Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a stay at home mom for 26 years. I have 4 children ranging in age from 26 down to 5. I live in southern Iowa and love to travel, read, write,quilt, and cook. This is my first published book. I have written seven in total but in the course of life 5 have been lost.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Shadows of Night is the first in the series and the one available now. I am currently working on the next book Shadows of Light.
I think my children’s love of hearing my stories inspire me to write although it doesn’t influence what my stories contain. That part is purely my imagination.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have to be completely alone when I write and most of the time I write in a notebook by hand while lying down on my bed.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I started reading the Dragonlance series as a teenager and I was hooked from the first book. I have read probably close to 200 fantasy adventure books and love the world’s they create.
What are you working on now?
Shadows of Light is the book in working on now and it is the second book in the Shadow Lords series and will pick up from where the first ended.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is my first book so I’m experimenting with promotions but I have an author profile on Goodreads and on Amazon. I do self promote on Twitter and Facebook too.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Determination. Never give up writing and trying if it’s what you truly love to do.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My husband telling me I could accomplish my dreams and that I just had to believe in myself and keep pushing myself to achieve my goal.
What are you reading now?
Darkmage series, Courtlight Series and rereading R.A. Salvatore ‘s books.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing , (of course,) promoting my books and hopefully more interviews. Shadows of Night (ebook version) will be going on special promotion on June 8th.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
First would be a survival guide, second would be my own book, the third and fourth would be The Lord of the Rings ( complete trilogy in one book) and a Notebook to write in.
Author Websites and Profiles
Barbara White Amazon Profile