Awesome Author Interviews

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello! I’m Beth Troy, and I write Christian fiction – don’t be embarrassed for me! I published my first book, Lu, about how a modern woman finds God, in 2017, and am publishing the sequel, Louisa, this summer.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Louisa and was inspired by how a modern woman claims the voice and identity she has in Christ.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wake up at 4AM to get it done. Thank you, coffee!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Madeleine L’Engle and Anne Lamott inspire me in how they write about faith from different angle. I appreciate the depth of thought CS Lewis and Tim Keller bring to Christian apologetics. Barbara Kingsolver and Kaye Gibbons inspire me in their development of female characters.

What are you working on now?
Building a community around modern faith stories and writing Book 3!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
It’s a slow and steady game – promos don’t mean much unless you are also building conversations and community over time.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Finding time to write consistently over time is more important than quantity of time on any given day. If you all you have is a half hour to dedicate every day, then dedicate that!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Treat every day like Groundhog’s Day by showing up and doing the work, without excuse.

What are you reading now?
I just finished Becoming by Michelle Obama and loved it. Next up is The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Book 3 where I’m going to be taking a minor character from the first two Lu stories and exploring her life and faith.

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, Little Women (Louisa May Alcott), Walking on Water (Madeleine L’Engle), and The Great Divorce (CS Lewis).

Author Websites and Profiles
Beth Troy Website
Beth Troy Amazon Profile

Beth Troy’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Aswathy Vadakel is an Indian-English Author, Educator and Painter.After a six years of teaching career, Aswathy penned her first book -“Mon Amour”(A Collection of Romantic Poems) in 2020.
The Author was born in Kerala,India and attended high school in Kerala.She earned her degrees in Travel and Tourism Studies, Diplomas and Certificates in Education too.Currently she lives with her father,mother, brother and her pet dog in Kerala.
She was a University Topper in Tourism Studies and she has honored for volunteering work for UN and Government of India by UN, Government of India and Government of AP.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Mon Amour”-(A Collection of Romantic Poems).My own imagination and life experience inspired me to write penned this poems.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know my writing habits are usual or unusual.But,I love my writing habits.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and William Shakespeare.

What are you working on now?
I am in the workshop of my first novel “Yasin Mubarak”.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote my book through Social Media Platforms.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write whatever you feel to write.Get connect with Multicultural Writers.There are going to be many ups and downs in your journey.But,never give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never give up.

What are you reading now?
I am reading William Shakespeare’s drams now.

What’s next for you as a writer?
A Novel titled “Yasin Mubarak”,An academic book in Early Childhood Education and A Publishing Company is in progress with six other writers.

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.”Wings of Fire”(Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam)
2.”Balyakalasakhi”(Vaikom Muhammad Basheer)
3.”Mon Amour”(Aswathy Vadakel)

Author Websites and Profiles
Aswathy Vadakel Amazon Profile

Aswathy Vadakel’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello! I’m Jordan Crestwood. I am a fiction author from the southeast United States. I have published one book to date, but I have 4 others in the works at the moment, in various stages of completion. I have written a few indie scripts (under another name) and I very much enjoy the art of storytelling in all its forms, whether written, audio, or video. Being allowed to bring another person into the worlds we see in our heads really is a unique privilege!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is “Within the Flame: After the Fall Book 1”. It was inspired by my love of both martial arts and survival/bushcraft training. I began writing this series while working on another book and this really grew to take on a life of its own.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I use this cruddy PDF audio reader on my phone to read my books back to me in a creepy robot voice. This helps me pick out typos and other issues for editing. Something about hearing it read to me works a different part of my brain than reading it with my eyes.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Robert Jordan is one of my first and biggest influences. Brandon Sanderson, George R.R. Martin, and of course Tolkien have all been inspirations throughout the years.

What are you working on now?
I am working on Book 2 of After the Fall now, as well as pecking away at another novel that stands apart from the After the Fall series. For now, however, After the Fall gets the most attention.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, Booksends has been a great one for me. I have seen the most bump up from them. Amazon advertising has worked fairly well, but I am very new to the advertising game, so I’m still working to wrap my head around what to do and not to do.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Being a new author myself, I would say just write! Write write write. (And read read read). Never let yourself become stuck in your ways; grow and adapt and improve as you write. Learn what works and what doesn’t. Fear is the biggest limiter. Just jump past that fear and DO SOMETHING and you will find your feet.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To cut my work with a butcher’s cleaver. I had certain descriptors and story elements that I clung to for a very long time. But when preparing for publication, I had to learn to cut what doesn’t already serve the story.

What are you reading now?
Lords of the Sky by Angus Wells. Almost finished with it! I’ve enjoyed it so far!

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will be finishing my edits on After the Fall Book 2 and getting that publication process started!

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?
Surviving on a Desert Island 101 (haha), “The Shadow Rising” by Robert Jordan, “Warbreaker” by Brandon Sanderson, and a family photo album.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jordan Crestwood Website
Jordan Crestwood Amazon Profile

Jordan Crestwood’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a woman/wife/mother/businessowner who’s faced pain and found a more fulfilling and joyful way of living for myself. I developed a daily practice that includes an original mindfulness tool—the GLOWY daily reflection practice—that I share in my book, “The Chaos Antidote: A Fable About Mindfulness.”

I’m an avid meditator and mindfulness advocate who completed the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course developed by world-renowned scientist, writer and mindfulness teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD.

I live in Indianapolis with my husband, Jeff, and our two young kids. “The Chaos Antidote: A Fable About Mindfulness” is my first book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Chaos Antidote: A Fable About Mindfulness” is my first book.

Not long ago I found myself struggling, running from pain and unhappiness. I realized that I must cultivate a different way of living: I needed to learn how to stop and heal.

Amidst the trial-and-error of healing and learning, I opened my heart to many women and heard their stories of struggle: loss of direction, chronic anxiety, physical suffering and haunting pasts. My voracious pursuit of knowledge led me to an unexpected path: the path of mindfulness.

I felt called to write “The Chaos Antidote: A Fable About Mindfulness”, a parable to help equip others with knowledge and skills to ease their suffering and find lasting peace and joy inside themselves.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I try to write every morning. I’m not sure that’s unusual, but it’s my habit.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom by John O’Donohue
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
The Art of Power by Thich Nhat Hanh, and many other books by Thich Nhat Hanh
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
Cultivate by Lara Casey
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
Emotional Agility by Susan David
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work by Joseph Campbell
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin S. Sharma
The Power of TED* (The Empowerment Dynamic) by David Emerald Several books by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Pema Chödrön

What are you working on now?
Right now I’m promoting my first book, “The Chaos Antidote: A Fable About Mindfulness”. I plan to write additional books.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best promotional tactics thus far have been personal outreach–both one-on-one and to small groups within my ntetwork. Also hometown promotions have proven beneficial, especially Facebook posts.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Know that the process will bring up a lot of emotional and logistical challenges, but keep pressing on! Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I’ve ever heard is to write every single day.

What are you reading now?
I just finished “Where the Crawdads Sing.” I’m reading some self-help books while I’m tring to decide what novel to read next … my want-to-read list is long!

What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan to write more books, likely at least one more in the mindfulness space. I also plan to travel to Scotland … and who knows what creative pursuit might come out of that adventure!

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?
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom by John O’Donohue
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
The Overstory by Richard Powers
And a VERY long, epic tale I haven’t read yet

Author Websites and Profiles
Aimee L. Morgan Website
Aimee L. Morgan Amazon Profile

Aimee L. Morgan’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m retired, living in Bilston with my husband. I’ve always enjoyed writing but never really had the time to concentrate on it properly until I finished work. Now I like nothing better than to settle down with a cup of coffee in the afternoons and dream up new holiday disasters for my heroine Claire Virgin.
So far, I’ve written three books in the Virgin Vacation Mystery series, all set in holiday locations that I’ve enjoyed myself.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book, Virgins in Chaos, is set in in Tenerife – one of my favourite holiday destinations. The apartment block where Claire, her husband Clint and their friends Roy and Edie stay is entirely fictitious though! I was inspired by the horror stories I’d heard about people arriving at their holiday hotel to find there’s building work going on around them – how much worse would it be if there were dead bodies, too?

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read anything and everything. I’m one of those obsessive people that actually read everything in a dentist’s waiting room – even the really mean dentists who don’t have anything but a few copies of horse magazines or tooth pamphlets for their patients. I read them. I’m that sad.
Having said that, I absolutely love reading Robin Hobb, Dorothy Koomson, Nora Roberts – oooh, those Eve Dallas books! – and of course George Martins GOT entire series – amazing! (and what a let down the TV series was! Except for Kit Harington. Obviously.)

What are you working on now?
I’m thinking up plots for number four at the moment. It doesn’t have a title,- I don’t even know where it’s taking place yet! But I do have one or two ideas,

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Awesome Gang – of course!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Honestly, just keep at it. It’s all too easy to let yourself get discouraged if no-one seems interested in what you’re writing. But at the end of the day, if you enjoy it, do it. If you don’t enjoy it, you shouldn’t be doing it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t eat that donut.
Don’t eat another donut.
Don’t eat all the donuts.
Don’t buy any more donuts.

What are you reading now?
Linda Howard, Shadow Woman. Recommended by a friend, and it’s really exciting!

What’s next for you as a writer?
Honestly don’t know.

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?
George Martins Game of Thrones entire series but it only counts as one, right? (It'[s the Big Book Bundle)
The entire Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. (Another Big Book Bundle!)
The Talisman by Stephen King. (Love that one)
Hieros Journey by Sterling E Lanier. (Oldie but much read favourite)

Author Websites and Profiles
Jennifer E Evans Amazon Profile

Jennifer E Evans’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello, I have written a total of 4 books I believe at this point. I have always been a fan of working out and stay healthy. I am a researcher from an early age and love to find connections between seemingly unrelated subjects and love to share what I learn. I meditate, workout when I can and I’m constantly wanting to learn more and expand myself.

This applies to my writing. After seeing two of my relatives pass away from things that could have been cured, or at the very least helped, with diet, I became focused on getting correct information out to people so they can make their own choices. I have studied western, or allopathic medicine in nursing school and I have studied eastern medicine in the form of alternative therapies.

The one thing that put the nail in the coffin, sorry for the pun, for me was when I joined a gym and I was told to only focus only on what the traditional diet was which was a lowfat diet. I pushed myself with 2 to 3 hours a day, 6 days a week, in the gym and starving myself to eventually lose 50 lbs only to gain it back.

Now , I help with alternative methods of losing weight supported by science and new ways of thinking to open others perceptions to improve themselves. I write on diet, fitness, Kabbalah and meditative studies.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I don’t have a name for it yet but it is on eating healthy and learning to use your body’s natural processes to heal itself. One of the things, or rather who inspired it, is Dr Berg when he talks about the fact that you will lose weight when your body heals itself. You don’t lose weight to get healthy, rather it’s the opposite direction.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t think so. I may have in my researching for my books though. I’m kind of like a bulldog in how I research. I will look for hints at something that is either missing in the public’s eye or missing from what everyone is being told. When I catch a glimpse of something that is the missing link I will search and if I can’t find it right away, I store it in the back of my mind always looking for that connection I need to put it all together.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Interestingly, it was a financial author that inspired me a lot in how I write and picking topics that will benefit people. I read all the Rich Dad books and love to listen to Robert Kiyosaki and his no-bull approach to teaching people about how they can survive the coming, or maybe it’s here, financial crisis.

What are you working on now?
My latest work I’m working on is a self-help book focusing on diet that encompasses intermittent fasting, keto diet, and the body’s natural process of recycling the parts of itself that are not working correctly. It will be a complete system of practice and will work with or without working out also.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I haven’t used any other site other than Amazon to promote my books so this is a first for me. I do have some listed on Goodreads as well thoguh.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I would say to follow your heart and write about what you’re passionate about.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My favorite story, I think it fits here, is actually a story about Buddha. I’m not a buddhist and don’t have anything against it but the message is timeless. Buddha was approached by religious leaders who were trying to figure out who he was. They asked him, “Are you a saint?” He replied he was not. “Are you a holy man?” Again, he simply replied, “No.” After coming up with a few more similar questions they finally asked him, then who are you? His reply was simple and something we should all think about when we are living, writing, or doing something we love or hate. He simply said, “I’m awake.” May we all be awake to what is trying to get its message across to us and as writers may we all be awake to the message that we truly want to get across to our readers.

What are you reading now?
I am reading more than one book but one of the books I’m reading is the Living Qabalah.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m just going to continue building my portfolio of published books and getting my message out to my readers and help them improve their lives.

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?
Bhagvad Gita, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, The Living Qabalah

Author Websites and Profiles
Larry O’Connor Amazon Profile

Larry O’Connor’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
By day, I’m a social worker in the San Francisco Bay Area. “The Cosmic Turkey” is my first novel. I also have a chapbook of linked short stories, “Lost in Translation,” that I’m hoping to turn into a novel-in-short-stories. So far, my proudest literary achievement has been scoring a runner-up and a dishonorable mention in the Bulwer-Lytton “It was a dark and stormy night” contest.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Cosmic Turkey” is a humorous YA space opera. The main character, Janet Delane, was partly inspired by one of my own quirks: technology seems to hate me personally. Let me near a computer, it’ll start smoking before it implodes, probably taking the fridge and TV with it. I gave that superpower to Janet, the teenage captain of a spaceship nicknamed the Turkey.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I get stuck on a scene, I make lists. 20 things that couldn’t possibly happen next, or 20 things the character might be afraid of, or 20 reasons the characters can’t just admit they’re in love. The first few ideas are obvious, but I keep digging, and the right answer is usually around number 17.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
For humor, Douglas Adams , Terry Pratchett, and Janet Evanovich. For wonderful storytelling, Marge Piercy, Octavia E. Butler, John Steinbeck. For books about writing craft, Natalie Goldberg and Ann Lamott.

What are you working on now?
I always have multiple projects going on. When I get stuck on one, I switch to another until I accidentally finish something.

As mentioned above, I’m trying to expand my collection of linked short stories into a novel, a love story between two men, tentatively titled “Found in Translation.” There’s a “Cosmic Turkey” sequel in the works. And I’m also working on a fantasy story about a cursed jewel that turned seven innocent maidens into lawyers.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My first book’s brand new, so I guess I’m about to find out! I regret that the book’s coming out during the COVID crisis, so bookstore appearances and such aren’t possible. This technophobe is learning social media.

As a reader, I can say that I’ve bought a lot of books after discovering the authors on Twitter, but it’s never the ones whose posts are nonstop book promos. It’s the writers who interact, who seem like interesting people, so I figure their book must be interesting too.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I’m older than most first-time authors. It took a lot of persistence, a lot of waiting and revising and getting rejected. I have two full-length novels that will probably never see the light of day, and several that were abandoned partway. Keep at it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It’s okay if the first draft is terrible. It really is. You can’t edit a blank page.

What are you reading now?
I’m about to dive into “Starting from Seneca Falls,” a historical novel about the suffrage movement, by the wonderful Karen Schwabach.

What’s next for you as a writer?
As mentioned above, I have several projects going on. Also, I need to come up with some more terrible first sentences, because I still dream of winning the Bulwer-Lytton.

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?
Complete works of Dickens, because that would take up a lot of time. Complete works of Austen, because hr writing is multi-layered and subtle. And the complete Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, because it can still surprise me with a laugh on multiple rereadings.

Author Websites and Profiles
Laura Ruth Loomis Website
Laura Ruth Loomis Amazon Profile
Laura Ruth Loomis Author Profile on Smashwords

Laura Ruth Loomis’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is the first book based on my interviews with different lovers about their love lives.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Misty Young Love – A true story of a relationship between a 28 year old lady and an 18 year old teen

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Nick Carter

What are you working on now?
Nothing yet.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write on real life intimate moments

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

What are you reading now?
An Unexpected Marriage by Summer Rose

What’s next for you as a writer?
Another book

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Inferno, Fist of God, Puppet on a Chain

 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well, you know, I’m somebody who has been almost forced to write this book. I had so much frustration going on inside of me as I watched the state of the world in 2020. I was just a regular guy living in a world that seemed to have gone crazy overnight. I was a travel agent and had been for 20 years. But I also was someone who read books a lot and over the past couple of years, I became exposed to the fact that our governments are out to cause us more harm than good. I figured out quite quickly that the entity most people look to for help are actually the people creating the problem in the first place. So as I watched airports closing and businesses shutting their doors, I had to get everything inside of me out. And I did that by writing my first book, The COVID-19 Illusion.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s The COVID-19 Illusion; A Cacophony of Lies. It was inspired by the criminality that is occurring around us in 2020. It’s rage and disgust exploded onto pages. The contents of the book are in actual fact the opposite of what the majority of the public believes, so I was inspired to write something factual, to prove and to show evidence that we are been manipulated in a gargantuan manner. The criminals that run the world inspired me to write it. And now they are terrified of it. Amazon have already banned it. Because it is the complete opposite of what the official narrative is and, yet still, it is backed up by 100% factual information and documentation that the crimes I say are been committed are actually been committed – as hard as that may be for people to believe is. I was inspired to write it, so people would have a different perspective to what they hear on BBC, CNN , ABC etc. The bombardment of propaganda is too much. People deserve an antidote. And this is it. That is why they want to ban it. It interfere’s in their agenda. I was inspired to write the truth, to expose them and that’s what I have done.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t stop. Hahah. Once I start that’s it. It becomes part of every waking hour. The research can be so consuming. It results in so many late nights and I can’t really help that. I just get so engrossed. That’s more proof that fact is always stranger than fiction. When you start to dig, you soon find there’s the great remnants of a lost civilization underneath you. To use an analogy. As criminal as the people I write about are, they are even worse than any of us can imagine. The corruption and fraud and the deception is so monstrous and large that it never ends. As a result my work never ends. So once I get stuck into a book and start researching and writing, time just disappears.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Well, it’s more that just an influence when I talk about David Icke. I’d always had an interest in the more unconventional subjects lets say. So because of that, I’ve studied and looked at a lot of peculiar topics. But nothing prepared me for The Perception Deception, which was written by David.. It blew me away. I remember just sitting there just staring into space after I read it, thinking ‘what?’. But then the more I thought about what I had read, the more I realized that it was not only probable, but verifiable, and truthfully, it changed how I looked at everything forever. David’s work then led me onto other books. One example is, of course, The Franklin Cover-Up by John DeCamp. Another is The Franklin Scandal by Nick Bryant. That really shocked me, that case. And again, it reinforced my discovery that those in charge and those who are supposedly there to protect us are actually the most evil people you could imagine. Besides that, I would say Quantum Enigma by Rosenblum and Kuttner, but for much different reasons. And of course most of David Icke’s other works have had a big influence on me, especially the work he has done on 9/11. I really loved Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster. The attention to detail in that book is phenomenal.

What are you working on now?
Right now, I’m working on a book which exposes the corruption and brutality of law enforcement in my own country – Ireland. That gives, or it will give, rather, an almost chronological list of the crimes of the Garda Siochana. But man, it’s going to be a big book. Those guys are such thugs and thieves, my God, documented it all is tough. But I want to do it as a honour to my country. Again, the media ignore it. Irish mainstream media are the worst, you know? It’s like North Korea. So, to give people this perspective of what, in actual fact, a fascist, terrorist organization called law enforcement are doing to the country, whether the people want to believe it or want to know about it or not, will be a service I think. Lots of people bury their head in the sand, but I still want them to hear the other side of the story. The side that the media doesn’t tell them.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I do everything on Lulu. Amazon are book burners. And after that social media is normally the best way to promote. But unfortunately they are also becoming book burners. So really word of mouth works a lot. I think if you write a really good book that impacts people, word will spread pretty fast.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Well, if it’s non-fiction – research, research, research And then verify and reference everything.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Ronald Reagan once said ‘ The nine most dangerous words in the world are We’re From The Government and We’re Here To Help’. Hahaha. I can’t decide if you can say that’s advice, but it’s definitely true. So if I’m going to put it in a nutshell, the best advice I’ve ever been given is; don’t trust government, don’t trust authorities. I’ve learned that the most sinister people in the world come from there.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading a great book called Irish Sagas and Folk tales. It’s great. It’s an old book and it’s a collection of the old ancient myths of Ireland. We have such an amazing history where I am from and the book is such a great compilation of the greatest folk tales. Really entertaining. It was put together by Eileen O’ Faolain. Check it out. I’m sure it’s available online.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Exposing corruption, exposing the crimes of those that the media present to us as angels. Continue to show them to be demons. I want to continuing showing them for what they really are. I look at the news today and I see the WHO, the CDC, The Gates Foundation. I hear all these wonderful things about them Yet, as The COVID-19 Illusion shows, they are complicit in some terrible crimes. So I want to continue to do that. I want to document these crimes. I want them to be on paper and read widely by the masses, so that people can see for themselves what is really happening. Maybe then, the idea of letting groups, such as the aforementioned, inject junk into your body or demand you close down your business or whatever the case might be, maybe people will at least think twice. So, I have no intention of stopping. I will continue to show the hypocrisies of the governments and their special interest groups, plus their agencies.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I’d take The Perception Deception by David Icke, The Destruction of the European Jews by Hillberg, 200 Years Together by Solzhenitstyn and The Most Dangerous Superstition by Larken Rose.

 

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a former adult entertainer turned author with 3 published books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Expose Yourself: How to Take Risks, Question Everything, and Find Yourself is my latest book. I was inspired to write this one after attending a free thought convention. I wanted to present some of the concepts I learned there, but with a naughty twist.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write when inspiration hits, which is for me is totally unpredictable.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King was my first love, but I have so many other favorite authors I could never list them all, some of my favorites include Carol Goodman, Steven Pinker, Mary Roach, Gillian Flynn, Dan Barker, Justin Cronin, and Brian Keene.

What are you working on now?
Currently I am working on a fiction murder mystery collaboration.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Twitter and word of mouth

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best way to sell your first book, is to write another – Armand Rosamilia

What are you reading now?
I am currently listening to the audible version of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor.

I am also reading the last book in the Shocker series by Armand Rosamilia and Frank Elder

What’s next for you as a writer?
After 3 non fiction books, I am looking forward to focusing more on fiction, specifically horror and mystery.

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 Stand, Better Angels, Good Omens, and the Demon-Haunted World

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Erin Louis Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
In 2014 I was finally released from a Latin American prison after spending two years in prison on a charge of witchcraft which was eventually dismissed and thrown out of court. But those two years in that shitty hell hole prison ‘La Joya’ certainly did a number on my mental and physical health, that is why it has taken me so long to write this book and hopefully my last, but this nightmare still lives on to this day so who knows, with gods blessing this will be the final chapter and I can move on to live my life with some peace.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called Building Six, why Building Six ? This was the building where you come to die and no one gives a toss, unless you had some money in your pocket before you pass on.
This is place were infections eat you and your bed fellows are convicted 20 year killers and drug lords

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Writing habits, I certainly claim to be no writer and will never be a prolific author.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Arthur Porter book ‘The man behind the bow tie’ – another is ‘The Jolly Roger Social Club’

What are you working on now?
I am working on trying to get myself back to normal then working as hard as I can to be a superman to my kids.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Fiver – Amazon

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Do not go to the Republic of Panama unless you need inspiration to write your own book, my suggestion is go ‘Forrest’ don’t stop, not even for a cruse through the Panama canal.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“I told you so”

What are you reading now?
United Nations ‘Rights of a Child’ and the procedures I have to follow to get my boy, plus reading the Inter-American court of human rights application procedure.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am a carer looking after my elderly mother that in its self is a full time job, but I still have many legal cases to tidy up regarding the torture and ill treatment I was subjected to by the ones charged with my care in the Republic of Panama.

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?
No books on my desert island just BBQ fishing a pair of shorts and thinking of how lucky I was to have survived my ordeal, I came so close to not having this book to share.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first and probably, only! It has taken 35 years to live it and 3 years to write it. I don’t have time for a second one.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I Ran the World. It was the name of an event i founded and staged for Band Aid and UNICEF back in 1985. It turned out to be the biggest mass participation event in history, despite being staged on the same day as Hands Across America in May 1986. 19.8 million took part in 89 countries all at the same time and for the same reason. It raised $35m. (You could buy a t-shirt with ‘I Ran the World’ on the front of it.) I truly believe we can all affect the world we live in – so we should all run the world.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I get very passionate when i write about something I truly believe in. The odd expletive creeps in! I’m sorry.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Many. Sorry its a boring answer but I really do like so many. My writing style may have been influenced by The Heroin Diaries – i loved the writing style of that book. I really enjoy memoirs by people who have really influenced the world in which we live. Long Walk to Freedom is an example.

What are you working on now?
Still trying to change the world! My book finishes with a blueprint for a new (digital world) mass participation event. Its very exciting and I’m working on that as well as my marine conservation project – Earthdive.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Don’t know yet. Just self published and trying to find my way. I hope awesomegang.com might help me. Fingers crossed.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just believe in yourself.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never ever give up.

What are you reading now?
12 Rules For Life by Jordan B. Peterson

What’s next for you as a writer?
Mmmm. . . let’s wait and see what people think of this book

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
How to Survive on a Desert Island by Jim Pipe (never read it but hope it does what it says on the tin). Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts and The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner (it’s been on my list for a long time.)

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Chris Long Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I started writing in high school when I entered a poetry contest for English. I went to the Navy after graduation and began to write poetry and short stories at the end of my enlistment. A lot of my stories back then, came from my raps.

I’ve published nine books. One is a romance, of which I hope to write another one soon. The others are fantasy.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is called The Grand Librarian: The Future Wizards. It is a follow up to The Grand Librarian: Life of an Immortal. Both books are apart of my Hangman Universe, which follows the story of the Hangman, a tragic anti-hero. I got the idea of the Grand Librarian from a good friend of mine, Panhnha Tran. I wanted to add a new element to the HMU, so he suggested magic and wizards. I initially balked at the idea because I didn’t know anything about the subject. But he wrote such an intriguing character, and I had to use it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I believe one of my unusual writing habits is that I write the first chapter, and then I write the final chapter of the book. It helps me stay focused on where I want the story to go and the ending.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
One of the only writers that has influenced me is Stephen King.

What are you working on now?
Right now, I’m working on the eighth book in the HMU series called, The Death Brothers: A Supernatural Awakening. It follows the story of the vampire slayer, Jericho Caine and the demon hunter, Father Tom Padilla. They’ve accepted their roles as the reincarnated Death Brothers and set out on a different adventure in doing so.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I usually let the publishing company handle the promotion part of the book. But now, I have sought out author interviews and Amazon to promote my books.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice for new authors is to just write. When it is time to focus on the promoting aspect of the writing, then focus on that later.

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

What are you reading now?
I’m not reading anything at the moment.

What’s next for you as a writer?
After I finish the HMU, which has three more installments, I want to do another romance novel. Then, I want to finish and publish the follow up to my book Cloning Around, entitled Agent Robert Bassett: Understanding Commonology.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would take Cujo and Carry by Stephen King. And then I’d take my own books. The Hangman, and The Hangman Returns.

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Dee Rose Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well, I’ve only published one book so far but I do have plans to continue the series I am working on. Currently, I have quite a lot of projects, I believe I have fourteen or so other books I have yet to complete. They range from murder mystery thrillers, to full-on fantasy novels. I am a huge fan of everything spooky and supernatural so a majority of my projects are focused around that.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Art of Seduction is my first novel I have ever completed, a lot of my book storylines come from recurring dreams that I have strangely enough. Usually when a dream sticks with me I write it down. I thought it was a really magnificent concept so I decided one night to brainstorm and eventually it sprouted into a novel and then into a series. I gathered a lot of inspiration from the 1900s, I love the look and just the lifestyle. I love the gothic vintage look to everything back then and I have an obsession with everything spooky and supernatural so I definitely gathered a lot of inspiration from horror/thriller movies.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Oh my, I’m quite strange when it comes to writing. Usually I have to be alone when I write because I just get so enveloped in what I’m writing, I can get quite mean when I get disturbed sometimes but I don’t mean too it’s just because I’m really focused. I do really love writing in a quiet room but I live in the city so that’s unlikely, so I usually listen to classical music. Music has a huge influence on what I’m writing so I have a lot playlists.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew with Harry Potter, I was completely obsessed with it growing up. I watched the movies when I was very young and I just loved every part of it. As I got older, just watching documentaries about J.K. Rowling completely inspired me because she went through a lot in her younger years and she worked very hard to get where she is today. Shakespeare is another who inspired me a lot, when I was going through Highschool, we had to study classic literature and I soon became obsessed with Shakespeare, I read everything I could get my hands on, I watched the movies and he became an absolute favourite of mine. Neil Gaiman is another author that has influenced me a lot, I love Coraline, and Stardust is one of my favourite novels of his. Edgar Allan Poe has influenced me a lot as well, the darkness of his poetry is just bewildering and I love it so much.

What are you working on now?
Currently I am working on a Science Fiction novel, I am a huge Science Fiction nerd and I love everything from Star Trek to Star Wars, basically I took all my Sci-Fi movie knowledge from The Matrix, Marvel, and the Alien franchise, that’s only naming a few though, I also gained some heavy inspiration from the show Firefly. So basically I’m trying to write my own Science Fiction novel, so we’ll see how it goes, I’m pretty excited.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Well since I am self-published, I’m not really good when it comes to promoting my book but I do try my best. Currently I have my own website and I’m on Instagram almost everyday. Everyday I’m learning better ways to promote my novel but it all takes time.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice to any new authors or aspiring writers would definitely be not to give up. My whole life I was always put down for wanting to be a writer, nobody believed in me and a lot of people told me I would never amount to anything and that my ideas were stupid and no one would ever want to read my stories. Don’t ever let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do, you have to believe in yourself and when you have your heart set on something, don’t let anyone change your mind. If you are truly passionate about something and believe in yourself, you can do anything.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I’ve ever heard to be honest is that ‘You’re your own worst critic’. Throughout my life I’ve always been really hard on myself and I’m sure others are like that too, I would always negative talk myself and that’s horrible, you should never do that, beating yourself up is not healthy, you should be loving yourself, not trying to tear yourself down.

What are you reading now?
Well, currently I’m in between books. I did just finish ‘The Amityville Horror’, it was really good. I’m also in the middle of packing everything and getting ready to move but I have been meaning to sit back and get some reading done. I was reading ‘Helter Skelter’ for a while. I also have a horrible habit of buying books and never reading them and now that I say it, I feel horrible, I need to take some time out of my day and just relax with a good cup of tea and a book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
What’s next? Oh gosh, I don’t really know, I mean I wish I could see into the future but I hope that I will finish another novel and publish it. I have so many stories I want to share with the world, I want to inspire others to create. I’m really excited for the future even though I’m not sure what it holds, I do hope it is good things and I hope to publish a lot more stories as well.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would probably bring ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare’ with me, probably some of Edgar Allan Poe’s works as well. I would bring Stardust by Neil Gaiman with me, it is one of my favourite books of all time and Neil Gaiman taught me its alright to fail as a writer and that it’s a part of life. Last but not least I would bring Harry Potter with me, The Half Blood Prince was my favourite novel so I’d bring that one with me to a desert island. I should probably keep some room for the essentials of course as well.

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E.V. Browne Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a husband, father of three teens (well, two teens and on who is knocking on the door) and I have been a writer for most of my life. I write mostly short fiction in the horror and dark fiction genres and my work has appeared in three books to date with a fourth being published in September.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Phantoms in the Moonlight (scheduled to be released on September 8) is an anthology that my Second Draft Podcast co-host, Alaine Greyson, came up with. The idea was to create an anthology of Halloween-themed stories that cross genres and utilized the particular focus and talents of the three contributing authors (myself, Alaine Greyson and Marie McGrath).

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know about unusual, but all of my first drafts are hand written in a notebook. The second draft of my story comes about while I am typing out the text into a Word document.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have always been a huge fan of Stephen King and his On Writing book has provided me with great advice and guidance along the way. Outside of the horror genre, Patrick Rothfuss has created some absolutely spellbinding stories that have a way of grabbing hold and not letting go until the last page.

What are you working on now?
I am working on a few short stories and I am getting my head around a series of stories that could potentially span multiple mediums (namely a podcast, a novel and a series of short stories). Once I start that, my immediate future will be spoken for.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have utilized a variety of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to promote the books and I am still feeling my way around to find the best way to market my stories.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Get the first draft down on paper and don’t listen to the inner critic. There will be time to fix the story, patch up the plot holes and get rid of all the repeating words. When you get that first draft done, you have something to work with and that is a great feeling.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It’s never as bad as it looks.

If you only go by how things look the first time you take them in, you’re usually missing the point. Give things time and the tough times can become lessons that will make you and your craft better.

What are you reading now?
Year One by Nora Roberts. I grabbed it from the library before the world screeched to a halt and lo and behold the book is about a pandemic that demolishes the world as we know / knew it. It was tough getting into it just because of the subject matter hitting a little too close to home now, but I’m glad I stuck with it.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing my first novel is tops on my list and as I mentioned earlier I have a big project on the horizon that should be interesting.

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?
On Writing by Stephen King; The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss; and The Diamond Throne by David Eddings would be the three books I would take as they all provide me with great amounts of entertainment, but as long as I had paper and a pen with me, On Writing would get me writing too.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written two books to date. My latest is really my seminal, life’s work. It is the culmination of sixteen years of development, in which I have refined my ideas through a number of manuscript versions. I am also a photographer, or rather a photographic artist, as I am currently interested in composite images that are non-representational. I’m passionate about creativity generally and intend writing a book on the subject, sooner rather than later.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s called “The Liberated Self” and it was inspired by an insight I had in 2004, while reading about transpersonal theory in a book by Ken Wilber called “The Atman Project”. Just why it is that we often deny our needs as individuals (especially in relationships) suddenly became clear to me. It’s actually a kind of ‘anti-egotism’ and its influence over lives can be so vast that I think my book only really introduces the subject.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I normally try to write about half a page each morning, which is generally when I get the most inspiration. I will then often review what I have written in the evening as I find that I’m often my own best (and worst) critic at this time of day.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve been influenced by Carl Jung, whose psychology inspired me when I was a young man. I found Ken Wilber’s books to be useful ‘potted summaries’ of psychological thought and they have increased my understanding of the stages of conscious development. Eckhart Tolle has helped me to appreciate the value and importance of being present, or in the Now as he often refers to it.

What are you working on now?
I’ve just finished editing “The Liberated Self” for the second time, so I’m taking a break from writing. I’ll be going out with the camera, which is just good fun and less intense than writing for me.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I list my books on Amazon. I experimented with Facebook and my own blog, but I’m just not a social media kind of author. I know that’s sacrilegious in terms of the ‘how to’ of being a successful writer online, but I believe my strengths lie elsewhere.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice for new authors is to write. Only by writing (and rewriting) have I been able to develop as a writer to the point where I am generally satisfied with what I produce.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
As per the above. There’s no great secret to writing. If you’re good enough to succeed, sheer bloody-minded persistence and dedication will get you there.

What are you reading now?
I like to read Lee Child for entertainment. He’s a master of crime fiction. I’ve also been reading a book called “Creating” by Robert Fritz, whose concept of structural tension I find interesting.

What’s next for you as a writer?
As I mentioned earlier, my next book will be on creativity and not just that of an artistic kind but in general.

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 a Lee Child book to reread, “The Atman Project” by Ken Wilber and “How to Survive on a Desert Island for Dummies”, if such a book exists.

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