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Joel Bresler 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I write humorous novels, inspired by writers such as P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, Douglas Adams and others too numerous to mention.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book “Bottomless Cups” is scheduled for publication on February 27, 2020 by Black Rose Writing. It was inspired by my imagining being old guys with a childhood friend, and meeting daily over bottomless cups of coffee.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I still like to write with pen and paper. If I’m ever one of those guys you see hanging around malls and coffee shops all day with my lap top, please shoot me.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Wodehouse, Waugh, Douglas Adams, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Woody Allen – the list is extensive, since there have been so many great, funny writers. Especially British ones.

What are you working on now?
I have a few pages of another novel, still somewhat humorous only quieter.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I prefer other people’s websites – bloggers, for instance. I like it when folks other than me tell the world about my books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
See this article:
5 Helpful Tips for Indie Authors – Guest Post by Joel Bresler…

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing more books.

What are you reading now?
About to start Nelson DeMille’s “The Deserter”.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Fame, fortune or at least a few good reviews of Bottomless Cups.

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 trilogy; The Most of P.G. Wodehouse; The Sun Also Rises

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Andre Michael Pietroschek 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Born on the 2nd of July in 1972. Loner, deviant, ex-homeless, who returned only to get a one-year contract, and go unemployed again. All-Time-Low was my normalcy for 47 years.

Author and storyteller of at least 3 ebooks, and several short story stand-alones. Also maker and editor of the first, experimental audiobook adaptations.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
THE EAGER DETECTIVE, as it became expired-copyright, but i loved the original story and worked through grammar issues and made a first audiobook version at: https://awesound.com/AristoBum

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yeah, bad ones. I am addicted to nicotine, and no love it sermon fooled me, when it comes to the dangers and my need to overcome the addiction, or learn handling it better.

Talking and cursing, aloud, while home alone writing and translating.

Missing my cat, even though she is dead for more than 10 years. Cat, not wife. Mourning is over, but her role in my life remained unfilled.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Many of the struggling ones, those of us, who try to make sufficient money to fund the production of movies and video games. Some of the established ones, who taught us that “writing” is an ordeal, not a one-shot and Hollywood is ours kinda ego-trip!

What are you working on now?
Knowing I can’t escape poverty I wrote short stories & audio-stories, which I wanted to be written, but knew they wouldn’t sell. Latest example is a cost-free one, which turns my sexism into an anti-racism project. Not, for long dead history, but for one of my readers, who had a LONG need of therapy due to being a victim of racist violence and sexual abuse:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/11246871/late-vengeance-for-harley-warren-an-opti

Technically it is my own extension of H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Statement of Randolph Carter”, as my training and study in crime fiction made me reinvestigate it with a less “occult-crazed fandom mindeset”.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still a failure of that, even with a lot of marketing 101 done properly. Prolific Works is a giveaway site all of us can join, but I left it after 14 days, as SLOW is exactly what I don’t look for.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Meditation exercise: Contemplate thoroughly, if the hints you receive will work for your own life, or if they were just what made somebody else get by, as an exception.

You will need donors, sponsors, and social networking in high doses. The work is NEVER done, just because we write a “THE END” under a story, or novel.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If it keeps you from being yourself, then get rid of it, or avoid it.

What are you reading now?
Jeff Schanz: The Vampyre’s Daughter, see: http://www.jeffschanz.com/author/

What’s next for you as a writer?
Audio scripting and self-training in first animation movie techniques. More important: A better balance of workouts, wandering, and writing. Living life, instead of merely observing and writing, to recite a cliche about us authors.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Hollowed Book I hid my survival set in, hollowed book I hid my suicide-capsules in, and hollowed book I hid my cigarettes in! “Book 4: Vinny rulez! The Final Farewell”, written by A. M. Pietroschek ???

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Jeff Schanz 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi all. I’ve been an animator for 16 years, and a wanna-be writer since I was 11. I thought it would be cool to write an epic story about my Dungeons and Dragons character when I was a kid, never got it off the ground (probably a good thing), but I’ve had the bug ever since. I’ve published 1 book, written an additional trilogy which is in final edit, and have several others in the works.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The published book is called, “A Vampyre’s Daughter.” I’m not exactly sure what inspired it, but the story goes…
I had shelved my trilogy after completing it because I couldn’t find an agent. I thought, I better write something else in the meantime. I had an odd thought, what happens if a vampire has a kid? The title came first, then I designed a story. It ended up very different than it began, but I love where it ended up, and I could definitely write a series out of it if anyone was interested. I love the characters and have a 1st draft of a sequel waiting to see if anyone wants me to proceed.
I like the juxtaposition of survivor’s guilt versus the quest for immortality. Yin and yang combatants.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Don’t all writers? All habits are unique to some degree.
I write everywhere I can, on lunch breaks, after hours, in airports, at my daughter’s softball games. I’m a plantser, as best I can figure. I do a vague outline, write fluidly, plot/characters liquid, then fine tune the outline as I go. Sloppy 1st draft, then mold and rework the next few drafts until it feels right.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
All of them.
Tolkein got me started, then so many others filter through.

What are you working on now?
A YA portal fantasy called “MystikQuest.” It’s about 6 nerdy, outcast teens who get caught up in the crossfire of a real-life wizard war, and get magically transported into their favorite tabletop role-playing game. Kind of like Goonies meets Jumanji, toss in some Stranger Things.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Haven’t found one yet. Did an ad on Facebook which wasn’t terrible, but hasn’t made me JK Rowling either. Amazon’s promos are very confusing, and haven’t worked for me. Honestly, I’d love some advice/help in that area. I just want traffic and eyes on the book, not expecting riches.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Appearance counts. Check your spelling, grammar, book standards. And don’t make a cheesy cover (unless you’re going for cheesy). Nothing turns off a reader (at least, in my case) like an author who doesn’t look like they took time to make a quality product.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you can afford one, get an editor.
If you can’t, get ones’ advice. Figure out how to really self-edit. Editing is seriously important.

What are you reading now?
Several things from different author friends. I’m on Kindle Unlimited and I like to browse fellow associates and see if anything clicks for me to really get into. I like to support fellow indie authors when I can.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing “MystikQuest.” Querying it. Also, trying to decide what to do with my shelved trilogy.

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?
Watership Down, Lord of the Rings. I’d try to sneak the Harry Potter series on the raft, too.

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Matthew Day 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an independent scholar/historian here in Lubbock, Texas, and I specialize in oil and agricultural/ranching history. I’ve published three books (in digital and paperback form) since moving back to Lubbock in June 2018. Much of the work I do is based on research conducted at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University here in Lubbock. I enjoy studying the interplay between oil and ranching, especially as the oil industry began to branch out into petrochemicals–stuff like plastics and natural gas that help store and heat our homes.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest one is titled Fueling Victory at Home. 2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II. A forgotten aspect of how America won the war from the homefront involves the role of oil. The less onerous government regulations were in limiting oil production, the more robust economic growth was at the local, state, and federal level. In our modern lexicon, “Drill, baby, drill!” is a succinct way of stating this concept. But that phrase has, unfortunately, been taken; so, I can’t take credit for it.

This book originally started as a series of article drafts I submitted to academic journals at various times between 2017-9. This one, in particular, grew out of an article I started working on in April 2018. But, last February, i’m sitting at home after getting a rejection letter from the Journal of American History and thought, “I could continue pursuing this as an article for the next two or three years, or… I could pursue this as a book.” So, I put aside all of my article drafts and, after publishing my first two books, put this one together.

The timing for the book is really, really good. As mentioned, there’s the 75th anniversary of World War II. The Mallet Ranch, which is located southwest of Lubbock (so about halfway between Albuquerque and the D/FW Metroplex), has been in operation in some capacity for 125 years (as of 2020).

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know about unusual, but I’ll say this: You have to put in the time and the work when researching books like this. Once you sit down and write it, you find out that writing a book isn’t some out-of-body, mystical experience. Writing a book is a collection of a bunch of times where you might think, “OK, I’ve got 30 minutes,” or, “I’ve got 45 minutes, and I need to see what I can accomplish in this limited amount of time.” You might have 500-800 words at the end of that half-hour. String together a bunch of these 500-to-800-word increments, and you have a couple of chapters (or more) at the end of the month. I guess the best way to describe it is, chip away at the book and keep moving!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Gary Libecap influences a lot of my thinking on the relationship between business and government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He’s an economic historian who’s published quite a few articles. In terms of oil history, I’d say Roger Olien and Diana Hinton, who have written quite a few works on Texas oil history. Agricultural history: I like David Wheelock. Again, another scholar who’s published works on how government intervention actually hurt banking.

What are you working on now?
I’m drafting a book on the railroads in West Texas after the 1920s. I won’t give away details at this time, but check for something about mid-2020. I can see, at this time, me publishing one more book late this or early next year as well as two more in 2021.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
To be honest, I’m still learning. I’ve been interviewed by a guy named Robert Pratt, who used to serve as the county GOP chairman here in Lubbock. That was back in the summer of 2019 when I published my first book, Frank Isett: and the Myth of the Wealthy Oilamn.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Put in the work in the archives. Chip away at the writing. Love what you do.

Be humble. I was interviewed by Pratt on a radio show broadcasting from Lubbock. I didn’t know I’d get to be interviewed until two days prior. And I thought I’d have no chance of being interviewed. So, new authors: Work hard. You’re not special. Opportunities are not frequent in most cases; no one has to promote your book. Don’t feel like you’re entitled to anything. When opportunities to promote your work come along, do a great job. Say “please” and “thank you.”

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Trust God and work hard.

What are you reading now?
I’ve really not read much of anything related to my research. In fact, I’ve put much of my energy (when not at my day job, unrelated to my writing) into drafting these books.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Look for a new book, as I’ve said, later on this year and 1-2 more in 2021. I’d like to see about putting 10 in print by 2023.

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’d take the Bible, I’d take That Noble Dream by Peter Novick, and a to-be-determined oil history book.

Author Websites and Profiles
Matthew Day Website
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Pat Fifield 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi! I’ve been an author and playwright for a couple of decades. My parents met on the set of “Arsenic and Old Lace” at the Redlands Footlighters Theater in Southern California, and I was raised at the theater; both on stage as well as behind the scenes. I started writing plays for my theater arts class at the private school where I was teaching so that everyone who wanted to be in a show could! When I was confronted with a divorce in my own life, I turned to writing to help me heal. Well, that turned into “Take Another Chance.” Since the first draft of that was completed, I started cranking out more books, as well as more plays. I so happy to state that 12 of my 14 plays have been produced at various theatres from California to NYC!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Take Another Chance was first published with the working title of To Protect and Serve. I received some awesome feedback from readers and I went back to the book and made some changes, additions, and subtractions. I then gave the revised version to some of the readers and they loved the changes. The first draft of this book came out of me when I went through a divorce myself. Writing the book helped me heal.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
We have a 140 pound Great Pyrenees, Apollo, who seems to intuitive know when I’m in the middle of a great writing idea! That’s when he needs to go outdoors, or have a treat, or bark at the falling leaves, or wants to be petted, etc. So, I’ve learned how to scratch him behind the ear with one hand while writing with the other. I’ve actually gotten pretty dexterous with it! I can hold him off for a couple of paragraphs doing that.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King’s “On Writing” has been phenomenal for understanding the craft. Kathleen Woodiwiss was my first romance author where I devoured everything they wrote. I was introduced to Michael Connelly by the detective who side-checked my police procedure writing. I love the way his characters tell parts of the story through inside thoughts.

What are you working on now?
A few things! I’m just putting the finishing touches on Mahi-Mahi Matrimony as the 2nd book in the Second-Chances-DO-Happen series. I’ve already started Doctor’s Orders as well as The Princess and the PC as the next books to round out the series. I’ve also been commissioned to write a play for a theatre group in Lake Arrowhead, California. And finally, my husband and I recently moved to New York to get our new musical onto Broadway! www.talent-anewmusical.com

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve been following Dave Chesson’s Kindlepreneur’s series of training. He really understands the way it works and the training is easy to follow.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write! When you’re writing, don’t edit. Just write. Let the story pour out of you. Don’t have any attention on its correctness or grammar or anything else. Just write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I attended a great seminar at the Writers’ of the Future in Los Angeles. They stated: “Regardless of the unique voice and vision, the first – and most important- thing that will make a writer different is actually finishing the story! It doesn’t matter how ragged, battered and pathetic that story is when it crosses the finish line. It doesn’t matter whether it is flash fiction or novel length…finishing is what will separate you from 90% of the writers who start to tell a story.”

What are you reading now?
The Sibylline Oracle by Delia J Colvin. Just outstanding!

What’s next for you as a writer?
Get Mahi-Mahi Matrimony published. Finish the new play for the theatre in California. Finish writing the workshop script for our new musical.

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?
Jude Deveraux’s Wishes.
Kathleen Woodiwiss’ The Wolf and the Dove.
Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game.
Stephen King’s The Stand.

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Jian Fong Samuel Yaw 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am just an amateur who enjoys writing stories, drawing pictures and fanart, and making up my own languages.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is “Unicorn Farmhand”. It was based on an IGCSE English assignment about writing a fantasy animal, which I developed into an account about a sentient horse’s experiences with technology and communication.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Perhaps it could be something to do with getting anything as my inspiration, no matter how weird or insignificant. Or it could be that I’m not always consistent …

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tolkien and G. R. R. Martin.

It’s actually more of “what media inspired me”: science fiction, Idiocracy, Friendship is Magic, the animations of Raxxo and his Dispenser Collab, and history. My favourite parts of history are the Hittites, the Siamese, Majapahit Indonesia, and the Han Dynasty.

What are you working on now?
I am working on several novels and smaller stories. My upcoming novels are about a comic convention and a governor of a sci-fi-esque colony; and my smaller stories circle around the governor’s setting.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
For now, it is my Amazon page, my DeviantArt (HorsesPlease), and my own wikia (https://rabydosverse.fandom.com/wiki/Rabydosverse_Wiki).

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing about whatever that inspires you! And try to expand on the experiences of your characters, the lifeblood of your tales.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Many people have taken valuable ideas to the grave.” I try to make sure my ideas won’t join them.

What are you reading now?
I am not exactly reading any books, but it could be a novelisation of Episode V of Star Wars and the first book of Game of Thrones.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Now, I am finding ways to promote my book, find an online job, and earn money.

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 large scrapbook of 200 pages to write and draw; the Holy Bible; an encyclopaedia about horses; and a Russian dictionary.

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Charlotte Whitney 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written six books, four of which are nonfiction. On the fiction side I have written a romance novel, I DREAM IN WHITE, and my most recent historical novel described below.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
THREADS A Depression Era Tale. It’s set in 1934 and the readers hears the voices of three sisters who are 7, 11, and 17. When the young Nellie discovers the blue-black foot of a dead baby while she’s digging for pirate treasure, the girls band together to solve the mystery. The inspiration was my grandparents who were struggling on a Michigan farm during the Great Depression. They had three daughters who came of age during that time. The rest of the tale, however, is solely from my imagination.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nothing unusual, although I like to have a second computer nearby to fact check when I’m writing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mark Twain, Elizabeth Berg, Daphne DuMarier, Liane Moriarty, the list goes on and on. Qute an eclectic group.

What are you working on now?
A historical novel set in the 1950’s. A farm wife/Sunday school teacher finds her husband dead under mysterious circumstances. Donna Reed meets Gone Girl.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m definitely not an expert on marketing. I plan on hiring a publicist.

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

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be patient! I’m not a patient person and I’d like my life to be less hurried.

What are you reading now?
EDUCATED A Memoir by Tara Westover.
It’s a great selection for book clubs.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a Book Launch Party coming up and some book fairs. I’d like to say I’ll have a first draft done in the next few weeks but I can safely say that’s not happening.

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?
Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.
A collection of the best poetry in English.
An anthology of Charles Dickens.

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