Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written countless short stories and flash fiction pieces but have only completed three novels, the trilogy of Project Awakening.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Awakening was inspired by a sleepless night I spent wrapped in an old quilt, huddled in a closet with my cat and my partner during a particularly scary storm and probable tornado watch. We don’t get that many tornados where we live and it was harrowing, life changing.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I love to start stories – just writing a paragraph and then leaving it there. It feels like shaking hands with a stranger on the street and not knowing if you’re going to bump into them at the coffee shop tomorrow or next year or never.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read anything I can get my hands on and love every story, even the ones that make me cringe. But just sitting down and diving into the minds of Alice Hoffman or Frank Herbert or Rosamund Pilcher always has me coming back for more.
What are you working on now?
I’ve picked up my long-time apocalypse series that I started over a decade ago. I’m thinking about making it into a Vella series and posting it chapter by chapter. But I think this story will be one that’s always in the back of my mind and never out in front.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Word of mouth!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Everyone is unique. Write what speaks to you.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“What would you do if you knew you could not fail?”
What are you reading now?
Malazan: Book of the Fallen, Steven Erikson
Stonefather, Orson Scott Card
The End of the Story, Clark Ashton Smith
The Phoenix and the Carpet, E. Nesbit
Hidden Valley Road, Robert Kolker
The Spellmonger’s Honeymoon, Terry Mancour
What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep writing stories I’d want to read.
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?
Second Nature, Alice Hoffman
Dune, Frank Herbert
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
Author Websites and Profiles
Sarah Connell Amazon Profile