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CJ McKivvik 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in a small village in southwest Ontario, Canada with my partner, our three children and some cats and chickens. When I’m not writing I’m thinking about writing, and/or running, and/or swimming and/or walking in the fields and forests. Like many Canadians, I’m passionate about hockey and have a love-hate relationship with winter. If given the opportunity, I would write and live full-time on a tropical island, and would weave numerous visits to Canada and traveling the world into the island life. I like coconuts, the ocean, tigers, the color blue, the number 10, science and Indie music.

I’ve written several books – under other names – but they have all been non-fiction. I’ve also written two humor books and dozens of short humor pieces.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called “The Secret of Immortality: The Tombmakers Village” – just recently published (April 2020). The book is based on the question: ‘What would you do if you discovered how to be immortal? I enjoy creating something from nothing. The idea for the book had been in my mind for years, and events in my life and those of others I know brought the storyline together. I also enjoy mixing fact with fiction and pushing the boundaries of the possible. While there are no super heroes in the book, I’d like to think that readers see themselves in the roles of the various characters doing their best in extraordinary circumstances and making the best decisions they can. Some decisions, of course, don’t work out. That makes for a lot of fun writing the book.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so. My favourite time to write is in the early, early hours of the day. I try to write regularly and will often start writing a chapter with little idea of what will happen in it and how it will end. I feel much more part of the book itself – kind of exciting that way.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Strangely I suppose, I read a lot of non-fiction. Mainly science, philosophy, history – plus the odd humor book.

What are you working on now?
‘The Secret of Immortality’ is the first book in a series of four, and right now I’m writing the second book – ‘Search for the Holobiont’

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am hopeless at marketing and promotion. There is no one ‘best’ method for me – that said, I’m a huge fan of honest book reviews and will happily give my book to others in the hope that maybe they will spread the word about what they’ve read.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, write, write …. If you don’t actually write, ‘it’ will never happen. Follow your train of thought and get the words down and always think about how each chapter fits into the overall storyline. But get it done by writing consistently – daily – so your thoughts are always fresh. Always carry a small notebook with you wherever you go – so when that cool idea comes to you, you can write it down and use later. When you have that first draft completed, then its ‘edit, edit, edit.’ Take out all the superfluous stuff and make sure there are no inconsistencies.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day!

What are you reading now?
A couple of books on physics and biology – awesome.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To keep writing the series – 1 book done, 3 to go. And to engage more with the writing community.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’m going to cheat here and say my e-reader — with a box of batteries — and also boxes of paper and pens and pencils to write with.

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Deborah Marra 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a graduate of the University of Venice with a major in Japanese Culture and Language. I work as a tour guide in my region, and I am considered one of the most talented and knowledgeable guides of Venice area. I also work as a translator, I usually translate my books, and I have various interests, Art, writing, music, Celtic Harp that I have been playing for 4 years, reading, meditation, etc. I have published three books and one collection of poems.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Cupido è guercio, that in English is “Cupid is one-eyed” nad the story is based on my biography with some philosophical considerations, it is selling quite well and I am planning to translate it into English.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, I take notes from everyday life and then I transform it into stories.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
One of my favourite is Alan Bennett, because he writes with (almost with) the same ironic way, but I was also influenced by James Joyce, John Keats, Eric Segal, Marguerite Duras, Roald Dahl, Kawabata Yasunari, and many others.

What are you working on now?
I am working on a tour guide books, it will be based on “secrets” about guides and tourists, it is going to be another funny book!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My pages, YouTube channel, local newspapers, local bookshores, Amazon.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes: be yourself, do not try to “copy” the style of other writers. You are unique and so are your stories. Try to write in a clear way using correct words….

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be yourself and trust in your capacity

What are you reading now?
I am reading many books, as always my room is overwhelmed by books! I am reading The Power of Now by Tolle, and The book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark.
I am a curious reader and try to read all kind of books.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Try to sell my books in other Countries, and continue to be inspired by life, a wonderful journey.

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 Little Price, Alda Merini’s poems, the Bible, one of my books.

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Todd Linn 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a minister with over 23 years of pastoral experience.  I have a pastor’s heart and a love for the Word!  While having earned my PhD from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, I write in a popular style that combines scholarship, humor, and practical application.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is You’re Either Walking The Walk Or Just Running Your Mouth! It is a verse-by-verse commentary on the New Testament Letter of James.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Most of my writing is the product of weekly sermon preparation over the years, edited and reformatted for books.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
In my genre, authors like Chuck Swindoll and Steve Brown have influence me. Outside of my genre, John Steinbeck and Charles Dickens have been a huge influence.

What are you working on now?
Daily blogging at preachingtruth.org and my next project will likely be a book on “Dealing With Our Feelings,” expositions from the Bible that address our emotions.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Don’t know yet–this is all still new to me!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I like that statement of author Nora Ephron’s: “Everything is copy.” I take that to mean “just write.”

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.” ― Benjamin Franklin, 1738; Poor Richard’s Almanack

What are you reading now?
John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday

What’s next for you as a writer?
My book release June 30th!

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, anything by Charles Dickens, anything by John Steinbeck

Author Websites and Profiles
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Kristina Naydonova 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a twelve-year-old author and have recently published my first novel, The Black Sisterhood Files. I am particularly engrossed in writing, reading, quantum mechanics, and engaging in political debates. Before quarantine, I traveled to Williamsburg for a conference where my speech won an award and was sent to the United Nations.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Black Sisterhood Files was fabricated by motivations that arouse within me from a perennial love for uncanny stories and murder mysteries. I would be beyond grateful if readers could check it out and help buttress my aspiring career.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, whenever I write, I tend to douse myself in sheer solidity and silence; no music, no people, not even the merest slivers of noise or distractions. Although this is quite common, I get extremely aggravated when perturbed during my writing. Furthermore, I enjoy writing in nature, for its ethereally manifested essences serve as the prominent inspirations for me.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King serves as a great inspiration and influencer for me. I am absolutely amazed by the creativity of his mind which he so gracefully implements into writing. I am currently reading “If It Bleeds”, a book whose phenomena is unfathomable. Edgar Allan Poe is a poet and writer whose works and psyche I find to be ever so empowering and uniquely lovely.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the promotion of my crime fiction novel, The Black Sisterhood Files. It is available as an eBook and paperback at: amazon.com/author/kristinanaydonova

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have created a community of fans through disparate social media sites, cardinally Instagram. Additionally, I am active on GoodReads and engage with authors and readers all across the world.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Although this is a well-worn statement, I encourage new authors to never give up, despite the inevitable obstacles they shall encounter along the course of their venture.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise, so I want to change myself.” After perceiving this advice, I realized that modification to individual persons is an immediate tweak to all dominions of known reality.

What are you reading now?
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have recently gotten in contact with Arianna Huffington, co-founder of HuffPost and CEO of ThriveGlobal, who offered me a position to write for Thrive as a contributor. I am currently in the process of creating my first article, a piece that follows my ultimate theme “Thriving While Thinking”. Furthermore, I will appear as a guest on The Authors Show 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?
“Around The World In Eighty Days” by Jules Verne, “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking, “It” by Stephen King, and “Black for the Baron” by John Creasey.

Author Websites and Profiles
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Lillith Abendroth 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Lillith, I live in Lancaster, Ohio with my 3 amazing daughters, and my husband Zack. I’ve always wanted to write a book, from the time I was very young. I used to go through forests and forests worth of paper making books as a child to give to my friends and family (something the environmentalist in me cringes about today)

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a YA fantasy titled Wysteria. My husband inspired it, actually. He had a dream about a boy with glowing green eyes in a purple and blue forest looking out over the ocean. He transformed into a bear and ran off.
He woke up one morning and told me about this dream and the outline blossomed from there.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I HAVE to have music to write! I cannot write in silence. Music can not only set my pace, but the tone as well.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew up reading Stephen King. Even in elementary school I would read his books and I just fell in love with everything horror.

What are you working on now?
The sequel to Wysteria and the third book in my ‘Hearts’ series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I usually try to promote myself, but I’m still learning!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up! As they say ‘the difference between an amateur and a professional writer, is one didn’t give up.”

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Same as above! Don’t give up!

What are you reading now?
Still Stephen King, but also Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Pendergast series.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
My own, to keep my mind alive. To remind myself of what I’m capable of.

Author Websites and Profiles
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Tana Holmes 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I thought I was an Indian Princess. Raised in the mountains and windswept plains of Wyoming, near the Wind River Reservation, my early years were spent in the shadow of the Tetons and roaming Yellowstone and Shoshone National Forest. I had a pinto pony and an aversion to shoes, along with my long dark braids. My family spent most weekends on archaeological digs discovering the culture and customs of the early Sheep Eater, Shoshone, and Arapaho tribes. A camping tent and river-chilled watermelon every weekend were a great way to grow up! Eventually I became an award-winning thirty-year professional public school educator and a mom, but I’m still a history and nature lover.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Authorship of The History Tree Series started as a concept introduced by my daughter, Tori, while walking the battlefield at San Jacinto, Texas. We brainstormed that a talking tree as an eyewitness to history-making events was a great way to engage children in learning and loving their heritage. As more volumes in the series debut, I anticipate an opportunity to reach children globally with their own local “celebritree” story teller. At this point I have written Alamo Tree, The Old Patriarch Tree, and The Dueling Oak as part of The History Tree Series

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
All the trees I write about are real, and still surviving and thriving. I like to go sit under or near the tree as often as possible. I watch the reactions of people around it, and I imagine what it has seen.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dr Suess, Eric Carle, books by my coach Marcy Pusey

What are you working on now?
A new series called Plane Old History. Also there are at least another 8 History Tree Series books “under construction.”

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
At this point, the marketing has been the most difficult. I am trying to learn how to reach out and advertise. I LOVE doing signings and do very well talking to people and selling directly because this is a beautiful book. Until quarantine I was content to just make a lot of personal appearances but now I need to expose new audiences to The History Tree Series.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write when you are inspired and don’t stop to edit or rearrange. Just put your head down, phone on silent and get the words on the page (or in the computer as it were).

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You are living the life you want to be or you would do something about it.

What are you reading now?
Published by Chandler Bolt

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have 3 series in progress so I have plenty to do. I just really need to learn marketing

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?
Grapes of Wrath
Alexander Hamilton
Under the Tuscan Sun
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Author Websites and Profiles
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Feyra Silverlock 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a witch in her early 30s who loves computer programming, cats and jewelry making. As a Millennial, many of my early exploits in writing were fanfiction based, but this is my first foray into publishing original content.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Last Moon Witch is the first in a series of books I have planned. Writing fanfiction was fun and cathartic but I came to a point in my life where I personally wanted to tell stories outside of fandom. I wanted to create characters that were all my own, and use them as a vehicle to tell stories important to me without navigating the hazardous waters of fandom.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I let ideas stew in my head for weeks or months before putting them down in any manner. Its a hold over from living in an abuse environment for 20 years where any physical evidence of having a personality could be weaponized against you. So I only put down ideas when I’m absolutely certain of them. This does however make revisions very difficult at times.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
As a teen I adored the worlds created in Stephen King’s Gunslinger series, the Shanara series, the Dragonriders of Pern. Dragonriders of Pern was actually my first exposure to any sort of homosexuality in literature and I immediately latched onto it. I also always longed to one day emulate the hilarious wit that Douglas Adams had in his Hitchhiker’s Guide series.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on the fifth draft of the second book of my Ruined World series: Alliance.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
If you can engage your audience on social media that’s the most valuable resource you’ll ever have.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t think that advice must be treated as law (I’m looking at you, “kill your darlings”). Any time you receive criticism, take a step back, let it simmer, never give into a knee jerk reaction.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
There are two types of endings. Either the character solves the problem or the problem solves the character, by William C Martell

What are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil, a book about the eventual merging of humanity and robotics/AI

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m currently doing additional research for the second book in my Ruined World series, where we get more into the science aspect of sci-fi, so I’m brushing up on my AI and robotics knowledge.

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 logical part of me says to take survival books, so I can build a water collector or some sort. But I’d bring my Java Puzzlers book to keep my programming sharp, probably Valley of the Horses by Jean M. Auel and The Stand by Stephen King. As a treat.

Author Websites and Profiles
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Dennis AuBuchon 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Dennis has been writing for a number of a number of years and in that time he has written over 1,000 articles which include hot topics in the news which include some political actions or inactions. His writing has focused on issues which he feels are important for individuals and businesses to understand and apply integrity principles in everything they do. He has also created a website (www.myqualitywriting.com) which offers a wide assortment of information not only the average visitor but for other writers and authors. Dennis has several interviews which he has created for other writers and has given those with whom he has interviewed their own page to promote themselves and the work they do. The subject of integrity is important in all areas of our society and is a hot topic in some circles.

Dennis has a background in quality assurance with over 25 years of experience. He is has led quality audit teams and has been a part of audit teams throughout the country. These auditing experiences helped him to recognize the importance of quality and integrity principles in place or the lack of it in our society. His writing has taken that experience one step further through his articles and his books in an effort to make a difference. The theme of his website is quality writing and service to make a difference.

Dennis currently has written thirty five books and more are in the works. All of Dennis’ books are available for purchase as an electronic version and one has an electronic and paperback format.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Ability One Program, A blessing for our veterans. I wanted to provide information about an organization that supports our veterans and provides jobs for them

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I have been writing for years and it has been a learning process. I would encourage anyone who is inspired to write a book to not give up on your passion. I encourage individuals to write about either what you know or topics in which you are interested.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
to never give up on my writing.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keeping my writing going. I have a number of books on which I am working.

Author Websites and Profiles
Dennis AuBuchon Website