Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a medical doctor with an interest in research and creative arts . Brain has never failed to fascinate me, so I love exploring minds and expressing ideas through words, art and photography!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest series “Unwind” is all about questioning our deep seated beliefs and restructuring our reality by optimism and objectivity. The ideas have been expressed through visual imagery in the form of art, photography and words…narrating flow of emotions as we go along.

The book “Flux” revolves around our relationship with the society and “Verve” is more about our relationship with self.

It’s about exploring of thoughts can shape our reality and delving deep into our inner Worlds so we could dare to live free!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know what constitutes “usual” but I am a sporadic writer and like contemporary style of expression.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Richard Bach’s Illusions, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull.
Paulo Coelho’s Brida, Aleph, 11 minutes, Alchemist
Robert Greene’s Mastery
Spencer Johnson’s Who moved my cheese
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Harari’s Sapiens

And a lot more

What are you working on now?
I’m working on two ideas- one romantic, the other Sci-fi.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m relatively new to this. Thanks to you guys for giving me this amazing platform.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be original. Dare to experiment.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Ruskin Bond had once told me, “Keep writing!”

What are you reading now?
Nothing in particular. Just chilling out in this lockdown and learning other skills.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Exploring different genres.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The core idea of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull stuck with me for a long time.

Author Websites and Profiles
Megha Agrawal Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born and raised in Nigeria before coming to the U.S. I struggled with words and reading as a ten year old before I discovered my love for books and writing. But this, amongst other struggles I faced did not stop me from chasing my dreams.
After all, The only one that can kill your dreams is you. I believe dreamers can relate to my books. This is my first book among more that is to come.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Well my latest, first and only book so far is called Drops of hell. The inspiration for this book came from my unique and untraditional college experience that will be hard to believe.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not particularly but i tend to write more when i am in a bad mood. it just works out for me that way. To write i feed off negative emotions, the worse the feeling the better my writing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
This is an easy answer, although I was reading all sorts of books and writing short stories for fun. what triggered that desire to write was the harry potter books and its author JK Rowlings. I knew I was hooked.

What are you working on now?
I am working on a novella based a bit on the coronavirus but with a twist and a lot of imagination.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Honestly, I do not know. I am newbie when it comes to promoting my book or myself and it is even more difficult to do since I am bit anti-social.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
The best stories come from your experience, add a bit of imagination and EUREKA!
But most important NEVER GIVE UP.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stop procrastinating!

What are you reading now?
The picture on the fridge by Ian W. Sainsbury.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Write more books and perhaps for some of them to be adapted into a movie. I also want to write comic books and manga.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Harry potter book series, hands down!

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Chinazom Anekwe Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a medical doctor with interest in research and creative arts. Brain has always fascinated me. So I love exploring minds and expressing ideas through words, art and images.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My series “Unwind” is all about questioning our deep seated beliefs and restructuring our reality by optimism and objectivity. The ideas have been expressed through visual imagery in the form of art, photography and words…narrating flow of emotions as one goes along.

The book “Flux” revolves around our relationship with the society and “Verve” is more about our relationship with self.

The core theme is exploring our thoughts and delving deep into our inner Worlds so we could dare to live free!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am not sure what “usual” is…but I am a sporadic writer with appreciation for contemporary writing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Paulo Coelho’s Brida, Alchemist, Aleph, 11 minutes.
Richard Bach’s Illusions, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Robert Greene’s Mastery
Harari’s Sapiens

And many more.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on two ideas- one romantic, the other sic-fi.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m relatively new to publication . So, a big thank you for giving me this platform.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be original. Dare to experiment.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The famous author Ruskin Bond told me once, “Keep writing!”

What are you reading now?
Nothing as such. Trying to write more and chill out during the lockdown.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Exploring new genres

What is your favorite book of all time?
The core idea of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull stuck with me for a long time.

Author Websites and Profiles
Megha Agrawal Website
Megha Agrawal Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a medical doctor based in India with an interest in research and creative arts. The brain has always been fascinating to me, hence I like exploring mindsets and express them through words and colours. 😛

I have self-published three books on the theme of society and self: Series Unwind (Flux and Verve) on Amazon 2020 and Hallow:Subtle Strokes of Imagination and Raw Sensibilities, Partridge 2015.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest series Unwind is inspired by life, its experiences and World in general.

It’s a great opportunity to live, and yet sometimes, we just can’t get it right. This series is an attempt to address just that.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Unusual? What do you mean by “usual” ? 😀

Hm.

I like it contemporary style.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I like Richard Bach’s books – Illusions, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull and Paulo Coelho’s Aleph, Brida, Alchemist . I think they have a spiritual touch to them that often takes the readers on a different dimension.

I also loved Mastery by Robert Greene, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Who moved my cheese by Spencer Johnson, Sapiens by Harari and many more.

What are you working on now?
I am working on two fictional stories : a romantic one and a sci-fi.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
New to promotions! So exploring right now. Thanks for giving me this lovely platform. 🙂

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be original. Dare to experiment.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I remember asking Ruskin Bond for his advice and he said, “Keep writing”!

What are you reading now?
Honestly, enjoying the lockdown, chilling out and learning new skills.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Perhaps, exploring different genres.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Not that I read books again and again but “Jonathan Livingstone Seagull” stayed with me for a long time.

Author Websites and Profiles
Megha Agrawal Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hey there, I’m Erynn, a self-proclaimed tea addict! Although most of my time is consumed by writing, when I’m not working on my next novel, you can usually find me in my laboratory (re: office) trying to figure out soul transmutation so I can one day accomplish my dream of taking over the world with stuffed animals and books. Lots and lots of books.

So far, I’ve completed two young adult fantasy novels in the planned 4-book Yokai Calling series, with many more future projects planned once that series is completed.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My most recent book, The Dragon’s Eye, came out on June 30th! It’s the sequel to the first book in the Yokai Calling series (Spirit of the Dragon) and follows the same characters on the next leg of their quest.

The story takes place in a setting inspired by Japanese mythology and folklore, so I suppose I can say that has been my inspiration for this entire series. In general, I find a lot of my work is influenced by many branches of mythology, history, and anthropological work because that’s what I tend to immerse myself in.

The plot for this series, though, was inspired by another WIP, one which I intended to become my first published work. I started on this series instead, and so these books will build into those books once I finally get to them. 🙂

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Unusual? Probably not. When it comes to writing, finding ideas, or inspiration… I don’t think anything is particularly unusual. In fact, perhaps being a little unusual is just part of being a writer!

I tend to get most of my writing done late at night, though. Like… very late. Sometimes the words just pour out in the hours after midnight, I guess it’s something about the late-night vibe that gets me going! I’ve always been a bit of a night owl, though.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
One of my biggest inspirations for to keep writing the way I have, in general, has to be the author Michael J. Sullivan. When I was in high school, I read his first series, and I learned that he had given up writing for 10 (or maybe it was 15) years because it didn’t work out for him. But the stories and characters kept coming, and eventually, he wrote another book, the one that started his current success as an author.

I think it’s amazing that he succeeded in the end. But what struck me most about his writing career, back when I heard it, was how I immediately thought “I don’t want that to happen to me. I don’t want to give up what I love.” And so, instead of stopping my daydreams to pursue a “reasonable” career, I’ve continued writing instead.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on two projects right now: I’m finishing up a short story about one of the Yokai Calling protagonists and also working on the third book in the series! I’ll be wrapping up the short story within the next couple of days (besides final revisions) and hope to have a solid second draft of the third novel done by the end of July. Hooray!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write in your dreams if that’s what it takes for them to come true.What are you reading now?
Currently reading Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia! I’ve just started on it the other day, but it’s been on my list for a while. Interested in seeing where the story goes.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’ve got many future plans and sadly not enough time to finish them all! I think right now my big project is just finishing the rest of the Yokai Calling series a, which I intend to wrap up in the last few months of 2020. In 2021, I’ll be looking to starting my next big series and the follow up to my current books

What is your favorite book of all time?
My favourite book of all time has to be Nevernight by Jay Kristoff… but I can’t just say I love the one book. I love the whole series. They’re all beautiful and bloody and the characters are to die for! I hope

Author Websites and Profiles
Erynn Lehtonen Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an alien–a legal alien who was born in Canada and now lives near Atlanta, Georgia. I have been writing since I was in third grade, but have managed to only publish two books since I started my career as a writer at such a young age. I enjoy spending time with my wife, Kristie, and my two year old, Maddox. I like taking a stab at sci fi video games like Halo and Dead Space, or reading a new Star Wars novel. When I’m not writing or reading, I am outside in the backyard taming the wild, golfing with my brothers, or going for a run.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest novel is called Axiom. The novel is a reflection of the culture I see around me. I am on the cusp of being a millenial, so I have the position of looking back at the generation behind me and forward to the generation coming up, and what I saw was a culture struggling to understand who it was, and what it should believe in. Combined with my own struggles, Axiom was born. The book contrasts the reasoning of the Baby Boomer generation with the emotionalism of the Millenials. I wanted to show the world that to be human we must embrace our mind, our heart, and our soul in order to properly exist.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I am stuck in writing my novel, I hop into writing for short story competitions. This usually gets me unstuck!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
C.S. Lewis, Ayn Rand, Ray Bradbury, George Orwell, and a plethora of other authors have all shaped me as a writer, but Axiom is largely influenced by the ones listed above.

What are you working on now?
I am working on the sequel to Axiom–called Citadel.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am a novice at promotion and find it challenging, but I have found Twitter to be a receptive community to get my work out in front of readers. I am still learning every day, though!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
The best way to write is to write yourself. When you write from your emotional, spiritual, mental, or physical struggles/triumphs you will find that you will never run out of anything authentic to write. The best way to capture yourself is to journal. Put down on paper your thoughts, fears, worries, desires and this will aid you in your writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My mom once told me that I shouldn’t give up writing because someone out there wants to hear what I have to say.

Another piece of advice I gleaned from somewhere was to “write like it’s the only novel you’ll ever write.” This helps me to pour all I can into each story.

What are you reading now?
I am reading Brad Thor’s “Use of Force.” I just finished a Halo novel, “Bad Blood,” and a novel by Ernest Cline called “Armada.” I tend to hang out around the sci-fi, fantasy, military action genres, but am prone to pick up a romance every now and then.

What’s next for you as a writer?
That’s a great question! My goal is to figure out how to make writing a career. On top of writing the sequel to Axiom, I want to write more short stories as well as write for online journals.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Tale of Two Cities is my favorite book of all time.

Author Websites and Profiles
Kristofor Hellmeister Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my debut novel. So far it has had five 5-star reviews on Amazon from the UK, US and Australia so I must be doing something right!

I am a career journalist having worked for the London Daily Mail, Reuters and latterly the Liverpool Daily Post on Merseyside in the UK. I was also the journalists’ leader in the region. I have experience as a crime reporter, feature writer, business editor and latterly, a senior sub-editor.

My qualifications include a BA (Hons) English, from the University of Liverpool; a BA (Hons) Fine Art and an MA in Creative Practice both from Liverpool Hope University.

I will be publishing my second full-length novel, Kill Joy in the New Year and as a taster I have written a short story which features the same central female character in which she talks about her world and her life. It is, however, essentially a ghost story. T hat is also published on Kindle.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My debut novel is called The Poseidon Files and it was inspired firstly by a conspiracy theory surrounding an installation called HAARP in Alaska in which the US military were suspected of weaponizing the weather. I have spun a web of mystery and suspense around it in which a young woman and the supernatural become involved. That was inspired by grandmother who was a psychic and a mystic. Much the story takes place in Liverpool in the UK but also in Toronto, Canada, and Gakona, Alaska.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I enjoy writing in the first person, present tense. I think that gives a sense of immediacy to a story so my central characters always talk in the narrative.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Historically, Graham Greene but more recently the Cormoran Strike stories of Robert Galbraith (J K Rowling). I also enjoy Ruth Ware but I think my all time favourite is Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

What are you working on now?
My second full-length novel is called Kill Joy inspired by the murder of children’s writer Helen Bailey who was murdered by her partner and whose body was eventually found in a cesspit under garage. I am currently working on a third inspired by the Zodiac murders in San Francisco.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, I think Facebook campaigns have been the most successful.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes I do. Employ a professional book editor once you have finished your first draft. Every story needs the advice of a professional in a structural edit.

Secondly, if you think you have a really good story put it to the test with reliable reviewers.

And finally, never give up!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
When you finished the first draft, put it to one side for a couple of months and then read it again with fresh eyes.

What are you reading now?
I have two books. The first is The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott and You’ll Never See Me Again by Lesley Pearse.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am also an artist and my stories reflect that through my central character Naomi Richards. I have in mind a story based in Toronto, Canada where a woman almost died because of breast implants that basically poisoned her body. She fought a three-year battle to get a correct diagnosis during which time she lost her job, could hardly eat and was bedridden.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Dracula. Great story and it is still published today

Author Websites and Profiles
Michael Rickett Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I wrote several short stories and novels

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Everytime We Fall In Love”. One man inspired me …

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Salinger, Remarque

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I am writing a sequel “Everytime We Fall In Love”

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just have fun at work.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be patient and go to your dream

What are you reading now?
Remarque “Der schwarze Obelisk”

What’s next for you as a writer?
Write

What is your favorite book of all time?
“Catcher in the rye”

Author Websites and Profiles
Elise Wurm Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an indie author from the USA and have just published my eight book.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Tainted Heart and what inspired it was my love for captive romance stories. But instead of the captor being a stranger, I wanted him to be intimately familiar with his captive.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not sure if this counts as an unusual habit but I like to write when I’m alone.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The authors have have influenced me have been Anna Zaires, Perscott Lane, Kathleen Kirkwood, Anita Gordon, etc.

What are you working on now?
I’m in the process of working on my 9th dark romance story.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have found the fussy librarian to be very helpful in giving more exposure to my book. Another great website is Goodreads. There are many book clubs one can join to get more exposure and reviews and to just simply connect with other others.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up and don’t worry about failing or getting negative reviews. It’s all part of it. Learn from it and keep writing and reading and getting better.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Failing is okay. Your first book will most likely be a failure, but you will learn and be able to go back and fix it and publish it again.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading Empty Before You by Claire Scott.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Whatever lies ahead.

What is your favorite book of all time?
I’ll have to get back to you.

Author Websites and Profiles
Skye Bailey Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a syndicated humor columnist whose work appears primarily in publications across the West and Midwest. I’m also the author of three books of humorous essays, “Alexa’s a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About, Humorous Essays on the Hassles of Our Time,” “I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me Better” and “I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch, Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest.”

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Sometimes, I just want to let someone have it–give them a tongue-lashing they’ll never forget. I did that with “Alexa’s a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About, Humorous Essays on the Hassles of Our Time.” It’s part comical call to arms and part tongue-in-cheek tirade about some of the things we have to put up with just because we live in the modern world. That includes, among other things, spammers and scammers, clutter and litter, intrusive technology and uncivil discourse. Too much stuff, too much noise, too much to worry about. Not enough patience, not enough kindness, not enough…chocolate? Now that’s something to be ticked off about.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write down observations constantly on scraps of paper and I keep them in a basket on top of my filing cabinet. When the basket is full, I sort through it and file the notes with others on similar topics. That process leads to more thoughts, so I write more notes. Going through the basket is like Christmas for me. When file folders have a handful of notes in them, I’m ready to write an essay, story or column on that topic. The more I honor ideas this way, the more ideas I get.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew up reading Erma Bombeck. I’m sure she had a huge influence on me. But my biggest influence as a humor writer came from being number nine out of ten children. Humor is a survival skill in a large family.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on my fourth book of humorous essays called “‘Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate: Holidays, Special Events and Other Reasons We Get All Worked Up.”

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
https://dorothyrosby.com

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Inherit money. 🙂 Kidding. I didn’t. I’m still managing to eat three meals a day.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Always believe in your gift. I tore the most wonderful interview out of a Writers Digest many years ago and it keeps resurfacing in my tickler file and inspiring me all over again. It was with the author James Lee Burke and the whole thing was amazing, but here’s one of my favorite lines: “You always believe in your gift. God doesn’t make mistakes when he presents someone with a gift like that. It’s there for a reason. Tell the naysayers, those who reject you to drop dead! Who cares?”

What are you reading now?
“Peripheral Visions and Other Stories” by Nancy Christie.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Besides book four which I’ve mentioned above, I have files stuffed with notes for at least three other books of humorous essays and one book of humorous short stories. I can never die; I have too much to do.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Choosing one book would be really tough for me, but I have lots of favorite mysteries. I write humor, but mystery is what I love to read the most.

Author Websites and Profiles
Dorothy Rosby Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been writing for years, but only recently decided to try the cutthroat world of self-publishing. An Audience of Corpses is my second published book, but I have two others in various stages of editing and another three half-finished. Someday, hopefully, they will all see the light of day.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
An Audience of Corpses was heavily inspired by a love of private detectives and a love of the city of London. Jack Hornby and his narration is obviously inspired by film noir, whilst the murder mystery is something that has a timeless appeal. I lived in London while writing it, and now reside in Sydney. The locations visited are all very nostalgic for me.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write best at night, after my wife has fallen asleep, laying in bed beside her in the dark. It’s when my best work comes, with fewer distractions.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Growing up, I devoured books by both Stephen King and Terry Pratchett. I think they’ve both had a profound influence in my own work, perhaps most notably through the combination of horror and humour. I don’t believe I have a favourite genre- not to read and certainly not to write. Romance, Action, Drama, Thriller… influence is everywhere.

What are you working on now?
Two big projects. One is an episodic sci-fi adventure series, heavily inspired by the Star Treks and Stargates I adored growing up. The other is a tropical fantasy about an evil, omnipotent wizard who steals magic.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Pubby worked well for me in terms of getting reviews, but not so much sales and promo. Twitter, likewise, is hard work. You really do have to spend money to make money and pay for ads and promos.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep going. Don’t be disheartened. Putting a book out there is admirable and worthy of praise and admiration, but it’s just the tip of the self-publishing iceberg. The months following release are sometimes even harder work that writing the damned thing!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just edit. Don’t keep putting it off. No one enjoys it. But the difference each round makes is so large you’ll kick yourself for not doing just one more, for making the book that much better.

What are you reading now?
The Last Resort- a Thriller set in a marriage counselling resort. Not something I would necessarily have picked up myself, had it not been on the shelf at a great price. Jury’s still out, but enjoyable so far.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I made a resolution- to publish three books in 2020. It’s now almost July, and I’ve only done one. I’ve got some catching up to do.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Impossible to choose! Depends on my mood when asked.

Author Websites and Profiles
John Maygrove Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi,

I am a progressive actor and writer who is keenly progressing in life, with a handful of great friends, mostly wild and proud of themselves for good reason.

I have lived in London all my life with the odd few months spent in America and India. The latter being directly after I came back from the states and was sought after by a Director, whose father used to be King of Utter Pradesh in India, with most of the movie being shot within the palace grounds. It was amazing and I felt highly privileged.

My career to date has taken me to three countries, including Lithuania and spans across three continents.

‘Winging It in Hollywood’ was my first book and I have since written another called ‘Written’. Which I will release within the month.

Thank you

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
As previously mentioned, it is called ‘Written’ and I will include the synopsis below to hopefully entice you to read in once it has been released on amazon.

‘Will is a frustrated, lonely writer with an alcohol addiction and no friends, existing in North London on a diet of insight, social disgust, self hatred and imagination during the 1990’s.
The book he is writing, during his forced dystopian lifestyle is the only vent for his frustration, pain, creation, doubt and invention…sometimes all either being the devil on his back or the angel in his soul.
The curiosity as to his own fate controls his everyday actions and thoughts after the painful loss of his idol, causing him to career into what appears to be an unending downward spiral of his own demise or worse…someone else’s.
Was Will searching for forgiveness or damnation?…and would he find it…? But can he distinguish between the reality of his life and the fiction of his mind…’

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of.

I simply think or imagine it, combine this with a period of gesticulation, buy alcohol in any form and commit to my solitary desk and thoroughly enjoy the next few hours alone…although it rarely feels like it, when many characters and memories often define my roaming imagination.

It is the best form of self satisfaction I have ever experienced.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
All books influence a writer, as they influence my every day actions and interaction with others, both intelectualy and emotionally.

To mention a few;

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – Philip K Dick
The Human Stain – Philip Roth
Point Counter-Point – Aldous Huxley
The Dubliners – James Joyce

What are you working on now?
I have very recently written a comedy pilot episode for television and am attempting to have it read by those that hold production power within the UK.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon has proven to offer the initial platform, should literary agents not be keen to sign and promote ones work.

Apart from that, I have foolishly been distracted from self promotion via the net until now.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
James Joyce — ‘Write it, damn you, write it! What else are you good for?’

A fine quote also seen on the upper lid of Bruce Robinsons’s typewriter! – writer/ Director of Withnail and I.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
‘Why have you got two of these and one of these?’

(My great grandmothers words as she points to her ears and then mouth)

What are you reading now?
I am stumbling my way through ‘Ulysses’ by Joyce.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Life

What is your favorite book of all time?
If I had to choose it would be ‘Steppenwolf’ by Hermann Hesse.

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Benjamin Coakley Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Brooke Stevens. My journey as a children’s author was inspired by my 3 young boys. I have always had a passion for art and creating magical worlds. Having kids and watching their amazing little Minds work inspired me to follow my passion. I have just released my fourth book. My kids help me with every story. They often help choose the character names as well.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My newest release is the third book in my series Super Science Squad called Planet Zero. My family and I attended an Apollo 11 50th Anniversary event that inspired me to take my characters on a journey to space. My kids were mesmerized by the outer space during our time at the Space Center, so it seemed like the perfect fit.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
As a writer I do things a little backwards. After I outline my story, I like to draw my characters so I can picture them as I write the story. It helps me get to know them as I put their characteristics into my sketches.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the 4th and 5th books in my Super Science Squad series, as well as a new series about our personal powers that can help the world.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Get your work out there! We can get caught up in the need for perfection. The truth is that we are our own worse critic, so your book will never be perfect. At a certain point it’s all about just putting your work into the world. You can always make adjustments if you must after it’s released.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t take yourself too seriously!

What are you reading now?
I am currently re-reading the Harry Potter series with my kids. I am not sure who is enjoying it more, me or them.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am excited to be working on my next children’s series, but I eventually want to write a chapter series for older children.

What is your favorite book of all time?
A cuddle for little duck. I read that book to my kids while they were in my belly and it has a special place in my heart.

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Brooke Stevens Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Shadelle. I am a mild manned person. I’ve written two books. A poetry book that in written in poetry category of free verse and lyric poetry.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Green Pastures is the name of my book. It was inspired by my life and personal struggles as an unknown author.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Karren Steffans Confessions of a video vixen.

What are you working on now?
A book about a damsel in distress or a princess I’m still brainstorming.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Using free platforms right now like Facebook and twitter. But soon I’m going to join different paid promotion sites and platforms.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be yourself stay true to who you are.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t shit where you easy.

What are you reading now?
Fifty shades of grey. Also the book that inspired the show Queen of the south.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Constant learning about the industry. Plus promoting my books to full potential until I get what I need.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The catcher in the rye.

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Shadelle Amarante Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an engineering cum management graduate and hold a full time job.In addition to that job, I love reading and writing about psychology , transformation and the healing arts, spirituality and philosophy.

I have written a total of 10 books on diverse topics like transformative psychology,healing emotional wounds, overhauling one’s mindset for success and poetry/quote books predominantly on the topic of love and relationships.

I am a practicing buddhist and yogi and adore long walks in nature, painting, watching world cinema and eating dimsums.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is named “Divinity in Consciousness: Spirituality in Relationships”.Modern dating today is at an inflection point.The well-educated , ambitious ,alpha woman is looking for her mythic half but has been unable to find him.Most men she meets are unable to quench her insatiable thirst for both deep emotional intimacy and loving protection that she seeks despite her supposedly impenetrable armour.
Quality men, on the other hand, are at their wits end as to why their partner is perpetually dissatisfied with them even though they give the relationship all they have.
This lack of consonance between what is sought and offered threw open a channel to bridge the gap , out of which emerged my book.
The book inspires women to step into their power and have firm boundaries and high standards which will help weed out men who don’t quite live upto their expectations and exhorts men to develop balanced masculinity as they get in touch with their feminine side as well .
Balanced masculinity entails leading with integrity, speaking one’s truth , creating a safe space for emotional expression and holding space for partner’s feelings.

All of the above can only be achieved when a man or a woman is conscious and self -aware of their inherent needs, past emotional wounds and triggers.Spirituality serves as a powerful and potent tool for the same .

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I sometimes write on tissue papers when a brilliant idea hits me and I don’t have my phone or laptop around

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have been a voracious reader of both philosophy and spirituality .The authors who have influenced me are Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre,Ayn Rand, Ekhart Tolle, Roshi Phillip Kapleau and David Deida.

What are you working on now?
I am working on promoting my upcoming book “Divinity in Consciousness:Spirituality in Relationships”

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Drawing traffic to my landing page on amazon and promoting via social media (facebook/instagram/twitter) has worked well for me.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be uninhibited, write about things you believe in,create a writing schedule and stick to it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“You are enough as you are .Step into your power, own your gifts and become unstoppable on your journey towards greatness and success.”

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading “The art of happiness” by the Dalai Lama .

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will be writing on topics of self love and transformation in my coming works.

What is your favorite book of all time?
I absolutely adore Albert Camus “The stranger” because it brings out the hidden intricacies of human nature and gets us thinking about what we want to do with our finite life.

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Aanchal Parker Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an indie-pubbed author romantic suspense of two series; the Deadly series of six books and the Saddle Creek series of 5 books, plus another stand alone book. They are all stand alone as well. The Deadly series pertains primarily to human sex trafficking and the lessons every woman should know to protect themselves from this horrendous event. The Saddle Creek series is a small town romance but with big town issues. I also have a story, A Cowboy’s Sweet Spot, in the Romances on the Range anthology.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Moonlight Kisses and Mugshots is the Sheriff’s love story of the four main male characters in the earlier books. Each of them are in each book but they each then have their own story. I was inspired to write about this premise of four boys, close friends all through school, and then after school they all went their own ways in life, one goes to college, one joins the military, one buys the horse ranch he grew up on, and the other is elected the local Sheriff. They are romantic suspense so there are many twists and turns and just enough sex to keep the reader turning the page.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m write in my living room in a recliner, I’m a pantster so everything is character driven. Some days there’s a murder, another day the couple spends the day in bed. I never know until I sit down to write what’s going to happen to any of the characters but every book has a happy ever after.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The late Kathleen Woodiwiss with her historical detail as well as the late Johanna Lindsey where each book took the reader to another part of the world. The suspense interest comes from Lisa Scottoline, Lisa Unger, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Andrew Gross, and Sandra Brown I tried writing just romance and there just wasn’t enough going on and very boring so I had to add a suspense theme.

What are you working on now?
The fifth book of the Saddle Creek series, Moonlight Kisses and MugShots will be released August 25th and I have final edits to do on that and then I’m in the process of writing the sixth book in the series about another couple who are secondary characters and now have their own story. And a second Saddle Creek Christmas Trilogy is in the works, where the Sheriff will join the other 3 men and their families with his love interest as well as three other couples who have k=joined the group via secondary characters.

Also, I have two “worlds” I want to write in; Susan Stoker’s and Desiree Holt’s. I’ve made some notes on those stories and I hope they’ll be ready to publish next year.

And I have another book partially written, Deadly Intuition, for the Deadly series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I do alot with Facebook; I have a readers group, Lorelei’s Lovelies and in mid-May I started an online book club: Lorelei’s Romantic Suspense Book Club. I feature a different author each week; we meet via zoom Wednesday 7-8:30 pm est and the guest author share his or hers writing journey. So far, I’ve had a lot of fun and learned from the best, i.e. Catherine Bybee, Desiree Holt, Eliza March, and I have scheduled for July and August, Kendra Elliott, Peggy Jaeger, Loretta C. Rogers, Shirley Jump, BJ Daniels, just to name a few. It’s authors meeting authors and authors meeting readers. Lots of Q&A and funny stories.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing, don’t look at reviews, keep writing. Sit at the computer and type what’s in your heart, that deepest emotion you’ve felt from your own life experiences is the same/similar to what your hero/heroine will feel and you can show it, and hook the reader. Keep writing and when you’re finished one book, write the second book. AND always pay a good editor and copy editor. If you don’t your work will sell at first but you’ll go nowhere and your name will be sullied. Have your first book critiqued by a writing partner, then edited by a good editor. Use a professional graphic artist as well. The readers first impression to buy or not to buy is based on the cover. Keep writing.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing. Put butt in chair and write. There is no writer’s block. Sit down and write.

What are you reading now?
Extrasensory by Desiree Holt, the first book in her Phoenix Agency work.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I still have some characters jumping around in my head and I need to get them out and on paper with suspense and romance.

What is your favorite book of all time?
I think Shannon by Kathleen Woodiwiss. I’ve read it two+ times and can still remember the opening page.

Author Websites and Profiles
Lorelei Confer Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I hate Brussels sprouts. They are nasty things. I’m a professional author, editor, and publisher and have been in the business for over ten years. I have a bad habit of rescuing strays of all kinds. I have published over 10 books and hope to someday publish 35.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Festivities and Familiars is my latest book and the last in the Angels and Avalon series. It was inspired by my pets, those pets my friends and family and I have lost, and I wanted a happy ending for a series wracked with heaviness and struggle.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know if it’s unusual, but I see stories everywhere. Behind a dumpster, in the scent of lilacs, in the sound of rain drops on the ground, everywhere there are wisps of stories calling and tugging at me to write them. It can be difficult to choose which one to write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Emory Gayle is my new author pal. Her books are fantastic and I wish I could write half as well as her. She’s an inspiration.

What are you working on now?
Two books and a bunch of ideas. One with mermaids, one with death. But it has been hard to work at all since I became suddenly disabled in 2018.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I found in person events and book signings the best method to promoting my books, but unfortunately my disability has put a halt to such events for the time being.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Call yourself an author because you are one. Write and finish the first draft. It will be garbage, they all are. Edit it. Write more. Keep writing. Writing is the easy part. It’s the publishing and self-promotion that gets to me, anyway.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just keep swimming.

What are you reading now?
I just finished A Song Below Water (amazing). Now, I’m working through my audio book list and reading Roots By Kelbian Noel (awesomely witchy)

What’s next for you as a writer?
That’s a heavy question for me. I hope more books.

What is your favorite book of all time?
the Dark Garden by Margaret Buffie….no Emily Bronte’s Wuthering heights….um Becca Andre’s Final Formula series. No, anything Skyla Dawn Cameron… Maybe, um…. All of the books?

Author Websites and Profiles
Catherine Milos Website
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