Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Where do I begin? I’m 27 and a psychology major. From the small town of Pageland, SC and the youngest out of 4 kids. I have so far written two books. One is called “The Awakening” Part One and the second is an interactive book called, “Self-love and You Edition 1.”

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is in fact “Self-love and You Edition 1”. What inspired me to write this book was the lack of knowledge people had about themselves. So with this book, they go through and answer the questions as well as completing the exercises, which in turn will help them dig deep and learn things about themselves.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Unusual writing habits? I don’t think I have any of those.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I wouldn’t say any authors or books influenced me. A quote, however, did influence me. I don’t exactly remember who said it, but it goes, “If you can’t find the book you want to read, its because you are meant to write it.”

What are you working on now?
At the moment I am working on, “The Awakening: As Above, So Below” which will be out in March 2019.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I haven’t found the best method however I promote on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Let’s see.. advice for new authors? Stay focused. Don’t let others try and tell you how to write because everyone is different. Your audience will accept you the way you are.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Be you; the world will adjust.”

What are you reading now?
At this moment I’m not reading anything just working on writing and my studies.

What’s next for you as a writer?
What’s next? Well, I have this brilliant idea for a book that I want to eventually be a screenplay, so that will be my next 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?
If I were going to be stranded on a desert island and were allowed to take 3 or 4 books with me, I’d take a book on building so that I could make a shelter. A vegan cookbook so I’d know what types of things I could eat that I wouldn’t have to kill. A book on purifying water, and a book on building boats so that I could get back home

Author Websites and Profiles
Ryiesesa Heath Website
Ryiesesa Heath Amazon Profile

Ryiesesa Heath’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written 80 books (and counting) that are a combination of medieval, paranormal, small town contemporary and western romances.

Here is a list of my books and series:
Timeline of Elizabeth Rose’s Books/Reading in Chronological Order:

Greek Myth Fantasy Series: (Fantasy Medieval)
Kyros’ Secret
The Oracle of Delphi
Thief of Olympus
The Pandora Curse

A Viking’s Promise – (Single title)

The Barons of the Cinque Ports Series:
The Baron’s Quest – Book 1
The Baron’s Bounty – Book 2
The Baron’s Destiny – Book 3

Tangled Tales Series:
Lady and the Wolf (Red Riding Hood) Book 1
Just a Kiss (Frog Prince) Book 2
Beast Lord (Beauty and the Beast) Book 3
Touch of Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) Book 4
Lady in the Tower (Rapunzel) Book 5
A Perfect Fit (Cinderella) Book 6
Heart of Ice (Snow Queen) Book 7

Elemental Series: (This is more a medieval fantasy world)
The Dragon and the DreamWalker Book 1: Fire
The Duke and the Dryad Book 2: Earth
The Sword and the Sylph Book 3: Air
The Sheik and the Siren Book 4: Water

Legacy of the Blade Series:
Legacy of the Blade Prequel
Lord of the Blade – Book 1
Lady Renegade – Book 2
Lord of Illusion – Book 3
Lady of the Mist – Book 4

Daughters of the Dagger Series:
Daughters of the Dagger Prequel
Ruby – Book 1
Sapphire – Book 2
Amber – Book 3
Amethyst – Book 4

MadMan MacKeefe Series:
Onyx – Book 1
Aidan – Book 2
Ian – Book 3

Legendary Bastards of the Crown Series:
Destiny’s Kiss (prequel)
Restless Sea Lord – Book 1
Ruthless Knight – Book 2
Reckless Highlander – Book 3

Seasons of Fortitude Series:
Highland Spring – Book 1
Summer’s Reign – Book 2
Autumn’s Touch – Book 3
Winter’s Flame – Book 4

(Second in Command)
Pirate In The Mist: Brody
Forbidden: Claude
Scottish Rose: Coira
Silent Knight: Alexander

Holiday Knights Series:
Mistletoe and Chain Mail
Matchmade Hearts
May Queen (May 2019)

A Look Behind the Series:
Behind the Chain Mail

Secrets of the Heart Series:
Highland Secrets – Book 1
Seductive Secrets – Book 2
Rebellious Secrets – Book 3
Forgotten Secrets – Book 4

Cowboys of the Old West Series:
The Outlaw
The Bounty Hunter
The Gambler
The Drifter
The Gunslinger

Tarnished Saints Series:
Tarnished Saints’ Christmas Prequel
Doubting Thomas – Book 1
Luring Levi – Book 2
Judging Judas – Book 3
Seducing Zeb – Book 4
Saving Simon – Book 5
Wrangling James – Book 6
Praising Pete – Book 7
Teaching Philip – Book 8
Loving John – Book 9
Playing Nate – Book 10
Igniting Andrew – Book 11
Taming Thad – Book 12
Hired Heart – (Spinoff of Tarnished Saints)

Once Upon a Rhyme Series: (Young Adult)
Mary, Mary (Mary, Mary Quite Contrary) Book 1
Muffet (Little Miss Muffet) Book 2
Blue (Little Boy Blue) Book 3 (soon)

Sweet Nothings Series:
Finally Home

Single Title:
The Caretaker of Showman’s Hill (vampire)
Familiar (Shapeshifter/warlock)
Curse of the Condor (Jungle)
One Red Rose – (short story)
My Christmas Soldier (short story)
Eden’s Garden – (Out of print)
Wolf of the West (Out of print)

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Forgotten Secrets – Book 4 of my Secrets of the Heart Series. I love to write about strong women, even in the medieval times. In the summer I write from my hammock in my secret garden in my yard. That is what inspired this series. There is a secret garden in all four books, and a secret society of strong women devised by the queen.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
For me, it is all or nothing. I am not one of those authors who can write a little here and a little there. I’ll write sometimes twelve hours a day because when I am into a book I don’t want to be pulled out of it and have to go back and read what I wrote the previous day. That is much too time consuming.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Back 20+ years ago when I started writing romance, it was because I received something in the mail from Harlequin saying I won money and four free books. When my free books came, I didn’t know what to do with them since I had never read a romance before.

I was going to send them to my mother-in-law, but didn’t want to be embarrassed, since I had heard horrible things about these kinds of books. So I read one. It was a medieval called The Saxon by Margaret Moore. I was hooked after that. I loved it, and my mother-in-law never got a one of the books.

What are you working on now?
I am about to start working on May Queen, Book 3 in my Holiday Knights Series that takes place on May Day.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My website is http://elizabethrosenovels.com. Readers can see covers and read excerpts from all of my books there.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes. When writing a book, don’t keep going back and revising until after you have a first draft. If so, you will never get past chapter 3. I know because I’ve been there when I first started writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you want something bad enough, you’ll find a way to do it. Or, Just do it!

What are you reading now?
I have a very aggressive publishing schedule as I usually write and publish 10 – 12 books a year. With that said, there isn’t much time to read. That is why I listen to audiobooks instead.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I always have a hundred things in my mind of what I want to write. I have many interests and some of them are books that are not romance. So, we’ll 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?
“How to Survive on a Desert Island”, “How to Find Food and Water in Desperate Situations,” and “How to Build a Shelter and Make Fire.” Hee hee. Too many to choose from.

Author Websites and Profiles
Elizabeth Rose Website
Elizabeth Rose Amazon Profile

Elizabeth Rose’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 an author, Motivational Speaker, Educator, Counselor and Screenplay/Playwright. I have written two books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my newest novel is titled “Tears of a Cherry Blossom Tree” and I was inspired to write this touching story based upon inspirations from family, friends, and loved ones who have bravely endured trials and struggles with abandonment, neglect, sickness, disease. and loss.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I love writing at Midnight.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
John Maxwell

What are you working on now?
I am writing a screenplay/playwright, getting preparing to on a book signing tour, motivational speaking tour and making other promotional appearances.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Expect to work hard on anything you believe in and never give up on your craft.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A winner never quits and a quitter never wins. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

What are you reading now?
Tears of a Cherry Blossom Tree

What’s next for you as a writer?
Stage Productions, Movies and Educational Projects

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Tears of a Cherry Blossom Tree, Memories of a Cherry Blossom Tree and the Holy Bible

Author Websites and Profiles
Fletcher Johnson Jr. Website
Fletcher Johnson Jr. Amazon Profile

Fletcher Johnson Jr.’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Dianna, Founder of Talk It Out Relationship Education Services, Inc. A Certified Life Coach, specializing in Relationship Coaching, Authorized Relationship Program Leader/ Relationship Educator. Dianna helps individuals or couples with skills to increase communication, resolve problems and conflicts with their spouse/partner to increase success in their marital/relationship commitment and satisfaction. Dianna experience also comes from her personal unhealthy relationships which sparked a passion to help others overcome unhealthy relationships to healthy relationships. Dianna started her coaching business in 2009 to help other couples and singles to deal with the sometimes overwhelming low self-esteem, frustration, loneliness, all the feelings and emotions that comes with an unhealthy relationship situation. Ms. Nash received an Associate of Arts from San Bernardino Valley College, a Bachelor of Science from California State University, San Bernardino, her Master of Arts in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, Certified Life Coach Training from Coach Training Alliance.
Ms. Nash is a single mother of two adult children and lives in Elk Grove, Ca.
When Ms. Nash is not working, she enjoys reading and taking day trips.
Website: http://www.talkitoutres.org Facebook Page: @Talk it Out Relationship Services Inc. Other social media: LinkedIn, and Twitter. Office: (916) 546-8463.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first book ” A Piece of Man is Better Than No Man At All (All The Things My Mommy Didn’t Tell Me) was inspired by from my mother – every time I would go to her to express my emotions or situations regarding my relationships. She would end our conversation with “A Piece of Man Is Better Than No Man At All”

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am most creative with my thoughts late at night.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
1. You can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay
2. 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace by Dr. Wayne Dyer

What are you working on now?
A book for single parents – Family Breakdowns and Raising Children as Single Parents

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My Facebook Business Page @Talk It Out Relationship Education Services, Inc. I am in the process of creating lead page for my website www.talkitoutres.org

Do you have any advice for new authors?
You just need to focus and do your best and not worry about perfection. With more time and practice, just believe you will improve. For now celebrate your accomplishment.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you keep getting up to bat, you might just hit that ball right out of the park.

What are you reading now?
Good To Great by Jim Collins

What’s next for you as a writer?
To keep writing on topics of my personal experience in the areas of family and relationships

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?
You can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay
Mastering Life’s Energies – Simple Steps to a Luminous Life at Work and Play by Maria Nemeth, Ph/D
You Can Make It Happen – A Nine Step Plan for Success by Stedman Graham

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Michael Baeyens. I was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium, in 1982, and I work as an English teacher in a comprehensive school in Belgium.
Writing is my passion, and so far I’ve written two Dutch fantasy novels: Dochter van de Poorten and Scherven van Vergeten Tijden. I’ve written one Dutch short story, Een Erfenis (An Inheritance) and two English short stories, Island and Forsaken. My most recent project is The Fen: my first full-length English novel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled The Fen. The story was inspired by a dream I had about a small, abandoned church in a forest. For some reason, its bells started ringing one night, and local villagers began flocking to it.
I live in Belgium, and the south of the country, the region known as the Ardennes, is known for its forests. I decided to base some but not all of the story there.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
It depends on what you would call unusual. One old-fashioned thing I do is write the first draft in longhand. I insist on using fountain pens and I’ve developed an interest in fountain pen ink. I’d say writing by hand creates an immediacy between the story and yourself. Also, you’re not staring at a screen when thinking, which in this digital age is a massive bonus.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve been a reader for as long as I can remember. I’d say my first steps into the world of fantasy were thanks to JRR Tolkien, though my absolute favourite series in that genre would have to be Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen.
Fantasy aside, I think my biggest influence has to be H.P. Lovecraft. I discovered his work, alongside that of E.A. Poe, W.H. Hodgson, A. Bierce, M. Shelley, M.R. James etc., when I started branching out from reading predominantly fantasy. I am enthralled by stories which hint at the limitless possibilities of the world beyond accepted reality.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on several projects at once: a few short stories, a collection of haiku, and a science fiction/fantasy novel which takes up most of my time. It’s the first time I haven’t focused exclusively on one project at a time, and I must say I find it refreshing.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
To be honest, this is one of the aspects I’m still figuring out. I can say, however, that my personal website and my presence on social media have been instrumental in getting the word out there.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I don’t think I’m going to be breaking new ground with this, but I’d advise anyone who loves writing to keep practising and to persevere: writing is something which improves over time. Recently, I was shocked when I re-read something I had written ten years ago. Simply put, there was not a single sentence I would leave the way I had written it back then – which is a good thing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write to make one specific reader happy. Quite often, that will be you yourself: you should write stories you would like to read. Afterwards, get a group of diverse, critical proofreaders and have them pick apart everything you’ve created. It will hurt (if you’ve put your heart into the story, that is) but you will learn a lot from the impressions your work leave on others. Note: you won’t be able to please all of your proofreaders and you shouldn’t try, either.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently studying Basho’s Complete Haiku (translated by Jane Reichhold) and Robert Tombs’ The English and their History.

What’s next for you as a writer?
The above-mentioned writing projects aside, I’m currently working on publishing my first poetry collection. Poetry, I’ve discovered, is a world apart from prose writing, and the journey has been most interesting so far.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’m going to go with the Malazan Book of the Fallen (given its 11,000 pages, I’m going to request an e-reader and a solar panel for this one), Lovecraft’s collected stories, The Lord of the Rings and MR James’s ghost stories.

Author Websites and Profiles
Michael Baeyens Website
Michael Baeyens Amazon Profile

Michael Baeyens’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Carson is a passionate sales person who has spent more than 10 years making deals, selling products, and inspiring sales around the world. His passions include interpersonal communication, closing, and working with international businesses to improve their marketing and sales staff.

Carson has worked in consulting for several years and has improved sales centers in USA, India, Mexico, Bangladesh, China, and Nepal. He has also trained hundreds of sales professionals in sales communication, client relations, and finance. Currently, he manages several sales-related businesses including inside, outside, and digital sales outlets. Carson specializes in finance and sales- from initiation to close. His expertise lies along interpersonal communication and same-day or one-call closing.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Just on sales

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Grant Cardone & Tony Robbins

What are you working on now?
A new book released May 1st 2019 “No Shit Sales Journal” a confident, common sense, and practical guide to sales.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep Grinding!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Failing in life will be your best teacher!

What are you reading now?
Sell or Be Sold- Grant Cardone

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep pumping out more content!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
How to win friends and influence people,The Catcher and the Rye, The Great Gatsby, and a island survival book!

Author Websites and Profiles
Carson Cook Website
Carson Cook Amazon Profile

Carson Cook’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written ten books–mostly novels–one humorous (very)-All on Amazon–among them…
The Chemist’s Shop
Meeting Max
The Last Sunrise
Love and Deception
Gelt Without Guilt (The funny one)

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Love and Deception is an anthology of three unique short stories and a novella combined in one book.
All the stories have —as the title says–love nad deception in each one.
I was inspired to write an interesting book that would give the reader easy stopping points.
It’s available as a paperback, e-book and audiobook

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I look for an interesting premise–something never done before if possible

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Hemingway

What are you working on now?
My first Science fiction novel

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writers block does not exist–wait for the inspiration. It will come to you in time

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep the story moving

What are you reading now?
Rise and Kill First

What’s next for you as a writer?
Finish some of my half written novels

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Poems by Emily Dickinson
A People History of the United States
The Wanderer
The Discoverers

Author Websites and Profiles
Richard Brumer Website
Richard Brumer Amazon Profile

Richard Brumer’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Born in Zimbabwe, I’ve spent time in Southern Africa, Europe and North America. I creatively draw from my experiences in these continents. My inspiration also stems from my imagination, listening to people’s stories and reading.
More than thirty of my stories have been published in literary journals.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
THE DIARY OF NATAN BORENSTEIN, A WORLD WAR II AND PARTISAN FIGHTER
The inspiration for this novella is the courage of prisoners and partisans.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know if my writing habits are unusual.
I make notes while listening to audio books and reading.
I get ideas for my stories while showering and exercising.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Willa Cather, Anton Chekhov, Charles Dickens, Harper Lee, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain

What are you working on now?
Short stories and a novel.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon Promotions
Word-of-mouth.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write from the heart.
Join critique groups.
Research.
Edit, edit, edit…
Read constantly.
Accept criticism. Most people who give critiques want to help.
If you have a day job, keep it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be kind and considerate.

What are you reading now?
Property by Valerie Martin.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Continue researching and writing.
Help aspiring authors.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
How to Survive on a Desert Island
The Old Man in the Sea
Grapes of Wrath
Call of the Wild

Author Websites and Profiles
Clive Aaron Gill Website
Clive Aaron Gill Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
In the past, I have written a couple novels, several short stories, and dozens of songs.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
DARKNESS ON THE HORIZON. I had the idea many years ago but initiated the writing process only two years ago. The seed of the story was inspired by the genre and my desire to create a story that didn’t necessarily follow genre rules.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think I have any unusual writing habits. My stories unfold in a natural way, because I don’t use outlines. So, I like to create a wall of visuals for characters, settings, locations, and other important elements of the story. I also create a soundtrack to accompany scenes. During the creation process, sometimes I sit, close my eyes, and let the scene play out in my mind as I take notes. But I think many authors probably incorporate the same tools and methods.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m not really influenced by an author’s body of work. But there are certain books that spark my writing fire. WATCHERS by Dean Koontz. THE SAVAGES by Matt Whyman. THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer. And books that have stayed with me forever: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, THE BOXCAR CHILDREN, and HEAVEN by V.C. Andrews.

What are you working on now?
I recently set aside two stand-alone novels, so I could focus on the sequel to DARKNESS. I’m enjoying myself as I write and experience the story of the characters. BEFORE THE SUN RISES will be released in August or September of this year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I suppose Instagram and Facebook have been relatively successful promoting my book. But, as a self-published author, I detest the daily routine of posting and checking those sites. (Plus, how many damn selfies do I have to take and share?) I’m much more satisfied and appreciative of outlets such as Awesome Gang that provide a wider audience for my work.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing advice: just write. Edit, edit, edit. Then revise and polish. Edit again. Polish again. Read the novels you love and read the novels you force yourself to finish reading. Learn from the work of others.
New self-published author advice: be prepared to work your butt off. Unless you have a couple friends helping out, you are a team of ONE. Research every topic that comes to mind. Do everything you can to make your book a success.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Shut the door. When writing, focus on your story and tune-out everything else.

What are you reading now?
I’m writing, so I’m not reading a lot. But I recently started SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson. And I’d like to get to GIRL IN PIECES by Kathleen Glasgow and THE ATROCITIES by Jeremy Shipp.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Work on BEFORE THE SUN RISES. After its release, I can concentrate on two other novels. I also have two writers that I’m mentoring and an author that I’m going to walk through the self-publishing process.

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 Diary of Anne Frank, The Boxcar Children, and Heaven (all mentioned above.)

Author Websites and Profiles
Christopher Renna Website
Christopher Renna Amazon Profile

Christopher Renna’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My lovely wife and I live in Columbus, OH. We’ve been married for twelve years and have one fur baby…Winston the Terrier. Fun fact, Winston loves to watch television with us. He sits on the couch and waits for aminals to come on tv. Then he jumps off the couch and barks at the tv like a lunatic. It was funny at first, now it’s just plain annoying! By day, I’m a flooring estimator at RiteRug. By night, I’m a science fiction writer. I’m hoping my writing will one day pay the bills…here’s to hoping!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My debut novel, Barriers, was released in January of 2019. On the surface, it’s a dystopian novel about solar flares and a father trying to rescue his son from being euthanized in the badlands. Below the surface, however, it’s a heartfelt, but scary story about the sanctity of life. One thing my readers tell me is that my writing is clean and they appreciate the restraint in my storytelling. I think we’ve lost the art as storytellers to leave ugly and offensive elements to the imagination.

Here is the blurb for Barriers:
In 2079, Barrier domes shield the planet’s wealthiest cities from destructive solar flares, and only the healthy elite are granted protection. That’s bad news for Barrier resident, Nathan Gallagher—his son’s untreatable medical condition has deemed him a non-compliant citizen.

Nathan sets out to rescue his son from a Sanctuary deep in the badlands and becomes entangled in a mission of global magnitude. With only days until another flare is due to strike Earth’s Sanctuary cities, not only does his son’s life rest on his shoulders, but the fate of a quarter billion people.

BARRIERS is a sci-fi thriller set in a dystopian future where a trillionaire tycoon decides who gets protection from the sun…and who doesn’t.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do my best writing at 4:30 am in my boxers with a pot of coffee. Enough said!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I really like old school dystopian sci-fi:
George Orwell 1984
Brave New World
The Martian Chronicles
Anything by Ray Bradbury
Robert Heinlein

What are you working on now?
I’m writing the sequel for Barriers and plan on releasing a Barriers trilogy.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I haven’t really found one yet. If you find one, let me know! Haha

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be ready to accept constructive criticism. It’s difficult at first, but it really helps your craft. Always let Beta-readers go through your work and offer feedback.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Do or do not, there is no try.” Yoda

What are you reading now?
Wool by Hugh Howey

What’s next for you as a writer?
Releasing the sequel for Barriers.

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?
Old School Science Fiction
The Bible
Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Author Websites and Profiles
Patrick Skelton Website
Patrick Skelton Amazon Profile

Patrick Skelton’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Greetings all. I’m Carly Rheilan, a British author, mother, wife, mental health nurse, youth worker, canvasser, putter out of recycling and slayer of stinging nettles.

I’ve written four books, all of them much darker than I thought when I was writing them. (I didn’t even realise I was writing “crime” – I just thought I was telling stories. Other people told me they were “crime”, albeit a bit off-genre. And everyone, everyone, told me they were terribly dark. I had not seen this. I thought they were all about redemption – in fact I know they are – but yes, they go to dark places, and always there are secrets and lies.)

Asylum is the only one I’ve published so far – tells the story of Cabdi, the survivor of a massacre, and Mustaf, a trafficked child

Later this year, I plan to publish the others.
– Cats Cradle tells the story of a relationship between a child and a paedophile
– Birthrights is a story about a childless psychiatrist seeking a fraudulent motherhood
– The Angel, written in the wake of the Shipman crimes, explores medical homicide.

I always answer emails (carlyrheilan@freepeoples.space) but I don’t like hanging out my life on the internet, so if you want to know more than this interview tells, you will have to write and ask me.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Asylum is a book about two refugees from Somalia. Long ago, a family of Somali children crossed our paths and virtually moved in with us. At the time I was much too busy trying to sort out their healthcare and birthdays and school uniforms to stand back and think about where they had come from or how they had got here. Much later, it troubled me and I started to research the history of that country. It swept me up, in horror and awe.
Asylum is also a book about the trafficking and abuse of vulnerable children. It is a book about Britain, as seen through the eyes of a man whose world is closer to the stone-age than to mine. It is a book about hope and resilience and battling on when the world has ended. It is a book about surviving. Of course, these are things I think about.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know. How would I know what’s unusual? I’m not very sociable. I don’t know any other writers.
One thing that’s important to me is to find the place in every person where they are the hero of their own life. Much of my career, both as a nurse and an academic, has involved working with people who have committed appalling crimes and done terrible things – but all of them had a narrative where they only did what they had to do, where they were somehow, however tortuously, in the right. I think that’s true of all of us. I don’t believe in villains, not really.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
George Elliot and Jane Austen – when I was writing my darkest book, the Angel, I imagined I was writing a world like theirs. William Saroyan – an almost lost and forgotten author, of profound compassion and beauty. John Grisham – I want to be able to tell stories as he does. Oliver Sacks, a neurologist who wrote about his patients with more humanity and understanding than anyone I ever read. The 2016 Labour Party Manifesto – “for the many not the few”. What’s not to like?

What are you working on now?
I’m tidying up Birthrights, which was the first book I wrote, back at the turn of the millenium. It’s strange going back to it. At the same time I’m fighting off the characters from the next book I’m writing – whose working title is Stiltskin, after RuItmpelstiltsken. It must be a terrible thing for a maiden to be locked in a room and told to spin straw into gold. We cannot blame her for the compromise she made, but still, it was a terrible compromise.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I wish I had one. If you know the secret, feel free to tell me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
ABSOLUTELY only do it if doing it makes you feel better or live more happily with other people. Any other reason will end in disappointment.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The secret of life is compost.
No, actually I never heard anyone giving that advice. That’s the advice I give everyone else.

What are you reading now?
Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappe – an Israeli political dissident who writes about Palestine.
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Salasi.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Bed.

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?
Be off with you. Did you never do survival skills? Unless it’s the kind of desert island that includes a deserted hotel and a deserted daily buffet and an infinite supply of handcream and suncream and toilet roll, the only book I’ll want will be one with a lot of pages I can use as kindling. And the other thing.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
There are a few books I have written , but only one so at this time has been published.
What’s So Special About Bailey Piggles? is my first. But, not my last!
Hardcover can be found on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. The ebook is available
on Appleitunes and Google ebooks.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
What’s So Special About Bailey Piggles?, was inspired by my family’s belief in angels and spirit guides. That we all can call on angelic help for anything in life. I always loved children’s
fiction, but have never really come across books in that genre that touched upon this subject. So, I decided to write one myself.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I write, I tend to wear a pink headscarf on my head. Pink is the color of creativity.
Also, when the weather in California allows, I like to cozy up in a fuzzy blanket on my bed to write. The more comfy I am ,the more creative I am.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Lucy Maud Montgomery ,with her Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon books.
The woman painted pictures with her words and i just admire that.
I love Stephen King; his book Firestarter, has obsessed me since childhood.
Dean Koontz , Anne Rice and Charlaine Harris. What can I say, I ‘m a big horror book fan.
I do like to write about the supernatural.

What are you working on now?
Right now, I’ve finished a rough draft of another intended illustrated children’s book.
This one is sci-fi inspired. I am also working on my first YA novella. At this point all I’m really doing is writing down bits and pieces, and doing research for it.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Being a new writer, I am still learning the best method/s for promoting my book. I am always open to suggestions. Currently, my book is on Goodreads.com. There’s also a Facebook page that I’m getting ready and an author’s website I intend to get up soon.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t get rid of any of your ideas! Even if you think it’s a bad one. Get a notebook and write them all down. I have a stack of idea notebooks. All of your ideas may not get published, but
you never know which one will be a hit.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Anne Rice: On writing, my advice is the same to all. If you want to be a writer, write.
Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If you feel
blocked, write through it until you feel your creative juices flowing again. Write.

What are you reading now?
I’m in the middle of Richard Adams, Watership Down. I first heard of it from watching the film: Donnie Darko: Director’s Cut. Sugar Cookie Murder, by Joanne Fluke, and 95% Broke,
by my friend, Sir Jr. aka Johnny Lee.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Continue perfecting my craft. I have a lot to write and much to learn. There’s always room for improvement. Some things I do is read books on how to write; grammer and punctuation,etc. The amount of how to books on writing could fill an entire library alone!
Plus, I believe gathering life experience can enrich your writing. So, I am going out there and garner up some more life experience!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Oh, man! I can only take 3 or 4? How can I get by in life with only a few books?
Well… Lord Of The Rings by Tolkien, Firestarter by Stephen King, Anne of the Island by L.M.
Montgomery and Asian Noodles by Nina Simonds. I may not have the ingredients available to make the recipes, but that won’t stop me from drooling over the pictures.

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Andrea Golden, writer born in Madrid (Spain) in 1971, computer science by profession who, seduced by a professional project in which she collaborated and which resulted in the publication of a technical book, launched by a rising imagination, dared to work in the development of a romantic novel.

Its first publication was made on August 1, 2015.
“Touching the sky of Manhattan”, rose to the top positions, standing for 3 consecutive months among the 100 best-selling Amazon.es and the Best Sellers of Action / Adventures on Amazon.com

“The Secrets of a memory”, was published on Dic 24, 2018. Improved the results of the first and caught the attention of thousands of readers who to date have read this successful novel that does not leave the list of Amazon’s best sellers. Recently published in Audio Book version.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The sercrets of a Memory. For fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
I wanted to write about the Second World War, with two clear objectives: that it was a contemporary novel and that it told something hitherto unheard-of.
I hope that the creativity and the desire to propose different stories do not limit the readers’ interest, but that it will rekindle it much more.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I always write in the morning. I wake up with the dawn, it is the best moment of inspiration.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

What are you working on now?
In the translation of Life in Your Words, my third novel.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Sponsored products in amazon. I’m learning in the American market

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Let them investigate, and fight for your book.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never give up because you never know if the last effort will be the one that will work.

What are you reading now?
Fuera de tiesto (Spanish Edition). A charitable book

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing, read me and like my novels.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Noah Gordon’s book collection

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ANDREA GOLDEN Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is the first book I’ve written but have many articles under my belt. I’ve been an entrepreneur for 20 years and I’m currently tackling the problem of cash flow for small businesses through our forecasting tool, Dryrun.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Pandemic Cash Flow deals with the number one killer of business, cash flow shortfalls. Simply put, cash flow issues kill nearly on third of all businesses. 70% of those businesses were profitable when they ran out of cash. In so many cases, a cash flow shortfall is predictable, manageable and avoidable, yet there is very little concrete help for business owners. Worse, business owners rarely have a finance background. In fact, one study revealed that over 80% of business owners had a basic or failing level of financial literacy.

Of course, there are articles all over the web that preach the dire nature of cash flow issues, yet at best, they tell the reader to ‘get a spreadsheet.’ No direction, nor ‘recipe,’ no help.

Pandemic Cash Flow not only dives into the issue in depth but it provides a framework processes and explanations leading to actionable results.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write in sprints but I’m not sure if that’s unusual . When I sit down to write, I work at a speed that is about as fast as I can type. First, creating an outline of the chapter and content I need to cover. Then, for at least a couple of hours, it simple flows out until I hit a wall of mental fatigue. I can’t seem to write any other way.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have a long, long list of business book I’ve read but only a few that I tend to go back to over and over again. “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries is on that list, as is “Traction” by Gino Wickman.

What are you working on now?
Pandemic Cash Flow is so new that I’m working on promoting the book. Of course, much of my day is spent working to build Dryrun as the world’s leading cash flow forecasting tool. I’ve already got another book idea taking form in my mind, although I think it will be awhile before I dive back into writing.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is my first attempt so I have no experience to offer at this point in time.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Start today and schedule time to write. It’s a marathon.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Write a book.”

What are you reading now?
I’m currently reading two books by John Warrilow, “Built to Sell” and “The Automatic Customer.”

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to move from process and strategy to sharing the stories in the trenches of small business. Of course, the stories will have a connection to cash flow but the goal is to both let entrepreneurs know they’re not alone in their struggles, as well as ‘pulling back the curtain’ for accounting pros so that they can better understand their client’s struggles.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
“How to Build a Boat,” and “Navigation for Dummies.”

Author Websites and Profiles
Blaine Bertsch Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am James E Mack, the author of Only the Dead and Fear of the Dark. I have a background in the military, initially as a Commando and then in Special Operations, working in over 20 different countries.

I subsequently worked as a Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency Advisor on capacity building projects throughout the world. I also helped establish Counter Wildlife Poaching programs in West Africa before turning my hand to writing.

Reading remains a passion that I have retained from childhood and I still experience the same satisfaction today as I did then, when I find a great book.

I enjoy time in the mountains and in the sea and am fortunate to live very close to both, allowing me easy access to enjoyment!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Fear of the Dark. I live in one of the loveliest little villages on the Scottish coast with equally lovely people and I remember thinking one day about it being the perfect setting to let loose a psychopath and his cronies!

The deeper side to the narrative comes from my experiences of witnessing the traumatic effect of conflict on people and the evils of radicalisation on the young. I didn’t portray either of these in the usual manner and my readers have been very complimentary about this.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Only that I write anywhere; Planes, trains, automobiles, home, hotels, and once even in a bomb shelter!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew up reading the thrillers of Gerald Seymour and loved his plots and narratives. Stephen King, for me, had utterly mastered character creation and there wasn’t a single book of his where I didn’t care or relate to his main characters. I am influenced by writers who invest in the story and the characters as I think a truly good book captures both.

What are you working on now?
My third novel The Killing Agent; an international revenge-based thriller that brings the war in the Killing fields of Kandahar to the cities and towns of the UK as our Security and Intelligence agencies are pitted against their deadliest foe yet.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Currently, social media platforms provide me with the exposure but, more pertinently, the target audience where I find my readership.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep at it.
Embrace rejection because you’re going to get a lot of it unless you are one of the fortunate few! Don’t take it personally; in simple terms a book is just a product that a publisher will only invest in if they think there is good revenue to be made.
Write. As much as you can. The more you write, the better you get and the more you learn.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you don’t believe in yourself, you shouldn’t be disappointed when no-one else does either

What are you reading now?
The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn, brilliant homage to the Hitchcock noirs

Voices from the Grave by Ed Moloney, the testament of 2 terrorists, given freely before their deaths. A fascinating insight into the lives of terrorists in Northern Ireland.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing! Publication of The Killing Agent in near future, then the second book in a series that started with Fear of the Dark.

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 Descent by Jeff Long
Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer

Author Websites and Profiles
James E. Mack Website
James E. Mack Author Profile on Smashwords

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an editor by day and writer by night. I wrote my first book when I was 16, and so far I’ve published 3 books: 2 full-length novels and one poetry collection.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Of Love and Deception is my most recent work. It’s Book 1 in what’s probably going to be an 8-book series. It’s a contemporary Christian romance saga that pushes the boundaries of what Christian fiction is, as in there are a few touchy subjects in the books, but they’re there to highlight important issues like domestic abuse and addiction.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Sometimes I “write” by dictating to Siri. If I have a sudden inspiration for a scene, but all I have with me is my iPhone, instead of trying to type on my phone, I’ll just pull up notes, click the little voice command button and then speak my words to Siri. Later on, when I get to my computer, I transcribe it onto my computer.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Kristen Heitzmann has been one of my favorite authors since my middle school days. Her Rocky Mountain Legacy is what really got me hooked into reading and made me dream of one day becoming an author too.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on Book 2 of my Tainted Love Saga: Of Love and Family. With any luck, I’ll have it out in at least 6 months (maybe sooner). *fingers crossed*

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Fans. Fans help promote my books so much. There is nothing quite like those word-of-mouth book recommendations.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing is a way of life. Live it. Breathe it. Do it. Make it part of your every day life, and it’ll become second-nature to you.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these. things shall be added unto you.” – Matthew 6:33

Put God first in everything, and He’ll do amazing things.

What are you reading now?
A couple of things:

1. Beauty of the Beast by Rachel L. Demeter
2. The Seeking Heart by Francois Fenelon

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have so many ideas bouncing around in my head. The challenge is finding the time to execute them all.

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. The Holy Bible
2. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
3. Phantom by Susan Kay
4. 1989 by K. L. Lowe

Author Websites and Profiles
Kayla Lowe Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a personal trainer and writer, although this is my first published book. I have been using running and working out as powerful tools to heal my mind and body. I use exercise to fight anxiety and depression successfully and drug free. I understand how it feels to be trapped inside a mind that is sabotaging you. My goal is to help as many people as possible begin to believe in themselves so that they can reach their fitness and other personal goals.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The 30-Day Cast-Away Program – I was inspired to write this by watching so many women with immense potential derail themselves from their fitness and life goals through second guessing, limiting beliefs and fear of failure. My book offers free methods of meditation, visualization and other mental tips and tricks to help people believe in themselves, then take the physical action they need to in order to smash their goals!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write very much in an engaging and conversational tone, which I believe draws people in and helps them understand my message.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Tony Robbins and other similar writers, those who try to inspire and lift up others.

What are you working on now?
I am working on the sequel to this book -the top 50 fitness habits that you can learn and use to achieve success.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I mainly promote the book via my youtube channel and FB page.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Try not to get discouraged. It takes months and months to go through this process, then to see success. Don’t give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t be afraid to fail. The most successful people in the world all failed miserably multiple times before they achieved success. Failure is good.

What are you reading now?
I am reading THE WINTER PALACE – it’s excellent. I love historical fiction.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Building up my channel and selling my book, writing my second book, and looking for other niches to fill in the fitness 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?
probably a huge dictionary so I could learn more words, the bible, Charles Bukowski’s Ham on Rye, and The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Greggory.

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