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Rose Walken 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a bit of a gypsy! I’ve moved over 30 times and followed several career paths. I’ve learned the botanical names and growing habits of hundreds of plants, used a blowtorch in a plastic factory, and worked in corporate accounting. These varying life experiences have come in handy in my writing! Currently, I have one published novel, the contemporary spy romance, The Raven’s Call. My two children, fiancé, and pair of rescue kitties, Jane and Austin (after the city), patiently support my distracted ramblings and long work hours.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Raven’s Call is the first installment of the Emerald Raven Series. I was inspired to write it when I was attending university and in a relationship that was missing vital components. It took me about 10 years to complete it in between working, attending school, and raising my children. What an incredibly satisfying feeling to see it out in the general public!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’ll jot down story ideas on anything…napkins, paper towels, sticky notes, gum wrappers, you name it!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Barbara Cartland, Henry David Thoreau, Jane Austen, Jude Deveraux, and so many more!

What are you working on now?
I’m busy writing, spending time with my two children at home, and am newly engaged!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon advertising, my own author website and newsletter, and tons of free book marketing sites that I’ve find with a simple Google search.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
You will want to compare yourself to others. Don’t. Be the best YOU that you can be. Also, market your book as if you were spreading the word about a treasured friend’s masterpiece. You’ve put all the hard work into bringing your story to life — doesn’t it (and you) deserve the time and support in promoting it?

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stop and listen to what your inner voice tells you during a day. Then, figure out if what you are telling yourself is 1) positive and conducive to growth and happiness and 2) is even YOUR voice or just an echo of someone in your past or present. You can rewire your brain by replacing the negative voices and messages with positive ones. Please keep in mind that this takes repetition and time to be effective.

What are you reading now?
Mostly, my current WIP, The Raven’s Fall.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m currently writing the second installment of the Emerald Raven Series, titled The Raven’s Fall. There is one more book I’d like to write for this series and then I have two other WIPs in mind.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Pride and Prejudice, On Walden Pond, and How to Escape from a Deserted Island.

Author Websites and Profiles
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Karen Chin 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been involved in publishing/publication since 2008, where I would as managing editor for Christian Lifestyle magazine, a family publication in the Cayman Islands. I have written over fifteen books, but have only published eight. (I am still writing.)

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Nascent journey is my latest book, though I have published several other titles under my pseudonym, EK Jasmine.

It was inspired by my early years coming to the Cayman Islands. I fell into near homelessness and in the hands of a lady of the night. Also, some other roads have shaped my decision to this day.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes! I write from midnight until 2 am. I try to break it, but I still get the writing bug then. I guess it is to do with the quietness of the house.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Growing up, it was Grace Livingston. Then I got to the Bourne series (stayed there for years; even followed up the movies). Now I am into everything that crosses my path. Some of the information I don’t know when I will use, but I am glad it passed my way.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a book (for children) called, My Three Little Dots on the Big World Map, I based it on the country I call home; the Cayman Islands. It is finished, but I am waiting for the Aha! signing.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still finding my way. I have discovered this website through a link I followed from Dave at KindleP and I am loving the exposure already.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing. Don’t just stop at one book. The more you read is the more you will write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
As an author, carry a notebook and pen/pencil everywhere. As a business owner, never stop learning. As a woman, you can achieve the dream.

What are you reading now?
I am reading three books: a comic (Archie), Teach a Man to Fish by Laurie Beth Jones, and Psycho-cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. The books are as different as water is from dirt, but I am reading everything.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To learn the correct form of marketing. I have written and published many books. (But, I haven’t done the marketing.) Like many authors, I need the discovery. I need to get the traffic to my 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?
The Bible, a dictionary, a crossword puzzle, and a coloring book. (Easiest question for me.)

Author Websites and Profiles
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Eetu Niemi 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I work as an IT consultant in Helsinki, Finland and have just written my first book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The book is called “Technology Consultant Fast Track: How to Get Your Dream Job in IT Consulting”. I know that IT consulting is a field many individuals do not even consider in their job search. I want to rectify that by telling what IT consulting jobs are all about (and what they are not) and how to get a job you really want in the field.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a day job and I am a father, so I do not have much time for writing. So, I take all the opportunities I can for writing. Most of my first book was written in bed with an iPad, after I had put the kids to sleep.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read a lot of business books. Alan Weiss has written great books on consulting. “The McKinsey Way” is a book I also want to mention. On the fiction side, I am crazy about science fiction. Alastair Reynolds is my favorite SF writer.

What are you working on now?
Consulting clients fills my days. As a writer, I am currently marketing my book.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This far, I have used my own social media networks, but am about to widen my reach.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Plan well. There are plenty of resources to help you with that. After that, just start writing. It does not have to be perfect at the first time. Also, get someone to coach you.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get a knowledgeable coach to help you.

What are you reading now?
Actually, I am just about to finish one of Asimov’s classics in the Foundation series. One more book to go!

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am about to start writing my second book. It takes off from where the first one ended. That is, how to succeed in your first IT consulting 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?
It would have to be something with a lot of content and from which you always find something new. The Lord of the Rings trilogy comes to mind.

Author Websites and Profiles
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Holly Johnson 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written one book now

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Smoothies for Weight Loss, Health, and Beauty.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tolstoy, Chehov

What are you working on now?
Promotion the book

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t know yet

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’m a new author

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do what you want

What’s next for you as a writer?
To write the next book

 

Rachel Smyth 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hey, my name is Rachel and I am an indie author of dark romance. I have just finished up my debut series, Crescentwood, which consists of three books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is One Family, the final book in my Crescentwood series. It’s a dark high school reverse harem romance.

I guess it was inspired by all the other books in the genre that I have read over the last few years. They all helped form the initial idea of the characters and I just couldn’t get them out of my head, so one day I decided to write them down and it all took off from there.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Emm…I love getting all comfy on my sofa, with my duvet and a cup of tea. Some days I can’t function unless there is music or the TV on in the background, and other days I need absolute silence.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
J Bree’s Hannaford Prep series (it’s just mind blowing!)
EM Moore – basically every book she’s ever written! But her Heights Crew series is just incredible!
Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti’s books – they are just on a whole other level of creative genius.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on two different series at the minute. Both of them are spin off series of the Crescentwood series.

One, Pacific Prep, is an academy bully romance book (but with plot twists and dark undertones that leave you reeling).

The other, Black Creek, is a gritty MC/mafia romance filled with violence, attitude and gorgeous alpha holes.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Self promoting on facebook I’ve found is the best thing. Especially in popular authors readers groups

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just keep going. Don’t let a few bad reviews or poor sales put you off. Just keep writing. And honestly get yourself out there on instagram and facebook, talking to others and promoting your work.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You have to spend money to make money.

I know!! With my first book, I did everything myself. I barely spent a penny, in case it was an epic fail, I didn’t want to be out a huge amount of money on a fancy cover, editing, etc etc (the costs add up incredibly quickly!). And yeah, my initial plan worked. I got a few sales and good reviews etc. But it was only when I invested the money in new (much better!) covers, paperback formatting, editing, amazon/facebook ads, that I really started to see sales take off. If your hesitant about taking that leap and investing so much money without any guarantee of a return, I say go for it!!

What are you reading now?
I have just finished reading Anarchy by Tate James (so good!!) and I am waiting to start Make My Move by J.Bree which is releasing tomorrow (so you know I’m going to be awake all night reading that!)

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m trying to take a bit of a break after this series releases as it has been a chaotic 6 months, releasing a new book every few months, plus all the writing, promoting etc, not to mention my day job. So I’m going back to some relaxing no-pressure writing while I let my husband know I haven’t completely forgotten he exists (lol). But I will have my next series starting in the not too distant future!

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 mean beyond the girl guides book to survive in the wilderness (‘cause I’ve no idea how to light a fire or catch a fish)

J Bree’s Hannaford Prep Omnibus
Caroline & Susanne’s Sinner’s playground
EM Moores Uppercut Princess

Author Websites and Profiles
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Ishmael O. Ross 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a technology specialist, mainly software architecture, and I also run a software development business remotely. I have written two books so far, and have drafts for quite a few more.

I’ don’t do social media, not on twitter or Instagram, got no author pages. I believe my writing should speak for itself, and not judged by how “social” I pretend to be on the web. I currently live on a river island with my partner and two rescue dogs.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Ledalina is the very latest, it was inspired by an old journal I happened upon by chance its contents were most fascinating than anything I’ve ever read…

A few months before that my novel, Dire Redemption was released. It was written in 2015, then polished updated a little, finally released now. That story was inspired by the migration crisis enveloping Europe at the time, an the response from many European states denying basic human rights to people.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I plan ahead, and do very detailed outlines, but that’s only unusual for those who believe in writing “as it comes”.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” was one of my all-time favourites, and when young I could not put down A.E. Poe. Russian classics, especially Dostoyevsky were formative, and so was Orwell1s 1984. Later on I developed a taste for lighter reads as well, Robert Ludlum’s fast paced action books, and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series are some examples. I also love the Expanse books. but my all-time favourite is the “Little World of Don Camillo” by Giovannino Guareschi.

What are you working on now?
A sequel to Dire Redemption. without spoiling too much, I can only say not everyone who gets shot, actually dies… Also, Jonas needs to really be redeemed.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Awesome Gang, I guess? Free Kindle promos seem to be good. And promoting the promos, of course. On Awesome gang, for example.

As seen above, I’m not very much into social media, which probably means I’m losing a lot of opportunities of promoting myself but, alas, I’m not that much into self promotion either.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes, I do.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Just do it.”‘ (Not from the commercial, but from the Zen proverb.)

What are you reading now?
“Notes from the underground” from Dostoyevsky, and “A Storm of Swords” by GRR Martin

What’s next for you as a writer?
15 more novels, I hope. Got at least that many sketched.

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 world of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi (Read that 10 times in one summer as a kid. literally, cover to cover, then start again. Could do it again, any time)

War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy (At least I’d finally have the time to read it and might even remember ALL the names)

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Author Websites and Profiles
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Renatt Lavoie 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a debut author inspired by true stories, especially those that have a moral to them. I have just published my first book, a novella about a forbidden medical romance and am working on a series that will be available soon.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My Intern was inspired by a good friend who ended up dating her much younger intern. It wasn’t a rational decision but, as we all know, when it comes to matters of the heart, choosing is…hard. Hence the quote “You can’t choose what or who you love, but you can choose how passionately you pursue it”. Not sure if you agree with the quote, but I’ve definitely found myself in similar situations. For some context, the actual story happened in San Luis Potosi in central Mexico. I really recommend you visit if you get a chance!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I keep a diary since I was around 12 where I write all sorts of things. Ideas, quotes, poems, people, my attempts to answer some philosophical questions, random stuff, etc. I’ve started using some bits and pieces from these writings for my stories.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder, Momo by Michael Ende, and The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene to name a few, because of the time in my life when I read them.

What are you working on now?
I’m finalizing the first of a two-book series narrating the stories of two sisters with incredible resilience. This series is an ode to all the unbreakable women who despite being knocked down find their way to become themselves again.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am still trying to figure out the best advertising method.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Follow your passion…passionately.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Find at least 30 minutes in your day to write.

What are you reading now?
Asking for it by Louise O’Neill

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am just starting, so hopefully there is plenty to look forward too.

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?
Tough question… I guess it’d depend on how long I’d be stranded but maybe long books like The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet, Aztec by Gary Jennings, Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

Author Websites and Profiles
Renatt Lavoie Website
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Tiny Sparks 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written 10 stories so far, but only published 4.
I’m an erotica author basing my inspiration from my own experience in the BDSM lifestyle. My husband is my Dom and therefore all my characters are submissive, unless they are put in a fantasy environment: Vampires and werewolves.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest release is called Invitation BDSM Erotic Stories. It’s the third story in the BDSM Erotic Stories series. It follows a character who is in many ways similar to myself. It’s not a biography, but people in the BDSM community think it’s very close to reality due to the descriptions of the scenes and the interaction between Dom/sub. I do take liberties here and there, as my characters are never 100% me.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write whenever I have the energy, so no real schedule. And I’m a plantser. I plan out a story, but somehow my characters veer off the plan and I end up writing something completely different.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I haven’t really been influenced by authors or books in regards to the subject manner of BDSM. I do love very steamy paranormal romances from authors such as Sherrylin kenyon, Karen Marie Moning, etc.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on a Vampire erotic story and book 4 in the BDSM Erotic series

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I haven’t found that one yet. I get some interaction from Newsletter swaps and group promotions, but so far none that are very spectacular.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Except for writing, building an audience from the beginning is very important. You can start out on Facebook or Twitter to see what other’s are doing. The writing community is very friendly and forthcoming with help.
A newsletter is going to be your best friend, so be prepared for that extra work.
And don’t stop writing. Even when the first book or two might not do well, don’t give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To get the best story out there in your opinion. To get Beta readers to evaluate your work before putting it out there, and to have a support system of friend, family and other authors.

What are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading a rom com, strangely enough. Dear Pink by Michelle Angelle. It’s a story that has found the right balance between sadness, fun, and love.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to keep writing in my two genres. BDSM Erotica and Vampire/werewolf erotica.

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, I’m not certain. I think I might actually be the odd one out and take notebooks instead of written books.

Author Websites and Profiles
Tiny Sparks Website
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K.V. Martins 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve always been writing. I wrote dreadfully bad poetry and short stories when I was a teenager, then went on to write a pretty crappy first book at the age of 15. My dad read it and advised me to take up photography (still a passion of mine). Thankfully, things have improved a bit!

I have written three books: Ashgrove Park, which is a full-length gothic horror novel; Where Sunflowers Grow, which is a novella told through 56 vignettes and set in WWII Italy; and Cats, Dogs and Feathered Gods, a collection of my poems.

I am currently working on ‘On Jacaranda Street’, which is book No. 2 in the ‘A Jack & Bea Mystery’ series (Ashgrove Park is book No.1). ‘On Jacaranda Street’ is set in my hometown of Sydney, Australia in the 1920s. I now live in New Zealand – Kiwi parents and New Zealand has always been my second home.

My writing is featured in various international journals, and I’ve won poetry and writing competitions. But what I really like to do is tell a darn good adventure tale, usually featuring a strong-minded woman. Of course, a touch of romance doesn’t hurt, either.

By day, I write for the World History Encyclopedia (the biggest online history resource), and as an editor for a Canadian publisher.

I have three dogs – one grand diva English Pointer named Zsa Zsa; and two young smooth fox terriers, Zoe and Ziggy. Ziggy is a character in Ashgrove Park.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Ashgrove Park is my latest book. It was inspired by my interest in a few things – spirit photography at the end of WWI, and how men often suffered shell shock. Millions of people died during WWI and from the Spanish flu in the war’s aftermath – spirit photography was a popular way of coping with grief, but fraudulent photographers often took advantage.

My main character, Lieutenant Jack Collingwood, suffers from shell shock and recuperates at a stately home in East Sussex (where my paternal grandmother was from) – he is not sure if what he sees at Ashgrove Park is a result of his shell-shocked mind or reality. There’s a dark force that stalks the halls of Ashgrove Park – is what Jack sees and senses real?

I combine this with spirit photography (as Jack was a photographer before the war) and seances (also popular post-war). One of my other characters is Madame de Clermont, a flamboyant American spiritualist who helps Jack understand that there is indeed a dark force and only he can resolve the curse that has been hanging over Ashgrove Park for 30 years and solve the mysterious deaths that have occurred.

Along the way, Jack must save the woman he loves, Lady Beatrice Ashgrove.

I describe the novel as part gothic fiction, part historical fiction, part paranormal romance, with a dash of ghost fiction thrown in. A real mash-up!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not sure it is unusual, but I like to plan a book by taking Post-it notes in various colours and plonking them on a large sheet of paper. I shuffle these notes around (which have ideas on them or character names or words) until I feel a sense of plot coherence. I usually colour-code everything too. So, blue might be for character arc; yellow might be for fast-paced action and so on.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Growing up, I was addicted to Wilbur Smith novels. Still am. I like to read novels from the 1920s up to the 1950s or so – Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth Harrower, Lawrence Durrell, James A. Michener, Elizabeth von Arnim (whose book, Vera, was said to have inspired du Maurier’s Rebecca). They have all inspired me with their sweeping stories.

More modern writers who have influenced me are the Australian author, Colleen McCullough, Sarah Moss, Sarah Perry, Kate Mosse, Robin Hobb, Kate Atkinson, Tim Winton, Fiona Kidman.

What are you working on now?
I am working on the outline for book No. 3 in ‘A Jack & Bea Mystery’ series – Moon Silver Hill. The setting will be Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1920s. Moon Silver Hill (a grand old home) is built on a site used during the Salem witch trials. Madame de Clermont (who appears in book No. 1, Ashgrove Park) discovers she had an ancestor who was accused of witchcraft. Everyone quickly learns that not all spirits have been put to rest.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Using your family and friends isn’t going to be too much help because after they’ve bought your books (or haven’t!) you need a strategy to get your books out there. I find Twitter and Instagram effective. There are a lot of writers and writing groups on Twitter that you can hook into. You have to be consistent but don’t annoy people by constantly talking about your book or asking people to buy. Share books by other writers or talk about the books you are reading and enjoying. Goodreads is also a great way to connect with potential readers. And, of course, Awesome Gang!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Learn the craft. Hire an editor. Write as often as you can. Doesn’t matter if it’s not Hemingway – writing is like a muscle, you have to exercise it regularly.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t get caught up in your ego. Be humble. Write the tale you would like to read and hope people will like it.

What are you reading now?
White Fox by Sara Faring. As Macmillan put it:

A remote family estate.
A missing movie star mother.
A lost film script that is part fairytale,
Part clue to everything.

A jolly good ghost story.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Try to figure out how I can write a little bit faster. I have at least six books in the head! Plus a couple of poetry collections in mind.

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 Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell.
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth.

Author Websites and Profiles
K.V. Martins Website
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K.V. Martins’s Social Media Links
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Dean Comyn 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, I worked in the entertainment industry for 20 years before embarking on the adventure of teaching English abroad. I now live in Germany with my wife and son. “Drowning” is the first book in the “Something in the Water” series, and my first novel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I published my first novel with the lengthy title of “Something in the Water Book One: Drowning”. One of my many rookie Self-Published Author mistakes. I call it “Drowning” now. You know, like Prince…
Book two has a much more succinct title.
The series is inspired by fear, really. Humans have done fearful things to the planet and each other, like no other species. Science and technology are advancing faster than we can evolve. And Nature can’t manage. We invent things and create cures and develop technologies for good and bad purposes. Sometimes even things that were created with good intentions have fatal consequences.
Something in the Water dives into the battle.
Sorry about that…
The characters in the series and their overarching journeys explore the difference between doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, and the reverse.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually write at night. I’ve always found it easier to be creative when there’s less going on in the world around me.
I do the business of self-publishing in the day.
And I prefer to be barefoot when I write. Maybe that’s unusual.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Don’t laugh, but William Shakespeare was one of my earliest influences. The stories he told had been told before and have been since, but Shakespeare’s characters and their struggles have endured for that reason. Great stories are easily adaptable to any period, culture or language. I started writing in college, shortly after making Bill’s acquaintance and studying his work in depth.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on the manuscript of Book Two of the series, which has spawned an extra story that will have to find its way into the series between Book Two and Book Three.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m definitely not the guy to ask that question. I’m still figuring that out myself.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’ve learned a lot since I published my first novel. It would have been better to learn some of the things before I published. My advice would be minimalist: Don’t stop writing, but learn as much as you can from professionals before you hit send.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Write as if nobody’s watching. Because nobody’s watching.” Dan Brown

What are you reading now?
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing Book Two (and Book 2B), and the rest of the series. I’m starting on the audiobook for “Drowning” 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?
If they let me, I’d take an anthology of Shakespeare’s works and never be bored. Life of Pi is the only book I can think of that I’ve read more than once, but that’s the only novel I can think of right now that I would want to read again. And I’ll probably read it again.

Author Websites and Profiles
Dean Comyn Website
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Berkin BIRSEN 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
B. Berkin BIRSEN is a full-time helicopter pilot and a freelance wine expert. He followed his passion for wine, has spent the last decade reading about wine and now holds a certificate of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Level 3.
Besides drinking wine and writing about it, Birsen loves cooking, traveling and taking street photographs.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I have often heard from wine experts that wine is not more complicated than flying a helicopter, but in reality, reaching the right answers could be more challenging than aviation.

What I aim to give in this book is the complete answers in the light of new research to basic questions that I have received countless, clarifying the false facts and reducing the anxiety of wine lovers before a date, enhancing their self-confidence when talking about wine or even buying wine at a store.

Even though the questions are simple, and the answers are easy to understand, they were subjected to intense scrutiny with a disciplined approach.

The answers will not only teach you the basics of wine but also help you know your palate and describe it with a handful of words without any snobby association.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wrote only at nights.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Karen McNeil

What are you working on now?
A new book on wine regions of the world

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use only internet and social media

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read more as much as possible

 

Gordon Doherty 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a Scottish writer, addicted to reading and writing historical fiction. My love of history was first kindled by visits to the misty Roman ruins of Britain and the sun-baked antiquities of Turkey and Greece. My expeditions since have taken me all over the world and back and forth through time (metaphorically, at least), allowing me to write tales of the later Roman Empire, Byzantium, Classical Greece and even the distant Bronze Age. 21 books and counting, so far

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
‘The Crimson Throne’ is inspired by the many nagging questions I have about the end of the Bronze Age. The mighty Hittite Empire fought in the famous Battle of Kadesh and sent Pharaoh Ramesses running (despite the common misconception that it was the other way around). Then, only a handful of years later, the Trojan War occured. Troy was a mere vassal of the Hittite Empire… yet the Hittites played no part in that war, and Troy fell.
How can that be?

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m quite rapid (5-7k words a day), though that’s not so unusual. I do like to ‘method write’ though – not so much re-enactment, but walking the ancient sites where my stories occured, and making aconnection with the protagonists. For example, check out: https://www.gordondoherty.co.uk/writeblog/the-great-hittite-trail-part-1-istanbul

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are three authors who have chiefly shaped and influenced my adult writing style and reading interests: Valerio Massimo Manfredi for his passionately-told stories of Alexander, Troy and Rome, Sam Barone for his wonderfully detailed and absorbing tales of early antiquity and the dawn of the Bronze Age city-states, and David Gemmell for his unerring ability to create life from words (his characters positively leap from the page and sear themselves into your mind) while offering simple, earnest lessons in morality to boot.

What are you working on now?
Part 6 – the final instalment – of the Empires of Bronze saga. The Crimson Throne basically throws everything up in the air, and part 6 finds the world still in utter turmoil.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Word of mouth is everything, I find. I’ve tried paid ads and so on, but they are both a drain on time and money and rarely form lasting readerships.
I have to say this site and its interview feature is pretty darn natty though

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Develop a thick skin (both to deal with the likely early avalanche of rejections, and to be able to take on board the useful critique of others). Start small – flash fiction is fun and a useful way to hone your style and ‘voice’ without the onerous effort required to write a full novel-length script.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The first and only rule of writing: never listen to anything that claims to be a rule

What are you reading now?
Spartacus by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

What’s next for you as a writer?
A brand new project set in Late Antiquity. I think it’s going to be a cracker. It’s been calling me for several years but I’ve just never had the time until now.

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?
Sword in the Storm by David Gemmell
John Julius’ Norwich’s Byzantium trilogy
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca – pretty vital if I’m going to be stranded for a long time

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Brian Lowe 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Currently, I have nine books on Amazon.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called “The Valley Beneath the World,” and is the first in a new planned series branching off of my “Stolen Future” books, the first of which is “The Invisible City.” The new book takes one of the supporting characters from The Stolen Future, Arlen Timash, an uplifted gorilla, and gives him his own adventure in a lost civilization willing to kill to keep its secrets.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so. I don’t write every day, but I aim for 4-5 days a week, more if the muse is hectoring me. The pandemic has actually been good for that.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m sure every author I’ve ever read has influenced me, and I studied literature and creative writing in college, so that’s a lot of authors, not to mention I’ve always been a reader. Sometimes I will binge-read a particular author if I’m trying for a specific style.

What are you working on now?
I am writing a pastoral space opera about a former assassin who’s been sent on an odd treasure hunt by someone who knows more about him than anyone should. It’s odd because he can’t specify exactly what he wants found, but he’s willing to pay a lot to get it. And a lot of people seem to want it to stay lost…

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best results have come from paid Amazon advertising and from joining Facebooks groups devoted to the kinds of books I write.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t let anyone else see your first draft. Let it be messy. Let it be awful. Just get it done. And never pay to be published.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write about something that matters to you.

What are you reading now?
I’m between books at the moment; I’m too busy writing my own. But the last one I read was science fiction, so I’ll probably pick up a mystery next.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’ve been developing an idea for a fantasy set against the battlefields of World War 1. The Great War was a demarkation point between the power of the Old World and the ascendancy of the New. There’s a lot to be mined there.

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 Boy Scout Handbook, for sure. As for the others, I don’t know, because I’d want them to be books I haven’t read yet.

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George Sourrys 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi. I’ve written only one book. I first came up with the plan to write a novel when I was about 23. However, the idea I had was very bold. I wanted to create a theory of everything as well as mindset principles which will help people to live the life of their dreams. Very ambitious, I know. I completed a bachelors in psychological science just to help me to write the novel and researched everything I could. And finally, 17 years after first conceiving the idea, I finally published the book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Synchronicity of Ulysses. I wanted to live the life of my dreams and I wanted to share with others the wisdom to also do this.

Also, the novel is a genre called visionary fiction. Think ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho and ‘The Celestine Prophecy’ by James Redfield. These are novels which are designed to offer you wisdom as you read an entertaining story. I must admit that when I first read ‘The Celestine Prophecy’ that triggered my desire to write a similar novel.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I actually am happy to have finished my book. As I believe that life is to be lived, not in front of a laptop typing away. But for most of my writing it was spent laying in my bed in the evening with my laptop on top of me.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
See above (‘The Alchemist’ and ‘The Celestine Prophecy’).

I like these type of novels as I like to learn as I read. I feel guilty just reading without growing as a person at the same time. Reading is a very personal, introverted activity, and I would rather be spending time with people otherwise. I mostly read non fiction books as I can learn the most from these.

What are you working on now?
Living my life to the fullest.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am not sure yet as I have only just released this book.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
You have to feel that writing a book is a ‘have to’. A ‘must’. Because if you don’t believe that you have to do it, that you need to publish a novel as part of your life’s work, then you will struggle to show up consistently to write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“You’re ready now”.

What are you reading now?
Nothing at the moment. I still haven’t read my novel in paperback form. I think it will be an interesting experience to do so, so that will be my next book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
If I was ever to write anything else it would be a comedy movie script – something completely different.

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 book and three books I haven’t read before.

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Aramide Salako 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Aramide Salako from Nigeria. I’m a bibliophile. I take a special interest in reading classics and bestsellers in the fiction and nonfiction genre. Dracula, David Copperfield, A Christmas Carol, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Les Miserables, especially, represent some of the best fiction classics I have read. I remember they left an afterglow on my senses, hours or days after reading. When I’m not reading a book, I’m watching football, seeing a movie, and living the everyday human life as it is in Africa.

I’ve debuted one book so far in my thirtieth year on earth, so to speak, but surely this one is the first of many to come. I already look forward to writing another title.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The book is titled Thoughts in Traffic: 243 Quick-fire Notes to Aid Your Outlook on Self, Life and the Afterlife. Thoughts in Traffic was originally meant to be a random Whatsapp post. The post was inspired by another circumstance, so I made a post of it which got a good reaction from a close friend, who commented, “If only I could like this post a thousand times.”

I’ve always been the writer; writing and publishing articles here and there. There had been the innate longing to put something significant together. The vote of confidence I got from Yemi, my good friend, fired up a strange feeling to continue writing every day. So I promised Yemi to write and post on Whatsapp every day of the week till December 31st, 2020. Somehow, I did. I reclaimed my vow when I finished, collected all the thought-notes, which originally started amid Lagos traffic, into a book titled — Thoughts in Traffic.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
During the earlier weeks of writing, I had this ritual of not bathing until it was time to write. I scheduled writing time for 6 pm West African Time. What this meant was that I’d go the whole day dishevelled and sweaty, as a sort of spiritual preparation for that hour I was ready to write, by which time I must then arrive with a wholesome energy and attitude to write a new note for the day. It was all a mind game that I abandoned in the latter months of the year. I wrote a lot more haphazardly, with no guiding custom or ritual to aid the writing process. That didn’t affect the writing whatsoever.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The authors that have influenced me most are Myles Munroe and James Allen. Both have had the most significant impact on my ability to think out thoughts into writing. Both have a way of challenging the mind to think along in a logical pattern as they lay out their arguments and counterarguments. From them, I’ve learned the art of crystallizing thoughts and ideas into intellectual essays and discourses, without forfeiting the premise of reasoning.

The book that’s had the greatest influence on me is As A Man Thinketh. It’s a relatively short book packed with loads of metaphysical, philosophical punches. I’ve read the book four times, and each reading is a new journey into a world of deep understanding. I’ve read mostly all of James Allen’s books. There will never be another writer or writing like James’.

What are you working on now?
I would have loved to tell you I was working on another book, but it would be too soon, having only finished a marathon writing this year. Besides, I can’t start working on another book without promoting TiT to readers, the best I can. I need the book to sell. So yes, I am working on getting Thoughts in Traffic into as many hands as possible. Thanks to you, I’ve got the platform to reach a broader audience.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
As a largely unknown author from Africa with spare means to fund a Bookbub-like promo, I find the best strategy to be sending personal messages to readers on Goodreads. The reply rate is good enough for starters. I would have to wait a little more for the actual result that produces.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
To write a book is not a mean feat; not everyone can become an author, though many are admittedly good writers. So congratulations, on becoming an author. The advice for the author is to always know his why. Why write a book? What’s the endgame? The ability to introspect is important for all authors. That’s where the difference in artistry and the greatness of craft emerge from. Plus, read Stephen King’s On Writing.

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

What are you reading now?
Presently reading Open City by Teju Cole, and Cosmos by Carl Sagan.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I aim to write another book before the year runs out. I envision it will be part titled Thoughts in Traffic 2. Also, I aim to hit my Goodreads goal of 50 books this year.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1. As A Man Thinketh.
2. Les Miserable.
3. Frankenstein.
4. Can’t Hurt Me.

 

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Brenda E. Mcdaniel 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am retired and an author. I also have several other books am hoping to publish. I write nonfiction mostly now and poetry. Hope to write children’s books and fiction books in the future. I have enjoyed writing poetry and short stories since childhood. Hope you enjoy my books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is My Angel My Hero. I was inspired to write this book when my parents passed away. About my angel my mom and my dad my hero. And a life full of blessings and miracles.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I listen to peaceful instrumental music when writing. So nothing interferes with my thoughts and writing processes.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I liked Sherlock Holmes Sir Aurther Conen Doyle. And just about any history or biography.

What are you working on now?
Now I have written a book about our miraculous, mysterious pets. And their special ways. I also am writing a book about our many blessings and miracles through the years as a family.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best places to promote your books. Are Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Alignable,and Instagram etc.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I have learned to be sure your have a good editor, book cover and synopsis to get reader’s attention. And to advertise your book before it is published to gain attention early on. And be careful who you have to publish your book. Make sure it’s a traditional and not a vanity press publisher. Look at BBB reports on any complaints.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write from your heart. Those are the most real and touching books.

What are you reading now?
I am reading various other author’s books to help them as they help me. In getting reads and reviews for my book. Joint help and advertising each other’s books is a great way to go.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have three/four books in the works to publish soon. I’ve also found I enjoy writing articles in Faith on Every Corner. An international Christian magazine that’s in over 78 countries. So I hope to pursue other types of writing also.

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?
First of all the Bible, Sherlock Holmes to keep my deduction sharp, how to do books for building shelter, finding foods and medical care books.

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JA Curtis 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have always loved writing and have for so long wanted to share my writing with others! I love going for walks with my husband and two daughters, reading and writing book reviews for indie books, and watching ATLA over and over! I started working on my first book Lies of the Haven while teaching as a middle school history teacher. I wanted to write an exciting book that my students would enjoy! So far I have written and published Lies of the Haven (Faerie Warriors Book 1) and the accompanying prequel novella, Feud: Arius’s Story. The next book in the series Rise of the Fomori (Faerie Warriors Book 2) will be available on May 30th!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Rise of the Fomori (Faerie Warriors Book 2), is the sequel to Lies of the Haven. It continues the story of Mina, Arius and Dramian as they try to survive in the aftermath of the events in book 1. They must search for the one faerie still missing and discover more about their mysterious enemy, the Fomori. I got the inspiration for the series from a dream I had one night! In my dream a dragon was chasing me inside my grandma’s home and I was running away while turning off all the lights in the house before leaving. Because you know, conserving energy is important even in life and death situations! Haha!

Anyway, that became the inspiration for the first chapter of Lies of the Haven where Mina is throwing a party at her Nana’s home and a boy with a dragon tattoo shows up, brings his the dragon tattoo to life and burns down the house!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know if a lot of people do this, but I write my books like a puzzle. I write different parts in the book, skipping around and in the end I fill in the missing parts like I’m fitting all the pieces together.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
For this series I really liked Veronica Roth’s Divergent series where she portrays both strong female and male protagonists. I tried to write Mina and Arius like that. I’ve always been partial to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice style love stories so there is a bit of a slow burn, enemies to lovers feel in the first book. And great urban fantasy books like Harry Potter and Fablehaven were great to get my imagination going!

What are you working on now?
Right now, I am working on Book 3, the final book in the Faerie Warrior series, Battle of the Lost Fae. I’m hoping to have it out by early 2022! There’s some wild twists and turns planned for this this book so hopefully readers will enjoy the ride!

I have also recently started an Indie Book Review page on my website!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, it has been building my newsletter through sites like Story Origin. The book swaps have worked really well in increasing my reach to readers!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep at it and keep writing! Get lots of feedback before publishing and don’t be afraid to put yourself and your book out there! Remember, nobody cares about your book more than you!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Find ways to give back to the author community! Lasting relationships in this business matter and networking is super important!

What are you reading now?
I’m glad you asked! Currently I am reading Holly Black’s, The Wicked King. Super enjoying it! Love Elfhame and the world of Faerie and the strong protagonist Jude and enemies to lovers feel of the story is totally up my alley! I’m also currently reading Raven Born by indie author Bree More about a shifter woman searching for her brother. But she is caught and forced into a Naturalization camp. Loving the uncompromising protagonist in this book, too!

What’s next for you as a writer?
To continue writing! Haha! After the release of Faerie Warriors book 2, Rise of the Fomori on May 30th, and finishing and publishing Book 3, Battle of the Lost Fae, I will plan on moving on to some other works that have been sitting around. I have a YA romantic Sci-Fi that needs some tweaks that I would love to work on and get out to beta readers. I also have been wanting to write a middle-grade fantasy that is a mix of local history with a Once Upon A Time kind of feel.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Alliance by Gerald Lund, and Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings (because it is awesome and super long! Haha!)

Author Websites and Profiles
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Barb Taub 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
In halcyon days BC (before children), I wrote a humor column for several Midwest newspapers. With the arrival of Child #4, I veered toward the dark side (an HR career). Following a daring daytime escape to England, I’ve lived in a medieval castle, a hobbit house, and a Scottish isle with my prince-of-a-guy and the World’s Most Spoiled AussieDog. Considering all my days are now Saturdays, I’m is amazed this is my sixth book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is “Please Don’t Ask For Extra Glasses”, book two in the series, Your Camels Are Here. Travel is my kryptonite, and every year until the Year Which Shall Not Be Named, I visited India for a month of traveling with my two friends from our days as roommates at the University of Chicago.

After our travel adventures the year before in which none of us technically died — although there were times it seemed like an attractive option — my two long-suffering travel companions, Jaya and Janine, actually agreed to another India trip. This time, we chose Rajasthan as a destination, mostly in hopes it would be as far as possible from people who might remember us from last year.
We crash a wedding our first night, fall victim to an ancient curse, get shanghaied by the world’s most adorable kidnapper, ride camels across a desert and elephants up a mountain — and eat our way across Rajasthan in the process.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Since the clock says 1:30AM and I’ve just gotten up, I admit that I love writing at night. When my children were small, it was the time when I had gotten some sleep, but things were still quiet enough for me to think. I’m not sure I have any rituals, but whenever I get stuck, my dog is always willing to step out to the garden for a bit of ball fetching. She’s all about taking it for the team!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My first English Lit professor at the University of Chicago, Frank Kinahan, asked me if I was drunk when I wrote a paper on Ode To A Nightingale and misspelled it ‘Nightengale’ the whole way through. I bought a dictionary and Chicago Manual of Style, took every class he taught for the next four years, and went to Ireland because he wanted me to double-check the pace of a ping-pong ball that floats down the river in Ulysses. (Joyce nailed it.) Other than that, I’m omnivorous when it comes to books by anyone except Charles I-get-paid-by-the-word-so-I’ll-use-way-too-many-of-them Dickens.

What are you working on now?
I’m finishing up Open Fare, the fifth and final book in my urban fantasy series, Null City. Following that, I’ll be working on a humorous novel about an American mom who moves into a castle in the North of England.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve been fortunate to meet so many wonderful people through my blog, so I always start there to spread the news about new projects.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
You probably don’t need the word “that”. You almost certainly don’t need “said” tags. Romantic triangles are bad, and cliffhangers are the devil’s work.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”― Dorothy Parker

But if the whole death thing is a bit extreme and you’ve already memorized Elements of Style, my only other advice is to show your work to as many people you’re NOT related to as are willing to read it. And then pay attention to their suggestions but don’t necessarily believe them.

What are you reading now?
I always wonder if I should say something intellectual here like “Oh, I’m just rereading Sartre’s Being and Nothingness because I get new insights every time…” But there is a good chance that people who know me will read this and I don’t want to be responsible for their medical issues if they’re laughing that hard.

I’m also a book reviewer, so even though I’m trying to cut back in order to finish up current writing projects, I have a teetering TBR pile threatening to bury me. Next up is The Lumbermill by Laya Smith and Raven’s Shade, Book 5 in Shawna Reppert’s Ravensblood (urban fantasy) series.

What’s next for you as a writer?
In addition to my blog, I have the next book in our India humorous travel series, plus a novel about an American mother who moves into a castle in the north of England,

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?
Other than my copy of “Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (which is actually held together by a rubber band), I really don’t like to re-read many books. So I’d take Omens and the rest as blank pages, so I could write the stories I’d want to read.

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Dean Blake 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Dean Blake and I’m from Australia. So far I’ve published two books: a book of satirical short stories called Surface Children, and a book of illustrations, Everyday A**holes, based on the popular illustrations on my Instagram (@deanblakeauthor). I also have a blog at generationend.com where you can read some of my short stories and vignettes of my crazy life.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Everyday A**holes, and what essentially inspired me were the inner a**holes in all of us. No one in this world is perfect, and sometimes our imperfections can be hilarious. I think that’s why my illustrations have taken off this much.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Sometimes I like to write on top of Manhattan skyscrapers wearing nothing but a Santa Claus outfit. Sometimes I like to time travel and write next to a dragon as it illustrates its version of the Mona Lisa. Sometimes I like to write wanky haikus on walls with my uncanny mind powers. Or sometimes I like to write using my phone while in the toilet. I’m a pretty simple guy, really.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew up being corrupted by a number of authors: Bukowski, Bret Easton Ellis, Haruki Murakami, J D Salinger and so forth. In terms of specific books I really enjoyed growing up, there’s the Red Wall Series, the Harry Potter series, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and one book I keep coming back to is the Holy Bible.

What are you working on now?
Right now I’m working on a script for a cartoon series I plan to launch, as well as the sequel to Everyday A**holes.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best way to check out my work is to visit everydayassholes.net

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Make writing a priority – do it before any other of your commitments. Don’t get distracted by shiny objects that seem to promise short term gains, like I still do. Don’t be afraid. Lastly, ignore everything I just told you.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Love one another.

What are you reading now?
Dune.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m getting married soon, which should be fun. As mentioned, I’m working on a cartoon series, as well as a sequel to Everyday A**holes. There’s also a new novel brewing in my mind that I’d love to flesh out a bit more.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Holy Bible, some kind of nature survival handbook so I don’t get poisoned or killed by a bear (any recommendations?) and another similar book on how to make boats and understand directions and survive in the ocean so I can sale the hell away from there (again, any recommendations?). And if for some reason I’m allowed another book, I’d squeeze in a notebook and pen.

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Brian Alba 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an entrepreneur by vocation, researcher and writer for 5 years, I am also an Administrator by profession and a psychoanalyst, so thanks to my experience traveling the world I have written several self-help books in which I include vital information to survive and above all to be a successful person in the new age. The content of all my books is the most up-to-date information on personal development and self-help.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last book name is “The Power to be Alone” and it’s inspired mainly by the pandemic and the psychological problems that the Coronavirus is generating in people, that is why I wrote a very complete and easy-to-read book with very detailed practical advice that will help you spend your moments in solitude and best of all, be able to take advantage of those moments and turn them into opportunities for success

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My unusual writing habit is traveling to some heavenly beach for inspiration.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My favorite author is Dale Carnegie, I think the greatest self-help author, and of course Brian Tracy and Robert Kiyosaki. I could not say a single book because I like all the books of these authors.

What are you working on now?
Now I am working on an updated book on habits that adapt to current times such as the pandemic and the coronavirus because the great habit books belong to a different era, that is why a current, modern, practical book that has great content for the people.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My favorite method is using Amazon Kindle

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing a book is difficult, designing a book is even more difficult, and publishing a book is super difficult but worth it. To new authors I can only say never to give up on problems and that the satisfaction of having a book published is far greater than any barrier you may have along the way.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you fall 7 times you have to get up 8!

What are you reading now?
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

What’s next for you as a writer?
The road is long; I entered this fabulous world with the sole intention of helping many people; I knew that through a book I could reach more people, and that is enough for me. There is no greater satisfaction than hearing a word of sincere thanks from a stranger.
Are things that fill the soul.

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 Secret of Rhonda Byrne, Rich Dad Poor Dad of Robert Kiyosaki, How to win friends and influence people of Dale Carnegie and of course “The power to be alone”. If I were on a desert island the best book would of course be The power of being alone of Brian Alba jaja.

Author Websites and Profiles
Brian Alba Amazon Profile

BRIAN Alba 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an entrepreneur by vocation, researcher and writer for 5 years, I am also an Administrator by profession and a psychoanalyst, so thanks to my experience traveling the world I have written several self-help books in which I include vital information to survive and above all to be a successful person in the new age. The content of all my books is the most up-to-date information on personal development and self-help.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last book name is “The Power to be Alone” and it’s inspired mainly by the pandemic and the psychological problems that the Coronavirus is generating in people, that is why I wrote a very complete and easy-to-read book with very detailed practical advice that will help you spend your moments in solitude and best of all, be able to take advantage of those moments and turn them into opportunities for success

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My unusual writing habit is traveling to some heavenly beach for inspiration.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My favorite author is Dale Carnegie, I think the greatest self-help author, and of course Brian Tracy and Robert Kiyosaki. I could not say a single book because I like all the books of these authors.

What are you working on now?
Now I am working on an updated book on habits that adapt to current times such as the pandemic and the coronavirus because the great habit books belong to a different era, that is why a current, modern, practical book that has great content for the people.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My favorite method is using Amazon Kindle

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing a book is difficult, designing a book is even more difficult, and publishing a book is super difficult but worth it. To new authors I can only say never to give up on problems and that the satisfaction of having a book published is far greater than any barrier you may have along the way.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you fall 7 times you have to get up 8!

What are you reading now?
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

What’s next for you as a writer?
The road is long; I entered this fabulous world with the sole intention of helping many people; I knew that through a book I could reach more people, and that is enough for me. There is no greater satisfaction than hearing a word of sincere thanks from a stranger.
Are things that fill the soul.

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 Secret of Rhonda Byrne, Rich Dad Poor Dad of Robert Kiyosaki, How to win friends and influence people of Dale Carnegie and of course “The power to be alone”. If I were on a desert island the best book would of course be The power of being alone of Brian Alba jaja.

Author Websites and Profiles
BRIAN Alba Amazon Profile

Sabìnah Adewole 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Sabinah Adewole is a member of the Barking poetry group, the National Poetic library UK, a member of the Society of Authors UK ,the Haiku Society of America and the Christian independent Publishing Agency -CIPA. Some of her poems appear in the Stripes magazine,she won the International Poetry contest. She also featured

in the Havering daily mail and in the Write on magazine. This is her third Children’s book and her first Faith book.

She concluded this series on the 17th July 2020 and she gives thanks to God for giving her the insight in church on the 8th March 2020.
She has been greatly inspired by the gift of poetry and writing. I was gifted the gift of poetry while sitting on a park bench in Gidea park in May 2018. I have continued to write daily and have created over 500 poems some Children books, Faith book and Adults inspiration and Transformation poetry. Sabinah Adewole. has also co authored in four Anthologies and one Poetry Anthology -Poetica 2 in January 2021- this brought her into contact with coaches, publishers and a host of authors. She has six published books, three best sellers and four self published.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Journey of a Childs Faith (Based on Bible stories ) Volume 1

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No
I like writing in the early hours of the morning.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
George Orwell
Chinua Achebe
Woke Soyinka
Maya Angelou

What are you working on now?
My Memoirs- Defiant,Empowerment

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Still working that out
I promote using different book sites , I also offer gifts during my book launches to get reviews for my books that has been positive.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep going and one day you will be in the right place at the right time. I made my best book sales selling 60 pieces. I started writing from a park bench in Gidea park in May 2018 and have published seven books.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To self publish my book as two publishers had turned me away. My illustrator advised me to publish it my self. I had never tried some book sites and that propelled me forward with the support of one or two Authors and Illustrator. We accomplished this task.

What are you reading now?
My Memoirs as it is being edited – 83,000 words.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To get some of my books on Audio
Promoting and Marketing my books
I have used a new platform for my latest book so I hope it makes a difference.

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
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Journey of a Childs Faith Volume 1
The Tempest Child

Author Websites and Profiles
Sabìnah Adewole Website
Sabìnah Adewole Amazon Profile

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