

What are you reading now?
Lots and lots of children’s books for research for my next book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I really can’t say, I never expected to have a published book but I can’t wait to find out.

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?
Danny Champion of the world, A Squash and a Squeeze, Alices Adventures in Wonderland.

Author Websites and Profiles
Anna Luciano Website
Anna Luciano’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written two books. The first is Until Further Notice: Celebrate Everything it is a motivational book that teaches you how to see through the fog of life’s untimely notices. And then the second one is Stress-less Wedding Planning Guide which teaches you how to plan your wedding without stressing out.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Stress-less Wedding Planning Guide is inspired out of my love of celebratory events. I have had a lot of reasons to be sad in my llfetime and it wasn’t until I came out of my depression and that I began to grab life by the horns and choose happiness. I became full time wedding planner and it saddened me every time I saw or heard of people having terrible wedding days. I understand a wedding planner can be cost prohibitive so this book is like having me in your hands when you need it. I give the foundation of what’s needed to plan and enjoy your wedding.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually set a deadline and then I start with an outline and drill down from there. I find once I have the skeleton of what I want to write it’s very easy to drill down to the details.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
David Tutera is a big inspiration being that he is in the same industry as I and then oddly enough Octavia E Butler is huge influence on my writing. I love her novels and how the protagonist is always a woman enduring against uncertain odds.

What are you working on now?
Right now my focus is on promoting the wedding planning guide and being of service to those who need my advice.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My clients have been super supportive which is a great testament to the work that I have done. They have enjoyed my services and think I should offer it to the world.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I tell everyone to write a book that feels the inclination. It’s liberating and someone needs to hear your story in your words.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It actually piggies back on my advice. Someone told me that same thing. That someone needs to hear your story in your voice and you deny them when you don’t write your book. It’s very true. We inspire each other and it’s important we all stand in our own truths.

What are you reading now?
Several books. Profit First by Mike Michalow & Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler

What’s next for you as a writer?
There will be a series of wedding related books coming out.

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?
Oooo! I know exactly cause it’s the same books I read several times a year. Octavia E Butler Lilith’s Brood. Sooo good!
Jean M Auel Clan of the Cave Bear Series. Well I guess that more then 4 but you guys get my drift.

Author Websites and Profiles
Ivory Coats Website
Ivory Coats Amazon Profile
Ivory Coats’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first published book.
Rev. Teddy Asiel Jones is currently the Chairman of the Missionary Church Association in Jamaica and Pastor of Grace Missionary Church. He has been in pastoral ministry since 2003 having previously served as pastor for Shalom Missionary Church for thirteen (13) years (2003-2016). This is his second stint at Grace, having served as Assistant Pastor there between December 2003 and July 2007 while serving as pastor of Shalom Missionary Church. Let’s Major In The Minors is his first published book, but this comes on the heels of his “A Caribbean Theology of The Environment” article being published in the Caribbean Journal of Evangelical Theology (CJET).

Rev. Jones is affectionately called, “The Ghetto Priest” due to his involvement in the Inner City and his commitment to the cause of justice for the oppressed. In 2009, he was one of the three (3) winners in the First Caribbean Bank’s Unsung Heroes competition, in recognition of the years of selfless service to the Greater Grants Pen community. Given his passion for justice, community development, truth, integrity, forgiveness, conflict resolution and related matters an award such as this came as no surprise.

Rev. Jones is also an educator at the tertiary level, currently serving as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the Jamaica Theological Seminary. Other roles previously held at the Seminary include Director of Student Affairs, Director of Admissions and Recruitment and Deputy Director of Student Affairs.

Rev. Jones is heavily involved in mentoring and leadership training in various sectors of society. This is facilitated primarily through RENEWED Ministries, a youth based ministry with a
strong mentoring and leadership emphasis. He is Board Chairman of PATHH Ministries (Pastors According To His Heart) .

Rev. Jones’s educational background is diverse having been educated at the Jamaica Theological Seminary in Kingston Jamaica, Dallas Theological Seminary in the USA and ALICT (African Leadership Institute for Community Transformation) in South Africa. As a life-long learner he is currently reading for the Master of Arts in Public Theology degree at Jamaica Theological Seminary. Along the way he has completed various certifications including: Leadership and Community Development, Dispute Resolution,Youth Entrepreneurship, Life Coaching, Guidance and Counselling, Career Counselling, Restorative Justice and life coaching. This depth of training leads to high accolades for his preaching and teaching ministry. Participants in Bible Study led by Teddy have consistently expressed their opinion that he is a gifted teacher. One such is quoted as saying to him, “you have the gift of taking the obscure and making it plain.” Here are some other endorsements that have been made public:

“Teddy presented as a very compassionate counsellor. He displayed great potential for outreach ministry.” – Maureen Watson,Experienced Counsellor/Social Worker.

“Rev. Jones is a transformational leader whose intellectual acumen and heart towards empowering individuals and communities puts him head and shoulder above many of his peers. His leadership has received national recognition and in the midst of the accolades, he remains grounded and focused on the transformation of lives. This, his insights in the field of mentoring, his pragmatism and his training, makes Rev. Jones a fit (motivational) speaker and consultant on community development, mobilization, theology and social policy. I unreservedly endorse & recommend him.” – DAMIEN MARCUS WILLIAMS, CEO Oyengge Professional Service

Rev. Jones is also an avid blogger, social media commentator and entrepreneur in the field of Social Media Agency through the brand TLZ’s Web Video and SEO Services.

Rev. Jones’ birth place is Trinidad. However, he is Grenadian by naturalization and Jamaican by ministry and calling, having been living here since 1998. Together with his wife Latoya, he is actively empowering young and old alike with his vibrant, innovative and radical approach to the preaching and teaching of God’s Word and motivational speeches. Their union has produced one son, Zaken’Asiel [Pronounced ZA-KEN’ AS-EE-EL]. It is his desire to serve God in his generation and empower the next generation to do the same, so the generations yet unborn will be all that they can and should be.

Teddy’s Online Contacts are listed below.
Home Page: www.TeddyAJones.com
Facebook: @IamTeddyAJones
Twitter: @TeddyAJones
IG @giftsfromTeddyRev. Teddy Asiel Jones is currently the Chairman of the Missionary Church Association in Jamaica and Pastor of Grace Missionary Church. He has been in pastoral ministry since 2003 having previously served as pastor for Shalom Missionary Church for thirteen (13) years (2003-2016). This is his second stint at Grace, having served as Assistant Pastor there between December 2003 and July 2007 while serving as pastor of Shalom Missionary Church. Let’s Major In The Minors is his first published book, but this comes on the heels of his “A Caribbean Theology of The Environment” article being published in the Caribbean Journal of Evangelical Theology (CJET).

Rev. Jones is affectionately called, “The Ghetto Priest” due to his involvement in the Inner City and his commitment to the cause of justice for the oppressed. In 2009, he was one of the three (3) winners in the First Caribbean Bank’s Unsung Heroes competition, in recognition of the years of selfless service to the Greater Grants Pen community. Given his passion for justice, community development, truth, integrity, forgiveness, conflict resolution and related matters an award such as this came as no surprise.

Rev. Jones is also an educator at the tertiary level, currently serving as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the Jamaica Theological Seminary. Other roles previously held at the Seminary include Director of Student Affairs, Director of Admissions and Recruitment and Deputy Director of Student Affairs.

Rev. Jones is heavily involved in mentoring and leadership training in various sectors of society. This is facilitated primarily through RENEWED Ministries, a youth based ministry with a
strong mentoring and leadership emphasis. He is Board Chairman of PATHH Ministries (Pastors According To His Heart) .

Rev. Jones’s educational background is diverse having been educated at the Jamaica Theological Seminary in Kingston Jamaica, Dallas Theological Seminary in the USA and ALICT (African Leadership Institute for Community Transformation) in South Africa. As a life-long learner he is currently reading for the Master of Arts in Public Theology degree at Jamaica Theological Seminary. Along the way he has completed various certifications including: Leadership and Community Development, Dispute Resolution,Youth Entrepreneurship, Life Coaching, Guidance and Counselling, Career Counselling, Restorative Justice and life coaching. This depth of training leads to high accolades for his preaching and teaching ministry. Participants in Bible Study led by Teddy have consistently expressed their opinion that he is a gifted teacher. One such is quoted as saying to him, “you have the gift of taking the obscure and making it plain.” Here are some other endorsements that have been made public:

“Teddy presented as a very compassionate counsellor. He displayed great potential for outreach ministry.” – Maureen Watson,Experienced Counsellor/Social Worker.

“Rev. Jones is a transformational leader whose intellectual acumen and heart towards empowering individuals and communities puts him head and shoulder above many of his peers. His leadership has received national recognition and in the midst of the accolades, he remains grounded and focused on the transformation of lives. This, his insights in the field of mentoring, his pragmatism and his training, makes Rev. Jones a fit (motivational) speaker and consultant on community development, mobilization, theology and social policy. I unreservedly endorse & recommend him.” – DAMIEN MARCUS WILLIAMS, CEO Oyengge Professional Service

Rev. Jones is also an avid blogger, social media commentator and entrepreneur in the field of Social Media Agency through the brand TLZ’s Web Video and SEO Services.

Rev. Jones’ birth place is Trinidad. However, he is Grenadian by naturalization and Jamaican by ministry and calling, having been living here since 1998. Together with his wife Latoya, he is actively empowering young and old alike with his vibrant, innovative and radical approach to the preaching and teaching of God’s Word and motivational speeches. Their union has produced one son, Zaken’Asiel [Pronounced ZA-KEN’ AS-EE-EL]. It is his desire to serve God in his generation and empower the next generation to do the same, so the generations yet unborn will be all that they can and should be.

Teddy’s Online Contacts are listed below.
Home Page: www.TeddyAJones.com
Facebook: @IamTeddyAJones
Twitter: @TeddyAJones
IG @giftsfromTeddy

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Let’s Major In The Minors. This was inspired by the realization that there are some books of the Bible which are largely ignored due to their brevity. Closer examination of these books however shows that they contain major messages which ought to be majored in rather than ignored because we think these books are minor books.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I tend to write alot on planes, either on the napkins or my laptop. My creative juices seems to flow on overdrive when I’m in flight.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Philip Yancey
John Piper
C. S. Lewis
Garnett Roper

What are you working on now?
The audio book version of the this book

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
You need to first be convinced of the message you want your readers to read.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The unexamined life is not worth living- attributed to Soccrates

What are you reading now?
I am reading more sections of the Bible that are hardly read by the masses

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will be preparing my next series of radio messages to be aired Jan- March 2019. I haven’t settled on the series focus as yet. This series will also be formatted into a book

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Bible
What’s So Amazing About Grace
The Jesus I Never Knew

Author Websites and Profiles
Teddy Jones Website
Teddy Jones Amazon Profile
Teddy Jones’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been a storyteller for over four decades. As a play-by-play sports broadcaster, I love telling stories about young people overcoming incredible hardships to find success. That led me to my first novel, The Walls of Lucca. I know, it has nothing to do with sports, but it does have to do with overcoming hardships to find success. The Walls of Lucca is about two families struggling to run a vineyard during Italy’s dark days of WWI and the rise of Mussolini.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I was inspired to write The Walls of Lucca, and my latest book, its sequel, Above the Walls, when my wife and I were vacationing in Italy in 2006. One night I dreamed about a vineyard, a winemaker, a spiritual woman and a great walled city. I couldn’t believe it as we approached Lucca the next week. It was just what I had seen in my dream! I immediately started researching the area, its history and the wine it produces, and then I began to write.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I surround myself with books about my subjects. For The Walls of Lucca, I have stacks of books about Lucca, Italy, Mussolini and the Great War. Plus books about grapes and olives and producing wine and Italian food and vino!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Everyone! But my recent favorites are Diana Gabaldon, Kristin Hannah, Elena Ferrante, Nicholas Sparks, Mark Sullivan and Joel Goldman. All are amazing writers and major influences for me when it comes to crafting a good story.

What are you working on now?
I’m in the final stages of production for Above the Walls. It picks up my characters’ story in 1938, where Fascists and Partisans, loyalty and love, and World War II become the walls that need to be lifted before the Martellino wine can finally realize its potential.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve done a few free download periods for The Walls of Lucca through KDP/Amazon, and I used several sites (including Awesome Gang) to promote the offering. These free downloads, though they don’t create revenue, help me reach a larger audience.

It’s also important to create an author website (see mine at stevephysioc.com) and set up all the usual social media accounts to go along with it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read, read, read. Write, write, write. Read good authors who inspire you in your own storytelling.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Show, don’t tell.

What are you reading now?
Diana Gabaldon’s A Breath of Snow and Ashes (the sixth book in the Outlander series) and Illuminata by Marianne Williamson.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m writing my third novel, entitled Walks with the Wind. It’s about a Native American boy from southwest Colorado who is blessed with two gifts: He’s an excellent baseball player and intuitive wildlife tracker. While my protagonist’s goal is to make it to the major leagues, the owner of a private military company has different plans for him. Our villain wants to use the boy’s skills to track bad guys in the hills of war-torn Afghanistan. I’m currently 50,000 words into this 240,000 word two-book project.

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 Course in Miracles and Illuminata, both by Marianne Williamson, and a copy of How to Survive on a Desert Island with Only Two Books and Flip Flops.

Author Websites and Profiles
Steve Physioc Website
Steve Physioc Amazon Profile
Steve Physioc’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I retired from the Army in May of 2018. For the previous 24 years I had wanted to be a writer, but ten deployments left me little time for writing. I focused on doing my job well and put my dream on hold. When I retired, I found myself with lots of free time. I dusted off my writing skills, learned at the knee of my 11th grade English teacher (Bless you Mary Lou) and started writing.
I published my first novel, Hannibal’s Foe in November of 2018. The second, Hannibal’s Nemesis, should be out in January of 2019. So, I’ve written two books and published one so far…
I grew up in rural Virginia near Civil War battlefields and railroads. I am fascinated by both. I can spend hours wandering through the battlefields arround Petersburg, Appomattox and Sailor’s Creek or examining trains as they rumble through Raleigh or Richmond. My favorite computer game is still Railroad Tycoon II. (I’m so old.)
My father was a Navy Corpsman who sailed on submarines and my mother worked her way through college at the local radio station (as a secretary), then became a teacher..
When I turned 17, I joined the Navy. (But you said you retired from the Army??? Be patient) I spent twelve years sailing the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans and a lot of the seas as well. I was what is known as an Operations Specialist, which is a lovely title that has absolutely no meaning to someone not in the Navy. I was the guy talking to Tom Cruise in TOP GUN. Yeah, that was me, sitting at the RADAR scope with the bald commander cussing behind me (not in the movie, I was 15 when it came out). But it was the best video game in the world. I also learned how to shoot Harpoon missiles and hunt submarines. Along the way, I picked up the skills necessary for running any operations center in the world. (More on that later)
So, I got out of the Navy in 2001 to go to college. I worked my way through a degree in Information Technology by working as a test engineer, testing the next generation RADAR consoles (they do much more than that, but I’m trying to be brief. And failing.) The contract ended and I moved from San Diego to Raleigh. There I built a house, became a firefighter / EMT and 911 telecommunicator (Dispatcher. I hate when organizations change the names of things just to sound more professional. It’s pathetic.) I finished my degree -finally- and joined the Army Reserve for a little extra spending money and an eventual pension. (See, told you to be patient.)
Well, there was this little war going on so my favorite Uncle Sam sent me to a place called Taji in Iraq. There I led a platoon driving big Army trucks called PLS’s (Palletized Load System) around the country. When I got back, my Uncle sent me to Kabul, Afghanistan to run an operation center (a skill I learned in the Navy if you recall) that coordinated NATO logistics for the entire country. After that, I was a bit burned out on deployments as you might imagine. So the Army made me an ROTC instructor in Myrtle Beach of all places. I spent two wonderful years there and enjoyed every minute. Then Sam came and asked if I wanted to go to Afghanistan again. I said yes, of course I want to go back to the paradise of Southwest Asia (A bit of sarcasm there). I spent nine more months there as the Garrison Commander of American forces in Camp Marmal, just outside of Mazar-e-Sharif. You can see it on Google Earth. (Go ahead, I’ll wait.) The job title sounds impressive, but I had a staff of 1. I owned half of a base that was the responsibility of the German Army. I supported between 50 and 600 personnel over that nine months. It was challenging and fun, when it wasn’t frustrating and boring.
When I got back, I had eighteen months until I retired on Active Duty, from the Army Reserve. The Army sent me to Fort Lee in Petersburg, Virginia. No one there had any idea what to do with me, so I became the executive officer to the deputy commander for Army Reserve affairs. Another one of those titles. Well, suffice it to say, I managed to escape the asylum and retire.
Then I chose a new set of titles for myself. Author (Good). President and CEO (Remains to be seen). Public Affairs Director (I wasn’t expecting this). And YouTube commentator (What???).
I wrote a three part series about one of my favorite historical figures and a personal hero, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest (and only so far) book is Hannibal’s Foe. The inspiration for the story goes back 43 years (or 2,237 years depending on where you want to start). I was four and in kindergartern at Lunenburg Primary School. My teacher took us to the library for story time. The librarian read us a book about the Roman legions fighting at a place called Zama. Their enemies had war elephants. The Romans used trumpets to scare the elephants into stampeding through gaps cleverly left in their lines for the purpose letting them win the battle. I remembered that story for decades. I read Livy and Polybius to find out more about it. What I found was Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the general in command of the Roman legion at the battle.
Scipio is an amazing individual whose life reads like a bad Hollywood action movie script. Except it’s all true. It always amazes me that people remember Hannibal (because he marched elephants across the Alps in winter), but not the man who defeated him. Scipio’s victories established the foundation that Julius Caesar stood upon to create the Roman Empire. But few people even remember his opponent and fewer remember one of the greatest generals and politicians in history.
I wanted to change that outcome. I want Scipio to be remembered as the great man he was. I wanted his story to be told. So I wrote it from the perspective of the man who trained the boy and then followed him into battle.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Sure, don’t you? I prefer to write in the morning, with coffee, before I eat. It gives me motivation to finish before my blood sugar crashes. This method leads to mistakes and confused plot lines which keeps my editor and proofreaders employed. (I like to support the economy) Then I like to eat, and spend the rest of the day watching movies, playing video games and goofing off. I’m retired, remember?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Like many authors, I am an avid reader. I have to say Lin Carter, a much underappreciated author, inspired the now deleted forward to Hannibal’s Foe. In that, I became part of the story, finding Appius’s long lost accounts of his adventures with Scipio. Maybe I’ll release that as a short story.
Gordon R Dickson lent me a perspective on the internal thought processes of characters and how to write them. I still want to know how the Childe Cycle ends.
Lois McMaster Bujold writes the best characters I’ve ever read. I wish I had half her talent for that skill. She is amazing.
C.S. Lewis taught me about awe and wonder. I truly wish the movies had stuck closer to the books. They completely ruined my favorite book in the Narnia Chronicles, Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Raymond E. Feist, who unknowingly (and hillariously) insulted my ex-wife at a book signing. He wrote, Rise of a Merchant Prince, which I think I’ve read more than any other book. The main character is flawed and fascinating. That skill is a bit of craft I need to master.
Isaac Asimov, who inspired me to learn about everything, because a writer’s profession includes everything. A man who can make chemistry interesting is a genius in my book. His attempt at unifying math and philosophy in the Foundation books is still a topic I ponder.
Robert Heinlein, whose Starship Troopers is the best treatise on developing small unit leaders I have ever read. It is required reading at military academies for a good reason. The less said about the movie, the better.
Orson Scott Card, whose Ender’s Game was the first novel I read cover to cover, then turned back to the first page and did it again. His works, hit and miss with me, taught me that you will never write the perfect book for everyone. Concentrate on writing the perfect book for you and let your audience find it.

What are you working on now?
I am polishing Hannibal’s Nemesis, which is book 2 in the Republic of Rome series. I have plotted Hannibal’s Fate and will write it in December (2018) and January (2019). Then I need to switch genres to cleanse my palette, so to speak. I wrote an unpublished novel (called Gateway) set several hundred years into the future as a universe bible for a science fiction series I want to write. I plan to begin that series after I finish with Scipio and Rome.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am very new at this business, but I’ve done a lot of research. My experience is BookBub ads work well. I am experimenting with Amazon Marketing Services right now, but have yet to hit the sweet spot there yet. Eventually I want to expand to Facebook, Pinterest and others but give me some time… or lots and lots of money so I can experiment endlessly. Then, I’ll be happy to give you an opinion.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Being a new author I have only one piece of advice. Finish the book!!!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Finish the book!!! Really. If you can’t do that one simple thing, nothing else will matter. It doesn’t have to be great or even good. But if you don’t finish, you can’t send it to an editor to make it better. Finish the book!!!

What are you reading now?
Lots of strategy guides for Transport Fever. I’m addicted. I love trains.

As for novels, I’m reading nothing new at the moment. I tend to pick up voices from other authors, so when I’m writing I try not to read anything related to what I’m writing. When I take a break, I’ll read Simon Scarrow’s new book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I told you my father was a submariner. Well, he served during the Cold War. I want to write a non-fiction book about life aboard submarines at the height of the Cold War. A story told from the perspective of the men who fought the silent battles in the cold and dark waters. I want to capture those stories before the men who lived them pass into history.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Well, Rise of a Merchant Prince, of course. Starship Troopers and Enders Game. If I could have a fourth book, it would be a good cookbook for shellfish and coconuts. (You have to be practical sometimes.)

Author Websites and Profiles
Edward Green Website
Edward Green Amazon Profile
Edward Green’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Karen grew up outside of Chicago with her mom, dad and two older brothers.

She traveled a lot and has finally settled down in a small town in East Tennessee in the mountains. Something about the mountains called to her and still does.
She loves to make her own swag and other gifts. She also loves anything to do with the outdoors.
Her favorite snack is gummy worms and bears. Her favorite drink is a white monster. She says she is a monster before she has one.
Her family is everything to her and they support her 100% with her dream to become a well-known author. She is taking it one step at a time and one book at a time.

Karen has 3 books out currently.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Untainted Magic is my newest one. It’s part of the Light Realm Series. I don’t what inspired me to write it. I think I dreamt it. I was in the middle of writing book 3 in the Elders series when this one bugged me until I got it written.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I won’t say unusual. I listen to music. Depending on what I’m listening to is what I write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Ednah Walters had a lot of influence on me. She pushed me to write. Telling me no one will read your story if you don’t get it out there.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on 2 actually. Black Ruins Falls (Book 3 in the Elder series) and a secret project that will be out in March 2019

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Hmm, Facebook seems the best for me. I guess I need more followers on other platforms lol

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what your heart tells you to. Readers will know it when you do.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Your heart will guide you in the right direction when it comes to writing.

What are you reading now?
Matefinder by Leia Stone.

What’s next for you as a writer?
The next step I’m hoping to have my books in stores and to meet all my fans in person.

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?
Runes by Ednah Walters.
Trickery by Jaymin Eve
Fallen Academy First year By Leia Stone
Cin D’rella by S.J West

Author Websites and Profiles
Karen DuBose Website
Karen DuBose Amazon Profile
Karen DuBose’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a farmer by trade. I have been always drawn to books and practiced my writing during my spare time. A friend of mine encouraged me to join the online world last year, and start a blog.
Taking up the offer, I joined my fellow earthlings online. At first it began slow, but then the views, Readers and comments began flowing in. With support from my Readers, I decided to take the plunge and here I stand.
With over a 1/4 million views and counting on the hosted websites, my Readers have pushed me out.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first ever published book is The Red Lands. I am on the third book, and I must say the story continues quite well. To tell the truth, my finances had hit rock bottom, and the chief source of inspiration came from a dangerous woman called Irma–Hurricane Irma that is. I was one of those in Florida at the time biting my nails and saying “Make up your mind woman” for nearly a week.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I think most writers have some quirk. I prefer writing in the early mornings before sunrise.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love fantasy books–all of them.
I have read from Lord of the Rings, Enid Blython books, and Scifi sagas. I think a book is the best place to read and calm the mind.

What are you working on now?
I am a full time farmer and a part time writer.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have been on Royalroad and on my own website. I have also featured my work on countless others, but besides my own site, Royalroad has always treated me the best. Most of my first batch of readers came from there.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, write , write. It’s not a book until you write it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Beware of criticism.

What are you reading now?
I am binge reading fantasy webnovels.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan to finish my serial, before beginning my new 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?
Lord of the Rings Book 1, Biggles(any serial) and Tale of two cities.

Author Websites and Profiles
M ForestRage Website
M ForestRage Amazon Profile
 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello,

Since I was young, I knew one thing, I love to WIN, no matter what. My hobbies are to build business, martial arts and inspire people with my knowledge. My hobbies is also what i do for a living. I read a lot of books, i love to know about everything and find out pieces of puzzle that later on will make create a system for some sort of problem.

As an author i have 4 books published, but i have 11 more written which will all be published until the end of February 2019. I also have big goals that i go after them every single day. For example with the books, my goal is to write 500 books. 6 months ago i never knew i can write, now i have 15 written and I learn and practice everyday to become the best witter. Trough my books i want to inspire people to become Winners. Because nowadays people are ok with something that they actually are not. I want to see people go for greatness and not be ok with mediocre.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Goal Setting :A Powerful System to Set Goals and Achieve the Impossible
People inspired me to write this, people that always told me they set some goals at the beginning of the year and nothing happened. Well i tried months , systems and processes pf setting goals on my own skin, even before i started writing. And know i find the solution and i made a system that will stick with us every single day, it wont let you forget your goals anymore along the year.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, but i have a great editor and she knows me to well when i write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Grant Cardone, Rhonda Byrne, Tony Robbins, Robin Sharma, Napoleon Hill , they are my mentors

What are you working on now?
Now I am working on a system on how to solve any problem and i almost finish it.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I apply to submission sites

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes, don’t try to make it perfect!

1.Write it
2.Put it out there
3.Learn from it
4.Make it better

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you don’t play to win, don’t play it at all

What are you reading now?
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

What’s next for you as a writer?
Next for me is to learn a lot of marketing, keep writing books and on my blog, create businesses, inspire people, achieve the 500 books goal, make an even bigger goal and become a legend.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1.Think and Grow Rich
2.The secret
3.Be obsessed or be average
4.Awake the Giant Within

Author Websites and Profiles
Dennis Bak Website
Dennis Bak Amazon Profile
Dennis Bak’s Social Media Links
Pinterest Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi! I’m Karen Putz (yes, I married a Putz–he’s a nice one!). I’m the author of eleven books. I’ve wanted to be an author of multiple books since I was eleven years old, but I didn’t start writing my first book until I was 44!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My “masterpiece” is my book, Unwrapping Your Passion, Creating the Life You Truly Want. It was inspired by my experience of re-discovering my passion for the sport of barefoot water skiing–a sport that I loved when I was a teenager. I got back on the water at the age of 44 and the minute I put my feet on the water, the old passion came flooding back. I studied the topic of passion and put everything I learned into a book so I could help others unwrap their passion, too.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write in the bathtub. Yup, that’s right. I get a big bowl of popcorn and a nice drink and sink into the tub with my phone. I talk sweetly to Siri and she writes for me. When I’m done, I email the document and then edit it on my laptop. It’s the fastest, most relaxing way to write a book.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve been influenced by Dan Miller, author of “48 Days to the Work You Love” and several other books. Dan has been a personal mentor as well.

Another big influence is Kevin Hall, author of “Aspire.” His book is a life guide based on 11 words to live by.

Yet another book that inspired me: “The Passion Test” by Janet and Chris Attwood. Janet co-wrote the foreword for my book.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on my own story–of becoming deaf from a fall while barefoot water skiing. I also have two commissioned books that I’m working on.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method to promote my books is asking people to take creative pictures with my book. This increases exposure and word of mouth sharing. I have pictures of my book next to a seaplane, in a helicopter, on a jet ski, on a goat farm, and on a sailboat in the ocean. I use those photos over and over on social media.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
A book is a business. There’s no way around that. YOU are the greatest promoter of your own book. Pull your sleeves back and dig in–commit to promoting your book for the next five years. Connect and collaborate with other authors to cross promote.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You don’t have to be an expert to write your book. You can learn what you need to know in the process, and share that journey with your readers. Many people are intimidated about writing a book because they think they aren’t knowledgeable enough about a topic, so they never write. You can learn as you write!

What are you reading now?
I’m reading “Minimalism,” because I need to purge in all areas of my life. I want to gain more time freedom.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m expanding into online courses–turning my books into interactive courses. I find that I’m tapping into new audiences this way.

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?
Oooooo, a tough question! Here we go:

Aspire, by Kevin Hall.
No More Dreaded Mondays, by Dan Miller
and two blank journals so I can continue to write.

Author Websites and Profiles
Karen Putz Website
Karen Putz Amazon Profile
Karen Putz’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a child psychologist practicing for over 20 years serving children and families with mental health needs. I am also a parent to two awesome kids who teach me something every day about being a better human being. I have written three books–the most recent one self-published (Navigating Negativity) and two published by the American Psychological Association. Treatments that Work is a textbook for healthcare providers and Parenting that Works is a parenting book translated into four languages.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Navigating Negativity: Practical Parenting Strategies to Reduce Conflict and Create Calm”. I was inspired by the suffering of children and families I see every day in my mental health clinic. I wanted parents to know more about how to help their chronically crabby child.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Books by Tamar Chansky on child psychology topics. And my co-author on previous books, Edward Christophersen, Ph.D.

What are you working on now?
Promoting my first self-published book, “Navigating Negativity: Practical Parenting Strategies to Reduce Conflict and Create Calm”

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Don’t know yet, just starting!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write every day. Try to avoid all the rabbit holes that are out there like webinars, courses, newsletters until you really know your audience and where they hang out. No sense buying a course on how to use Facebook if that is not where your audience seeks ideas for new books!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t try to do everything. Choose one or two goals and stick to them. Maybe they are writing goals or marketing goals. Stay organized and be good at one thing at a time.

What are you reading now?
Becoming by Michelle Obama. I love books written by strong women.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am planning to develop a platform that can get information about child development in the hands of parents. The focus will be on social and emotional development vs. at what age should your child take steps or drink from a sippy cup. Parents are hungry for knowledge about how to help their child become more self-regulated and independent in today’s 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?

Author Websites and Profiles
Susan Van Scoyoc Amazon Profile
Susan Van Scoyoc’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hobbyist English writer living in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland, with 4 novels and approx 11 children’s books and 6 self narrated audiobooks.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Children’s audiobook about some wacky farm animals called ‘Fifty Shades of Hay’

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No more unusual than any other writer. We’re rabid and avid, 24/7.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Influenced by everything not only the written word.

What are you working on now?
Finishing off the second book of Saving Eden Trilogy.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Still learning about promotion.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Believe in yourself.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep going with the head down.

What are you reading now?
Roger Daltrey’s autobiography.

What’s next for you as a writer?
A well earned rest.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Bible, Tom Holt, and let me think…

Author Websites and Profiles
S C Hamill Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello! I’m Kitka Buchanan. I’m an author of dark paranormal romance and BDSM action/suspense books. Three books, to be exact. I’m also a mother, wife, small zoo wrangler, and a coffee addict.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
This summer, I released two books. I released a BDSM action/suspense novel called Obeying The Rules. It’s the first of a trilogy. It started off as a means to torture my best friend, but turned into so much more! I also released the sequel to my first book, Spellcasters: Chase’s Revenge. Chase’s Revenge is co-written with Kat Ries, my partner in crime.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to have noise in the background while I’m writing, be it music or the tv. I often write with Supernatural on, just for the noise. And I constantly have to fight with my cat, Cleo. She always wants to be on me when I’m writing, often between myself and my computer.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Everyone from Shakespeare to Jim Butcher to Claire Marta. I love their writing and their way of creating an emotion and an image in your mind.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I am working on the prequel to Spellcasters and the second Obeying The Rules book.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook is invaluable to any aspiring author. However, I use Bookbub, Goodreads, Instagram, Twitter, my own website and email newsletter.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Whatever you do, keep writing. It may not be your current WIP. It may not be for public eyes at all. Just write!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing and believe in yourself!

What are you reading now?
I’m in editing mode right now for a few other authors. Currently, I’m editing Stephanie Salvatore’s first book, Sausalito Nights. It’s been a pleasure to read while I’m working on it.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Obeying The Rules is being re-released with a new cover. I’m also planning for a VERY busy 2019. I’m excited.

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?
Jim Butcher’s Storm Front, Claire Marta’s The Devil’s Plaything, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Julius Caesar by Shakespeare

Author Websites and Profiles
Kitka Buchanan Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have currently written seven books and been grateful to have published four. The four books that I published are..

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Dreamer: The Boy Who Caught 22 (2014): How do you become successful when you come from an environment that deals with economic depression, and a lack of opportunities? How many will still dare to dream to seek what they feel is their destiny. Jarred a young man trying to find himself in a small town outside of New York City is trying to find what he considers success. Jarred not knowing how to reach this pinnacle. He wants to be something his family can be proud of. Jarred receives these dreams from his dead grandfather who encourages him to go with his heart and his world to be created through faith and not by sight.
Cancer & the Lottery (2015): Marisa is a twenty-one-year-old native New Yorker that wins the lottery. What should have been celebrated as the greatest day in her life is foreshadowed by devastating news. Within twenty-four hours of winning the lottery, Marisa finds out that her cancer is terminal. Hearing this news, she takes her winnings and three best friends to explore different parts of the world. Marisa tries to enjoy her last days on God’s green earth while attempting to also make amends with her mother and sister while also attempting to live out the last few days of her life to the fullest by exploring the world.

Cancer & the Lottery: Ally’s The Last Letters (2016) : Ally’s Way the Last Letters is the continuation of Cancer and the Lottery, Ally is Marisa’s sister. Ally is now living the life that her big sister outlined for her and her three best friends with winning the lottery. Although trying to live her sisters’ vision, there is dysfunction all around her which forces Ally to find her own way.
Home Town Heroes (2016) : Jimmy has always been curious of why people around town consider his family Home Town Heroes. On his 18th birthday, his father Junior tells a riveting tale detailing their pilgrimage to vindication and seizing justice on the murderous man who killed his loving parents. Junior talks about his childhood and avenging the death of a cut throat man known as Celeste.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not unusual but I’m a firm believer that the early bird gets the worm. So I like to write five in the morning to seven. Then depending on my schedule I like to write two hours in the night.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mitch Albom: Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five people You Meet in Heaven, Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist

Are the books and Authors that inspired me to write.

What are you working on now?
I just wrapped my new book The Tailor in Heaven. Its a coming of age story that I’m excited to put out for the world to read. If you like my debut book The Dreamer: The Boy Who Caught 22 then this will be a great.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method is social media and asking for great sites to place my book on their pages.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep your head down and keep writing. Build a catalog that you can be proud of.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Enjoy the Journey. We have to enjoy the steps it took to get you where you are today.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading the Next Person you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom and just finished Miles Morales Spider- Man by Jason Reynolds.

What’s next for you as a writer?
After the release of The Tailor in Heaven on February 4th, I’ll be releasing two more books for 2019. Chef Noah Moss and Desperate from the Diaspora.

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 not take four books to read but bring four notebooks so I can write my Journey on the desert Island,

Author Websites and Profiles
Brinton Woodall Amazon Profile
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in a small town surrounded by extended family and friends. I am in healthcare by training but have been writing stories (mostly about my cousins) since I was a very young child. Currently I have six books available. Two are children’s books, the remaining four are adult stories.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last book was the first book in a planned series of ten books. The name of the series is the Place Where Magic Lives and is centered around magical adventures at the grandparents house if several cousins. The first book introduced the characters of Liam and Samantha and followed them through their journey into magical woods inhabited by colorful and wise creatures. The first book is called Into the Woods. The second book, Walking the Plank will be out early next month.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not sure my habits are unusual. I usually write with the TV on or music playing and sometimes both. At the beginning of the year, I penned by book, Journeys, with the Target advertisement playing that song, Meet me in the middle. Now every time I hear that song, I remember that story.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I like a lot of different types of stories, Growing up, I loved the classics like Hemingway and Steinbeck. In high school I read Rebecca and fell in love with the way Du Maurier weaved the story. It is still one of my favorites today. As an adult I read Elizabeth Berg and Jodi Piccoult

What are you working on now?
Currently I’m laying out the storyline for the third book in the Place Where Magic Lives Series and I’m about 3/4 done with an adult story centered around murder and corruption in a hospital setting.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m not sure I have a “best” method. Over the summer, I participate in a lot of book signings at libraries and festivals. I’m active in two book clubs and have been fortunate to have had my books selected to be read and reviewed by the group. That’s always fun!. Currently, I’m participating in speaker panels for two local libraries and one of those has a big festival in the spring. It’s all very exciting.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what you like, not what you think will sell.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Gee, I don’t know about that one. Don’t eat the yellow snow?

What are you reading now?
Velvetteen Daughter, I think is the title. Our club just finished Behind closed doors.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Just finished my first screenplay, Second Chances, with Herb Abrams Productions. It was submitted to several local film festivals. Fingers crossed! In any event, it was an amazing experience and I’m humbled to have been a part of 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?
Rebecca, the bible, and two how to books.

Author Websites and Profiles
Lisa Colodny Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live and work in Yorkshire, in England. I’m married. I’ve written stories since I was six years old. I love reading and writing romance. I was published first by Hodder and Stoughton with my romantic suspense, “Voices in the Dark.” Since then I’ve written more romantic thrillers and historical romances. You can see how many at my Amazon Author Page!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is “Sir Conrad and the Christmas Treasure.” It’s a sweet medieval romance, set in northern England. It’s part of Prairie Rose Publications “The Rose and the Sword” Medieval line, which features strong men rescuing strong-minded women. I love having my heroes and heroines rescue each other and so this imprint really inspired me.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write on paper first, then computer. Sometimes I write to music. If I find myself stuck, I’ll go for a walk in my local woods to clear my head.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mary Stewart and Phyllis Whitney inspired me when I was younger. I also love Terry Pratchett.

What are you working on now?
A midsummer story, a romance.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I find twitter very useful.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read widely in all genres. Join a writing group that suits your writing. Enjoy the research!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Read your dialogue aloud to see if it flows and sounds real.

What are you reading now?
A non-fiction book about the Crusades.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to keep being inspired to write historical romance and fantasy romance.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
“Thud” by Terry Pratchett
“The SAS Survival Guide” by John Wiseman
“An Excellent Mystery” by Ellis Peters
“The Silk Roads” by Peter Frankopan

Author Websites and Profiles
Lindsay Townsend Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well, I’m a historian, swordsman, classicist, and poet. I guess that’s a fair bit to unpack but I’ll give it a shot. I studied classics at university. That’s Ancient Greek and Latin and the history that goes along with that time period. Instead of going on to do Honours or a PhD I chose to try my hand at writing Historical Fiction because, hey, it’s more fun and I hoped to reach more people with the things I found interesting about the past.

Instead of playing rugby, soccer or cricket I’d rather spend my weekend hitting my friends with swords. Turns out there’s a lot to it. It’s like 3D chess in how much you have to think but you pay the price for making a mistake with actual pain. So, in second thoughts, nothing like chess. Anyway…

I also like writing poetry (and romantic walks on beaches and all the cliches). I think my biggest poetry win so far is that I got to recite a poem I’d written in Gaelic to the Irish ambassador. He liked it so much he asked me to say it again (or aris, as it were).

Apart from my debut novel, Ariadne, that poem made its way into a book of modern Gaelic works also set to come out this year (2018). If the thought of Gaelic poetry doesn’t make you run to the hills then be sure to check it out.

I was also a juggler in a former life. Fun fact.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Ariadne. It also happens to be my first. I was inspired by early Greek history–we’re talking even before the events of The Iliad. I wanted to show the time period from history rather than myth and tell the story of what we’ve learned from archaeology the last few hundred years in an entertaining way.

The idea for the book came to me in a dream though. I’m sure everyone says that but for me it was true. I saw the ending very clearly one night and knew I had to write it, the catch was I then had to plan and write everything leading up to it in order to get there. Took me a while but I got it out and caught the writing bug along the way. I’m not planning to stop anytime soon.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Does any writer write in a normal way? I spend 2 hours falling asleep some nights because every 15 minutes I have another idea I have to jot down. I’m close to superstitious about the Muse because on my good writing days I can write thousands of words but on my bad ones I get barely nothing done. Some days I meditate, some days I scroll through Twitter, some days I get up at 6 in the morning in the middle of winter and smash out a thousand words before going to work. That last one’s probably the craziest thing I get up to.

The scary thing is, that all seems rather normal to most writers, so yeah, not sure if I having any unusual habits once you take the profession itself into account. We’re a pretty weird bunch.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden showed me how to write good military Historical Fiction while Philippa Gregory showed me how to write good romantic Historical Fiction. Walter Scott showed me how to write terrible Historical Fiction (sorry but it’s true) and gave me the courage to try on the premise of I can’t do much worse than he did. Check out the blog on my website for a post on each of these authors and more detail on how each of them influenced me.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a Sci-Fi novella to give my brain a break from the ancient world. I’m also a first draft into a film script I’m co-writing with my brother and fellow member of Brothers Twin. Don’t worry if you love Ariadne though, I have a sequel planned as my next big project.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve actually found that going out in person to stores, libraries and schools has been my best promotion method. I’ve gotten my book into 17 stores doing so and sold many copies to members of the public just by engaging with them. You’d be surprised how many people are willing to consider your book if only you ask them.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Try. You’ll never know if you can succeed if you don’t try. And don’t waste your life away trying the things people tell you you need to do before you can be ‘ready’ to write a book. Try writing the book you want to write. You can learn along the way, take courses and study the craft but if you have the passion to write something then don’t let it die, feed it and give it a shot.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Remember how long you have been putting this off, how many times you have been given a period of grace by the gods and not used it. It is high time now for you to understand … there is a limit circumscribed to your time—if you do not use it to clear away your clouds, it will be gone, and you will be gone, and the opportunity will not return.”–Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations.

What are you reading now?
I feel like that’s a trick question. It’s got to be more than one answer, doesn’t it?

Arrival by Ted Chiang
Fire and Sacrifice by Victoria Collins
and SPQR A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

What’s next for you as a writer?
Ariadne is the first of a trilogy set in the ancient world. I plan to finish that. I have ideas for two other trilogies, one starting with the Sci-Fi novella I mentioned earlier and another set again in the ancient world. I’m also going to finish the film script with my brother and see where that leads. Most importantly, keep writing.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Possibly Conn Iggulden’s Wolf of the Plains–I’ve already reread it probably 10 times, what’s another 100 or 1000? Something philosophical like Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations or Plato’s Republic might help pass the time but I should probably say some kind of survival guide or, better yet, an engineering textbook so I can design a boat to escape with.

Author Websites and Profiles
Daniel Agnew Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Not really much different from anyone else. Did not grow up with parents, adopted at age 13, bullied all throughout grade school. Developed depression and anxiety. Always been adventurous, trying new things. Military after grade school. Then college then dropped out of college. Lost in life, no one to talk to; however, married. Always exhausted. Started writing because there doesn’t seem like an end to it. I have written four books to this day.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
That would be Hair Health & Nutrition: Taking Excellent Care of your Hair, Ends and Scalp with Vegan inspired Food Subjects. And, it was inspired by my wife, her mother, her friends and my friends; and their stories about their hairs’ challenges, obstacles, and health as well as history and understanding.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am not sure if they would be deemed unusual, I am just a usual normal person. My writing habits are usually tied around the pressure of my current activities. If I have a lot of activities to do today or a lot of activities on my plate, then I would have to complete them first. I also must write while at work (boss may not like this). I can’t write at home. I feel like my anxiety is to blame for that because I feel there are way too much more important things to do. Like fixing the paint trimmings in my living room.

And also, I can’t just write piece by piece. Once I have my theme and my tone, I need to put my thoughts on paper. I can always edit and replace and reorder later. The most important thing is getting the thoughts out of my head onto the paper. To be honest, it took me just under 3 days to write The Bitcoin Reserve, and 7 days to write The Black Craft. It took weeks to edit and make it look good though.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Other authors I like are Joanne Murray, not only do her books inspire me but her creativity; Khaled Hosseini, I really loved the scenery in his Kite Runner novel-even though it was a book, in between the pages were words that painted clear pictures; and William Copper, I like his book of course, but more importantly his method of research is sublime.

What are you working on now?
I am honestly working on my first fiction piece, but I have been working on it for a while now. Nonfiction is definitely easier to write, but fiction is my favorite. With nonfiction, I feel limited to facts and opinion, but with fiction, I can create a whole universe based off of a completely false reality that I created.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, Amazon has been my best method, but I am also still looking for other avenues.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes. Just because you can write doesn’t mean you can sell. While you are writing or before, start looking for avenues of promotion and marketing. My mistakes were finishing books and then learning how to market them. If you can market your book well, chances are, you’ll your book before you’re even finished with it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I’ve heard a lot of good advice, so it’s hard to say really. What I can say, is the advise that I remind myself every day: Less excuses equal more results. Simply put. And sometimes it sucks because there are some really good excuses out there, like: “The mail carrier doesn’t run today.” Ok, I get it. You can’t control that so why not just let it go right? Well, if you use that excuse, then you don’t get your paycheck today – which means you don’t eat – or worse, your kids don’t.
Let’s try it without an excuse. “The mail doesn’t run today” – wouldn’t there some kind of national announcement about this BEFORE the mail doesn’t run? There would be. Therefore, you would know that your paycheck would not arrive on time to buy food. “Less excuses equal more results” states that you need to be accountable for your actions and for your lack of action.

What are you reading now?
I am on my 42nd read of the Art of War by Sun Tzu.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I really don’t know. I want to conquer my anxiety and be able to take walk without thinking I’m wasting time.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Mein Kampf by Adolf
Behold a Pale Horse
The Cuckoo’s Calling
and The Silkworm, just in case I liked the first one.

Author Websites and Profiles
Dell Summers Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written two novels, “Friendship, Love & Sacrifice” and “In Search of Happiness,” I am currently working on my upcoming novel, “Leila” which will be releasing in March 2019.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Love, Lust & Greed” is a series of short stories inspired by series like, “Sacred Games” & “Mirzapur” and other Gangster stories. Moreover, I am inspired by Mumbai and I have put a Mumbai theme in the short story series.

My upcoming novel, “Leila” is inspired by a lot of events from real life. Leila is a dream work about to be released let’s talk about that later.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nowadays I am into rewriting each scene up to 4-5 times until I make it perfect. One of my unusual habit is that I always write with the timer on, the ticking timer helps me churn out more words.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Authors like Paulo Coelho, Jhumpa Lahiri, Herman Hesse influenced me. “The Alchemist” “Siddhartha” is my favorite books of all time.

What are you working on now?
“Leila” is a pet project that has been going on for one an a half year and will be releasing in March 2019.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write. Read. Take it easy. Live life, be happy and write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing…

What are you reading now?
Zero to One by Peter Theil, All things you cannot see, Rumi collection of poems, Woman in the window.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Haven’t thought let’s see what comes ahead.

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 Alchemist” “The Power Of Now” “The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness”

Author Websites and Profiles
Ashraf Shaikh Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
i am a bussiness book promoter for aythors who have books that are reselling their rights.i have written 3 books so far

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
a better you.it was inspired by a friend who felt guilty that she was a terible person and so i looked for the ways of self improvement and that is how i came to write the book.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
no not any

What authors, or books have influenced you?
jeff kinney,steve kayosaki,miles munroe and ben carson

What are you working on now?
i am curently taking a break

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
i am still growing so for now none

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
before you make a desicion think a thousand times but once you have made it, stick by it even if you face a thousand challenges

What are you reading now?
tenth man down

What’s next for you as a writer?
starting to write military inspired books and science fiction

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?
diary of a wimpy kid,shaman bond series,hardy boys and the alchemist

Author Websites and Profiles
sean ryan Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi! I am obsessed with the paranormal, magick, ghost stories – all the gothic parts of life. I began writing ghost stories in college, but decided to mix a little ghosts with mythology. That’s how the Oracle Series was born. As of today, I have published twelve books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The newest installment of The Oracle Series is The Reaper. It was inspired by my study into obsession, and just what we are willing to do for those we claim to love.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so. I write all the time, so there is no ritual or procedure. I just open Google Docs and let my characters tell the story.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Too many to list, really. I adore Isabel Allende. And a close friend of mine – who also became my co-writer – T.H. Morris.

What are you working on now?
The next book in The Oracle Series. It’s currently untitled, but its an emotional rollar coaster.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Right now? Facebook. I love interacting with my fans!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write. Don’t worry about pretty words. Just get it on paper.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can’t edit a blank page.

What are you reading now?
Hell House by Robert Matheson

What’s next for you as a writer?
Just to keep writing and publishing my stories.

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?
Blank noteboons would be a must.

Author Websites and Profiles
Cynthia Witherspoon Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I work full time but I also like to spend time alone to look at myself and those around me and try to make sense of things. This led to a lot of reading on philosophy, religion and psychology. That with my experiences and observations led to a deep desire to express my thoughts and feelings. Writing became my outlet. I have written several articles on blogs, but I have only written three book. Two are short non fiction books. My third book is my first fictional novel. I decided to write fiction after realizing how effective it is at depicting fact in a very subtle manageable way.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of the latest book is ‘Mirrors of Illusion’. It was inspired by observations and personal experiences where I saw how humanity suffers predominantly as a result of the projection of fear. This happens in every corner of one’s existence. We attack what we fear, creating more fear and retaliatory attacks and the circle continues but at the end of the day we all want the same things. We just need to practice non judgement, patience and empathy – the attributes of love. With love, fear will disappear

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Half Nelson – Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden (this was an Indie film but it had the same effect)

What are you working on now?
I just finished my first novel so I am focusing on promoting it for now. I will work on another novel once the dust has settled

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don”t have a favorite

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write for yourself. Follow your heart

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

What are you reading now?
I am about to start reading ‘A New Earth’ – Eckhart Tolle

What’s next for you as a writer?
I would like to write another novel and keep going

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 Power of Now

Author Websites and Profiles
E.K. Ndanguzi Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is SammyJaye, and I am a poet but also I’m a musician and a songwriter. I just like to consider myself a creative individual that has alot to discuss and a story to tell and I choose the avenues of poetry and music to tell my story. So far, I have published two books with Introspections…into Life and Love being the second incarnation of the first one. You can call it a reboot, I guess. I consider this to be a precursor to very many creative endeavors and experiences that I’m going to share.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of this latest book is called, Introspections…into Life and Love. It’s a collection of 20 pieces of poetry that I conceived that talk about life and love according to my personal experience. I wrote it with the hope that through my words and experience I can touch the minds and hearts of many people who dare to pick the book up and explore it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, not in particular. What I have done was write as the Spirit moves me. If there’s a situation or subject that is so pressing that I can’t just verbalize and speak on it physically, I write about it.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love nonfiction, self help, and other poetry projects.

What are you working on now?
Well, now that the book is done and published the next thing I plan on doing is producing music to be sort of like a companion to the book. I believe in this way it’ll make the whole Introspection experience more deep and meaningful while also proving to myself that I can do this.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, I have chosen three websites(with this being one)to promote this book. It’s proving to be a challenge and hard work, but being that this is important to me it’s worth it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Always follow your heart.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Always follow your heart.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To write more poetry to follow and intertwine with Introspections…into Life and Love

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?
Think and Grow Rich
The Magic of Believing
The Secret

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Jessica, and I’ve just released my debut novel, The Speawife’s Secret.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my first and latest book is The Spaewife’s Secret.

I did not set out to write a novel-length work. I was planning on working on a collection of short stories, retelling and updating some tales from Scottish mythology and folklore. After researching the tale of the kelpie, which plays a pivotal role in The Spaewife’s Secret, I felt there was enough of a premise to develop the idea from a short story into something longer.

I was fortunate enough to visit the Isle of Lewis in March and spent a week walking through the hillsides and getting to know the landscape that would become my story. I was about eight chapters in when I landed in Scotland for the second time and had done all my research up to that point through the internet, google maps, etc. It was surreal to be standing in the middle of it all; to hear the waves lapping at Bosta Beach, to feel the crunch of the grass underfoot, to see the loch where Scottish lore says the water horse hides. It was the trip of a lifetime.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. It’s nothing formal, but most nights, I put my six-year-old to bed at 8 pm and spend the next hour or so writing. Sometimes I get some good stuff and sometimes its crap, but I try and write something every night.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have odd reading habits. Sometimes, I’m reading several different books at one time, stretching myself thin between reading all of them and my own work. Other times, I can’t get through a few pages without feeling unenchanted by the words in front of me.
As for influences, I would say that after reading Tracey Chevalier’s Girl with the Pearl Earring, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I go back to that book time and time again. It’s my go-to book if I feel like reading, but don’t have something I’m overly engrossed in. There is something captivating in the simplistic nature of the story.

I also have a soft spot for authors Peter May and Paula Hawkins and their nontraditional approach to writing. Until I read Girl on a Train, I don’t think I’d ever read another book that flipflopped between characters and chapters. Peter May goes does something similar in his Lewis Trilogy. The Spaewife’s Secret follows in a similar vein, as the chapters alternate between a childhood and adult version of the same character.

What are you working on now?
Right now, I’m editing my second book, Bone in the Blood, which follows the tangled lives of three different woman who are all affected in different ways by the Catholic Church’s answer to unwed mothers in 1950s Ireland. I hope to be releasing this book in late spring or early summer 2019.

I’m also in the beginning stages of research for a third book, tentatively entitled Gypsy Witch.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Anything and everything. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, my website, my blog. Sometimes promoting the book feels like more work than actually writing it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, every day. Just write something, even if it’s bad, just write. Eventually, something good will come out.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be happy with what you have; someone out there right now is wishing they had what you have.

What are you reading now?
Currently, I’m very into obscure memories that I’m reading as research for another project I’m working on. I’m currently in the middle of Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh and have The Yellow of the Broom by Betsy Whyte waiting patiently in the wings.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to get back to short stories, which is what started all of this for me. I love short stories. So somewhere in between editing, writing book number three, I plan to spit out a few more short stories next year. I’d love to put them together as their own book one day.

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?
Girl with the Pearl Earring, for sure. This is my go to book.

Pride and Prejudiced, well, because it’s great.

A collection of Edgar Allen Poe’s stories for sure.

and The Great Gatsby.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a lawyer by day and writer by night. As a mom of an almost 4yo, I pinch every spare moment and my hubby supports this madness. Thumbelina is book number four, my first proper retold fairytale and second ebook after Goddesses – in between these ebooks I have self-published two paperbacks – one about an Agency of Guardian Angels and another about Time helping out a writerblocked author.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book, just released as an ebook on Dec 8th (paperback comes out Dec 16th) is called Thumbelina: The Bride Experiment. This is an adult Thumbelina with elements of abduction, murder, forced incarceration, the walking dead, loss of loved ones and, of course, true love and what happens in the ever after. When I was reading Andersen’s traditional tale, I always wondered – where would a witch get a fairy from and why on earth would she gift it to a human? Also why is everybody hell bent on marriage and could this be priming? WHen I read fairy-tales, the naivete skiddles over rather adult themes, so my usual question is what if? What if there was someone behind the scenes pulling the strings of the abduction scenario? What if there wasn’t just one fairy? What if there were good if not quite benign reasons why mice and butterflies and May bugs helped the girl? What if?

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When my son was little, I used to walk with the pram and listen to my book playlists and dream up dialogues for my works in progress and type them up in shorthand on my mobile. I also frequently write several books in parallel and they tend to cross over.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Douglas Adams has definitely inspired me to have courage to be ridiculous, make inanimate objects like magic wands animate and the universe to subversively hint through the medium of songs. And, of course, to link my stories, different books and smooth over the unsmoothable discrepancies in later books. Makes perfect sense – the imaginary world also evolves, together with the author.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I’m working on two books: Cinderella: Not All Stepmothers Are Evil (a double sided book – one side from the stepmother’s perspective and on the flip side Ella’s story) and an adult version of Little Red Riding Hood where the main character is a 5-year-old boy.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Instagram, I guess. I have found lovely new favourites to read from like-minded posts and people have picked up my books from there as well.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Run for your goal. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. If you can’t crawl, lie in the direction of your goal. If you can’t even do that, think about your goal, visualise it, smell it, taste it, imagine it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stay in the moment – when you’re washing a tea cup, think about the tea cup.

What are you reading now?
H.Oyeyemi. Boy. Snow.Bird.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Mastering book promotions and giveaways and working on Cinderella over Xmas.

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?
M.Bulgakov. Master and Margarita.
D.Adams. The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been a writer, well, since I could write. Romances were an early addiction for me – I was probably twelve when I found those mid-century risque romances at the public library. You know the ones. There was always a blonde on the cover art, and she would go to Africa and almost die on safari and be rescued by a game warden who tended to her. Or skiing in the Alps, and a mysterious handsome man would rescue her from kidnappers. She always seemed to land in his bed–funny how that happens. And it was all very breathy and tense, but the total culmination was when he clutched her to him and kissed her passionately on the second to last page.
I was hooked, though. And from there it was bodice-rippers, and then on to fan fiction and the depths of the internet. I was devouring this stuff. And I was kind of shocked to notice that I liked ALL of it. That was my first inkling of my bisexuality. And if I couldn’t find it, I started writing it.
That was actually how I got started on my first novella – I wanted to post it on Literotica, because I couldn’t find any stories that candidly and clearly addressed female self-love. But then it kept growing and I realized that platform wasn’t right for it. If you include ghostwriting, I’ve written dozens of romance novellas at this point. But the two that are in my name, Nothing Wagered Nothing Gained and Running Wild, are the ones on Kindle. Plus a collection of fun shorts. The ghostwriting has provided good chances to practice writing, and flex my steamy chops. But the stories I really wanted to write aren’t things that the ghost-writing market was looking for. They aren’t a ‘safe bet’ in terms of sales. But I think they need to be told anyway.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Running Wild was just finally released for Kindle. The story’s been brewing in my head for a long time. I had a massive crush on this girl in college with long, beautiful blonde hair. So I was sort of daydreaming about mermaids and then naiads in a class where we were talking about Greek myths. The first line just popped straight into my head.
It took years to really figure out where I wanted to take the main character, Melitta. I had to come to terms with the fact that what I thought was a monster novel was maybe better left as a brief, light novella. The running water that the naiads live in, the way the story was constantly running away from me… that’s where I got Running Wild.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a very bad habit of playing one album on repeat for the entirety of writing a book. And did I mention I don’t wear headphones? I always swear I won’t do it again, but next thing you know I’m writing and I listen to one album and it rolls over and I let it loop. Then it’s like it’s the soundtrack. I need to hear those same 10 or 11 songs to keep writing that story. For Nothing Wagered, Nothing Gained, the soundtrack was Taylor Swift’s 1985. My roommate was ready to kill me.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many. I’m a massive bookworm. The one who really opened my eyes to romance novels as art was Julia Quinn. I mean, she went to Harvard. She studied History. But she isn’t ashamed to write romance, and her books are enchanting. That kind of legitimized the field to me and made me realize I could embrace my writing.
In a different way, Anne Rice was a big influence. Her books sizzle with all these undercurrents of ‘forbidden’ sexualities in mainstream fiction. One of the Taltos books was the first time I read a depiction of two women kissing. I was like, “Holy crap.”
Oh, and finally, Kory Shrum’s Dying for a Living. Bisexual heroine! Humor! Suspense! Spunk! And most amazing of all, I found it on Wattpad. When I read it I was like, “This is the kind of author I want to be.”

What are you working on now?
I’m trying to tie up some of the little snippets of stories that I’ve tabled over the last year or two into another collection of shorts. Sometimes, something steamy sticks with me but there’s just no way it goes along with any of my fleshed-out stories. I save those.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Awesome Gang is pretty solid. I’m also a fan of Facebook pages like What to Read After Fifty Shades of Grey and Korner Kafe Exposed. I like these organic communities of mostly female readers. I’m not the biggest 50 Shades of Grey fan myself, but watching the way the world of women LIT UP when that took off was really eye-opening. There were all these everyday women out there who were clearly hungry for erotic romance in their voices, and they didn’t even know that the genre existed. Where these networks have sprung up is where I like to try to reach out to readers. They’re real people.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’ve said this on my blog, and it’s so dull. No one wants to hear it. But the absolute best way to write better is to take care of yourself. Eat protein and vegetables, drink water, exercise. Get out of the cave and go outside. Most importantly, let yourself be bored. Your imagination will never fire up if you’re swiping mindlessly at phone games all the time. You have to have time to ruminate.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
This one is used to death, but still true. ‘If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.’ – Stephen King. Especially for writing what some people would call “fluff,” this is underutilized. How will you know what fantasies need fulfilling if you don’t know what’s already been written? You need to read bad and good books to keep growing as a writer.

What are you reading now?
Six things at once, as usual. But the best one is N. K. Jemisin’s Hundred Thousand Kingdoms series. It’s really original and little bit spicy – just like I like.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’ve been struggling with a sequel to Nothing Wagered, Nothing Gained for a while now. The main character is bisexual, and I’m trying to really be true to that and depict her in a way that doesn’t erase her identity, even if she’s in a monogamous relationship with one gender of person.

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?
Oof, what a question. I’m not big on re-reading. I think I’d want something to fuel my imagination. Maybe a collection of fairytales. The Bible – not even in a religious way. Just because there are millennia of human stories and culture in there. And then–this is a weird one–Richardson’s Clarissa. It’s like a bajillion pages long and heartbreaking in the best way. Reading it makes me want to rewrite every single outcome.

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Laurel Clarke Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve got a double life. Some days I write about spirituality and some days I make my imaginary characters suffer while facing epic battles between good and evil.
I love reading. Specially fantasy and science fiction, my favorites genres. On the other hand, since childhood I’ve had a computer in my hands, those wonderful years of Spectrum, becoming a Software Engineer. Thus, I’ve seen how those devices have changed the world for better or worst. And this has led me to have a great interest on spirituality, starting Religious Science studies and reading all kind of books about theology.
My passion for reading and my spiritual search made me begin to write, both supernatural thriller and science fiction novels as well as more than forty religious articles and a series of books about the Rosary. Everything with a common denominator: a positive view of life and a exploration of the truth.
I’ve written eight books: five nonfiction and three fiction. Apart from writing, I practice Choy Lee Fut kung fu and I like playing chess.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last book is “Transfer Complete”, the first one of a science fiction cyberpunk serial novel. It was inspired by both being a software engineer (artificial intelligence has always been one of my main interests in the computing world) and, at the same time, seen how we’re becoming more and more dependent on technology. From this element mixture an idea appeared in my mind, the beginning of a history which had to be developed without any limit, that’s why I wrote it as a serial novel, so that I could explore that new world that was arising in a free way.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know if it’s an unusual habit, I think it’s more a necessity. I wrote at night, when my wife and my children have already gone to sleep. The night is mine!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
For my supernatural thriller books (“Llorando sangre” and “Apocalipsis: el día del Señor”) Michael D. O´Brien has been the biggest influence. I like the way he imbues the text with spirituality.
Brent Weeks and Brandon Sanderson have also been great influences for me. I totally agree with their positive point of view inside life realism.
In relation to science fiction it’s compulsory to mention Isaac Asimov, Orson Scott Card and William Gibson, specially due to “Neuromancer”. I’ve learned so much from them all.

What are you working on now?
Now I’m working on the second book of “Memories of Twilight”, in a series of urban fantasy books and in the fourth and last volume of my series about the Rosary.
And also, in promoting “Transfer Complete”, of course.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t know which one is the best, but I think the most important for authors is gaining visibility for both their books and themselves.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read a lot, learning from other authors techniques. Write a lot and well. Finish your book. And be very patient.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day, even though it may be just a little.

What are you reading now?
I’ve just finished “Small favor”, by Jim Butcher, and now I’m reading “Altered Carbon”, by Richard Morgan.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Going on with “Memories of Twilight” and with the fantasy series I’m thinking about. I’ve had already written a martial art novel waiting for being published. Maybe in 2019.

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.
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse.
The trilogy of Night Angel (let´s consider a series of books as one, right? ;))
Junior Woodchucks´ Guidebook. I´d better be practical.

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J. S. Criado Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I love writing and I have written two books so far:
Spooky Stories – the proceeds will go to a young man suffering from bone cancer, to help pay for his life-saving treatment. https://www.gofundme.com/life-saving-treatment-for-billy
You Owe Me One – my latest book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a supernatural thriller entitled You Owe Me One. My husband used to live in Paris and I have been to Florida on holiday, so these places inspired my book, as well as the ghost stories and articles I have read.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I take a notebook with me and I’ve often scribbled down notes when I’m in the street or on the bus.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King, Sophie Kinsella, J.R.R Tolkien, J.K.Rowling, Ira Levin, Mary Higgins Clark, C.S Lewis and Neil Gaiman.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on a romantic comedy and a fantasy novel. I also want to write a sequel to You Owe Me One.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep going and believe in yourself. It is hard at times, but you will finish your book if you keep on writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day or you lose your thread of the plot. (Stephen King – On Writing)

What are you reading now?
Lethal White: Cormoran Strike Book 4 by Robert Galbraith

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to finish the books I’m working on and write new ones in different genres.

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?
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Two have been published. I wrote over 17 manuscripts before publishing my first book. I’m re-working my first book now to re-publish in the near future.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Your Three Horses. This book was inspired by my journey in life when I finally decided to apply the philosophies of success found in the book. It’s about using your Desire, Passion, and Persistence to achieve your life’s goals and dreams.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a tendency to reiterate the same point numerous times. Therefore I sent my book out to 20 test readers and used 3 editors to ensure the flow was correct.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Napoleon Hill; Think and Grow Rich, Outwitting the Devil and the Keys to Success.
Dale Carnegie; How to Stop Worrying and Start Living and How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Wallace D. Wattles; The Science of Getting Rich
Greg S. Reid; Three Feet from Gold, Thoughts are Things and The Way Out
T Harv Eker; Secrest of the Millionaire Mind
Amit Goswami; The self Aware Universe and How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization
Norman Vincent Peale; The Power of Positive Thinking

What are you working on now?
I have two projects going. I’m writing one book on my 15 Concepts of Management in the 21st Century, which will teach managers and business owners my philosophies of Care More and Make More.

The second is a re-examination of Wallace D. Wattles the Science of Getting Rich. In this book I exam his book and bring it’s the message to a more sophisticated audience. I introduce the ideas of how quantum science is validating his methods and why.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I hire marketing firms as well as self-marketing my books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Persevere, don’t give up on your dream. It took me over 25 years to get my first book published and soon after self-publishing I was put in touch with a literary agent and will be published through his publishing company. You must believe in yourself.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It’s your Attitude, not your Aptitude that determines your Altitude. Zig Ziggler

What are you reading now?
Re-reading Think and Grow Rich
Quantum Enigma

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to finish my current projects. One by spring of next year and the other by fall.

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?
Think & Grow Rich
Power of Positive Thinking
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Jalisa Loggins. I am 30 years old from Hanceville, AL. I have written one book. It is called Let It Be Forgotten.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called Let It Be Forgotten. I went through a hard relationship. I needed closure. Then I though what is the worse thing that a person can go through and thats what I wrote about. I hope to hopefully help someone in need.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No really unless you count writing things about My book on post it notes.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Sarah J. Maas is one of my favorite writers.

What are you working on now?
I am currently trying to promote my current book.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Www.outskirtspress.com/letitbeforgotten
Www.facebook.com/jalisalogginswriter

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep going you will make it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t give up

What are you reading now?
Throne of Glass series

What’s next for you as a writer?
After promoting my current book, I’m going to work on writing a new 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?
Bible, Throne of Glass, The only alien on the planet

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