Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have published one book so far. The Spanish version will soon be out!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first (and latest) book, To Catch the Rain, is inspired by the hundreds of communities and groups I have worked with building local projects to meet local needs. This book is about those projects related to water and rainwater!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My process involves:
1. Prioritizing ideas based upon potential impact (but maybe I should start thinking about sales)
2. Mind-mapping the structure of the book.
3. Populating and moving around the map until I am happy.
4. Writing in massive bursts trying to remember to sleep.
5. Having dozens of alpha readers tell me what I am getting right, and more importantly, what I am getting wrong! I have been surprised to see how many blind spots I still have.
6. Spending a long time refining.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Books were my salvation as a kid. They were my escape, and they showed me that there was a better life out there!

I don’t think I could ever list all the authors that have influenced me. Picking the first one that comes to mind: Octavia Butler. Her writing matches my dreams/nightmares which were the initial motivation for what I do.

What are you working on now?
I am working on my next book in this same series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social media has been the best so far. I have also had luck with Kickstarter, which was a very happy thing.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t wait for perfect. Get it down and get feedback. Don’t worry about looking dumb…it is better to find out fast and improve, then fester forever.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Enjoy life.

What are you reading now?
The Power of Onlyness by Nilofer Merchant
New edition of Lapham’s Quarterly

What’s next for you as a writer?
In just weeks, the Spanish translation of To Catch the Rain will be out! Watch for it – Atrapando la lluvia.

I am also starting to write the next book now.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
One book on construction, one book on preparing foods, one book on building boats, and one book of poetry (probably Pablo Neruda in the original Spanish, so it slows me down to savor).

Author Websites and Profiles
Lonny Grafman Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a writer from Canada’s east coast, now living in Toronto, and I’ve been writing comedy, advertising and television for over 20 years. So far, I’ve published two books of short, humorous fiction and now turning my attention to a few more ideas for longer format fictional works.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book at this point is “Cliche And Wind Go Hitchhiking” and it’s another collection of my absurdist, humorous short stories. I’m a sucker for tight writing that gets to the punch, so most of the stories are no more than 2 to 3 pages long. This book and the previous book ‘Vengeful Hank & Other Shortweird Stories’ came out of a year-long writing experiment I set up for myself.

In 2013, I challenged myself to write one piece of creative writing, every single day. Some were poems. Some were top ten lists. But most of them turned into these short, comical and weird stories. By the end of the year, I’d written 365 pieces. Some of them were published on social media and quite a few people commented I should write a book.

I never took them seriously, till I ended up getting laid off from my job. At that point, rather than bemoan my fate and let myself get miserable in the time it took me to find another job, I set about actually finding a publisher who liked the work, and – as the story goes one thing led to another and here you have it.

Over the next several years I’ve returned to that original year of writing work; I’ve polished, edited and explored the original stuff and come up with many stories and characters I really quite like and am happy to share with others.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I will only write in the nude.
Just kidding.
I can only write while clothed.
And drinking coffee.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m a huge fan of Steve Martin’s writing. Growing up along the border of Maine, of course, am also a huge fan of Stephen King – probably my favourite book of his is ‘Different Seasons’. I also absolutely love all Douglas Adams and David Sedaris works. Can I add Peter David, too?

I’m also a voracious reader of biographies, which most people find boring but I absolutely love them. Have torn my way through bios and autobiographies of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Neil Young, etc. etc. I guess catching up to the heroes of my youth.

What are you working on now?
I’m noodling over several ideas; possibly a comedic gothic horror series. The other work is more autobiographical coming-of-age story about divorce, friendship and growing up in the 1980s in my peculiar small town in Canada.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Can I say ‘awesomegang.com’? I will.
I will say ‘awesomegang.com’.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write. Don’t stop to care if it’s perfect as it’s coming out of you. Just let it come out of you. The SECOND step of writing is editing, so get it out of your way when stuff is pouring out. Kill the critic between your ears, for now. It doesn’t have to be perfect the first time it comes out of your pen, your pencil, your keyboard. And know that there *is* someone out there who wants to read what you have to write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Don’t eat those cold cuts.”

I was broke, between jobs, and I really should not have eaten them. I did eat them anyway and I regretted it.

Equally good advice? “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”

What are you reading now?
I’m reading one of those great series of books from 333sound.com about record albums called ’33 1/3″ – my wife got me the one for ‘Zeppelin IV’ and also Neil Young’s “Waging Heavy Peace”.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing, more publishing, more, more, more. I’m also in development with a local comedy theatre to develop an improvised show based on my writing and hoping to have that up and running sometime 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?
Stephen King’s ‘Skeleton Crew’
Steve Martin’s ‘Pure Drivel’
David Sedaris’ “Me Talk Pretty One Day”

Author Websites and Profiles
Marcel St. Pierre Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Addison Winters has an MA in psychology and is currently working on her doctorate. She has authored six books with her seventh releasing in February 2019. Her With Honors series includes What I Really Learned in College and Making the Dean’s List with Transferring Credits releasing soon.
Addison also writes a successful young adult fiction series under A. L. Waddington which includes Essence, Enlightened, Perception, and Illumination as part of the EVE series. The spin-off to the EVE series, the Spirit Quest series is slated to kick-off at the end of summer 2019.

Addison grew up in the Midwest and after decades of shoveling snow and skidding around on ice, she turned in her snow shovel for golf clubs and moved to Arizona. When she is not researching, studying, reading, or lost in a world of her own creation, she can be found hiking through the mountains or trying to do improve her golf score. She lives with her husband, Eric, their daughters, four very spoiled puppies, and a bearded dragon.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Making the Dean’s List, the With Honors series, Book 2. It’s the sequel to What I Really Learned in College and follows Mason, Alex, and Hayden as their love triangle becomes more complicated. My husband Eric was the main inspiration for the book along with my readers – plus those long hot summer nights in the desert!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write most of my books on my laptop, but I always carry a small notebook in my purse. That way, when I’m out and about, I can sit down and continue writing when I’m waiting somewhere or whatever. Yes, I could write on my phone, but I really do not like to. There’s something about scribbling in a notebook that still brings me a lot of joy.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The two authors who have influenced me more than any others would have to be Anne Rice and Stephen King. I love them both! But more recently I will admit, I have fallen in love with Diana Gabaldon and her Outlander series. I devoured each of her books!

What are you working on now?
I have started working on a new erotica series and I am hoping to release the first book, Mounting Deuce, in the Fall of 2019.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I enjoy twitter over Facebook and have participated in blog tours in the past. But honestly, what works the best is word-of-mouth. There is no better honor or praise than having your books recommended from one friend to the next.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
There is no simple formula to writing. I wish there was. My only advice is to sit down and do the work.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Always do what scares you the most.

What are you reading now?
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by JoAnne B. Freeman. I am doing research for the spin-off series of my YA books that I write under A. L. Waddington.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I do my best to alternate books that I write between my YA fiction series and my erotica series. While they are two drastically different genres, I dearly love them both and each gives me a break from the other.

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. Gone with the Wind (my all-time favorite)
2. Outlander
3. Lord of the Rings
4. The Shining

Author Websites and Profiles
Addison Winters Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My Name is Nelson Gomez Coelho and my story finds its humble beginning in Germany. This is my first book. I was born the son of a Spaniard and a Portuguese woman in ordinary circumstances. All my life I had a lot´s of magic and spiritulty moments, wich nobody could really understand. After a long deep and painfully time in my life, i found the way to personal Happiness. I decide to help others and that´s why I have written this book with a lot of secrets wich will change your life to a positiv way.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Prayer is not Enough — The Golden Key to Personal Happiness is the name of this book.
After I had successfully achieved all my professional goals—from dishwasher to the highest hotel manager—it became clear to me that this could not be everything in my life.
As a child of a religious family I had been taught very early that If you can’t get any further in life, if it really gets difficult, you should pray to your saints. The best thing is to take the trip to Fátima in Portugal to present your wishes and hopes to the Blessed Mother, and then everything will be all right. But Fátima is not enough! And that´s why i give this book this name.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Well, i do almost all like a diary and after i have all written in my diary, I start create this words based on a true story of my life.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Paulo Coelho and all books from him. He is a very great storyteller.

What are you working on now?
At the moment i am already work on a next book wich will also have a very interesting story of my life.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I like Awesomegang and the way you work. This is one of the best ways to promote books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just believe in your message of your book. And the universe will bring you the way to success.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
In this book i will tell the readers a lot of advices. Just take a at the book and enjoy this magic journey.

What are you reading now?
True Places from Sonja Yoerg

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will go around the world and promote my book in different languages. Bring the Golden Key to Happiness to the most much people i can.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would take my book – to never forget that there is always out of every darkness.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Alchemist

Author Websites and Profiles
Nelson Gomez Coelho Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m just a farm girl who has lived her life either north or south of the Missouri River. My husband and I own/operate a cattle farm and annually grow around 600 acres of corn, soybeans or wheat. We’re small beans so far as farming goes. We have two grown sons who are married to two wonderful girls and we have the two most fantastic grandchildren in the entire universe.
How many books have I written? Many. I still live in a world where an unpublished ‘book’ is called a ‘manuscript’. I have a lot of ‘manuscripts’ in my writing archives. I’ve published 10 books. One hardbound non-fiction, one paperback and eight e-books, all fiction

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I recently embarked on a whole new adventure–new for me anyway. I published my Sweet Pea Trilogy in paperback. In 2017 I published the trilogy as three separate e-books (Demise of Innocence, Time to Deceive, and the Price of Passion), then updated those in Feb. 2018 as ‘Sweet Pea Gift Set, Books I, II, III’ because I felt the whole story needed to be under one cover. Since then, I have been asked by so.o.o.o many people to please print the story in paperback. I did that in time for Christmas, 2018. Also, from Dec. 20, 2018, thru Jan. 24, 2019 all of my e-books (but for the Gift Set) are priced at .99.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m a night owl. How unusual is that? My most productive writing takes place after 9 p.m. when my husband has gone to bed and the phone is not likely to ring, when I turn the t.v. off and let my muse take me into whatever imaginary world is at hand. If I’m not writing late at night I’m reading.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m a lover of romance and have a list of favorites that include Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown, Jude Devereaux. My reading habits are actually very eclectic in that I also read action/historical from Newt Gingrich to science fiction from John Bowers. I also hold a very deep respect for the writings of Erma Bombeck. Mrs. Bombeck was an expert at being able to poke fun at herself while also pointing out the important things in our daily life.

What are you working on now?
After the New Year, I plan to push Sweet Pea out of my head–for good, this time,– and get to work on #5 and # 6 in the Birds in Peril Series. Here are the tentative blurbs for those stories
Birds In Peril Series Description: Five women met, fell in love with and married men who aided the arrest and subsequent imprisonment of Sheldon Humsler. Even though the events that disrupted their lives, did not necessarily involve Humsler, they certainly invoked the conviction that, one day, Humsler would find a way to enact his revenge. All of these women and the men they married are in some way closely connected to Humsler’s arch enemies, Benton Cromwell, T.J. Harvester and Thad Hunt. Because of Humsler, Benton Cromwell’s life and livelihood have become so precarious he now lives as an invalid on borrowed time. However, his friends, T.J. Harvester and Thad Hunt, continue to grow in family and in deed. Both are well loved by many. The time is near when a final confrontation with Humsler must occur. Humsler has an accomplice…someone closely connected to Hunt….but who could that possibly be?
#5 Wise, Bold Eagle
Sylvia Pentherst is the fifth woman to marry into the Hunt-Harvester-Cromwell group. A widow in her mid-fifties, she survived years of hardship caring for her invalid husband and raising her three sons. Her now-seemingly-settled life takes a turn toward unpredictable when she leaves the comfort of managing County Hospital Housekeeping for the chaos of opening and maintaining two novelty shops along with Lisa, Jani, Susie, and Stephanie. Is it really possible to find that second chance at love with Thad Hunt?
#6 BlueBird of Happiness
After her mother died, Anne was raised by a loving father. She’s always led a sheltered life, even after entering college. Now she’s grown up. An opportunity to spread her wings arises but…Will she sore? Or, will she land? Is home really where her heart is?
Once the golden boy, Dan is the first to acknowledge the blessing in his remarkable recovery from a fiery automobile accident. But, the abrupt departure of the girl he hoped to be ‘the one’ left scars and uncertainties that haunted him during and after his recovery. Then he met Anne. Innocent, sweet Anne. Does he dare try love again?

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon does really well in helping to promote indie authors. I also fill out interviews like these as often as I can and I list my books on as many forums as possible (many of those forums are free).

Do you have any advice for new authors?
After my experience with Sweet Pea, I can only tell new authors to stick to it, even if it takes years. Sweet Pea began as a short contemporary story in 1976. Over the years, it grew and developed into a trilogy now printed as an e-book and in paperback. I cannot tell you how many times I rewrote the story or how many times it was rejected by various publishers or editors. It was never far from my mind for any length of time, even when I worked on those other books. I knew that one day I would hold a printed copy of it in my hands. Now I have and it is a thrill beyond description. If I can do that, anyone can.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Finish it. No matter what it takes, how long it takes. Finish that story. Only you can draw that story from your mind into written word, whether that be on paper or computer screen. So just do it, get it done. The story will never be told if you don’t tell it.

What are you reading now?
I have a collection of new novels from unknown authors on my kindle. I need to get to reading those so I can leave my fellow writers productive reviews for their work.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I guess we’ll see. When the Bird Series is complete, I have another manuscript I wrote in the 80’s that I want to polish and publish. And, I have several more ideas that I will get to one of these days.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
my Bible and my Kindle (it’s got about 30 books store on it and a well charged battery)

Author Websites and Profiles
Mary Elizabeth Fricke Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am never without a book whether it’s reading one or writing one! I’ve written 23 books so far…sweet love stories, spicy romances, suspenseful mysteries and thrillers…to cookbooks! My first book, Closure, is an FBI romantic suspense sparked from my many years as a School Council Chair where I hosted annual cyber-safety seminars with our local police to educate parents for them and their children to be safe online. I also love Hallmark Christmas movies!! which ignite my passion to write small-town holiday romance and award me with being in the top 50 Amazon authors for holiday romance! When I’m not with a book…I’m with family. Especially my very cute grand-furry-daughter Miss Bailey. A 14 pound Chihauhau-Jack Russell-Pug. And of course…watching a beautiful sunset here on the east coast in Nova Scotia, Canada! And love to hear from my readers…they make me smile!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Christmas Back Home – a sweet small-town holiday romance. There’s just something about small towns and romance! Inspired from my addiction to Hallmark Christmas movies!!! It was the only television station on in my house since November 1st lol

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really…I don’t think lol I write wherever, whenever…even pull over from driving if a thought hits me and make notes. To me it seems usual lol

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many I couldn’t name that all! Love Agatha Christie mysteries, read every Danielle Steele and James Patterson. They’ve all influenced me as I go from mystery to romance in my writing.

What are you working on now?
A screenplay – my first! Very exciting project…very different but fun. Already thinking about another to plot

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My website, along with social media (FB, twitter, Goodreads, etc.) and of course…Awesome Gang!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never quit! Write from the heart…edit later

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never let a bad review get you down…and treasure the good ones where you’ve made a reader smile!

What are you reading now?
Danielle Steele’s The Cast
and The Wife Between Us…I like to keep a book in each room…kind of like writing 2 or 3 at the same time lol

What’s next for you as a writer?
Screenplays and hopefully a Hallmark movie!
Also working on a full length novel…I usually write novellas

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?
Murder on Orient Express – Agatha Christie
Journey – Danielle Steele
an Alex Cross – James Patterson
Hallmark – Christmas in Evergreen

Author Websites and Profiles
Angela Ford Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a long time foreign correspondent and consultant for humanitarian organizations working in war zones and disaster areas. I have a previous life as an Arctic Bush Pilot and before that as an airforce interceptor pilot.

While I have written many documentaries for television and radio in Canada and Britain, I have only recently turned my skills to novel writing.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Cobra Flight is set in the High Arctic and it draws heavily on my life and experiences in that region.

For such a barren land it has an amazing number of modern legends and tales associated with it. Any number of strange things are said to have happened in the High Arctic; lost airliners, abandoned nuclear facilities, strange military encampments and activities, and endless tales of international espionage and subterfuge.

Much of that plays into the plot of Cobra Flight and I am myself unsure which parts of the thriller are my invention and which come from real life.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My writing process by most standards is odd.

As a result of years of journalism in strange and hostile places, under the demands of unreasonable editors and producers, I have learned to write under any circumstances, at all times, and with only the writing tools at hand.

I am not one for having a “special pen” or a handcrafted leather notebook, or a bespoke laptop. I can and do write in cramped noisy environments like a ship’s hull, the back of a speeding truck, or the din of a head hurting nightclub in Marrakech.

In the quiet of my own home I work at whatever computer I have in front of me. That includes an ancient and well loved CP/M Kaypro which cannot connect to anything, a couple of AlphaSmarts made for school kids, any one of four Chromebooks that I mainly use for travel, and two Apple machines I bought specifically for their ability to run Scrivener. The Macbook is the workhorse writing machine and the iPad Mini with a Bluetooth keyboard is just for travel and only contains the Scrivener iOS version.

Oh, and I almost forgot, I also dictate writing when I am out and about on hikes with my Border Collies.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My writing influences are widespread, if not altogether catholic. But, in my preferred genre of thriller writing I would name Gavin Lyall, Brian LeComber, Nevil Shute, and Hammond Innes. Close behind would come Lee Child, John D MacDonald, and many others.

What are you working on now?
The sequel to Cobra Flight will be Shark Flight. It follows directly on from the first book and the planning for a third is in progress.

In addition, I am in the midst of writing a modern science fiction novel set in the Cobra Flight universe and a more traditional dark murder mystery in the wilds of Upper Michigan.

I have also started a non-fiction book about my adventures as a correspondent and consultant in war zones titled The Disaster Tourist.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
While I fully endorse the need and obligation of writers to get involved heavily in the promotion of their own works I must confess to a general ignorance of the best techniques and practices. But it seems clear to me that unless an author is willing to spend some money on advertising and some effort at self promotion then obscurity can be the only result.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice to people just starting out is heavily influenced by my training and background in television, radio, and print journalism. In that world there can never be any acceptable excuse for not producing a story on time. There is no such thing as “writers’ block” in that world. There is always a way to meet a deadline and to think otherwise is rank heresy.

You do not need a special chair, a quiet office, a congenial coffee shop, or some magical piece of music softly playing in the background. If you start thinking of such things you are actively and wilfully sabotaging the writing process.

Writing can be taught and it gets better, not easier, the more you write. If you must, buy just one book on writing practice. Any more than one book on writing will turn into two shelves of contradictory nonsense. I would recommend anything on writing by James Scott Bell.

Read your heart out in your favourite genre. Read until your eyes close on themselves at night, read when you cannot write. Read anything and everything.

Do not buy a special writing computer until you have proven to yourself that you have what it takes to be a writer.

At the least, you only need pen and paper — actually, on that point let me say that you can get by with less.

I have lived and worked in Aboriginal Canada for years and I have met many story tellers who conceive and compose their tales in their heads and then produce them in front of people eager for tales and wonder and enchantment.

Never forget that The Iliad, and The Odyssey, both by Homer were oral poems of such power and impact that they are vividly remembered today. They were not composed outside of Homer’s head.

The world’s oldest thriller is The Epic of Gilgamesh, written in some unknown writer’s head four and a half thousand years ago.

Pick a computer, any computer. Find a writing program — any will do. And write, and write.

If you won’t free yourself from the tyranny of writing groups, technology, and your own personal insecurities then please just give up. No shame; it’ll be for the best.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice is almost a secret in itself because so few people will give it the attention it deserves.

The Secret is: “If you cannot tell someone what your story is about (novel, script, memo etc) in one short declarative sentence then you do not have a clear idea of what it is you want to write, and you shouldn’t start writing.”

One sentence, (with at most, one subordinate clause,) and you can write a million word novel if need be.

The other bit of advice I got as a cub reporter back when every editor was a man, smoked a foul cigar, and without doubt beat his wife, has stuck with me through tedious parliamentary debates, rambling scientific conferences, mind numbing public relations presentations, and the body freezing terror of combat operations.

It was, “Just write the goddamned story! Worry about it later.”

And that’s what I do when I run into a writing roadblock, a lack of research, a fear of inadequate writing ability; I just write the “goddamned story”. It always, always, works out.

What are you reading now?
I am reading the latest from Ben Aaronovitch in his Rivers of London series. His knowledge of London (where I used to live) is spot on and his understanding of British police procedure and police culture is impeccable. Just a brilliant writer.

I am also re-reading some of John D MacDonald’s Travis Mcgee works because I am so in awe of how he could construct a sentence that carries a Sherpa load of meaning and portent without ruining the sentence.

In the same vein, I am re-reading Dick Francis in an attempt to understand how he was able to bury important plot points into the dialogue of his characters without without tipping off the reader unnecessarily.

What’s next for you as a writer?

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?
Desert Island books. Hmmm.

I would have to have books that would bear repeated if not obsessive re-reading. A John Grisham novel wouldn’t cut it because there would be no way to get the cat back in the bag after the first reading.

I would opt for an old and much discredited non-fiction work that really excites my imagination with the provocative ideas it puts forward about how human thought and language developed. So, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes would be in my survival bag.

A book that also delves deep into our origins and which does it with a lucidity of writing that is exceptional is, “After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC” by Steven Mithen. It is breathtaking in scope, impeccably accurate in its science, and the sort of book that you feel compelled to set aside after every paragraph just so you can think about what you just read.

And the third book would be whatever omnibus edition of Biggles short stories I could get into the survival bag. I, and many many other fighter pilots of a certain age grew up on Biggles stories and novels by Capt W E Johns. Melodramatic, formulaic, and predictable as they were, the Biggles stories inspired generations of school boys to buckle down to their studies so they could qualify to enter the airforces of the world and train as fighter pilots.

Author Websites and Profiles
Rick Grant Website
Rick Grant Amazon Profile
Rick Grant Author Profile on Smashwords

Rick Grant’s Social Media Links
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in a small town and I still live in that same small town. I have loved to read since I was a little girl and have been writing stories since elementary school. I never persued writing until later on in life. I have published one book so far and am currently working on my second with notes jotted down for ideas for my third.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Lost In Grey and it is a work of fiction but it was inspired by some things that I went through in my life when I had depression. I think that mental health needs to be talked about more and not hush hush or set aside.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nothing too unusual for me. I like my coffee while writing and some show playing in the background. If I am out and do not have my laptop with me and I get an idea I will write it down on whatever I can find to write on.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read everything, I am not stuck to one genre of writing. I like Stephen King, Diana Gabaldon, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Nicholas Sparks, Anne Rice, J.K. Rowling.

What are you working on now?
Currently I am on working on a fantasy novel called Hybrid: The Awakening and have a thriller/horror novel ideas.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am pretty new at this so I am still learning the best ways to promote my book. So far I have found my facebook page to have the most interactions.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Always keep trying to get your work out there. You might have rejection after rejection but eventually that one person will take a chance on you and you can always self-publish.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do what you love!

What are you reading now?
I currently have on my nightstand Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and It by Stephen King

What’s next for you as a writer?
Promoting my current book that was released and in the coming months doing a meet the author/book signing

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?
Do I have to choose……….Stephen King’s It, Lord of the Rings, Catcher In the Rye, and Harry Potter

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I work at the American Red Cross in the Blood bank division, I have various interests but especially enjoy history and technology.
I have published two Novellas and written four short stories

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
TempestFray: the Storm Begins. Inspired by two stories by Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Robur the Conqueror. It is a continuation of the two stories if the machines existed in the same universe.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write whenever I get a story in my head and I have to start at the beginning. I can have an entire plot in my head but I can not start to write it until I have the title. It needs to be written as it is happening.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dr. Joseph Bell, H.G. Wells.

What are you working on now?
Probable, possible, Plausible a look at the mythos of monsters.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t get discouraged.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can’t stop, no matter how much you try the world will move on and you will be taken with it.

What are you reading now?
The Dark Tower.

What’s next for you as a writer?
We will see.

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 Mysterious Island. Navigating by the Stars. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been writing novels (albeit not very good ones) since I was nine and have been working on my current series since I was twelve. Since I was in middle school, my Theonite Series has grown from an awkward Harry Potter/X-men knock-off into a sprawling YA fantasy bursting with all the things I have loved most about fiction throughout the years. I majored in history, learned multiple foreign languages, and even studied abroad with a West African oral traditionalist to realize the universe of these books.

My completed and published works include ‘Theonite Book 1: Planet Adyn,’ ‘Theonite Book 2: Orbit,’ and a standalone companion novel called ‘The Sword of Kaigen,’ which will be released in February of 2019.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recently completed book is ‘The Sword of Kaigen,’ a Japanese-themed military fantasy, inspired by my lifelong love of martial arts, history, high fantasy, and elemental superpowers.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the newest installment of my Theonite series, ‘Theonite Book 3: City of Ghosts.’ This book is especially exciting because it gives me the chance to mix two of my favorite tropes – vigilante crime-fighting and magic school!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I run continuous Facebook ads to build up my author newsletter, through which I do a lot of my marketing.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Everything is worth a try. (This applies to everything from writing style to marketing strategies). Your niche, your strength, your happy place may lie somewhere you never would have imagined at the outset. You’ll never find out if you don’t give yourself the freedom to change things up.

Everything is worth a try.

What are you reading now?
‘In the Vanisher’s Palace’ by Aliette de Bodard and ‘The Dragon Songs Saga’ by JC Kang.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Right now, I’m excited to implement all the new things I’ve learned since my last release to launch my first high fantasy, ‘The Sword of Kaigen’ in February 2019. After that, I’m looking forward to sinking myself deep into writing the third book in my Theonite Series.

Author Websites and Profiles
M. L. Wang Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Karson Lee. I am the survivor of child abuse and strive to bring awareness to the rampancy of child abuse. It is my life’s goal to put an end to child abuse and give those who have been abused a voice. Like myself, many people who have been abused feel like they are the ones who have done something wrong and like they will be judged harshly for it. In fact, being the victim of abuse does not define who you are as a person and can only affect your life if you allow it to. The fact that survivors are strong enough to survive the atrocities of abuse only proves their ability to thrive.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Lost In Thought: Memories of an Abused Child was inspired by my own life and the events that I have survived. Lost In Thought proves a powerful insight into the mind of an abuse survivor.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I start writing one topic then get an idea for another and switch mid-sentence to something else. I write everything on my mind then have to go back at a later time and place everything back in order so that it makes sense to everyone else.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
David Pelzer is a huge influence of mine. I read his books and realized that other people have survived abuse and that it is OK to open up and tell others about your experiences.

What are you working on now?
My wife and I are currently working on the story of our experience with fostering and adopting the child who is currently in our care. It will provide an insight into the entire process for those who are new to the idea of fostering/adopting and will help give others an idea of what to expect from the process.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Stick with it. Don’t let all the nay-sayers get you down. If it is your dream to write a book, then write your book. Even if you are turned down, keep trying. Somebody, somewhere, will realize the potential and will beg for your manuscript.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you get that gut feeling that something isn’t right about a person or situation, trust it.

What are you reading now?
Currently, I am reading Bloodshot by Cherie Priest and The Atlantis World by A. G. Riddle. I love fiction that is well-written, as both of these are, because it provides an alternate reality for me to lose myself in.

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. Every Man’s Bible NLT – I have found a great deal of solace while reading this book. This edition has proven extremely easy to understand and one of my favorite’s of all time.
2. The Mammoth Book of Steampunk – Because who doesn’t love an anthology devoted to steampunk?
3. The Butterfly Garden – This is probably my favorite book and, although I have read it numerous times, I never grow tired of the prose and imagination of Dot Hutchison.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have started a series entitled Mission to the Hell. The Path of No Return is the first in this series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Mission to the Hell: The Path of No Return

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, as far as I know.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I respect all authors.

What are you working on now?
There are two projects. One is the Mission to the Hell series. The other project does not have a title yet. It is more about computers and digital world.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have a lot to learn here.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write as much as you can and as soon as possible you get an idea.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Take the charge of your life.

What are you reading now?
Many different books.

What’s next for you as a writer?
The second work in the Mission to the Hell series.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I prefer to bring a pile of blank papers and a lot of pens.

Author Websites and Profiles
Rex Farrel Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was an artist for 34 years and a teacher for 8 years. I turned to writing in 2005.

I have written for Yahoo Voices, Beliefnet.com, and Kinja.com. My writings have been published in various magazines and books. I have written the following 6 books — More info on his website: http://donlubov.com.

An End to Stress – spirituality and self-help
The Plague – sci-fi cautionary tale
The Side Job – a novel of a female assassin
The Writers Bloc Club – an anthology of prose & poetry
Near Death in the Gila National Forest – a memoir
Frosty the Soulman – an illustrated children’s book

Articles and Poems — Beliefnet.com, Kinja.com, Yahoo Voices, Florida Writers Magazine,
Journal of Creative Writers Notebook, The Daily Sun, The Stress Blog on Deeper Meditation,
Horizon Magazine, Mark Miller’s One, What is love – Diane Sikel, Fifty is the New Fifty – Steve Winston, The Speaker Anthology – Shields & Gustavson, The Florida Writer, The Boomer Cafe

I have written about spirituality and stress relief since 1971. Ten years successfully teaching his “Six-Step Path” at College of Central Florida Sr. Center, MTP College, and The Lifelong Learning College in The Villages, FL. I have taught his unique brand of meditation to over 2,000 people, who subsequently achieved a level of inner peace. I have taught my “Six-Step Path” for stress reduction for the past 12 years, at Del Webb and 3 local colleges.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Side Job”. It started out as a 500-word, flash fiction assignment from my writing group: The Writers Bloc Club.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mark Twain, Lao Tsu, Max Planck, Ernest Hemingway

What are you working on now?
promoting and marketing my 6 books, currently in print

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon.com, donlubov.com, Goodreads.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
patience & perseverance, and lots of both

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

What are you reading now?
“Zen Soup” by Laurence G. Boldt

What’s next for you as a writer?
a new sci-fi 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 Case for God”, by Karen Armstrong
“The Way of Zen” by Alan Watts
“Enlightenment Unfolds” by Zen Master Dogen
“Quantum Mechanics” by Max Planck

Author Websites and Profiles
Don Lubov Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My first book The Suffering, was published in November, 2017 and my second was released in October of 2018. I have finished 6 other books and I am just waiting to release them. Many more books are rattling around in my head, just waiting for their inky characters to come to life.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Reborn. It really is, that age-old question; is the grass really greener on the other side of the fence. The protagonist is offered a chance to re-live his life, to get it right. If we were given the chance to do things over, would we and could we, or are we pre-destined to repeat the same mistakes.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wouldn’t know. Are there normal writing habits?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read Stephen King and Dean Koontz, but I enjoy the ones that are different than the ‘normal’ horror. I think books that stay with you long after you’re done reading them, have done their job. I need to feel emotionally attached to the characters

What are you working on now?
I’m doing the final edits of a book called Dave’s War. Dave was a broken teenager…Dave is a broken man, but Dave doesn’t know that he is broken. Everyday, he fights a war, but it’s a war that he can not win. Dave’s war gives us a glimpse of a troubled mind, haunted by dreams that spill into his daily life. His best friends Ara and Brevin, with him every step of the way, are not immune to the madness.
Can Dave overcome his demons and win his war?

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write down what comes out at the time. Edit later, not while the ideas are flowing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Happy wife, happy life. lol

What are you reading now?
I’m reading 20,000 leagues under the sea with my Grand daughter.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Same as most writers, I suppose. Trying to get more exposure for my writing.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Stand, The Bible (always wanted to read it cover to cover)
Lord of the rings Robinson Crusoe

Author Websites and Profiles
Dan Mayer Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Marian Hanna was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to Egyptian immigrant parents. In 2013, Marian graduated from the University of California, San Diego with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience and Behavior. In 2017, Marian completed her Master of Public Health in Disaster Management from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Marian Hanna is now the founder of her self-named e-commerce health and beauty brand, which focuses on women empowerment and donates 10% of all proceeds to 501 (c)(3).

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Goddesses: This is Where Your Power Lives: Advice on Love, Career and Well-being

What are you working on now?
26 Lessons in 26 Years

Author Websites and Profiles
MARIAN HANNA Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve published two novels but have more complete drafts sitting on my computer than I can count! I’ve also published a short called Storybook. I live in New Hampshire with my husband where I watch a lot of Gossip Girl and listen to Taylor Swift. We spend part of every year in my husband’s hometown in Holland and I’ve slowly (but surely!) been learning to speak Dutch.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book in called Fingerprinted Hearts. I started writing it back in 2010 during one of the most miserable summers of my life – I’d just had my four-year relationship as well as my four wisdom teeth come to and end, so I lay in bed all day alone and in pain. One day during my recovery, I had an image of a woman walking through a house and throwing away all this stuff following a breakup. That sparked the first scene of Fingerprinted Hearts. After that, it became a way for me to process the two sides of my breakup: The horrible betrayal that comes when someone you trust decides they like someone better than you, and the horrible betrayal you feel when you realize you’re falling out of love with someone you feel depends on you.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I know a lot of people create playlists for projects and characters with specific songs across genres they feel represents that work. For me, however, I tend to work on projects by listening to albums, which I feel has the emotional journey I’m looking for. For Fingerprinted Hearts it was largely The Valley by Eisley and Everything In Transit by Jack’s Mannequin. For Untold it was Red by Taylor Swift.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Every author and book I read influences me in some way, but the main ones I’d say are Sophie Kinsella, Liane Moriary, and Jane Austen. Sophie Kinsella is one of my favorite authors and made me fall in love with chick lit as a genre back when I was 14. Liane Moriarty is another favorite of mine that I’ve more recently discovered, and I love how she can have a more typically feminine writing style and topics for her books that still pack a punch and are “more” than that as well (I also love that she addresses how unfair it is that books by and for women are expected to be “less”). Jane Austen influenced me at a young age, another example of how humorous depictions of real life and relationships can be great literature and very much worth writing.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on my third novel for publication titled “It’s Funny You Mentioned Chloe…”. It centers around a woman who finds love letters her husband kept from his previous relationship just before she finds out his ex-girlfriend is coming to work at his company. It’s my exploration of female competition, forever vs for-now, and how incredibly weird it is to have loved someone once, especially when they show back up.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use my author site, which is still in progress but building toward something great I also promote a lot via Instagram and Facebook.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write the book. The first draft of your book will NOT be the vision in your head. You’ll get there through revisions, reading, and learning more about yourself and your book, but the first draft isn’t going to come close to the masterpiece you’ve been dreaming about (although parts of it might!). You’re not going to get to a point where you’re good enough, or have planned enough, or have enough time or inspiration for the first draft to be what you’re trying for. So just write it! Start now. Go!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
One of my teachers in college said: “If someone wants to tell a story, someone else will want to hear it.” I’ve kept that close to my heart, reminding myself that no matter what, if I find this story interesting, someone else will too. It doesn’t have to be everybody, or even a lot of people, but at least one person will understand and want to hear what I have to say.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently reading The Adults by Caroline Hulse.

What’s next for you as a writer?
In addition to It’s Funny You Mentioned Chloe… I’m also working on a short story to publish in Amphibian Press’s upcoming anthology Surrender to Passion.

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?
Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella (my favorite in the series!)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
The Other Side of Everything by Linda R. Spitzfaden
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (when’s a better time to work through it?)

Author Websites and Profiles
Amy Spitzfaden Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am the author of the Avery & Angela series, currently encompassing two books. Book #1 is THE LAST GOOD DAY, which was featured on Awesome Gang back in the fall. Book #2, just out now is ON THE ROAD TO HERE. The series follows young musician Avery Young as he comes of age in increasingly complicated times, especially as they relate to his relationship with his best friend, Angela.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
ON THE ROAD TO HERE is a line directly from the text. It has deep meaning for Angela in particular, but no spoilers here. Let’s just say that it takes on more depth of meaning as we learn more about the characters and their challenges.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wrote the entire first novel by hand over several notebooks and ten optiflow pens. I probably won’t do that again. I’ll still do notes and brainstorming by hand but typing is so much more efficient.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
This is always a hard one to answer. I like to think I’m influenced by everything I read, but that seems like a cop out. I’ll start by sharing authors who in one way or another have inspired me: Kurt Vonnegut, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Elie Wiesel, John Greene, John Scalzi,
J.K. Rowling, Ernest Hemmingway, and obviously many more.

What are you working on now?
Book #3 in the Avery & Angela series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I prefer a multipronged approach of promotion through great sites like Awesome Gang, Promotional swaps with other authors, advertising, social media engagement and the like.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just keep writing. Especially when you think you can’t, that when you push through.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just keep writing.

What are you reading now?
The Consuming Fire: John Scalzi
Hamilton: Ron Chernow

What’s next for you as a writer?
More books, smarter promotion, more engagement, more writing.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Complete Lord of the Rings
The Philadelphia Eagles Encyclopedia
Ready Player One

Author Websites and Profiles
Robert Kugler Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an engineering student in college, but for as long as I can remember I have loved to write. I published my first book of poetry when I was seventeen-years-old and have written several more on the way to publication currently.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recently published book is entitled What I Can’t Say and was inspired by my upbringing and life circumstances surrounding my mental health struggles in my early teenage years.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’d like to say yes, but I’m hard pressed to think of any. One thing I do do though is I tend to have bursts of time where I write huge chunks of novels and then weeks or months after where I am very slow at it!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Authors like Nikita Gill, Amanda Lovelace, and Rupi Kaur have been large influences in my writing style and life in terms of poetry, and in terms of writing techniques and fiction/fantasy books authors like Brandon Sanderson, and Patrick Rothfuss, and others like them have been very influential.

What are you working on now?
Currently I’m working on a piece of short fiction, a poetry duology and a fantasy novel.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method if promoting my work is actually on Instagram. It’s a platform where I can visually share my words with others and I’ve amassed a reasonable size following there of people who like my work.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
There are no shortcuts. You will want to just cut to the chase and get things done and sell books instantly and it’s hard but you just have to spend time and be patient. If you work hard for long enough and are willing to put yourself out there you can make it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I have ever heard in terms of writing is to practice the technique until it’s second nature and then when the time comes for you to perform the art of creating you can lose yourself in telling the story and be able to trust yourself to write well.

What are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading “Elements of Eloquence” by Mark Forsyth.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Next for me? That’s a good question! Hopefully some more published books!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Definitely Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn also by Sanderson, and a huge blank book for me to write in of course!

Author Websites and Profiles
Marie Allred Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an American fantasy author living in Sweden’s most beautiful province. I enjoy writing stories in both Swedish and English for children, youth, and the young at heart. My published works include the popular fantasy series Markus av Trolyrien (Swedish) and Edgar and the Dragon, a series of children’s chapter books. Check out my website trolyrien.com or facebook.com/trolyrien for more of my work in both languages.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recent work is called “Xirianas gåta” and is part three of the Swedish fantasy series Markus av Trolyrien. It was inspired by fans of the series nagging me and demanding that I write more.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have so many unusual writing habits that I cannot say if I have a single usual one.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Terry Pratchett, H.C. Andersen, C.S. Lewis, David Eddings.

What are you working on now?
I have just finished the rough draft of my next Swedish fantasy novel and will soon start polishing it. As of yet it is untitled.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Writing them. It’s hard to promote something that does not exist.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be patient, and with time you will become old authors.

What are you reading now?
Don Quixote.

What’s next for you as a writer?
A lot is happening with my Swedish fantasy series Markus of Trolyrien. An audiobook of the first installment is soon to be released, translations to Norwegian and French are planned, and the fourth book is scheduled to be released in the Fall of 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, Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life etc, a notebook to write in.

Author Websites and Profiles
Joseph Davis Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Am the average type of guy from next door really. Work as a Quantity Surveyor and really enjoy gardening and walking the dog in my spare time.
Books I have written are “Slipform Concrete” by R Batterham
and White Magic using the pen name Peggy Wragg

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Latest book is White Magic it was really inspired by a desire to put creative talent to the test. Must admit I really enjoyed the experience.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Love to have a smoke on my pipe as I write – normal tobacco non of the funny stuff.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Too many to mention really.

What are you working on now?
Will see how White Magic gets on first, but plots are already developing in my mind. Nothing down on paper yet though

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon.
Awesome Gang.
Face book – have no idea what I am doing though with this one. Social Media I find hard to get my head round.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just enjoy the experience. Make sure facts are correct and create a CV for each character adding to it as you go along so as you dont forget any details about a character or get them mixed up,

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Dont try and be in a hurry, get the facts right

What are you reading now?
All technical stuff at the moment. Hope to get back into a novel in the near future

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hope to achieve another novel following on from White Magic

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?
White Magic.
My Family and other animals.
Anything by Agatha Christie.