Featured Interview With Lisa Hopkins

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m 55 yrs. Old, I reside in Victorville California. I was raised in south-central Los Angeles, and I am a pet mom. My pets name is GG. I am an author of one book entitled.
Triggered ReActions Conquered.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing in 2021 and I’m looking forward to doing more with books and engaging with other Authors.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like reading, inspirational and devotional books, that were written by ordinary people made by the spirit.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My book talks about the struggles of life, and how I was able to overcome Lily obstacles that would prevent me from being a sucess member of society.

Featured Interview With Angela Thomas Smith

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Born and raised in South Carolina however, I spent most of my adulthood in GA. I have no kids and no pets. Sharing my gifts with kingdom-minded people is my passion.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I didn’t realize I like books until 2000 it didn’t sink in that I could actually write until 2016 when I wrote in my 1st anthology(63 books later).

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I must say my co-authors have become some of my favorite authors because I get first-hand knowledge of their journeys. I enjoy non-fiction inspirational & self-help books. My life journey has been the inspiration behind all of my books.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
God’s Joy; Jesus Over Yourself, If you want your JOY back you must choose JESUS OVER YOURSELF and watch what he does in your life. It’s time to catch up to your destiny.
A book of POEMS, God has given me the gift of breaking Spiritual words down to everyday words they the NOT SO HOLY THAN THOU can understand.

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Featured Interview With Blaque Diamond

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in New York City and currently live in the DMV Delaware, Maryland, Virginia Area. Unfortunately, I am allergic to animals, however I did have a Great Dane as a child

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I began writing my first book 22 years ago when a hit was out on me and my family

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My life experience inspired me. I don’t have a particular genre that interest me, however, I enjoyed reading “A Time to Forgive” by Libby Edwards-Warner

Tell us a little about your latest book?
After the murder of their parents and sister. Silk, Suede, and Satan Lee are first taken in by their cruel aunt and uncle, then shipped off to Concourse Village, a state-owned facility for boys. Thrust into survival mode, the boys must decide a path for their lives with only the morals instilled by their deceased parents and the street knowledge they are quickly gaining. Their bond is constantly tested as they transition from boys to men.

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Featured Interview With Murray Blehart

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in the ‘burbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. After college on the East Coast, I remained in New York and New Jersey. Currently, I still live in NJ, just east of Philadelphia with my wife and two feline overlords (cats, if you must).

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I don’t recall what age I became fascinated with books, but I know I was young. My parents took me to see Star Wars (now Episode IV – A New Hope) when I was almost 5. I wrote my first 50 page, illustrated sci-fi novel when I was 9 years old.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read a lot of different genres, but mostly sci-fi and fantasy, as well as self-help/mindfulness/self-awareness, psychology and science books. I read every morning for about an hour, two books at a time – one fiction, one nonfiction. Favorite authors include Paulo Coelho, Neil Gaiman, Lindsay Buroker, Alex White, and many many others. I love to read, love to learn, and feel it’s an essential part of my life.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I am working on a new sci-fi series called Savagespace that was plotted out as 6 books, but might be 3 or 5 books, if I combine a couple (debating if they should be approximately 200 pages or 400 pages each). I’m also plotting another fantasy book (series?) and another sci-fi book. Lots more to come!

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Featured Interview With Angel Leigh McCoy

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in a sea of corn, beans, and sky. It made me more than a little claustrophobic whenever I’m in enclosed spaces. I’ve lived on the East Coast and the West Coast, and I recently moved back to Central Illinois to retouch my roots (family, not hair). I have only two pets (cats), unless you count all the furry and feathered creatures that come into my backyard through the magickal portal there.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing in earnest in grade school and got enough positive reinforcement for it that I was hooked. I’ve never stopped. Reading was a huge part of that, and books were my escape from a less-than-riveting real life. I started by reading gothic suspense (the ones with the woman in a flowing dress against a backdrop of spooky castle and doomy skies). Then I moved on to romantic adventure (I’m a recovering Harlequin addict), and then to horror. These days, I’m writing paranormal suspense and mysteries. I’ll be writing on my deathbed.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’m a big fan of Darynda Jones and Janet Evanovich. I like reading about sassy women who are smart and resourceful, despite their challenges.

On the other hand, I like Horror. The monster. The boo scare. The suspense.

In my books, I try to meld these things. Humor. Sassy women. Suspense. Even if I’m my only fan, I’ll be happy.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is called “The Catsitter’s Conundrum” (book #1 in the Catsitter Mysteries series). I love cats! I started catsitting to make a little extra money and fell in love with every one of my charges. Then, it occurred to me that I was good at it too, and so I decided to leverage my cat-whispering talents to write a series about a woman–like me–who catsits and who–unlike me–solves mysteries.

This book takes place in the world I’m building, called Wyrdwood. So far, I’ve published four books and one novelette in the world.

Wyrdwood is, you see, a town on the Oregon Coast where people with magickal powers and supernatural ancestry are welcomed and protected. The first three books are a paranormal-suspense trilogy (The Wyrdwood Welcome trilogy) intended to give readers a solid introduction to the world and its inhabitants. The Catsitter’s Conundrum kicks off the second series set in the world of Wyrdwood. More coming.

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Featured Interview With Saborna Roychowdhury

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Kolkata, India in a middle-class Hindu family. Like the characters in my
novel, I lived in a hundred-year-old house with my extended family—aunts and uncles, and
cousins. Our crumbling mansion had two wings and two floors. Years of neglect had left our
house in poor condition. The cracked tiles on the floor, the yellowing walls, and the broken
windows were in desperate need of repair. During the monsoon season, water dripped from the
roof and collected in plastic buckets. Blue plastic sheets covered our antique furniture, paintings,
old encyclopedias, and faded photographs. Maintaining this crumbling mansion was impossible for our family members. Spiders crawled behind the clothes horse and termites mud piles went up the wall like dried-up river beds. The old grandfather clocks chimed at the wrong hours and pigeons nested in the skylight holes.

Though I left Kolkata and moved to America when I was nineteen years old, this house
full of history remained alive somewhere inside me. And years later, in my novel, “Everything Here Belongs to You,” I used this house as the main backdrop.

I live in the suburbs of Houston now. Here my wooden house is relatively new with
central air conditioning and modern appliances. Soft carpet covers the floors and the walls have a
fresh coat of paint. Modern furniture adorns my spacious living room and the kitchen has
resplendent cherry wood cabinets. Every week, a lawnmower trims our lawn and prunes the
bushes to perfection. The pressure-washed driveway and sidewalk glisten like glass. My
existence here in Houston is neat, tidy, and hygienic.

Still, when I pick up the pen, I rarely write about the suburbs of Houston. I still find
myself circling the same old mansion in Kolkata pining away for what I left behind.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a chemistry professor. I did
a bachelor’s and a couple of master’s in chemistry. Although I loved to read, I didn’t know any writers
at that time and the thought that I could become one never crossed my mind.

In 2004, I was looking for a teaching job and decided to take a creative writing class just
for the fun of it. The teacher gave us a writing prompt and I started writing my first short story.
When it came to sharing my story with the rest of the class—I was nervous. I was a chemistry
instructor and this was my first story. The class seemed to like the story and gave me very
positive feedback. My teacher asked me to send the story for publication and it got accepted in
“New York Stories.” That’s how my writing journey started.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I am a big fan of Jhumpa Lahiri. I think she writes linguistically brilliant and innovative
prose. I sometimes find myself drooling over her sentences. But my favorite author is still
Rohinton Mistry. I have rarely seen an author choose such unremarkable people and turn them
into such extraordinary characters in a novel. The author’s honesty and empathy have the power
to melt even the stoniest of hearts. He understands Indian politics and class/caste issues like no
other author I have known.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is “Everything Here Belongs to You.” In my book, a lowly Muslim maid working for a middle-class Hindu family struggles between discovering her Muslim roots and conforming to the only family she’s ever known. Her struggle leaves a path of destruction that she could never have foreseen.

Parul is a Muslim maid sold by her father to a middle-class Hindu family. She lives
comfortably among the family but is always treated like a second-class citizen. When she comes
of age, she meets and starts a love affair with a radical Muslim, a jihadi, Rahim. He poisons her
mind against her Hindu family and toward America. When the Hindu father brings an American
boy to live with them while he trains for the Olympics, Rahim brainwashes Parul into sabotaging
the American boy however she can. The American boy, Michael, and the young Hindu daughter
fall in love after a rocky first few months of living together. The story unwinds as the readers learn
more about the background of each of the characters and come to a head when Parul commits
her final betrayal at the end of the novel.

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