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Featured Interview With Ilene & Gary Modica

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Both born and raised in New York, Gary was born and raised in Maspeth, Queens while Ilene on Long Island. They celebrated 40-years of marriage in November 2020. Their blended family all live in Arizona, about 30-miles from one another. Along with these four children, they enjoy nine grandchildren ranging in age from two years to seventeen. We do not currently have any pets due to our travel schedule.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Ilene has always enjoyed reading while Gary is a bit more selective with his reading material. It was in Rome, at the beginning of our 2019 adventure, we decided to document our journey. Writing as we traveled through various towns we stayed and explored, we share our trials and tribulations, as well as the laughter in this lighthearted book.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Ilene’s favorite author is David Baldacci although, I really enjoy all types of books. Gary is more into history books. Our journey is what inspired our writing our first book, as well as our blog subscribers who are always full of questions about Italy and our travels.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Can you imagine living in Italy for one full year? This was the dream. That was the promise.
After a rollercoaster ride of three years to obtain Italian citizenship, Ilene and Gary achieved their goal. During 2019, they packed up leaving family and friends to live this dream in Italy.

This is their travel memoir and personal adventure, which has changed their lives forever. In Our Italian Journey, you will discover and share their desire for a genuine experience with an Italian family and how this dream came true. Enjoy their stories and witty insights about new Italian friendships, reconnecting with old friends, meeting up with subscribers to their blog, and the countless experiences through the various towns they stayed and explored.

In Our Italian Journey, Ilene and Gary provide you with an entertaining look at life in Italy. A journey with a bit of history, tradition, and culture that is written from their hearts. Experience and appreciate Italy’s charm and appeal while joining in the laughter as they also divulge the trials and tribulations they encountered along the way. Through this journey, they eat and drink their year through Italy visiting 8 regions and 46 cities; include Sicilia and—Licodia Eubea, their new Italian birthplace. They picked up their Italian birth and marriage certificates during the adventure in Sicily.

Their debut, writing this book together as their journey unfolded in 2019, was a step outside of their comfort zone and a new venture for them. Ilene and Gary invite you to take a glimpse of Italy through the eyes of locals and their pride as new Italian citizens.

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Featured Interview With A.C. Ward

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Accountant by day, writer by night. I’m a bit of a Japanophile and addicted to manga and dating sims. I have a dog, cat, gecko, snake, fish, and tarantula for pets. I’m a born Floridian (a rare breed).

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I loved reading Muggie Maggie and Dear Mr. Henshaw in elementary school and wrote my first short story around that time, of a blacked out van kidnapping my best friend and tracking it down. I started a lot of stories in middle school, but didn’t learn to finish them until much later. Too many ideas to jump around to. I dreamed of moving to New York and being a starving artist, but I had a free ride to college and became an accountant instead. The writing dream never left, but did get delayed.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Juliet Marillier is one of my favorites to read, as her poetic voice is very different from my own. I like to write dialogue and action best, not description. I think that evolved from my love of manga. Too bad I can’t even draw stick figures. Furuba and Skip Beat are my favorite manga series to date. It’s all about characters for me.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Katana of Trust, the first book in The Kami Prophecy, highlights my love of feudal Japan folklore and history. I’m a bit of a Japanophile, and I let myself go in building the fantasy world. The first book was written within a month, and was sparked from a dream. That whole first scene played out in my head. I loved the idea of a child growing up among godlike creatures without even remembering her name. Then Masaru showed up with his eyepatch, and I was lost from there. I absolutely love my characters and editing keeps getting delayed because I get sucked into the store each time I start reading. I write something I’ll love, and hope others find joy in it, too. Creating characters is my favorite thing, and I don’t think Shou and Masaru will disappoint.

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Featured Interview With Helen Henderson

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Although the author of several local histories and numerous articles on the topics of American and military history, antiques and collectibles, my first love is fiction. My work in the museum and history fields enables a special insight into creating fantasy worlds. The descendent of a coal-miner’s daughter and an aviation flight engineer, my writing reflects the contrasts of my heritage as well as that of my Gemini sign. My stories cross genres from historical westerns to science fiction and fantasy. Besides my local histories, I’ve written a dark fantasy, and in the world of romantic fantasy, there are five books in the dragon shifter series, the Dragshi Chronicles, and two volumes in the sword and sorcery, epic fantasy series, the Windmaster Novels. In my books, I invite readers to join me on travels through the stars, or among fantasy worlds of the imagination.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
It is not surprising, I developed an early love of books, having inherited a love of reading from my mother and grandmother. After I went through what books of my mother’s that were age appropriate, I moved onto the westerns that my father loved. A family joke was that I learned my numbers and letters helping update manuals and reading the instrument panel of an old Constellation. My original forays into writing allowed the young me to adventure with the characters of the books I read or the television shows I watched.

Although it is only in recent years that my pen turned toward fiction, I have been a professional writer in one form or another for almost 30 years. My first professional writing was software code, technical documentation and user “how-to” manuals. After riding the tip of the needle that burst the dot.com bubble, I combined the technical and the general to write marketing literature for high-tech and insurance companies until those firms also disappeared.

Many, many years after the initial excursions into publication, I fell through the back door into a different kind of writing—journalism. My husband, who was the volunteer registrar for a local history museum needed an article on their stoneware collection. Photos were taken, words written, and a new career born. I wrote regularly for that publication and a dozen more for many years.

Walking a circle brings one back to the beginnings. Because I crossed from technical writing to marketing, then marketing to journalism, I refused to believe, despite being told repeatedly, that if you write non-fiction, you can’t write fiction. So I picked up the pen and many years after I stopped writing adventures that took me to other lands and eras, I returned to worlds of imagination. Only this time, the fan fiction and heroic adventures would be replaced by a more professional eye and an expanded area of interest.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I can never decide on a favorite author or genre. Here’s a few of my go-tos. Anne McCaffrey, mistress of Dragonhold, for her Tower and Hive series and the Dragon Riders of Pern. — Louis L’Amor because he walked the ground he wrote about in his historical westerns. — Barbara Hambly, for her use of magic in her worlds of fantasy. And Katherine Kurtz, of course I’d want to meet her in the land of Scotland where the contemporary fantasy, Adept series took place.

I find inspiration in various aspects of the world around me. A verse of music, a few notes of a tune or a photo from some exotic place can trigger an idea. But not all inspiration is the same. Sometimes a dream awakens me in the middle of the night and gives the overall storyline for a new work or a scene unfolds like one from a movie.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The fantasy of The Windmaster Novels, a series described as, “A great read by an author with magic in her veins,” continues with the release of Windmaster Golem. The epic tale of Captain Ellspeth and the archmage, Lord Dal, returns as the next generation fights to save the future of magic.

Kiansel, sister to the current Oracle of Givneh, is expected to one day assume the mantle and lead the temple’s followers. Her emerging powers force an impossible decision. To answer the siren call of magic requires she turn her back on her family, her heritage and the teachings of the oracle.

Banishment to a remote village as healer, a position he despised, fueled Relliq’s desire for revenge. The discovery of a mythical city and an army of clay soldiers provided the means to control all mages–including the one he wanted most—Kiansel.

Brodie, weaponsmith for the School of Mages couldn’t refuse the archmage’s request to act as escort for a healing team fighting a curse upon the land. But how can a man without any magic of his own fight a curse or protect a friend from an invisible stalker?

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Featured Interview With Winter Fox

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I live in Southwest Harbor, Maine, with my wife, our dog and our cats. I have always worked for myself, starting as a musician, horticulturalist, cook, and stone artist. I have written all along, but then in 2011, I was inspired to write novels. I guess I see the world through a particular lens, as we all do, and that colors everything, but particularly my writing. My world is bold and beautiful, with granite cliffs against crashing Atlantic waves. I value honor, dedication, patience, and grace under pressure. I value integrity and helpfulness and would like to think that good intentions and good acts are rewarded by a fair and universal God or gods.

I have just built a new treehouse office, which connects to my other little treehouse via a catwalk. This one is insulated for winter use and has a cute little heater. What I didn’t anticipate was, that if it is windy, the trees rock and creak so much that I can’t do voice recording. So, these days, I’m letting the weather dictate whether I narrate or write, and so far the mix has been pretty good.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I became enthralled with books very early on. I believe that I was reading at 4. My favorite book from that time was Richard Scarry’s “Big Book of Everything.” It showed pictures and names of everything in typical American life, from cars, buildings, or professions to kitchenware, farm animals, and clothing items. Only everyone was depicted as animals. Very humanoid animals, in that the frog guy was almost as tall as the bison guy, and the goose gal was not too much taller than the crow lady. It was kind of like a mix of Animal Farm and Where’s Waldo on ludes.

I built my own bed on stilts when I was twelve. That was after my first rudimentary treehouse, just a platform in the maple clump. Under that bed was a reading nook, with a little bookshelf, a white vinyl beanbag chair, and a lamp. I read all of the Fantasy greats, from Burroughs to Howard, and then on to sci-fi with Asimov, Herbert, and Heinlein. Later, I began to enjoy novels from Vonnegut, Robbins, Kingsolver, and King. I love history, and I suppose Pillars of the Earth inspired me to write my Flight of the Wren series.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love comedy and have recently discovered Christopher Moore, and his hilarious “The Stupidest Angel,” best Christmas novel that includes zombie ever. I love the seriousness of Marion Zimmer Bradley, and the goofy imagination of Tom Robbins. I love the optimism of Barbara Kingsolver, and the wry fatalism of Vonnegut and John Irving. I love kvetching, so I’ve been a David Sedaris fan ever since Santaland Diaries.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I just recorded the narration for my second audiobook, “Voyage of the White Bear.” It’s the second volume of the “Flight of the Wren” series, which is a huge epic that takes place at the end of the Viking Age. In Voyage, our heroine Hilja goes to the Greenland Colony in search of her mother and sister, taken as slaves from their village in Lapland. In Norway, Olav Haraldsson steals a ship and goes raiding in Ossinia, and the Witch of Vestfold goes on the run as a wanted woman, and finally becomes the demon that everyone believes her to be.
Anyway, it’s a big book, with a lot of plot threads…

I have found that while I narrate my books, I frequently want to make little changes to the wording, as I find items that were not evident unless the book was read out loud. Having said that, I’ve finished writing and editing book 3 of the series, “The Loom of Bones” and I am narrating chapters every day, wind permitting. As I narrate, I’m putting the final touches on the copy editing. In a few weeks, when I send the audio files to the studio for mastering, I will format the book for ebook and print, and get my book launch ready. Hopefully, this will happen in May.

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Featured Interview With Winnifred Tataw

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hi, my name is Winnifred or Winnie. I reside in South Carolina and am an undergraduate at the College of Charleston. I was born in the U.S. and my parents are from Cameroon, Africa. As a military child, I have traveled extensively around the US East Coast and Germany, learning about the history, lore, and culture of each region. I love to spread positivity and joy to those around me and look at the world through a glittery pink lens.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Since elementary school (about age 7), I’ve always had a passion for reading and storytelling. As I got older, around 10-11, I began to put my stories onto paper.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Definitely Marissa Meyer and Lois Lowry. Those two women can write some books! Their stories always captivate me and expand my imagination. And to work with Marissa Meyer on a book one day, would be magical!

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is the third book in my The Gods’ Scion YA fantasy series, The Lone Star Child. It takes on more of a sci-fi theme, but I love it so much. I cried so much writing some of the scenes too, goddess! My books are heavily charactered oriented. And the plot just goes hand in hand with the character’s motives, decisions, and pain. They are a beautiful fantasy world set in modern times with real-world problems and issues.

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Featured Interview With Fred Rutter

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Born, raised, and still live in central Ohio, and have lived in a small rural village southeast of Columbus for a number of decades. I enjoy living in a funky little old house, in an old town, on the edge of the Appalachian foothills. It is where my roots have grasped familiar and comfortable soil, and given me a strong sense of home. Though I do, and have often traveled a lot, having a place to call home is important.

For just about my whole life I have lived in the company of cats. They make life interesting, and my wife, who used to be a dog person, now is a convert to the feline style of living. I also have many hobbies, but the main ones are history, photography, and collecting old imprinted paving bricks. All those pursuits provide ample excuses to get out of the house and do things.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Books have been an integral part of my life since childhood. My parents were avid readers. My grandfather was both a reader and the author of a number of respected books on history.

Some feeble attempts at creative writing were made in high school, but the seed did not germinate until I was in my early twenties. At that point I began to write non-fiction narratives, and honed my skills crafting articles for a small historical publication. Writing continues to be a passion, and provides me with much satisfaction, even though much of it has never been published.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
What can I say? I am a reading pig! Cereal boxes, newspapers, magazines, books – I read them all! Primarily, I enjoy well crafted sentences, intriguing word and thought combinations, and imagination. Lately I have been reading a lot of Michael Connelly, because I like the conciseness of his sentences and chapter structure. So that is realistic fiction. However, I also like non-fiction, and the last book in that genre, that I recently finished reading, was an incredible book titled “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers, published in 2009. Currently, I am reading a novel titled “Ohio” by Stephen Markley, and am enjoying it thoroughly. So I cannot say any one author, or any specific genre inspires my writing – good writing inspires my writing.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
“Hitting the Road Without a Map” did not start out as a book. I was lucky to have been offered the opportunity to take a long trip. Events leading up to it forced me to take a deeper look into myself and deal with some hidden fears. The trip itself was transformative, as my partner and I learned to let go of a lot of preconceived notions and live in the moment. My wife could see that something deep had happened to me upon my return, and she had wrestled with a few of her own demons while I was away, so she encouraged me to write about what happened. What started as a short story, just for the personal pleasure of recounting the tale, evolved into something much bigger, and she pressed me to turn it into a book. I blanched at the idea, since I had never attempted anything approaching book length. Three months later, I had produced something resembling a book, and eight re-writes and edits later, there actually was a book. A publisher agreed, and took a chance on me, and on the book.

At its heart, the book is a road trip story, from the vantage point of two guys who do not know each other very well. They seize the opportunity to transport a large RV from Ohio to Oregon, even though neither one of them has actually driven a vehicle like this. So along the way the author learns a bit more about himself, how his fears have controlled his life, and what it is like to live day to day without much of a plan and literally no schedule. His partner proves himself to be up to the task as well. So the personal development is set upon the backdrop of two Midwesterners experiencing the grandeur of the West, up close and personal, for the very first time.

This is not a travelogue of what to see, or how to do it. The story is more about the richness of life and how to enjoy every minute of it, and for the reader to understand that process, the participants thoughts and background are necessary in order to provide context for the spiritual awakening experienced by the two men on the road, and the author’s wife at home. It makes for a richer story, and it is real.

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Featured Interview With Michele Olson

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’ve lived most of my adult life in Green Bay, WI in the shadow of Lambeau field. Before that I moved around from Ohio, to Pennsylvania, to several places in Wisconsin. I spent the 70s as a DJ that spun records which led to professional voice work. I’ve had a 40 plus career as an advertising/corporate writer, specializing in health writing. It’s only in the last few years I’ve ventured into novels.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
It started with Nancy Drew and the Box Car kids. I couldn’t wait to get to the library every week to check out a new book. I wrote professionally since I was 17 in TV, radio and marketing, but novels I didn’t tackle until I hit my 60s!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read far more non-fiction that fiction, yet fiction is what I like to write. I do enjoy the classics like Agatha Christy. I love the work of Anne Lamott, fiction and non fiction. She picks the perfect words, every time. I also love Susan Branch who writes about her life and incorporates her watercolor…I am a watercolor/mixed media artist too, so I enjoy her work.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Being Dorothy (In a world longing for home) is the sequel to my first book- Being Ethel (In a world that loves Lucy). The story begins in 1979 with Piper Penn who unexpectedly lands on Mackinac Island and mystery, romance, friendship, and faith follow. In Being Dorothy, the story continues in 1980 when Piper Penn meets a mysterious couple on the porch of the Grand Hotel, but they aren’t who they seem to be. Think James Bond! It takes me about a year to write each book, and right now I’m working on book three, Being Alice (In a world lost in the looking glass)- set in 1981 on Mackinac Island.

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Featured Interview With Ben Krieger

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m a third generation Washingtonian. I’ve moved away a few times, but never for more than a year and I always came back. I lost my one true love, a 100lb swamp mutt named Morrison to cancer a few years ago. Now I love vicariously through my best human friend’s pupper Pierogi.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always loved to read sci-fi, but I let learning disabilities including dyslexia convince me that I couldn’t write until recently. Three years ago I started drafting Under the Shadow of the Plateau, and even thought that is just coming out now, the sequel, Blood Beneath Water, and the graphic novel prequel, Regenesis, will also be out this year.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Frank Herbert, easy question. His ability to weave social issues into his worldbuilding and characters elevated science fiction to a whole new level for me. Until then I’d really loved B paperbacks and didn’t know what science fiction was capable of.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The whole Frontier Forever series is about marginalized communities. Most of it is focused on how people interact with governance and technological dependence, but there are also core bits about gender and neurodiversity, and what it means to be human. With no modesty, I’ll say that it’s very well worked into a fast paced adventure through a terrifying prediction of what the future might look like.

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Featured Interview With Madhushree Das

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
The Author is an intuitive versifier and artistical idealist. Empowering people through the magic of words is her superpower. She loves the euphony of nature in the dusk and dawn. Drop by her Instagram at @ mystic_mithi25 or email her at mystic.mithi25@gmail.com. The Author was raised in India and currently living in India. When the Mystic meets a Starfish her debut collection of Poetry.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was a logophile for a long time but the writing was never in the picture until one day, it happened like a clap of thunder in a clear blue sky.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Rumi and his mystical poems influenced me a great deal to become a poet; what I am now. My Favourite genre to read is Poetry. Sometimes I do read fiction. My favourites Authors are Rumi, Pablo Neruda, John Green, Ruth ware, Nicholas Sparks and so on.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The collection of poetry “When the mystic meets a Starfish” illustrated the stirring and enchanting poems. In this world where we all have lost to feel the magic of true love in life, my poems aim to be a perfect panacea for all the aching hearts who lost their hope in divinity. It will inspire people to traverse through the infinite darkness and feel the mystical light till eternity. I only wanted to convey and share “The Deepness” with readers. I encourage everyone to know about the deepness as a way of life for getting a pearl you have to dive into the deep ocean.

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Featured Interview With Clinton Bezan

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised on a farm in western Manitoba and currently live in central Alberta. I have farmed all of my life and have always been surrounded by cattle, horses, pigs, poultry, cats and dogs. I have a special place in my heart for all animals and have been truly blessed to have had many unique experiences and relationships with them.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I never aspired to be a writer. In late 2018 I felt the Holy Spirit gently nudge me to write and I resisted at first but finally capitulated to his relentless yet tender pressure. Early in January 2019 I began the most exhilarating journey of my life. Not knowing how to write or what to say, I sat down at my computer and as fast as I could type, the words flowed out from my fingers onto the page. This continued in 15 to 20 minute spurts each day and I wrote my first book Truth Cries Out in six weeks. A year later I had completed my first three books.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite author is the Apostle Paul who is responsible for nearly half of the New Testament. My favorite book is the Holy Bible and God is who inspires me to write. I have had profound encounters with him and he has richly blessed me.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, which will be published in the spring of 2021 is entitled Revelation of Truth. It explores the covert power structure of the deep state and the nefarious dark spiritual forces at play in the progression to a new world order and one world government. The book illustrates how the phenomenon of the COVID 19 pandemic, increased draconian controls over humanity, increased socialism and the collapse of the world financial system will ultimately culminate in the tyrannical rule of the antichrist during the Great Tribulation predicted in the Bible.

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Featured Interview With Jasmine Young

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a 27 year-old half Taiwanese, half-Caucasian American from NorCal. I’ve lived and travelled all over the world, from Taiwan to Belarus, to now, my permanent home of Florida. It was only after I obtained my MA in Teaching at Columbia University that I realized that traditional education was standardizing kids and not teaching them to live up to their full potential – and so, I embarked on my own hero’s journey to publish YA fantasy and inspire teens to rise up to become the inner legends they already are. Today, I’m fighting life’s giants and gaining new victories with my sidekick, Mau the overweight tabby!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing when I was eleven, but it wasn’t until I read Christopher Paolini’s Eragon as a fourteen-year-old that I began writing my own full-length novels. My first one was a total ripoff of the Inheritance Cycle, lol! (But that’s how the writing journey starts for some of us, right?)

Crazy enough, my current series – including my #1 Amazon bestselling debut, Stormfire – is a family descendant of that original Eragon-inspired series I wrote as a middle schooler!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Now, in my late twenties, YA fantasy remains my favorite genre and escape. Paolini will forever be my favorite because of how he’s inspired me. As I get older, I am hunting for the next Paolini in my life. So far, some favorite authors have been Suzanne Collins, Marie Lu, Sabaa Tahir, and Holly Black.

Every day challenges and victories continue to inspire my writing. As an author, I think it’s so important to not just master the craft, but human psychology as well. The more you understand yourself and other people, the more you’ll be able to write really compelling characters (and plots).

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Four teens may be the only hope of stopping the world’s end, beginning with one boy. Can fourteen-year-old Jaime rise to liberate his kingdom—even if he must burn with the rest of his family?

Phew. Believe it or not, it never gets any easier for an author to describe what her book is about in a few sentences.

But would you believe that when Stormfire, my YA fantasy debut, came out, my first review was two stars on Goodreads? I was really devastated. Talk about a fresh aspiring author turned published author who felt her dreams had been crushed. What’s even crazier is that a year later, Stormfire is now a two-time #1 Bestseller on Amazon.

This book is really about how the youngest people can make the biggest impact… AND achieve their dreams. If you’re an aspiring author, or an aspiring anything, look at Stormfire and believe that YOU can make it.

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