Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi, I’m Kristy from the UK.
I’ve just completed my ninth book. I have always written short stories and poetry. I went to university to study acting which I loved, but my real passion has always been writing. So, now I write the kind of stories I would have wanted to read as a teen. “Kiera’s Quest-Awakenings” is my first e-book. There are four in the series, ‘Sacrifices,’ ‘Perceptions,’ and ‘Choices.’ (Muse It Up Publishing.)
My YA contemporary romance book, “Just Sam,” Is available on Amazon in print & on Kindle, as is my YA/NA fairy-tale retelling, “Cinderfella.”
I’m currently working on the final part of my YA Paranormal Romance series. “Summer’s End,” book one, and “Summer’s Lost” (2) are again with ‘Muse It Up Publishing.’
I have two teenage sons who inspire me daily. I’m a big fan of fantasy and love a super hero movie.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Summer’s Time is the third and final book in my paranormal romance series. I dreamt of the lead male character, Alex. When I awoke I could still see him so clearly, I had to write him.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write everything by hand before I type it up, not sure why!
I also like complete silence, but to get inspired I listen to lots of music. muse, James Bay and Ed Sheeran are on loop at the minute!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many! J.K Rowling got me back into writing after a long time away from it.
I love Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and Fallen by Lauren Kate, these inspired Summer’s End.
The Lux series and Selection series, The Mortal Instruments…
I also like John Green and Nicola Yoon.
I think every book inspires in some small way.

What are you working on now?
At the moment I’m revisiting my middle-grade fantasy series KIERA’S QUEST, rewriting and updating, since it was my first ever book series (so long ago) I want to get it to a better level of writing.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use Goodreads a lot because you can chat to readers in groups etc. It’s a great site where everyone has one major love in common.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never give up. Edit and re-edit! And don’t let rejection or a negative review stop you!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep going, someone out there will love your book as much as you do.

What are you reading now?
I’m just about to start Daisy Jones and the Six.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have about eight new story ideas in mind, but I’m thinking of writing another contemporary one as I’ve been writing my paranormal romance series for the last three years and need a change.

What is your favorite book of all time?
That’s a hard one.
I’ll cheat and say I always recommend “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night -time,” by Mark Haddon, because it’s so unique.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in Buckinghamshire, with my partner Ollie and two scruffy dogs Izzy and Belle. I grew up in Borehamwood, part of a large and loving family, the youngest of seven chaotic, funny, siblings, and have five grandchildren.

I’ve been writing since the age of ten, and have a bottom draw brimming with ideas. PLAYING MUM is my debut fiction novella and the first of many to come… I’ve just completed a memoir and another novella. A comedy, both in the editing process.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Playing Mum was inspired by my two sons when I was struck down with the flu. Seeing my 14 year old ‘try’ to be a parent was the funniest, scariest thing it made me ponder, what if…… and so Playing Mum was created

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t have any habits other than once I start writing I find it hard to stop. I don’t eat, or drink, or answer the door, or go to the toilet 😀

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen King James Herbert JK Rowling

What are you working on now?
It’s a crime fantasy fiction novella about a man who has precognitive dreams

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Engaging with people through social media

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be afraid to talk about it, to everyone you know as these will be your biggest supporters, visit libraries, ask if you can do an author talk and discover local books clubs and as them to read it

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A writer writes

What’s next for you as a writer?
I have written a memoir, 2 novellas, about to start the third when that’s done I’m having a break for a month to travel, a change of mental scenery, before starting the next book.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The Rats – James Herbert

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Elizabeth Coffey Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first self- published book, avaiIable now on Amazon.
I am on a mission with my passion, to serve others by sharing information that transformed me, to align myself with my own inner wisdom and empowerment! Knowing how I felt just a few years ago, if I can help others pull themselves out of that helplessness of depression and feelings of unworthiness It had served a purpose. Then my journey through the darkest of nights was worth the walk!

I know All around the world there are many women and men that feel stuck in the lives they are living, believing in their thoughts that this is as good as it gets for them. Acting as a victim in their own lives and just allowing their own powers to be depleted, without even realizing it!

If this is you, then right now in this moment I ask that you tell yourself that I LOVE YOU, I AM WORTHY, I AM READY TO TAKE BACK MY ENERGY THAT SERVES ME!

When I first started writing again it was for me, as it has always been. I have always loved writing, my passion for expressing myself through the written words started as a young child writing short stories or poems. In my teenage years my forms of writing evolved, into creating song lyrics to sing for myself as an aspiring artist back then. Being an adult, my passion is still writing, I love to sing, as well as expanding my consciousness with knowledge, distilled with wisdom!

Somehow, I always let life get in the way, I came up with excuses after excuses of why I couldn’t accomplish anything. I had a martyr’s mentality when it came to my four daughters and my husband, using them as my best excuse of all, while I programed myself into that belief. It came to the point I felt I was being suffocated by my own thoughts, asking myself while screaming out to God, Source of the universe, WHO AM I? Self-blame, lack of confidence, lack of personal boundaries had me feeling as though I was living in a cage at the zoo, with no freedom to choose how to live my life!

That is when I decided it was time to find my old friend my pen, together we would psychoanalyze this mess! There has always been an essence about writing that is freeing as well as intimate. Allowing your soul to speak, reminding you of your authentic self along with the experiences you came here to have.

when taking the time to sit down with your pen, allowing your inner being to align with focus you can dive deep into your consciousness. Exploring all the different aspects of your beingness. Journey to places yet to be seen by your eyes! Allowing yourself to feel your own emotions, also understanding others around you, when you open up your heart!

You get to experience the different perspectives, teaching yourself as you write to understand the bigger picture. Most of the time it brings clarity to your awareness of yourself and of others! Having the perspective of the observer is the most amazing gift you can give to yourself. Being able to look at the bigger picture in the scheme of things around you. Knowing that at each layer of the experience, someone is seeing something totally different then you are aware of in the same exact scene.

As you can clearly see, I could write all day! I appreciate you taking the time to read, thank you sending you all many blessings!

Remember every day that you are dearly loved, appreciated and blessed by the whole source of God and the universe!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book, Aligned Thoughts Remembering your connection within
It is a poetry book I was inspired to write, with my own source within. In hopes of helping others to their own voice of self-Empowerment, self-Love, self-Compassion & awareness as well of others. I took my own journey through the dark nights of the soul & came out into the light. I faced my fears of publishing, my thoughts & very raw emotion in order to help others that maybe going through the same pain & darkness to be a flicker of light in hopes of finding their own!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I enjoy writing on my garden swing in the spring, summer & fall. It’s a perfect quite creative place away from my 4 beautiful daughters, whom I adore but can’t focus with them always asking mommy for something Hahahahah. Now that we are snowed in, I might have to start writing in my bathroom on top of the dryer! Hey, I’ll never forget to switch the laundry over that way!

My preferred method of writing is pencil in hand. I feel that as a writer the feelings are expressed from the heart, they flow to the mind that produces the words, that moves the hand, that glides the pencil over the paper, that expresses the raw emotions so we can rest easy again. With a clear mind & a joyful heart!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I would have to say my biggest influences came from my favorite childhood Authors. I loved the imagination of C.S. Lewis My favorite series was the Alice & Wonderland & Through the looking glass. I loved his Chronicles of Narnia series, The Lion the Witch & The Wardrobe.
Another favorite would be Roald Dahl his books were so fun imaginative & engaging. His books Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, The Witches, Matilda & my personal Favorite The BFG!
I adored Dr. Seuss read all his books & still do with my own children teaching them how to read. The rhyming & simple word play he used fascinated me, so I wanted to play with words too.
As I got older my 4th grade teacher, whom I dearly love Mrs. Frost introduced me to, The great poet Robert Frost! I truly fell in love with his vision & the emotion he pulled from me with his words.
Let’s not forget Mark Twain, his books Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. My uncle read them to my cousin and I, when I was young, every night before bedtime. These are very special memories during a time when My mom & I had no place to live, he opened up his home to us until mom got back on her feet.
Last but by no means least, William Shakespeare of course 😊 My mom would read his works to me. He is one of the best deep conscious writers of all time! In my opinion. There are many others I must stop, these are at the top of my list.

What are you working on now?
As of now I am working on a Novel still, they take so much more time Hahahahah! That’s why I enjoy the flow of poetry & writing lyrics, it’s like the breath in my lungs, the blood in my veins the words are always there. I wish it was like that when I sit to write my Novel, it would be done by now.
My new work in progress is a fantasy, esoteric, mystic type book & it has a mind of its own!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I find using Twitter has been a great way to get the word out, but I am all to new at promoting my book to give advice.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My best advice, have fun, enjoy the process, let it flow & breathe!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My Meme gave me a saying everyone knows, live, love, laugh & just breathe.

My mom always told me to never feed the fire, best advice I did not take until I was older & wiser.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I go with the flow, write when I am inspired & follow my intuition, it never lies!

Author Websites and Profiles
Hetza E. Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am passionate about neuroscience, neurobiology of trauma, and intersecting faith and spirituality for wholistic healing. The reason I write so passionately is to bring all these elements together for transformation and personal growth. I have written 1 book of my series. Books 2 & 3 are in process.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Picking Up The Shards
I was in search of personal healing; emotional, psychological , physical and spiritual healing. Part of my healing journey was through writing my story! My story doesn’t own me any more. I own my healed story– broken life restored.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I put all my thoughts down after I turn a timer on. I empty my mind onto paper. I step back and look at what I wrote down. I look for themes or ideas that stand out. I see that my core theme develops as I sift through all my thoughts. Then I outline my book. Once I have a general framework, I build on that.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read anything that interests me. But I mostly read books around trauma, healing, faith, spirituality and stories of personal transformation. Dr. Henry Cloud and John Townsend are a couple of my favorite authors. I have too many to list.

What are you working on now?
I am writing book 2 of this current series. I hope to publish in 2020.
I am also working on a children’s book.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I collaborate with other authors n joint promotions. I also post my discounted book on websites like yours.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Consistency is key! It leads to creativity. Our brains respond to consistent writing, that then creates the habit of writing. Life happens, but finding at least 15 minutes to think about and write down ideas onto a page helps. I even write in carline while waiting to pick up my kids from school. If you can’t type while on the go, then speak and record your thoughts. You can always transcribe them onto paper later! Don’t let anything get in your way. Spend some time quieting yourself; meditate or pray before you start your writing process. If you can’t think of anything, read what you have already written. It will spark new ideas and creative thoughts.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write every day!

What are you reading now?
The E-Myth Revisited

What’s next for you as a writer?
Keep moving forward with book 2 in my series.

What is your favorite book of all time?
I love the boundaries series by Dr. Henry Cloud.

Author Websites and Profiles
Anita Oommen Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Taryn Feldmann is an author and university student. She’s studied journalism, creative writing, and Archaeology. Taryn has always been fascinated with the ancient past and is an ancient astronaut theorist. She believes aliens exist and that there was an alien connection with ancient civilisations. She likes mermaids and fairies and loves to write about ancient myths. When she’s not writing novels, Taryn likes to binge-watch shows on Netflix and watch Ancient Aliens. She lives in Adelaide, Australia with her fiancé and cat, a blue Burmese named Bronte. I’ve written three books.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Worlds Meet. My passion for god mythology of the ancient Greeks. God of sea, air, fire and earth. I love mermaids and developed an idea of a merman being half merman and alien. Basically my research inspired me and the TV documentary show called Ancient Aliens.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I sometimes write a chapter at 2am in the morning and that’s when I get my good ideas.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Wilbur Smith inspired me with writing an adventure theme novel and Peter F Hamilton for science fiction. They influence my writing because my themes are mixed with adventure and science fiction.

What are you working on now?
I’m busy with my third book in my series and after that I will be writing a fantasy novel about four witch sisters who have to fight evil.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Any book promotion site or blogs. I also like to promote on Facebook and Twitter.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up. If you have an idea put it on paper and let the ideas flow.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t give up.

What are you reading now?
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F Hamilton.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Publishing part three of my book series. Continue writing my medical romance and writing my fantasy novel.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Message from Nam by Danielle Steel.

Author Websites and Profiles
Taryn Feldmann Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an amateur writer and artist who seeks to be Malaysia’s next Tolkien, because why not?

So far, I have finished on book, and am now writing two more.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is “Unicorn Farmhand”: it was based on a written assignment that I used while I was studying ICGSE English.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I could have a habit of playing around with existing tropes, and sometimes I can be incoherent. Sometimes, I also try to make my stories seem random and weird.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Although Tolkien and GRR Martin are among the major literary influences of my books, their content was mostly inspired by Internet memes, Friendship is Magic, Warhammer 40,000, mythology, Near East history, and Raxxo’s animations.

What are you working on now?
I am working on making more drawings and videos of my voice acting.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I send my books to free book promo websites, or share them to book promo groups on Facebook.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Try to think of how your main characters experience their situations, and how each of them would react.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Many people have taken their ideas to the grave”.

What are you reading now?

What’s next for you as a writer?
Now, I am looking for a job to support my income, and it’s even more difficult without a bachelor’s degree.

What is your favorite book of all time?
If I have any favourite books, it would have something to do with the official novels for the Star Wars Original Trilogy.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jian Fong Samuel Yaw Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I have coached and mentored many people over a long period of time and have found it rewarding and inspiring. I named the book Uncommon Sense because while much of what is in it should be known by most people that want to improve their position in life, it is not often seen/known or followed. I expose the secrets of charting a different course for life.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I enjoy laying my work out in a simple, logical format, The book has three sections – an overview of the approach, a deeper dive into the approach, and lastly a number of exercises that can be completed to make it practical in your life.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Oh so many! Jim Rohn, John Maxwell, Michael Gerber, M. Scott Peck, Ed Cole, Robert Kegan, Richard Boyatzis, C.S. Lewis, Bob Buford, Robert Cooper, Peter Drucker, James Allen, Gary Chapman, Zig Ziglar, Catherine Marshall, A.W. Tozer, Patrick Lencioni, Arbinger, John Gottman, Robert Fritz, David Rock, Nancy Kline, Kevin Cashman, Carol Dweck, and many. many others!

What are you working on now?
A new book on self-coaching.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My website and I get great results from Amazon advertising.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Get it done and make sure you use a good editor and final copy edit. Don’t skimp on the cover. Amazon KDP makes publishing a paperback and eBook extremely simple with no charges by them. Market, market, market!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My book coach, who was extremely valuable recommended that I do not one, but at least two edits on the book. I used not two, but three editors at different phases of the book and have had excellent reviews so far.

What are you reading now?
Platform by Michael Hyatt

What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing and blog publishing.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The bible!

Author Websites and Profiles
Bill Abbate Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m the editor of Unicornhunting.blog and this is the first book of a series which will teach people all they need to know to be the kings of swing.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Unicorns & How to Hunt Them: Your Guide to Scoring Threesomes Like a Boss

It was written because I felt like I was having to tell people the same things 100 times a day. I was tired of the bad threesome pick-up approaches. All the women I know were. So I wrote a book to teach people how to do it better.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am a compulsive writer- I’ll rattle words out when I feel inspired

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many! But I’m not sure which ones I’d quote in this context

What are you working on now?
Unicorns’ Revenge: a survival guide for single women on the swing scene

Also a guide for single men on the swing scene and a guide on how to host your own swinger parties.

Unicornhunting.blog continues with all sorts of issues, and is of course, free and completely non-commercial

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Good question!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Do what you love. Writing it is the easy part. Don’t be too precious with your creation.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never take men too seriously

What are you reading now?
A travel guide to Oxford

What’s next for you as a writer?
Always open to new adventures- we will have to see! I’d like to do some more professional content writing around sex and sexuality for other sites and magazines

What is your favorite book of all time?
Small Gods

Author Websites and Profiles
Alice Hunter Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a practicing psychologist and a young mother. Therefore, the topics that interest me most are everything related to the upbringing and development of babies. I myself develop a variety of activities and want to share them with my readers. Also in my books, I write about the problems of raising children. In the near future, I will also consider the psychological problems of adults. I want to share my experience with readers and help them as far as I can. In addition, I am very fond of cooking, so expect numerous collections of recipes!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My son inspires me to write all my books about children and for children. My last book is an activity book for children from 1-year-old “COGNITION”.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No, I didn’t notice anything like that.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
My motherhood, my family and my patients have influenced and continue to influence me.

What are you working on now?
I have a private psychological practice.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just starting to promote my books. I chose the website pretty-hot.com because I heard very good reviews from my friends.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write only if you cannot help but write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Write.” This was said by my husband.

What are you reading now?
I decided to re-read the cycle of books about the ants of Bernard Verber.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Live, get new experience, share it and my new ideas with my readers.

What is your favorite book of all time?
It’s the Pismovnik (“Letter Book”) of the Russian writer Shishkin.

Author Websites and Profiles
Olga Kich Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I live in Northport, Alabama with my wife, Terri, and two sons. I have written three novels. The first two never saw the light of day, but I did learn a lot about writing a novel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My debut novel “Souls Harbor” really just came to me one morning and demanded to be told. Sometimes I get ideas from writing prompts, or just every day things I see or hear.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I kick things around in my head for a while, sometimes years. But when I sit down to write it doesn’t matter where or when I do it.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Of course, the masters like Hemmingway, Walt Whitman, Truman Capote, Hitchcock, are influenced to us all, but I really love Anthony Doerr and Ken Follett right now. Doerr is amazing. I love his writing.

What are you working on now?
Right now I’m editing my second novel “A man with no eyes”. I finished the first draft earlier in the year and will work on that most of 2020 with a possible release coming in early 2021.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have a pretty big facebook following, and I use twitter. I do not have a giant budget, but I have paid for some ads and services.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. No matter what. My first two novels never went beyond a desk drawer, but I learned a lot just writing them. Writing is a craft.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t worry that people might not like your work. If you don’t write it, no one will ever have a chance to like it.

What are you reading now?
Anthony Doerr’s “The Shell Collector” for the second time.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To just continue to write and put myself out there.

What is your favorite book of all time?
To kill a mocking bird. It was so real, so simple, but very moving. Being southern, I’m drawn to southern writers.

Author Websites and Profiles
John Ryland Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an ordinary girl, even though my mum would say ‘extraordinary’, constantly day dreaming about books I have read or books I am writing. Although I’m only twenty, I have loved, lost, battled with depression, healed my broken heart and have many more adventures I’m passionate to share. If you see any jargon in my writing that will be either my Essex slang or my furball Angel, pawing away at the keyboard asking for a little more attention.

fun fact, I’m obsessed with the colour pink and chia lattes.

I have written one book called, Once a Year, By Charlotte Rose. I am currently writing book two of the sequel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Once a Year, by Charlotte Rose.

The story, Once a Year starts on a beautiful Greek island, called Poros, where I go every summer with my family, So it was inspired by my own life, I would say it’s 50% reality, 50% fiction. My book was originally a self help diary, a way of me coping in a difficult time of my life, allowing me to express my emotions. I never planned for Once a Year to be a book, let alone being published to the world! What gave me the push to publish Once a Year was, my passion to help other young people, who are struggling with similar issues, to be their hand to hold.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not sure if it is unusual, but I take breaks and when a say breaks, that could be a month long break. If you’re blocked, it’s a sign to stop writing for the time being! There’s no point sitting and forcing words out, because you won’t believe in what you’re writing. Inspiration will come again at the right time.

Also, I write my notes on a pink pad, with a fluffy pink piggy pen.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
‘The Way I Use to Be’ by Amber Smith, is my all time favourite book. I was lost for words, this book is one of the most powerful books I have ever read. This story is so delicate and raw with deep emotional. I don’t cry at books but I cried at this, I got angry, I got sad I felt every emotion my body was capable to feel. I don’t even know if I would call it a book, it’s as if I was holding a heart or a broken soul, I cradled this book and when I was finished I didn’t want to put it down.

What are you working on now?
I am currently writing the second book of the, Once a Year, sequel, I have not yet chosen a title.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook, this social media has young to old, it has groups for everything.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what your heart wants to write. I never actually set out to write my first book, it’s not something that can be forced. Believe in what you are writing and just go with it, never give up.

If someone says you can’t, prove you can. You can achieve anything you want, if you apply yourself. I’m dyslexic and have struggled throughout my life. I don’t think anyone believed I could write and publish a book until I did, so if I can, you can.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Go with the flow.

What are you reading now?
I’m not, I have hit a wall trying to find a book right for me to read.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully for Once a Year to reach many young people, to inspire and help them.

What is your favorite book of all time?
‘The Way I Use to Be’ by Amber Smith, is my all time favourite book. I was lost for words, this book is one of the most powerful books I have ever read. This story is so delicate and raw with deep emotional. I don’t cry at books but I cried at this, I got angry, I got sad I felt every emotion my body was capable to feel. I don’t even know if I would call it a book, it’s as if I was holding a heart or a broken soul, I cradled this book and when I was finished I didn’t want to put it down.

Author Websites and Profiles
Charlotte Rose Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Lindsey Cowherd lives in Salida, CO, where she was born and raised. She lives with her sweetie, Michael, who somehow tolerates her horse-craziness and love of all-things-Asian.

Licensed as an acupuncturist since 2010, Lindsey still finds time for the small stuff: writing, watching almost anything Asian on Netflix, singing and playing guitar, but especially enjoying her two horses, Bricco and Tyrra, and two dogs, Ms. K and Huffington.

She started writing “novels” at a young teen; the Assassins’ Guild books being among the first she ever thought up that was beyond her normal obsession of horses. Turning to a world immersed in martial arts, magic, and “places not of this world” allowed her an outlet from everyday living and circumstances out of her control. Now, they are a place to allow her imagination to run wild. Currently, she has out three books in fantasy/science fiction genres: The Crystals of Syre, book 1 Awakening (book 2 to release end of 2020); The Assassins’ Guild of Obseen: The Cost of Redemption and prequel book: Vision of a Torn Land.

In 2019, Lindsey also delved into the genre of cowboy romances and found she liked it just as much as fantasy/science fiction. Her first book: My Texas Streak was well received, and Lindsey has plans for two more books to be released in 2020/2021: Call Me Home and Forever Love… they will be a part of her Colorado Cowboy Romance Story series.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
New book: My Texas Streak (A Colorado Cowboy Romance Story)
Starting with the idea of a ranch that “horse whispers” abused/abandoned horses back to health, it slowly evolved into the full book.

The author used her life experiences working with “troubled” horses, as well as locales/scenery from her home state of Colorado to mold the story.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
The author loves handwriting her books–minus the cowboy romances… hence, maybe, why those are about half the length of the other books. She finds her words flow better and paper/pencil can go anywhere.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Lindsey says, “Mosdt of the authors I love are fantsay writers, most especially C.J. Cherryh. Her Fortress series has been on my book shelf the longest and I re-read the books over and over again without ever getting bored. Curt Benjamin would be a close second (if you haven’t read his Prince of Shadows book and series you are missing out!). Others like Jane Lindskold, Robin Hobb, and Cassandra Clare have always whetted my fantasy or supernatural yearnings. Kevin J Anderson’s The Saga of Seven Suns occupied most of my late teenage years. I’ve moved over into romance the last couple of years…like Amity Lassiter, Darynda Jones, and Laurell K. Hamilton; to cater to my cowboy and supernatural interests, with a little love thrown in. I know there are a LOT of other authors but these are most definitely represented on my shelf! ”

What are you working on now?
Book 2 of the Colorado Cowboy Romance series: Call Me Home, which will set just after My Texas Streak. Will focus of Fairview Ranch’s colt starter Seth Gooding and a woman named Rene Madden.
On the side, Lindsey is also working on one for before the book: Forever Love which will be how Justin Bailer and Carolyn meet (before My Texas Streak).

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Lindsey says: “So far, bookgoodies, good reads, and facebook seem to give me the best exposure. I am trying all the avenues I can get with a budget.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes. Write, keep writing, go places and look for descriptions. Pray A LOT and have a little faith, and never stop looking for ways to get exposure. Most of all: have fun!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I was given a letter once with a quote from rupi kaur:

“Your art is not about how many people like your work. Your art is about if your heart likes your work, if your soul likes your work. It’s about how honest you are with yourself and you must never trade honesty with relatability.”

What are you reading now?
Mercedes Lackey Obsidian trilogy; though, I admit, I’m more focused on writing my own books than reading right now.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am finishing rough draft of book 2 of my Crystals of Syre series, Revelation and also working on second book of Colorado Cowboy Romance Story, Call Me Home.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The Seven Brothers trilogy by Curt Benjamin. Wow, can he write an epic tale! Soem pieces of his work center around Mongolian tribesmen and Napal-themes.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a new mother, and longtime lover of mysteries. When not thinking of new story ideas, I can be found either reading any genre of book or running around— either as a workout or chasing my two energetic dogs and new baby.
As a lifetime athlete, I grew up playing soccer, basketball, softball, and even rowed crew for two years! After years of hard work, I was fortunate to receive a full basketball scholarship to Holy Family University in Philadelphia.
When I graduated college, and after meeting my handsome husband, we moved back to my hometown in South Jersey. Nothing beats living at the shore, especially Ocean City, New Jersey.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My debut novel is Asbury High and the Thief’s Gamble, and I was inspired to write this book almost eleven years ago, during the summer that I graduated from Ocean City High School (2009!), I had a lot of free time. In the fall, I was going to be playing Division 2 basketball at National Powerhouse Holy Family University. Yes, I was extremely excited for that—but, on the other hand, my parents were going through a divorce and I felt guilty going out with friends when my dad was at home, feeling sad. Don’t worry my parents are fine with each other now—but at the time it was a little rough.
Thus, when most of my high school friends were hanging on the beach or partying at night, I was practicing basketball and working out, reading, and writing out the complete seven series outline of Asbury High. Who says you have to be bored when there’s nothing to do?
Side note- I had just bought my first laptop and was PUMPED to use it!
Because I grew up in Upper Township, right across the bridge from Ocean City, NJ, I knew how sweet it was to grow up by the shore. In fact, the name Asbury comes from a street in Ocean City, where my two favorite bookstores are located!
By the end of the summer, I had mapped out the seven books I had hoped to write, finished my manuscript and even drew up a map of Asbury.
BUT, then college came around and being apart of the NCAA is no joke. They may be paying for your education, but it is a full-time job. During the later half of my sophomore year, I took a Lit course in which I was known as the girl who could successfully compare every single reading assignment to Harry Potter. And I did so like a pro. That teacher told us that the best authors write what they know.
It was then that the itch to write returned.
That summer, I reread my book—and laughed. I had only a handful of characters and minimal descriptions. It read similar to a script of a play, with only dialogue. I jumped back into the world of Asbury and added more characters and loads more detail. It took about three more years after that, before Asbury High and the Thief’s Gamble was complete.
Anyway, during this time I had moved to Philly, and met the love of my life. I was also teaching full time at St. Hilary’s in Abington, and dedicating less time to writing. That changed after Ryan and I got married and moved back to South Jersey. Ryan loved listening to my stories (at least he said he did…) and encouraged me to keep writing.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to keep the TV on volume one, and usually its The Weather Channel— this helps to distract my dogs from barking at outside noises. Also, I like to drink a tall glass of milk right as I sit down to write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
By far JK Rowling is my biggest role model, and not just for Harry Potter, I love her Cormoran Strike novels. I also have to add that I still love the Sammy Keyes books, and of course any Stephen King book I get my hands on end up altering my thinking.

What are you working on now?
I have just finished editing the third book in the Asbury High series and am halfway finished writing the fourth!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve just started out, but other than doing book promo sites, I created a Facebook page and an Instagram. Both can be found @KellyBradyChannick.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing! Write everyday but take a step back from your completed work for a while, then reread and rewrite! You’ll be surprised at how much better you get at writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
From an episode of Queer Eye, when Karamo Brown said, “Failure is not the opposite of success, its part of it.”

What are you reading now?
“Two Can Keep A Secret” by Karen McManus and “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe” by Douglas Adams

What’s next for you as a writer?
My second book, Asbury High and the Parcels of Poison, is due to come out in late May or early June.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
As an author, illustrator, narrator, and publisher, I have published – both independently and collaboratively – over one-hundred titles ranging from general fiction to satire to dark comedy alike.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book entitled “A Guide to Exploring Abandoned Churches” was inspired directly from elements of horror-related occult/mystery, as well as the supernatural. The publication is an adaptation taken from various online forums, message boards, and compilations of threads.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My writing habits are not so much “unusual” per se, though they can at most times be unorganized and/or messy, until being properly refined within its production stage of publication.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
A few noteworthy authors that come to mind as direct forms of inspiration are, but not limited to, Ayn Rand, Aldous Huxley, and Mark Twain.

What are you working on now?
Currently, I am beginning production on a series of romantic-comedies with elements of satire. They are, in many ways, pseudo-sequels to my 2017 romantic memoir entitled “Take Your Ex Out For a Steak Dinner.”

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Often times, I have found out that the best methods to promote my books range from simple word of mouth to both online and physical advertisement strategies, such as ad space, flyers, posters, and callbacks.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Start. As plain, simple, and cliche as it invariably sounds, not producing content through self-deprecation, self-consciousness or any perceivable emotion that would otherwise hinder you from getting started, practice is what will allow you to become further comfortable with one’s own distinct writing style.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Start. Not only because you can, but because you’ll regret not doing so.”

What are you reading now?
I am currently re-reading Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” further attempting to grasp its satirical elements, as well as making notes of incorporation into possible future projects.

What’s next for you as a writer?
As a writer, my next step is further PR and publicity. Alongside continuing writing as a whole, I would like to expand my publishing network to further authors and artists alike.

What is your favorite book of all time?
My favorite book of all time is a cross between Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”

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Sebastian Schug Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am retired and have written five books. I started writing late in life and plan on continuing to write as time permits. I love writing so my hope is that I will have many more books to my credit.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled Alliance of the Quad: Winds of War. It is the fifth and final book in the Alliance of the Quad series. The series was inspired by the idea that great, fun, and engaging stories about life, liberty, and freedom can be written without poor language and questionable moral story lines. I want to write a story kids and adults alike would enjoy.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t write outlines or put together story boards. I know the basics, where the story begins, the place and time of the story, how the story ends and I just write. What is on the next page is as much of a surprise to me as it is to the reader. As I write, if I feel I have gone off track, I back up a little and then continue. My stories seem to flow out of me head on their own without a lot of pre-planning on my part. It is quite amazing to me.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings by J. R. Tolkein and Centennial by James Michener

What are you working on now?
No, I retire a couple of years ago.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t know yet, I’ll let you know.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t get discouraged and push to the end. Write the story from start to finish, then go back and embellish what you have written. Don’t think that each page needs to be perfect before moving on to the next, you will never get it to the finish line.

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

What are you reading now?
I’m not reading much right now, I am mostly promoting my book series and traveling.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am writing volume one, Alliance of the Quad: The New Alliance, as a screen play.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Lord of the Rings

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Dennis Morrow Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve always been a writer, but I didn’t turn to fiction until later in life. I worked for seventeen years as a congressional investigator, so I love to add fun facts and detail to my books. I’m a hybrid author with books published by big publishers, a small press and myself. My titles have been best-sellers internationally and on the USA Today Bestsellers list. My first book was published in 2013 and my twelfth book comes out in March of this year.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
BETWEEN LOVE AND HONOR (March 26, 2020, from Tule Publishing) is the third book in my romantic suspense series featuring agents of the Secret Service. I always wanted to write a book that takes place in the White House but that wasn’t political. I love the history of the mansion. In the third installment in the series, I bring together two individuals for a second chance romance–except both are spies and neither one knows that about the other one!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. Well, except for my husband hiding Dove chocolate around the house for those times when I have writer’s block–usually every afternoon!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Obviously, Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Also Rachel Gibson and Suzane Enoch. I love their snarky humor. Someday I hope to write as cleverly as they do.

What are you working on now?
I’m returning to my roots and writing a rom-com sports romance about a Scottish place-kicker in the NFL who needs to marry quickly in order to avoid being deported. It’s a twist on The Proposal with a little bit of Outlander sexiness sprinkled in. New team. New city. Lots of sexy athletes.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote my newsletter, on social media and reader newsletters.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Sit your butt in the chair and write. Then join a writer’s group to learn the craft so you can revise what you’ve written. Then write some more. Never rest on your laurels.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Their way is not your way. Everyone has their own path in this business. The virtual bookshelf is infinite and there is room for many different authors.

What are you reading now?
I just finished Kelly Bowen’s Devils in Dover series. I loved it!!! Next on my TBR pile is Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn.

What’s next for you as a writer?
My goal for 2020 is to have my books translated into other languages and sold worldwide. Additionally, I’m planning to launch my new series featuring the Milwaukee Growlers.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Oh, wow! That’s a hard one. I’ve read Little Women multiple times, but I’m about to go on a Jane Austen binge-read again. In commercial fiction, The Thorn Birds is a favorite.

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Tracy Solheim Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Dinosaur Lake has been one of my best-selling novels (as well as its five sequels) since 2012. I have been writing for over 48 years and have had 29 novels and 13 short stories published since 1984. I publish horror, thrillers, romantic Time-Travel, SF, and murder mysteries. https://tinyurl.com/ycp5gqb2 https://kathrynmeyergriffith.wordpress.com/

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
All Those Who Came Before. It’s my 29th novel and the 6th in my cozy Spookie Town Murder Mystery series. Though I started out as a horror writer way back in 1984 (first book: Evil Stalks the Night 1984) I also now write thrillers, romantic time travel and cozy murder mysteries.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write on my sofa, laptop in my lap, TV on and chocolate coffee to drink. I can’t write if music is on, but I can if the TV is on low.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Michael Creighton
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dan Simmons
Ray Bradbury
Robert Heinlein

What are you working on now?
All Those Who Came Before. It’s my 29th novel and the 6th in my cozy Spookie Town Murder Mystery series. Though I started out as a horror writer way back in 1984 (first book: Evil Stalks the Night, 1984) I also now write thrillers, romantic time travel and cozy murder mysteries.

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

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Never stop writing. Never give up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never stop writing. Never give up. Write what you like to read. Read.

What are you reading now?
The Outsider by Stephen King.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Book # 30. I think I will go back to my roots and write another horror novel. Maybe a third Witches.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The Stand by Stephen King

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Kathryn Meyer Griffith Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I moved to Las Vegas in the eighties at the age of 17. I was the girlfriend ,then wife, then widow of a Chicago Mob associate. I have remained in Vegas since and have been a bookie, a showgirl, Adult Club manager , owner of an Outcall service, and finally, an author.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Mafia Madame” is the name and it chronicles the tale of as girl who arrives in Sin City and falls hard for an associate of the Chicago Outfit. The story begins with a counterfeiter in 1960s Chicago and his rise to Major earner in Las Vegas. The mobster’s son meets the young girl and her story of entaglement in the illegal sex industry leads to a rich odyssey of love, betrayal and Loyalty.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write mainly in the evenings. I’m a night owl from a young age, so that’s when my juices flow best.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Cimino, Pileggi, Stephen King, Tarantino, you know, the classics of the thriller and crime drama genres.

What are you working on now?
“Mafia Madame, Part 2,”

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Being new, I’m building a fanbase using sites like pretty-hot.com. I like hearing directly from smart, modern readers.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find a mentor that has published successful books you like. You’d be surprised how much you can learn and how approachable they are to beginning authors.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write in First-Person.

What are you reading now?
“A Mob Of His Own” by Tony Dark. It’s about Chicago juice lenders.

What’s next for you as a writer?
My next WIP is in storyboard now. I’m promoting “Mafia Madame” with vigor online, via blogs and podcasts. I also host events at the Mob Museum in Vegas.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The Godfather

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi There! I am an author hailing from West Bengal, India. I have a doctor’s degree in Ophthalmology from the topmost medical institutes in India. Despite all success in the medical field, writing and motivational speaking really is my soul’s real calling.

This book ‘Quiet Screams to the Quiet Healer’ is my debut book. I am writing a second one titled “Whispers That Want to Say Goodbye: Healing Adults Who Witnessed Domestic Violence as a Child”. The third book I am writing is a fiction story about a Japanese foreign national student in the topmost medical institute in India.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
This is my first book. It is titled ‘Quiet Screams to the Quiet Healer’.

Multiple Events Inspired It–I have spent my whole childhood watching my mother being emotionally and physically abused by my father. Also, I have seen my best friend battling the pain of watching her father die of kidney failure and alongside being physically tortured at school for trivial issues. I have watched myself and my own friends in real life battle enormous Indian societal resistance against intercultural marriage. I have watched my own brother pushed into a career he never watched to pursue. I have watched a dear friend’s mother die a very unexpected death simply because she was too hesitant to tell the world about the breast cancer she was harbouring. I have watched two other friends (younger than me) whose father had mistreated their mother before their very own eyes and divorced her, forcing the kids to life that is motherless. All these events inspired me to write my debut novel.

It’s not all bad. There are cheerful events in it too. 🙂

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes. I like juxtaposing a normal scene in real life with a random, untoward fiction world and using this mixture to highlight abusive stories from real life (either mine or of others I have come by)

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Many.
I am hugely, enormously influenced by “Conversation With God” by Neale Donald Walsh,
by the

What are you working on now?
Currently I am working on finishing my second non-fiction (self-help) book titled ” Whispers That Want to Say Goodbye–A Complete Guide to Heal Adults Who Have Witnessed Domestic Abuse as a Child)

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
multiple ways.
According to me email list is the best.
However authors must try multiple ways to promote their book—online and offline.
My website is http://nilanjanahaldar.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Life is short. Write that damn awesome story sitting inside the pit of your stomach.

Don’t chase fame. Do what you love 🙂 and let life chase you 😉

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Whatever the hell you do on this planet, you will die, so then why not risk everything to make each and every dream come true? :)”

What are you reading now?
Breaking the Habit of Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza

What’s next for you as a writer?
Promoting my current book and completing my next one and promoting that as well

What is your favorite book of all time?
Very Difficult question.
There are so many that I love in so many different ways.
Anyways, if I have to pick one it still has to be “Conversations With God” by Neale Donald Walsh. This was the book where my ideas about sex changed, this was the book that led me to understand the every aspect of my life was a lie, this was the book that helped me open my third eye. This was the book where I couldn’t tell the different between myself and Neale because it didn’t seem like a conversation between him and God. It was more like a conversation between me and God.

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Nilanjana Haldar Website
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