Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello, let me start telling you about myself by saying that I am not a writer. I never had any ambition to write a book. The story I told was inspired for me to write. If you read my book you might find a typo or bad grammar but only because I wrote it on a whim, I used Microsoft word and I found it not catching punctuation errors, so, basically I edited the book with my 10th grade educated brain. Why did I write this book? I had the idea planted in my mind while in church one day. I passed it off as just an interesting thought. After I had it pop up over and over in my thoughts for several months and due to the content in the final chapters, I realized this was more than just my idea, I knew it was God wanting me to tell a story and reach out to people who might be Atheist, geeky believing in biology or big bang theory or people who just never put any thought into what happens after death. I seen this as a movie first but realized this story needs to be told first then once I had the story line in print it would be easier to produce a movie.So, chances are you might get to read a part 2 of my book, but, I might not ever write another book again.
About me, I am an Italian-American born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. I lived there till I was around 2 and my mother moved me to California where I had an incredible childhood. Later in life I moved to North Carolina where I had a culture shock about how extreme the difference in the people were. Later I got married when I was 16, why? I have no clue but it was legal to get married when you were 14 back then if your parents signed for you. Look how odd that is compared to today’s USA. I had a daughter right after, Amber, then Tony, my wife at the time claimed she forgot her birth control pills, after the second time I quit her and moved far off. I often wanted to have a relationship with those 2 kids but the Mother of the X-wife blocked and interrupted every time I made advancements to see my kids because she was the only source I had to find them, about 10 years later I eventually gave up after my other daughter Mia was about 4 years old. Then I had another daughter, Jennifer and then came Rocco. All my kids are awesome. Now I am a grandfather, 3 times over. My youngest daughter has Caylix who lives by me, we have a wonderful relationship. I live in Texas, man is it hot here! My hope is to make a movie and retire to do ministry for God. If I do not make a movie then I will just get to where I can do ministry. I hope my book sells millions! Not for me to be rich, I only make about $1.40 per book, but I hope many people read the journey Tommy took to meet Jesus. I want people to inherit eternal life, not eternal separation from ever existing. Any way it goes please pass on my book if you liked it, if you did not like it please be kind and not be negative, not all books are for all people. Thank you, with respect to all my fans of “From Geek to God” the novel.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, I write best at late night hours

What are you working on now?
Turning my book into a movie

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon, Kindle ebooks or paperback edition

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes! Use a software system and edit your book as you write!!!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you can get into trouble for doing something why try to do it?

What’s next for you as a writer?
Possibly writing a fantasy book

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Eddy PArisi Amazon Profile
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a former business executive who is now a college professor teaching sales courses at the University of Houston. I write in the Christian living space and I am about to have my second book released in November. This one is about how to live out your faith at work. There is a huge population of “complacent christians” that sit in church on Sunday’s but struggle with activating their faith during the week. I used my personal experiences and what I have seen in others to write a practical guide to bringing your faith to work. Prior to this book, I wrote “Enlisted – A Battle Plan for Living the Abundant Life” which challenges christians to participate in actively serving God where they are in their life. The core message is that everyone who makes a decision to surrender to Jesus is automatically enlisted in God’s program but everyone must decide whether they will be in active service or no service.

My passion is to encourage and equip christians to more fully live their faith on a day to day basis so they can be part of the amazing life God has planned for them.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The book is titled, “Soul Purpose Inc. – The Practical Guide to Living Your Faith at Work.” The inspiration for the book came as I shared a few different ideas for a book with close friends. The more we talked about various topics, the more I realized that my faith has been impacted the most at work. My experiences, the people I encountered and the obstacles I faced all had significant impact on expanding my trust in Jesus. After doing a little research on the topic, I felt like the majority of the material available had a heavy theology theme. I wanted something that was practical and could connect with most anyone in the workplace.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write in large chunks of time and mostly during the summer. As a college professor, it’s tough to write during the semester. I think about topics, do some research and just capture a few thoughts when I can but the bulk of my writing is on break. Given I write in the christian space, I pray often – either prior to, or during the time when I am writing.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
As a business person I have read many of the classics like “Good To Great” by Jim Collins and “The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team” by Patrick Lencioni which each shaped how I thought about career, people and my business. I am also a big fan of pastors like Andy Stanley, Craig Groeshel and Crawford Lorittz who have all written books that connect the Bible to leadership and business. One of my favorite books is Andy Stanley’s, “The Principle of the Path” which challenges you to consider the path you are traveling in key areas of your life – finances, health, spirituality, relationships, etc. The goal is to project where you will end up if you keep doing the things you are doing now. I spend time with this book every year around the holidays to examine my own path and see if I need to make any adjustments. It’s been a powerful influence on the direction of my life.

What are you working on now?
Right now I am working on promoting and marketing my Soul Purpose Inc. book. My goal is to open up opportunities to teach and speak about the message of bringing your faith to work in a bold, but respectful way.

I have an idea for my next project that centers on the idea of ambition and christianity. I want to write a book that equips and encourages christians to consider how to focus their ambition on the things that the Bible says are worth pursuing. I think it’s something many ambitious christians wrestle with in their day to day lives.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote more through social media than any specific website. Facebook and LinkedIn both seem to generate a lot of engagement for my work.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
The best advice I ever received was to just start writing. It worked! I never thought I would be a published author and it’s even funny to be writing about it. I have no training and I didn’t even start writing until a few years ago.

The second thing I would suggest is to find a good editor. I was amazed with my first book when the editor returned the first adjusted copy back to me. They did an amazing job of taking my work and cleaning it up.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just write. It really is true that if you just get started and keep writing, your project can come together. My first book started as a Bible study, then I started writing. I thought I might write an article for some publication but I had no idea which one. As I kept writing, the material expanded and I finally realized I might have a book. The “just write” approach made all the difference in the world.

What are you reading now?
I am always reading a few books. In the christian space, I am reading Frances Chan’s, “Letters to the Church” which really challenges the way church is being done in our society. I love books that challenge the traditional ways to think about things. I am also reading, “Learn Better” by Ulrich Boser, which is a book about how people learn. It’s helping me on how to think about the way I teach my students so I can improve their retention.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Promoting my current book and hopefully getting opportunities to teach the material in more churches and Bible study groups. Once I get to the summer break, I will begin work on the Christian ambition project and see where it goes.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The Bible. I have found so much practical wisdom and sound truth throughout its’ pages that nothing else compares. The relevance and consistency of it’s content is supernatural and I love reading it.

Author Websites and Profiles
Craig McAndrews Website

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well, right now one. But I am already working on book 2 in the series… so hang in there.
In the daytime, I am a Graphic Designer working with clients around the world making their design dreams come to life. My biggest dream is to be able to write from sunrise to sunset. I have so many crazy worlds running around in my mind that I can’t wait to share with geek readers like me.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Just take a deep breath- mermaids.
My inspiration came from the frustration of the mermaid worlds portrayed today in novels. I wanted to read more erotic and less teen based novels but couldn’t find the right “mix” between plot and too much “sex”. So I decided to challenge myself to write something I could enjoy reading. hopefully, others will enjoy it.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, OF COURSE!
1) M&M’s are a must!
2) Good music – Dennis Lloyd – Two Feet – Daft Punk – Bishop Briggs… and many more.
3) When I get writer’s block I usually go online in Call Of Duty Multiplayer in my Sony PlayStation. ( OH and I am good… really good)
4) Reading helps me get in the mood as well. (not necessarily erotica) for example six of crows by Leigh Bardugo is a Masterpiece, also Sarah J. Maas novels are my go-to worlds.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Leigh Bardugo
Sarah J. Maas
J. R. R. Tolkien
George R. R. Martin
J. K. Rowling
Lewis Carroll
The List is long… Many more.

What are you working on now?
Book 2 in Mermaids – JUST INHALE & EXHALE
DEEPLY.
The novel takes a darker turn, detailed with history and conflicts.
Still focusing on Alice’s relationships and her evolution which is unstoppable.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Since I am working full time as a freelance Designer, unfortunately, I haven’t had much time to promote my book as much as I would have loved to. So far Amazon KDP program is my main source. I did manage to reach #2 in the Free Paranormal erotic romance category in less than 12 hours which is thrilling.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes just keep writing… (lame I know) but even when you feel stuck, just sit your butt down and write. The “MUSE” comes with your sitting down. I had a year break… till I made myself sit and finish it. Determination is the key.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Read a lot while writing, it opens your mind to be creative. The more I read the more I am inspired to create.

What are you reading now?
Crooked Kingdom
(Six of Crows #2)
by Leigh Bardugo

What’s next for you as a writer?
Just to enjoy sharing my worlds with you the reader. I wish this could become my day job. But for now just knowing others are enjoying my worlds is good enough.
Even if it takes me a while to finish my novels… knowing that someone is waiting to read them makes me smile. My friends are super supportive and keep asking for book 2, so I guess I am on the right path 🙂

What is your favorite book of all time?
No, this question isn’t fair! it’s like asking what do you like more, pizza or chocolate. An unanswerable question.

Author Websites and Profiles
Shirly Niv Marton Amazon Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a full-time high schooler, part-time author and reluctant burger flipper. I have written two books thus far; The Plight of a People, published in October of 2017, and The Agony of an Age, published in October of 2018. I also write a wide variety of political, philosophical, spiritual and societal articles. And, not only this, but I also enjoy drumming, exploring, philosophizing and reading.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is The Agony of an Age. It is a sequel to my debut, The Plight of a People, and is an immense fantasy epic containing three separate stories set in the same world. I got the original idea for the series by wandering around my pasture, oddly enough. I began imagining the little groups of weeds, dry areas, grasses and hills as ever-fluctuating kingdoms. Somehow, this blossomed into an entire book series.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I must say that my writing habits are overwhelmingly mundane. There is, however, one infuriating little quirk; I am only ever able to write at night. This has hindered me a bit in the summertime, when I have plenty of time to write during the day, but I have thus far been successful in working around it.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I used to try to entertain myself with the vast sea of fast-paced, quippy fantasy books available today. Eventually, I lost interest in them, as was likely inevitable. I now occupy myself with reading as many classics as I can. In particular, the works of Homer, Lovecraft and Tolkien have influenced my books to a huge extent.

What are you working on now?
Right now, I am working tirelessly on my marketing for The Agony of an Age. Hopefully, it all pays off. I am also racing to complete my outlines for my third book, trying to keep up with school and attempting to hold the rest of my life in order as well. As one may assume, I’m having a blast at the moment.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I tend to focus on local promotion. I find the Internet to be much too saturated at this point with a plethora of self-published books. There aren’t any other authors from my hometown, though, so I am able to advertise around my community without any fear of competition.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
There is no shame in throwing out old works to make way for the new. I come up with new ideas constantly, making it a bit hard to focus on a single plot for too long. As much as this hinders me, though, I still consider it a positive. Even if it makes the writing process longer, updating your stories with bold new ideas almost always improves them.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I don’t have very many wise sages strolling around me to give out advice at a whim. I do, however, have the Internet, and it has given me a plethora of quotes to live my life by. Chief among them is one by the psychologist Carl Jung. “The sole purpose of human existence,” he says, “is to kindle a light in the darkest of mere being.” To live one’s life like everyone else is to not live at all. I must make my mark on the world, and this is the way I intend to do it.

What are you reading now?
I just started reading Dante’s Divine Comedy a couple of weeks ago. It is certainly an impressive piece of literature, albeit rather confusing at times. I have always held a deep appreciation for epic poetry, and I may even decide to write my own someday. We shall see about that one.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I am continuing my works on the many articles I publish on my website. As for novels, I am currently making my outline for Book III. I hope it may be completed by around this time next year. Only time may tell. After that, I still haven’t the faintest clue what I’m going to do with my life.

What is your favorite book of all time?
That is the impossible question. Many a time have I pondered this, and never have I come up with a single answer that satisfies me completely. I adore many classical works, and if I had to say something, I’d say my favorite book of all time is The Iliad. In reality, though, I have no real idea.

Author Websites and Profiles
Jared Barlament Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an attorney from Phoenix, Arizona. I’ve written four books including collections of short stories that address romance from a male perspective and two literary fiction novellas addressing social/religious/cultural issues.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
From the Streets of Chambers Lame is inspired by the suicide of my youngest brother and the emotional struggles that my family experienced as a result.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wrote the book exclusively on my iPad sometimes in my backyard or wherever I felt inspired.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I enjoy reading Russian novels. I’m inspired by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on the third novel of the Chambers Lane series entitled “The Prodigal Son From Chambers Lane.” It is about the oldest son, Jose Luis Mendoza, Junior, battling a haunting past secret that has hindered his growth even into his adult years.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote my books on Twitter or my blog

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Continue writing even when you don’t feel like it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can’t write a book if you never write.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading various romance novels because I want to write a romance book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m traveling to Puerto Rico which is the setting of my upcoming romance novel.

What is your favorite book of all time?
My favorite novel is Crime and Punishment.

Author Websites and Profiles
Daniel Maldonado Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an attorney from Phoenix, Arizona. I’ve written four books including collections of short stories that address romance from a male perspective and two literary fiction novellas addressing social/religious/cultural issues.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
From the Streets of Chambers Lame is inspired by the suicide of my youngest brother and the emotional struggles that my family experienced as a result.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wrote the book exclusively on my iPad sometimes in my backyard or wherever I felt inspired.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I enjoy reading Russian novels. I’m inspired by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.

What are you working on now?
I’m working on the third novel of the Chambers Lane series entitled “The Prodigal Son From Chambers Lane.” It is about the oldest son, Jose Luis Mendoza, Junior, battling a haunting past secret that has hindered his growth even into his adult years.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I promote my books on Twitter or my blog

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Continue writing even when you don’t feel like it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can’t write a book if you never write.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading various romance novels because I want to write a romance book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m traveling to Puerto Rico which is the setting of my upcoming romance novel.

What is your favorite book of all time?
My favorite novel is Crime and Punishment.

Author Websites and Profiles
Daniel Maldonado Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hey Travel and Cooking Lovers,
we are YARD BOOKS, a small publishing company, which creates small handbooks about Travel and Cooking topics. Especially we are specialized in the following topics:
– Travel: Backpacking, Traveling on a Budget
– Cooking: Street Food

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Latest book was our Thai Cookbook. We from YARD BOOKS like to travel and as well to try all the Street Food in the country. But unfortunately, when we are back in the States, Canada or Europe, we are not able to cook the recipes at home. That’s the reason, why we cooked created this Thai Street Food Cookbook, including only the best Street Food Dishes.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
ähm….. no

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Travel Guide Books, Cooking Books and especially the locals in the countries!

What are you working on now?
More helpful Travel and Cooking books

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
www.pretty-hot.com 😉

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write it! Publish it and talk to the people to read it!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep going

What are you reading now?
I’m cooking my way through the Asian Street Food Kitchen 😉

What’s next for you as a writer?
writing and taking pictures

What is your favorite book of all time?
This book!

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YARD BOOKS Amazon Profile

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
The Shaded is my first book, and as of this interview, I am working on my second novel.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Shaded is my latest novel, and it was a story I had in my head for a long time. After years of excuses of why I shouldn’t write it, I finally got the courage to put it to paper. After several years and several drafts, It’s finally all grown up and ready to be released into the wild.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have two small children and a career, so my writing schedule is pretty sporadic.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
In no particular order: Richard Matheson, I AM LEGEND; Stephen King, THE DARK TOWER SERIES, SALEM’S LOT; Dean Koontz, PHANTOMS; J.R.R. Tolkien, THE HOBBIT, LORD OF THE RINGS; and everything H.P Lovecraft

What are you working on now?
The sequel to THE SHADED.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
It’s still early in the promoting process, so not sure. I’ll have to keep you posted.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write, write, write. It’s not what knew authors want to hear. It’s not what I wanted to hear. I wanted a magic button, but the closest thing to that is to just keep writing

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
keep writing

What are you reading now?
I’m currently back on an HP Lovecraft kick, and am reading THE DREAM QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To continue the series where THE SHADED left off.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Thats a hard one… But I would have to say THE HOBBIT

Author Websites and Profiles
Matthew Ellington Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I started writing later in life when the kids went off to college, leaving my husband and I empty-nesters. I have just finished writing my eighth book. I can’t imagine not writing – I’ve been doing it now for four years.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Unclaimed Regrets releases on Oct. 15th. I have always loved the idea of classmates coming together for their ten-year class reunion and, perhaps, old friends or first loves developing a new relationship. So…I wrote a book about it 🙂

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Probably the fact that I don’t use a storyboard or an outline. I have a beginning, middle, and an ending in my head and then I fill in the rest of the story as I write.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love the way Tarryn Fisher writes – her characters are brutally raw and real. Her true grit and honesty is something I find very refreshing.

What are you working on now?
I’ve just finished my first young reader’s book – targeting 4th-5th graders. Totally a 180 from what I write now (mostly contemporary romance).

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I haven’t found one yet – lol

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t worry about what other authors are doing. Just find your voice and be you.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write your first book. Then, your second. Keep going and don’t stop writing. The more books you have under your belt, the better chances you have at being noticed.

What are you reading now?
The Protector by Jodi Ellen Malpas

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to write a fiction book that appeals to the masses.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

Author Websites and Profiles
Stacy M Wray Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a 21-year-old girl from New Delhi, studying at Stanford University. I’ve written two books – Tides Don’t Cross and There is a Tide. My penchant for storytelling was sparked as a child playing make-believe games. When I’m not curled up on my blue beanbag with a book, you can catch me doing Muay Thai or cuddling with all things furry.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Tides Don’t Cross is my latest book. It is a love-story, touching upon the existence of islamophobia today and the emergence of the new-age, ambitious woman. Set in New Delhi and Paris, the story follows the lives of three individuals as they wade through choppy of life, demonstrating resilience in the face of failure, plumbing love in its best and worst forms and laying bare the intricacies of relationships. I hope that after reading the book, the readers are able to fall in love with each of the characters, and maybe through that process, put aside their unfounded prejudices.
The seed for all my stories comes from some sort of injustice I see in the world, be it sexism, corruption or religious intolerance. My stories don’t necessarily solve the problem but establish them as issues we need to start caring about. This book’s inception was triggered when I constantly noticed the existence of an anti-Islamic sentiment even in well-educated, globalized households. It bothered me that even education, considered the biggest equaliser, couldn’t bridge this gap. I wanted the world to see a Muslim who was like them. Who had dreams and aspirations far from his religion. Whose identity wasn’t his faith. And so spurred Tides Don’t Cross, from a single seed of wanting to show the world that prejudices were just that. Prejudices. Unfounded, unfair and unnecessary.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Hmm, I’m not so sure. I almost always start writing after midnight and I can’t write on a desk, ever. I like there to be absolute quiet when I’m working because I’m very easily distracted and the silence helps me listen to my thoughts.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew up reading a lot of Enid Blytons, Meg Cabots, Judy Blumes. Today, my inspirations are Jhumpa Lahiri and Jennifer Egan. I love love love their writing style. They’re pretty much goddesses in my opinion.

What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a collection of short stories. It’s still a work in progress and there’s a long way to go.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m so new to this whole world of promotions and marketing. So far social media channels are all I have.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
That practice can truly make perfect.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading Toni Morrison’s Mercy.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Stolen by Lucy Christopher and Lolita by Nabokov are two of my favorite books (very different genres lol).

Author Websites and Profiles
Simar Malhotra Website

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m retired from the field of commercial credit management. I love music, travel, and our little rescue pups. I’m a mother and grandmother who loves watercolor art and writing. I’ve written four books and participated in two anthologies.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last book is “Cosmo is Adopted” about our little blind dog and his progression from a pound to a rescue and finally to our family. I wrote the book to help our newly adopted grandchildren. They fell in love with Cosmo’s journey and begged me to share it with other children. I worked with an award-winning child therapist to write discussion questions for the book to help develop “feelings” vocabularies. The book is appropriate for ages 6-9.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m seventy-one years young and have had my fill of traditional desks as my workspace. I write sitting in a large leather recliner with a pup beside me or the mysterious cat who shows up twice a day to visit our little blind dog on my lap. I listen to music as I write to filter out the world around me. It’s vitally important because I suffered a serious traumatic brain injury when a truck came across the center line and hit my car head-on. As a result, I talked backward for years. Recently, working on the 3rd book in my Elle Burton series, I realized I had typed an entire paragraph with every word spelled backward. I’ve worked long hours with a computer game to reprogram my brain around the damaged part, but when I push too hard, strange things happen.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I grew up at a time when the must-reads were books like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. I loved Narnia and To Kill a Mockingbird. The Nancy Drew series was a must-read. I couldn’t wait to read all the books in the Little House on the Prairie series and cried when I read Charlotte’s Web. I was one of the lucky ones…the library was only a block away from our house and I spent most of my free time there growing up, reading and re-reading my favorites.

What are you working on now?
I’m still writing the Elle Burton books. My childhood was seriously affected by abuse. I was threatened not to tell anyone or my mother would be killed. That’s a threat a seven-year-old girl takes very seriously. I decided to write this series about real-world problems faced by children, but with a twist. I believed in Guardian Angels and I decided to create a bit of a twist on the old Angels & Demons theme. I also worked with an award-winning child counselor to prepare discussion questions to go with the first book in the series and that’s available for free on my website (no signup required.) My prayer is that the books will inspire kids to kindness and empower them to find help if in trouble. It is a labor of love and the responses I’ve received from mothers who read the book or listened to it on Audible with their daughters has been humbling. It is making a huge impact on those who read it together. It’s a new concept, but perhaps if someone had written this book back in the 50’s, I’d have had that critical conversation with my mom.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I had a bad fall in London just as the first book was published and I wasn’t able to do much to promote it until nearly three years later when I finally had surgery to repair my leg. So far, I’ve been most successful in promotion on Facebook through author groups and my author page.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Absolutely. I read one book that had an incredibly entertaining storyline but the writing was horrible. Don’t depend on friends to do your editing. A well-edited book is critical to your success. A book depends on accuracy for success.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do better today than you did yesterday. I’ve learned in life that to compete with others doesn’t force me to improve at the level I’m capable of achieving. When I compete with myself, I grow daily.

What are you reading now?
I hate to admit it, but I have about 50 books sitting here waiting to be read. I always preferred mystery and fantasy, but when I was a kid I read everything I could find on Abraham Lincoln. I just finished reading Dan Abrams’ book “Lincoln’s Last Trial.” It was fascinating and the research included an actual transcript of the trial. (One of the first ever done in a courtroom. Plus, I found out that during the trial, Lincoln went to his local drugstore and purchased a Bed Bug Remedy (In Sept, 1859…they have the records from the drug store)

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m working on the final edit of the third book in the Elle Burton series and the fourth keeps filling my head…I need to get it out of there!

What is your favorite book of all time?
That would definitely be “To Kill a Mockingbird.” While I learned that having a kind heart is one of life’s greatest accomplishments from my grandfather, I learned that life can be frightening, unfair, and extremely complicated from this book. Most important, I learned you have to stand up and fight for what you believe in.

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Peggy M McAloon Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my 1st book series that I have written. I am writing a second book titled, “Soaring to Greatness.” This will be a discipleship book for kids in the same age group as my 1st book (10-15 years old)

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my book series is “Reaching New Heights.” it is a 365 day devotional for kids going through the difficult ages of puberty. I wrote the books because a few years back, I was teaching kids in Middle School and young high schoolers prayer and discipleship and I was getting bombarded by life questions that these kids were experiencing for the first time. I mentioned to the kids at that time that I will try and find some books that address these issues in a biblical manner and I could not find any. It made me think that this age is probably one of the most difficult times of a person’s life in regards to change in body, hormones, relationships and attitude and there is no spiritual guidance books anywhere to be found. This inspired me to write the 365 day devotional on addressing these difficult life issues with answers from God’s Word.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write like I teach. So the wording in these books is done in language that a kid between the ages of 10-15 can understand.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am a pastor of a small church in Perris, CA. So i normally read books that pertain to adult issues. In regards to this subject and this age group, there is not really any authors or books that have influenced me. My biggest influencers for these books were my own kids that were going through middle school at the same time that I wrote the books. I saw firsthand what their struggles were and how they reacted and it gave me the knowledge needed to come up with all the topics for the books.

What are you working on now?
As I mentioned, I am writing a 2nd book on discipleship for kids between the ages of 10-15. It is called “Soaring to Greatness.” It is a step-by-step guide book in how to disciple these kid’s friends and neighbors on discipleship

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have a website called “reaching new heights books.com.” I advertise primarily on social media in Facebook and I will be starting an ad campaign in Instagram as well.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
DON’T QUIT!! Writing a 365 day devotional is tedious work and there were times that I wanted to stop. But when you have a passion for a subject matter and you know if you can help just one person through this effort, then it is well worth it. And always allow God to lead you in your writing. I always pray before writing another page in order for God to be the true author of these books.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The same as above (don’t quit, always pray etc…). Also, write books for the right reasons and not for the worldly reasons!

What are you reading now?
I do many bible studies so the book I read the most today is the bible. I have a couple books by Tim Keller and John McArthur that I am reading as well.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to finish my second book on discipleship and then possibly look into writing a 3rd book for high school seniors and young college kids on helping them write resumes/doing job interviews in order for them to get the job they want. I was a businessman/business owner for over 30 years before going into the ministry. I would love to help kids find the right jobs that they desire.

What is your favorite book of all time?
THE BIBLE by far. I love End Times. I study it daily. So any book that discusses End Times and Bible Prophecy truly peeks my interests

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Don Meinberg Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I write cultural commentary for a variety of journals, both print and online. “Joey Coletta” is my first screenplay, and it has been great fun from start to finish.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Incredible Life of Joey Coletta” is special in that it is not a book per se but a screenplay. It is an homage to the classic family situation comedies of the 1950s and ’60s – shows like “Leave It to Beaver,” “Father Knows Best,” “The Andy Griffith Show.” I was raised on those old shows and have always admired their wisdom and charm. My screenplay is about an average young boy named Joey Coletta, who auditions for a family sitcom in Hollywood on a whim and wins the lead role. We follow him as he deals with the trials and tribulations of child stardom in the late 1950s: temperamental directors, unscrupulous entertainment journalists, as well as his parents’ crumbling marriage. The story is full of whimsy and charm, and is in places very poignant.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I rarely if ever write my essays from beginning to end in sequence; instead I piece them together from brief sentence fragments, which gradually coalesce into a coherent form. On any given day I might spend more time studying my subject matter than actually writing. Samuel Johnson once said that a person has to read a whole shelf full of books in order to write one book.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am particularly inspired by the great writers of the Christian tradition, from the Bible all the way through G.K. Chesterton (especially his book “Orthodoxy”), C.S. Lewis, Pope Benedict XVI, and others. Chesterton had a way of combining lightness and profundity that I admire. I suppose the biggest influence on “Joey Coletta” was the family sitcoms themselves, whose whimsical spirit I tried to capture. It is a genre that I believe has not been given its due by serious critics.

What are you working on now?
I am starting a new screenplay. It is a period drama set in the early 1800s in America, something that has rarely been done.

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a shambolic and extremely shortsighted advertising copywriter with a fair number of years on the clock. I live in leafy North West London close to Hampstead Heath with my wife and two kids who are far smarter than their old man.
My first attempt at fiction was a novella I wrote in 2011 for my children and to raise money for the charity Centrepoint that helps homeless kids in the UK. Entitled ‘Sleeping with the Blackbirds’, it’s a hard book to pigeonhole. It is written for both children and parents and is a kind of modern-day fable featuring anthropomorphic birds and a lonely and ungainly 11-year-old boy.
My only other published fiction is a short story that was published by Mardibooks in its anthology ‘The Clock Struck War’ published in 2014 to mark the centenary of the First World War. The story concerns the sad tale of Private Thomas Highgate, the first English serviceman to be executed for cowardice. He was only 19 years of age.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a thriller, which I’m still writing having completed the first 40,000 words, which amounts to 14 chapters. It is loosely based on the London terrorist attack in 2005 and its protagonist is a survivor of that attrocity. Now in a wheelchair, he is a bitter tetraplegic seeking retribution for the men, women and children killed in front of his eyes on the London underground.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not a very disciplined writer, and have no particular writing habits. But inspiration can certainly strike when you least expect it. You could be doing something as mundane as unloading the washing machine or clearing leaves in the garden, and a thought just pops into your head unannounced, and you have to put everything down (including damp underwear) and make notes before you forget all about it. But I don’t suppose that’s particularly unusual.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are too many books to number, but I guess some of them include those early books I read as a kid: ‘Stig of the Dump’ by Clive King, ‘Just William’ by Richmal Crompton. And then a little later, books like ‘Three Men in a Boat’ by Jerome K Jerome, ‘Animal Farm’, ‘1984’ and ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ by George Orwell.

What are you working on now?
As I said earlier, my current project is a thriller. The title is ‘The Chair Man’ and I hapoe to finish it some time in 2019 if all goes well.
In addition, I’m also editing English translations of some short stories by well known Japanese authors for Red Circle Authors http://redcircleauthors.com

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m useless at promoting my own work, despite having worked in the advertising industry as a writer for so many years. Ironic, I know, but I just find promoting my own stuff tiresome. I’d much rather spend time writing another book. Having said that, Smashwords seems to be a good place to promote your book for free.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be put off by rejection letters from agents. We’ve all received them. Even J K Rowling. But take note of constructive critisism when it comes your way. Above all, just enjoy your writing. Because if you don’t, nobody will.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
William Faulkner

What are you reading now?
I just finished ‘Rocket Boys’ by Homer Hickam, which is a fabulous book set in a West Virginian mining town in the 1950s. At that time growing up here as a young boy meant that you were destined to either play football or go down the mines when you grew up. Most, of course, took the latter path. But for a small group of boys inspired by the Russian launch of Sputnick, which flew over their community, the science of space flight would become an obsessive passion that would change their lives for ever. Based on the true story of the author, Hickam paints a vivid and loving portrait of his home town, peppered with memorable characters. This is an inpirational tale in which the biggest dreams triumph over adversity.

What’s next for you as a writer?
My goal is to finish my current novel.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Ooh, now that’s difficult.
In fact, it’s too difficult to answer. There isn’t really a ‘best’ book in my library. All great books have something unique and magical about them. It’s impossible for me to name just one.
One could pick classics by Dickens, Orwell, Greene, Forster and so on, but there isn’t one definitive book for me. Sorry.

Author Websites and Profiles
Alex Pearl Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a shambolic and extremely shortsighted advertising copywriter with a fair number of years on the clock. I live in leafy North West London close to Hampstead Heath with my wife and two kids who are far smarter than their old man.
My first attempt at fiction was a novella I wrote in 2011 for my children and to raise money for the charity Centrepoint that helps homeless kids in the UK. Entitled ‘Sleeping with the Blackbirds’, it’s a hard book to pigeonhole. It is written for both children and parents and is a kind of modern-day fable featuring anthropomorphic birds and a lonely and ungainly 11-year-old boy.
My only other published fiction is a short story that was published by Mardibooks in its anthology ‘The Clock Struck War’ published in 2014 to mark the centenary of the First World War. The story concerns the sad tale of Private Thomas Highgate, the first English serviceman to be executed for cowardice. He was only 19 years of age.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a thriller, which I’m still writing having completed the first 40,000 words, which amounts to 14 chapters. It is loosely based on the London terrorist attack in 2005 and its protagonist is a survivor of that attrocity. Now in a wheelchair, he is a bitter tetraplegic seeking retribution for the men, women and children killed in front of his eyes on the London underground.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not a very disciplined writer, and have no particular writing habits. But inspiration can certainly strike when you least expect it. You could be doing something as mundane as unloading the washing machine or clearing leaves in the garden, and a thought just pops into your head unannounced, and you have to put everything down (including damp underwear) and make notes before you forget all about it. But I don’t suppose that’s particularly unusual.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are too many books to number, but I guess some of them include those early books I read as a kid: ‘Stig of the Dump’ by Clive King, ‘Just William’ by Richmal Crompton. And then a little later, books like ‘Three Men in a Boat’ by Jerome K Jerome, ‘Animal Farm’, ‘1984’ and ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ by George Orwell.

What are you working on now?
As I said earlier, my current project is a thriller. The title is ‘The Chair Man’ and I hapoe to finish it some time in 2019 if all goes well.
In addition, I’m also editing English translations of some short stories by well known Japanese authors for Red Circle Authors http://redcircleauthors.com

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m useless at promoting my own work, despite having worked in the advertising industry as a writer for so many years. Ironic, I know, but I just find promoting my own stuff tiresome. I’d much rather spend time writing another book. Having said that, Smashwords seems to be a good place to promote your book for free.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t be put off by rejection letters from agents. We’ve all received them. Even J K Rowling. But take note of constructive critisism when it comes your way. Above all, just enjoy your writing. Because if you don’t, nobody will.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
William Faulkner

What are you reading now?
I just finished ‘Rocket Boys’ by Homer Hickam, which is a fabulous book set in a West Virginian mining town in the 1950s. At that time growing up here as a young boy meant that you were destined to either play football or go down the mines when you grew up. Most, of course, took the latter path. But for a small group of boys inspired by the Russian launch of Sputnick, which flew over their community, the science of space flight would become an obsessive passion that would change their lives for ever. Based on the true story of the author, Hickam paints a vivid and loving portrait of his home town, peppered with memorable characters. This is an inpirational tale in which the biggest dreams triumph over adversity.

What’s next for you as a writer?
My goal is to finish my current novel.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Ooh, now that’s difficult.
In fact, it’s too difficult to answer. There isn’t really a ‘best’ book in my library. All great books have something unique and magical about them. It’s impossible for me to name just one.
One could pick classics by Dickens, Orwell, Greene, Forster and so on, but there isn’t one definitive book for me. Sorry.

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Alex Pearl Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I feel having a down to earth posture is very important, especially when you know your endeavors strives upon being in the mist of creative perspectives. I can’t forget about also liking to be inspiring, because it’s a threshold to the joys and happiness that love prevails. Regarding how many books that I wrote? I have written various manuscripts.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I have a follow up that I hope that I could introduce within the next month or so. It’s a comedy & romance called “The Banquet Of Transcending Electronics II”. Regarding what inspired it? Would you believe versatility acknowledged and established from a family and unified perspectives?

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wouldn’t call it unusual. I have a lady friend that I like to create and send what I consider personal greeting card eBooks, eBooks of personal poetry, short stories, thought of love, etc. I think that those cherished and personal thoughts of appeal are such a treasuring to love that I decided to acknowledge and establish those perceptions as complimentary towards business endeavors.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
(Laughing a little) Again! I think that I think exceptionally versatile involving creative writing. I don’t want to deprive myself of inspired perspectives and perceptions. I may look in one direction and say I like this one and that book, and then look in another direction and acknowledge feeling the same way about so many others. I’ll just say, I’ve come across a lot of inspiring and very influential authors and books.

What are you working on now?
(Laughing) An interview!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still looking. I hope that I could find out, and give you another interview.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes. Even though I know that they heard it again and again. Try to keep your focus and your strive. Acknowledge the rational perspectives that they could give you and try to make them applicable.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Complimentary, a——chieve————!!!

What are you reading now?
Regarding leisure perceptions? A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and so forth, and so forth, and so forth.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I hope a lot of love and joy.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The Bible. There’s nothing more inspiring, encouraging and gives more of a perception of humility than that.

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Ronald Walker Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Michael Patrick Mardel (1949-) was born near the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He has trained to be a teacher-librarian ending up with a Bachelor of Education and a Graduate Diploma of Librarianship. At the age of 40 he started studying psychology as that is what he always wanted to do. He graduated with a Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Psychology) and has spent his time since then counselling, teaching students how to drive, and being a carer. In 2004 he assisted his publisher on bringing out Library Walkabout and from then on he self-published Walkabout Dreaming years 5-8 and 3-4, Sustainability in the 21st century part 1 (all revised in 2018) and part 2 (Growing your own), Computer Walkabout (being revised), Storyteller Walkabout, Music Walkabout. He wrote the Australian short stories for boys (& girls) over two years. These stories are now available from Amazon through KDP and on Kindle.
Michael has now written a trilogy around the life of Paul O’Leary for middle grade readers about life in the country and overseas. There are now a few YA books: Frack off: trouble in the high country and the Kimberley; The Mermaid and the Seahorse; and A Cowboy Downunder.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Computer Walkabout – Office 365 is totally different

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
quiet

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Joanna Penn and Steve Freeman

What are you working on now?
publishing a memoir – editing outside.
Setting up a paperback for one of the Paul O’Leary books

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Goodreads and Twitter

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just do it.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Read widely

What are you reading now?
The midnight bell by Jack Higgins.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Convert all the ebooks to paperbacks.

What is your favorite book of all time?
The folk of the faraway tree by Enid Blyton

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Michael Mardel Website
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I write under the name C.M. Moore because I write with my wife, Monica. Monica is the “M” in C.M. and she doesn’t leave our bookstore much. If you ever get a chance to meet her, I’m sure you would love her. At the start of all my books, I always say that not a single word could exist without her. She is truly amazing. Together Monica and I have written 5 books. We call them the Ice Era Chronicles.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Our latest book is called Two For Tea An (Off-The-Rails) Ice Era Chronicle. This book is about a secondary character you meet in another chronicle, 2:05 a.m. I wrote this book because in 2:05 a.m. Tea is the villain. I realized from my time in Afganistan that we are all the bad guy to someone. I wanted to show a glimpse into this young woman’s world of hardship and in a way, it was healing for me. I like to think that deep down maybe all of us are just trying our best.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My wife and I have this little cafe that we sit at for breakfast. We sit and chat about our characters, plot, and themes. I write out how I think the story should go and what I envision and then Monica likes to sit in the laundry room and write. Two years ago I cut my wrist with a skill saw (not on purpose) and so now Monica does a lot of the typing. Once she is done with a basic outline, I sit on the dryer and we talk and read together. I love the way she gets excited over characters or cries at the end of a book if she has grown attached to someone. Once that’s all done, I am free to leave the dryer and (as funny as it sounds) we start emailing each other back and forth. I look at the work, then her, and then back again. It’s really quite fun. I love spending time with her and working on creating these little work babies. It’s almost as fun as when we used to create real babies.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I loved Robert Ludlum’s Bourne series. Those were the start of my wanting to create a female assassin. When I first started on this it was Monica who said: “Why can’t she fall in love?” Though I wanted to make my main character cold as ice, in the end, I liked that she is a bit soft. This is no Robert Ludlum, but Monica and I try hard and we have fun.

What are you working on now?
Tough question. Monica and I were working on a male-male romance set at Christmas time but it got held up with the publisher, so I am now plotting out the next book, 3:05 a.m. An Ice Era Chronicle. This book will be another glimpse into the “bad guys” and also you will follow Rourke and Andrea as they navigate what we call the “Party Base.”

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far I have had a lot of luck with AuthorCrossPromotions. I like promoting other authors like myself.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My only advice at this point is to keep doing it if you’re having fun. Writing is work, I get that, but if you are going to pour your heart, soul, and time into something like this, you should be having a good time while you’re doing it!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Trash or Treasure. Another author said that to me once. She said for every piece of advice you get, you have to look at it and it’s either trash and you can’t use it, or its treasure and keep it. I take all my critiques and criticism that way. Even the hard one-star stuff.

What are you reading now?
I am reading a book called High Lonesome By Tanya Chris. It’s a male-male-male threesome romance about an innkeeper in the mountains, a Russian spy, and a heroin addict. Hey, I can be a straight male reading gay romance. Take off your judgy pants. It’s an interesting book.

What’s next for you as a writer?
I will quote Finding Nemo. “Just keep swimming.” That’s all any of us can do. I’m going to take one day at a time and keep writing. It’s fun, it helps my brain, and it makes my wife smile. Man… you should see how she smiles when a book is in her hands. Amazing.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg. Monica and I have both read this and after I came home from Iraq, and she came home from Afghanistan, this book changed our lives. If I could talk everyone in the world into reading it, I would.

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Connor Moore Website
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