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Awesome Author Interviews

Here are some of the awesome authors that have submitted books for you to enjoy. Get to know them and discover their awesome books.

Aaron Wise

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been writing my whole life, but only started publishing in 2013. Since then I’ve written and published over 20 titles, most of them in the horror genre. I enjoyed a surge of interest in my books when I released the 314 trilogy, all three of which continue to sell well.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’m currently finishing up a novel titled, ‘Fascinating Times’ about a coven of witches and warlocks existing in modern times, plying their wares in secret while the world goes on around them unaware of what they’re up to. It was inspired by merging magic with science, and wondering what sort of things we might think of as magical today that will eventually be explained away once we understand them – as well as what we might never be able to explain.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have the hardest time getting going whenever I sit down to write. I often spend upwards of an hour or more futzing about online, watching movie trailers, checking the news, reading emails, and generally convincing myself I’m never going to get down to the business of writing. Then magic happens, and everything starts to flow the way it should.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Steinbeck has always been a personal favorite and major influence. I’ll never forget the effect the ending of Grapes of Wrath had on me, and how it changed my perception of story-telling. It’s not always about the flash-bang, crowd-pleasing finale. Sometimes it’s better to be given something that makes you sit back and contemplate the story once the last page has been read.

What are you working on now?
Fascinating Times. It’s an urban fantasy novel with some deep horror roots.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I do a lot with Facebook, and try to connect with fans there. My family has been trying to convince me that I need to start doing more social media platforms, so I might venture out into those minefields soon.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
There’s never been a better time to try your hand at being an author. Self-publishing used to be a dirty word, but these days it’s a genuine path to success.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write. Write even when you don’t want to. Write even when you think what you’re writing is garbage. Sometimes you’re right, and the project you’re working on is in trouble, but more times than not the act of writing through the struggle will solve the problem.

What are you reading now?
Suffer the Children by John Saul

What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan on doing a few books in my new series, Fascinating Times, and then seeing where the muse takes me after that.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
And I’ll cheat with the last pick by saying The Lord of the Rings since Tolkein originally wrote that as one long book, but it was then turned into 3 by his publisher.

Author Websites and Profiles
Aaron Wise Website
Aaron Wise Amazon Profile
Aaron Wise Author Profile on Smashwords

Aaron Wise’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Amy Abraham


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My first book Killer Desserts came knocking at my door in the form of my neighbour who told me the mind-boggling true story of Udo Proksch. Since then I’ve written two romance novels designed to make you feel warmer than a hot chocolate on a cold winters day – because who doesn’t need a good warm fuzzy feeling? When I’m not writing – I was born in England, in London, to Irish parents but moved to Vienna 12 years ago. I now live in the city with my husband Olivier, my border Collie Fuegos and my one-month-old daughter Rose. When I’m not busy looking after my baby I write, I read lots, research Viennese history, indulge in cakes, and to balance out the cakes do yoga. I give a cake/ history tour of Vienna on the weekends – which I adore.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Killer Desserts. It’s an incredible true story. In 20th-century Vienna, Udo Proksch made dazzling pastries while running the royal confectioners — but he was living a much darker life at the same time. Based on his real-life crimes, Killer Desserts reveals his story of debauchery, seduction, and mass murder.

Spoiler: I thought the police were going to come to my door for googling ‘How would a person have intercourse with a snake’ – the wild things they did in the 70’s!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write when my newborn daughter sleeps, so I’ve developed an usual but necessary focus. It’s true what they say, necessity is the mother of innovation.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Lindsey Kelk’s humour and Louis de Bernières dexterity.

What are you working on now?
Viennese Swirl – a time-travel romance where the protagonist tries to stop both world wars in 19th century Vienna.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Apply pareto’s principle to everything you do: writing and marketing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write to market.

What are you reading now?
The Blind Reader.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Sleep.

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?
50 Spiritual Classics (SNEAKY)
50 Self-Help Classics (I’d need self-help if I were stranded)
New Earth
Jenny Colgan’s The Chocolate Shop in Paris

Author Websites and Profiles
Amy Abraham Website
Amy Abraham Amazon Profile

Adam Stemple


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am the son of a prolific author, so when I say I have written ten novels, it sounds like a very small number to me. People have told me it isn’t, but I have trouble believing them.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is called DUSTER. My first two novels were urban fantasy—which I love—but I grew up reading epic fantasy and had always dreamed of writing one. I’d had a character in mind for many years so I threw him into a world and away I went. Before I knew it, I’d written creation myths for my world, an 1800 year history, family histories of my main characters etc.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I get most of my best writing done between the hours of 1 and 4am while the rest of the house is sleeping. I always listen to music on headphones, but nothing with lyrics in a language I understand. I’ve been diagnosed with severe to moderate ADHD, and the music seems to occupy the part of my mind that is constantly whirring and allows me to concentrate on writing fully.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Sooooooo many. The ones I list are all from my very fallible memory. There are too many and I will definitely forget some important ones.

When I was young: Tolkien, Joan D Vinge, Lloyd Alexander, Ursula LeGuin, Diane Duane, Jane Yolen (my mother), Ann McCaffery. I was pretty voracious reader and still am.

Later in life: George RR Martin, Barbara Hambly, Joe Abercrombie, Walter Jon WIlliams, Lois McMaster Bujold, my Mpls. bandmates Steven Brust and Emma Bull

What are you working on now?
I’m writing the sequel to DUSTER, titled GALLOCH, while editing the first draft of DEED OF EMPIRE, the first book in a brand new epic fantasy trilogy

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Awesome Gang, of course! *shameless pandering* I am not a good promoter but am trying to change. So I’m pretty scattershot right now, trying to determine what works for me. I’ll be sure to report back when I figure it out.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Only listen to people who tell you how THEY write. If someone tells you how TO write, they’re just trying to sell you something.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never piss on an electric fence. If only I had listened.

What are you reading now?
PIRATE HUNTER : The True Story of Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks. I devour history books these days. Knowledge of history can do so much to infuse your secondary worlds with realism and complexity.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Honestly, what I’ve been working on lately is just writing more. I used to be a 500-1000 words a day writer. And there’s nothing wrong with that. But I wanted to do more. SO I’ve been working out and am now regularly writing 2 to 4k a day.

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 refuse to answer that on account of all the poor books feelings I would hurt.

Author Websites and Profiles
Adam Stemple Website
Adam Stemple Amazon Profile

Adam Stemple’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

Barbara Smith


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Barbara Smith is a nonfiction writer posed to homeowners. The owner of the creative post who have written a couple of books. Eco Friendly home and Are you secured?

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book (Are you secured?) Is a book which gives homeowners Tips for maximum protection of their homes.

burglary crimes increases at an alarming rate in the U.S alone, and most homeowners are in need for maximum security.

The book is a complete guide on majority of the tips in handy, of what is needed, and “do it yourself” guides to home security.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Writing for me, comes from the needs of home security owners as I am more geared by the need to increase home comfort.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am my own influence.

What are you working on now?
I am and will continue to seek for new ways to to improve home comfort.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Continue to write about what is you believe in, and the sky is your limit.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Always do what you believe in.

What are you reading now?
I still read Non fiction books by Napoleon Hill.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Working on new books.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill have interest me for sometime now.

 

Lauren Hill

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a young, autistic woman who has loved art and writing since childhood. I have written many stories in my time. But my first book wasn’t published until January 2020. I self-publish on Amazon because I believe in the phrase, “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” I follow the same rule when editing my manuscripts as well. So far, I’ve published two books. But I have many other books coming.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My second and latest book is called, “The Devil’s Sergeant.” I’ve always loved the supernatural. A few years ago, I’ve fallen in love with demonology. I’m not a devil-worshipper, I just love studying these dark entities. It was also during this time when I realized how some people are willing to kill anyone who doesn’t share the same religious views as them. I wrote The Devil’s Sergeant because I want the world to know that people should be judged by their merits and not their faiths.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I’m writing my stories or working on my art, I’m usually listening to music from composers like Adrian von Ziegler and Peter Grundy. In fact, a certain playlist of Adrian von Ziegler’s music inspired the plot of my first book, “Venturing into the Darkness.” I hope to one day share the full story of what inspired this book.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Like H.P. Lovecraft, I was inspired by authors who wrote in the same genres as mine. Lovecraft, of course, was one of the authors who inspired me. Edgar Allen Poe and Steven King are also my idols in writing.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on the manuscript of my third book. It’s a story about an italian mob boss named Giovanni Neri. One night, he’s captured by a demon assassin named Fiamma. He then learns that his father made a pact with Fatal Inferno, an evil gang of demons who plan to take over Italy. Despite his involuntary involvement in his father’s deeds, Giovanni is taken hostage by Fiamma as she ventures through the country to take down Fatal Inferno.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
As of write now, I can’t say that I have either of those. Even as I’m typing this, I’m consulting every website for free promotions. I won’t have a confirmed method until progress has been made.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Becoming a true author isn’t accomplished through college-level education or fancy degrees of any kind. True writing comes from within. Edgar Allen Poe’s writing was forged in the depths of his inner darkness. A series of hapless events in Poe’s life created the foundation of horror in which he built his writing career on. I was in a dark place myself when the inspiration for Venturing into the Darkness came to me. Writing has become an outlet for all of my pain and misery. This is how I learned the true purpose of writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Nobody’s perfect and we all make mistakes. It’s if we realize our mistakes and learn from them that actually counts.

What are you reading now?
The Lesser Key of Solomon. Remember, I do not worship the Devil. I am only fascinated with knowledge regarding demons as I am with all things spiritual.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am trying to promote my books an let the world know of me as an author.

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?
Key of Solomon, The Mysterious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Beowulf, and Dracula

Author Websites and Profiles
Lauren Hill Website
Lauren Hill Amazon Profile

Lauren Hill’s Social Media Links
Pinterest Account

Alan Nettleton


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first. My day job involves developing and promoting innovative and environmentally friendly forms of transport. Having written professionally for many years, I felt it was time to turn the pen (or keyboard) to something more creative, and hopefully inspirational for children.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Space Kids – The Journey of Hope. It originated during a conversation with my daughters about what it would be like if kids could go to space without adults. However, being a bit of a geek, I wanted to make it sound technically feasible. I also wanted to give our main character, Sophie, a real challenge, and so coming to terms with the loss of her father is the sub-plot running through the book.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I actually like writing on my phone using a cloud-based document editor. Predictive text makes it possible to write quite quickly, and I find I can add, polish and finesse sentences wherever I am. Plus, it looks more normal than getting a laptop out wherever I go. Sitting by the canal is a particular favourite spot.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I loved The Martian – a real masterpiece by Andy Weir (and the movie was good as well), and other sci-fi classics like Avatar, Interstellar, Star Wars, Star Trek, etc. I also loved how Stephen Hawkin made very complex science easily accessible to us normal people. I’m trying to do the same for kids.

What are you working on now?
Space Kids 2 is almost finished, and I’m very excited about it. I think it is even more exciting, slightly darker and intriguing. The kids really get challenged in the sequel.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m fairly new to this, so I’m learning very quickly. I have my website: https://alannettleton.wixsite.com/home. I think self-published authors need to just be confident, think big and don’t worry too much about what people might think. I’m still waiting for my retweet from Elon Musk – I’m sure he’ll love it when he gets around to it.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Take advantage of the countless books available on how to write a good story. Don’t by tempted to break all of the rules to do something completely new – follow the tried and tested story plot ideas.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Other than the tips on writing, I think the best book I read is Atomic Habits by James Clear. He talks about setting up an environment so positive habits are easy and negative ones are harder to stumble into. That inspired me to delete silly apps from my phone which were adding little value to my life, spend more time writing and put my running gear near my bed ready for when I wake up!

What are you reading now?
Other than reading stories to my girls, which has involved far too many fairies and talking animals for my liking, I don’t read much, but I do listen to audiobooks whilst jogging and travelling. I’m currently on Homo Deus – A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari. He provides an interesting perspective, and makes you think how little time humankind has been in the ‘civilized’ state that we currently claim to be in, and how quickly technology is changing our world.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Finish Space Kids 2. I’ve also started a funnier kids book called ‘Mum, Aliens have landed in our garden’, and I’ve got quite a few more ideas.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Probably something on how to survive on a desert island! Then, something big to use for a fire.

Or maybe I would take the Martian, as I would probably be in a similar situation!

Author Websites and Profiles
Alan Nettleton Website
Alan Nettleton Amazon Profile

Alan Nettleton’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Twitter Account

Marty C. Lee


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
M.C. Lee told stories for most of her life, but never took them seriously until her daughter asked her to write a particular one. The plotted six chapters grew to an entire novel, and now a series is in progress.

Currently, she writes young adult fantasy as Marty C. Lee. Her future adult fiction will be under M. Cate Lee.

Her characters take over her brain on a regular basis. If you catch her muttering to thin air, she’s probably arguing with one of her characters. She has learned to keep a notebook by her bed to jot down ideas so she can go to sleep and deal with them in the morning.

In between writing and spending time with her family, she reads, embroiders, gardens, and teaches small children at church. She prefers walking over bicycles or cars, because her feet are less scary. (If she walks, she can read at the same time, which is a nice bonus.)

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Unexpected Tales is a small short story collection I created to introduce my world of Kaiatan. There’s one story for each country/race, starring minor characters from my main series, Unexpected Heroes.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No? What counts as unusual in the odd world of writing?

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Oh, so many. I read a lot. I mean, a lot. I used to read an average of 600 books a year. Children slowed me down to 400, and writing my own books knocked me down to 200. But people tell me my books remind them of Ranger’s Apprentice and Chronicles of Prydain.

What are you working on now?
Book 4 in the Unexpected Heroes series, as well as more short stories, both “contemporary” to the series and “fairy tales” set in the past.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read a lot, write a lot, and learn grammar.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Two books of short stories, including fairy tales rewritten to fit in Kaiatan (currently working on Snow White, and Dick Whittington might be next). I’m also pondering expanding one particular short story to a novel because readers keep asking for 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?
That’s not fair. That’s really not fair. But if I really have to choose, I’ll bring my scriptures and then write my own stories.

Author Websites and Profiles
Marty C. Lee Website
Marty C. Lee Amazon Profile

Marty C. Lee’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile

Helena Fairfax


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a British author living in the north of England. Besides writing, I also work as a freelance editor, so my life revolves around books. I have the job I’ve always dreamed of!
I’ve written four contemporary romance novels, a romantic suspense called In the Mouth of the Wolf, and I also put together, edited and published two anthologies about a wonderful character called Miss Moonshine, with stories by myself and eight friends from the Romantic Novelists’ Association.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Besides my contemporary romances, I’ve also written a non-fiction social history called Struggle and Suffrage in Halifax: Women’s Lives and the Fight for Equality. This is part of a series of books set in towns across the UK, which was put together for the centenary in 2018 of the first women getting the vote in the UK.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a rescue dog who suffers from separation anxiety hates to be parted from me. I write every day with her beside me. She’s sitting next to me right now!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Oh, that’s a really tough question. I love Marian Keyes, and also Helen Fielding, Sophie Kinsella, Paige Toon, Jojo Moyes, Mhairi McFarlane… I could go on!

What are you working on now?
I’m working on a follow-on to Felicity at the Cross Hotel. It’s set in the Lake District, in the north of England, and the story revolves around a wedding dress designer.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use Amazon ads quite a lot now, but other than that I don’t really do much promotion. I have quite a few followers on Facebook and Twitter and for my blog and newsletter. I like to speak to readers directly through those outlets.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing is hard work, and getting your book published and in front of readers in many ways is equally difficult. My advice would be not to be discouraged. Keep trying, and don’t let rejection and disappointment get you down. It’s the writers who persevere who succeed!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading Date with Death, by Julia Chapman. It’s a cosy crime set in Yorkshire, where I live, and I’m loving the setting of the Yorkshire moors and the dales.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To finish my novel!

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Oh, this is so hard, too! I’d take Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen; one of Georgette Heyer’s – perhaps The Quiet Gentleman; The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas; Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens. That should keep me going!

Author Websites and Profiles
Helena Fairfax Website
Helena Fairfax Amazon Profile

Helena Fairfax’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

Jacqueline Bance


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Jacqueline Bance grew up on a small dairy farm in southeastern Minnesota where she spent countless hours immersed in detective novels in between farm chores and exploring the bluffs and river valleys. She and her husband currently reside on a hobby farm in Wisconsin where she cares for a small herd of alpacas, goats, and chickens.

From Blossoms to Beehives is the second in the Adventures on Grandma’s Farm series, which is inspired by life on the farm. The animals featured in the stories feature real-life farm animals and the stories are inspired by their antics and occasional escape-artist adventures.

Jacqueline is an information technology professional. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family as well as a variety of hobbies including fiber arts, writing, and drawing

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
From Blossoms to Beehives inspired by the desire to educate children on the importance of bees in the production of food for animals and people.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My stories often come to me in the middle of the night. I find myself grabbing a notebook to jot down ideas and these become the seeds of the stories.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Annie of Green Gables, Nancy Drew mysteries, and the 1000 of other titles I have read over the years.

What are you working on now?
A third book which will tell of the benefits of using solar power to energize the farm.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just learning, but hoping to leverage Awesome Gang along with popular social media outlets including Facebook, Pinterest, Amazon, Twitter, and Instagram.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be authentic and write what comes naturally to you.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep you chin up – things will always be better in the morning.

What are you reading now?
I always have about 5 books going at a time on my Kindle which include business leadership, historical novels, and craft books.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope to continue learning and growing as a writer and illustrator. I’ve found the process of creating and illustrating stories to be extremely enjoyable and therapeutic in these challenging times.

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 book about surviving on a desert island
Art and crafts books
A Yellow Pages book
A book on how to build a boat

Author Websites and Profiles
Jacqueline Bance Amazon Profile

Jessica Glade


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Jessica Glade is a former literature teacher with a Bachelor’s degree. After becoming a mother, Jessica discovered a passion for writing.
She lives in New-York state with her husband and two wonderful children.
I published 1 kids’ book on Amazon for now. And I’ve been working on the new books to make a series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Big Bug who Loves to Hug : Hugs make everything better. Read aloud book for kids 3-5
My 2 kids are the biggest inspiration for me.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
no

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Backyard Bug Book for Kids: Storybook, Insect Facts, and Activities Paperback – September 24, 2019 by Lauren Davidson

How to Catch a Mermaid Hardcover – July 17, 2018
by Adam Wallace

What are you working on now?
I’ve been working on the next books in the same kids’ series and on one non-fiction book about the habits.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t know yet. This is my first book and first promotion.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
I am a new author and looking for the advice.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best marketing tool is to write, write, write the new books.

What are you reading now?
A lot of kids book and my Bible

What’s next for you as a writer?
To create a few series of the kids’ books and to write a few non-fiction books for women and about the parenting.

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 Bible
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Jules Verne, Les Enfants du capitaine Grant (In Search of the Castaways)
Jules Verne, Un capitaine de quinze ans (Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen)
Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

Author Websites and Profiles
Jessica Glade Amazon Profile

Jessica Glade’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile

Robert Deen


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I write for the fun of it, non-fiction books. I’ve written four books because the topics appealed to me, a pretty eclectic mix — a policy book on transportation financing in California, a career guidance book for students considering business communications as a career, and a historical book about one of the most remote and sparsely populated counties in America — Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recent book is “The Boiled Peanut Book.” It is the first and only book entirely devoted to the subject of boiled peanuts, a southern snack that is largely unknown outside the south. Since I now live in the Pacific Northwest, boiled peanuts are extremely hard to come by. The book is designed to be both an introduction to boiled peanuts for the novice, and a guide on how to obtain boiled peanuts outside the south — even if you have to grow and boil them yourself. Granted, it may not be a book for the masses, but self-publishing is an ideal way to do something that I am interested in, without too much concern on the financial aspects.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Some might say that writing about boiled peanuts is unusual. Otherwise I do most of my work in bed. Each morning I prop myself up in bed with pillows and coffee, and spend a couple of hours working.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Frank Herbert (Dune) is my favorite author of all time, and I would say Joseph Conrad influenced my life the most, if not necessarily my writing.

What are you working on now?
I’m focused on marketing The Boiled Peanut Book right now, but I think my next project will be a book about fishing for surf perch on the Oregon Coast.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Book signings at local book stores.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Make sure you enjoy your writing, because it will show.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Choose work that you really enjoy, because disciplined people can do well at things they dislike, but the very best work is always done by people who really enjoy what they do.

What are you reading now?
Dudley Pope’s “Lord Ramage” series about a British naval officer in the 1800’s.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Choosing another topic to create a book about, one that is interesting to me personally.

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?
Lord Jim, Dune, Atlas Shrugged, and The U.S. Air Force Guide to Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape.

Author Websites and Profiles
Robert Deen Amazon Profile

Robert Deen’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile

Om Pandey

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written 2books, and I am a student I recently passout my high school.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book was not a book basically it was just a story which written. And it’s name is “the war of Corona with middle class family”

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki has influenced me to write books

What are you working on now?
I am a student

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Always try to find a new way to modify your story

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Hard work with Smartwork makes life easy and secure

What are you reading now?
The book “zero to one” By Robert Kiyosaki

 

Mark Everglade


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Mark Everglade has spent his life as a sociologist, studying conflict on all levels of society. He wrote Hemispheres to sooth our ideological divisiveness at a time of increased polarization as he explores how our underlying values are more similar than we think, regardless of how we look, act, or vote. An avid reader of science fiction, he takes both its warnings, and opportunities for change, to heart. His previous works have appeared in Exoplanet Magazine and Unrealpolitik.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Hemispheres. The book was inspired by the real tidal locked planet Gliese 581g in addition to the increased polarization in our country, which I hope to minimize by creating a book with complex group dynamics where neither side is all right or all wrong.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, R.A. Salvatore, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll

What are you working on now?
The prequel.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Work together in a dedicated workgroup!

What are you reading now?
Chawlgirl Rising by T.K. Young

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?
Pattern Recognition by Gibson
Snow Crash by Stephenson
Chawlgirl Rising by T.K. Young
Into Neon by Matthew Goodwin (cyberpunk masterpiece)

Author Websites and Profiles
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K. S. Daniels

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Before becoming an author of the children’s book, “Where Is Baby K?”, I was an international educator living in Shenzhen, China. After teaching the Spanish language in Baltimore City for a few years, I decided to accept an offer to continuing providing foreign language instruction to young eager minds in the Far East. I taught Spanish to students ranging from elementary aged to secondary students in an IB program. During my expat and educator years, I had the privilege of traveling to several countries around the world, including, but not limited to Nicaragua, Cuba, Spain, Morocco, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and South Korea.

I have written one book so far.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
In 2019, I welcomed my first child into the world in Shenzhen, China. I knew that we were destined for some amazing adventures. I decided to create a memory book for her first year, as most parents do, and upon planning this memento, I realized this book was something the whole world may read and find joy with. As I want my daughter to continue to thrive in an environment that is linguistically and ethnically diverse, I also see value in promoting the idea of global connectedness, understanding, and compassion for our fellow global citizens. Teaching and traveling alone was the beginning of the journey. Baby K has taken the journey to a new realm, so the plan is to nurture her upbringing and curiosity as we explore the globe together. In the book, parents and children are transformed into her travels during that first year of her life.

Our second book is set to release in late September. Where is Baby K going this time? Stay tuned for the reveal!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wouldn’t call the habit unusual, but I ask my 15 month old daughter for insight into our storyline.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Eat, Pray, Love certainly influenced my life decisions. Paulo Coelho’s book the Alquimista is my all time favorite book. Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novels are a runner up for me. My favorite children’s books to read to my daughter are Night Night, Dino-Snores, In My Nest, and I Love My Hair. My all time favorite children’s books are Where The Sidewalk Ends and The Phantom TollBooth.

What are you working on now?
I’ve started researching the sites and countries for the setting for Where Is Baby K? (book 2)
Also, I continue teleworking for an international school based in China.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social media marketing and international teacher forums and networks.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
The only advice I have for new authors relates to the business side of promoting a book. The sooner one starts with networking and building the platforms for marketing their books, the better.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t sweat the small stuff; It’s all small stuff.

What are you reading now?
True Love by Jennifer Lopez

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’d like to embark on a series of “Where Is Baby K?” children’s books. Also, I would like to produce a novel that encompasses my experience as an expat in China.

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?
El Alquimista, Love in the time of Cholera, Where the Sidewalk Ends/Phantom Tollbooth

Author Websites and Profiles
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June Summers SUMMERS


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m old but not dead yet. At the age of seventy-six, I had my first novel, Let Freedom Ring, published by The Wild Rose Press (2016). Two years later, my second and third novels were released (Before We Fade Away-The Wild Rose Press and A Conflict of Time-Full Moon Publishing, LLC.) In February 2020, my fourth novel, Whatever It Takes, was published by Moonshine Cove Publishing LLC.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Whatever It Takes (What are the odds? Gabe Wakefield is a thief. He is burglarizing the immaculate, suburban home of Dr. Derrick Byrnes, a local podiatrist, and his wife, Denise, when Gabe notices a rank odor coming from a garage closet. Upon opening the door, he discovers an emaciated child clothed only in dirty underwear lying in a fetal position in the midst of filth, excrement, and urine. What should he do? No child should live in such deplorable conditions. Against his better judgement, he kidnaps the child.

WHATEVER IT TAKES is a tense suspense/thriller of 92,300 words. Throughout the manuscript, Gabe, a single guy of twenty-five who works as a stocker in a local superstore, is challenged with how to deal with what he has done. He is hell-bent on bringing down the couple who grossly mistreated the child. But how is that possible when he just committed both a felony and a kidnapping? )

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I write, I actually become the characters in the story. It is as if I am in their world taking part in their challenges and endeavors.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have recently become a big fan of books by Linwood Barclay. I’m not a series writer, nor do I usually read series. I figure at my age I might not be around to read or write the last in a series. A few other authors whose books I enjoy are Harlan Coben, David Rosenfelt, Lisa Scottoline, and Mary Kubica.

What are you working on now?
I recently finished another thriller manuscript called There Was An Old Woman. I am having it professionally edited before I attempt to get it published. My other four books were set in the mythical town of Nawinah, Florida. However, since I’ve moved back to Ohio, this book and another I have just started (1010 Colleda Avenue) are set in Northeast Ohio.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My first three books did well with book signings. However, Whatever It Takes was published weeks before the pandemic, and I had to cancel all my personal signing dates. I have resorted to online publicity.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up. It took me three attempts to get my first book published.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I’m not sure of this. I’ve lived a long time and have had advice given to me by so many people. Some of that advice turned out to be garbage. Some of it was phenomenal. So now when I’m given advice, I wait; I test it; and if I find it truly works, I accept it. I have become skeptical in my old age.

What are you reading now?
The Chain by Adrian McKinty

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will continue to write more books for as long as I can. I have a backlog of ideas waiting in this brain of mine. Whether or not I’ll be able to put them on paper before my eyes or heart gives out, remains a question.

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 probably decide to bring on of Linwood Barclay’s series. Then I’d know I’d have a chance to read them from the first through the last.

Author Websites and Profiles
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Olive Neil Noseworthy


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Olive Neil Noseworthy, renowned inspirational speaker, is an author who has dedicated her life to helping others.

Olive professes to be a spiritual medium, who is blessed with spiritual gifts, including the gifts of clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, telepathy, psychometry, remote viewing, spiritual healing, past-life regression and the gift to make contact with loved ones who have died and who have crossed over to the Other Side. The other extraordinary gift she possesses to have is the rare ability to make contact with missing children and missing adults, and donates her time and special abilities to this great cause.

She is the founder and Executive Director of the Olive Angel Foundation, a non-profit organization, which is dedicated to help find missing children and missing adults; The Olive Branch, an organization established to promote love and peace throughout the world; and, Olive Seminars, and has given numerous presentations, such as, A Past-Life, A Trip to The Other Side, and Guardian Angels.

Olive is currently writing her second book, On The Wings Of The Blue Butterfly, which is also an extraordinary true story. She has also embarked on writing her third book, The Blue Butterfly Diet and Cookbook. After being diagnosed with Hashimotto’s Disease and then Cancer and needing surgery and treatment, she concluded that there is a hidden pandemic throughout the world with the different diseases, yet, she claims that she is living proof that it all can be prevented and beaten!

For further information regarding Olive, please visit her at: www.facebook.com/oliveneilnoseworthy
Email: oliveneilnoseworthy@hotmail.com

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Secrets of My Soul. My Guardian Angel, Gabriel, spoke to me and told me I was to write this book.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dr. Brian Weiss

What are you working on now?
My second book, On The Wings of The Blue Butterfly.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Follow your dreams!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“It is necessary for the people of the Earth plane to learn; for many have faltered. Go, my child, in peace and love; and always remember your greatness.”

What are you reading now?
I am not reading anything right now because I am busy writing my second book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To have my second book, On The Wings of The Blue Butterfly, published and then to write my third book, The Blue Butterfly Diet and Cookbook!

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?
Books by Dr. Brian Weiss and my own books.

Author Websites and Profiles
Olive Neil Noseworthy Amazon Profile

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Noelle Nelson


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a psychologist, trial consultant and author. This is my 15th book. All of them focus on empowering individuals to be happier, healthier and more successful in their personal lives, at work, at home and in relationships. I’m a monthly contributor to Sixty & Me and regular guest on HitchedMag podcasts. I’m also a screenwriter with “My Daddy Is In Heaven,” which was released in 2018.

I received my education from the United States International University, the University of California at Los Angeles and the Sorbonne, Paris.

My books include The Power of Appreciation: The Key to a Vibrant Life, Your Man is Wonderful, and Happy Healthy…Dead: Why What You Think You Know About Aging Is Wrong and How To Get It Right. My interest in happy, healthy longevity led to the Facebook page, @MeetTheAmazings, which celebrates dynamic, thriving, inspiring 60+ers.

Whenever I can I indulge in reading and travel, but my true passion is dance, from jazz dancing to ice-dancing, to square dancing, and my greatest joys—ballet and ballroom.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“I Survived COVID-19, What Now?! Finding Happiness and Success in a Post COVID World”

Everything is different now. The future is so uncertain, How are we supposed to live and love and just plain survive when everything is upside down and backwards? It can feel positively overwhelming.

But what I realized is that maybe, just maybe, we can turn what we learned about ourselves during these long months of quarantine, about how we think and work and dream, about how we function in relationships with our family, friends, or the world at large—into something good, something positive.

Maybe we can use this global reset as a way to go forward into individual, personal greater happiness, health and success.

All it takes is our willingness to move forward instead of backward, to embrace the lessons that emerged for us in this time of forced introversion. To come at life a little differently. With, say, optimism. Positivity. A belief in the possibility of good things happening. A willingness to say “thank you” to Life regardless of its bumps and hurdles.

Study after study show that optimists, those with a positive, appreciative, forward thinking take on life—thrive. Pessimists do not. Optimism doesn’t mean going around with a “glass is half full” mentality. It’s much more. Optimism means making the best of what is. Optimism is an expansive perspective, an opening towards possibilities and opportunity. Optimism means choosing deliberately to see how things could work out, what might be a better way, what resources or help might be available. To see the good in our lives.

Good happens all the time, in every corner of the globe. Whether it’s José Andrés rushing in to feed the world’s hungry, front-liners giving their all 24/7, or perfect strangers coming to the aid of someone in need, the more we recognize and appreciate the good in all, the happier we get, the longer we live, and the healthier we are. All it takes is a shift in attitude.

“I Survived COVID-19, What Now?! Finding Happiness and Success in a Post-COVID World” is designed to give you insights and inspiration as to how to accomplish this powerful life-enhancing shift. It provides you with strategies, tips and techniques for how to find the positives in life despite awful/painful circumstances, along with examples of real people who have done just that. It’s easier than you might think, and the rewards in terms of your happiness and success will truly be remarkable. Welcome to your brave new world post-COVID-19!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write constantly. Love it.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Louise Hay “Heal Your Life”
Wayne Dyer “Excuses Begone!”
Stephen Covey “The Seven Habits of :Powerfully Effective People”

What are you working on now?
I’m working on my next book. My home was destroyed in the 2018 wildfires that swept through Southern California. It’s about going through that terrible few days, the amazing people I met along the way and the recovery process.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
AwesomeGang.com of course, but also GoodReads and Amazon.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find the story within you and start writing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stay optimistic even during the most difficult times.

What are you reading now?
Ron Chernow “Hamilton”

What’s next for you as a writer?
Besides writing my next book, I’m also preparing my next screenplay.

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?
Elizabeth Peters & Joan Hess “The Painted Queen”

Author Websites and Profiles
Noelle Nelson Website
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Oshea Wright


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a author of the romance, drama, comedy, and horror genres. I have been writing stories since the beginning of 2014, and I love the job that I do. Many of my books come from things that I notice. Strippers are People too was developed based on a meeting I had with a stripper at a strip club. As I began to feel that she was working a job that didn’t suit her, this amazing idea was blossomed into my mind, which, I then turned into a book. A New Kind of Relationship was blossomed into my mind when I talked to a female of a Caucasian descent. Her parents weren’t up to her dating a man of an African American descent, and that experience was made into a story. I have created a lot of other books off of imagination. Such as, The Transformation. “A veterinarian tries to help dogs get over their sicknesses. So, he makes a cure, but, that cure turns him and the dogs into werewolves, then, a killing spree begins!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book i’m working on is Dj Cupid. It’s inspired by relationship problems.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Walter Dean Myers

What are you working on now?
Dj Cupid

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AO%27Shea+Wright&s=relevancerank&text=O%27Shea+Wright&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing, just do it, and edit it after you write it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Just f****** do it.” Dan Pena

What are you reading now?
My stories

What’s next for you as a writer?
What’s next is making some sells.

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 Father in Law, True Love does Exist, The Baseball Killer, and It’s a Funny Story Actually

Author Websites and Profiles
Oshea Wright Website
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David Kprake


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
David Kprake is an African creative writer from Nigeria. In 1991 he was a councillor in the Warri South Local Government with the rank of a minority leader. In 2011 visited Egypt and Israel on tour. When he was a kid, he enjoyed the fairy tales and folklore that his mother told him and his siblings. These fables usually loaded with morals and values which differs from the present-day pastimes of computer games, internet, and televisions filled with crimes and violence. Parents are encouraged to read these stories to their children while they are young to inculcate in them good morals as depicted in these stories.
He started his writing career in the ’80s. The Monkey with Seven Tails is his first-ever published work. His bestselling titles are the LITTLE DAVID SERIES which includes: LITTLE DAVID AND HIS FLYING UMBRELLA; LITTLE DAVID AND THE THREE ANGELS; & LITTLE DAVID AND THE SEVEN GIANTS. Other of his books include Ayuwa and the Wicked Queen; The Circumcision; The Tortoise and the Cricket; The Greedy Python & Other Stories; & Tiny Mosquitoes. All published as eBooks in various retailers. His tales are often characterized by animals that play tricks on each other and ends up with dire consequences to the evildoer. Of such stories are The Tortoise and the Cricket; and The Circumcision. They centred on teaching morals to readers.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Zero Capital Self-publishing Secrets: How to publish eBooks & paperbacks on over 20 publishing companies without a dime.
My inspiration to write this book came by the strong desire to help indie authors to overcome the struggles I went through over the years to publish my books in different platforms worldwide.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
None. Writing comes naturally through inspiration and studying.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My primary influence to write books was from Prof. Wole Soyinka’s poem, Telephone Conversation, and S.M.O Aka.

What are you working on now?
A crime series titled: Troubled Minds.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
To become ‘a bestseller’ takes time and patience. So, keep on writing and promoting your work.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
‘if you want to be great, be a thinker’ Pst. David Ibiyeomie

What are you reading now?
SUPERNATURAL ABUNDANCE BY DAVID IBIYEOMIE

What’s next for you as a writer?
promoting and promoting my books and writing more books.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Firstly, the Bible, the troubled mind manuscript that I am currently working on and the book that I am currently reading ‘supernatural abundance’.

Author Websites and Profiles
David Kprake Amazon Profile
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Blakely Buckles


Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I love photography, small towns, and travel. These passions inspired my debut novel, The Lost Moments.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My debut novel is The Lost Moments. It’s inspired by an idea I had one day while waiting in a car. Boredom does wonders for writers.

I was working on a series of books for children at the time, but this idea just wouldn’t go away. I finally committed to writing it. I hadn’t planned on a series, but I’m in love with my characters now. I can’t wait for their next chapter.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I do prefer to have music playing while I write. More often than not it’s ’70s soft rock or ’80s tunes. I suppose that might be a little unusual.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I really love Jane Austen, Mitch Albom, Stephen King, Nicholas Sparks, Sophie Kinsella, Jen Lancaster, and Helen Fielding.

What are you working on now?
Right now I’m working on two sequels to The Lost Moments. I don’t want to give too much away (spoilers), but one takes a deeper look at some events in a character’s ancestry . The other book follows a character off to college. Both will be suspense novels.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I love Twitter. It’s the best place to keep up with me. You can find me there @blakelybuckles.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up. I’ve always been a late bloomer, and staying true to that nature, I am publishing this book while I’m in my 40s. This is just the beginning of my career as an author, and I have no regrets about pursuing my dream now. It is never too late.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Follow your instincts.

What are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading DIY MFA. As for fiction, I just watched Holes again today. My niece first told me about that movie and book when she was a young girl. It’s next on my reading list now.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Right now I’m focused on building my author platform. I will obviously also be spending a majority of time of the two sequels, and I hope to release the first within 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?
Bridget Jones’s Diary, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Pride and Prejudice, and Jaws.

Author Websites and Profiles
Blakely Buckles Website
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