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This is a list of our featured author interviews. These authors take a few minutes out of their busy schedule to sit down and answer a few questions. Get to know what they are working on next and what types of books they like to read.

Featured Author Helen Carey

Featured Interview With Helen Carey

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Oxford, England. Since then I have lived in quite a few different places and countries including Switzerland, Germany and Antigua. I now live in west Wales in a beautiful location overlooking the sea towards Ireland. My husband and I have a small farm which we run as a hobby conservation project, trying to maximise biodiversity, wildlife and rare wild plants. To help us we have a lovely lurcher dog called Maisie, although she mainly prefers chasing a stick in the fields!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
As a child I read voraciously. I still do. I love all different kinds of books from sweet romance to classics to exciting spy thrillers and back again. When I was a child I wrote lots of adventurous pony stories, in my teens I moved onto romance! I think my books now reflect some of those earlier interests. My wartime LAVENDER ROAD books always contain some adventure, romance and excitement. But I also like to include things that affect our day to day lives, things like friendship, family relationships, the difficulties that women sometimes face in a man’s world, and how people cope when things get tough.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
One of the authors who most inspired me was the Irish writer, Maeve Binchy. I love her characters and how they always seem so real. A lot of people have compared my books to hers, and I consider that a great honour. I also love Georgette Heyer for her subtle humour and period detail. Jane Austen is one of my favourite classical writers, I can read her books again and again. On the other side of the spectrum I love Lee Child’s Jack Reacher stories, and I grew up adoring Ian Fleming’s James Bond!
All of these have almost certainly influenced me. I like to write novels that people enjoy reading, in which they can identify with the characters, experiencing their highs and lows. I like to make my readers laugh and cry. I also like to include some excitement, or a small thriller element just to keep everyone on their toes!

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Each of my LAVENDER ROAD books has taken about a year to research, write and edit.
My latest book is called THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. It is my fifth Lavender Road novel. Set in London in 1944, it can either be read alone or as part of the series, and like its predecessors it follows the lives of several people living in one London street. This time the focus is on two young women, who now, as victory finally begins to edge nearer with the Allied invasion of France, find that the war seems determined to throw a spanner in their plans for future happiness.

I love writing about the Second World War. For me it is a fascinating period of history. So much happened in those eventful years, even for those who weren’t actually fighting. With almost constant Luftwaffe bombing, plus Hitler’s V1 and V2 revenge missiles, people on the Home Front were also in considerable danger. I have always been impressed by the extraordinary courage and resilience that Londoners showed at that time, and I think, more than anything else, that is what has always drawn me to the period. As well as the almost constant fear of death or injury, they had to cope with hardships that most of us would certainly find unacceptable these days; rationing, the black-out, property damage or destruction, reduced fuel and water, lack of petrol and gas, conscription into boring (or sometimes even hazardous) war work, restrictions on clothing and make-up, censorship, and of course the worry about loved ones serving overseas.

My research this time led me to the fact of young women being enlisted, often against their will, into the female sections of the armed forces. It made for fascinating reading, and then, by a stroke of luck (something which often seems to happen when I am embroiled in research!), I discovered that one of my neighbours (now a celebrated artist) actually served in the ATS, the Auxiliary Territorial Army, and she kindly allowed me to base some of my character’s exploits on her own real life experiences.

Putting characters in difficult circumstances is always interesting, and for the pretty, well-to-do, and somewhat self-centred young widow, Louise Rutherford, the grim realities of an ATS training camp come as a nasty shock!

My aim in writing is always to entertain, and to try to evoke the atmosphere of the war years, but I am also keen to focus on more general issues that my readers might find interesting, and I have used Louise to explore an aspect of life that I think we probably experience from time to time. That what we think we are like is not always the same as what other people think we are like. I’m sure we all occasionally feel misunderstood, especially perhaps by our friends and family. (In my experience doggedly held presumptions and faulty suppositions are often at the root of many a family rift!) It’s as though people have made up their minds about our innate character and can’t or won’t ever really accept that we might have the capacity to change. In THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, as well as struggling with military discipline and other wartime issues, Louise also finds herself struggling to try to convince people that she has (for various reasons) become a nicer person.

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Featured Author Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Featured Interview With Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I moved all over the western United States as a child, always the new kid! I learned to observe others and my best friend was my diary, which is probably why I’m a writer today. I’ve chosen to settle in Northern California, and I hope never to move again!

I live with my three children and my husband. We have two horses (Maddie and Comet), two dogs, (Roxie and Daisy), and three cats (Dash, Cinder, and Nevy). All of us love animals!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My first grade teacher was concerned that I wouldn’t learn to read. But the problem was that I never stopped talking! Once I began to read, I fell in love with books (and probably spoke less too).

I began a diary when I was eight years old. Soon after, I began writing poems and short stories. But it wasn’t until I read Watership Down by Richard Adams that I decided I wanted to be a novelist. I wanted to write a book just like Watership Down, but with horses. It took me a while to write that book. First I wrote several others, beginning at age 19. Then one day, after I turned 40, I imagined wild horses with wings! Immediately I wrote the manuscript of my dreams and submitted it to an agent. She signed me immediately and sold the book to HarperCollins Children’s Books. I’m now the proud author of THE GUARDIAN HERD middle grade series.

Before that, I wrote and published THE PET WASHER, my middle grade indie book!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I LOVE so many authors–from Anne McCaffrey, Tamora Pierce, Walter Farley, Meredith Ann Pierce to Maggie Stiefvater, Liane Moriarty, J.K. Rowling, Lanie Taylor, V.E. Schwab, and Sarah J. Maas. There are honestly too many to mention.

My favorite genre is Fantasy (could you guess?) I’m inspired by ALL authors and also by TV shows and movies. I’m like the Cookie Monster, except I gobble up stories!

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest published book is THE GUARDIAN HERD #4 WINDBORN. This completes the first quartet of Guardian Herd novels, adventures starring five herds of winged horses called pegasi. The books are meant to be read in order: #1 STARFIRE, #2 STORMBOUND, #3 LANDFALL, and #4 WINDBORN. My publisher numbered the spines–don’t you love that! WINDBORN will release in paperback on 07/25/2017. Each paperback includes a bonus story.

I hope to write more Guardian Herd novels and to complete my indie project, THE PET WASHER series. So many stories to tell!

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Featured Author dhtreichler

Featured Interview With dhtreichler

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My grandparents bought a stone quarry that filled with water making a private lake in upstate New York. They turned it into a fruit farm and honey producer. I spent my summers on the farm helping out and learning life lessons from my grandfather and uncle. I now live near Dallas, Texas with my wife, son, four cats and one stuffed bear. The significance of the bear can be found in my novel The First Bearmas.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was an early reader, so I’ve had a book in my hand as my earliest of memories. I was the editor of my elementary school newspaper and started writing short stories about my classmates in middle school. The guys who got the girl were always thrilled. The girls generally not so much. But interestingly the girls always read my stories to find out who was interested in them, at least as I saw it.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are generally people you’ve never heard of. They are more adventuresome in what they write because they aren’t trying to fit into a formula. They have a story to tell and characters peeking out of their brains looking for their place on the printed page. I generally write what I call Future Fiction because I’m fascinated by how much technology is transforming our lives and interactions with others almost every day. So I read a lot of science fiction and the classics, seeking a way to bring the future into today in a believable and recognizable experience. Who inspires me? Everyone from Robert Heinlein and Arthur C Clarke to Ernest Hemingway and William Shakespeare.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Rik’s was inspired by the movie Casablanca and the novel Dr. Zhivago. I was fascinated by the question of how far would you go for your one true love even when in the end you know you won’t be together. Rik’s is set against events in the Middle East leading up to the first Gulf war and then the start of the War on Terrorism. Rik Bogart is in love with Ingrid Johannsen right up until she doesn’t leave Baghdad with him as the invasion of Kuwait is about to begin. While Rik denies his continuing love for Ingrid, he is brought face-to-face with it ten years later when she walks into his New York club with an impossible request. Rik’s was first written as a screenplay and then into a novel five years later. It has been a labor of love both literally and literally.

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Featured Author George “Irotnhumb” Romasanta

Featured Interview With George “Irotnhumb” Romasanta

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
For this Author there are only 3 things that make life worth living:
1) God, 2) Family, and 3) LIFTING WEIGHTS!
He doesn’t “work out”; he TRAINS – hard and smart, using the most basic principles that seem to simplify the complicated. He knows that every “great” and “expensive” program is just a byproduct of the most important fundamentals of science and conditioning which he knows by heart and he lives to share with you all.
As a Registered Nurse George has used more of what he learned in the field of Medical Science to help Gym Rats such as him achieving results than hospital patients.
George is not a green-thumb and cannot even grow a weed – but he’s an Ironthumb who can help you GROW using Steel, IRON, and GUTS!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was a kid I remembered writing a book about dinosaurs in a coupon bond paper folded in half and stapled.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Self-help and science. I love P.D Mangan and his book – Stop the Clock. Its a book about delaying aging.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Let’s stop beating around the bush. Real-Talk Muscle is the solution to the confusion brought about by the ever-growing noise of the fitness industry. There are just so many hyped promises, too many ads, and too many “Muscle in a Pill” Type of lies. If you’re a lifter who wants a straightforward answer to the question “How do you Gain Muscle?” and if you value the real fundamentals of how to get there in a straight line more than the sugar-coated advice which will have you spinning left, right, and upside down – then let’s have a REAL-TALK.

In this book you will learn:
– The most basic and powerful principles of muscle growth and conditioning that literally every great program has in common which you can use to create your own working regimen that works the same as the ones that cost hundreds of bucks or simply modify the one you’re in and make it better.
– The REAL Diet for building muscle
– The proper way of arranging your workouts and training regimen
– Better understanding of the concept behind muscle growth.
– Different ways on how to manipulate and achieve overload.
– Tools that you can use to intensify your training sessions to fuel growth
– Types of Stress that will make or break your gains
– Why the biggest bodybuilders don’t necessarily lift “Heavy”
– Mistakes that keep you from growing
– Sample Programs and regimens

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Featured Author Gillian Bridé Duce Madell

Featured Interview With Gillian Bridé Duce Madell

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I, Gillian Bridé Madell (aka Gillian Duce), was born in Taree, New South Wales, Australia to newspaper owners Mr David Thomas Mills Madell and Jeanette MacDonald on the 27th of November 1973. When I was four my family moved to the town of Mareeba, Queensland; a rural area of the north, where I grew up.

As the third child of seven, I learned to amuse with words from a very young age. Raised with the newspaper industry around me, I found myself drawn to the word; writing my own brief stories and thoughts down and sharing them with my young friends.

I ran a successful business with my partner, Barry Johns, for several years, however, eventually I decided to go back to my true passion of writing. I have had several articles published and her first book, “Magic and Mayhem: Tree of Knowledge” was published in 2006.

I married Barry in September 2008. We now live in South-East Queensland with our six children and granddaughter. The gradual lose of my eye sight brought me much change and forced contemplation that gave me new understanding of priorities and living a good life. This change in understanding brought me to a place where the peace of my country-side acreage gives me not only solace but also inspiration for my writing.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I had books around all of the time, which, of course, always had me in some imaged land. As far back as I can remember I have written down things and ideas that please me. These ideas were anything from the thoughts of my perfect homes to vacations abroad and fantastic experiences that one might have in alternative universes and lands.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors to read have never changed over my many years; I have simply added to them. I adore J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Dickens. I love books that make one think; books that teach one ideas that cultivate a better person within oneself and, therein, a better world.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My newest book, to be released soon, is actually very different to others that I have written. I am known to write Young Adult Fiction/Fantasy (such as the “Magic and Mayhem” series), however, I also am blessed to know much about other areas of myths and legend, which include the more obscurely known characters that were once the basis of other legends and, at times, cultures. My soon to be released book, “Nuada”, falls into this category. “Nuada”, however, is not a Young Adult’s book. It is a new series for the more mature range. I will be continuing to write in the Young Adult genre, but will also have a second line for the adult readers. Both series are, of course, focused on myths and legends, among other things.
The “Magic and Mayhem” series focuses on the truth of witches being the protectors of all races, clans and beings. The underworld which humanity is keep naive of; with exception of a few. He learn the skills of a warrior and the magic of a master.
“Nuada” is a demi god and champion and great of his home islands, Nuada leads his people, the Tuatha Dé Danann, from their lands after they are destroyed violently in natural events. He lands his people on the island that will eventually become the great Ireland. Made mortal he must negotiate the path of leadership in a new land where enemies wish them dead and allies lose their minds.
While I always research my work carefully, writing a historical fiction/fantasy series has a lot more intense research involved. I loved the process of writing these books. It fascinates me and it makes it so easy to write. I wrote the first draft of “Nuada” in just under five weeks.

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Featured Author Norma Jean Lutz

Featured Interview With Norma Jean Lutz

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I can’t really remember not wanting to be a writer. The longing and desire formed slowly but steadily throughout my growing-up years. But with no guidance, and no encouragement from family, or from teachers, the dream remained far out of my reach. In my 7th grade year, I had a small story published in the children’s page of a local newspaper. A heady experience (seeing my name in print) that would not be repeated for many years.

I was married, and mom to two elementary-age children, when I finally took the plunge. Determined to make my dreams come true I enrolled in a writing correspondence school. (This was back in the day when we used postage stamps and snail mail.) That was the turning point. I learned it wasn’t enough to write well, but to also know how to market my work. That was a new concept to me. The course material supplied market books and taught students how to use them. Before completing the course, I was selling my assignments to magazines.

I went on to enroll in a second, more advance writing course, and again sold several articles that had been assignments. By now, I knew that my preferred genre was writing for teens.

[One added note here: my very first check, from my very first sale, was dated on my birthday! To me, that was God confirming I was on the right track. A second added note: I later served for nine years as an instructor for this same school.]

I’ve been fortunate to not only be a published author, but also a speaker/teacher at writer conferences all around the country. During that same era, I launched a novel consulting/critique service, assisting many writers with their works-in-progress.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was first published when I was in the 7th grade. It was an heady experience.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I am a voracious reader. I read constantly, and have for years. My favorite authors are many and varied. Early on, I read as many books as possible published by Writer’s Digest – writing how-to’s. I inhaled those books. Some of the authors were Jack Bickham, Marjorie Holmes, Richard Peck, Dwight Swain, Dean Koontz, Leonard Bishop, and Robert Newton Peck, just to name a few. I was so hungry to learn the ins and outs of the craft, and from those books, I learned about plotting, characterization, style, pacing, settings, conflict, and on and on.

I have always kept up a steady diet of teen fiction, since that’s my chosen genre. Some of my favorites are S.E. Hinton, Gordon Korman, Cynthia Voigt, Gary Paulsen, Theodore Taylor, Jacqueline Woodson, and on and on. If I listed them all, this would be a long, boring interview.

Of the adult fiction I read, I enjoy such authors as Rosamunde Pilcher, Ann Patchett, Carrie Brown, John Grisham, Ernest J. Gaines. For nonfiction I love books by David McCullough, and biographies.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Brought To You By The Color Drab… This teen action novel was a long time in gestation! I had the germ of the idea many years ago. In 2004, I traveled to Cincinnati to research. Spent the next few years writing the book (off and on because of lack of time). Then spent several years trying to find a publisher. Was unable to land either a publisher or an agent. SO frustrating!

It was at this time I discovered self-publishing. I stepped back from this novel to set about re-releasing many of my novels that I had published in the 80s and 90s. Now that I have many of those up and going, it was time to return to my sweet character in “Color Drab,” Race Paloma. I absolutely love this character. He’s a sweet soul who is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Since Race had to sit on the back burner for so long, I want to do right by him now. He deserves to be known and to have his story told!

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Featured Author Simon Williams

Featured Interview With Simon Williams

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Everything about myself? Christ, can I leave out the really dumb stuff? That won’t give me much material. I was born in Australia coming up on a half a century ago. I spent 8 years at boarding school as a child, where I developed a sarcastic sense of humor to avoid getting beaten up by the older kids. I currently live in Miami, married with one child and 2 step children. Other than that, I reveal a lot of what makes me tick in my book, including the really dumb stuff that no one ever talks about.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My English teacher in Grade 12 told me I was a lazy student. The class was asked to write a 5-page historical story. I was so pissed at him I wrote 30 pages. It was such a satisfying experience, not only because I could subtly give him the finger without being in trouble for it. I have always loved reading, but wrote purely for my own expression and to amuse a few mates. My current foray into writing began about 4 years ago, the night I stood on my 20-story balcony and wondered if my life was worth going on.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Bill Bryson. Clive Cussler. Ben Elton. Michael Palin

I love humor. Good humor. Stuff that makes me laugh out so loud I annoy the people around me. There is something incredibly powerful about being able to achieve that effect from a book.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I have been working on a just completed series for 3 years. It started the night I was suicidal and sat down to write a good bye note. I wrote a funny note. Humorous enough that I thought I would keep writing the next day as well. I was deeply depressed from a tragedy that had occurred in my life. Once I brought some laughter back into my life, I began to see things more clearly. I was able to get up the courage to then go and annoy the US State Department and stir up enough trouble that I was able to solve my problem in the least diplomatic way possible. I wrote all about this in the follow up two books to the original. If it is not the funniest suicide note in the world, it is the longest.

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Featured Author Tawdra Kandle

Featured Interview With Tawdra Kandle

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was an Army brat, born during the Vietnam War, so although I was born in South Jersey, I was raised all over the country, including Kentucky, California, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Apparently I liked the Army life enough that I also married into it. In our thirty years of marriage, we’ve lived in Virginia, Hawaii, Wisconsin, New Jersey–and now we’re in central Florida. We have four children via birth, one via marriage (our son-in-law), two spoiled dogs and (gulp) five cats.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I don’t remember not being able to read, and books were always my constant companions. My parents never curtailed my reading time or told me what I couldn’t read, so I usually was lugging around a book that was somewhat beyond my age at the time: I read Gone With the Wind when I was nine, and I loved non-fiction as well. I wrote my first ‘book’ at age 13 and submitted it to Harper and Row–I still have the rejection card. My first short story was published in A Child’s World magazine when I was fourteen.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have so many favorite authors! Anne Rice, Nora Roberts, Diana Gabaldon, of course . . . Kristen Callihan, Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy, Melanie Harlow, Ginger Scott . . . I’m an eclectic reader, and I seldom stick to genres, though I am a complete sucker for romance, particularly sports romance. I also love literary fiction and family sagas. So many authors inspire me! I’m blessed that now I can often chat with my favorite authors, and I always have to pinch myself when I do, marveling at how wonderful this is.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, AGE OF AQUARIUS, releases on April 7th, which happens to be my 50th birthday. It’s also my 50th release, so that’s pretty cool! This is a book that’s been long-planned. All of my paranormal romances exist in one world, with crossover characters and storylines, and they’ve all been building to this book: an apocalyptic paranormal romance that includes nearly all of my previous characters in one enormous story. It flashes back to the Summer of Love, fifty years ago, and a plan hatched back then to bring peace to the world in a very radical way. It was a fun book to write, and I’m enormously proud of it. It’s available in both adult and PG versions, so that my younger readers can enjoy the story, too.

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Featured Author Ditrie Marie Bowie

Featured Interview With Ditrie Marie Bowie

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Both of my parents were in the U.S. military. So, I was raised somewhere between Oklahoma and Germany. I’ve spent the most time in Savannah, Georgia, but now I live in Vancouver, British Columbia. Which makes me a Puerto Rican American someday to be Canadian.

Sadly, I don’t have any pets. Yet.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My family always emphasized reading, especially my mother. Before I could read, she would play storytelling games with me and my brother before we went to sleep. When I got to school, I couldn’t learn to read fast enough. Seriously. I felt like I would NEVER learn to read because I wanted to be able to do it as soon as the topic came up in class.

And writing? Pre-literacy, I would watch my mom going through paperwork and try to scribble the loops like she did. With no success. But it wasn’t until I was in fifth grade that I started to stretch my creative writing muscles.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love fantasy and sci-fi books, especially if there’s humor involved. Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Jim C. Hines, Jim Butcher, and Steven Brust. Their imagination, zaniness, and healthy doses of snark are what I aspire to include in my own writing.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Here’s the gist of Fillius Glint:
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When you are an adult, living with your parents can be awkward. All Nigel Iffik wants is one quiet night alone with his hand. Instead, he unwittingly unleashes a malicious virus which infects his entire family’s network of electronics and Universe Growers. Trillions of sentient beings succumb to destruction as his sister, Nancy, scrambles to undo the damage to her mostly unprotected Universe Grower. Will the anti-viral protocols stop the digital onslaught in time?

Follow four residents of one such endangered universe as they chomp tacos, battle the absurd, and uncover a secret that will change their lives forever.

“An animated, inventive, and infinitely entertaining sci-fi tale.” — Kirkus Reviews
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It has taco trees and teleporting messenger squirrels. The book may also contain zombies.

The whole process took me about six months, but the bulk of the writing and editing happened in the final three months.

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Featured Author Deanna Lynn Sletten

Featured Interview With Deanna Lynn Sletten

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in southern California along the coast and moved to northern Minnesota when I was a teenager. My plans to move back to California were forever stalled when I met my husband and was married. I attended college in our small town, pursuing a degree in Accounting. It was during this time, in an English writing class, that my interest in writing was sparked.

We raised two children, a son and a daughter, who are now grown and married. My husband and I recently purchased our dream home on the Mississippi River which leads to a local lake where we like to spend our free time in the summer lying in the sun and pretending to fish. I love photography and spend time taking pictures of the wildlife along the river, including eagles, all types of ducks, trumpeter swans, Canadian geese, loons, and other wildlife.

We also love traveling and recently attended a ghost hunting expedition with former members of the show Ghost Hunters at the Stanley Hotel in Colorado. It was an adventure to say the least. We’ve traveled all over the United States and I’ve also visited Paris, France. We plan to travel extensively in the next few years.

Most of all, I love spending time in my writing loft crafting novels for my readers. It took me years to be able to write full-time and I’m enjoying it thoroughly.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve loved reading since I was a child. I grew up on Nancy Drew books as well as the original Winnie the Pooh books and Grimm’s Fairy Tales. The first full-length novel I ever read was Jane Eyre, and it’s still one of my favorite novels.

As noted above, I began my fascination with writing while taking a college English writing course. My teacher encouraged me to continue writing, so I did, handwriting my very first novel. Of course, it was years later before I was able to get that novel into the hands of readers through self-publishing. After years of rejections from agents and publishers, the self-publishing phenomenon came along and I began publishing my novels in 2011.

After three years of writing and self-publishing novels, I was “discovered” by an editor at Lake Union Publishing. You’ll never know how satisfying that felt, after having been rejected by so many agents and publishers through the years. I’ve since published two novels with Lake Union Publishing, and my upcoming novel, One Wrong Turn, is published by them also. I have also continued self-publishing romance novels as well. I love writing both the serious stories and the lighter romances.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love reading and am always in the middle of a book. I enjoy all types of authors and genres. Currently, I am obsessed with all books written by Alice Hoffman, but I also read novels by Stephen King, Stephanie Evanovich, Dorothea Benton Frank, and so many more. My favorite classic author is F. Scott Fitzgerald and I’m a bit obsessed with him and his wife Zelda. I’ve read every book ever written about them and by them. I find them fascinating.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My upcoming novel, One Wrong Turn, coming June 20, 2017, is the story of a husband and wife, Clay and Jess, who’ve lost their way and haven’t been together for two years. She’s moved away with their two young daughters and he’s stalled in his life as he battles his demons. But when tragedy strikes Jess, Clay is forced to step in and take care of the girls. Unfortunately, that isn’t an easy task because the oldest daughter is angry at her father and the youngest barely remembers him. It’s a story about Clay facing his past in order to move on with his future and he must summon the courage to make right what was wrong—and find forgiveness from his harshest judge: himself.

This is a heartwarming tearjerker, and I just loved writing this novel about Clay, Jess, and the girls. Family drama novels with a touch of romance are my favorite to write, because we all can relate to them. Hopefully, the reader will be moved by this story as much as I was while writing it.

One Wrong Turn is up for pre-sale on Amazon in both Kindle and paperback formats.

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Featured Author Olivia Gaines

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Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
As an award-winning, best-selling Amazon author, Olivia loves a good laugh coupled with some steam, mixed in with a man and woman finding their way past the words of “I love you.” An author of contemporary romances, she writes heartwarming stories of blossoming relationships about couples not only falling in love but building a life after the hot sex scene.

When Olivia is not writing, she enjoys quilting, playing Scrabble online against other word lovers and spending time with her family. She is an avid world traveler who writes many of the locations into her stories. Most of the time she can be found sitting quietly with pen and paper plotting more adventures in love.

Olivia lives in Hephzibah, Georgia with her husband, son, grandson and snotty evil cat, Katness Evermean.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I think I was 9 when I wrote my first story about a runaway puppy looking for a new home.
My teacher read it and we started a newsletter in elementary school. I guess from there it became my “thing.” I wrote for my high school, college and later the Army Times, all under my government name of course.

I have been a storyteller all of my life. After a very long career in corporate, education and marketing, I came home to spend time with my words. I have been writing full time for the past four years. I love it.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love romantic suspense. I am a die hard Julie Garwood fan, but I love the humor of Evanovich and the storytelling skill of Beverly Jenkins.

I am inspired by the every day characters who walk into my life. I love the What if…

I take the What if and put a spin on it like no other, but I have fun telling the story.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
In my latest book, Oregon Trails, I am continuing my Modern Mail Order Bride Series of men who live off the grid looking for wives to help them bring a vision to life. I then pair them with successful and powerful women who want to bring it down 3,000 levels and enjoy the simple life.

I love this series.

I am not relegated or regulated to any set formula. I can allow the series to evolve naturally based on the state, the location and the characters I want to bring to life.

Paul and Kalinda have got to be the most fun couple I have ever written. AS in all of my stories, they are surrounded by a cast of kookie characters which every one can relate to because these characters are people you know.

Paul has a bunch of tiny houses on the side of a mountain where he has created his version of the Appalachian Trail with rental properties. he doesn’t know marketing and needs a wife who can. He also has a digestive disorder which has made his life miserable. In walks Kalinda who pulls all the pieces together as well as a life with Paul.

Kalinda Marsh agreed to be his wife and help him build new paths. Together, the trails of Oregon weren’t the only things they set ablaze.

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Featured Author John Kurrle

Featured Interview With John Kurrle

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised is Southeast Iowa, out in the country. My family home had many acres of land, which is perfect for a child to grow up with. I had the space to let my imagination run free, as I had many great childhood adventures during my play time outside.

Nowadays, I live in Northern Virginia, near our nation’s capital. The yard is a lot smaller now, but my imagination is a lot bigger. I do have a white Persian cat that keeps me company whenever she decides I’m worthy of her attention.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I learned to read at an early age. By the time I was in the second grade I was already grabbing books from the fifth-grade section to read. My mother was a voracious reader, which is probably where I picked up my love for reading.

I only started writing recently. Last year, I wanted to see if I could write the kind of books that I’d want to read. It was an interesting time as it felt at times the story was riding me, spurs deep into my sides, while I hurriedly typed it out as fast as I could go.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Growing up, I was a big Science Fiction reader. Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, C.J. Cherryh, Andre Norton, L.E. Modesitt, and Robert Asprin were some of my favorite authors. Nowadays, my reading preferences have expanded. I love any history book by Kenneth C. Davis. I’ve been reading some of the history books by Will and Ariel Durant. For pure fun, I read “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” by Seth Grahame-Smith.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The story starts with the assassination of a congresswoman on the streets of Washington, DC. FBI agent Ray Nicholson arrives on the scene and the story quickly takes off from there, as more inexplicable assassinations start to pop up all across the country. Baffled by the killer’s victims, bedeviled by his motives, foiled at every turn by his cunning and meticulous planning, Ray doggedly tracks the mysterious assassin.

Making matters worse, Ray finds himself a pawn in an interagency game of chess. All the while, his boss’s words ring in his ears, Remember, a pawn that becomes inconvenient gets sacrificed.

As political pressure builds and bodies continue to aggressively stack up, Ray scrambles to solve the mystery and catch the enigmatic killer before he strikes again.

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Featured Author Luna Miller

Featured Interview With Luna Miller

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Iwas born and raised in the north of Sweden but live since many years in in the capital om Sweden, Stockholm. I live with my husband and doughter. I have a son as well who lives with his girlfriend in London.
I would love to have a dog, but I do not have the time. Maybe in the future.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always had the selfimage of a writer. But at the same time I have spent to many years not writing. As a young girl I wrote poems and novels. As a young woman I wrote plays for amateur theatre and manuscript for soaporera on television.
Sinde around two years I write every day and have published two books. The thirds is soon to publish,

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love the old russian classics like Dostojevskijs “Crime and Punishment” and Michail Bulgakovs “The Master and Marguerita”. They tell stories of a past time and still easy to recognice because humans are always humans.
I do love stories that describes the meeting of differnet cultures, wheather it is etnical, the way to look at life, age a.s.o. For example “The Art of Hearing Heartbets by JA-Philipp Sendker or “White teath” by Sadie Smith.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My only book in english, som far, is “Three Days in September”, a contemporary adult drama. The desires, dreams and fears of six lives collide when a stranger comes to town. Can they face their fears and chase their dreams or will they fall victim to desire? With the best intentions in the world, streetwise charmer Gabriel plans to lock himself away from temptations and get down to some serious art work in the house by the sea. But when fate sends him to a primitive cottage in the northern woods, he determines to make the most of this far less inspiring backwater. However, remote Ludvika turns out to offer anything but peace and solitude. Gabriel soon becomes embroiled in a chain of events affecting the lives of almost everyone he encounters. Unlikely friendships, loyalty, love and hope intertwine with sex, violence and tragedy over three days in September that leave no one untouched.

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Featured Author darren cox

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Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Darren cox is a Christian author from Chillicothe ohio he still live in Chillicothe on his farm that he works on

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started my fascination with books at the age of 23 I’m 25 now 23 is when I started writing my 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 joyce myer and she is the one that inspired me

Tell us a little about your latest book?
my latest book is called The Cross Tell Me it is my first novel my other 3 books are children books called Trying to see the light, why me, the little truck knew it could

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Featured Author M J Natali

Featured Interview With M J Natali

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was brought up and educated in Hudson, Massachusetts, where I currently reside with my cat Sampson.

I attended Fisher College with electives focused on literature and psychology, with the expectations to write Children’s books, however when the call to writing became a reality, my interests in angels, Christology, Mythology, Mysticism and other otherworldly concepts dominated my imagination. These became to concepts to my writing.

For me, writing is a great outlet for my varied and wild imagination. To bring life to a world and its characters from my imaginings is one of the best feelings.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was young, the Book Mobile, a mobile library, used to visit our school. I loved when it arrived because I was too young to travel to the library myself, and the internet wasn’t created yet. All those stories fascinated me, and so the love affair began with my first book by Charles Schultz about The Peanuts Gang. When I was twelve, the desire to write began it’s itch and y first work was a poem titled “Under The Apple Tree.” It wasn’t very good, but wasn’t bad either, yet I was a writer in the making by day and pretend super hero by night. I then made notebooks out of paper as each evening, I would describe the sunset, honing my skills.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
So many wonderful authors, so little time. I’ve read so many great novels, it’s too difficult to pick just one because I love them all. When I’m looking for a new book to read, I look for books in Fantasy, Science Fiction, or the Paranormal genre. The draw for me is how each author tells the story, what supernatural or other-worldly elements they share, and how they bring the characters to life. The possibilities are endless.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I’m currently writing the third book in the Wedael Ravens Series titled: Of Beasts and Raven. This book ties up the stories in this three book series. Much has happened to the main character: Raina. Readers of this series will discover a few surprises for her and her fellow Ravens. This novel will open up to a new series which I’ll title: The Wendael Series, focusing on stand alone novels about individual characters in The Wendael Ravens Series

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Featured Author Rae Louise

Featured Interview With Rae Louise

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Staffordshire, England. I moved around a bit with college, living in Manchester and then West Yorkshire. My hometown – or ‘family town’ as I call it – is Burton on Trent; this is where I inherited my love for the horror genre. Being somewhat of a loner, my best friends were my notepad and pens. I spent most of my childhood in a house full of animals, and this is something that has always stuck with me. Cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, rodents, reptiles and even birds could be found roaming free. I’ve also spent the last 5-10 years caring for disabled animals, including a paraplegic rabbit and a degu.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started with the Shivers and Point Horror collections at primary school, around the age of ten. Then I quickly moved on to adult works, probably a little younger than I should have done! Nothing seemed to terrify me; I just couldn’t get enough of horror, be it in books or onscreen. My grandma had tons of horror books, most of which were passed onto my mum and then to me. I started writing as soon as I discovered my passion for dark fiction: initially, I would copy pages from printed books to get a feel for how a story flowed. Then I began writing my own short stories, and once I developed a knack for it, I knew in my heart that I wanted to be an author.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I think it goes without saying that I’m a horror junkie! James Herbert and Shaun Hutson will always be my favourite authors, likely because I grew up reading them. I love how Shaun’s twisted sense of humour always comes across in his writing, and the graphic descriptions leave me cringing and laughing at the same time. I also enjoy a bit of Martina Cole, misery memoirs and comedy or parodies.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is a paranormal/psychological horror called The Fear. It took me less than a year to write, which is quite good for me! A lot of the psychological elements were plucked from real-life experiences, both my own and certain family members and friends, so the ideas were pouring out of me nonstop. It will probably become clearer upon reading the book where most of it came from, but generally speaking I’ve had a lifelong interest in the paranormal. So creating a work of fiction in a genre and subject matter that I’m passionate about felt like the right way to go for a debut novel.

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Featured Author James T. Morrow

Featured Interview With James T. Morrow

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area and make my living as an artist/ illustrator. But my other great passion is writing. My first two novels “Prophet: Starkiller” and “Prophet: Dragon Chaser” were detective novels written for a Canadian publisher. Since then I’ve written “The Sun Has Wings” a novel about a young scientist who discovers an unknown species of intelligent apes and how she brings one of them, a male named Yewbie, to America for study and how it changes the world. My new novel, “Crazy Town” is a comic story about individual freedom and a make-shift family—oh, and a dog which may or may not be inhabited by a creature from outer space.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always enjoyed reading but it kicked into high-gear during high school. At the end of college I dabbled with writing but really got hooked in my thirties. Now it’s almost like an addiction. I can’t imagine ever giving up writing. Creating stories is like a self-induced trance or journey into a world of your own making.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” is my favorite novel. I love the way she brings out the humor and the kid’s sense of wonder in her story. I’m also a big fan of Raymond Chandler. His use of metaphors and similes may be the best in American literature. Plus he never tells a boring story. Kurt Vonnegut’s work has also been a major influence. I enjoy the way the characters in his stories begin in the normal universe but the sci-fi elements throw them off course.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
While driving through Nevada, Ginger and her son, Rusty, give a ride to an old cowboy named Timothy Quigley and his dog. Things get a little crazy after that.

First, Quigley claims his dog, Bumper, is inhabited by a creature from outer space. Then Quigley’s nephew, Billy Joe—who believes his uncle is loony—catches up to Quigley, intent on taking him back to Texas. As a result, a scuffle ensues and they wind up in jail, including Ginger.

Once Rusty’s grandmother, the wealthy Abigail Hardwick, learns Ginger has been arrested, she swoops in, determined to gain legal custody of Rusty. Later that night, however, Rusty breaks Ginger and Quigley out of jail with the help of Bumper—yes, that’s right, the dog.

Their escape is followed by a hilarious chase across three states, involving a very determined Sheriff, an angry Billy Joe and a very nasty private detective. The chase ends in San Francisco as Ginger and Quigley struggle to evade the growing number of people chasing them—determined to keep Rusty away from the clutches of Abigail Hardwick.

Along the way, as odd things keep happening, we wonder if Quigley’s crazy stories of an alien inside Bumper are really true or just nonsense. The truth is finally revealed as everyone converges on a stage during an experimental play in a wild and hilarious showdown.

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Featured Author Annette Oppenlander

Featured Interview With Annette Oppenlander

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Germany and came to the U.S. in 1987. I had just completed a master’s degree in marketing and was supposed to work here for one year. Attending a Super Bowl party, I happened to sit next to a fellow in a green shirt. Well, I’ve been to him for the past 29 years.
We now live in Bloomington, Ind. where I write full-time. My husband is retired. We travel a fair bit and we enjoy time with our old mutt, Mocha.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I began writing in the 1990s. My first attempt was a children’s chapter book about a hedge hog. At the time we lived in the woods and so my story was set in a forest. Then in 2002 I interviewed my parents about their experiences surviving WWII in Germany as children. I also realized how much enjoyed writing and creating.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Of course, I love historical fiction because that’s what I write. But I read many other genres except for contemporary romance and horror. I love a good thriller or fantasy. Some of my favorite authors include J.R.R. Tolkien, James Alexander Thom, Sara Gruen, Jane Austen, Ursula Hegi and many more.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
‘Surviving the Fatherland’ has been in the works for 15 years and is based on my own family. In 1940 my mother was 7 and my father 11. Both experienced the Third Reich and its aftermath as children/youths and I wanted to capture their unique perspective.
Writing the story was very difficult because it was so close to my heart and I wanted the story to be just right. I had an early draft completed in 2009, but at the time my writing was not at an acceptable level. I wanted this story to be the best it could be and so I kept working on it for eight more years. My father is 88 years old now and my mother passed away in 2004. I wanted this story to be known while my father was still with us.

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Featured Author Ivan Von Baublitz

Featured Interview With Ivan Von Baublitz

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Imagine living in the roof of a bustling train station as a blizzard pounds the streets above your head. The hot water pipes snugged between your feet to offer some warmth from the dropping temperature. Imagine discovering your best friends face severed from a 44 caliber bullet at close range while children contemplate taking his sneakers from his body. Imagine meeting your mother for the first time and her pimp offers you some pancakes. Well that’s a taste of my past and there’s a whole bunch of flavors to taste after those. I have lived a life that I don’t regret, I have lived a life that I couldn’t forget, and I wanted to share it with others that face the feeling of helplessness in hopes to inspire the,

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I wrote to survive isolation and books offered me a way to discover the world. Living in poverty my whole life books made me rich and talented. I could be a treasure hunter, a hero, a soldier, or I could find books that made me feel as if the grits and beans I was eating was Thanksgiving dinner compared to what others around the world had. Without books I would have withered away like a sea turtle stuck upside down on it’s shell in the baking Galapagos sun.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Richard Wright hands down is my favorite author because his books Black Boy and Native Son changed my life. They opened my eyes that my suffering was nothing compared to the black community and to embrace my white privilege because that’s all I had. The fear and desperation of his main character Bigger in Black Boy brought me to terms with my fear of poverty and reinforced many of my values with the racism I was witnessing in Chicago. I was a white kid who witnessed the crimes of the police and the system against many young black men. Black Boy made me realize that this isn’t new and it isn’t going away. There is something inherently American that assures it won’t in order to keep the classes apart.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The one and only I have written is 40 years of memories that I had to wash out of me. My autobiogrpahy and I’m still writing it because some how I wasn’t killed at least not yet.

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Featured Author Alison L. Perry

Featured Interview With Alison L. Perry

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Grand Prairie, TX, which is a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I left home to attend Texas A&M University in College Station, but moved back to the Dallas area as soon as I graduated. Now, I’m living in my dream home in Mansfield, TX, with my husband, two beautiful daughters, and two spoiled rotten dogs, Emmy and Max. I’m a diehard Aggies and Dallas Cowboys football fan, Starbucks addict, and office supply junkie! Whoop!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I fell in love with books the moment my parents started reading to me. My dad used to read me a chapter (or two or three) every night at bedtime from several series. Some of my favorites during that time: All of the OZ books, The Uncle Wiggily series by Howard R. Garis, The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye, and Watership Down by Richard Adams. Really, I could go on and on about how much I read! It was an escape and I was never happier than when I was reading a book. Because of that passion, it was natural for me to begin scribbling my own stories and fantasies starting from about first or second grade and on. I filled spiral after spiral notebook with short stories, poetry, and song lyrics. Writing was soothing to me. It spoke to my soul. And it still does today.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I am an eclectic reader. I love books from nearly every genre, but my very favorites are young adult, paranormal, and any of the romance sub-genres. Some of my favorite authors right now are Lauren Kate, Rachel Caine, Nora Roberts, Jennifer Crusie, David Eddings, and Christopher Pike.

I get inspired from so many sources. I’ve lived a good part of my life in daydreams, and I love to put those adventures and romances down on paper. But, I also pull a lot from my own life when I’m writing. The story itself may not seem to have anything to do with me, but most of them have a tone and/or theme that is representative of something I’ve struggled with at some point in my life. I joke about the fact that every book I write is a little piece of me, and it’s true in a lot of ways. It may be as subtle as the voice of a secondary character, but there’s always a tiny bit of me in my characters.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The idea for CAUGHT IN BETWEEN was the result of emotional fatigue from finishing up an adult paranormal romance I was writing. I was tired and filming a little vlog about it, and right in the middle of the video, I started cracking up at this idea that flew into my head. First, I need to explain that I love vampires. Writing about them, watching them on TV or movies, reading about them. I’m fascinated by all of it. So, I’d just finished writing an intense, dramatic vampire romance and I was in need of something a little lighter. And the idea of writing about a teenage vampire girl who is simply terrible at being a vampire just felt really fun. So, Sadie was born and she’s a lot like me at that age. Even her appearance resembles me. I think because I love reading young adult and I have a teen daughter who is starting to ask the questions most teenage girls do at some point, it was an easy book to write. I pulled so much of the story from my real life experiences. The scene where she gets her first car…that was me! The whole thing. So, I was able to write this book in a few months because I was drawing on memories that still felt so fresh, and I had a teenage daughter who was starting to question her fit into the world in the same way I had at her age. I think young adult, and even adult, readers will be able to relate to Sadie because she’s a girl who doesn’t fit in with the vampire community, and even her own family, so she’s questioning where she does fit. I know many adults who still feel this way, who are still trying to find their purpose in life, so I know this story will resonate with a variety of people. It’s funny, there are cringe-worthy moments, and real heartfelt moments. It’s a coming of age story that speaks to any age. I can’t wait to hear what readers think of it!

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