Awesome Author Interviews

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Jennifer Crandall, some of you might know me as Prudence MacLeod. I’ve been writing LGBTQI+ novels for over twenty years and have sixty-eight still in publication. Lately I’ve begun writing for a more general audience under the name J.L.Crandall. However, the same themes and storylines keep appearing.
Also, I’ve recently begun to publish a number of short stories on Patreon under the J.L.Crandall name. this is giving me a great opportunity to test out new characters, story lines, writing styles, and I encourage all patrons to give me feedback. Go ahead, I can take it. 🙂 Here’s the link: https://www.patreon.com/JLCrandall
Join me there and get a much closer look at how I do what I do, maybe influence the direction things might take, get a much closer relationship with this old author.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called IGEN. It is book seven in the Forgotten Worlds series. IGEN is the tale of what might happen aboard a generation ship Generation ship? If you can’t exceed the speed of light, then to explore other star systems you send out a ship whose crew will never reach that destination, but their descendants will. At least that’s the idea. What could go wrong?

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m a bit feral about the writing. When the muse hits I can’t stop, but I jump from story to story, working on whatever enters my mind and excites me at the time. I know, that’s not how you’re supposed to do it, but it works for me. I also listen to epic music to get the juices flowing. You Tube has a vast selection to choose from.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
They are many, and some long forgotten. Mercedes Lackey comes to mind, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tolkein, Amada Quick and Nora Roberts and …

What are you working on now?
Right now I’m working on those short stories for Patreon, plus the sequel to IGEN. Almost finished the first draft there.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Still looking for that one. Face Book, Goodreads, for beginners and I’ve tried a few others but was never thrilled with the return on investment. I prefer to blow my own horn on social media and let the readers judge for themselves.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Try everything, never quit, write what you want to read, take chances, then try again. You’ll get better the more you write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write what you want to read. I stopped trying to write to the market and began to write the stories I wanted to read. I’ve been a lot more successful since then. (Having more fun too.)

What are you reading now?
Amanda Quick, Crystal Gardens. I’ve read it before several times and enjoy it every time.

What’s next for you as a writer?
For now I’m putting a lot more effort into the short stories for Patreon. It’s allowing me to try out lots of new things, yet build a closer relationship with the readers, learn more of what they like best, and find where that jives with my style and stories. I expect lots of new novels to be spawned from this experiment.

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 first four books of my Forgotten Worlds series. I love those stories, and if I can have only four, that’s the four I want.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jennifer Crandall Website
Jennifer Crandall Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Award-winning author and philosophical muse Jan Porter brings unsung heroes to life in her notable collection of prize-winning books.
Born in rural Ontario, Canada, contemporary women’s fiction author, Jan grew up in the great outdoors, where she was captivated by the otherworldly allure of indigenous cultures, mysticism and tales of small-town rural and the northern wilderness.
She discovered her destiny to become an author during her teenage years when she came across old copies of Voltaire’s Candide, Margaret Caven’s I Heard The Owl Call My Name and the works of Robert Service. All masterpieces in their own right, the worn covers and tattered pages of these books unearthed a passion for transforming thoughts into words. Handwritten scribbles became typewritten short stories, but it was only after a long career in Human Services that Jan decided to shine the spotlight on her writing and bring her female protagonists to life.
After completing a Metaphysical Minister’s degree, she cocoons in a northern Ontario sanctuary, where she pens books with strong female heroines and self counsel books that had long been in various stages of completion.
With each new release, Jan continues to share the wisdom of unsung heroes and explore the human condition in literature. As a philosophical muse of human nature, quantum physics and the spirit world, Jan’s popular contemporary and literary fiction novels and self-help books are profound, heart-warming moving, inspiring and often humorous must-reads.

Awards:
2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist for ‘Maddy’s Wings’
Two-time winner of the Bookworks Book of the Week Award
Reader’s Favorite Award for ‘Soul Skin, Woman, have you had enough?’ and ‘Angel Guides, love communication’

Literary fiction novels and novellas
NEW RELEASE: Barefoot Alice
Maddy’s Wings
Soul Skin, Woman, have you had enough?
Peaceful Warrior Woman

Self counsel books
Angel Guides, love communication
Angel Guides, love communication – workbook journal
Spiritual Biz, passion and fulfillment in a changing global community
Soul Calling, your angel guided life purpose
Sacred Space, body mind soul after sexual abuse
Life After Abuse, a practical healing guide for survivors

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I began writing “Barefoot Alice” while living in and renovating a 200 year old school house in Nothern Ontario. Some of the story lines were inspired by the house and area’s anecdotal history.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I make photo boards of the location and key characters then write story bits in a journal. Coffe, lots of coffee. When I write, it is usually for 4 day stretches at a time.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Margaret Caven, Robert Service, Voltaire, Margaret Lawrence

What are you working on now?
What About Annie? novel

What are you reading now?
Robert Service – poem collection

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?
survival and spiritual books

Author Websites and Profiles
Jan Porter Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is “Strengthened Through the Storm”. This book was inspired by a series of life-altering events that caused me to fall into a deep depression. I did not know if I could pull myself out of that depression and felt lost and alone. It was not me, but God who saw fit to pick me up. I have shared my story since that day in the hopes that I could help and support others that find themselves in the same state.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Joel Osteen, Tony Evans, and Joyce Meyers, with a twist of Allison Brennan and John Grisham.

What are you working on now?
I am working on my second book, “40 Days to Freedom”. Life-changing events can take place in as little as 40 days if we are focused on and relying on God. Many times we feel that our efforts are the determining factor in the things that happen in our lives, but God is the one that is in control of our lives. The ability to focus on God and remove those things in our lives that distract us and keep us from hearing His voice is crucial to spiritual growth. 40 Days to Freedom is a reflective journal that walks with the reader through 40 days and supports their spiritual growth along the way.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social media, word of mouth, and book reviews are my method for book promotion. I am still very new at being an author, but I am learning and researching new avenues of promotion each day.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
The advice that I have is for authors to not be discouraged, especially in those times when they have writers block. You were not given the idea and desire to right a book for no reason. Stay patient and calm, mediate on your goals and speak life into your manuscript. It will come to fruition.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Live for today, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.

What are you reading now?
Joyce Meyers, Battlefield of the Mind

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am in the process of writing my next book. I hope to have it completed by the end of the 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?
Bible, John Grisham-Rainmaker, Priscilla Shrier-Life Interrupted, and Lysa Terkeurst-Forgiving What you Can’t Forget

 

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m the author of more than twenty works of fiction in the mystery, romance and thriller genres. I write of family, friends, love, murder, and mayhem in no particular order and often all in the same story. I’m half owner of the weekly discount eBook newsletter, MyLesfic, the Director of Marketing for the Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS), a wife, parent, foster parent, and an Army veteran. I draw from all of those experiences when I write because truth is often stranger than fiction.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Steel City Confidential was published in 2019. It was born of a dare to write a legal thriller (I’m not a lawyer) with certain themes and elements. I was having a hard time coming up with something that would combine all of the themes and elements when a writer friend made an off the top of her head suggestion that became the vehicle for the entire story.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to have silence when I write. Writing went mostly out the window for me in 2020 during the pandemic since I had my spouse and foster children all at home all day. I do my best work in the hours between breakfast and lunch and having them here, working and doing school work was not conducive to that.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are so many! In my earliest memories it was Encyclopedia Brown Stories and Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. As I’ve aged I’ve read about everything from Agatha Christie, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell, Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, Dick Francis, John Grisham, Sara Paretsky and so many more mainstream mystery and legal thriller authors. Then, there are the indies of the past ten years like John Ellsworth, Scott Pratt…it goes on and on.

And, none of that even scratches the surface of the LGBTQ/Women-Loving-Women books and authors I’ve read. It was the work of Ellen Hart and her cozy mysteries with a lesbian protagonist that finally led me to begin writing.

What are you working on now?
I’ve picked back up a book I started four years ago, a cozy mystery, ‘The Conjuring Comedienne.’ It will be the third in my cozy series that features a pair of 60+ year old moms/grandmothers who are as different as night and day but the best of friends.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve found email promotion to be best. I built my own small list. I also happened to luck into taking over a site and email list from another author full of readers in the genres I write in for my books that are in the LGBT arena. Since I’m the owner, I get to advertise free. Perks!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be afraid to put your writing out there. However you do it, fan fictions, submissions, self publishing – whatever it is – share it with the world. Take some of the constructive advice you get and ignore the critics. Every story isn’t for everyone.

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

What are you reading now?
I recently finished ‘Perfect Rhythm’ by Jae. I’ve started a book called ‘Bigger Monsters’ by an author friend, Eliza Andrews, and I’m about half way through a book marketing book done by Reedsy. My Kindle is absolutely full.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to finish this cozy and then write a 2nd legal thriller. I had an idea for it that was about an intricate legal case but not a lot of action and an idea for a romantic suspense novel that I just couldn’t find the right angle for. My brain went into overdrive one day thinking about the legal thriller and asked me, ‘What if you combine the two ideas?’ Bingo! It’s going to be as much fun to write as the first one was.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’d take Steel City Confidential because I’d need all the back story information as I write the next book in the series and I’d take a few other thick legal thrillers to read for enjoyment and inspiration. No idea is completely new. Writers dissect the books they read and ask ‘what if?’ all the time. We take great ideas and twist them and turn them to form something all our own.

Author Websites and Profiles
Anne Hagan Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born and raised in a small town
in southern Indiana called Spencer. When I am not writing or playing volleyball, I am traveling or spending time with my friends, family, and my cat, Manning. The Garden is my debut book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Garden is a labor of love that is three years in the making. From sexist bosses to bad relationships, I wanted to create a place that women could find solidarity and encouragement in the times that strength is needed the most. I hope that this book brings as much comfort to those who read it as it has brought me to write it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I will write in the middle of the night when I cannot sleep. I feel the need to take advantage of the time I have when no one else is awake and love to write when the rest of the world is asleep.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew up reading a lot of Junie B. Jones and John Green. This eventually turned into reading Steven King and memoirs by some of my favorite people.

What are you working on now?
I am working on writing more poetry, and hope to create a youth version of The Garden.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
While it’s hard to determine how it has helped my book sales, I enjoy talking to readers on social media and seeing how my work has impacted their outlook on feminism.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write whatever you want! Seriously, write everything you think down because you never know what it will turn into. The Garden was initially a diary of mine that has now been published.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You will regret more the things that you did not do than the things that you did.

What are you reading now?
Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am hoping to publish my next book in 2022.

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?
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

Author Websites and Profiles
Mackenzie Lynn Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I recently retired from the practice of law to write full time. I write contemporary romance and have four books published (Unchained Memories, Dancing in the Sand, Sworn to Remember, and Sworn to Forget) as well as two novellas (The Blueberry Swirl Waltz and A Song For Another Day). The third book in the Sworn Sisters series, Sworn to Fly, is under contract and will hopefully be out this summer.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“A Song for Another Day” is a novella inspired by my love of country music and Broadway. The hero of this novella lives in a small town working several jobs to survive, but he aspires to making it in Nashville as a singer/songwriter. The heroine is in town for two months to direct a community revue while awaiting word on whether she will be hired for the touring company of CATS. The songs that ran through my head as I was writing this book were Rumor by Lee Brice and One Man Band by Old Dominion.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I need to energize myself, I put a handful of M&Ms in a tiny white bowl and try to eat them slowly while I’m writing. It makes me happy. Chocolate in any form makes me happy.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Judith McNaught is one of my all time favorite romance authors. I love all her books. I also love Rachel Gibson and Emily Giffin. When I’m stuck on a scene, I will pick up any one of these authors books (I have them all) and read to get inspired.

What are you working on now?
I have two projects going. The third book in the Sworn Sisters series is in final edits with my editor. I am also writing a novella for The Wylder West series – a series put out by The Wild Rose Press. Most stories take place in the late 1800s in a fictitious town called Wylder in Wyoming. But since I’m a contemporary writer, I am fast-forwarding 140 years and setting my characters in that town in the present.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use many different sites to promote. A few are NN Light’s Book Heaven, Goddess Fish for review tours, In D’Tale Magazine, Wild Woman Reviews, Voracious Readers, NetGalley, Twitter, FB, and of course Awesome Gang.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Learn your craft. There are so many people out there who want to write a book, and they do. But they don’t learn how to write a story. Point of view, goal, motivation and conflict, story arcs, character arcs, dialogue — there is so much to learn, but some writers don’t want to take the time. And then they self-publish and the book is not good. There are hundreds of seminars and books to learn from. It is a life long learning experience. And its so much fun to learn.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write the best book that you can, no matter how long it takes. You don’t want to put something out there with your name on it that is lacking. Each of your books is a marketing tool for your next book, and you want your readers to want to read that next book.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading several books in the Wylder West series to get into the spirit of the town for the book I’m writing. Although my story takes place in the present, I want to experience the setting in the late 1800s. I’m also reading The Guest List by Lucy Foley for the book club that I’m in. We just finished Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am learning how to narrate my books for audio. It is quite a process and I’m not an actress, so I’m having a hard time changing my voice to distinguish one character from another. It’s a work in progress. Just like with writing, you must put out a good quality book so readers/listeners will pick up your next one.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Gone with the WInd by Margaret Mitchell, Truly Madly Yours by Rachel Gibson, Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin and Replay by Ken Grimwood.

Author Websites and Profiles
Maria Imbalzano Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Inez Colbert, cookie-baking soccer mom and dog lover by day, renegade erotic romance writer by night. Currently, I have seven books published, but that number climbs weekly as I release my short story series bit by bit. I also have novels lined up, already available for pre-order and releasing soon.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is the third book in the Confessions of a Call Girl series, called Bad Intentions. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08YFHKJPQ
My short story series are all about pushing the limits, testing boundaries, and being the person we truly are rather than wearing a mask for the sake of what society thinks about us.
I grew up in a household where a lot of what’s real wasn’t talked about, because it just “wasn’t done” and it took me a long time to become comfortable with who I am and what I like. My books–especially my short stories–are all about embracing the parts of us that are natural and normal.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am a ghostwriter, so my day already consists of writing full-time. I guess I’m a sucker for punishment because when I’m not writing for clients, I write for myself. I sit down, set a timer, and need to reach a word count every time the alarm goes off. Some people call me a machine, but I don’t know how else to do it other than all the time and as fast as possible.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I discovered authors like Laurel K Hamilton and JR Ward, who were eye-openers to a world where sex and sexuality are acceptable. Before then, the topic was considered taboo in my life. I think those books shaped me as a writer, although I don’t write in the Paranormal Romance genre. They’ve shaped me not only as an author, but they’ve changed my outlook on certain things.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on the first book that forms part of the One and Only series, called Yours Truly. It’s a full-length novel, where there book focuses on more than just the characters and their sexuality but the every day challenges they go through. It’s a love triangle, and a lovely story about finding and accepting your true identity. It’s currently available for discounted pre-order at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VJJJHBK and will be live on March 30th!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m new to the indie publishing world, and so don’t have a set method yet, but I have found great success advertizing with Awesomegang.com. I work on my mailing list where a lof of my sales come from when I advertise my books in newsletters, and I have an author website www.inezcolbert.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep at it. Write every day. Learn everything you can learn. Try, and try again. Every bit of energy you put out will come back to you, you just need to keep at it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
When you pick your audience, pick one person that embodies that audience and write for that person. Don’t write for an entire audience of say 1000 poeple. You can’t please everyone and give them what they want but you can please one person. Thats’ all you need.

What are you reading now?
The Wright Brother by K.A Linde

What’s next for you as a writer?
Regarding short stories, book 4 in my Confessions of a Call Girl series – Play Nice – is releasing next week. And I’m working feverishly to get Yours Truly ready for publishing at the end of the month. But I’ve already started working on the plot for book 2 in the same series, Yours Sincerely.

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 Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Timeline by Michael Crichton, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and A Dream of Fair Horses by Patricia Leech. These books are the golden classics to me, the books I keep coming back to over and over again.

Author Websites and Profiles
Inez Colbert Website
Inez Colbert Amazon Profile

Inez Colbert’s Social Media Links
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an American author of epic fantasy novels. I have three published books currently. Blood and Promise, Chaos and Destiny, and Fate and Flame. All are part of my Fae Rising series. Since I was a kid, I liked to write short stories, most diving into intricate magical worlds with crazy twists and turns and epic battles. I just took that love and magnified it into something massive and loveable.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recent book is Fate and Flame which is the finale of the first set of books in the Fae Rising series. I think I knew how that story was going to end before I ever knew how it was going to begin, or where it was going to begin. Fate and Flame challenged me more than I’d ever been challenged creatively. I knew I wanted to write adult novels, with a cast of characters everyone could relate to, and through that series, I think that was accomplished.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My first three books were written in 4.5 months. I lived and breathed that story. I occasionally consumed food and held conversations with my family, but for the most part, I hid away from a world suffering through a pandemic and wrote and wrote and wrote. It became an obsession. I dreamed of these characters and had conversations with them while showering and it truly became such a real story in my mind.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve been incredibly influenced by women as a whole. Every step of the publishing process has been handled by women. From the cover artist to the editor, even down to the book tour companies, I’ve taken a lot of time letting women help me build these books. Though she didn’t create the idea of fae, Sarah J Mass (Throne of Glass) certainly paved the way for storytellers to use the nature of the fae in the most creative ways. Holly Black (Folk of the Air) as well, showcasing more of the lore behind them. But then there was Morgan Rhodes who wrote such an epic, adventure series (Fallen Kingdoms). It all came together with Tricia Wentworth (The Culling Series) inspiring me to publish my obsession and Beck Michaels (Guardians of the Maiden) doing a little hand-holding. These incredible women have changed my life.

What are you working on now?
Right now, I’m working on the 4th book in the Fae Rising series, which follows a brand new character and dives a little deeper into some of our favorites from the core books. Pirates and sirens and fae, oh my.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I rely heavily on my readers. Instagram has been a source of great word of mouth to light a flame under these books. But that just isn’t enough. There are so, so many readers in the world and only a fraction of them are showcasing that on social media. I use ads, facebook, blog tours, and newsletters to help spread the word as well. Speaking of which, you can grab the first chapter of Blood and Promise free on my website (https://www.faerising.com/) if you sign up for my newsletter!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write the book. Start there. I wrote all three of my books before I even started worrying about publishing. I’m so glad I did. Be patient. Spend some time marketing your finished books while you’re editing. If you’re going to be an indie author, don’t assume it’s cheap or easy. If you really want to do well, you hire the appropriate professionals. No matter what they say, people do judge a book by its cover. Make sure it’s beautiful. Indie authors get a bad rap because of the poor editing some books have. Don’t be like them. Pay the professionals. Save if you have to. You’ll never be sorry you created a masterpiece with a beautiful finish.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You’ll never please everyone. I was totally that person that thought I would write this amazing series and everyone was going to love it and throw petals at my feet as I walked down the road waving to the fans. NOPE. Not everyone likes the same things. What one person finds fast-paced, another finds slow. What one person loves in a character, another will find annoying. Write your story the way you feel it’s meant to be written. Consult the professionals and let that be enough.

What are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading this amazing true YA series. The first book is Crystal and the series name is Starlatten. It’s really inspiring to read books outside of my genre. Darby Cupid does a beautiful job of creating interesting characters you want to know more about. I’m on her second book now, Rebel and I love the world-building and intrigue.

What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing. More books. More growth. That’s the ultimate goal of all of us I think. We keep going until the words run out. Storytellers must tell stories. I often wonder if I’ll stay in the Fantasy genre or if I’ll wander off into contemporary romance or write something witchy. I don’t know yet.

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?
Is it a desert island or a deserted island. I think there’s a difference right there. There’s wifi in the desert sometimes… I could bring my loaded kindle. Why am I panicking about this question? It’s fine. I’m fine. Hypothetical.
I’m bringing the whole ACOTAR series with me and you can fight me if you think I’m going to narrow it down from there.

Author Websites and Profiles
Miranda Lyn Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
T.S. Krupa was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Krupa and her younger sister were raised in a Polish household with a blended American culture by her parents Stan and Krys; she is fluent in Polish and frequently travels to visit family abroad.
Growing up in Clinton, Connecticut Krupa attended The Morgan High School. She started playing field hockey in the seventh grade after being cut from the soccer team. She was accepted to Franklin Pierce University (College then), where she continued playing field hockey for four years. She made it almost all ten years of her field hockey career without any injuries only to break her nose playing during her senior year. After college, Krupa traveled cross-country for a job at Texas Tech University. While there, she earned her Master’s and became a Red Raider (Guns Up!) and a huge college football fan. It was there that she started coaching club lacrosse and found an instant connection with coaching.

The next chapter in her life took Krupa from Texas to be with her then fiancé in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She continued coaching club lacrosse and then began coaching club field hockey. She is now in her seventh year of coaching club field hockey.

In 2009, she finally started work on her childhood goal and began working on her Doctorate of Education from North Carolina State University. Her dissertation topic focuses on ethical decision-making. Krupa graduated with her Ed.D. in May 2014.

Krupa now lives in North Carolina with her daughter, husband, and dog, Chase. Chase came into her and her husband’s life in 2009 after a neighbor found him tied up at a gas station. Krupa’s husband brought him home and told her that he had a surprise and if she wanted to keep it she needed to buy dog food. It was love at first sight and Chase is now spoiled rotten.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Big City Dreams is my latest full length novel. It initially, started out as novella back in 2016. After a three year break, I finally released it as a full length novel. It started as an idea in my journal as ‘girl walks dog – dog very spoiled’. I knew that I wanted it set in New York City because of the feel and attitude the city has. Logan being from Texas was a bit of a surprise and I wasn’t sure if it would work but her dialogue is so fun and comical.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a toddler and work full time so I write where ever I am able. Most recently it’s in bed at night with my sleeping toddler draped over me in some form or fashion.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love reading so I have always felt that any author who has been able to create and put their work out to the public successfully is someone to look to. Authors I like reading – Sarah Dessen, Nicholas Sparks, Deborah Harkness and Emily Giffin. Throw back books would be Babysitters Club, Goosebumps and Wayside stories. Books I can reread forever – Harry Potter and Discovery of Witches.

What are you working on now?
When I thought about writing, I always thought I would write this story first. However, I kinda chickened out and put it on the back burner. It’s just this one is more personal. It’s still fiction but I really wanted to base the role of the older women on my babcia (Polish for grandmother). It just carries an extra weight of getting that character just right.

Here is a small teaser from Chapter 1 of my WIP 36 Pearl Street:

“Joey come here,” I heard mom calling. I looked up and saw her standing in the entry way to the building. She was standing with an older woman. She was heavier set and from what I could tell she had shoulder length gray hair that was swept back in a bandanna. She had a round face with a set of large glasses pushed up on the bridge of her nose, paired with a flowing frock as she rested on a cane.

“What’s up?” I said coming closer after giving up the search for my book.

“This is Pani Mazurek,” she said stepping aside as I came up the stairs.

“Pani? Is that Spanish?” I asked in confusion.

“No, it’s Polish, honey,” she said suddenly fidgeting. “You should know that.”

“Why should I know that?”

“You always talk to your mother like this?” the women said in a heavy accent.

“Why is it your business?” I shot back.

“Joey, manners,” mom got a little edge to her voice. I took a deep breath and forced a smile.

“I’m Joey,” I finally said extending my hand. Pani Mazurek made no move to shake my hand but instead studied me closely. I could see her eyes moving up and down before she narrowed her eyes.

“Joey is a boy’s name,” she said when she finally spoke.

“That’s a rude thing to say,” I replied without thinking.

“That’s not her real name, it’s a nickname,” my mom interjected with a nervous laugh.

“What’s your full name?” Pani Mazurek asked looking directly at me.

“Josephine Kaminski,” Mom answered as if the question was directed at her.

“Josephine good girls name, strong.” I repressed the sudden urge to stick my tongue out, like I was six. I just crossed my arms across my chest. After several long seconds, Pani Mazurek finally spoke.

“Ella, welcome to Pearl Street.”

“Don’t you mean welcome to New Haven or Connecticut?” I questioned unable to bite my tongue any longer.

“No, I said what I mean,” Pani Mazurek replied before turning and slowly walking back down the hallway to her apartment.

“Ella?” I questioned. “Mom no one calls you that, everyone calls you El.”

“Well, I’m trying something new,” she huffed and turned to walk up the stairs.

“Mom what gives? First you expect me to know some obscure Polish prefix and then out of the blue you’re suddenly going by your full name?”

“Do you remember Mrs. Brodjeck?” She asked. I mulled the name over for a minute.

“Was she the lady that you worked with at the dinner?” Mom shook her head no.

“Was she the lady you worked with at the bank?” Again, she shook her head no.

“Was she the elderly lady you watched in the evening?”

“Nope.”

“Oh, she was the lady that you cleaned houses with.”

“Yes, that’s her. She knew a lady who knows Pani Mazurek. When we were looking to leave North Carolina, I mentioned I was thinking of trying Connecticut and Mrs. Brodjeck called in a favor. She said she knew a place, furnished in a good neighborhood, reasonable rent but only rents to Polish people.”

“So, you lied?”

“I didn’t lie, we are Polish. Well, your dad was. He grew up in Connecticut not too far from here, remember?”

“I didn’t know that about dad,” I said trying to rack my memories for any stories about Connecticut, but I came up empty.

“Mom, we are Polish in name only. We know nothing about being Polish. Say one thing in Polish,” I said undeterred from my original point. We were back in the apartment and I stood with hand on hip waiting for her response.

“I now know that Pani is Mrs.,” she replied sheepishly.

“Mom you lied.”

“Joey, we needed a clean start, and this was promising. It is not a lie…it’s just a bit of a stretch. Mrs. Brodjeck also got me a job interview with the Catholic School around the corner. It is an administrative position and will have benefits. It will be good for us.”

“Sure, thing Pani Kaminski,” I snickered as I headed into my room and shut the door.

“Come on Joey don’t be like that,” she called after me.

“New life, new me…for now,” I mumbled to myself as I pulled open a box looking for my missing book.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I took a three year hiatus so I’m trying to figure this out again. The bloggers, reviewers and sites I used when I started in 2014 aren’t all around anymore so I’m starting anew. I have always been a fan of Goodreads and am working at getting better navigating it!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today. I mean it – there will ALWAYS be excuses for why you can’t write today, or you need more time, more money, etc. Just start writing – don’t worry about the other stuff until you have a completed book or project.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Remember even if you wrote just a page a day, that means in one year’s time you would have 365 pages! It was actually from a book I read, “The Compound Effect” by Darren Hardy. Great read, that talks about building on the little things to make big things rather than trying to build the mountain in a day – build it pebble by pebble.

What are you reading now?
I just finished Anxious People by Fredrik Backman it was so unique and refreshing.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m working on my fifth novel, 36 Pearl Street. One of the main characters is based on my feisty Polish grandmother.

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?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (the longer the better!)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Where she Went by Gayle Forman

Author Websites and Profiles
TS Krupa Website
TS Krupa Amazon Profile

TS Krupa’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a professional freelance writer, former Alaskan chess champion, explorer of the world’s remotest wilderness rivers, and author of several non-fiction books, including:

The Little Encyclopedia of Modern Ignorance
Australian Bush Survival Skills
The Jet-setting Copywriter
The Over-40 Digital Nomad
Attracting Frogs to Your Garden
Jobs Abroad
Australian Chess Brilliancies

I was born in California, but have lived in Australia for the past thirty-odd years – and am loving it.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
‘The Little Encyclopedia of Modern Ignorance’ was primarily a reaction to how much spin, ideology-based denial and bias has been creeping into the information we absorb in this century. This book explores some of the most common forms of ignorance today, covering subjects as diverse as bottled water, life coaching, overpopulation denial, recycling, religion, vaccination and much more.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Pre-COVID, I did a lot of my best writing overseas, sitting in an Airbnb apartment at least ten floors above the traffic noise in cities like Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) or Santa Cruz (Bolivia).

I research first, write second, edit third. I never mix these three vital tasks together.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read all sorts of non-fiction. I’m a big fan of science and nature books. In the fiction realm, I like John D. McDonald, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Elmore Leonard and Rex Stout.

What are you working on now?
Mostly, kayak fishing on the beautiful east coast of Australia!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Rule #1: When a new book comes out, don’t be shy about giving away enough freebies to get a nice chunk of honest reviews.
Rule#2: Put an Author Page on any website that will let you.
Rule#3: Always be polite and grateful in all interactions. Most people will love your books, but treat the haters just the same as those who gush over it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing a book is the easy part. Making that book known to the wider world is where the real time and energy is spent, and when the serious work sets in. It can be the greatest book on earth but if no one knows it exists, you won’t sell a single copy.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Proofread everything three times… at least.

What are you reading now?
‘Riding the Rap’ by Elmore Leonard. It involves Raylan Givens, the U.S. Deputy Marshal made famous from the TV series ‘Justified’.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I tended to be guided by whim when deciding to write a new book. I still take on occasional freelance writing work, from crafting articles to ghost-writing other folks’ books for them.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I think Killing Floor by Lee Child is possibly the best debut novel ever written, so I’d probably start with that. An instruction manual on how to open green coconuts and catch fish with a makeshift spear might also come in handy, under those particular circumstances. I’ve actually been stranded on a desert island (on purpose, in Papua New Guinea in 1989), and it wasn’t that fun. I contracted malaria and was robbed by bandits toting machetes, spears and an axe. The snorkeling was exceptional, though.

Author Websites and Profiles
Kevin Casey Website
Kevin Casey Amazon Profile

Kevin Casey’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a professional dog trainer, dog groomer and hydrotherapist. I have always loved dog training and it has always been a passion of mine but when i see a beautiful sunny day i just want to be outside playing with my dogs. So i decided to write this book, my first book all about the combination of my two passions. Dog training and doing things with my dogs. The first book is water based activities such as SUP boarding, Kayaking, River trekking and 20 activities that i have done step by step guides for to make it easy to follow for the owner.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Adventure Dogs
My dogs inspired me to write this book, i love being with them and sharing all these experiences with them. I wanted to show others what was possible with their own dogs.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
not that i know of
probably showing more pictures of my dogs than is necessary – but when you see them you will understand why!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
various dog trainers in my life have influenced this book, but i would say my grandparents are the biggest influence as they have given me my love for the water and all the fun that can be had in or on it. i have just taken that one step further and included the other passion in my life, my dogs.

What are you working on now?
Adventure Dogs: Land based sports

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook

Do you have any advice for new authors?
dont give up
keep going
its hard but you will get there if you keep going

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
tomorrow is a mystery
yesterday is history
today is a gift, that is why it is called the present

live every day as though it was your last

carpe diem

What’s next for you as a writer?
my next books
adventure dogs 2
puppy books
trick training books
winter editions of adventure dogs

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?
eragon
ready player one
dont run whatever you do

 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I really like Plato’s famous phrase: “Every problem has three solutions: my solution, your solution, and the right solution” because I believe it conveys an important truth that I fully agree with faced with any problem that may arise encounter in life, there can be more solutions but only one is right and that produces the desired result. The problem is identifying the right one for me, considering it may not be the right one for you. Starting from this assumption, I thought that the best thing is to expose various solutions and let the reader draw the right conclusions for himself, for his case, or rather for his life. With this in mind, the idea was born to write a series entitled 10 WAYS OF THINKING, which has the prerogative of being a series of books all comprising 10 chapters, or the solutions to the problem. The number 10 is symbolic, in fact inside the book there are so many solutions contained for each chapter that everyone can easily identify the one they consider most satisfying for themselves. The series all deals with topics related to Self-Help and Business Life. The first of the series just released on Amazon is a Self-Help and entitle “TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE. Achieve the Goal of a Fulfilling Life.” The second in the series, just released, is a Business Life entitled: “TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE… while drinking coffee. Test New Ideas, Turn your Habits and Awaken Decision-Making Power.” I have written 5 more books in this series, which will be available in the next few months on Amazon and all major bookstores.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The first book in the “10 WAYS TO THINK” series is: “Take Control of Your Life: Achieving the Goal of a Fulfilling Life. Self-Acceptance to Gain Mental Strength, Willpower, and Stronger Positive Relationships,” is the essence of self-help.

In the business world, it is essential to come up with new business ideas to stay competitive. It is perhaps more important than ever in today’s world. Sometimes it seems difficult because we have a lot more options today than we did a year or two ago.

In this second book in the series: “TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE… while drinking coffee. Test New Ideas, Turn your Habits and Awaken Decision-Making Power.” I mainly focus on Business Life.

The inspiration to write this book came to me reflecting on some events that have happened to me in my life and seriously reflecting on the true values ​​that should distinguish every human being. I also thought a lot about sharing, social life and the difficulties that every entrepreneur must face to be successful, both in business and in private life.

During the day, we make thousands of decisions every minute. We make most of these decisions without conscious reflection; instinctively or through responses learned as habits based on the experience of a lifetime. Unfortunately, these habitual decision patterns persist in the business world, so that owners react without thinking about changing situations without really thinking. Such behavior is not appropriate in the business environment, where change is constant.

The habits you create today influence your future. Your habits are your daily actions. Change your habits and change your way of thinking.

The secret of success is based on what you think of yourself, on how you consider life. Actual business leads you to be happy for having taken control of your life, not for being dominated by it and spending your days enslaved by it. The genuine change is in yourself because once you improve yourself then everything around you, including your business, will grow accordingly.

Courage will serve you to make the right decisions and make the changes, using fear for your goal, not as an insurmountable obstacle. It will be a fundamental step to take control of your life, knowing that to do so you must act immediately without delay and thus overcome indecision because knowing how to decide at the right time determines the success or failure of any business you are doing or about to start.

My goal in writing the book is to create a work full of tips and solutions already successfully tested, sometimes even very complex, making them understandable to everyone.

Rich in principles of life and human values, in just ten simple steps, with a direct and immediate language, “TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE… while drinking coffee.” it can help you change your private life and your business.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have refined a method. All my life I have been writing notes in a notebook, very detailed and so chaotic that now I find it hard even to reread it. Written in small print, even in the corners of the pages, sometimes the writing is scrum bled with arrows, symbols and more that I won’t tell you and the paper has turned yellow.

However, with effort and effort, I reread it, and I reassembled it and divided it into topics. This facilitated me in identifying the solutions to the various problems encountered.

Later I did a lot of research which I then compared together with some of my collaborators, experts and professionals in various fields.

This is just to say that each book has its own story. The inspiration to write it comes to me above all when I return to my home in Aspen from London, where I have a company. When I am immersed in nature, away from the hectic life of London, in my garden, near my beloved donkey or on top of the mountain, I reread and reflect on my notebook. Every time I read it, I get inspiration for a new book. I mark the ideas and then develop them.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
One of all that I would like to mention who made me think about the problems of managers to realize new ideas that work, is Dr. W. Edwards Deming, who became famous in the seventies for helping Japan with innovative and high-quality products. Other authors who have written self-worthy and interesting information on various topics that I have been able to read are: Dr. Daniel Amen, psychiatrist and specialist in brain disorders., Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, Dr. Aimee Daramus, Dr. Barry F. Vaughan, Ph.D. Suniya S. Luthar and others.

What are you working on now?
I am working on Business Life books of great social value on Leadership and Career. I am spending a lot of time in research, because the subject is delicate and I really care. I think they will be ready towards the end of the year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Here, honestly, you find me a little unprepared. In principle, I rely on Amazon, but I am also testing some services, and awesomegang.com is one of them.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Think a lot, a lot, a lot
Take nothing for granted
Always compare yourself with others for your ideas
Test and verify your solutions
Find your way to get inspired
Leave your mark in the heart of the reader
Only write things of value

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES. Which means: get busy, don’t get discouraged or throw in the towel, don’t dump your responsibilities on others because you have all the tools to do it. Just do your research or read an excellent book.

What are you reading now?
I am enjoying reading this novel “An Answer from the Silence: A Story from the Mountains” by Max Frisch, Smith Nicholson.
An evocative book on the motives of life. It is about a man looking to fulfill his childhood dreams never reached. Then he climbs to the peaks of a mountain that no one had ever reached, and there the story takes color with the rediscovery of the basics of life. That something similar happened to me, too. Perhaps therefore I find it interesting, a light but sobering reading. If you haven’t read it, I recommend it.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Continue the 10 WAYS OF THINKING series and improve it more and 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 book of books, where history, law, wisdom, values of life, the origin of everything and everyone meet, unites the past, the present and the future. The book you read, the more you always learn: The Holy Bible.

Author Websites and Profiles
Tex Jerhand Website
Tex Jerhand Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello. My name is Garet Christopher. I am a new independent author. I have written three crime fiction novels and one sci-fi novel. They are currently available on BN.com. I am currently working on another sci-fi piece and am considering making it into a series. I am still working on the first draft, so we’ll see how I feel a few weeks from now.
I love to write! I love to read! I love how some authors can create imagery out of a single sentence or word. This, to me, is a special talent. Anyone can put sentences together, but for those creators that can take the reader to a different place before they even know what’s happening is something altogether. I aspire to be that kind of writer.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last published work is titled “GENE”. It’s my first sci-fi novel and oddly enough, it originated from a political discussion. My youngest daughter and I were talking about some different topics and I yelled out “we need Gene!”. That night we drew a picture of this little green alien wearing a baseball cap, flip flops, Bermuda shorts, and a tank top. Gene somehow came to Earth and through his personality and great wisdom would lead the world to a better place.
The book turned out to be a little less “cartoonish” than that but that’s where it all started. And eight months later, I was working on the final draft. If you get a chance, check out the cover. I really like it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My family says that I’m weird to begin with, so I’m not so sure that my habits are anything different from my normal routines. I’m still working on ways to get me to “that place”. The spot where nothing else matters but the writing. I get to it every once in a while, but my mind tends to drift a lot and I have to reel myself back in often.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Lately, I’ve grown fond of Elmore Leonard, David Baldacci, Lisa Gardner, Michael Connelly, and Harlan Coben. I’ve always loved John Grisham and my first literary love (after grade school) was Charles Dickens. There are plenty of others that I could name and I feel that I’ve been influenced by everyone I’ve ever read. Even comic books.

What are you working on now?
So, this new work is about a captured alien that escapes the military compound from where it was being held. And, come to find out, another alien helped it escape. They are extremely strong and busted right through both the metal bars of the cell as well as the gated perimeter. Two aliens are eventually recaptured, but the major soon discovers that the original alien is still on the loose somewhere. It starts in New Mexico and will travel to a town just north of Boulder, Colorado. I don’t want to give away much more than that, but I think it’s got a chance to be pretty interesting. It will probably turn out a little more “gory” than my other works and, hopefully, a little scarier.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still learning that. Maybe I’ll have an answer a few months from now. Goodreads appears to be a very helpful site.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’m still seeking advice myself. There is a young lady by the name of Edie Ewing that told me very specifically to “never give up” and to “be myself”. She made it very clear that there is only one of me and whatever I feel led to write should not be ignored. If you have a story, then write it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Oops. It looks like I jumped the gun. Edie’s advice is what is keeping me going.

What are you reading now?
I am finishing “The Ghost Writer” by Alessandra Torre. I recently viewed one of her resources and felt that I needed to find out more about her. I think reading someone’s work is a good way to do that.
I have about twenty books waiting in line and I can’t wait to get to each of them. My reading list can be found on Goodreads.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to keep on writing while I continue to find ways to introduce myself to as many people as possible. I love my stuff! Now I need to find out if readers feel the same way.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’m going to cheat a little. I’m going to name a couple of collections.
The complete Sherlock Holmes (volume one or two)
Frankenstein
Great Expectations
and one of mine. (I’m telling you, I really love my stuff!)

Author Websites and Profiles
Garet Christopher Website

Garet Christopher’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a 20 year old college student. I have written one poetry book called Embracing Life: the highs and lows of life and society.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my book is Embracing Life. It is based on personal experiences and life events.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I tend to write in the notes at midnights.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Although I am a very big follower of Robert Frost, this book is based on personal experiences solely.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I am working on the 2nd part of this book.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Submitting to various promoting websites.

 

Shreya Ghosh’s Social Media Links
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. I primarily enjoy both reading and writing in the genre of science fiction. In the past I have written, edited or co-written several non-fiction books, but I am now focused on my science fiction novels. The first was published last Fall (see below).

I live with my wife, Nancy in Las Vegas, Nevada, with our two Chihuahuas, Chimi and Nacho. I also enjoy painting, spending time with my family, traveling the world with Nancy, and riding rollercoasters.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first novel, “Venerable: The Price of Paradise” was published last Fall. It is the first in a series about a utopian future society that is undermined when the secret to its idyllic existence is unexpectedly revealed. The second book will be published on May 1 of this year, “Viceroy: The Cost of Peace.” The third, scheduled for completion in September, is titled “Vault: The Becoming of Venerable.”

The series was inspired by my frustration with the unrest in today’s society, and the thought, “What would a society that has solved all of its problems look like, and how would it have achieved such a utopian state?” “Venerable” takes us to one such possible place, and shows us how imperfect and fragile its existence would still be.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not super unusual, but I find it difficult to write in silence. When I listen to music, typically classic rock, the words just seem to flow almost effortlessly.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My favorite authors are Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Dean Koontz. They have all influenced me in different ways, some with their humor, some with their worldbuilding, others with their underlying spirituality.

What are you working on now?
I am nearing the completion the second book in the Venerable series, “Viceroy: The Cost of Peace.” The final editing is underway.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My books are available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. I do a bit of advertising, but do not spend much on it. I utilize several social media platforms, author groups, and host my own author website with my blog: samuelfreedman-author.com. I also write a weekly newsletter available to the subscribers to the website.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep plugging away. Write every day, even if you are not inspired or think it’s not very good. Just get something down consistently. Be patient with the promotion. It takes time.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day. No matter what.

What are you reading now?
“Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society” by Nicholas A. Christakis

What’s next for you as a writer?
Completing the Venerable series (have not determined yet the number of books that it will contain).

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 Door Away from Heaven,” by Dean Koontz
“Childhood’s End” by Arthur C. Clark
“The Sirens of Titan” by Kurt Vonnegut
“The Man in the High Castle” by Philip K. dick

Author Websites and Profiles
Samuel Freedman Website
Samuel Freedman Amazon Profile

Samuel Freedman’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I just finished writing my 10th short story erotica set in the same universe.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Name of book 10 is Teddy’s Treasure and it was inspired by a new friend I made in the erotica community. I was only doing human woman with alien men stories and she wanted me to write one with an alien woman marrying a human man, so book 10 was for her.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nope, just like any other writer who tries to balance life with writing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Ava Ross was the first author I read who did steamy alien romance. I didn’t even know it was a thing before coming across her book Vork early on in the pandemic. I was intrigued and ended up binging her series, which eventually lead me to writing alien erotica.

What are you working on now?
I’m starting 10 more short stories with another alien species set in the same world as my first series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
There isn’t many places erotica writers can advertise, so Twitter is mainly lit.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write whatever you want, there is always going to be someone who is interested in reading it. Who knew people were interested in weird short stories that are classified as alien erotica, but closer to alien steamy romance?

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The whole, even if you fail it’s better to have tried than not tried at all. I take that to heart with writing.

What are you reading now?
Mostly just other short story eroticas to help support the writers. It’s a rough world out there for short story erotica writers.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Once I feel ready, I’m going to move to alien steamy romance novellas.

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?
Kushel’s Dart, Kushiel’s Chosen, and Kushiel’s Avatar, all by Jacqueline Carey.

Author Websites and Profiles
Kyra Keys Website
Kyra Keys Amazon Profile

Kyra Keys’s Social Media Links
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Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Law graduate going into practice next year. I have always had a love for books and increasingly found myself writing during difficult periods of my life. Sometimes I journal, and sometimes these develop into poems. I have a simple writing style as I believe a lot can be expressed by saying a little.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is Parts Of Me: Lost And Found. The book is a compilation of short philosophical poems which attempt to capture all the ways I have lost myself, and all the lessons I have learnt along the way.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I get random sparks of inspiration sometimes as I’m drifting off to sleep. I usually get up and quickly note a poem in the notes section of my phone so I don’t lose the idea.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love poetry in general, and my Literature studies throughout school have influenced me, but I mostly enjoy reading the works of Turkish poets.

What are you working on now?
I am not working on a specific project at the moment but I continue to write daily.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am new to promoting but I find blogs very helpful. Connecting with people who are genuinely interested in books is a good start.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write in a way that works with you. Be authentic, and don’t try to change your style for validation.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do a little every day.

What are you reading now?
I am reading Jordan Peterson’s new book ‘Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life’

What’s next for you as a writer?
To continue writing and reach out to as many people as I can. You can connect with me on my poetry instagram @parts_of_me_poetry_

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
‘A New Earth’ by Eckhart Tolle
‘Man’s Search For Meaning’ by Viktor E. Frankl

Author Websites and Profiles
Cisel Ozbay Amazon Profile