Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Thank you so much for the interview!!

I write historical fiction and historical erotica about courageous women and daring passions! My historical erotica is published by Cleis Press. Legends of Lust debuted in January, and Confessions of a Sheba Queen is scheduled for release January 2020.

The Impaler’s Wife is my debut historical fiction!! To date, I’ve written 8 books—3 historical fiction and 2 historical erotica, and 3 paranormal romances under another pen name.

Quick facts.
• I’m an author, mom to 4 grown children, & high school teacher.
• My children tell me I’m crazy. (They made me that way.)
• I live in Southern California.
• I’m always on a diet, which is hard because bread, carbs, and sweets are so delicious!
• I drive too fast—hey, I have places to go.
• I’ve been married 3Xs. (I ditched 1 & 2)
• Hubby #3 is a keeper…so far. LOL!
• I write historical fiction about courageous women because women need to embrace their power.
• I also write erotica because….SEX!
• I can make a pound cake with my eyes closed. ( 4 kids = a lot of baking )
• I hate folding laundry—sorry, Marie Kondo.
• My spirit animal is an Octopus.
• Travel inspires me.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Impaler’s Wife is my newest historical fiction. I’m a bit of a history nerd, especially history about bad-ass women. Who doesn’t love and respect fearless women who lived and loved their own way? While reading a book about little known women in history, I came across Ilona, Vlad Dracula’s Hungarian Wife. I had to write about her! So into medieval history and Dracula’s life I plunged. I didn’t sugarcoat the times or make it politically correct. Nor did I water down facts to suit our 21st century sensibilities. One of my favorite things about reading historical fiction is getting a glimpse into the life and times of the people.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
If it’s nice outside—in southern California that’s 90% of the time—I write outside by the pool. Sometimes in the pool if it’s over 110 degrees. I’ll write a few hours, jump in and do a few laps, work out scenes or dialog. I write until my eyes blur. When the weather is cool—that’s anything below 70 degrees— I sit in a comfy rocker in my living room.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Genre whore here! I’ll read any genre. Janet Evanovich, J.K. Kenner, Preston & Child, Michelle Moran, Lisa See, Diana Gabaldon, Dominic Grey, Lauren Smith, Philippa Gregory, Ken Follett, James Rollins, Jean Auel, Christian Jacq, Ken Follett, Susan Howatch, Haruki Murakami, and Anne Rice to name a few! And I adore the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen, William Makepeace Thackery, Mary Shelley, Margaret Mitchell, Agatha Christie, Alexander Dumas, Leo Tolstoy, and I’m certain I left out hundreds more.

What are you working on now?
Plenty of multi-tasking happening in the next few months!
~ I’m revising the first novel I ever wrote, a paranormal romance under another pen name, so I can promote the series
~ and working on the editor notes for Confessions of a Sheba Queen
~ and outlining a 4th paranormal romance
~ and finishing the first draft for Diros, a historical fiction I hope to have ready next year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is all new to me. I’m still learning the ropes. And sometimes those ropes get pretty tangled up!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
1. Write. Write. Write. If you’re a newbie. Learn the craft. There’s tons of blogs, books, and videos about plotting, conflict, character and more! Keep writing.
2. Revise. Revise. Revise. Then revise some more.
3. Find a local writing group that offers critique sessions. This can be tricky. I went to one where a guy thought finding comma faults on someone’s first draft was helpful. Ever the smart ass, I asked if this was an editing group or a critique group.
4. Take advice and learn from successful published authors.
5. If it’s in your budget go to writing conferences. I went to three the first year I caught the writing bug. I learned different things about publishing from each one.
6. This advice comes from my computer engineer son. If something isn’t saved in three places, it doesn’t exist. Three places. I send my documents to the cloud (wherever that is), to my email, and to a flash drive.
7. Write because you have a story to tell. Write because you must. The creative mind blossoms best when it is nurtured and respected.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
LOL—that’s a difficult question! For me it’s all about the power of revisions!

What are you reading now?
The Count of Monte Cristo is on my bedside table and A Discovery of Witches is on my kindle.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Lots coming this year and next.

Historical fiction available summer 2019 ~ DRAGON LADY

Against all odds, a prostitute becomes the most powerful pirate chieftain in the South China Seas. Sold into slavery by her parents, Xianggu works on a floating brothel for ten years before a midnight pirate raid changes her life.

Determined to rise above her lowly status, the fearless young woman embarks on a journey requiring beauty, brains, and brawn. Red Flag boss, Zheng Yi, is captivated by the spirited Xianggu and soon makes her his wife. This begins her adventure into the violent world of sea banditry. But Xianggu must do more than learn to wield a sword, sail a ship, and swim across a bay. She must become indispensable to Zheng Yi or risk losing everything, even her life.

After her husband’s death, Xianggu wrestles control of the Red Flag fleet. Despite betrayals, Mandarin treachery, and foreign foes she builds a pirate empire with more than 400 ships and 40,000 people under her command. She also establishes rules safeguarding the women on her ships.

Amid the famines, feuds, and fighting, Xianggu must battle ancient prejudices and jealous men. In 19th century China, when men made and enforced the rules, the Dragon Lady lived by her own.

Historical fiction available Fall 2019 ~ The EMPEROR’S ASSASSIN

A young herbalist finds herself forced into a world of decadence and corruption when Nero commands her to become his personal poisoner. The Emperor’s Assassin chronicles the life of Locusta of Gaul, a shadowy historical figure whose poisonous deeds remain only conjectures.

Locusta is not only a survivor, she is a complex and strong woman who embraces her cunning, sexuality, and herbal knowledge to thrive during Nero’s treacherous reign. Ordered to leave her pastoral life, Locusta is swept into a world of Roman intrigue, scandal, and murder. At a time when defying an Emperor meant death and treason lurked behind every corner, Locusta must embrace her profession or die.

As she journeys from the vineyards of Gaul to the Imperial palaces of Rome, Locusta discovers the importance of friendship, the consequences of dangerous knowledge, and the cost of freedom.

Historical erotica available January 2020 ~ Confessions of a Sheba Queen.

During a sandstorm in the ancient lands of Saba, a powerful jinni in hiding gives birth to a daughter. An intelligent, curious child, Bilqīs does not inherit the super-human physical gifts of her mother, a being born of smokeless fire, and yet deep within burns the courageous spirit of her fearsome parentage. Her rite into womanhood, however, reveals a sexual hunger that may be her undoing.

Tragedy forces Bilqīs to leave her home and travel to the city of Ma’rib where she seeks revenge upon the king. Danger lurks around every bend and corner for a young woman with only her wit, courage, and body as her weapons. Bilqīs soon masters the art of seduction and finds it the most pleasurable method to achieve her goals.

But fate intervenes, and what begins as a quest for vengeance becomes a mission to make the land of Saba the wealthiest kingdom in ancient history. Bilqīs, the enigmatic Queen of Sheba, battles prejudices, jealousy, corruption, and her own unquenchable hunger for carnal pleasures.

It is only after meeting King Solomon that Bilqīs discovers her greatest battle is not with others but within herself.

Historical Fiction coming 2020 ~ Diros

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?
Gone with the Wind
Tales of Genji
The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Works of Agatha Christie

Author Websites and Profiles
Autumn Bardot Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Mexico but grew up in the United States. My dream was to help my parents from financial issues and especially to show people my imagination for their entertainment. Even though I have some mental disabilities, I didn’t let those problems stop me from writing a novel about my first character that I imagined since I was eight.

So far I have written one novel. I plan to do more once I see that people enjoy my imagination.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My novel is called “The Golden-Syph (Life With A Price).”
When I was seven years old, I realized that I had many stories in my head that I wanted to share to the world. All I knew is that I can draw and write it out! At eight I wrote my first novel from one of the first creations I’ve imagined. Since then, my fascination on writing hasn’t gone away.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I keep having thoughts of, “I need to finish this novel soon!” Or “It needs to be EXACTLY how I’ve imagined it!” And etc. I guess that those are normal thoughts, though it did help me finish a novel as a kid.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
An author who has inspired me was C.S Lewis. How he was able to write many, beautiful stories and still convey a strong lesson from them, made me look at the art of writing differently in an amazing way!

What are you working on now?
I’m still trying to get more readers for my book and get some sales. Once I know many people enjoy my book, I will definitely share more of my stories!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Hosting public, book events seems to help. Especially if you have tall banners of your book by your table. It grabs a lot of attention! I also give out cards of promotion with art on it and a summary of my book and it’s link. Https://thegoldensyph.weebly.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If your looking for a traditional publisher or literary agent, and they ask you to pay money upfront before they give services, STAY AWAY. It will turn out to be a scam. A real publisher and agent will only ask you for a percentage of your earnings after you make sales from their help.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The same thing I’ve explained from the previous question

It’s something I wish I knew before I went into publishing a book.

What are you reading now?
Sadly nothing now
In the meantime, I’m focusing on using my time in writing and being with my family

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to succeed as a writer and hope to write more stories that people will enjoy!

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 Magician’s Nephew, The Horse and His Boy, and The Sea of Monsters

Author Websites and Profiles
Ivy Orozco Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I write novels full-time under the pen name R.J. Eastwood. Prior to turning to writing, I was a writer/director of motion pictures and TV productions. To date, I have published seven books – 4 non-fiction, 3 fiction.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest novel is Midnight Black – The Purge. It is a suspense thriller. I thought it would be fun to take a man who has been imprisoned in total isolation for 15 years and return him to a society on the brink of collapse and finds himself embroiled in the wildest conspiracy he could have ever imagined.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t outline my books. I know the story, the characters, the beginning and the end. The rest just flows as I write. It’s more fun that way and I often surprise myself with twists and turns I had not anticipated.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Authors Lee Child, Cormac McCarthy, Steven King.

What are you working on now?
I am working on a new novel titled The White Prize, but that’s all I’ll say about it for now.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My author website is http:www.robertjemeryauthor.com. I am heavily invested in social media – Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and a number of Facebook author groups and just about every other place I can easily promote.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t write about what might be trending, find you own unique story, give it you unique voice, then give yourself enough time to make it grate.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Hire an editor

What are you reading now?
Soyuz by Harry Millman

What’s next for you as a writer?
How about a vacation in Italy?

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
A book of world maps to find my way off the Island would be a good start. Beyond that books Mark Twain, Lee Child, Steven King, and Cormac McCarthy

Author Websites and Profiles
robert emery Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written several books, eight at least, some of them are not quite done, but close enough to finish in a month or so.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is one that will be published by a traditional publisher next year. I wanted to write something different from what I had been writing, to write a main character who had flaws, was not particularly moral or diligent, but who found those things in himself on a journey with lawmen.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really, except that I can write a novel until I get to the marketing part, then sort of stall out until I find a place to sell it, or at least some utility for it, then I can finish, but they are usually 2/3 done by then and easy to conclude.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Cormac McCarthy, who writes novels of the West, as I do, rather than Westerns. But, there are authors who inspire me and authors who influence me. William Faulkner inspires me to write as does Steinbeck, but McCarthy and Larry McMurtry have influenced how and what I write.

What are you working on now?
Yes.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Twitter has worked for me in the past, Amazon of course with their free offers. My website is a good place to go and I try to send people there. A lot of the rest have been word of mouth, I am a member of Western Writers of America, who promote a large range of just Western type novels, even contemporary Western novels and help get publishers and agents involved.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write it down. Be honest, because no matter what you do, most of it is going to be somewhat autobiographical, so be honest about your emotions. Getting it in publishing shape and be done later. Get the story down.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Ralph Cotton a very successful Western writer, when we were just both starting out, he told me: “You’re only a writer while you are actually writing, every other moment you are a book salesman.” He was right.

What are you reading now?
The Transformation of John Foster Dulles

What’s next for you as a writer?
I need to get the traditional thing going with Deputized, then an agent so that I can focus on writing a bit more.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
A Light In August, William Faulkner, War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy (for length if nothing else) the collected works of William Shakespeare and maybe The work by Maxim Gorky.

Author Websites and Profiles
T.L. Davis Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written ten books (wow! That’s the first time I put down that number, as I’m just finishing up two more books). I love to say I’m a high-flying, deep-diving, life-loving author — and what’s true in my life is true in my books. My books go high, deep, and all points in between.

I’ve written ten books (wow! That’s the first time I put down that number, as I’m just finishing up two more books). I love to say I’m a high-flying, deep-diving, life-loving author — and what’s true in my life is true in my books.

When I’m not flying planes, scuba diving, climbing every mountain (on the back of my husband’s motorcycle) or riding the world’s fastest roller coasters, you can find me in my writing nest with a view of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains out the window. I’ve lived all over–from both oceans white with foam, to the prairie, and now to the mountain. Yes, a little backwards, but what the hey.

My bestselling and award-winning novels go as high and deep as I do—they’re profound yet funny; playful although poignant; heart-opening and heart-lifting; thought-provoking and inspiring; and edgy while universal. I’m also a screenwriter and award-winning filmmaker and humanitarian.

I know it’s all about genre these days, and mine is a little complicated. My novels could fall under women’s literature, powerhouse chick lit (hey! I heard that….Jane Austen’s books and The Help are considered chick lit, so I’m in very good company), romantic comedy, inspirational/metaphysical/visionary, and fantasy/science fiction—and for a couple of my books it’s all of these at the same time! The main thrust of my stories is taking an odd, convoluted situation (a starbeing ending up in Kansas, anyone?) and providing myriad deep insights with usually even more laughs.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Fresh off the Starship, about a starbeing who was supposed to end up in Washington, D.C., where she could be of service on a grand, geopolitical scale, but ended up in…Kansas!

I’ve wanted to write about something that takes place in Western Kansas ever since my husband – a former Kansas farmboy – took me there; I met his wonderfully charming relatives and fell in love with the land. I’m from the East Coast and lived on the West Coast for most of my adult life. When I tell people I lived in Kansas, their eyes glaze over…like I’m sure mine did at one point. I wanted to show these Kansas folks’ depth, sincerity, and wisdom – they’re definitely not the bunch of “hicks” so many may think.

I heard a line from the movie Starman many years ago – something along the lines of “You humans are at your best when you’re at your worst.” I’ve wanted to create my own starbeing for decades and have to look through her eyes to see how beautiful we humans can be and how amazing life on Earth is. It was really fun to have to imagine taking a sip of water for the first time as well as the many other fun things humans engage in.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wouldn’t say I have any unusual writing habits, but I do have a few that work very well. First, I sit down at an uninterruptible, appointed time every workday. Second, I create a playlist for each book; after a while, as soon as I turn on the music, I’m right in mood and setting of the book – it’s Pavlovian. Even today, if I hear a song from the Angels on Overtime playlist from six or seven years ago, I’m back driving through the mountains of Idaho or down the LA freeway.

I guess my strangest habit is that I have a writing “nest” – a comfy sofa that faces out a window where I have a view of a grove of trees and a beautiful garden. I have a desk, too, but I never seem to write there. I put my laptop on a huge, thick cushion on my legs, and I’m more comfortable than at a desk plus my posture is better. I’ve written five books on that sofa. Oliver, our parrot, is right next to me enjoying the view, too, along with some neck scratches when I’m taking a break.

I generally write after breakfast and then spend the afternoons doing things like marketing work (which can be endless) and recording audiobooks. I’m converting a couple of my books into screenplays, and that sure takes a while.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Dan Brown and Kathleen McGowan, with their twists on what’s been accepted as history as well as the current status quo. Jean Houston is one of my sheros. I had the opportunity to work with/edit for Barbara Marx Hubbard when I was much younger, and it was like she picked me up by the scruff of the neck and lifted me up to a whole new level, saying, “You’re going to live way up here now.” I’m so grateful.

What are you working on now?
I put out two books last year and I’m expecting the same for this year. One is called The Life of My Love, which is about finding the love of your life (something I’ve done very well!). The second book is about three generations of women: an aging hippie flower child, a middle-aged arch conservative, and a trans woman college student—all under one roof. What could go right?

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Websites that are dedicated to readers are the best. Goodreads, Discount Booksy, All Author, of course Awesome Gang, and websites like that are better than Facebook and Twitter for ongoing marketing.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing! Show up to, as the adage goes, “put the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair” at a pre-arranged, uninterruptable time every workday, and the book will get written. Even if you have only fifteen minutes a day, little by little a book can get done.

Some writers are plotters, where they outline and pre-arrange the book before writing it. I’m definitely not one of them. I write whatever wants to be written that day and then tie those pieces together.

For me the most important thing is being open to the music from the muse and the changes it might bring. I once said to a screenwriting professor that my writing surprises me sometimes. “You mean you say, ‘I can’t believe I just wrote that?’” she asked. The class laughed, and so did I. But…well…yes, I do mean that, LOL.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Persistence, persistence, persistence.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading WHERE THE FOREST MEETS THE STARS, by Glendy Vanderah, which is about…a starbeing! I honestly didn’t know that when I bought it on Bookbub. I was captivated by the cover. What a small world, since my last book was about a starbeing.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m finishing up two books, as I mentioned, and I have a sequel to Fresh off the Starship in mind. One of my books is getting pitched to traditional publishers, so that’s exciting. And no matter what happens with that, I’ll keep on writing, putting them out, writing some more, putting them out, too, and…..

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 dictionary, my book Mary’s Message (about Mary Magdalene and Jesus/Yeshua), and the latest Dan Brown and Kathleen McGowan books.

Author Websites and Profiles
Ann Crawford Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
So far, I’ve had three fantasy novels published. My first two books, “Gate of Souls” and “Tree of Bones,” are part of my “A Familiar’s Tale,” fantasy series. Book 3 (The Fires of Rapiveshta) which will complete the trilogy, should be out next year. My newest novel release is “The Bardess of Rhulon,” was just released a few months ago. It is about a Dwarven heroine named Rose Greenleaf, who runs away to become a bard and finds more adventure than she bargained for.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Bardess of Rhulon. I had an idea to do a fantasy tale about a Dwarf heroine, which is untapped storytelling. When I had her name, Rose Greenleaf, the story unfolded quickly. Bardess is from their ancient term for female Bards ans Rhulon is the Dwarven nation in my tale.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I just write. I do not make excuses for inspiration or being blocked. I write. I do carefully plan out my tales in a compendium which has all the information about the world, characters, magic, religions, story.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many!!!! Ray Bradbury, Tanith Lee, Frank Herbert, David Eddings, and so many more. I read fantasy and science fiction from a young age.

What are you working on now?
A fantasy about an outcast bastard girl named Sabine Fable. The book, The Bastard Sorceress (I refuse to give up that title!) is almost done. Then I will begin my second novel of my Bardess trilogy.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I hope it is you. There are many sites. But good promos are great, plus reviews people! As an author with a small publishing house (Sky Warrior Books) er rely on readers giving reviews on Amazon. Most of us are not in bookstores and need this. So review your favorite books!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing is the easy part. The business end can be a bugger. Promoting, finding a publisher, and other things which are a daily struggle.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It has not happened yet. Sorry. We all get the usual, just keep writing and learning. But I have never had any great advice about writing or getting ahead in this field.

What are you reading now?
David Eddings’ Belgariad series. Again. I love Aunt Pol!

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have about a doze more books I have mapped out and more short stories. I want to write science fiction. No matter what, there will be a heroine leading the tale.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
A wicked question to ask an author! Argh….my brain would melt just thinking about it. If you saw my book collection, you would understand.

Author Websites and Profiles
Verna McKinnon Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
After working for years as a personal trainer, it occurred to me that something was missing from my life, so one day I picked up a pad of paper and started writing the first draft of my first novel. Three months later, I wrote “the end” on the last page of my manuscript and put it away happier and more complete than I could remember feeling in a very long time. I didn’t start submitting my work until the beginning of last year. Since then, I’ve signed multiple book deals through different publishers. My best-selling post apocalyptic novel, After the Change, (published by MKM Bridge Press) has been introduced into the curriculum at the University of Washington. I’ve also authored Bronte’s Ride (also published by MKM Bridge Press), and the young adult series, Ninja Girl (which is being published this year by Rainier Publishing House. Book One) has been adapted into a play and will be performed in Seattle this summer by Earthseed Seattle.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
A few years ago, I wrote a short story titled, “Highway Nine.” Though I liked the way it came out, the protagonists never got an explanation as to what the monsters were, and where they came from. I wanted closure on the matter. Even if my heroes never got answers, I needed them, so I wrote Highway Twenty to learn more. I just started shopping it around this week actually.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Writing is such a personal and intimate thing, that it’s hard to say where my process differed from others. I do most of my first draft work in longhand, which I imagine is becoming less frequent these days. I don’t work from an outline. I know some authors do, but it has a negative effect on my creativity. I find the story’s able to play out more organically and less predictable if I don’t plot it too heavily.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
As soon as I learned to read, I tore through the Goosebumps series. Then, in the third grade, I found a box of dusty Stephen King and V.C. Andrew novels in a closet in my Mom’s bedroom. I read The Shining in three days when I was eight. I think I chose that one first because I liked the reflective cover. I used to read every Christopher Pike book I could get my hands on. The entire young adult and horror genres have been major influences on me from early on, and they’re what I still prefer to read. Mixing them in my own writing comes so natural that I tend to do it without meaning to sometimes.

What are you working on now?
I’m actually working on Book Two of After the Change, a post apocalyptic YA series about three teens who set out to rebuild society inside of a prison.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I like Facebook. It works well for me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Publish wherever you can. Focus more on getting your work out, than making money. Building a resume is so important in the beginning.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Instead of trying to be better than everybody around you, just strive everyday to be better than the guy in the mirror.” This advice was actually given to me by the guy in the mirror.

What are you reading now?
I am reading “How to be Human” by Paula Cocozza.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’d like to see some of my short pieces appear in magazines. I have enough to fill a book, and I haven’t done much with them yet, so I plan to start shopping them around very soon.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Holy Bible, New International Version.
Flowers in the Attic, V.C. Andrew.
Joyland, Stephen King.
Horns, Joe Hill.

Author Websites and Profiles
Michael J Moore Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Michael and I just self-published my first book, Land Your Dream Job: Join the 2% Who Make it Past Resumé Screening. A year ago I started working for an incredible company called Self-Publishing School, and together with the program and excellent coaching, I was able to self-publish this book.

I have plans to write many more books in the future, both in the fiction and non fiction genres.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called Land Your Dream Job: Join the 2% Who Make it Past Resumé Screening.

Writing a book has been on my bucket list for years. In my first book, I wanted to empower readers with the 10 years of experience I have in job search strategies. This resulted in me writing LYDJ, and I walk through job candidates through creative an effective cover letter and resumé while also preparing them for their interview.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
None that I’m aware of

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve been heavily influenced by fantasy fiction. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones. I love every book by Mitch Albom. The Martian, Ready Player One, The Name of the Wind have also expanded my perspective in the fiction world.

What are you working on now?
My number one goal right now is to become a Bestseller on Amazon for my book, Land Your Dream Job: Join the 2% Who Make it Past Resumé Screening. All other objectives come second

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Great question! I’ll have to get back to you on that one!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
One day at a time. One foot in front of the other. One thing.

Stay focused on your number one objective, and forget the rest.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

What are you reading now?
Wool by Hugh Howey. He’s a big-time self-published fiction author.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing a follow up book to Land Your Dream Job: Join the 2% Who Make it Past Resumé Screening. Then, diving into fiction!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Ready Player One.
The Martian.
Tuesdays with Morrie.

Author Websites and Profiles
Michael Lachance Website
Michael Lachance Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am Randhir kaur. I pertain from North East India, Assam, Jorhat. I have gained my education in English Literature and futher resuming my studies in the same. I am the Author of my debut book ‘Joe Blow’ (Amazon and Kindle) and I so again brought the concept of assimilating 100 writers from across the world in the second book ‘Bonmot Yarns’ (Amazon and Kindle) . While the latest one ‘The Chord’. I am teacher by profession and kind of a wanderlust sojourner.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Chord is the latest book in my list which is available worldwide. Everything that I feel and see around me is the reason which resulted me in typing another script like this. The Chord has been the outcome of mixed emotions I have faced so far.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, I don’t have any usual habit. I can write in the silent hours and sometimes in the deadliest crowd.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I don’t try to imitate any author or had not tried to pen like any one because I believe in making my own face in front of public. I believe my words are enough provoking than any Romanticism. My essence is lost the moment I try to replicate Wordsworth or Jhumpa Lahiri. So as such no author has influenced me in the writing field and I loathe reading books. I barely do that because I don’t have that patience to sit and pain my eyes for hours.

What are you working on now?
I just have a idea to expose the talent from my place that is Assam (Jorhat) by letting the people to be featured on the social platform . But currently I am not working on to this .

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Instagram, poemhunter and booksie has been very kind to me. The most influential is Instagram application which led me 100 writers in just two days and I had received a couple of kind reviews from people out of the literature field.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Hardships is a part of life. Without it there is no place for you on this earth. Every sad things end up on a screen and so they are called ‘legends’ . Don’t run from risks, face it. Don’t chase your sleepy dreams, snag it. Don’t fall for greatness, fall in love with the failure to know the real meaning of ‘hardship’. I would just say that the authors should write about the truths because words are the silent weapons, a man can face the depression with one positive word they hear. Authors should show the vice and virtue.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
‘Do something that people should remember you by your name so that death be not proud of your living fame’

What are you reading now?
Like said, I barely read. But I love reading classical poets. Nauseated but there lies a beauty in archaic words.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to see myself in the author’s list. Which is hell no possible . Lol.

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?
Books for me has strangled my body. According to me books aren’t what I see for becoming a writer. That hasn’t inspired me at all. I would rather grab a cup of tea, a pen and my diary . I can die with these three things.

Author Websites and Profiles
Randhir Kaur Website
Randhir Kaur Amazon Profile

Randhir Kaur’s Social Media Links
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Much to the surprise of many who know me, I survived to retire from the military after 20 years of very active duty AND have been blissfully married both during and presently. And yes, my marriage has been to the same woman throughout. I’m certain there’s a special place in Heaven waiting for her.
I currently have two books available and am slowly progressing on the third of the series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The title of the book is ‘The Kinsman: Journeyman Assassin’.
The inspiration can only be described as twofold. The story itself has been in my head for years, it just never coalesced until the second part of the inspiration hit. Upon retirement, my loving wife “suggested” (curtailed just short of pleading) that I find a hobby to help me deal with my restlessness during the cold, wet months of winter.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
What seems unusual to one may be normal fare for another. I am most at peace when I am active and surrounded by nature. Working outside allows my mind to wander and the ideas just flow. Many are discarded, but all have some value. Those that “stick” often find their way into whatever I’m writing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Without hesitation I can say Alexandre Dumas and Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens). Both are literary giants in their field and, in my opinion, have not been surpassed in their chosen styles. Though perhaps Voltaire might rival Mark Twain in the field of satire, but to fully benefit from his writing I’d need to be a better student of history.

What are you working on now?
The third book in The Kinsman series (Assassin Adept)

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have done little in the way of promoting. My MC does have a Facebook page and publishing through Amazon (KDP Select) does promote the books for a time, and remain available afterward.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. Is that a ‘cop out’? It’s really as simple as that.
Each writer has methods specific to them. There are Plotters and Pantsers and variations in between. I try to develop characters that I can trust and then let them tell me the story. I guess that makes me more a stenographer than an author, but it works for me.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you don’t have time to do it right, do you have time to do it twice?

What are you reading now?
A non-fiction, The Holistic Orchard by Michael Phillips

What’s next for you as a writer?
Continuing The Kinsman Series with a few other Fantasy fictions on the wings

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 Count of Monte Cristo, Les Miserables, The SAS Survival Manual, The Foxfire Book

Author Websites and Profiles
Brian Keller Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I teach natural sciences at the university. After writing scientific papers and books in my field, some of my friends who know about my life were telling me that I should write an autobiography. I had some free time on my hands one evening and just like that my first novel, Awakening, was born. After writing it, I began to think, yes, that is how it happened, but I would really like to be able to make it more interesting. Or to include some interesting stories that happened to other people I know. But then it would not be the truth any more. So that’s how my other novels in the Black Souls MC series came to be. There is five of them up until now.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last book is the fifth in the series, called Between Rock and a Hard Place. As usual, it was inspired by real people and some stuff that actually happened with a bit of imagination added in the mix.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, except if it’s unusual to try and write everything in one go. Usually when I start to write I skip sleeping and eating for three days until I finish it. And I have my music blasting the whole time I write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Hard to say. I read so many things and I guess I was influenced by them all.

What are you working on now?
I’m considering doing the sixth book in the series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I guess I’m not good at promotion, this is my first try. The only thing I have done for now was letting one of my books be free for the period of five days. And I had one of my friends post links on one forum and on Goodreads.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you feel like writing something, go for it. The amazon self publishing is a great thing which makes it possible for everyone to be a published author. And it’s fun.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can have everything you want if you give up everything else.

What are you reading now?
Er ist wieder da by Timur Vermes.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Who knows. There’s this saying, How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans. So I’m trying not to plan anything.

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?
Losi McMaster Bujold Memory and whatever three other would be the thickest (and not a phone book).

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am the author of the Tree of Life trilogy of epic fantasy books and the historical fantasy novel, This Sacred Isle. I live in Suffolk, England with my wife, daughter and cat.
Aside from writing, I enjoy reading a wide range of books, watching films, visiting museums and art galleries, and spending time with family and friends. I also a long-suffering supporter of Ipswich Town Football Club…

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last novel was ‘This Sacred Isle’, which is set in 6th century Britain, a period commonly referred to as the ‘Dark Ages’. This period has long fascinated me, a period when kingdoms and regional identities started to coalesce, with the very foundations of the nations of Britain taking shape. At this time, Britain was largely a wild land, rich in myth and ruled by warrior-kings, and a land where the people faced perils that many parts of today’s world still endure: war, disease and famine. In some ways, this is a post-apocalyptic world, with scattered groups of individuals struggling to establish order within the bones of Roman Britannia. In addition, the plight of the Britons intrigued me; how would they feel, often supplanted by the aggressive newcomers from across the sea, the last remnants of the civilisation of Roman Britannia crumbling?

The Anglo-Saxon cosmology and mythology feels fantastical, but it is one of the core principles of my story that it would feel real to the people, they would make no distinction between what might be called ‘supernatural’ and real life – presenting this was a challenge! I also wanted to capture a hint of the linguistic skill of the Anglo-Saxon people. Anglo-Saxon kennings intrigued me and I sprinkled these throughout the story to add a flavour of their rich, poetic forms of expression.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this period, this setting, offered strong potential for a novel. It was a story I wanted to tell, even one I needed to tell.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
As well as writing books, I also have a full-time job, so I tend to spend my lunch-breaks in the local library researching or jotting down story ideas.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
This could be a very long list indeed! I’ll try to keep it to just five authors:

Richard Adams
J.R.R. Tolkien
George Orwell
Mervyn Peake
Pat Barker

What are you working on now?
I am working on my next novel, Second Sun. Second Sun is a dystopian SF novel. Second Sun is set in a present day but alternate Earth roughly thirty years (the timescale is important, for reasons I won’t reveal here) after a successful alien invasion by a race called the Eternals, an invasion that was welcomed and supported by much of humanity. Despite their conquest, which has become known as the Redemption, the Eternals largely allow humans to continue their lives as they see fit, although the conquerors proudly claim to have reduced the threat of war, especially nuclear conflict, in an effort to herald in a new era of peace. The Eternals work through the human proxies and encouraged a society which places the highest value on personal enrichment and self-actualisation. For many, it is a utopia, but there are whispered rumours of discontent, rumours that challenge the Eternals’ claim of benevolence…

The main character of the story finds himself, unwittingly at first, drawn into the schemes of the Union, a revolutionary movement sworn to overthrow the rule of the Eternals. As the story develops, and he is drawn into ever greater danger, he slowly begins to discover the true nature of the Eternals’ rule, and of the depths of human cruelty.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I find twitter is a great way to reach out to readers and other authors. Indie authors are very supportive and encouraging, and are always willing to share advice.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
When it comes to writing novels – the subject matter really has to grip you, the author. If you want to write a novel you have to be prepared for the long haul, not just writing but research, and that journey will be much more rewarding if you are writing about a subject that fascinates and excites you. Therefore, when setting out on your writing journey, make sure it is a book you not only want to write, but feel you have to write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I like Stephen King’s advice: ”If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.”

What are you reading now?
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing my next novel, Second Sun. I’m working on the fourth draft now, with a provisional publication date of November 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 Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
Gormenghast – Mervyn Peake
1984 – George Orwell
Regeneration – Pat Barker

Author Websites and Profiles
Steven Smith Website
Steven Smith Amazon Profile
Steven Smith Author Profile on Smashwords

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Dave Matthes, I’m a South Jersey native living in Pennsylvania working as a service and installation technician for the restaurant industry. I’ve written and self-published seventeen books of varying genres and styles, mostly novels and poetry. I’ve just finished the first draft of my eighteenth book which is a short novel. I live with my fiance just south of Philadelphia and we have a cat named Hank who is the most demanding life-sucker I’ve ever met, but he’s also the world’s greatest cuddler.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recent book is a collection of poetry and stories titled “On the Verge of Burning Down the Church”. The poems touch base on the idea of becoming so desperate in life you’re forced to rearrange whatever system of morality or truth you’ve been raised to uphold thus far in life.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Unusual? No. I have consumed my fair share of alcohol and other mind-altering paraphernalia, as I’m sure most other writers or artists can relate to. But nothing really unusual. I work a lot on the road, so when I’m not at home typing on my laptop, I’m at work shooting down notes in a notebook or whatever I can find.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Kerouac, Bukowski, Jim Morrison, John Fante, Cormac McCarthy, etc… the list is to lengthy to include everyone. But as far as my style of writing is concerned, I generally try to write somewhat differently with each subsequent book whether it’s poetry or a novel. I like to experiment with my writing, and while I feel I’ve somewhat mastered certain styles, I’ve only scratched the surface on others. Having a slew of authors ranging from several different styles helps to accommodate that need.

What are you working on now?
Just recently I’ve finished the first draft of a new novel, titled “No Old Souls at Fury Tavern”, a story that details the lives and intimacies of a handful of denizens at a dive bar. I’m also part way through another novel, which I am writing in the form of a journal that details my work life on the road and how it has effected my personal life/writing life. It’s called “Hotel Highway City Mountain” and is essentially the most pretentious thing I’ve written to date.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Over the years I’ve found at least for me, my best following comes from those I’ve “crossed paths with” on Instagram. The people there seem to be the most open-minded and The exposure is better than that experienced on Facebook.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yea, don’t take writing advice from other authors.

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

What are you reading now?
Kerouac’s “The Dharma Bums”, “Hunger” by Knut Hamsun, and “Bone House” by Scott Laudati.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Next? Publishing “No Old Souls at Fury Tavern”, and working on the next book. Always, always working on the next book.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Holy Bible, for burning, I hear the pages burn pretty easily.

Author Websites and Profiles
Dave Matthes Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I graduated from Queens College in North Carolina with a degree in English literature. I currently live near the beautiful town of Madison, Georgia with my husband, son, dogs, and the odd assortment of stray cats. As a kitchen witch, I have always sought out and nurtured the magick that can be found in the mundane trappings of everyday life.

My outlook is decidedly romantic, hence my chosen genre. The Darkly Series and my new Legends of the Pale Series follows unlikely couples as they struggle against themselves and outside forces to find lasting love. Enchanted Darkly, was the first book in the Darkly Series and published in 2010. Little did I know that this one book would inspire an entire series based on Celtic mythology and Arthurian legend. The Darkly Series books are closely tied to one another and are best read in order: Enchanted, Bound, Kept, and Surrendered Darkly. Resurrected Darkly is the final offering and becomes available May 1, 2019 on Kindle.

Unlike the Darkly Series, the Legends of the Pale Series was designed to appeal to a broader array of readers. These books also fall into the genre of paranormal romance, but they are not tied as tightly together as my previous series. Ideally a reader should be able to read this books out of sequence and never feel as if they’ve missed anything. The Kindle edition of The Love of Gods will be released May 1, 2019.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Love of Gods is my latest book and is the jumping off point for the new Legends of the Pale Series. My goal was to tackle the same type of paranormal world but this time with a modern feel to it. It just made me laugh to imagine an ancient god using a cell phone and navigating an increasingly connected world with all it’s technological pitfalls. I also wanted readers to have the freedom of reading the books out of order without feeling as if they’d missed a huge piece of the series cannon.

The Pale itself was inspired by the idea that there are entire communities that live separate but alongside what most of us consider to be modern/normal society. Mundane examples of such groups would be the Amish, the Tinkers, gypsies, some small witch groups, some religious sects, and so on. Each of these examples are radically different from each other and yet they have their own set of rules by which they live and govern their lives and communities. What if groups like these were more than human? What if there were self-governing communities that lived on the fringes of modern society that were other; such as shifters, demi-gods, demons, werewolves, and earthbound ancient gods? This is not a new concept but I believe my personal spin on it has created an interesting universe for me to play in as an author.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Though I don’t think of any of my habits as unusual, though someone might. As part of my writing life, I workout and weight lift because many of my characters are fighters and I want to personally experience that sort of physicality. I am also able to write anywhere and often do for hours at a time; coffee shops, the library, the sofa or in bed. I tend to wear a pair of big and fuzzy, wolf-feet slippers when I’m writing at home. My husband bought them for me while I was finishing up The Love of Gods and they make me smile. Also around that time, I had written about half of The fate of Wolves so they were appropriate footwear for crafting a story about werewolves. I have coffee every morning before I start writing and a glass of wine in the evening when I’m done.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There have been many, but as to the style, Karen Moning and Christine Feehan are the two biggest influences. I just love their multiple series and their ability to create vivid characters.

What are you working on now?
I am currently handing over the second book in the Pale Series, The Fate of Wolves to my editor, while also finishing up the first draft of the third book, The Dreams of Demons. I’ve started the fourth in this series, The Souls of Witches, and periodically jumping between book three and four if I find myself stuck with a scene.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
In 2010 I would have said without hesitation that Goodreads did the best job of getting the word out about my books, but now I’m not so sure. Of course I keep a presence there, but it is a crowded field nine years later. Facebook and Twitter help, but my best vehicle for getting my books looked at is my own author’s website and Amazon itself. Their promotions and ads are very effective.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write a well crafted story and have it professionally edited. These are the two steps you as a writer have the most control over and it will set you apart from the masses.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just write the damn story. Too many times our internal-critic sabotages our progress. That voice slows the act of writing down and it makes us second guess ourselves as storytellers. If you take the time to fully flesh-out your characters they will tell you their own story. Your job is to let them tell it. Let them express their fears and their hopes. Take the journey with them without trying to control every action, every decision.

What are you reading now?
I have a friend, Katharine Wibell, who wrote the Incarn Saga and I am currently reading Ullr’s Fangs, book two of this young adult 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?
Pride and Prejudiced, The Mists of Avalon, and Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Acheron.

Author Websites and Profiles
Tarrant Smith Website
Tarrant Smith Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am 28 years old. I’ve been writing as a hobby since childhood. My first short story was when I was 6 years old. It was a vampire tale. I graduated high school in 2009, then went to Bible college due to my religious involvement at that time in my life. I studied Theology and Church History for 4 years, supporting myself through factory work, then left organized religion and worked three jobs at once just to keep my mind occupied away from anxiety and stress. I worked in retail when I began dating my wife, Brittany, and we eventually married in 2016. It is around this time that I began writing once again. I wrote several short stories and drafts, until finally writing my first book. My first book was “The Duology of Lady Lillith: The Crimson Bride” and was published as an e-book in October of 2017. I wrote and published my second book, “The Duology of Lady Lillith, Book 2: The Sacred Espousal” in 2019.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My second book, “The Duology of Lady Lillith, Book 2: The Sacred Espousal”, was inspired by some events in my own life regarding myself being chaste until I was 25, when I married my wife, and never being with any woman before her. Jonathan Cutshaw forms a love relationship with a female vampire named Marah Autumns, and Jonathan is a virgin and has never been with any other person before. The story was also inspired by concepts such as having a crisis of faith, questioning life and death, the Afterlife, God and the morality of God.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I often switch between the first and third-person viewpoints in narration, depending on the context and events of the story, and I also write about recurring themes. My specific recurring themes are succubus, ghastly females luring men either to their deaths or to transformation to demonism and otherworldly beings.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe and Stephen King have all highly-influenced me in writing, though I would never claim to be like them. I believe that every author is their own author and no author should ever try to be anyone else. We are all individuals.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a third-book that will tie-in to the first two books, focusing on the story of Tighy-Bel the Goth Clown (the antagonist from “The Duology of Lady Lillith, Book 2: The Sacred Espousal”).

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use e-book format because I cannot currently afford the resources to make them into hard copies as of yet. I use Amazon Kindle.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing what you write and never bow to the pressure to change yourself, even if nobody ever notices your work. Poe and Lovecraft both died in poverty and their works were not recognized until afterward. That didn’t stop them from writing while they were alive and, had they quit writing in discouragement, we wouldn’t have their works to enjoy today.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Be yourself and live life to the fullest. You only live once.”

What are you reading now?
The Entire Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan on finishing my third book, then starting on my lengthy fourth book to conclude the Lady Lillith and Tighty-Bel universe and start another series after that.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
King James Version Bible, Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary Of The English Language, The Entire Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and Homer’s Odyssey.

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi! I’m J.P. I’ve written about seven books, but I just recently self-published my first book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first and latest book is called Bloodline. I was really interested in the concept of vampires, but I wanted to put a different twist on it and played with the idea that being a vampire is genetic.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know if it’s unusual, but when I first start to write a book, I never separate it by chapters. I get everything out and then when I edit, I go back and create different sections for chapters.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Definitely Amanda Hocking, Kiera Cass, and Becca Fitzpatrick.

What are you working on now?
Bloodline: Book Two!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social media and just being active on different social media sites.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there, even though it’s terrifying.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you’re second-guessing your choice to self-publish, just do it. What if your favorite author never put themselves out there because they were too scared?

What are you reading now?
Circle of Shadows by Evelyn Skye.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to keep writing because it’s what I love to do and, hopefully, people will enjoy my stories.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Selection by Kiera Cass, Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, Switched by Amanda Hocking and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Author Websites and Profiles
J. P. Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve only written one book so far, Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire, but have been working on several over the past few years while also writing for television and the stage.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire is the result of a long-gestating idea that took root in my head way back in 2007. The idea of a bumbling detective – like Inspector Clouseau – has always appealed to me and I figured a friendship/sidekick relationship would provide more comedy. Then, as usual, I decided to mash it up with sci-fi rigmarole.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Unlike most normal people, I keep all my plots and outlines stored in my head. I’m really going to have to stop that at some point.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Douglas Adams is the obvious suspect, but I try my best to skew away from comparing myself to him, because that’s just foolishness. My feet will never be big enough to fill those shoes.

What are you working on now?
Apart from the sequel to Duckett & Dyer? Well, my writing partner and I are currently working on a script for a television pilot about ordinary people living in a world of superheroes. We call it ‘Mild-Mannered’.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve found that this tweeter is very useful, despite what the current President uses it for.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
An idea can sound like the dumbest thing in the world, but with the right execution? It can be the most magical.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never give up. Never surrender.

What are you reading now?
Currently making my way through Andy Weir’s Artemis

What’s next for you as a writer?
If I knew that, I’d be a very rich man.

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 Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy

Author Websites and Profiles
G.M. Nair Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi my name is Jen.
The my first book is, Stronger Than Lyme: My Battle and Blueprint for Overcoming This Strange Disease.
I’m so happy to have had the opportunity to self-publish in the hope that I can help people feel better.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest and first book is Stronger Than Lyme. I was inspired to tell my story about sickness and recovery so that I may help others.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, just the standard procrastination. =)

What authors, or books have influenced you?

What are you working on now?
I’m working on what seems to be the natural next step, which is a succinct work on how to exercise properly to support joint health.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m brand new, I’m still learning.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
No.

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Retirement seemed like a great idea at the time, but a book idea kept nagging at me. After self-publishing The Garden of Souls, a small press sent me a contract and I wrote three books for them: The Truth and Nothing but Lies, The Night Shadow, and it’s sequel The Touch of a Shadow. Feeling a bit constrained by the publisher, I started writing short stories and have two published in anthologies: “Black Monday” is in Day of the Dark, and “Sacred Harp” is in No Trace.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’m preparing a novella at that moment which was inspired by Orwell’s, Animal Farm. It won’t be ready until the end of the year. I love the idea of adult fairytales, of stories that might employ a bit of metaphysical interference. I used it to great effect in, The Garden of Souls.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to listen to Brazilian music when I’m writing. Occasionally I listen to specific songs that inspire me with my short stories. I must have listened to White Rabbit a hundred times when I wrote the short story: “The Music of Murder.” I rotate between books and stories until I’m getting into the crisis then I concentrate on one story or novel.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Collette and Somerset Maugham are my Go To story tellers for inspiration. I also love Agatha Christie and Craig Johnson. Although, Graham Greene had a tremendous influence on my Shadow Series, Daphne du Maurier and oddly, Dostoevsky changed my life.

What are you working on now?
I’ve probably too many irons in the fire: 5 Short-stories, 2 Science Fiction (1 a novella, and 1 novel), 2 Adult Fairytales, 1 Horror novel (almost completed), 2 Mysteries (1 a novella, possibly a fully fleshed out book, and 1 book).

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Writing short stories actually puts your name before readers who might never have found you for the plethora of voices out there.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be prepared for rejection. Pay attention to what the publisher or agent or editor says, but remember that you’re an individual, and everything is subjective. If you feel the advice is salient, then by all means work on your story with those suggestions in mind. A rejection by one or a fifty of the gatekeepers doesn’t mean your story is unsaleable. But it can also mean it is. You have to step outside your ego to discover the truth. And don’t use your family or friends to tell you whether you have what it takes or not.

Sadly, just because you want to write doesn’t mean you’re any good. The unfortunate truth is not everyone who has written a novel or short story can actually write well. If you self-publish you’ll never know if you’re any good to stand up against the lions of the industry. Remember, Frank Herbert’s, Dune series, was rejected by everyone, so he published with a publisher who specialized in car books. And there are a hundred other stories just like that out there. Be realistic, and be tough.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get ready for rejection. So I’ve passed it along. And read, read, read, read.

What are you reading now?
The Wrong Side of Goodbye, by Michael Connelly, Smiley’s People, by John Le Carre, Great American Detective Stories, edited by Anthony Boucher, Sanctuary, by William Faulkner, and I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Completing one novel, and three novellas this year. My horror novel I must complete editing it or it will drive me insane. Editing takes a different mindset, and I almost always want to rewrite, get creative, when I just need to buckle down and cut and make each sentence clear.

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, Rashi’s commentary on The Chumash, The Brother’s Karamazov, a book of Yeats poems. I could spend the rest of my life eating the prose and poetry of all of those books.

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Cheri Vause Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m just your typical writer dude. Born in Brooklyn, spent most of my life in Staten Island with stops in Jersey and Long Island to get some added flavor and I finished up my tour of the tri-state area by moving to Connecticut where I live with my beautiful wife Shannon and our chorgi named Lola.

So far I’ve put out two novels, “Two Ways to Sunday,” a religious/inspirational book about a man named Chris Marcum, who agrees to relive a harder version of his life to prove that his faith isn’t based on material success. The second one, “Growth and Change Are Highly Overrated,” has been called, “profound satire” and asks the question, “Does growing up mean selling out?”

I’m not saying they are the two best books ever written but they are. You should stop reading right now and buy them, then come back to this informative interview.

But you don’t care about that stuff–you want the juicy details about my life. The nitty and the gritty. The whole kumbaya.

I’m a NY Mets fan. I would trade the last five years off my life to win the World Series this year. My wife has graciously accepted the constant sounds of SNY in our home and the checking of the phone if we’re out somewhere but she drew the line at naming our dog, “Mookie.”

The best television show of all time is LOST and anyone who says, “such and such didn’t make sense” clearly wasn’t watching. THEY EXPLAINED THE POLAR BEARS IN SEASON 3!

I love the movie, “Interstellar” and everything about Matthew Mcconaughey’s relationship with Murph.

I once heckled Paul Anka at Foxwoods Casino.

I am undefeated as an arm wrestler

If I wear lifts in my shoes I’m a shade over six feet tall.

I love to laugh and love even more to make others laugh.

I hate tying my shoe laces because they’re just going to become untied again.

I also love the suit/no tie look.

I prefer to call my hair platinum blonde as opposed to silver.

I cannot dance–and my wife is a great dancer and I love that she believes that one day my hips won’t lie.

I invented the two day stubble look that all men have currently adopted. It was born out of laziness.

I’m also responsible for McDonalds going all white meat for their chicken fingers. You’re welcome.

I could keep going but I’m pretty sure the editors here are going to grow tired of this nonsense and start liberally chopping things out so I’ll end on this one:

People say I have “mannequin looking feet” due to their flatness, a lack of hair and overall opaqueness.

Also, “Overall Opaqueness” would make a great band name.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my new book is, “Growth and Change Are Highly Overrated.”

With a title like that you know there’s a story behind it…

It was February 2013, the week of Valentine’s Day. I was living alone in the lovely town of Weehawken, NJ and to put it bluntly, life sucked. Like one continuous bad day for months at a time.

On top of that, I came down with the worst flu in the history of modern medicine. It was so bad my doctor wrote about me in some medical journal.

So life wasn’t good.

All week I had been locked inside my apartment, sleeping the days away. I was finally well enough to crawl out of bed Friday night and I was starving.

Beyond starving.

I hadn’t eaten anything in days. I looked over at the clock and saw it was 11pm. Okay, ordering takeout was no longer an option. I looked out the window and noticed almost a foot of snow had descended upon my town while I was hibernating. So I wasn’t going to go out and get food either. My last option was the kitchen and that’s when I remembered I hadn’t gone food shopping in almost two weeks.

In summation, it was too late for take out, I was snowed in and I had no food in my house.

And that’s when I officially declared that this, this was the worst moment of my entire life.

That’s when I also thought, this would be one hell of a beginning for a book.

I went into my office, started typing and immediately found my main character, Lucas James. I didn’t know if I had a short story, a novel or just some bizarre journal entry. All I knew was he made me laugh and kept making me laugh.

After that, my only motivation to get out of bed each morning was to find out what came next.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nothing that would make you judge me hard enough to quit reading.

I have found that caffeine and live music on Youtube empties my mind long enough for something interesting to appear.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
That’s a great question and sadly I don’t have one specific influence. I guess I’m influenced by writers and entertainers who wrote and spoke honestly in their work. You don’t need to write a confessional to write something honest, as long as the foundation of what you’re writing about is based on some sort of truth. I think readers pick up on that.

What are you working on now?
I have a book of short stories that I decided to bundle together under the title, “Total BS (Bedtime Stories).” They’re weird, they’re nonsensical and they’re short enough to keep reading just one more.

I’m also working on a movie script just because I’ve never written one and I enjoy a challenge.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I find standing on a street corner yelling at passing cars and strangers really helps get the word out.

Also tweeting to my 350 followers really revs that engine.

If you want to follow me on Twitter and see other examples of great band names go search @TomStarita

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you have any dreams or illusions of grandeur type them up, print them out, walk outside and light them on fire.

Write something that you want to read. If anyone else on this planet enjoys it you’ve won.

Find someone who is your sledgehammer. I call my wife Shannon my Sledgehammer because she is brutally honest with me. If something doesn’t work she tells me and more importantly, she tells me why. It’s fantastic because I know when she likes something she’s not blowing smoke. The only reason why I didn’t give up on this book is because she loved it and for that I’ll always be grateful.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Go back in time and buy stock in Google

What are you reading now?
“Sleeping Beauties” by Owen and Stephen King

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m assuming once everyone reads this interview my book sales will go through the roof and I’ll be on Kimmel. So I guess the next thing is get a haircut.

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 hate this question because I always feel like I’m being judged with my answers.

Something Stephen King

“Born Standing Up” by Steve Martin

A Pearls Before Swine collection by Stephen Pastis

As soon as I hit submit I’m going to think of a better answer and die of regret. Or get indigestion from remorse.

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Tom Starita Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Kris Kourtis is well reputed TV and Radio host worldwide

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Change your life Today

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No

What authors, or books have influenced you?
J. K. Rowling

What are you working on now?
More self help book

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
None

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Master your book before publishing it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write what you know

What are you reading now?
The happiness project

What’s next for you as a writer?
To help people grow

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?
Hard to say.

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written a series of three books, The Finding Your Path Series, created to support youth transitions; starting school, starting high school and finishing school.

My background is in positive psychology and being the eldest of six siblings, my passion is supporting youth wellbeing.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is ‘A Happy Start to School’. Inspired by being part of a series to support youth wellbeing through transitions from an early age.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to mix up my writing location. A fresh space seems to give me new energy.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My top 10:

Anthea Paul (Australian author)
Jessica Hagy (American author)
Oprah (no explanation needed)
Lena Dunham (American actress)
Seth Godin (American entrepreneur)
J. K. Rowling (English author)
Tim Ferris (American author)
Krista Tippet (American podcaster)
My late nan (Kay Pickup)
Elizabeth Gilbert (American author)

What are you working on now?
The fourth book in the Finding Your Path Series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Unfortunately, there’s no quick one answer to this one. It’s a matter of getting your books in front of the right audience.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t share your drafts with anyone and everyone, share them with someone you trust.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write the book you wish you had.

What are you reading now?
Celeste Barber – Challenge Accepted

What’s next for you as a writer?
My goal is to continue providing fun and engaging resources to support transitions.

Author Websites and Profiles
Amba Brown Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m the author of two books on distilled spirits and cocktails (Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History, and Moonshine Nation). My first novel, Friend of the Devil, tells the story of America’s most celebrated chef, who has cut a deal with Satan for fame and fortune. The American Crusade, a political thriller released on April 4, is my second novel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The American Crusade is set during the invasion of Iraq, with flashbacks to the Fourth Crusade. It started when I was doing some reading about the Crusades, and suddenly realized that the Iraq invasion was the instant replay of the Fourth Crusade (down to some remarkably small details). The idea germinated in my head until I figured out a way to approach it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m up very early (around 4 or 4:300, so that’s when most of the productive work gets done. I still do a lot of journalism, so the emails and phone calls start around 9 or 10. I write intermittently throughout the rest of the day.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have a degree in literature, so I tend toward the classics: Twain, Melville, Joyce, Nabokov, Hemingway. Hemingway said that Huckleberry Finn was the best American novel ever written, but I think it was actually Moby Dick. I’ve done a lot of reading in experimental literature over different periods, starting with Joyce and extending through Borges and Donald Barthelme.

What are you working on now?
I’m finishing up the sequel to The American Crusade, tentatively titled Impeachment. I won’t give away any spoilers, but the central issue is immigration, and the main characters are two multi-billionaire brothers with a penchant for manipulating the political system.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still feeling my way along on that question. My current (and new) publisher puts most of their emphasis on Amazon, which makes sense: they sell 50% of print books in the U.S., and their share of the e-book market is estimated to be as high as 75%. I’m also a great believer in sites like Awesome Gang, because I know there are lots of readers out there who get their information from many different sources.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up. It’s probably fair to say that many of the writers who succeed are not the most talented ones: they are the people who endure the years and decades of learning the craft and weathering the rejections. If you stick with it, success is possible.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t give up. My eyes were opened many years ago when I read a book by Studs Terkel called Working. It was a compilation of interviews with maybe 100 different people, with occupations ranging from garbageman to film critic. It was an incredibly depressing book to read, because most of those interviewed said the same thing, in almost the exact same words. They said they thought they had wasted their lives, that they had talent they had never used, that they wish things had turned out differently or that they had gotten a break. When I read that book, I resolved not to become one of those people.

What are you reading now?
I just finished reading The Culture Code by Dan Coyle. It was a fascinating study of successful company cultures and what they had in common—organizations as diverse as Johnson & Johnson and the Navy Seals. What they had in common was a set of unwavering principles, and the freedom to be brutally honest.

What’s next for you as a writer?
As mentioned, I’m finishing up Impeachment, the sequel to The American Crusade. I have several other novels on the drawing board.

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?
Moby Dick, absolutely. Huck Finn. pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov. And one of the Kurt Vonnegut novels, probably Cat’s Cradle.

Author Websites and Profiles
Mark Spivak Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve released three books, with the fourth on the way.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest book I released was called ‘Dark Side of the Moon’. It’s the third installment in my Frontier’s Reach series. It’s a continuation of the story from the first two books and will be followed up by ‘Along the Watchtower’. As you can tell you I like books with titles paying homage to great music.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My first drafts are written in their entirety on my phone, on the train to and from work. From there I take what I’ve written and do further drafts on my PC.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There probably isn’t one author I could say has influenced me. There are many great science fiction authors of the past and present I’ve enjoyed reading. I am heavily influenced by science fiction television, as my books resemble episodes more than they do novels.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently drafting the eighth book of my Frontier’s Reach series, while working on edits on the previous books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read. Write. Read some more and then write, write, write. Always write something. Anything.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best way to beat writer’s block is to put pen to paper. Even if it’s garbage.

What are you reading now?
I’m so busy writing, that I’m struggling to read, unfortunately.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to keep writing and continue to release books in my Frontier’s Reach 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?
1984, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Game of Thrones

Author Websites and Profiles
Robert C. James Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Ian Honeysett and I write historical crime fiction with an old college friend, Pete Stevens, with whom I wrote a number of reviews when we were students at the Kent College for the Careers Service. Pete tells me that we said that, when we retired, we would write books together. And that is what we have done. We share a love of history and murder (purely theoretical of course). Together we have written 4 historical novels set during the French Revolution and I’ve written a free novella (The Odd Fellow). I am also part of a writers’ group based in my home-town of Godalming (Surrey, England) which has produced 2 books of short stories: Godalming Tales 1 & 2.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Our latest book is “Dead Radical” and is the fourth in the “Bastille Series”. Our inspiration is to write stories of crime and suspense set during one of the most turbulent and dramatic periods in history: the French Revolution. We wanted to mix our three fictional lead characters, Inspector Rouget Maison, Abbe Pierre Reynard and Christine Gilbert with real figures such as Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
We are co-authors, so that is fairly unusual! We try to agree the outline of the plot and who will write which chapters and then amend them. And then amend the amendments. And so on till we are happy with the outcome! This can take some time. And quite a few lunches. But we try to avoid undue violence (at least between ourselves).

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Ian : In terms of detective novels, there are so many but I particularly enjoy Robert B Parker, Jeffery Deaver, James Lee Burke, Janet Ivanovich, Michael Connelly and Sam Eastland. And GK Chesterton of course.

Pete : Hilary Mantel – she might well have a future. Agatha Christie and Willkie Collins have some interesting ideas on murder. Simon Sharma has a basic concept of history. Brideshead Revisited? Wonderful book, shame about the author.

What are you working on now?
Ian: I’m always looking for ideas for short stories for what might well be called Godalming Tales 3. And we’re working on book 5 of the Bastille Mysteries which might involve the death of Mozart amongst others. Obviously there will be others.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
We’ve relied mainly on Twitter and a wide variety of Facebook sites. We try not to overdo it or Friends and Followers might complain! For Godalming Tales, we’ve appeared on local radio and TV and had articles in various local magazines. We’re hoping to do a book-signing shortly.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just get writing. And review what you’ve written the following day.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“The best time to plan a book is when you’re doing the dishes.” (Agatha Christie).

What are you reading now?
Ian: A history of the First World War: “1914” by Max Hastings. Pete: “The Seven Years War” by Julian S Corbett.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Ian: I am working with fellow members of the Godalming Writers’ Group on adapting our short stories for radio. Since we’re only allowed 15 minutes for each one, we’ve had to do quite a lot of editing. But making the recordings has been great fun- especially the accents.
Pete: I’m working on book 5 of the Bastille Mysteries now that we’ve (virtually) agreed the plot.

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?
Ian: Baden-Powell’s “Scouting for Boys” of course. GK Chesterton’s “Fr Brown” stories & Conan-Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes’ short stories. And one of Jeffery Deaver’s novels.
Pete: an Agatha Christie compendium, “Brideshead Revisited” by Evelyn Waugh and “A Place of Greater Safety” by Hilary Mantel.

Author Websites and Profiles
Ian Honeysett Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Minnesota in 1972, and discovered my love for writing in when in my late 20s. My writing preference is paranormal, horror, action adventure, and mystery. I’ve written two books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Dino Crisis – Stranded. I am a huge fan of Jurassic Park and dinosaurs in general. I was also a fan of Lost, so, yes, there’s a bunker on an island full of dinosaurs.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m a “mood” writer, meaning I have to be in a specific mood when I write certain stories. For my horror book, I needed it to be dark or at least gloomy outside. When I was writing my dinosaur book, it needed to be bright to see the forest outside my window so I could imagine dinosaurs moving around in there.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Michael Crichton, JRR Tolkien, Agatha Christie, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

What are you working on now?
The sequel to Dino Crisis

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
At this point, I’d say VoraciousReadersOnly.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I would advise new authors to write stories you love rather than those you think will sell. The reason I say that is because readers can tell if you wrote a book out of love of subject because the story will roll.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get your book edited. I know, it sounds like it would be obvious for authors to do, but quite a few authors out there, myself included when I first self-published, don’t get their books edited. They hope the readers will see the awesomeness of their story through all the writing mistakes. Readers won’t even bother going past chapter one.

A person’s time is precious to them, so if an author doesn’t respect the reader enough to have the work edited, why should anyone read a mess? I might sound a bit harsh, but I base that on some bad reviews my books garnered because I didn’t have my early self-published books edited. So get your books edited.

What are you reading now?
Game of Thrones. I’ve never read it, but I’ve seen the series.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully becoming better in my craft.

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?
Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park – The Lost World, And Then There Were None, The Lord of the Rings

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Chris Liberty Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Daniel Friedmann P.Eng., M.A.Sc., a Readers’ Favorite 2013 International Book Award Winner, studies the origin of the universe and life on earth from both the scientific and biblical perspectives. His work on reconciling the biblical account with scientific observation utilizing his biblical clock formula has been reported in conferences, various newspapers, magazines, television and radio talk shows.

He is Chairman of Carbon Engineering, a company dedicated to removing co2 from the air to solve climate change. He was the President and CEO of a global communications and information company until May 2016. He holds a master’s degree in engineering physics and has published more than 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers on space industry topics and cosmology. He is also a longtime student of religion and for the past 15 years has attended the Vancouver.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Biblical Clock: The Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity with God’s Plan.
this new book is a narrative describing my quest for answers that produced the prior three books. It is a stand-alone volume and in relating the story of discovery covers the essential materials in the earlier trilogy.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to research on a regular schedule but prefer to write the main text in a few week binge to get the story line down then re work it over a regular schedule during the following months

What are you working on now?
I am working on a book to explain what happened just before the Big Bang. Science has an excellent grasp of how the universe developed after the first fraction of a second but lacks many answers as to how it all begun. By combining scripture and science the book will try to provide an overall explanation for the beginning.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
https://onlinebookclub.org/ is the best for getting reviews and good for promotions
buck books is best for low price promotions
and bookbub ads are best for full price promotion

Do you have any advice for new authors?
balance writing with marketing

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing. most best selling authors have over 7 books out.

What are you reading now?
Lots of technical works relating to research for my new book

What’s next for you as a writer?
the next book and publishing many short articles based on my books to get the word out on them

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
A cosmology textbook

Author Websites and Profiles
DANIEL FRIEDMANN Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hey there, I’m Megan. I’ve written and published one book so far, a channeled book of poetry and light language that came through me while in the very spiritual area around Mount Shasta, California.
I currently have a larger book in the process (about holistic healing for ADHD).

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called Lightworker Messages to your Inner Child: Channeled Poetry and Light Language Transmission for Healing and Awakening your Heart.
I was inspired by nature, deep emotions, spirit, Mount Shasta, my partner, my friends and other people in the spiritual community, and my own inner child.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write when the inspiration strikes me; sometimes I’ll be at it for many hours on end, and I forget to eat, though I suppose that’s not that unusual!
Maybe a little more unusual is that what I write comes through directly from my higher self/source. “Lightworker Messages” came through directly from my higher self (including my inner child’s loving heart), without me as my thinking mind/self editing a single word.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love so many books and authors, and am really inspired by self-help authors Louise Hay, Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Christiane Northrup, and Richard Rudd. I am also inspired by other channels, such as Abraham-Hicks, Barbara Marciniak, and Kryon.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on a book about holistic healing for ADHD. The book keeps morphing and changing; it can be hard to keep up!
I’m also open to other writing coming through to be published… maybe more poetry, or something completely different.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m really new at this, so I am exploring what’s even out there.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I am a new author, so I suppose, keep your heart open as best you can. That, and have faith that what you are writing is worth something.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Easy is Right” (From The Gene Keys, by Richard Rudd)

What are you reading now?
Gene Keys, Path of Empowerment, Loving What Is, An Ascension Handbook

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep going and see what wants to come through!

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, Science of Mind, and A Course in Miracles (then I might actually make the time to read it!)

Author Websites and Profiles
Megan Y-E-Ma Website
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