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1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Carol Denise Mitchell. Here is my bio.
I, began writing as a youngster when she learned her father was illiterate and could not read. The author was born on May 12, 1955, in Los Angeles, California, and is the sixth of sixteen children. She is the daughter of Zebbie Thomas Charles, Sr., and Tasceaie Carise Charles. Mitchell was reared in Los Angeles, during the noteworthy era of the Civil Rights Movement. During an interview with the Oakland, Tribune, she recalled living in an Urban setting in Watts, California, during an era in American history that became a motivating influence behind her writing career, when three-days of rioting in August 1965 changed her life.

"I remember the Watts Riot, I was encouraged by my mother that change, degradation, and Urban ruin, would be a motivating factor for us all to grow." After this time in history, Mitchell began steadily leaving her imprint on fighting illiteracy. Hence, Mitchell wrote many notable novels, including "Your Rights, What Employers do not want you to know," getting critical acclaim by lawyers and unions in the work industry. Next, she chronicled her early life in an award-winning novel, What Happened to Suzy, winning praise for its' message of healing and hope.

In Oakland, California Mitchell worked alongside slain newspaper Editor, Chauncey Bailey as a news reporter for [Soul Beat]. She was highlighted in The Oakland Post Newspaper, for her groundbreaking work as a writer. Mitchell is an expert niche writer for E-zine Articles. Mitchell's latest projects are represented on her author's page. Her books have garnered buyers in Australia, The United Kingdom, Italy and around the world. Mitchell currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it? My book title is: Noah True Love Never Dies. Readers can find my book on Amazon.com at this link. https://www.amazon.com/Noah-True-Love...

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
I come up with ideas by inspiration. I have a tendency to write about real life experiences. My new book derives from a throat disease. Not being able to talk, propelled me to write my new book!

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I love Claude Brown's "Manchild in the Promised Land," Sequoya Griffin's "Goodbye Sarah Jane," and Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind."

5) What's your next writing project?
Employment Law. I love giving back to the community via providing necessary resources to those who can benefit most from them.

1) What is your name and bio? Heidi Hanley-
For Heidi Hanley, reading and writing is like breathing. On her 5oth birthday, she got serious about turning her passion for writing into a goal to publish. The result is The Prophecy, Book One of the Kingdom of Uisneach series. The Runes of Evalon, the second book in the series, is due out in April. Heidi lives in New Hampshire beside the Connecticut River with her husband and a Scottish Terrier. She has enjoyed a career as a Registered Nurse, Interfaith minister and is currently serving as a Hospice chaplain. When not working, you will find her reading, sneaking away to Maine, or and in the garden with the birds and faeries.


2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it? The Prophecy Book One of the Kingdom of Uisneach series.

Dreams of battle. A king offering a crown. Longing for a faceless archer. From a quiet life in Maine, Briana Brennan, landscape designer and bookworm, is led into the woods and through a tree, where she emerges a savior of the mythic kingdom of Uisneach. She must begin the journey through a land terrorized by the evil Lord Shamwa. Guided by the stalwart Lord Marshall Sigel and the handsome young bard, Silas of Cedarmara and mentored by a forest crone and a shapeshifting crow, she must discover how to use the black medallions they wear to unlock the curse and rescue the king.
A magical map, mystical beings and a fantastic world all contribute something to the journey and to Briana’s growth as a woman, a warrior and a queen. Briana’s trek across Uisneach is a grand adventure that will hopefully bring her love and a happily ever after. Or will it?


3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Many places. Dreams, music, poetry, things happening in the world, history, mythology. Intuition is a hard mistress to pin down and muses show up on their own schedule. I just try to be present and ready to catch the thought when it floats in my head.

4) What books/authors do you like to read? Too many to list but I will say that in terms of fiction writers, Diana Gabaldon, J.K. Rowling, Morgan Llewellyn and Stephen King are my long time favorites. Cindy Brandner, Patrick Rothfuss, R.K. Thorne, Jordan Rivet, Laurie Forest, Melanie Karsak and Charlie N. Holmberg are newer authors that I follow religiously. Oops...I guess I did create quite a list.

5) What's your next writing project? Book Two of the Kingdom of Uisneach series, The Runes of Evalon, is due out the end of May (I hope) and I'm working on the third book in the trilogy.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Heidi Smith. There is a portal in my mind that takes me to mythical places where I hangs out with kings, queens, bards, warriors, witches and a myriad of other magical creatures. It is my happy place and the source of inspiration for my book series, Kingdom of Uisneach. The Prophecy was released in 2018 and I have added The Runes of Evalon to the series.
But the portal goes both ways and in my mundane life, which really isn’t so mundane, I live with my husband and Scottish terrier in New Hampshire, along the Connecticut River. I adore spending time with my family, aka Team Smuffin, visiting new pubs, new places or at Joey’s soccer games. I work as a hospice chaplain and a self-publishing author. When not working, you will find me in the garden, thinking about writing and chatting with the birds and the faeries.
I love to share my passion for books, nature, travel, music, Ireland and Native American culture with like-minded people through my website, Facebook and Instagram. Consider yourself invited to check out my books on Amazon and say hello on social media.
Website: heidihanleyauthor.com
Facebook: Heidi Hanley Author Page
https://www.facebook.com/heidihanleya...
Instagram: heidi_hanley


2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
The Prophecy is Book One of the Kingdom of Uisneach series and can easily be found on Amazon in paperback and e-book. https://www.amazon.com/Prophecy-Kingd...

Dreams of battle. A king offering a crown. Longing for a faceless archer. From a quiet life in Maine, Briana Brennan, landscape designer and bookworm, is led into the woods and through a tree, where she emerges a savior of the mythic kingdom of Uisneach. She must begin the journey through a land terrorized by the evil Lord Shamwa. Guided by the stalwart Lord Marshall Sigel and the handsome young bard, Silas of Cedarmara and mentored by a forest crone and a shapeshifting crow, she must discover how to use the black medallions they wear to unlock the curse and rescue the king.
A magical map, mystical beings and a fantastic world all contribute something to the journey and to Briana’s growth as a woman, a warrior and a queen. Briana’s trek across Uisneach is a grand adventure that will hopefully bring her love and a happily ever after. Or will it?


3) Where do you come up with your ideas? Who can say where these flights of fancy come from? For me, dreams, music, poetry, history, mythology may be sources but inspiration is a hard mistress to pin down and muses show up of their own accord. I just try to be alert and present when they do and ready to capture what I can.

4) What books/authors do you like to read? Oh, the list would be long as I will read anything and everything, fiction and non-fiction. In the fantasy and romance genres I would say for older writers it would have to be Diana Gabaldon, Morgan Llewellyn and J.K. Rowling. New authors I follow religiously are Cindy Brandner, Laurie Forest, R.K. Thorne, Charlie N. Holmberg and Jordan Rivet.

5) What's your next writing project?
Wrapping up The Runes of Evalon, Book Two of the Kingdom of Uisneach series. It should be available on Amazon at the end of May. I am also working on book three of the trilogy.

Mona Vayda, I love your international and intercultural background and I have put your books onto my reading list. I am quite new here on Goodreads and so far I haven't yet found other authors who like you -- and me -- write about the insights we gain when living in the bigger world. Are you still writing now?
I published "Lights & Shadows: Discoveries Away From Home" about a year ago. And like you, I am hoping that people will ponder the insights and issues hat others encountered when living in another culture and maybe compare it to their own experiences. So, it's something to think about, or even a kind of "self-help" book.
Gertraude

1) What is your name and bio? I'm Sherri Moorer. I'm an indie author in Columbia, SC. I live as a hermit in the woods and write sci-fi and mystery novels when I'm not forced to emerge into the world for my "day job" in professional licensing.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it? I just published a 5 book scifi set called The Earthside Box Set. It takes place on the verge of the 21st century, when advances in technology draw the attention of 2 alien races to Earth. One race just wants to co-exist. The other isn't so amicable.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas? I came up with the idea for Earthside from watching my father-in-law deteriorate and pass away from dementia in 2014. It was the third time I lost a family member to dementia, and by far the ugliest journey I ever witnessed. Writing Earthside helped me not only process that horrible experience, but to explore how far people will go to make the pain of life go away.

4) What books/authors do you like to read? I've gotten into reading a wide variety of indie authors. My favorite is Michael Morrow, the writer of The Mercury Ice Trilogy. I also like Kim Stanley Robinson because I agree with his dire assessment of the effect of overpopulation and climate change on the Earth. And, of course, George R. R. Martin, because he isn't afraid to explore the dirty side of humanity and reality in A Song of Ice and Fire (which is what Game of Thrones is based on).

5) What's your next writing project? I'm brainstorming a new idea about artificial intelligence. Mixing man and machine fascinates me, but what happens if a mentally unstable person gets in the system? Or somebody with nefarious motives? That's the direction I'm taking with my next project. I really hope it will evolve into another trilogy, at least.

1) What is your name and bio?
Allen Steadham created comic books and webcomics before he started writing novels. He has been married to his wife, Angel, since 1995 and they have two sons and a daughter. When not writing stories, Allen and his wife are singers, songwriters and musicians. They have been in a Christian band together since 1997. They live in Central Texas.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
Mindfire


"For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required."

Leia Hamilton can move things and set them on fire with her mind.

Leia's father and step-mother tried to hide their past: a time when they were part of a team of superheroes. But despite being disbanded for over twenty years following a series of tragedies, their problems were passed to their children and Leia finds that her future collides with their past.

In the diverse world of human and superhuman, heroes and villains, friends and enemies, some of Leia's choices have terrible consequences. For Leia, this leads to a personal crossroads and a search for redemption.

Not your normal superhero novel, Mindfire isn't about secret identities, costumes, or evil plots endangering the world. Instead, self-discovery and adaptation is at the forefront as the reader follows the lives of the characters who are unafraid to show love and explore spirituality.

Can redemption and renewed grace weather the flames of absolute power and superhuman strength?

Readers can find Mindfire on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Mindfire is based on characters and story elements from my earliest homemade comics. However, my inspiration for how to use them came from God and His Son, Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit. They encourage and guide me in all my writings.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
For a long time, I only read Star Trek books. Now I have more variety and include Christian fiction, including Christian speculative fiction (fantasy, steampunk, science fiction, science-fantasy, etc.).

5) What's your next writing project?
I am currently working on the first book in a Christian steampunk trilogy.

Only ChildrenPat Buckna

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Pat Buckna. I live on the British Columbia Sunshine Coast in Powell River. I am originally from Calgary, Alberta and have lived in the Canadian arctic (NWT) and BC. I travelled as a country-western singer, created a record label in the 1980's, and worked for many years in the project mgmt profession.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
Website: only children.ca
Sold by: Amazon (paperback and Kindle) and Kobo (e-book)
Title: Only Children - a family memoir
Synopsis: In February 1955, the four-year old author and his mother travelled by train to a funeral. When he returned home, a new boy came to stay, but soon left and the two didn’t see one another again for nearly forty years.
On holiday with his parents, he watched his father confront a clerk in a grocery store. That afternoon a young woman knocked on the door of their motel room and introduced herself as his sister.
As a teen, the author became entangled in a series of reckless encounters. He met a girl on a bus and followed her to the boreal forest of Northern Quebec. He befriended an older married woman with children and became an ‘instant’ parent at twenty.
One morning, he left his marriage and became Chris Miller, a country-music singer living in his van. On the road he met a crazy woman from Oklahoma, was arrested, then headed North to rebuild his life.
Years later he reconnected with the brother who had come to stay as a child and tried to help him unravel a life-long mystery.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
My memoir was built on childhood memories combined with events that took place during the 17 years I took to finish the book

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Margaret Atwood, Italo Calvino, Mary Carr, Vladimir Nabokov, Tony Hillermann

5) What's your next writing project?
Working on a memoir about the 65 jobs I held over my lifetime.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Grady P. Brown and I am a science fiction author who is diagnosed with high functioning autism. I am a connoisseur of the science fiction, fantasy, and superhero genres. In addition, I am an autism ambassador, hoping to demonstrate the potential benefits one can gain from being autistic. As a writer, I utilize my autism to visualize the story taking place inside of my head like a movie. Also, I have a very strong memory, allowing me to store information about my characters and stories in my brain as though it were a computer hard-drive. I am also a passionate pit bull lover and owns a pair of sweet and loving pit bulls named Wally and Fitch.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
Title: Numen the Slayer

Synopsis: "Numen Magnus is heir to the castle of Magnus Keep, but has everything taken from him by a barbaric king. With his home destroyed and family murdered, Numen must fight to survive in the uncharted wilderness of Umbran. Along his journey, Numen discovers something significant about his heritage and seeks to turn his enemies to ash. Numen the Slayer is a fantasy underdog story where one young man can decide the fate of a kingdom. The Gold Phoenix rises!"

Location: Amazon

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
I come up with my ideas by studying medieval history. History is such a goldmine of inspiration and it makes writing the story a lot easier.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I like reading the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini and A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.

5) What's your next writing project?
I am currently writing the story about Numen the Slayer's grandson and how he reigns as emperor.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Nita and I am a journalist. I have worked for national newspapers and magazines in India, both free-lance and as a full-time employee. Several of my short stories have been published in newspapers and last year I won a manuscript competition at the Pune International Literary Festival (PILF) and this year my crime thriller titled The Hawa Mahal Murders was launched at PILF19 by the famous lyricist of India, Javed Akhtar.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
“The Hawa Mahal Murders” is a crime thriller which focusses on two characters: a troubled housewife trapped in a bad marriage (her second), and a police officer desperate to prove himself but stymied at every step by a crooked boss and a corrupt system. When a series of murders take place in a posh locality in Mumbai, all hell breaks loose, with senior police officers scrambling to save the Chief Minister’s son, and frame an innocent security guard.

The book is available on Amazon internationally.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
My mind is always thinking of what to write. Every person I meet is a potential idea and every event I read about is too.


4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I grew up reading crime thrillers but now I read literary authors like Margaret Atwood and Kiran Nagarkar. I also read non-fiction. The most recent book I read is Lifespan.

5) What's your next writing project?
I am writing a sequel to The Hawa Mahal Murders.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Dawn Doig. I am the author of several children’s picture books on a variety of topics including childhood hearing loss, bullying and forgiveness, dysgraphia, and learning English as an additional language. I have been blessed with two extremely rewarding careers working with children as an audiologist and as an English as an additional language teacher. I have two grown children who live in Canada. I currently reside in Cameroon with my hubby Bruce and two very rambunctious but adorable female kitties. Living overseas has made promoting my books challenging. I am a passionate baker and love to share my homemade goodies with others. I am always ready to head out on the next thrilling adventure with Bruce and we never know where the wind will blow us to next.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
I currently have eight children's picture books published with three more being prepared for publication. They can be found on Amazon, Follett-Titlewave, Ingram, Indigo Canada, Wordery, Book Depository and a number of other sites. amazon.com/author/dawndoig I also have a web page https://doigda.wixsite.com/mysite-1

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
I get my inspiration for my children’s books from my family, the children I have had the pleasure of working with, general life experiences, and my feline friends. My story ideas usually come to me in dreams and then I get up and write them.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Anything by Diana Gabaldon and James Patterson; Stellaluna; The Phantom Tollbooth

5) What's your next writing project?
I have just finished illustrating a book featuring several cartoon characters I created when I was 12 years old. I have started another children's book inspired by the many things my mother 'loves'.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Linda Perry McCarthy. My works of poetry include five published books. My intent is to help the readers discover and enhance their own faith in a loving God whose plan of salvation and happiness has application, both from a personal and universal perspective. I am a Christian and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. My poetry mirrors my deeply-held personal beliefs, convictions and feelings, while still relevant to everyone's search for redemption and happiness in this life and hereafter. John is my husband and sweetheart of thirty-one years. I am the mother of two children, grandmother to four and great-grandmother to three.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My most recent publication is titled Look Up and Rejoice Always!. It is a compilation of carefully selected poems from previously published books, with several new poems introduced. Amazon remains the largest seller and promoter of my Titles. More information can be obtained here: https://www.amazon.com/Linda-Perry-Mc...?

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
I am inspired by authors, gospel teachings, books, beauty and life, However, my greatest source of inspiration is gifted through the Holy Spirit, whose help I plead for prior to writing each day.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Needless to say, I have a passion for poetry. Some of my favorite reads are books of poems, including several authors and titles. Emma Lou Thayne, Eliza R. Snow, Louise Maud Montgomery, Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson among others. I also enjoy autobiographies and memoirs. At the moment I am reading Poems (a compilation of CS Lewis poems) and The Weight of Glory, another by CS Lewis, who remains favorite author.

5) What's your next writing project?
Currently, I am writing a memoir and a children's book. Both should be published and available before Christmas.

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1) What is your name and bio?
Francis H Powell
Born in 1961, in Reading, England Francis H Powell attended Art Schools, receiving a degree in painting and an MA in printmaking. In 1995, Powell moved to Austria, teaching English as a foreign language while pursuing his varied artistic interests adding music and writing. He currently lives in Brittany, teaching as well as writing both prose and poetry. Powell has published short stories in the magazine, “Rat Mort” and other works on the internet site "Multi-dimensions."His published books include "Flight of Destiny" and recently published "Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation' published by Beacon publishing.
2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation
By Francis H. Powell
Set in different time in a variety of settings and time periods, the past, the present and the future, the book explores the inevitable unknown that lies before us all "death". Death can be arrive in a multitude of forms. Each part of the book explores different themes. There are characters who following their demises have to face up to their lurid pasts. There some who face annihilation and others who are in a crazy pursuit of world destruction. We are living in an age in which it appears that the doomsday clock is ticking ever faster, as we teeter over the edge of world destruction. The book aims to contain some ironic twists. Even as young children we build up nightmare visions of what death involves. The reader is often left to distinguish between what is real and what is not, as stories reside within stories and the story tellers can never be fully trusted. Not all the book is doom and gloom, there are Elsa Grun's bizarre encounters with men and Shellys' hapless husband Arnie.

From secluded beach houses, to obscure motels, to visions of heaven, which takes the form of the Hotel Paradiso, to the world of the future death is always a wild adventure, that can't be ignored.
https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Rei...
3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Inspiration can come at any moment, I can be on a train, or walking down a dark dimly lit street. A TV show can get me thinking. An episode in my life can come back to haunt me.
4) What books/authors do you like to read?
A great variety, from dark stories to biographies and history books
5) What's your next writing project?
I am writing a story about priest killers

Thanks a lot, Vincent sir, for initiating the topic. I'd like to participate as well.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Neeraj Bharti. I am a software engineer in a reputed Bank in California, and as an author, I have self-published my maiden mystery thriller novel - The Curse To Ashwathama. Back in India, I did write stuff like short stories in regional newspapers.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My mystery and crime thriller book is titled as THE CURSE TO ASHWATHAMA.
The Blurb goes like this:
After completing his college, Sahil, the son of chieftain Thakur Pratap Singh, returns home to his native village, Ratnagiri. But what promises to be an idyllic holiday rapidly devolves into a situation fraught with danger. Unknown to Sahil, a series of ghastly murders has targeted the village for years—corpses mutilated, organs missing, and the mastermind at large. Then, Sahil stumbles upon a truth that’s darker than he could have ever imagined.
The boundaries separating good and evil collapse as Sahil joins hands with the racketeers. Things go for a spin when Khan, a cop, indulges in a cat-and-mouse game to nab him.
The Curse To Ashwathama is a gripping crime thriller and a modern-day take on the tragic tale from the Mahabharata—a story of revenge and redemption, love and loss, myth and truth, you will be left wondering: Can Sahil change fate? Will he come out unscathed? Will the curse to Ashwathama strike?

Though I am looking forward to increase the reader base, I got 4 stars from all the genuine reviewers on Netgalley and GoodReads.
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/boo...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...


To skim through the first 2 chapters free of cost, and to know more about the book, kindly visit my website www.ushnar.com, to see if the 2 chapters generate some interest in you.
Below are the links of amazon (USA and India) and notionpress (only India) in case any interested reader wants to buy the book.

Amazon India (Ebook/ Paperback)
https://www.amazon.in/s?k=the+curse+t...

Notion Press (India):
https://notionpress.com/read/the-curs...

Amazon Ebook and Paper Back USA market
https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Ashwatha...

Amazon Hardcover USA market
https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Ashwatha...

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
When deadly insomnia troubled me and didn't let me sleep, to make through the lonely nights, I started to concentrate and hallucinated imaginations. And soon, the thoughts turned into ideas, the ideas turned into story, and the story finally turned into the novel - The Curse To Ashwathama. I am feel proud and blessed to have authored it.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I am a big fan of crime and suspense mystery thrillers with Agatha Christie's Poirot being my favorite.

5) What's your next writing project?
Though nothing concrete, as I just published THE CURSE TO ASHWATHAMA, I would be writinng a courtroom drama yet again, as I did it in THE CURSE TO ASHWATHAMA.

1) What is your name and bio?

My name is Leon Stevens and I am an independent author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. I became a writer out of necessity. Along with song writing, poetry has allowed me to make sense and accept events and situations in my life.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?

Published in January 2020, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures is the debut book from author Leon Stevens. It is an eclectic mix of poetry, prose, and short stories that address the subjects of loss, struggle, human behavior, and environment.

This book has words to encourage you, to make you laugh, and to invite you to reflect. With each chapter, a lens opens, revealing a different observation.
-Leon Stevens

I am currently running a funding campaign on Indiegogo. Visit my website at www.linesbyleon.com or https://igg.me/at/linesbyleon. Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures is also available at most online retailers.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?

I started writing for therapeutic reasons, but I also found that I had many interesting ideas floating around in my head.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?

Mostly Science Fiction and Historical books.

5) What's your next writing project?

I started to write short science fiction stories as well as some apocalyptic poems and tales.

1) What is your name and bio?
Kaia Misk. I am a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, otherwise known as a "Yinzer." My first book, One Step Closer, is a slightly-erotic action/romance. I am currently writing the 2nd book in the series, Two Steps Behind, which will NOT have erotic content. Essentially, I write contemporary romance, and am working on the comedy aspect of my writing. Also, I recently submitted a flash fiction YA piece for publication, inspired by my 13-year-old niece.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
One Step Closer - Tish Hadak was raped in college. Now, 20 years later, she meets the man of her dreams in the courtyard between their places of work. Dominic Reece is a local news anchor, loved by women, yet satisfied by none.
Pip has been watching Tish for years after college. His drug network is threatened and Tish is one of only two people left alive who witnessed his past crimes. He must deal with her.
Tish is no weakling. While Dom, her friends and family rally around her, she learns to protect herself. She maintains control, especially in the bedroom. Lust begets love, and love lasts even as the gunfire rains down on her.
My website, www.kaiamisk.com, has links to everywhere my e-book is sold.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Over the years, I've written down and told stories about people and places I've been. I've also witnesses things in downtown Pittsburgh, having worked there for years as a paralegal, such as the name changes to the strip club, building and business locations. One Step Closer is set in downtown Pittsburgh and uses this information.

4) What books/authors do you like to read? Karen Rose - romantic suspense, Tami Hoag (Liska/Kovac series). Many others. Seeking work from new authors as well.

5) What's your next writing project? Two Steps Behind is the 2nd book in my Step Series. It is the story of my favorite character (arguably) from One Step Closer.

1) What is your name and bio?
I am James D. Heritage. I grew up and worked the first half of my life in the Pacific Northwest, and tramped and camped all over Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. I have worked as an auto repair tech, shop manager, and technical trainer. In the second half of my life, I have lived in Michigan and worked in IT as a Business Analyst for one of the world’s largest auto manufacturers.

I began writing as a hobby in the early 2000’s, and now have penned over twenty fiction novels in fantasy, science fiction, thriller, action/adventure, and western genres. I am thoroughly addicted now. In late 2019, I was able to self-publish my first novel in the sci-fi genre.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My debut novel is the first of a pair, prequel and sequel, which set up the universe and backstory for six additional novels set in the same framework, and launching from the initial cast of characters.

The first novel is titled COMMANDER: Into the Future, Book 1. It can be found on Amazon, Google Books, and at Barnes&Noble.

Expeditionary Marine Lt. JD Rawlings is nearly as battered and hastily patched as the ship he is assigned to, the Navy frigate Rontar. Scars of recent repair are disturbingly visible on both. But that is not the worst of it, by far.

Lt. Rawlings discovered betrayal, an ambush by the alien Shaquaree, but his method of discovery is seen by many survivors as the catalyst which precipitated the battle. The Shaquaree then nearly annihilated mankind’s best military and diplomatic personnel in a matter of only minutes. Only one ship, the Rontar, with Rawlings aboard, managed to escape the butchery with an emergency Transition-jump. Rawlings wonders if his next action will be defending humanity against the aliens or himself against the crew members who blame him.

When they appear in the Hylea system nothing there makes any more sense than the shocking treachery of the aliens. The system is supposed to be uninhabited, yet there are EM transmissions from the Earth-class planet. There are supposed to be subspace comms with Earth and the remaining Navy and Marine Fleet, yet there are none.
Alone, barely functional, defenseless, can the frigate, the Navy crew, and the few remaining Marines survive long enough to gain answers to the critical questions? Who is sending the EM signals, and why is the Hylea system shaped differently than the star charts indicate? Did those intractable aliens follow the Rontar to finish the job? Why are the alien Shaquaree so apparently dedicated to wiping out humanity?

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Anywhere, everywhere . . . driving, eating, talking, sleeping and dreaming, reading articles, or just daydreaming. Usually, I will think of a character first, and how I would like to see that character grow and develop. Then, I will think about what kind of plot or storyline that character might best fit within.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Uff da! Isaac Asimov, Piers Anthony, Terry Brooks, Mercedes Lackey, Stephen King, Rik Spoor, Jim Butcher, Andre Norton, John Ringo, Jim Hines, CJ Box, Tom Clancy, to name just a few . . . and so many, many more!

5) What's your next writing project?
Actually, I am currently working on two novels.
One is a sequel to the first, a dystopian near-future story about a world without electricity after several high altitude nuclear detonations created an EMP-driven domino failure of all electrical circuitry containing IC chips. Now, UV is increasing as the ozone disappears for some strange reason. Serious sunburn and cancers are skyrocketing. Plant life is burning up and global temperatures have increased alarmingly. A young Indian girl and her close friends find themselves on the forefront of the battle to save the entire planet. The first is called Sky Warrior, and the second is called Earth Warrior.

The other novel in progress doesn’t have a working title yet. Basically, I asked myself what might happen if Texas managed to gain its independence from Mexico, but then was never annexed to the United States. If one looks at history, all it would take is one or two key historical actions to either fail, or not happen, or turn out differently than they did somehow. Suppose instead of General/President Santa Anna being returned to Mexico City after his capture by Sam Houston, that Santa Anna is instead tried as a war criminal and then executed. How might that change what we see as our history?
How would North America look from that perspective, and how did the continental and global politics drive to the world that would then exist?

Congrats on your books, James! Keep up the writing, dreaming, and creating!

And I love Oregon and Washington. I have such great memories in those states. :)

-Vince

“Keep reading. It’s one of the most marvellous adventures that anyone can have.”
-Lloyd Alexander
Hey There!
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1) My name is Lynette DeVries. I was born in 1971 in Oak Lawn, Illinois. As a child, I spent countless hours at my manual typewriter creating choose-your-own-adventure stories and mysteries inspired by the Nancy Drew series.

After college, I began writing scripts for various cable shows on Americana Television Network, and later I wrote episodes of the nationally-syndicated series Could It Be a Miracle, hosted by Robert Culp. I also wrote extensively for print news and magazines, radio and advertising, but my first love is fiction. My published novels include Synchronicity and Salvation, books one and two of the young adult series, the Geminae Duology, published in May 2020 and June 2020 respectively.

I live with my husband, two brilliant daughters and two sloppy dogs in south Florida.

2) The Geminae Duology is a YA contemporary metaphysical series that includes Synchronicity (book one) and Salvation (book two).

Synchronicity is the story of Hazel Stone, who is just an ordinary teenager . . . or so she thinks. But lately, she's begun mind-hopping into a stranger's dark reality, and she's starting to question everything, including her own sanity. Then she meets Max McCormick, the brilliant new kid in town with an impressive list of phobias. A bizarre series of coincidences brings the two of them together, and their lives take a sharp turn from the mundane to the metaphysical. It's up to them to uncover the truth buried in the Stone family history. The more Hazel sees, the less she understands . . . and the closer it brings her and Max to mortal danger. Will she harness the extraordinary gift she has inherited to find the answers before it's too late?

In Salvation, Hazel Stone is beginning to accept her birthright—and the extraordinary powers that come with it—but she’s still a long way from understanding her connection to a stranger’s troubled life. With the help of her friend, Max, she continues her desperate search for answers, but the trail leads them deeper into dangerous territory. They encounter some unlikely allies along the way—and cross paths with a fanatical doctor who seems hell-bent on hijacking Hazel’s abilities, no matter the cost. Will they uncover the truth and find salvation—or will they lose everything?

Both Synchronicity and Salvation can be found on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Geminae-Duolog...

3) Like so many writers, I tend to weave bits of my own experience into my stories. This is especially true for The Geminae Duology, in which one of the protagonists suffers from anxiety/panic disorder (something I have struggled with myself). It also incorporates elements of the metaphysical--sacred geometry, numbers, intuition, tarot cards--which is something that intrigues me. On the outside, I appear to be ruled by logic and reason, but there's a part of me that is sure we are all part of a higher, mystical Universe that can't be quantified or explained in scientific terms. The protagonists in this duology are ordinary teens who don't know the first thing about the metaphysical realm, and I thought it would be fun to thrust them into an extraordinary situation that they least expected and to watch them turn their skepticism into strength.

4) I enjoy a wide variety of authors, especially Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, John Green, Audrey Niffenegger, Elizabeth Gilbert, Neal Shusterman, John Irving and Wally Lamb.

5) I am currently working on another YA contemporary novel with some elements of the paranormal/metaphysical, tentatively titled Alternate.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Muditha Warnasuriya. I hold a doctorate degree in education and have authored several books in the field of education. I have also authored children's books and books for young readers. Currently, I write horror and suspense for adults.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My latest publication is The Villa. It is a horror fiction novel. Readers can find it on:

XLibris: https://www.xlibris.com/en/bookstore/...

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Villa-M-Warnas...

At present I am working on my author website. As soon as it is available I will share it with all.

Synopsis:
Jason and Susan Smith have been married for two years. They live a quiet life in an apartment with their cat Penny. Jason is a cardiologist and Susan is a homemaker with the dream of becoming a writer. To surprise his wife, Jason purchases a four-story villa in the mountains overlooking the beach. Susan is enthralled by the beauty and extravagance of her new home, which also happens to be over a century old. Little does she know, however, that the house has a dark past, that of suffering and death, which has given rise to angry spirits that dwell within and beyond its walls. Susan, who is expecting a child, is desperate to find out why these spirits are terrorizing her home and their lives. In her quest for answers, she stumbles upon a set of old journals in the attic and begins reading them. As she reads, things become clear, and Susan begins to unravel the truth behind the hauntings.
Will she be able to put these spirits to rest and save her beloved home?

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
I love horror and suspense. One of my favorite past time activities to watch a late night horror film with my husband. I spend time creating characters and situations that create horror or suspense. If it scares me or gives me the chills I'll bet it will do the same for my readers. So I guess you can say, I spend time thinking up bone-chilling ideas.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I love to read folklore, tales by H.P. Lovecraft, and mystery stories like The Hardy Boys.

5) What's your next writing project?
I just finished my newest book and am in the process of editing it. It is a murder/suspense thriller.

The Villa

Vincent,

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Tony Brunal, I have been in the technology field for over 30 years. Growing up in WNY, I was able to experience a lot of the City had to offer. Later, in the US Navy, I traveled the world and then settled down. Now, I finally had the opportunity to write.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
As Time Narrows - Is a story about humanity's last gasp. Years of war, famine and pestilence have eroded the population from a multitude of 8 billion to a barely present 200 thousand strewn over multiple continents. The huddled masses have been reduced to little factions; whose sole purpose is to keep on living. Now, after years of watching the skies, a group of scientists have discovered a far off signal that can provide hope.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088SLWH4F


The Man In The Bowler Hat - Is a story about Detective Christian Santorino. He was not supposed to be here. It's his day off. He can't believe he has to leave his New Year Eve party to investigate a theft at the Metropolitan Museum of art. An Egyptian cross, called the Ankh artifact, has been stolen under heavy security. Christian must crack the connection to the other thefts. Then, when a mysterious man appears on surveillance video, Detective Santorino is duty bound to capture him.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BWCFY1S


Coming August 28th!
The King's Tower - Ava Alexander has just discovered why they are performing so many HLA genotyping’s in her lab in the Yuma desert. She has followed the clues to a solar generation plant next to her facility and the underground sub-facility that hides a morbid secret. Ava is way over her head, but breaking protocol is the only way to be sure. What she finds will shock her. Her intuitions will lead her to a secret government program called The King’s Tower.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BY2H5V1



3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Mostly through news stories. I love history and current events.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
In the Navy I was heavy into Tom Clancy, but later I stuck to the classics from a variety of Sci-Fi authors.

5) What's your next writing project?
I am currently working on The King's Tower, which soon will be released on August 28th.

1. What is your name and bio?

Answer: My name is Fazlous Satter. I am an author, human rights, human security activist, and researcher from Bangladesh, currently working with the Centre for Human Rights, Development & Human Security (CHRDHS) as its founding Executive Director. I am also working as an Independent Research Consultant focusing on human rights, geopolitics, natural resources based conflict, and other human security-related issues.

Being a researcher I have numbers of research on human rights and human security in particularly on emerging as well as prevailing domestic conflicts, regional geopolitics, border and enclave people, police reform, indigenous land rights, forest conflicts, vulnerabilities of ethnic minority women as well as on land administration, and its challenges.

One of my research publication titled “Struggle for Survival: A Study on the Legal Status of the Mandi Peoples’ Land Rights in Modhupur Forest Area” is enlisted in the libraries of some of the world-famous universities that include Yale, Colombia, U-Chicago, UC Berkeley, Illinois, Minnesota, Heidelberg, Max Plank Institute, Iowa, etc.

Being an activist I have also participated in several international human rights training programs that include 23rd Annual International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) conducted by the International Centre for Human Rights Education (EQUITAS); which at that time known as the Canadian Human Rights Foundation (CHRF) and 16th Geneva Advance Training Course (GTC) on International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy organized by the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR).

As a part of my online activism, I am also working as an administrator of a few social media groups on human rights, environmental justice, and geopolitics.

Besides activism and research, I was also involved with both print and electronic media of Bangladesh as a journalist for a long while.

Being a journalist I was involved with various national level media that includes Radio Metro-Wave (Head of News), Weekly Jai Jai Din (Political analyst & Regular Columnist), Jai Jai Din Protidin (Senior Reporter), Daily Ajker Kagoj (Sub-Editor), Dainik Desh Bangla (Senior Reporter), Dainik Lal Sabuj (Sub-Editor), Fortnightly ANANYA (Reporter), etc.

2. What is your book title, synopsis and where can the reader find it?

Answer: My newly published book is titled "UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD’S LONGEST CIVIL WAR: COLONIAL STATE FORMATIONS, GEOPOLITICS, CONFLICT OVER NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE GENOCIDE". which is now available at the following link of amazon:https://www.amazon.com/UNDERSTANDING-...

This book is an overview of over seven decades-long civil war in Burma and its both internal and external actors, root causes as well as complex dynamics including global and regional geopolitics centering Burma, conflict over access and control of rich natural resources and also the politics of illicit drugs.

This book has given an account of all the major insurgent groups that include from communist and Arakan Mujahidin to currently active more than 21 ethnic armed organizations (EAO’S) and their predecessors along with the plight of these ethnic nationalities.

To give the reader a deeper understanding about this world's longest civil war, apart from contemporary ethnic, religious, sociopolitical and economic issues this book also describes the history of Burma that covered thousands of years from the earliest Maramma period to present Myanmar days that includes the rise and fall of Burmese Empire, its territorial expansion, colonial rules and ethnic nationalities resistance against both Burmese invader and colonial occupation and also the rise of Burmese nationalism and their collaboration with the Japanese occupation army as well as their last moment shift of allegiance toward the Allied forces and achieving independence.

Finally, this book analyzed the role of Burmese armed forces (Tatmadaw) in Myanmar's politics since their collaboration with the Japanese occupation army and their economic as well as other vested interest that turn it into a state within a state and brutal repressive armed forces which committed ethnic cleansing, the crime against humanity and genocide in the name of so-called counter-insurgency campaign, especially against the Muslim Rohingya community.

Lastly, this book also elaborates past and ongoing international interventions in response to the crime of genocide and crime against humanity committed by the Tatmadaw.

3. Where do you come up with your ideas?

Answer: The idea of writing my latest book came from the immense shock that I have gone through as a human being after knowing about the Rohingya genocide of 2017 perpetrated by the Burmese national armed forces Tatmadaw.

4. What books /author do you like to read?

Answer: I would like to read more books written by Noam Chomsky, Amartya Sen, Shoshana Zuboff, David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Arundhati Roy, Naomi Klein, Zia Haider Rahman, and many more.

5.What is your next project?

Answer:Currently, I am working on the political ramification of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on commoners.

1) What is your name and bio?
H.B. Cavalier (AKA Véva Perala). I was born & raised in the Pacific Northwest, but have traveled far and wide.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
'Farewell, Everything' is a slipstream/magical realism novel published by Nowhere Press (nowherepress.com), available for purchase from amazon & lulu.

In a world waking from a dark age, a young musician finds himself thousands of miles from home, covered in bruises, and falling in love.

And it’s only downhill from there.

Chronically clueless and incurably naïve, runaway street performer Osha Oloreben has known his share of hard knocks – but none like those he’s dealt in the city of Valena. Dragged into war and battered by disease, Osha unwittingly trades his life for a fever dream of half-truths and hidden realms. Helped and hindered by a cast of mystics, rebels, and ghosts, he struggles to reclaim his body, his identity, and reality itself – before it’s too late.

With humor and horror in equal measure, ‘Farewell, Everything’ delves into the dissolution of a transforming mind. Climate fallout, cultural amnesia, and the enduring legacy of past mistakes set a bleak yet whimsical stage on which healing and self-discovery take on mythic proportions. Stumbling through the stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – our unlikely hero braves the surreal landscapes of love, loss, and death, from which no one emerges unchanged.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Dreams, music, history, and psychology, mostly.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Murakami, García Márquez, Wilde. I love magical realism, but confess I mostly read nonfiction. Psychology, spirituality & (admittedly dumbed-down) neuroscience are my loves.

5) What's your next writing project?
I am dabbling with a sequel to Farewell, Everything, exploring the fate of the protagonist's lost lover, who has been forced into hiding by brutality and genocide, and is at risk of becoming militarized despite his gentle nature -- but I can't promise it will ever see the light of day. Speed isn't my strong suit with writing. Quality over quantity, I suppose.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
Make Enterprise Great Again: The Gods Must Be Crazy!: Cradle of Communism to Catacomb of Capitalism
https://www.amazon.com/Make-Enterpris...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
♥♥♥This book will blow away your preconceptions of the almighty American Empire. I guarantee it!♥♥♥
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Ay Yi Yai Yi! We are in the middle of The New World Order!
Empires rise, decline, and fall. History has witnessed this cycle with the Romans, the Ottomans, and the British. If we are not careful, the US will be the next.
If we don't play our trump cards right, the next voracious Empire will be sending their errand boys to collect bills from the US and over a hundred other countries that it has colonized since the Economic Tsunami of 2008.
“Make Enterprise Great Again” digs into the foundations of capitalism and traces the ideals, triumphs and zeitgeist of the Roosevelt years in order to “Build Back Better”
Yeah! It's halftime, America!


3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
This book takes its title from the 1980 comedy film “The Gods Must Be Crazy,” in which an empty Coca-Cola bottle is dropped from a plane onto a community of African bushmen. The bottle is thought to be a gift from the Gods, but after it incites bitter fighting amongst the villagers, the tribal leader decides to return it to the Gods, embarking upon a journey to the end of the world. Through my own metaphorical coke bottle, I visualize the dawn of a daunting new Empire. This book serves as both a testament to the past glories of the current American Empire and a guidebook to restoring Capitalism and Enterprise – before it is too late.


4) What books/authors do you like to read?
The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail by Ray Dalio
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando De Soto
Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy by Kishore Mahbubani

5) What's your next writing project?
I am still continously refining the living manuscript of “The Gods Must be Crazy!” in todays Geo-P0litical and Economic muddy waters

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Saji Madapat and my pen name is EPM Mavericks.
A Brief History of My Nomadic Re-incarnations
“To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
- Sun Tzu's The Art of War (476–221 BC)
I was born and raised in God's Own Country, Kerala, a tropical paradise in India. In Kerala, we are followers of St. Thomas, the Apostle, educated by Christian missionaries brought by colonizers from Portugal, France, and Britain. 100% literacy and high educational standards in Kerala have led to many progressive movements, including Communism. Kerala has many unique records, such as a model COVID-19 recovery rate being higher than most Western countries. The first place where communists became democratically elected to power in world history, ruled as such since 1957. The resulting industrial desert brought on by Communism forced me to pack up my bags after obtaining my Industrial Engineering degree (with specialization in Total Quality Management) and seek a job in Bombay (the commercial capital of India).

I soon realized my prospects beyond the factory floor became limited by my dark skin (as a lungi-wearing Kala Madrasi). Fearing for my future, I fled to the South to escape the racist professional ladder. I obtained my MBA in finance as a candidate for national integration. Providentially for me, in 1990, the entire Indian economy collapsed under the weight of the half-a-century-old mighty Indian License Raj. The result was a liberalized Indian economy. The timing was impeccable, as it provided me the opportunity to start my career as an Investment Banking Analyst. Fortune smiled upon me again when the 1996 stock market crash in India allowed me to come out of my investment banking career.

India took the socialist route and, during the conflict of the 1970s with Pakistan, which declared emergency rule. Due to the Pakistan war and other non-alignments, the US and India’s relationship soured, and IBM abandoned India. Hail to the vacuum (to be filled), TCS and the other Indian IT conglomerates were born out of desperation. They coded us in IT to kickstart the legacy computers and mainframes left behind by IBM. Thanks to the biggest blunder in business history (Y2K), IBM and the other western enterprises saw us (‘Cyber Coolies’) as the thrifty solution to fix the doomsday Armageddon code.

During this time, I managed to migrate from corporate finance to ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions and snatched my passport to the epitome of capitalism, the USA. Nevertheless, in 2000, the (Netherlands-based) BaaN Brothers got involved in the Dutch scandal, and the #3 ERP (BaaN) system I was riding became a dead horse.

Since then, I have spent over a decade volunteering for PMI. I have etched my name on PMI’s key standards (including PMBOK, OPM3, PP&PM, etc.), thanks to my PMI papers, publications, and books (especially Project Portfolio Management Standard). I even served in Gartner’s PPM board room panel and later became one of the three PM Methodology SME at E&Y. In 2008, amid the economic tsunami, I served as an advisor to CFO’s office, setting up the Project Portfolio Management Office for a Fortune 10 World's Most Admired Company. I saved them around a half a billion dollars, but I became the victim of my short-term financial engineering. I managed to capitalize on the 90s legacy Hyperion Enterprise and moved on to the fancy world of a CFO’s suites of products for more prominent Financial Engineering in the BIG4 consulting world.

In 2009, I packed my bags for the Cambodian Jungles in search of answers from the bottom of the pyramid through Chinese GIFT (Global Institute for Tomorrow) – a Clinton Global Young executive Leadership Program (YLP). The more I examined the finance world in the West, the more disillusioned I became. I lost faith in the rollercoasters of flash markets. 90% of today's stock market without long-term fundamental values is chasing stock buybacks, the Tweets, QE , the hot dollars, and high-frequency algorithmic flash gambles by BOTs. Hail to Hernando de Soto, I was born again to The Mystery of Capital Gospel. Since 9/11, I have won a few dollars betting against the conventional Western market wisdom by gambling in Petro China and Total .


After returning from the wilderness of the Cambodian killing fields , I reincarnated my career yet again, becoming an EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) consultant out of the 2008 Economic Tsunami in the BIG4 world. I made 95% of my net worth between 2008 to 2011 by betting against conventional wisdom. When the whole world deleveraged, I leveraged to the extreme in some of the most iconic real estate in the world which was on Fire-Sale. I do have a fair share of blood on my hands with mindless EPM Financial Engineering through fancy jargon (aka Cost Cutting) such as Tax Effective Supply Chain Management (TESCM), Business/Finance/IT Transformation, BPR, Six Sigma and Pricing and Profitability strategy.

To greenwash my guilt, I had the fantastic honor of volunteering for the most extensive Professional Not-for-Profit for over a decade (PMI [Project Management Institute]), which serves ~3 million professionals, including over 500,000 members in 208 countries around the world. I have contributed to about half a dozen books and ~50 publications/presentations. I started to become involved in several Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) Awards at Ernst & Young.

Sadly, after over two decades, it looks like I need to ride back through that Mad Max fury redemption road and climb through the apocalypse rubble of Roosevelt’s capitalist nostalgic era.

I would love to participate in an interview...Walk About: Searching for the Epic Life a Guyanese Memoir

Rory I. Jagdeo lost his brother Steve to COVID-19 and was inspired to write this story of leaving Guyana at almost twenty years old, boarding an airplane for the first time to Toronto, Canada. It was an unlikely journey for a man with such humble beginnings—a man whose great-grandparents were taken from India to work on a sugar plantation as indentured servants in the late 1800s. In this autobiography, he looks back at his boyhood and adolescence growing up in a village called Fyrish on the Northeastern coast of Guyana, a country on South America’s North Atlantic coast and how life changed when he went to college in Toronto. From there, he highlights his life’s challenges, pleasures, and close calls. While his life has been challenging, he has never given up. With hard work, he has followed destiny’s path and explored the pleasures of life. From his life as a musician and recording artist, to his adventures traveling, to his romantic exploits and time as a caregiver, the author celebrates his incredible life.

What is your name and bio?

I am Anton D. Morris. I spent most of my childhood in Chicago's Southside and my teen years in the western suburbs. I attended Proviso East High School – a school ranked nationally in the top three for producing the most professional basketball players. There, I had two choices – join a gang or be an athlete. I chose the athletic path and won a track and field scholarship that a two-time Olympian champion Lee Calhoun offered me. Before joining the college track and field team, I made a pit stop at the US Army. After college, I fell into the hospitality business in the southeast as an auditor and manager. I returned to the university for a master's degree in education and worked as a schoolteacher in Chicago. There I married, had children, divorced, ran for public office, met my second wife, and took off to Las Vegas to pursue a writing career financed by trades on the stock market.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?

My newest self-published book is Exposed: Humanity Craves Power. It is about a group of wealthy businessmen becoming fed-up with the government "bullying." They decide to campaign one of their members for president. As it turns out, their candidate is better than expected. When a young, ambitious journalist, fresh out of school, uncovers the group's secret, the presidential candidate has some explaining to do. The book is scheduled for release on Thanksgiving Day, 2020, and sold on the iUniverse bookstore, Barns and Noble website, Amazon, and select bookstores.


3) Where do you come up with your ideas?

My ideas are rooted in something I want to say. I have a point to make centered around social issues that I believe are often under-represented in popular thought and conversation. After saturating myself with research, the story and plotline come together. The crux of my idea for Exposed: Humanity Craves Power came from my tour of a slave plantation in Louisiana. I was fascinated by the way Black slave owners ran their businesses and became wealthy. I was curious to know what happened to those wealthy slave owners, and as I researched, the story came to life in my mind.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?

I like to read nonfiction books that relate to sociology.
WEB Doubois's work I admire greatly.
When I read fiction, I love to read fantasy. The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski is one of my favorites. Another good writer is Jon Sprunk. I like his Shadow Saga.

5) What's your next writing project?

I am returning to my Men, Djinn, and Angels series. I've written ten short stories that complement the novel. I post them for free reads on my website. I supplement the ideas with blogs I call Men, Djinn, and Angels Theory.
The second book of the series is exciting, and I had a lot of fun writing it and developing it. I am shooting for a fall 2021 release.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Alexandra Casavant, author of two books (soon to be three), and I reside in NY.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My books can be found here on my website: https://acasavant.com/ or on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Alexandra-Casa...

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
It's hard to pinpoint where I come up with my ideas because they just happen randomly when I interact with the world around me.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I mainly enjoy sci-fi and fantasy, however I am very open to all genres I just love reading!

5) What's your next writing project?
I'm still working on the idea for my next project :)

I write in my pen name, Raymond Parish. My first book in the Hank Anderson series is Overnight Delivery: A Hank Anderson Thriller, available on Amazon in paperback and e-book:

Small of stature but big of heart, psychotherapist Hank Anderson has a gift for helping clients face serious issues and heal life-altering traumas. But this talent intersects with darker truths, an insatiable curiosity and a life-long penchant for personal risk that will soon threaten to violently shatter every aspect of Hank’s life.

Kenny Jensen is just the kind of client that piques Hank’s appetite for intrigue. Referred by Hank’s imposing friend Detective Phil Evans, Kenny is a delivery man and a thief. He readily admits to the crime that led to his recent arrest, and his rambling origin story of family addiction resonates with Anderson’s own history. But at the end of his first session Kenny hints at a more terrifying reality, one that becomes a threat to Hank’s precious daughter, the ex-wife he still pines for, his aging father, and his beloved and beleaguered colleagues. Kenny is the catalyst for Hank’s descent into a world of drugs and death that hides just beneath the surface of his town’s Midwestern calm and conservatism. His compulsion to help Kenny pull himself from the chaos runs Hank full speed into desperate people willing to remove any obstacle - or person - that stands in their path.

Hank is compelled to uncover the truth and guide Kenny to safety, but at what cost to himself and those he loves?

“Overnight Delivery is a clever, engrossing psychological thriller punctuated by wry humor and unexpected developments in a skillfully portrayed Iowa locale.”

My ideas for fiction come from a blending of inspirations: My dad introduced me to the great noir detective novels as an adolescent and I have enjoyed a wide variety of mystery and thriller series, as a reader, throughout my life. My love for writing flows from my love of reading. I have spent my professional career largely as a psychotherapist, and so, my character Hank is inspired by the many incredible colleagues I have worked alongside over the years. I am also a child and adult of the Midwest, and believed in the potential for great stories in this setting.

Other authors who write from a Midwest perspective that I love, as a reader, are David Housewright and John Sandford.

I am currently writing the sequel to Overnight Delivery, extending these wonderful characters into deeper connections and new intrigue.

I look forward to hearing from readers!

1) What is your name and bio?


Mark Tedesco is a writer and educator residing in California. Having lived in Italy for eight years, he enjoys weaving stories connecting the present to the past and exploring how deep human longings are expressed in relationships, events, culture and history.

Mark has written in the genres of travel, historical fiction, memoir, self-help and childrens’ fiction. His titles include: That Undeniable Longing, I am John I am Paul, Lessons and Beliefs, The Dog on the Acropolis and Loving Hoping Believing. Mark’s Dixi Books title, She Seduced Me: A Love Affair with Rome, brings to life Mark’s love for the magic of a city, in which he weaves history, personal stories and interviews into a tale that, little by little, also seduces the reader.

Besides writing, Mark is an educator and he loves to engage his students in his love of history, literature and of each person’s unique story. In his off time, Mark likes to travel but, somehow, he always ends up returning to Rome where, he is convinced, other stories are waiting to be uncovered.


2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?

“She Seduced Me: A Love Affair with Rome”

I used to live in that magical city and I realized that everything in Rome has a story behind it: the people, the buildings, the statues, even the street corners. So I wrote a book about these stories. I interviewed street performers, Romans, expats, historians and archaeologists. So the book is the gathering together of these stories. It will invite the reader to experience Rome from the point of view of these stories and is informative, funny and insightful.

You will find a two minute preview of the book here: https://youtu.be/m0A2ag1DmsA.

The book is published in the UK and is currently available in the US through Book Depository: https://www.bookdepository.com/She-Se...


3) Where do you come up with your ideas?

Somehow, the stories in a book appear in my imagination; the next step is to do the research, and then I write them down. For my book on Rome I interviewed street performers, Romans, expats and researched Augustus, Livia and Nero. It all came together magically.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?

Margaret George, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, Walter Isaacson, and others.

5) What's your next writing project?

I am working on a book entitled "Stories from Puglia".

Welcome.

Hello dear English or French speaking fellows, I'm Sarah, I'm French and I study communication.

For my UX Design Class, we have chosen to analyse and enhance the Goodreads plateform. I would like to ask a few questions to an author, in order to understand more how authors can use Goodreads for their writing activity. All your answers will stay private of course (it's only for student homework really).
If you are interested, please let me know (it's urgent because, well I might have procrastinated a bit too much on this one hahaha), you can contact me with at this email adress : [email protected], or one of the group member : [email protected]

Thank you in advance for your answers,
Take care !

1) What is your name and bio?

Lynn Wallace is a born-and-raised Texan. She graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Science in nursing, but along the way realized that writing was her true passion. Currently she lives with her husband, who cooks fantastic meals, and her young son, who creates fantastic messes but makes up for it by being adorable. When not lost in the wilds of her own imagination, she works part time as a registered nurse in surgery. Her other hobbies include reading, listening to music, cleaning the house, and chasing the toddler.

http://www.lynnwallaceauthor.com/

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?

My first book was "The Heart of Everything." It's a YA paranormal romance novel where an ordinary young woman discovers her own magical past and must choose between her two former lovers – a vampire and a half-devil – one of whom is convinced she is the key to the salvation of his soul. The second book is "The Supernatural Reasons Why I Love You," which is a collection of short stories, some of which provide backstory for the characters in the original book. Both books can be found on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Walmart, Books-A-Million, Kobo, and Apple.

https://www.amazon.com/Lynn-Wallace/e...

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?

I have a very active imagination! I like to daydream a lot - whenever I drive or clean the house, I put on music I enjoy and let my mind wander! And instead of growing out of the daydreams, I started writing them down ;-).

4) What books/authors do you like to read?

I tend to like YA fantasy but I also enjoy the classics. I love Charlie N. Holmberg, Twilight, The Lunar Chronicles, Harry Potter, Jane Austen novels, etc. I'm currently reading C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy and I'm hoping to dive into the Fallen series by Lauren Kate after that.

5) What's your next writing project?

I'm currently editing the sequel to my first book (my beta readers are having a field day helping me :-P). Just recently I started typing up a manuscript of a book that I wrote 10 years ago, which is quite an experience, because I've actually forgotten a lot of what I wrote, so it's kind of like getting to read my own book for the first time! XD

1) What is your name and bio?
Dennis Mellen is a Jon Gordon Power of Positive Leadership trainer, certified athletic mental performance master, author, and high school baseball coach. Dennis brings years of experience as a twenty-eight-year retired major airline captain, and Fleet Captain, twenty-year-retired Air Force LtCol, and command pilot.

His other leadership experiences include consulting, teaching and coaching high school baseball and developing new leaders with the Civil Air Patrol. As a fleet captain at a major airline, he was the head of training for 550 pilots and forty instructors. The heart attack he experienced in 2008 ended his flying career but he continued searching for a new purpose searching for new opportunities.

His goal with his book is to provide motivation, education and humor to inspire those who face serious challenges in their lives. His speaking business is called Be A Bean and the tagline is “transformer your team culture from ordinary water into gourmet coffee.

Dennis lives with his wife Heidi in the Chicago suburbs. He has four sons, a daughter-in-law, and a first time granddaughter.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
Takes More Than Heart: Changing the Journey's Challenges into Opportunities by Dennis Mellen

Takes More Than Heart Synopsis
A growth mindset seeks the relentless pursuit of long and short term goals no matter the obstacles and opportunities. Takes More Than Heart is a book about perseverance, grit, and a driven heart. As a self-help/memoir book, I seek to reach a variety of audiences from those who experienced similar life and career changing events to athletic teams and business people
My book deals with my experiences during and since my heart attack on October 14, 2008. As a retired United States Air Force pilot and Lieutenant Colonel and a 28 year major airline Captain, the career ending event led to redefining my life at the age of 56 years with at least nine more years left until mandatory commercial pilot retirement at age 65, a career do-over if you will.
On a fateful October day, a healthy every six month FAA Class I certified medically qualified airline captain went out on mountain bike to climb a trail aptly named “It’s A Bitch”. My 3-4 workouts per week never portended a massive heart attack might occur during a planned 1-2 hour ride.
About 2/3’s of the way up the climb, out of breath and in need of a short rest, I sat down on a moss covered log and then lay supine losing consciousness. But for a couple of passing hikers, I may never have survived. Immediately dialing 9-1-1, the first responders arrived as quickly as possible considering the terrain and remote location. The 500 foot climb from the emergency vehicle with some 100 lbs. of equipment each is a testament to the EMT’s supernatural powers and endurance. From the EMT’s arrival and through the first few minutes in the hospital ER, I received some 45+ CPR shocks to revive my heart. The recovery and rehab took several months, but unhappily, I would never fly again.
There is a saying, “if you love your job, you will never work a day in your life”. I loved my job of 38 years and people would understand if I never recovered mentally from being wrenched from a career most would envy. My story revolves on all the attempts to remake my life and my career into something more meaningful than a slow drive to “Geezerville” to sit in a Barcalounger with a TV remote in one hand and a cool drink in the other.
Ranging from volunteer work at an “at-risk” student aviation based school, the head of Flight Standards at now defunct non-schedule worldwide cargo carrier, the head of Flight Training at a larger regional carrier to a worldwide consulting and aviation safety auditor traveling to Kenya, Philippines and Cape Verde, again and again I searched for the elusive “if you love your job” position.
The search led me to motivational/keynote speaking, high school substitute teacher and high school baseball coach. My goal is making a difference and teaching the hard lessons of persistence, one step at a time, deal with it mentality. I love my job of baseball coach at the local high school.

Available for purchase at Friesen Press Bookstore, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, eBooks

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
The idea for the book came as a result of a conversation with some friends. The friends suggested I write a book about my recovery and rehab from a serious heart attack while mountain biking in the Cascades. At first I was skeptical I could even come up with enough to fill a book. Fortunately, I had kept a journal for some years and after referencing the journal, I found all sorts of topics related to my book and a began writing.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Jon Gordon, Jack Canfield, Brene Brown, David Goggins, Tony Dungy

5) What's your next writing project?
Each year high school and college athletic teams lose their entire senior leadership. Can you imagine if Microsoft, Ford, Tesla lost their senior leadership every year the upheaval it would cause? I would like to write about how these teams preserve and promote their culture to maintain the team's continuity.

1. What is your name and bio?
Jacqueline Hodder is a writer, blogger, teacher and reader based in Melbourne, Australia. She's happily married to an incredibly supportive man, proud mother to a daughter and a son and co-caretaker to a gaggle of pets including three ducks, a dog and a cat. She has been writing since she was a child. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing (University of Canberra) after winning the Mary Grant Bruce Short Story Award for Children's Literature. She has worked in many different industries but writing has always been her first love. Jacqueline loves transporting her readers into the past and showing them the intricacies of life in bygone times. Her meticulous research and in-depth character studies bring realism to the worlds she portrays and make her stories a joy to read.


2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
The Sentinel:
Escaping from a failed relationship, Kathleen Devine flees to an isolated lighthouse off the Victorian coastline. Taking up the position of Head Teacher to the lighthouse keepers' children, she is ensnared in the lives of those marooned on the lonely outpost and soon realises no-one can escape their past. When the fearsome Head Lightkeeper, Mr Johannsson forms an unlikely friendship with the daughter of one of the keepers, it threatens to destroy their fragile peace. Can Kathleen find the strength to survive?
https://www.amazon.com/Sentinel-Jacqu...
https://www.amazon.com.au/Sen.../dp/B...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...


3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
I visited a remote lighthouse 4 years ago and the keepers told the story of the short-lived school. I blogged about it here:
https://wordpress.com/post/jacqueline...
Ideas can come from anywhere - the ones I love the best are the ones that pop in unannounced!

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
So many - I've just discovered Elizabeth Strout. I also enjoy Geraldine Brooks, Alexander McCall Smith and Elena Ferrente.

5) What's your next writing project
I have 3 Middle-grade fiction on the go as well as a memoir and a futuristic history in the works. Just need time!

Thanks for reading
Jacqui

Thank you for this opportunity. I hope you enjoy my interview and my novel, LOST HELIX.



1) What is your name and bio?

Scott Coon is an award-winning short story writer and former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. He served for six years, including a tour in Kuwait where he received the Joint Service Achievement Award. Now a software developer for a major bank, Scott brings his computer and military experience into his work, along with a sense of spectacle. See his website for links to his published shorts and his papers on the art and business of writing, as well as his debut novel, LOST HELIX.



2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?

LOST HELIX
A sci-fi adventure/mystery by Scott Coon
Available Everywhere.

Stuck on an asteroid mining facility, DJ dreams of writing music. But when his dad goes missing, DJ finds a file containing evidence of a secret war of industrial sabotage, a file encrypted by his dad using DJ's song Lost Helix. Caught in a crossfire of lies, DJ must find his father and the mother he never knew.

"Black Mountain had done that. A faceless entity, imaginary but powerful—it was no one and everyone. It had ripped through his life quickly and thoroughly. The company forced DJ to run without any thought of direction other than away. And there was no going back."

Scott Coon is an award-winning short story writer and former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. He served for six years, including a tour in Kuwait where he received the Joint Service Achievement Award. Now a software developer for a major bank, Scott brings his computer and military experience into his work, along with a sense of spectacle. See his website for links to his published shorts and his papers on the art and business of writing, as well as his debut novel, LOST HELIX.

Learn more here:
http://www.LostHelix.com

A READING from LOST HELIX and the rest of my Channel:
https://youtu.be/wHacKuZwSLE
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClTE...

Hear me interviewed on Loose Leaf Author Podcast with Charity Bradford:
https://www.charitybradford-riverford...

Available everywhere:
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Helix-Sco...
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3) Where do you come up with your ideas?

My ideas often come from asking the question, "Yeah, but what next?" Terraforming is a recurring concept in science fiction, like in James S. A. Corey's Leviathan Wakes, but what happens when the planet is done? How does humanity go about populating it? The world of Lost Helix is my answer to that question. Another source of inspiration was the video game Sid Meier's Civilization. Every time I built the domed spaceship bound for Alpha Centauri, I wondered what would become of it after the colonists stripped it for parts and left its remains in orbit. In Lost Helix, I give my science victory colony ships a second life as a farm, feeding the miners of Stone River.



4) What books/authors do you like to read?

I am a Kurt Vonnegut fan. My favorite is Hocus Pocus but Cat's Cradle and Galapagos have always stuck with me. I am also an Ann Rice fan and Stephen King is an amazing author, especially when he writes something like The Long Walk.



5) What's your next writing project?

I have other novels in the works and more short stories too. Once people have had a chance to read and enjoy Lost Helix, I will be ready to give them more. I also have promotional events being planned for Lost Helix. To find out where to read more of my work and where I will be appearing, visit www.ScottCoonSciFi.com and sign up for my mailing list.

1) What is your name and bio?
Sam Diego was born in New York and grew up in Europe. He moved back to the U.S. as an adult. The first experience of racism directed at him that Sam remembers was at the unripe age of seven. Early on, Sam became an avid proponent of environmental protection, but also of human rights and social justice. Sam likes a good conspiracy theory, not because he's much of a conspiracy theorist himself, but because he never tires of asking the "What if?" questions.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
FEAR BEGETS MURDER, A Conspiracy Tale.

Our heroine, Annette, has long struggled to fit in as a black female, raised by a single white mom. When Annette marries Phil, a white cop and model husband, she’s ready to relish her beautiful partnership and live her happily-ever-after. But a deadly conspiracy stirs ghosts from her past and forces her to rethink her identity, even as she’s fighting for her life—and for that of Phil’s.

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3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Daily life, current events...

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Currently enjoying Ayn Rand. I loved Barbara Kingsolver back in the 90s. I tend to be drawn to epic stories like "100 Years of Solitude," "House of the Spirits," "Anna Karenina."

5) What's your next writing project?
I have started a manuscript documenting my newly acquired wisdom from failing in business. Not fiction...

1) What is your name and bio?

My name is Karin Zirk. I am a mythologist, writer, data engineers, and environmental activist living in San Diego California. I have attended peace and healing gatherings for over 30 years.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My novel is Falling From The Moon .

Synopsis: A 25-year old woman embarks on a quest to find her father, who vanished when she was ten and who, she believes, holds the key to her future. Her journey takes her to the land of Oz, a peace and love gathering in the Sierra Nevadas. The Emerald City is a is a mountain forest where a community of counter-culture characters dispense advice and marijuana around late-night campfires. Along the way she hooks up with a pregnant environmental activist, a Vietnam veteran with blood on his hands, and a teenage boy with mental health problems. Together, they create a future out of tragedy.

The novel is available from your local independent book seller via http://indiebound.org, Barnes & Noble, MightyApe, Amazon and many other online book sellers.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?

When I am part of an issue in my real life, I tend to gnaw on it in my writing until I invent characters who can solve the problem for me. The everyday world is full of puzzles that need exploration. I also look to mythology for ideas and inspiration

4) What books/authors do you like to read?

I love Gish Jen and T.C. Boyle’s novels. I read a lot of depth psychology books and love the writing about writing by Dennis Patrick Slattery. I’m just starting Sera Beak’s Red Hot & Holy, and love to read articles about myths in our midst.

5) What's your next writing project?

I am working on an article about the Great Divide in American Culture using mythic perspectives to help us understand each other.

I’m also noodling around with a book about World War II, Estonia, my father, and my lost culture. At this point, I’m not sure what form it will take. Just writing ideas and researching the history.

Thanks for the opportunity. Here are my responses:

1. A Brooklyn-born, recovering businessman, John Calia has been a naval officer, banker, entrepreneur and consultant. He began writing his blog “Who Will Lead?” in 2010 attracting more than 115,000 readers. The five-star rating of his first book – a business fable titled “The Reluctant CEO: Succeeding Without Losing Your Soul” – inspired him to keep writing. His fascination with artificial intelligence and its impact on society inspired him to write “The Awakening of Artemis.”

2. My first book, The Reluctant CEO, was published in 2016 and is available on Amazon. My new book, The Awakening of Artemis, will be released in June 2021. Here's a synopsis:

Orphaned by war and disillusioned, Diana Gutierrez-Adams is on a routine military assignment when she and her team are kidnapped by a domestic militia. She learns from her captors that her cryogenically-frozen grandfather is at the center of a high-stakes caper to steal technology for greed and great fortune.

Set in 2049 America -- a world where the elites make all the rules and artificial intelligence enforces them – the real danger is that the technology will be lost in the ensuing chaos. With her life under threat, Diana is forced into a desperate bid to escape, taking with her Gabrielle, her soulmate, the one person she knows she can trust.

To evade a devious enemy who is one step ahead of them at every turn, Diana and Gabrielle must outsmart the global monitoring systems that tracks their every move. On a trail littered with the dystopian remains of middle-class America, they will come face-to-face with an artificial intelligence that threatens the future of all humankind.

3. My daily exposure to ideas and well told stories generally motivates me to sketch out some ideas. When there's one that I can't let go, I start by fleshing out the ideas I want to express and then begin to craft a story around it. The Awakening of Artemis was born of my interest in the impact of artificial intelligence and the birth of my granddaughter, the first female in my bloodline in 90 years. The book is a mashup of The Wizard of Oz and Brave New World.

4. I read all genres of fiction and a healthy dose of non-fiction but rarely read the same author twice. My favorites of the last few years are The Light One Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett and Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende.

5. My next writing project will be the second book in the series begun by The Awakening of Artemis. Think of it as The Empire Strikes Back following the success of the heroine in the first book.

1) What is your name and bio?
Good morning and thank you for this opportunity.
My name is Connie J. Barretta. My passion has always been travel and I find myself weaving fictional stories around my travel adventures. We've hosted exchange students from both Italy and France and I believe that has inspired me more than anything else. My husband is Sicilian so that also has played a huge role in my writing so much so that I feel that I could sit down at a table and carry on a conversation with my characters. It's truly about the journey, not the destination.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My latest novel, LOVE and the DANCE, a romantic comedy/contemporary drama, can be found on Amazon: amazon.com/author/conniebarretta
This is from the back cover:
"Scattered for years like leaves in the wind, each on a journey, they once more gathered, searching for life's hidden adventures with no preconceived expectations only a simple invitation to reconnect that which was lost years ago."

Fifteen years after graduation, Todd Fredriksen, financially successful documentary filmmaker, feeling the need to ground himself with his high school friends, plans an Italian holiday that was canceled their senior year post 9/11. He wanted to make that dream a reality.

The villa was ready, the invitations were sent. Questions and confusion abound as his classmates try to put the puzzle pieces together. Their excitement builds as they contemplate time with old friends. Ready for an adventure, they board the planes from Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, San Francisco, Athens, Miami, and Denver.

One week in an Italian villa in Positano filled with laughter, romance, and all consuming passion, becomes a life changing journey for all.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas? I grew up in small town America where friends shared many of the same memories. I missed those friends and decided to plan a holiday gathering at an Italian villa. If it hadn't been for the 'Orvieto 12' and the memories we shared that week in Italy, LOVE and the DANCE would never had been written for even though the characters, scenarios, and settings are different in this book, the comradery we shared was priceless. This we will always remember.

HIDDEN in SUNLIGHT was a novel that had called to me for years. Again, it was a lot about my journey, not only in travels, but it was about me as a person. KALEIDOSCOPE OF BLUE was the beginning and I was working full time as a nurse for years so it took me years to write it and then it took me more years to write the sequel which I stopped printing for I finally had the time to combine some of the first book and all of the second book and add the final chapters in their journey. So, it's that combination that is now in HIDDEN in SUNLIGHT. Again, it had a lot to do with traveling adventures that I had experienced along the way.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Hemingway, Frances Mayes, Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown, Fred Rogers, Peter Mayle, Elizabeth Gilbert, Karen White,

5) What's your next writing project?
I have a book in my mind that has kept me awake at night. That will probably be my next book, however, I also have another children's book to write before Christmas and I started a YouTube channel with children's stories so I have a lot to keep me busy this year.

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1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Becca Fox. I'm a socially awkward introvert who loves to read and write, binge watch crime-solving shows and anime, and play videogames next to my gammer husband. I also love to bake, and plan trips I hope to one day take. I have two kids under the age of two, which means that my house truly is as messy as you're imagining.

I've published five books to date: two young adult rom-coms titled I Dare You to Love Me and I Dare You to Stay With Me; a new adult paranormal romance/thriller called In the Dark; a new adult epic fantasy with a sprinkle of romance titled Asta and the Barbarians, and a new adult science fiction/fantasy with (you guessed it!) just the right amount of romance called The Andromeda's Ghost.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My most recently published book, The Andromeda's Ghost, is the first book in a science fiction/fantasy trilogy. It's about a bodyguard who fell in love with the princess he was protecting but she's been promised to another. They elope but are pursued and they crash land on a foreign planet that's rife with crime and danger. To escape, they need to repair the ship, evade the soldiers who were sent after them, stay away from the mob-like families running the city, and fend off the wild alien beasts of the area. For links to purchase, click here: https://www.bhcpress.com/Books_Fox_An...

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
I glean a lot of inspiration from what I can remember of my dreams. Sometimes just having a discussion with my sister or my husband, who love helping me with my stories, can get the ideas flowing. Being out in nature and reading good books help too.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
My favorite authors include Kristin Cashore, Kelley Armstrong, Marissa Meyer, Amie Kauffman, Brigid Kemmerer, Rick Riordan, and Patrick Ness.

5) What's your next writing project?
I'm currently in the process of publishing an urban fantasy titled Death's Curses. It's about a pair of twins who were cursed by Death at birth and use their special abilities to help their uncle, a police detective, solve murders. Throw in a rebel from Boston as a love interest and a sinister serial killer as the villain, and we have ourselves a unique adventure!

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Mark Campbell. I am a horror fiction writer who likes also to dabble in other areas. But horror is my main scope of expertise.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
The Lady in Red. Here is a brief synopsis of the book: Evil comes knocking on the Stanleys' door in the guise of Jack Farley, a grave robber turned murderer from the Georgian period, who returns in ghostly form to haunt their every move. At first only young Paul Stanley is affected by Jack's demonic influence. However, it is not long before the rest of his family are gripped by the evil which Farley exerts upon them. As the Stanleys begin to sense Jack's sinister intent growing stronger and more dangerous, all seems lost until a shining beacon of hope appears in the shape of The Lady in Red. Charlotte Rothersby, the lady in question, was one of Jack's victims in his own time. She joins forces with a number of her fellow victims in a bid to avenge their deaths and end Jack's reign of terror. But is it already too late?

Here is my author's page on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B08XPRNCCK

Here is my Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
They come to me in different ways. It is a lot like dreaming: where do dreams come from? Ideas for stories are a lot like that. I do recall getting the main premise of The Lady in Red when lying in the bath. I suddenly got this image of two bodysnatchers and then I was away. From this initial idea I was able to branch out into a storyline which brought me a lot of pleasure as a writer.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
As far as fiction is concerned this rests primarily in two definite genres: horror and the classics. I rarely read anything else. Horror fiction writers I enjoy are Stephen King, Graham Masterton and Dean Koontz. I've always been a big fan of Clare McNally as well. She more than any other writer made me want to write horror. As far as the classics are concerned I have something of an obsession with the Brontës. I also enjoy reading Dickens, Thackeray and just about any other major name of the Victorian era you care to mention. Away from fiction, I do love reading biographies on great writers of the past, especially those from the Victorian era (again!).

5) What's your next writing project?
I have been editing my novel based on the life of Anne Brontë for some time now. It is a work I feel very proud of and can't wait to get it ready for publication on amazon. This should happen quite soon if all goes well.

Good evening.

My latest novelette Chicken was #1 Bestseller in Horror on Amazon. This was a couple of weeks ago. CHICKEN only has 5 star reviews from around the world.

Approximately 9 months back, my debut novel, A Ladder Of Panties was #2 in Movers & Shakers on Amazon's Kindle store. A Ladder Of Panties is a Mumbai-based satire and is rated 4.5.

Rosaire Bushey, an ex-military journalist from the US Airforce interviewed me in October, 2020.

If you'd like to do an interview that has loads of laughs while being insightful and intuitive, do get in touch.

Hello Vincent!

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1) What is your name and bio?

My name is Daniel B. Martin, I am an American author who now lives in the Netherlands. My background is in Philosophy but I have always wanted to find a way to make philosophical practices more approachable and applicable to everyday life. This is why I have started working in the genre of philosophical/existential fiction.

I am passionate about the necessity of human stewardship of our precious planet. However, I think that we have become so distracted by modernity and all the dynamic facets of modern life which have instated a separation from ourselves, from the people around us and the natural world that we should be both protecting and enjoying. That is my major inspiration, drawing attention to critical thinking and reflective practices so that we can live fuller lives and make sure that we leave this planet in good shape for the generations who come after us.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?

My upcoming title is Alethea's Dreams. Staged as the dreams of the Ancient Greek Goddess of truth I use philosophical fiction to create 8 unique life worlds that explore problematics that arise from the modern human condition.

In particular these stories explore themes of slavery and the madness of civilization, disconnection from self and nature as the narrative of societal pressures, self-destructive tendencies, over valuation of capitalism and exploitation, immigration and the international drug trade, international conflict, generational transferences and overcoming psychological trauma.

You can learn more about my individual stories and their characters on my website: authordanielmartin.com

This book will be available on both Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble on and after its release date of June 1, 2021.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?

Some of my ideas come to me in the shower or while doing mundane things. Others are reactions to global political events and things which I see as overwhelmingly abundant in everyday life, but which are often seemingly overlooked by social attention spans. So I write to give fuller voice and volume to aspects of our shared experiences that I feel we put aside for convenience and as necessities for our continued capitalistic participation.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?

I like reading literary fiction for the most part. I am recently really into JM Coetzee, I have long been obsessed with Albert Camus and Jack London who are major influences for cultural anthropology and the utilization of short story collections to provide a vast and compelling survey of modern problematics.

Though I also am a Nietzsche and Foucault fanboy. I appreciate their deep investigations into human life, power and power dynamics. I am interested in taking these types of themes and simplifying them through simplification so that they can reach a broader audience.

5) What's your next writing project?

My next projects are two full length novels and a novella. They all work toward the furtherance of the themes of generational traumas, the uniqueness of individual subjects being conflicted by societal expectations and multifarious dynamic faces of 'the madness of civilization'.

Each eventually takes us into a perspective where we can better evaluate the oddities and disparities of modern life and hopefully provide a contrast which helps us to recognize the true value of finding belonging within ourselves, with our communities and within our natural environments as well.

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1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Andrew Foster. I’m an English author and PhD researcher in Irish History, and I’ve been writing stories ever since I was a kid. Once I got to the point where I took that more seriously, I stuck with it for long enough to finish a novel, which I’m releasing in November this year.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My book is titled “The Nightmare Hunt”, a YA horror novel about psychological terrors and abstract worlds. The full synopsis is below:

Mira Freeman, an eighteen year old girl who only just finished college, wakes up in her house one day to find that she’s completely alone in the world. There’s no-one and nothing left anymore, or so she thinks. When the night comes, Mira discovers that she is far from alone. She is thrown into a world full of terrifying creatures, a transforming town, and mysterious ghostly figures that re-enact moments in her life.

In order to figure out what is happening and how she can fix it, Mira must uncover the secrets of her old life and the mysteries of the distorted nightmare that was once her hometown. She also must survive its many dangers, for there are more than just shadows and monsters out there. Within the nightmare, something is hunting her.

For those interested, you can pre-order the book (or buy it upon release) on Kobo via this link: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-...

(I will be making it available on other platforms as well in the future)

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
As a lover of horror myself, I take inspiration from many other horror stories both classic and more niche (more on that below). Sometimes it can just be a little thing in a story or a striking image that gives me an idea, then I just test it out and see if it works. Sometimes it actually does.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
Unsurprisingly I do like the classic horror stories from Stephen King, most notably “The Shining”, but other stories such as “House of Leaves” and “Uzumaki” have also influenced my approach to suspense and horror. Outside of horror I do like stories with a strong character focus or a tale told from the perspective of a flawed, often unreliable narrator (“High Fidelity” and “American Psycho” in particular).

5) What's your next writing project?
As much as I like horror, I actually want to start writing a dark fantasy story I’ve had in my head for years. Even so I don’t think I’ll be drifting too far from horror stuff anytime soon. It’ll just creep into a little bit of all my stories, I imagine. I can’t keep away from the spooky stuff for long.

You can find any further information about me or the book on my website here: https://andrewgfoster.wordpress.com/

1) What is your name and bio?

Juliet Rose. I have been writing pretty much as soon I learned to read and write. I had my first typewriter at ten and would entertain neighborhood children with my stories. After a recent 15 year hiatus, I took back up writing and since have written 6 novels. My first novel back, Do Over, is out now and I have at least two publishing in 2022. I currently live in Georgia USA but am originally from NY. I love to travel, rescue animals, and read.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?

Do Over, out now is available on my website authorjulietrose.com, amazon and other online retailers.

Synopsis: Samantha Rutliff has spent her life trying to stay in the middle of the road, running when things got tough and suffering from an undiagnosed dissociative disorder. After committing a terrible act, she ends up hundreds of miles away in a random beach town, with a large knot on the side of her head and all of her belongings in the back of her car. Determined to stay and start over, she takes a job at a beachside restaurant, which leads to forming a friendship with Smitty, a local lifeguard and surfer.

However, when a body is found in the ocean, a dark underworld of teen and young adult ketamine abuse surfaces, with Smitty at the center of it. Sam and Smitty lean on each other to cope until a secret comes out which threatens to tear them apart. Sam has to decide if she is finally ready to stay and fight for something she believes in or save the tiny bit of herself she has managed to find.


3) Where do you come up with your ideas? Randomly- songs, imagery, something I see or experience which triggers my mind

4) What books/authors do you like to read? So many. Anything from the classics to current contemporary fiction, horror, dystopian. I just finished A Monster Calls, The Turn of the Screw. One of my favorite authors is Octavia Butler but truly I read just about anything.

5) What's your next writing project? Plural really. I am always writing and just finished my 6th novel this year. I have at least two more novels coming out 2022 and am knee-deep in edits. January I have an LGBTQ+/suspense/coming of age novel, We Don't Matter, coming out, and in May another contemporary novel, Trigger Point, coming out with Adelaide NY.

authorjulietrose.com

1) What is your name and bio?
I am Oma Stanescu, but I published on Amazon under the pseudonym of Oma. I am from Romania but I live now in UK.
You will find my biography and my published books on https://en.everybodywiki.com/Oma_Stan....
2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
My book title is "The Fire of Karma" and the readers could find it on amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
"The Fire of Karma is a completely original novel about India, a genuine one, like no other writing on this subject. The heroine and also the storyteller, Oma—the initiated name of the second wife of Shiva, Shakti, returned in another body—went to India in December 1986, (with financial aid from Sweden, if I remember well), to undergo a yoga treatment, as she suffered from certain locomotor malformations.

She learns Bengali and is initiated into Sanskrit texts, but her doctor—or guru, as they say—seems like a paltry profiteer. He lives on her money, gets her pregnant (although he is married, and as we come to understand, he has other children), he is jealous, he abandons her, he often leaves her at the will of fate, and he follows her after she returns to her country."—Ion Rotaru
3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
My life and my mistakes are a hell of inspiration for me.
4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I love to read all kinds of books but as I am getting older I like the books on spirituality about the purpose of our coming here and how can we go back to Him, the Creator.
5) What's your next writing project?
My next book will be " Hatha Yoga for a Painless Old Age which will be on amazon hopefully before the New Year.
You may find all my books in English and French at
https://author.amazon.co.uk/books for more info.

1) What is your name and bio?
My name is Colin Baldwin. I emigrated from England to Hobart, Tasmania at the age of nine, am married with three children and six grandchildren.
After a career in justice and counselling, I’m happily retired and enjoy occasional bushwalks, sailing, studying German and devoting more time to a lifelong passion for music. I formerly played the oboe in the Reserve Army Band, here in Hobart, before taking up the violin at a mature age. I’ve played in a string quartet, which I loved, and am currently a member of a local amateur orchestra.
Retirement has also allowed me the time and opportunity to take up writing.

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
A Soldier’s Quartet:

A Soldier's Quartet

Available on most online websites, including Amazon, World of Books, Barnes and Noble, Angus and Robertson, plus local stores (Fullers and Hobart Bookshops) and from the publisher – Shawline Publishing Group Pty. Ltd., in Melbourne, Australia.
Synopsis: Conrad Bentley enjoys various leisure pursuits in his retirement. Through his connection with a German conversation group, he comes into contact with a letter from WWI – a German father writes about his grief of losing a son on the Western Front. The words resonate with Conrad and he commits to researching the story behind them.
Months later, he makes contact with the dead soldier’s living relatives and falls deeper into their family history and other untold stories from this era, including the fate of young Tasmanian soldiers.
A Soldier’s Quartet is inspired by true events, a story of perseverance and happenstance that transcends time and reaches across continents. It shows the human faces behind uniforms and battle plans, of love and hope.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
Spoiler alert: I came across the 1918 German letter back in mid-2017, and from there, the story just took hold. I was compelled to write about it – therefore my book is fiction, based on true events.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I do like fiction, some classics, as my Goodreads profile will show. Iris Murdoch, John Fowles, some Thomas Hardy and John Irving readily come to mind as works that have resonated with me.
I must admit, having a break from my own book is refreshing and I am really enjoying other author’s books, at the moment by Tasmanian authors. Some of that is branching out into thrillers! A new frontier for me and I’m relishing it!

5) What's your next writing project?
I’m not yet done with this story – there are themes and characters that have beckoned me to write about them. I have ideas down on paper – just need time to make them come alive.

1) What is your name and bio.?
Jim Vuksic.
Formerly: A Roman Catholic Seminarian (4 years) - U.S. Marine (Vietnam Veteran) - Professinal Musician (8 years - Guitar/Bass) - Husband (35 1/2 years) - Manager (H.J. Heinz Co - 33 years).
Currently: Father (4 adult children) - Grandfather (4 grandchildren) - Retiree (20 years to-date - Traveller (45 States & 5 foreign countries to-date) - Widower (16 years to-date) - Author (1 novel).

2) What is your book title, synopsis, and where can readers find it?
Title: Levels goodreads.com/book/show/12205585-levels.
Synopsis: 'Levels' is a story about a unique social experiment that rises out of the ashes of a world that has self-destructed due to numerous wars, environmental disasters, and social upheaval.

Three centuries into the experiment, war, crime, poverty, hunger, greed, vanity, prejudice, and inequality no longer exist. However, the institution of marriage, the family unit, long-term intimate relationships, and religion also no longer exist.

Everyone, regardless of their position within the social structure, has access to the exact same quantity and quality of housing, food, clothing, education, and advancement opportunities. Even though everyone is treated exactly the same, everybody is not the same. Diversity is not merely tolerated, it is accepted as natural and beneficial to the society as a whole. Inhabitants are constantly reminded that being different does not make a person good or bad, right or wrong - just different.

Social advancement is acheived by meeting and overcoming a series of orchastrated physical and mental challenges specifically designed to determine if and when the candidate has matured sufficiently to function effectively within and contribute positively to the next higher social level. Advancement is strictly voluntary and may be declined by the candidate at any time for any reason.

Levels was commercially available in paperback, e-book, audio book on CD, and audio download from Aug. 11, 2001 until Dec. 31, 2006 when the publisher declared bankruptcy and went out of business. However, used paperback formats are still availabel on Amazon and a few other vendors.

3) Where do you come up with your ideas?
The idea for 'Levels' fermented inside my head for decades. However, it was not until I retired that I had time to formalize it into a story I felt was worth telling.

4) What books/authors do you like to read?
I have an eclectic taste when it comes to genre and writing style. I read any genre with the exception of romance novels. My favorite authors are Jean M. Auel, Ray Bradbury, Dan Brown, James Clavell, Suzanne Collins, Charles Dickins, W. Michael Gear, William Golding, Winston Groom, Kazuo Ishiguo, Gary Jennings, Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Mario Puzo, Veronica Roth, J.K. Rowling, Upton Sinclair, and J.R.R. Tolkien. (Listed alphabetically, not by preference.)

5) What's your next writing project?
Levels is my first and will be my only published work. The effort required 25 months of time and effort. It was a very rewarding experience; however, there are just too many places to visit, people to meet, and other things to experience, and just too little time.