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Jay Mars 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first book! I had written many song lyrics before but never anything close to a book. It was quite a fun experience and I also learned a lot about myself while writing, so I recommend that everyone tries to write a book some time in their lives!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is Fear Has Us Choking. It was originally inspired by a Nick Johnston song called Fear Had Him by the Throat, I thought it was a really captivating title and appropriate for the book so I then just changed it a bit to fit the context of the book better.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really, I would just try to write between 30 minutes and 1 hour a day just to keep the flow going. Taking some free days every now and then so that the book didn’t feel forced.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Mark Manson had the biggest influence on me, but I was also inspired by Tim Ferris, Jocko Willink, Robert Kiyosaki and Dale Carnegie among many others.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on getting the book out there to as many people as possible. I also have to work on my social media accounts and webpage!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t have much experience in that so I don’t know, i’m still trying to learn more about it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write whatever feels good for you but keep the reader in mind also. Make sure both you and the reader have fun with the book.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I talk about it in the book! Force yourself to work even if you don’t want it, if the next day you still feel like it then take that day off.

What are you reading now?
Economics in one lesson by Henry Hazlitt

What’s next for you as a writer?
Just build an audience and see where it goes!

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?
Everything Is F*cked by Mark Manson, Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and some book about how to survive in a desert island.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jay Mars Amazon Profile

Jay Mars’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Twitter Account

Jeremy Young 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
About the author: The author uses the pen name Jeremy Young as he is still employed within a Fortune 500 company. Throughout his 20+ years’ career, he has worked in many different countries for U.S., European, Asian companies including public, private, family-owned ones. He has held many roles, including Chairman and C.E.O.. His blog www.HowToSurviveTheOffice.com is intended to remind everyone of the indisputable facts of office life via real stories and allow everyone to share work and office stories anonymously.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of the book is How To Survive The Office. It is inspired by the suffering office workers endure all over the world due to pressure at work and challenges of work life balance.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I sometimes record my thoughts in voice recorder and then compile them.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Eckhart Tolle

What are you working on now?
Promotion of my book and blog www.howtosurvivetheoffice.com

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method is promote www.howtosurvivetheoffice.com where readers could share their own office stories.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Take good time for editing and work with best editor you can find. It really pays off.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It is really difficult to stand out in Kindle crowd.

What are you reading now?
Thinking fast and slow…

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to compile the readers stories in my blog www.howtosurvivetheoffice.com into a new 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?
Conan, Algorithms, Mindmap Tools and a book from Thich Nhat Hahn

Author Websites and Profiles
Jeremy Young Website
Jeremy Young Amazon Profile

Dee Rose 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. After graduating high school, I went to the Navy and served four and a half years. I got out and decided to pursue my dream of becoming a writer. I moved to Denver, Colorado and attended Metropolitan State University, where I majored in Political Science. I’ve published ten books so far

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is called, The Death Brothers: A Supernatural Awakening. It is the eighth book our of ten in the Hangman Universe. The story revolves around two characters, who once had their own books. They are the vampire slayer, Jericho Caine, and the demon hunter, Father Tom Padilla. They recently realized that they are the third iteration of the famed Death Brothers. This book continues their journey to to find out what they are capable of.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
As far as I know, I don’t have any unusual writing habits. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have any.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The only author that has influenced me is Stephen King.

What are you working on now?
Right now, I am working on book nine in the Hangman Universe (HMU). It is entitled, Susan Taki: The New Coven. Susan Taki is one of the newer heroes in the HMU. She first appeared in The Hangman Returns. She is a Kung Fu master with the ability to drain the energy/life force from demons and vampires. She then uses that energy to enhance her fighting abilities.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon and Facebook are the websites I mainly use to promote my books. I also use sites like Awesome Gang to submit author interviews. They come in handy.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice for new authors is to just believe in yourselves. Yes, do your research and editing. But at the end of the day, your vision is what makes the book unique and different from other books in your respective genre.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I’ve ever heard is, “Don’t sweat the small stuff”.

What are you reading now?
Right now, I am reading The Nineteen by Erin J. Moyer.

What’s next for you as a writer?
My immediate goal is the finish the HMU. The third, and final Hangman book will hopefully be my best. Between writing my current book, I come up with new ideas for that final installment. I then have a few other things I’m working on. The follow up to Cloning Around, and hopefully what will be a new space opera, Hut-Yo Cull: Bounty Hunter.

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?
Not gonna lie, but I would take all my books. I love reading and writing my own books. But to be more specific, I would take;
The Hangman
The Hangman Returns
The Death Brothers: A Supernatural Awakening
and Forbidden Love

Author Websites and Profiles
Dee Rose Amazon Profile

Dee Rose’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Lizzie Morton 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Currently I have one written and published but have three books written and set for publishing in 2021.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Always You is my debut novel. It’s based in Brooklyn and is a contemporary romance with a coming of age spin on it. It was inspired by my love of New York and music, both of which run through the book in its entirety. One of my favourite things is reading about how relationships can survive the test of time from a young age so this also played a huge influence in my writing.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write in my phone. Sounds obscure but before I committed myself one hundred percent to writing, I played around with the first draft of Always You in an app on my phone. It was the only way I ever got the time and from there my passion grew.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Some of my favourite authors include L.J Shen, Paige Toon, Lyndsey Kelk and Sara Ney. Really there are hundreds and the list could just keep on going. A few of my favourite books currently and ones that I keep going back to are the Did I Mention I Love You series by Estelle Maskame. I love her style and she’s really inspiring as she wrote them at such a young age.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a Novella which is a spin off to my first set of books.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far I haven’t had a huge hand in this to be able to comment. I’m still finding my own footing when it comes to things related to promo so if anyone has any tips let me know!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, write and write. And when you think you can;t write anymore, keep going. Sometimes it can seem completely overwhelming but when you hold your first book in your hands it’s so worth it. Also keep track of your progress. I log everything from my daily word count to my page edit counts because when you have thousands of words to go it, it can be a case of you can’t see the woods for the trees. Having the evidence in front of you, of how much you’ve achieved each day can really help with motivation.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
One of my favourite quotes is by Asha Dornfest, she says, “I think new writers are too worried that it has all been said before. Sure it has, but not by you.”
These words are so true for anyone struggling with self doubt about their originality.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently BETA reading a murder mystery for another author. It’s not something I would ever normally read, but for that reason I’m loving it and I’ve even found myself searching for similar books. I may have been converted.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have a lot of editing and proofing in line, the boring stuff but necessary. I have three projects lined up to be published in 2021 as long as all goes to plan and in the meantime just lots of writing that will hopefully somehow find it’s way into becoming more books.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Did I Mention I love You – Estelle Maskame.
Chasing Daisy – Paige Toon.
Fallen Crest High – Tijan.
Something In The Way – Jessica Hawkins.

Author Websites and Profiles
Lizzie Morton Website
Lizzie Morton Amazon Profile

Lizzie Morton’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Jennifet Degl 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Jennifer Degl is the mother of four, including a micro preemie who was born at 23 weeks gestation, and the founder of Speaking for Moms and Babies, Inc. Her mission is to educate the public on maternal and neonatal health issues. She is the author of three books and has published articles in the Journal of Pediatrics, as well as countless online media outlets.
She is a passionate public speaker for maternal and neonatal health care issues, a member of the International Neonatal Consortium, and she also serves on the Board of Directors for NIDCAP Federation International and the NICU Parent Network.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I Was Small But Now I’m Tall-

Many children want to know their birth stories and ask questions like:

1. How big was I when I was born?
2. Can I see a picture of me after I was born?

These questions can be difficult to answer when your baby was born prematurely.

I was Small, But Now I’m Tall is an engaging book for a child who was born prematurely, telling the tale of their earliest days in life in simple terms that kids can relate to. It tells the story of a baby that was born much too early and spent many months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This premature baby, like many others, overcame the obstacles that threatened her survival and grew into a strong child.

My daughter was born at 23 weeks gestation and weighed only 1 pound and 4 ounces. She inspires me to do everything I do.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am a full-time science teacher who never knew she had a passion for writing until my life changed forever and I was faced with certain circumstances that were very difficult to process, so I started to write. I now write whenever I am feeling upset or sad.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Memoirs and non-fiction of those who survived odds stacked against them.

What are you working on now?
A children’s picture book about “Joy”. It’s not only my daughter’s name but something that we all need more of.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon, my website: www.jenniferdegl.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Self-publishing is much more now that it once was. Give it a try.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can never write too much. Write out every detail because you can always remove some later.

What are you reading now?
Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

What’s next for you as a writer?
more children’s picture books that help children process difficult medical circumstances.

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 Perfect Storm (I am an Earth Science Teacher), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (never gets old and was a childhood favorite), a journal to make sure I have an outlet for stress and a record of my time there.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jennifet Degl Website
Jennifet Degl Amazon Profile

Jennifet Degl’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Dacy Alex 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written two books. Both are in a series titled Splendificent. I suppose you could say I wrote three since I wrote a book when I was in high school. But, that was for fun and I never published it. I have hidden it away so no one will ever read it and know of my highscchool shame!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled Splendificent 2. As for the inspirations that’s a little complicated. I’m very inspired by Japanese Role Playing Games like the Persona series and visual novels like Danganronpa and Choas Child. I like the over the top characters and incredible, fantastical elements. I also wanted to create a world with deep lore that can stretch back centuries. Twilight and Vampire Diaries inspired me to try my luck at Urban Fantasy. I thought I’d have the next Twilight on my keyboard but it turned out quite different in some respects. I still love you, Bella!

The characters in my book are usually inspired by my preferences and sometimes people I have known. I have a princess because I like royalty and fairytales. I have a pixie who’s dad is a pro wrestler because I used to love pro wrestling. She’s surly and rude because I knew a girl just like that in 12th grade,

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to play videogames while writing. I write a bit then stop and play the game for the bit. Then I go back to writing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Twilight was a big inspiration. The Mortal Instruments was huge for me and a great learning tool. I love The Withcer series and wish I could be as talented as that author.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on Splendificent 3. I hope to make it even more over the top than the first two books! I also do short stories of the Splendificent universe on my blog at HTTP://www.dacyalex.com

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My website: http://www.dacyalex.com

What are you reading now?
I am reading Final Fantasy XV: The Dawn of The Future and a book on the Romanov dynasty of Russia.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully lots of great reviews and fanmail!

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 bring the entire Witcher series. Or maybe I’d just bring thick books so I’d have paper to burn for a fire.

Author Websites and Profiles
Dacy Alex Website

Keith Armstrong 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a stay at home dad, looking after my wife and homeschooling two of my three children. My third has already left school and is waiting to join the army. I have writing on and off since high school but never finished any work which I scrapped when my first child come alone. Now I have a little more time on my hands I decided to try writing again. this about vampire fiction. I have wrote one book so far, and just started to write my second book now.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book, which is also my first book is out now on Amazon, called ‘Vampire Island and the battle for Malikperse.’ I wanted something different from a vampire novel, but also keeping to the old traditions, so in a hidden world called Malikperse, you can find vampires, werewolves, even the old traditional wolfmen. alone with many others. The main character been lost and confused with human feelings, I got my inspiration from Anne Rice’s ‘Interview with the Vampire’.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
While writing, I try to picture what I write in my head as if I was watching it on tv. Is it just me that does that?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Anne Rice with her vampire books is a big influence for me, she is the best in my opinion, but also J.K. Rowling also inspired me too with her fantasy fiction world hidden from humans.

What are you working on now?
I am working on a second book from my Vampire Island Saga, this is not a part two, it is about one of the characters from the first book. Set in Africa, in a tribe about 5000 years ago leading to her getting to Vampire Island.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Google search, for good sites. At least that is what I did to get here.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never give up, I tried writing martial art fiction when I left school, then I tried other types, until I settle with vampire fiction, which works for me. everyone is different so never give up. I also believe write for yourself, if you like it then it is not wrong. Write what you love, and keep going.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Anne Rice posted this on youtube a few years ago. I follow her advice. here is the link.

What are you reading now?
on and off I am reading J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series agian, but most of the time I am writing.

What’s next for you as a writer?
to finish my second book in the Vampire Island saga and work on a third with future plans for maybe a part two to vampire island at a later stage.

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?
Anne Rice’s Vampire Lestat, Teachings of Silver Birch, A survival book by Bear Grylls. and Vampire Island by myself.

Author Websites and Profiles
Keith Armstrong Amazon Profile

Keith Armstrong’s Social Media Links
Twitter Account

Enna Redlum 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Two that have been published on Amazon.com

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Mar…” The Trial: Shattered Lives
I was inspired to write this book to give closure to my first book. Readers of Down the Path of Destruction were wanting to know more. I have woven parts of my ancestoral past into this book, leading it to a final destination for one of the characters.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to start my books out with a mysterious ending. From there, I delve into the past lives of the character(s) that led to the beginning chapter, which ironically is the ending. I like to give the plot an unexpected twist.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Juvinile fiction writers, especially Elizabeth George Speare, author of The Witch of Blackbird Pond.

What are you working on now?
I am working on another mystery that is set in present time. The main characters are sisters who have spent time visiting a Great Aunt in the nursing home. Great Aunt Matilda loved to tell stories, and noone knew if her stories were based on fact or fantasy as she aged. But the great nieces have put a lot of time and energy into discovering a secret treasure that they are sure is true. But they are putting a lot of trust in a “senile” old woman’s testimony.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am learning about that. I am a new author and have a lot to learn.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never give up. Keep writing, keep reading, keep going!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To live fully, you must live freely. Take each day and make it all your own.
In the midst of winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

What are you reading now?
One Heartbeat Away

What’s next for you as a writer?
Promotion of my first two books and completion of my third 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?
Jane Eyre
Little Women (This was my grandmother’s favorite book and the last gift she gave me before she died. She named two of her daughters after characters Meg and Beth.)
The Bible
My devotional, Seeking God’s Face

 

Sophia Sinclair 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a small-town Midwestern girl to the core, and I’m writing a series of small-town romances novels that build on each other like the written version of the world’s longest romantic movie. I spend my free time performing unnecessarily complicated culinary feats in her kitchen and dreaming up home improvement projects for my husband to do in our fixer-upper Victorian. My greatest accomplishment so far has been either raising two wonderful children who love to read or designing and digging a goldfish pond by myself. Probably the goldfish pond; it’s really cool.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The first in the series is Worth the Wait, and the one I’m getting ready to release next is Crazy Little Thing. Crazy Little Thing features a character who has been in every one of the books in the Small-Town Secrets series: Ashley, the bartender at The Clipper. Everybody in my books hangs out there, and people already felt like they knew Ashley. However, it turns out Ashley has been plotting something big! If you’ve ever wanted to go where everybody knows your name, you’d love The Clipper. It’s where all the best fictional characters have a drink, and Ashley knows all their secrets.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
It’s just me, my computer and a cup of coffee every morning. Then, weather permitting, I go for a bike ride. During the ride, I think about what’s going in my fictional small town of Fairview. Sometimes I get a really good idea and need to pull over to tap out a note to myself on my phone. I generally write a little more in the evening after dinner.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read everything. I appreciate good genre fiction as well as the classics. If a book is well-written, that’s all I ask. I’m interested in everything, and that comes out in my characters. Molly in Worth the Wait is a librarian, and she makes references to several classic texts. Lori, in Kiss and Tell, loves the old hot pirate novels and Regency romances. Catarina in Twice Shy loves Rilke, and has one of his poems painted on her bedroom wall. We find out in Perfect Fit what that poem is (and it’s one I actually love so much it’s tattooed on my leg!) In Crazy Little Thing, Ashley the bartender surprises her Harvard-educated boyfriend by bringing up the economic theories of Thomas Picketty. I want my characters to be well-rounded, interesting people you’d like to meet.

What are you working on now?
I’ve gone all the way back to Worth the Wait for the love interest in The Laws of Attraction. If you read it, you remember Sheriff Watkins saving the day for Molly. In The Laws of Attraction, we get to know his back story, and he falls hard for Kelly, a high school friend of his who has just come back to town for reasons of her own after being gone for a decade.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m better at reading than promoting! If you like my books, please share them with a friend.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’m still a fairly new author myself, and always willing to listen to advice from others.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I was told to just keep writing. Yes, social media and promotions etc. all need to be done, but if in doubt of the best way to spend my time … write.

What are you reading now?
I know this isn’t very romance-y, but Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Notes From the Underground”!

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to keep doing the Small-Town Secrets series for as long as people have interest. The world-building aspect of inventing this small town and building on it with new characters who interact with the main characters from past books really interests me. They run into each other in restaurants and parties all the time, and we catch up with them as they have babies and start new careers. These people feel so real to me.

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’t ask me to choose. I have thousands of books in my house. Don’t ask me to leave any of them behind!

Author Websites and Profiles
Sophia Sinclair Amazon Profile

Sophia Sinclair’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

James Robertson 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in a small town in Kansas. I’ve also lived in Texas, Missouri, and in New York, where I graduated college from SUNY Oswego in 2019 with a bachelor’s in political science and a theatre minor. I’ve also received an associate’s degree in information network technology, which I obtained in 2012 from Pratt Community College. My first book in the Next Life series, Afterworld, was published May 1st, 2020. I’m currently working on the second book and it will be out this year hopefully by November, but no later than December. That book will be a historical fiction tale on the origins of Jack the Ripper and why he did what he did psst (it wasn’t random killings).

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Afterworld (Next Life, #1). This was a story that I started back in 2014 or around there. I was going through a lot dealing with the coming to terms of religion and finding myself through everything I’ve been told vs what I’ve seen and come to known. That’s what inspired it. So I built a theory around that, and turned it into a fantasy universe that will have heroes, gods, demons, and more in ways you may not expect or see coming.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really, for the most part I do discovery writing (which is writing as it comes to you rather than planning it out). I’ve actually struggled a bit with this current story The Ripper due to its historical nature, I’ve had to research things and keep the story constrained a bit. It’s a bit tougher for me to write in those constraints, but I think it’s coming along fine.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King, Berserk ( the anime/manga), Marvel/Dc (more dc due to its darker nature). I plan to create a king like universe mixed with a esque universe to come a point where you have more relatable characters that become both heroes, and anti heroes, and villians. With this you will have characters that will die. Plot armor isn’t going to be nearly as strong as in most stories. Think game of thrones.

What are you working on now?
The Ripper. I’ve also released a cover art (that may change) for the book that comes after that: The Despardo’s Tale. You can find that on the website.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Twitter, Friends, Promoting to strangers.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you enjoy it, keep at it. Have faith in yourself and don’t give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I’d have to come back to you on this one. Nothing is popping up in my head, but I’ve always been told “If I’m going to do something to do it right” so I’ve pretty much stuck by that in my work.

What are you reading now?
The 4th book in the Dark Tower Series.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Just going to continue this series. As I said I’m building a universe. So don’t expect a triliogy and all of my books will connect in one way or another.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would say one book for entertainment, but the others would be how to survive on a deserted island or something of the sort because I would probably be lost.

Author Websites and Profiles
James Robertson Website
James Robertson Author Profile on Smashwords

James Robertson’s Social Media Links
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Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Debbie Herbert 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi! I began writing paranormal romance books for Harlequin, then switched to romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue and now write psychological suspense for Thomas & Mercer. Along the way, I’ve Indie published several paranormal romance novels as well.

I love novels with a touch of gothic and a whole lot of suspense!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Scorched Grounds is my latest book and was inspired by a couple of experiences where I was in a hospital late at night and absorping the creepy atmosphere of deserted hallways. I remember thinking that anyone could get in the building and do pretty much anything they wanted.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wish I was one of those writers who could listen to inspiring playlists but I need absolute quiet while writing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I ador Gillian Flynn’s suspenseful, gothic, atmospheric writing. She’s the best!

What are you working on now?
I’m starting a book about a group of teeneagers who go into the woods late one night for a party and not all of them return. Years later, another of them dies a suspicious death and the main character has reason to believe she might be the next victim.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think my website is a great resource for anyone interested in purusing my novels.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Perseverance! I know everyone says that, but it really is true. I wrote for three years and finished two books before I sold the final book I wrote.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Don’t compare yourself to others.” That’s true in the writing business and life in general.

What are you reading now?
A romance anthology, Love Me Always.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing my current work in progress and then I[m considering writing a Christmal paranormal romance novella.

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?
Something spiritual, something funny, something scary and something intellectually enlightening.

Author Websites and Profiles
Debbie Herbert Website
Debbie Herbert Amazon Profile

Debbie Herbert’s Social Media Links
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Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Siafa Neal 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an author of several Advance Matrix Chess books. Please visit, (https://www.amazon.com/author/siafabneal) to read about my Advance chess books. My father taught my three brothers and myself how to play conventional chess. My fascination with chess inspired me to find better ways of making conventional chess more interesting and complex. Thus, I was able to design Advance chess game boards which make the game intriguing and complex. You see, after a while conventional chess became boring and dull. My first Advance chess game board is named Model I, the Star Fish model, to name a few. My second Advance chess game board is called Model II, the Latitudinal Star Gate 14 Model ; the book for Model II has been presented to the Library of Congress and is not in circulation to the general public. My third Advance chess game board is called Model III, the Longitudinal Star Gate 14 Model ; this is the game board that I currently working on and is being published to the public. The books on Model I and Model III are currently open to the public for viewing and reading.
Thus far I have written about 15 Advance chess books. Please also visit ( https://www.independentauthornetwork.com/siafa-b-neal ; https://www.askdavid.com/books/13859 ). My video and audio links include: Please visit if you may, (https://www.youtube.com/chessplayer3334 ; https://www.soundcloud.com/chessplayer3334 ).
Some of my hobbies include: reading, writing, photography, designing Advance chess board games and painting Advance 3-d Arts.

Some of the sports that I participate in include: soccer, tennis, swimming, badminton, ping-pong, horse-back riding, skate boarding, walking, biking, karate, tak-won-do (self-defense ) and yoga.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The title of my latest books is : Advance Chess – Model III – the Triple Set Game, Book 3 Vol. 1, Game #1, (T.3.1. G1), (G-G)/(G-G)/(A-A). This book is about the Triple Set game played on Model III. This means that three chess sets are used to play on this model all at once and at the same instant. The idea behind designing Model III is to allow as many chess players to participate in the game. The maximum number of chess players which Model III may accommodate at the same time is five(5) chess players.
Although I have written books about the Single Set and the Double Set games played on Model III, I decided to write about the Triple Set games played on Model III the make an interesting read. It was not my intention to make my readers bored with just reading about the Single Set and the Double Set games.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, I do not have any unusual writing habits.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The authors that have influenced me include : Charles Dickens, the author of ” The Tale of Two Cities ” and the poem written by Robert Lewis Stevenson entitled, ” In the Woods ” .

What are you working on now?
Currently, I am working on my books for the Quadruple Game Sets played on Model III.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
When it comes to promoting my books the best website that I use is : https://www.amazon.com/author/siafabneal

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice to new authors is be consistent and have a passion for what you do. One would only derive an output depending upon how much effort is placed into a project.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice that I have heard is that, ” If you don’t use it, you lose it “. This means that if you don’t use your mind in completing a task, one would eventually lose the memory of that task.

What are you reading now?
Basically, I read the Time magazines.

What’s next for you as a writer?
My objective is to continue promoting my Advance chess books.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
If stranded on a desert island the three books that I would bring along are: ” A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, A poem ” In the Woods ” by Robert Lewis Stevenson and a book written by Carl Sagan about the Universe.

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Julie Mozart 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a teen Christian author, and I think I’m rather funny. I like to be obnoxious about how important writing is, and you can find me either crying over an author I’ll never amount to, or fulfilling some Canadian stereotype or another. I’ve only published my debut, The Half Glass Girl, which came out just in the end of August 2020, but 7-year-old me wrote numerous stories that I promise will never see the light of day.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Half Glass Girl ‘s name was inspired by the ever-popular question ‘is the glass half full or half empty?’ My original plan for the story was that my main character would go from seeing the glass half empty to the glass half full, and since her story was centered around her view of happiness, I thought it fit the bill. I actually really didn’t like the name at first, but after far too many late nights radicallizing my book-naming brain, I just decided to roll with it, and now I can’t see any other name for it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write better in the dead of night than any other respectable hour, but I’m not sure that’s really unusual. For The Half Glass Girl, I ended up writing in half the plot in the second draft, which was, oh my, not recommended. I haven’t heard of many other authors literally inserting their entire plot half way through book creation, but maybe I’m not alone in my insanity. Let’s just say that was the end of my ‘go with the flow’ plotting plans.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
‘Fawkes’ by Nadine Brandes was definitely a book that made me really want to finish the Half Glass Girl. It was exactly the book I wanted to write. But as for influencing myself besides THGG, I’ll have to say that The Hobbit has always been a book that seems to have lodged itself into my sub-cranium and refused to let go. My sister read it to me when I was little and after that I couldn’t get enough of dragons.

What are you working on now?
At the moment I’m working on a first draft of what I have called my ‘Pirate WIP,’ which I started last November for NaNoWriMo. I also have a secret but not so secret project that I’ve been forming a plot for. I started writing some ideas down, but I just have to get myself into the swing of things and get excited for it! I’m planning on tackling that for NaNoWriMo 2020.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, this early in the game, I’ve seen the best results out of word of mouth and spreading it in my own circles. A lot of people will buy a book just because they know the author, I just hope all those books get read and loved! It’s the greatest compliment when a book gets read to shreds, and I’m hoping to see at least a couple of those resurface later on down the line. Maybe I’ll even be able to sign one.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
There is literally nothing stopping you from writing whatever you want. I’ve heard a lot of people say they don’t want to write because they’re worried it won’t be very good, but honestly, you won’t know until you try. And, surprise, if it doesn’t turn out very well, there’s literally no penalty. You can literally pretend it doesn’t exist or entirely change your novel and ideas, and there’s nothing that says you can’t.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
There’s a quote by C.S. Lewis that says ‘You’re never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.’ And as weird as it is for a 16 year old author to look at a piece of advice that was undoubtedly pointed toward an older crowd, it is a genuine fear I have a lot that I might have passed my ‘learning sponge’ threshold and I’ll never catch up. But hey, as C.S. Lewis says, you’re never too old. Even if most people around you started at 6 years old, you CAN start now.

What are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading a lot of fantasy. I just finished a fantasy retelling of Rapunzel and Lady of Shallot called ‘Lady of Lanaria’ by Michaela Bush, and I’m in the middle of The Gilded Wolves. I love reading my genre to get inspiration for my projects.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m focusing on spreading the news of my book to as many readers as possible! I graduated highschool in Spring of 2020, so this fall I’ve been forming some plans of Book Coaching and helping other young authors around me to get published.

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, first and foremost, to make sure I didn’t go crazy. The Hobbit, because it’s long – and also because it’s beautiful. The Rover Adventures, because even though it’s really a young kid’s book, it’s so side-splittingly funny it would keep my mood up, and probably a book on how to survive a desert island, but that might just be me.

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Krishna Sudhir 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written two books so far, both young adult novels in the Prince of Typgar series. I’m actually a physician, cardiologist and educator. While fortunate to be well-published in the medical field as the author of over 180 publications, the Prince of Typgar series is my first foray into the world of fiction. Born in Chennai, India, I’ve lived and worked in three countries, including India, Australia, and the United States. I’m currently based in California’s Bay Area, as a senior executive in the medical device industry. In my academic career, I’ve taught undergraduate and postgraduate students at major Australian and American universities. I’m passionate about educating the general public on health and medicine, and have authored several TED-Ed videos in the health care field. I’ve been lucky to have traveled extensively across Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, and am deeply interested in cultures, languages, and cuisines across the globe. I enjoy watching movies, listening to music, reading detective novels, and cooking Indian food.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is called Nujran and the Corpse in the Quadrangle. It is the second in the Prince of Typgar series, a sequel to Nujran and the Monks of Meirar. At the end of the first book, we leave Nujran as a teenager who has traveled across the planet with his teacher, Amsibh, experiencing romance, conflict, friendship, betrayal, and loss. I felt there was more of Nujran’s story that needed to be told, and I wanted to have readers go along with him on all of his new adventures as he begins college. We begin the second book on the campus of the University of Western Foalinaarc, where a body has just been discovered. There’s drama in plenty with fugitives on the run, turbulence on the university campus, fresh intrigue, a new romance, a strange kidnapping, an escape from prison, and a rescue mission where things don’t quite go as planned. In short, this sequel is another fast-paced adventure that will hopefully hold the young reader spellbound.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Before the COVID pandemic, I traveled often for my job. The entire first novel in the Prince of Typgar series was written on long international flights on United Airlines airplanes. Most of Nujran and the Corpse in the Quadrangle was as well, before quarantine kept me home for the tail end of the process. The cabin of an airplane is an unusual, but perfect place to lose yourself in a new universe through writing!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My 3 favorite authors are Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie and JK Rowling. I have been influenced by all three in different ways. Marquez introduced me to magical realism, Rushdie digs into his Indian roots for inspiration, and Rowling’s Harry Potter series was a favorite with my sons.

What are you working on now?
The series is planned as a trilogy, so there’s one more novel after this one. That final one will be the culmination of the story. Nujran’s adventures will continue, you can be sure there will be more intrigue and conflict, and hopefully my readers will stay with me through the end of the series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I usually promote my book among friends and family, in social media (particularly Facebook and Instagram), and on Amazon. I’m new to Awesome Gang, but I think it’s a wonderful way to meet more readers, and tell my story.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing is hard, but is a wonderfully relaxing at the same time! We all have great stories to tell, so why not write and share these stories with the world? If publishing houses reject you (they are not kind to new authors), there are lots of self publishing options.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t edit while creating new content. Write first, then edit later. Let the thoughts flow and write them as they come, then go back and re-shape the manuscript as many times as you need to.

What are you reading now?
Crime and Punishment, by the great Russian writer, Fyodor Dostoevsky

What’s next for you as a writer?
Once I finish the trilogy, I want to write detective fiction. That was my favorite genre growing up, and continues to be my favorite type of TV drama. Or I might start a new fantasy fiction series…let’s see where life takes me!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
One hundred years of solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Midnight’s children, by Salman Rushdie
The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov

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Christopher Thomas 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Christopher Thomas, known as Christopher E. Thomas in the writing world. I’m twenty-seven years old, and I’m from southern Illinois. I started writing at the age of five and happened to win a horror story contest in kindergarten. I’ve been writing ever since. An interesting fact about me is that I suffer from a rare autoimmune disease called Alopecia Areata, a conditon that causes patches of hair loss. I’ve been asked several times what it’s like to be a writer with the condition or living with the condition in general. I always tell everyone it would be the same circumstances if I were a bank teller or a construction worker or cashier. It’s been rough to live with because of the stares and remarks from others, but it’s only empowered me to write more, which I’m thankful for. Anyway, back on track here. I studied criminal law and creative writing at Southeastern Illinois College as well as theater and directing online. I have written numerous books, but only three that I have self published through KDP on Amazon.com. They are entitled: “Rage Of The Misfits”, “Writer’s Block”, and “January Bones”. I admit I love the freedom of self publishing because I get to make all the rules and bask in that feeling of authority. Yet, like many others, I have a hard time promoting and marketing. That’s my weakness at this point, which is why I’ve been trying to reach out.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is entitled “January Bones”, and its a short horror novel about a demonic, creature-like entity that invades a small town amidst the first coming of snow of winter. It’s an adult novel, like all of my books, and its setting is along the Ohio river much like where I reside. The inspiration for the story actually came to me at the beginning of summer. It was a nasty day, rainy and stormy. It was around dusk when it had finally stopped, and I and my three-year-old son decided to take our evening walk. When we rounded the corner and reached the stop sign at the end of the street, he bent over and pulled something out of the mud. I, being more concerned that he would ruin his clothes, insisted him to stand up. Then he turned around, held up a squirming night crawler, and said “What’s this, daddy?” He repeated the question until I answered. “It’s a worm I said,” to which he humorously replied, “It’s a big worm, daddy.” His words instantly created a series of what ifs. What if worms were gigantic in size? What if this town actually sat on top of a worm bed that decided to unearth? I could literally imagine the destruction these invertebrates would cause if they were to come out of the soil in such a size. Then later that night while I was watching “Paranormal Witness”, an episode about a demonic entity that roamed the hills of Oregon, I had another what if come to mind: What if one of these giant worms I had thought of earlier had the ability to shape shift into something more innocent and unnoticed, like us mortals for example? And after I had all these what ifs in mind, I threw them all together and made a detailed outline because that’s how I work with every project. And in time, “January Bones” had been created.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Unusual writing habits? HA! I guess you could say that. People often ask me where I get my ideas for characters and character names, which I often avoid answering. But I don’t shun their question anymore, no matter how often it is asked. Right before I finish an outline, I take a drive out to Westwood Cemetery and take a long stroll around the circle drive, weaving in and out of the headstones looking for names that stand out. And as odd as that might sound, I happen to develop characters much easier than brainstorming, my last alternative.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Many authors have influenced me over the years: Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, R.L. Stine, Edgar Allan Poe, and Clive Barker to name a few. Although, most of my influence or inspiration just comes naturally. I’m sort of the odd ball in the family when it comes to the craft.

What are you working on now?
I’m actually working on a screenplay for my novelette “Writer’s Block”, which I plan on shooting sometime this fall if everything works out. It’ll be my first attempt at production, but I know the basics and feel confident in my abilities. Besides, we all have to start somewhere. And I am also in the process of beginning another novel entitled “The Heart Of Agatha”, a gothic love story with a grotesque twist. I’m thrilled, very thrilled.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
HA! How ironic is this question? But anyway, although I’m still working on my promoting skills, I find facebook, and amazon to be the most convenient websites to promote, especially amazon because it has all the necessary tools for promoting and advertising.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Hmmmm…. All I can say to new authors is determine your path for publishing prior to writing your novels. I actually wish I would have done this. You know, I have submitted to thousands of literary agents and have only received maybe twenty full manuscript requests. And I’m sure many authors think their writing isn’t any good if they get rejected over and over. But that’s not necessarily true. Agents are hard nuts to crack, and everything they receive has to fit their specifications. Not being a good ‘fit’ doesn’t constitute bad writing. Also, have patience with your craft. No one ever woke up and suddenly could write like James Patterson or one of those other big authors. Believe it or not, they have paid their dues. As a freelance editor, I can’t tell you how many times I have seen a mess of a manuscript because an author is in a rush to write and publish. I’ve made this mistake myself. Take your time, polish everything, work with beta readers and critique partners, hire editors for your novel and formatting. It’s well worth the money. And finally, never give up hope. Continue doing what you love.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I have ever heard actually came from actor Patrick Kilpatrick. His very words were “Don’t forget to drive for that payday while never subverting your art.” And I have taken it to heart.

What are you reading now?
I’m actually in the middle of “The Tommyknockers” right now. It’s a great story, but of course, it is Stephen King. I recommend it to those who have never read any of his books. Actually, I would start with his most noted novel in terms of horror, “Pet Sematary”.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To keep writing, keep searching for a way to get out there. My main goal is to get accepted by a publisher. I recently had an appointment with Red Penguin that had to be rescheduled. Hopefully, this will be the ticket I’ve been after for so long.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would probably bring a how to book or perhaps a survival guide to start with. And then after all of my attempts failed and I was on the brink of starvation, I would read “Thinner”, that way I wouldn’t feel alone. But in all seriousness, I would take “Lord of the Flies”, “The Only Good Indians”, “Flowers In The Attic”, and “Hearts In Atlantis”.

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H.B. Cavalier 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve only published one book, thus far, under the pseudonym Véva Perala – who is, technically, one of the characters in the book itself. To be honest, I feel it might be more fitting to tell you about HER than about me, but that would likely constitute spoilers.

I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I’m sure it shows in my writing. The land is my muse – though I’m much less tied to time.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
‘Farewell, Everything’ was largely inspired by my own personal struggles. Writing it was a profoundly healing process, even if I hated it at times. There’s sort of a “hero’s journey” woven into the plot that mirrors (metaphorically, of course) the battles many of us face in life. It’s the underworld plunge – and return to light – that we all undergo at some point, in order to grow.

But that isn’t what ‘Farewell, Everything’ is ABOUT. It’s about a poor, sick kid getting into hot water with a foreign war. It’s got plenty of drama tucked into it’s dreamy little package, but mostly it’s a surreal, sometimes silly coming-of-age story. It’s not overtly intended to make you think of your personal evolution! It’s meant to make you think of love, lies, bugs – and whether or not your house wants to swallow your soul.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Let’s just say it takes me a VERY long time to write a book, for MANY reasons.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Fictionally speaking: García Márquez, Murakami, Arundhati Roy. Salvador Placencia’s ‘The People of Paper,’ Sunil Yapa’s ‘Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist,’ George Saunder’s ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis.’ Oscar Wilde. A little Proust (but just a little). Then, for dessert, Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles – because who doesn’t want to join the Talamasca?

I admit, I also have a thing for Subcomandante Marcos’s poetic prose.

Beyond that, I love graphic novels. David B.’s ‘Epileptic’ stands out, as does Joe Sacco’s explorations of Palestine (which, years ago, inspired me to go there myself).

I’m a nonfiction girl at heart, though. Probably 50% of that would be soft science – psychology, human evolution, or explorations of the neural pathways behind things like empathy and love. Another 20% would be spiritual. And the rest is history. Literally. As in history books.

What are you working on now?
I’m playing around with a ‘Farewell, Everything’ sequel, following the sweet, funny, and horrifying misadventures of the main character’s lost lover – an almost drunkenly synesthetic young man struggling to save the memory of his people as they are systemically killed off. But I take my time with these things. Unless real pressure is applied, don’t expect this book before 2035 or so.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t have a “best method.” I have a fun but ineffective method: I leave copies of ‘Farewell, Everything’ in Little Free Libraries, in hopes that they are “checked in” at nowherepress.com and passed around between friends – or otherwise kept in rotation. So far, though, few people have “checked in” or passed a copy on. I’ve been told to take it as flattery – people want to KEEP the copies they find. But it does sort of spoil the game.

Still, a game’s a game – and games are fun.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
No, I’m afraid I don’t.

Or wait, I do: don’t take advice from the internet. Follow your heart.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Follow your heart? Within reason.

What are you reading now?
I’ve been reading some Christian theology books, actually. I wasn’t raised religious (AT ALL). I know next to nothing about this stuff – so it fascinates me in a way no one I know relates to. I feel like an alien. I’m lucky to have no trauma or dogma or biases wrapped up in this. I’m free to be a tourist.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Well, the sequel that I mentioned is slowly in the works, with many stops and starts. The quarantine has my kids home from school, so finding time to write is little more than fantasy. But all things must pass.

Right?

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Probably some books on meditation or something because seriously – escapism can only get you so far in a situation like that. You gotta make PEACE with it.

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A. M. Kusi 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
We are actually a married couple (Ash and Marcus) who enjoy writing a blend of romance and women’s fiction together. All our couples are interracial, as are we. We love to see more diversity represented in literature. So far, we have written eight novels, and two novellas together.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Defying Gravity is our latest book. It is book 3 in our Shattered Cove series. Our hero Bently is the sheriff of the small town and has a run in with a gorgeous Black woman and her younger brother whom she’s raising. Both our hero and heroine have been through a lot of trauma, but they’ve both made choices to break the cycle and came out stronger because of it, despite their flaws. We really wanted to use their love story to shed a light on police brutality and racism in all its forms. A modern forbidden love story if you will.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not unless you count being interrupted by our kids several times. LOL. Ash will typically listens to music that inspires the scenes and have it play out in her mind before planning the book chapter by chapter, we call it a chapter map.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
A.L. Jackson, Mia Sheridan, Brittainy C. Cherry, Colleen Hoover, and Kennedy Ryan.

What are you working on now?
More of the Shattered Cove series. We are loving this small town and all the interesting and diverse side characters who are just begging for their own stories. After Defying Gravity, we have Bently’s little sister Jasmine in The Lighthouse Inn.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
www.amkusi.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read. Keep reading authors who make you think about their book for hours or days after. Learn your craft. Find a writing coach, if you can. That has really helped us grow.
And figure out the reader expectations for your genre. We use Story Grid.
Oh, and learn the difference between showing versus telling.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t wait for everything to be perfect, just write it.

What are you reading now?
Gold Mine by Skye Warren and The Beautiful Mess series by T.K. Leigh

What’s next for you as a writer?
We are continuing to better our craft and dive deeper into social issues weaving them into love stories with twists and turns. To take deeply flawed characters and shed light on the beauty through the pain.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Oh my gosh! This is hard. Probably The Wish Collecter by Mia Sheridan, It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover, Beautifully Broken Control by Catherine Cowles, By a Thread by Lucy Score, and Road to Fire by Maria Luis

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Irving Waters 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m in private security contracting and I’m writing novels based on my knowledge in the field. Fiction of course…

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
‘The Wuhan Mission’ in my first novel, inspired by the real life conspiracy theories floating around in ether, true or not.
It’s a fun look at what transpired, or didn’t…
The second in the series is a prequel, which tells the readers how our protagonist arrived, and lots of backstory about other characters.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I map out real dates and real events and run my storylines along them.
Lots of research involved.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My reading habits are nested in genres that are far from the one that I write in. I tend to learn more from authors’ mistakes. If a spy thriller has too many character names, for instance, I find it very offputting. Another pet peeve is when authors seem bent on proving that they know what they are talking about, using all the abbreviations and terms that the layman has no idea about.

What are you working on now?
I’m 20,000 words into book two, in which I have already fallen in love with my protagonist, whom I am developing. Being a prequel we get to meet her parents, mentors, bullies and friends.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Word of mouth seems to work the best…
I like my readers to see the fun in my Instagram account. There’s lots of hints and illustrations about the story lines and characters.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t press the publish button for a while. Sit on it. Don’t rush in. Do some research. Learn from other authors.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best marketing is your next book

What are you reading now?
Kindle arriving tomorrow. I’m launching into my genre …
Lee Child etc

What’s next for you as a writer?
Navigating the world of book marketing looks like it’s going to be a hefty part time job.

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?
Something challenging, something light, something erotic, and something practical, so start with:
Richard III
Boat Building for Dummies by Chuck Noland

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