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Featured Interview With Junion Seabaugh

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in a small town in Illinois. I still live in Illinois. I am a single mom to a daughter and have two grandchildren ages five and eleven. I love to travel, watch football (Dallas Cowboys), kayaking, and bicycling. I love walking on the beach and looking for shells.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
This would be my first book that I have written, with the thought that I could possibly continue to write again. I felt very strong about my story and wanted to share in hopes to inspire and help one other person. At one point in my life, I felt I wanted to die. I wanted to be free from the pain, hurt, and loneliness, but God had other plans for me. I didn’t realize it when I was young, but now I understand it.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I enjoy reading self-help books, stories by other people who have suffered as well, and how they survived. One of my favorite authors would be David Peltzer. I was inspired by his story. You realize when you have an opportunity to read about someones else’s story, that there are others who have had it way worse than you did. At the moment you realize your suffering is not as bad after all.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I am a survivor of childhood abuse. It involved emotional, physical, and sexual. I turned fifty and decided I needed to find closure and peace in my life. I had allowed the abuse to affect my life and now I needed to take control, so with faith, I have survived and ready to enjoy the years to come. I hope to inspire others who have or is suffering from abuse as well. My goal and passion would be to become a motivational speaker. I would love to help others find their peace and have joy in their lives. Once I decided to put my whole life out there for everybody to know the real me, I had the book written in four months. When I put my mind to something, I don’t stop until I succeed. So, I started writing in August 2016. I decided as a birthday gift to myself for turning fifty in October 2016, I would have the book written. I traveled to Florida on my birthday weekend, sat on the beach, and finished writing. I came back home and spent the next few months editing and revising where needed. My next goal was to have my book be available on Christmas. Before I published the book I wanted to have a website for the book. I spent a month designing the site and on Christmas night at 11:58 pm, I had my book go live on Amazon.

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Featured Interview With Bianca March

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Warren, Michigan. I graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Communication and a concentration in Film. I have a pet red-eared slider turtle, three goldfish, and a lovebird.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
In elementary school, I started to enjoy writing as a way to express my feelings and thoughts. It was a good way to clear my head and work through any problems I was facing.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
For children’s fiction, I enjoy the works of J.K. Rowling, Dr. Seuss, E.B. White, the brothers Grimm, and Lewis Carroll.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Searching for Pi: The Novel for Kids is a very funny book. I can flip to almost any page and get some jokes out of it. It teaches about pi by accident as the reader is following the students and teacher, Ms. Applewood, on their journeys. It is a 90% joke book and 10% math book, but you will thoroughly learn about the basics of pi and the truths about pi from this book.

Searching for Pi was originally the idea of a secret collaborator of mine (secret because they wish to remain anonymous). They had the idea for me to write this book years before I started writing it. They had a dream about the first few digits of pi and did not know what that dream meant or what the number meant until after they woke up, wrote it down, and researched it. My collaborator always struggled with math in school. They came up with most of the characters, songs, jokes, and several of the scenes for this book. They wrote down their ideas on patches of paper, and I sewed these patches together to create this book.

At first I resisted writing this book because I explained to the collaborator that it is impossible to search for pi and to write about searching for pi. However, after much insistence on their part, and a growing pile of patches, and after reading their jokes, character names, songs, and scene ideas, I realized that the material was “gold!” and that it would be a crime for me to not write this book and share it with the world. I could not let these patches be hidden forever.

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Featured Interview With B A McIntosh

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
B A McIntosh is a freelance writer and historical romance author. She is an active participant of Las Vegas Romance Writers and a member of Romance Writers of America. After two decades in the intelligence community and serving as an executive in the background screening industry, her expertise in real life suspense and intrigue combined with her creative imagination enable her to create stories and worlds that capture her reader’s imagination.

A founding member of Sin City Romance Writers, her most recent novella will be published in their anthology coming out in February. She is currently working on her historical romance series, Bridal Veil Falls and two additional novellas that will be published in 2017.

Ms. McIntosh resides in Las Vegas with her most ardent champion, soul mate and husband and their dog, Mojo. An avid reader, she balances her love of reading and writing with her love of travel and spending time with her four daughters and son

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I read my first novel when I was twelve years old. It was a regency romance by Barbara Cartland and I’ve been reading ever since. My first attempt at writing was a contemporary romance when I was sixteen. I have a closet of manuscripts from those early days that I hope never see the light of day!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love reading all romance genres and adore paranormal and historical romances set in the American frontier. A few of my favorite authors are Rebecca Zanetti, Christine Feehan, Nora Roberts/JD Robb and there are many more on my auto buy list. I’ve had the privilege to be widely traveled and that’s where I get my inspiration. Walking through Hampton Court Palace, I envision the court of Henry the VIII. Hiking in the mountains of Oregon, Colorado or Washington make me wonder what it would have been like to be one of the first settlers to go west. Of course, I live in Las Vegas and people watching on the strip is always a source for inspiration.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I joined a writers group as well as a critique group last year so I could learn and hone my craft. While attending a national convention of in July, I went to lunch with several of the authors from my local chapter. Secretly, I was a bit intimated as most were published and some had won awards for their writing. While having a meal in a restaurant over looking the San Diego marina, I took a deep breath and blurted out, “We should write an anthology and promote the local writers living in Las Vegas.” Much to my surprise they ALL agreed and Sin City Romance Writers was born. So my best advice is, if you’re serious about writing, dive in and create your support group. You would be amazed at how much support you’ll get from fellow authors. They were where you are at one time. Our first anthology, Decades of Love, was released on February 28th. It’s comprised of six stories and each is set in a different decade. I took the 1960’s and drove my husband crazy listening to Motown music for a month! I’m writing the sequel now and it will be released at the end of April. My first full length novel will be released this summer. It’s my baby. A historical series about four sisters set in a lumber town in Oregon in the 1880’s.

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Featured Interview With David J Cooper

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in the West Midlands, England but moved to Brixham in Devon. I live in Mexico at the moment. I have 3 dogs, 6 budgies, 7 doves and 5 tortoises!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I wrote an article for a woman’s magazine in 1997 then turned to writing novels in 2012.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like reading Stephen King and I love anything about the paranormal and true crime.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book The Devil Knows is about the relationship between Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, the Moors murderers of 1960’s Britain. I’m still working on it and hope to have it published soon.

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Featured Interview With Deborah Tadema

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I live near Bayfield, Ontario. Out in the country where I have a beautiful yard with many bushes and trees. There is a small pond where we raise frogs. (They show up every summer) There are no fish in it. When I’m not writing or reading, I’m out in the garden.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have wanted to write a book ever since I can remember. But, life got in the way, until recently. I am semi-retired now and have the time to devote countless hours on my craft.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read a variety of genres, from romance to thrillers and fantasy. I believe this keeps me well rounded.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My lasted book is the second one in a series. It will be out soon.
The story is about a man who is addicted to women, his secrets and lies start to reveal themselves. It also shows how his actions affect the people in his home town.

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Featured Interview With M. Robinson

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am USA Today Bestselling Author of Road to Nowhere, Ends Here, Keeping Her Wet, El Diablo, The Good Ol’ Boys Standalone Series, The VIP Trilogy, Tempting Bad, and Two Sides.

I love to read. I favor anything that has angst, romance, triangles, cheating, love, and of course sex! I love to write that push boundaries, with tons of angst and drama.
I was born in New Jersey but was raised in Tampa FL.
I am happily married to an amazing man who I love to pieces. We have two German Shepherd mixes, a Wheaten Terrier and a Tabby cat.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My fascination began at a young age, I have always been an avid reader. Some of my favorites growing up were The Babysitters Club and R.L Stein’s books. I started writing almost 4 years ago, and published my first book VIP in 2013. I have been writing since. I started off writing Erotica but have since transitioned into Contemporary/New Adult Romance. In 2016 my book Crave Me (Part of The Good Ol’ Boys Standalone Series) became a USA TODAY Bestseller, followed by El Diablo and The Good Ol’ Boys Box Set, one of my greatest accomplishments as a writer! I am about to release my 13th book called Ends Here April 4th, the continuation of Road to Nowhere that released this past December.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Unfortunately, I don’t read as much as I used to due to my own book deadlines, but one of my favorite authors of all time is Paullina Simons who wrote The Bronze Horseman Trilogy. I can read those books over and over again, and each time is like the first. Brilliant books that I highly recommend. My favorite genre to read is anything with angst and drama, very much like the books I write. Those kind of books are an instant one-click for me, the more angst the better. I get inspiration everywhere, it is really random. I can be watching a movie or listening to a song or someone can say something and I get hit with inspiration. It’s very sporadic.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book I am currently writing is called Ends Here releasing April 4th, 2017. It is the sequel to my book Road to Nowhere which released this past December 2016. It is a MC Romance with military elements. The hero is Creed, a man from the wrong side of the tracks, Vice President of Devil’s Rejects MC. A fowl mouth, tattooed alpha male who is broken. He has been through so much heartache and stuff most humans wouldn’t survive through. Mia is the heroine who is younger then him, that has had a crush on him since she was younger. She is a little spit fire who can hold her own. Comes from a loving family, has it all, unlike Creed. No matter how much he fights it, he knows she’s the light at the end of the dark tunnel. There is so much to their story. Anyways, I don’t want to give anything away, but readers are in for one hell of a ride with the conclusion Ends Here. It is also a spin-off from my Good Ol’ Boys Standalone Series, but you don’t have to read (Complicate Me, Forbid Me, Undo Me and Crave Me) to read Road to Nowhere and Ends Here 😉

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Featured Interview With Margaret Singh Punj

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a hopeless romantic! I was raised in India and I live in Punjab,India right now. And no I do not have pets. But I would love to have a dog someday.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Quite early I would say. My mother had this rule that you have to read at least a page when you go to bed at night. Gradually my brother and I got addicted to this. And there were days I would find it difficult to sleep if I would not read.
Writing happening may be in 8th grade. When we had to participate in poetry and creative writing competitions..

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My list of favourite authors is quite long! Rhonda Bryne, Tehmina Durrani, Khuswant singh, Maragret Mitchelle, Ayn Rand, Jane Austin ,Taslima Nasrin… many more!
Favourite genres vary you see. Romance, Fiction, motivational books..all..I just read variety.
My husband inspires me in all my writings…..he is my muse, my mentor, my friend and my best and the toughest critic.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
‘The Love Prisoner’ is a romance novel. It is a story dealing with ego clashes, with multiple emotional issues youngsters go through during relationships. In this book you will also witness that little tug of war that each individual these days feels ..balancing love and career.
The lead characters Amaira and Adrian, hold on to their ego and are not ready to let go, to accept that they are in love. Ego is personified as ancient warriors, and each scene where the lead characters are battling their ego, a second plot moves in the background where personified ego (warriors) battle it on war ground.
It took me almost a year to write it and edit too.. It was a challenging at times, but I am happy with the results.

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Featured Interview With Elena Bryce

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was initially raised in a tiny village in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Our garden contained the ruins of a castle (now owned by the National Trust) and was incredibly magical for a small girl who firmly believed in fairies. The village is most famous for the bleeding yew trees in the church yard. Apparently they will continue to bleed until a Welsh king once more sits on the throne. Then we moved to Somerset and I immersed myself in Arthurian myths and Grail legends. I spent a few years being wild in London, but now make my home in Bristol, a wonderful city that’s very green. A great combination between urban and rural.

We have two cats called Sherlock and Doctor Watson. I’m longing for a puppy but I think the cats would stage a rebellion. Maybe when we have a bigger house…

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I had this brilliant great aunt, she was kind of kooky, but also an international best selling author. Her name was Mary Wesley and she’s best known for writing The Camomile Lawn (because of the BBC adaptation) . She was hugely inspirational because she didn’t really start her career until she was seventy! Between the ages of 70 – 90 she hit the best seller list ten times.

I don’t claim to have her talent or life experience, but she was very encouraging, and so I began writing before I even hit my teens.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
As an only child I confess to several imaginary friends, but at least they were magical. Fairies, elves and so on. In fact we did live next door to a genuine dwarf (his term, no offense intended), his actual name was Cherry Webb! So naturally I was always drawn to fantasy. First the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, then Narnia and of course, Harry Potter.

But history is my true inspiration, and fact is often stranger than fiction. So I combine history and fantasy (some call the genre Alternative History) and I try to interweave magic with historical places and events.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I recently published book two of my Immortal Blood Series, which is called Guardian of the Spear, and draws on the history of the Spear of Destiny. It is in the genre of Urban Fantasy as the action speeds from Vienna to London, to Scotland and then finally to New York for the showdown with the bad guy.

Of course there is also romance, an intelligent woman and jaded hero.

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Featured Interview With Sandra Wagner

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a technologist and computer scientist. I’ve been working with computers virtually my whole life. I built my first computer when I was eight years old. It was a plastic kit that demonstrated the various ways a computer performs operations. I was fascinated with it for years. I was also one of the first to build what was called a personal computer, just as the microprocessor rage was starting. It was an eight bit 6800 computer that used audio tape to store programs. I designed and built my own peripherals for it. At that time people thought me a bit around the bend and asked “What are you going to do with it?”

I write programs for a living and for recreation. And I have been doing that for the better part of forty-five years.

I was raised in a mid-western town south of Chicago. While I now live in a different town, it is still in the same area as the town in which I grew.

I am owned by two cats and a very affectionate dog. Periodically the cats insist on editing my work by walking and laying on my keyboard.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have been fascinated with books my whole life. I don’t remember a time when a book I was reading was further than my arm’s reach.

I started writing late in life when the stories in my head could no longer be contained. They’ve always been in there, but couldn’t find a way out until now.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I grew up reading the works of John W. Campbell, Issac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clark. They took me to different worlds and expanded my mind and gave me a yearning for a future that was much more exciting than the mundane mid-western town I grew up in.

As I grew older, I read about vastly different ideas and the human condition from such luminaries as Harlan Ellison. Then I had what I called urban renewal for my head when I started reading John Varley and Bruce Sterling.

My favorite genre is Science Fiction. Specifically what is referred to as Hard Science Fiction. By which “hard” means realistic. Based upon real world physics and realizable conditions. For example stories set in space that use realistic rockets and the only way to make gravity like conditions is through acceleration or centripetal force. In other words no magic wands or spell casting.

I’ve been inspired by the works of Bruce Sterling and Neal Stephenson. Not only do they describe a thick tapestry of the world they write about, they use it very effectively to hold a mirror up to society and the human condition.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My book is called “Ship of Theseus”.

I have been reading science fiction almost from the time I could hold a book with my own two hands. One of the major genres in SF is the idea of “mind uploading” like in the Matrix movies. It is the idea of taking the mind from the body and running that mind on a computer. In many ways it is used as a simple plot device to move the story forward to realms that may contain dragons and dwarfs. And the process of uploading is so much hand waving like the idea of faster than light rockets taking people to other stars. Faster than light drives are rarely discussed in the story and are a simple plot mechanism to move the story forward.

I’ve always wondered what would really be involved with actually extracting the program that is the mind from the computer that is the brain and run that program on a computer. And in actuality the process would be vastly more complex than simply copying a file on a computer.

I don’t use the term “uploading” in my story because I think it is too simplistic a word. Instead I use the term “transcription” and those who have gone through the process are called Transcribed.

Also I explore the societal implications of transcription and how the Transcribed would be viewed. For example, how would a marriage change after one of the partners was transcribed to an motorized chassis? Also would society fear those who had been transcribed? Our society inherently fears change and those who are different. The Transcribed are extremely changed and different.

Another aspect of transcription that I explore is the effect on the person. Take your average person who is transcribed. What are the effects on their world view? What if they were spiritual or religious before being transcribed. Would they still feel that spirituality after becoming one of the Transcribed?

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Featured Interview With Dario Gattolin

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I live in Mendoza province, Argentina, born and raised here, i am 30 years old and yes i do have both cats and dogs, i am from time to time a sort of self-inspired person or at least i am trying to name it in a way and that’s the reason why some of my drafts began to be written in my nights of insomnia, i love writing, being with my family, my home and city which has been always my set of fond memories.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing short stories and random drafts perhaps since i was 15 or so, i read many great books during my childhood of different authors and genres, yet i didn’t self-publish any material until i was around 27 years old, it soon caught my attention as an interesting opportunity and since my current book series is the first one i uploaded back then (in the form of a single chapter) i kept returning to that same story and re-writing it for some years. I think that any of my nowadays projects that i enjoy and jump into are possible thanks to the support of my family, and nowadays i was only into continuing said story (Game Season) since it was very fond to me specifically.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Some of my favorite authors are on a different niche than the one i write about, for example some of them that come to my mind right now are Jorge Adoum, Marc Allen, Osho, Connie Méndez, and books by unmentioned authors like the Kybalion. If you think about it most of them are famous authors in the self-improvement category and by contrast i write about mystery, thriller series and sometimes even including stuff like paranormal and time-traveling. Though i can name many other authors that i really enjoy such as Stephen King, Chris Carter and Richard Bach.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Game Season was a standalone story that with time became a series divided by chapters and different editions. The series spirals around mystery and slasher, it also can be considered a thriller and contains certain ingredients of the crime fiction genre, and even in the latest editions some paranormal stuff thrown in the mix, but you can also find a chapter or the other with some variations on the narratives. The sole purpose of the series is to entertain the reader with different twists, events and characters with complex stories and varied personalities.

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Featured Interview With Adam Crettenden

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Born in Melbourne in 1975, I finished high school in 1993 and immediately set my sights on becoming a full-time horse racing broadcaster. Early in 1996, this was achieved when I was employed by a Melbourne radio station to cover race meetings in country Victoria. I now reside on a property around an hour out of Melbourne with several horses and the border collie, Sam Junior.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Books have only become part of my life in the past 3 years. I started researching my first book, ‘Subzero’ in 2014 and also had the idea for my children’s book, Sam Junior’s Day around the same time. However, the workload of Subzero meant it quickly developed a higher priority and ended up being released first, in October 2016.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Dick Francis is my favourite. I also greatly admire many other horse topical authors such as Les Carlyon and Jessica Owers.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Sam Junior’s Day. It’s the story, based on real events, of our family’s border collie dog. He is the ultimate routine dog and does anything in an attempt to please people. The book catalogues a typical day in his life, and all the events are true. It’s fully illustrated and released as a children’s book, is easy-to-read and short and would make an ideal bedtime read for a child.

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Featured Interview With Charyse Allan

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in Mesa, Arizona and spend most of my time dancing at my mom’s dance studio as a kid. After graduating from high school, I went to culinary school and became a certified pastry chef. I only pursued this career until a year after I had my first child, because the restaurant life is very demanding and usually requires you to miss every holiday with your family. My husband and I moved to the White Mountains of Arizona about two years after we got married and that’s where we now reside with our three children (soon to be four kiddos in April), two dogs and seven chickens.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I found my love of books in elementary school when my mom purchased multiple books for me in order to get me to read more. My only problem was, once I found a book I loved, I would read only that one over and over, until it was falling apart. It took until after I was married to broaden my reading horizons and I actually achieved a goal of reading 100 books in one year. I loved writing in high school and took multiple creative writing classes, and had a poem published my senior year. But I had a teacher who said I just didn’t have it, so I decided the culinary route was a better one. It wasn’t until a few years into my marriage that I tried my hand at writing a novel and ended up falling in love with creating worlds and characters who I could create book-hangovers with.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
One of my friends, Aprilynne Pike, is a very successful young adult author, and before I even met her, her Wings series was one of my absolute favorites and a huge inspiration to me. I also really love Justin Chen’s North of Beautiful. Those two authors showed me through their work how much fun and exciting it can be to write about those years that really shape us and push us to figure out who we are. Some other favorites would be basically every single one of Sarah J Maas’ novels, and I’m a sucker for the classic love stories, especially Pride and Prejudice—you just can’t beat Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet’s sweet love story.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My most recent novel is the third and final novel in my Valley of Death series. The entire series follows the main character, Payton Morros, through the trials she faces being a teenage assassin. She was adopted as a child and trained by her parents to be a killing machine, but one who kills with concentrated poisons that she and her adoptive father have created together. In the first novel, Gravel Ghost, she is faced with her hundredth assignment, and battles with the direction her life has taken, wanting nothing more than to be a regular teenage girl who goes on dates and gets into trouble. She abandons her hundredth assignment, after finding out her target is her best friend’s/newest interest, Conner’s, dad.

Through the end of the first novel and most of the second novel, Desert Fire, he tries to teach her what love really is and that she has a choice in which direction her life goes next, no matter what she was raised to be. In the second novel, her and her family, along with Conner, are on the run from the agency her family works for, known as the Elites. At the end, she finds herself stuck in their grasp.
Throughout this final novel, Desert Rain, she struggles with who she really is, while trying to rebel against the Elites who now hold her captive. The Elites want her to be their personal killing tool, but she wants nothing more to do with that life and will fight with everything she has to escape them, while trying to keep her humanity and compassion intact.

The very first novel only took me a month to get written, but the second and third took about three months each, since there was a lot more detail that had to be paid attention to. The series is hugely focused on love and what it can endure, but it is also jam-packed with action, gunfights, romance and family drama. You won’t want to miss a word of it!

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Featured Interview With Anita Kaltenbaugh

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Anita Kaltenbaugh is a traveler with over 100 published travel articles. She believes vacation and time off exploring, should be a priority. She knows vacationing will enrich your life. She loves the quote: “Travel, the one thing that costs money but makes you richer”.

She has lived in Europe, Mexico, and the United States, spending her free time traveling the world with her husband. She divides her time between Phoenix, Arizona, and the mile-high historical city, Prescott, Arizona and a wonderful little beach town named Puerto Penasco on the beautiful Sea of Cortez in Mexico.

Anita has written for various national and international publications and blogs including Flight Network, Examiner.com and has been a monthly travel columnist for Rocky Point Times Newspaper for the last six years. Published in various print publications including two cover features in Mexico Living Magazine she continues to trek the world to experience off-the-beaten-road destinations.

She also writes contemporary suspense fiction under the pen name, A. K. Smith. Check out her new international adventure release, A Deep Thing by A. K. Smith on Amazon.

Subscribe to her blog for updates on her writing and travel articles on unique destinations. Questions? She loves to hear from readers.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Can I live in a library? I would love to be surrounded by books looking out a an ocean or a beautiful snow capped mountain. I have always loved to read and write stories. I’m finally making time.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’m inspired by books that make me feel. I love thrillers, suspense, and great love stories. Nicholas Sparks, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Jodi Picoult, Danielle Steele, Hugh Howey, Blake Crouch, John Grisham. The list can go on…

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Everyone needs a travel bucket list. We take time for so many things in our life, but do we take time to get- away? Create your travel bucket list and get started with your inspirations and journeys. “Travel Secrets – Insider guide to planning, affording and taking more vacations!” offers travel secrets you won’t find anywhere else. Written by a traveler who has taken over 99 vacations in three years, this book will share secrets, tips, tricks and advice to affording more vacations and how to plan for them. Finding the hottest travel websites, smart phone applications and more will help transform your vacation dreams into reality.

Take time for your health, your family, yourself…get motivated and create a travel bucket list.

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Featured Interview With Jon Lawrence

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Pontypridd, South Wales. I was raised in the seaside town of Penarth, just outside Cardiff. I loved it there. It was a very interesting place to grow up. I particularly used to like to stand on the pier and watch the sea roll by and dream into the distance. It always used to start my mind reeling, it made me contemplative and curious. I suppose this was the start of my interest in the arts. Now I live in the east of England where I teach creative writing and music.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Strangely, I always struggled with reading. I’m not sure if it was a form of dyslexia or not, but when I used to read the words seemed to jumble up and mix around. I would start reading one line and then finish the latter part of the line below. I found reading very difficult, but I was always interested in creating stories. I can remember scripting out little plays to be performed at lunchtime at Albert Road Primary school in Penarth. Soon I became interested in music and I started to write lyrics. This led on to the release of a number of albums in the 2000s. I always had a narrative style of songwriting and soon I began to want to explore the characters in my songs in a little more depth, to give more attention to them than three verses and a chorus. After writing hundreds of songs I started to write short essays and short stories before attempting my first novel, The Pastoral.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like strong emotion in my stories. I like to find the heart in them and want to be moved. I particularly like the work of the late Oliver Sacks who managed to emotionalise the often dry subject of science. I am also a fan of Paul Theroux, but I also love Oscar Wilde, Steve Martin, Stephen Fry and I have always had a particular affinity for the work of Siegfried Sassoon. I also adore the work of poet Christopher Reid.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book has been about eighteen months in the making and it explores further many of the issues I have written about in my previous books, such as grief (Playing Beneath the Havelock House, Bisha) to the often difficult relationship between fathers and sons (Albatross Bay). However, this book also considers mental illness, a subject with which I have had a great deal of experience.

The story is about a septuagenarian called Anwyn, who returns to her childhood hometown of St David’s on the west coast of Wales to escape the hubbub of London and to grieve the loss of her poet husband. As the grief consumes her she starts to notice problems with her memory and fears that she will forget about her late lover. In short, she is terrified that she is suffering from the onset of dementia. Alone, with no family to help her, she forms an unlikely friendship with the members of a broken family. She befriends Maggie, a kind-hearted and dutiful wife, and her husband Huw, who owns a dolphin watching company in the waters around St Davids. He has to deal with a guilty conscience. Finally, there is their son Peter, a distant young boy, with a passion for wildlife who is mercilessly bullied at school for being different.

Anwyn’s house in St David’s has an old radiogram which she turns on at the same time every night to hear a poetry programme. She becomes fascinated with the work of a particular poet called Jack Newton, whose work seems to give her solace and comfort in her grief.

There are some surprises at the end but the main part of the story is how Anwyn deals with her grief and the importance that friendship plays in our lives. I’m very proud of it and I hope others will like it too.

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Featured Interview With Kyoko M

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in a metro-Atlanta city called Riverdale. (No relation to the Archie comics, trust me.) My mother is a nurse and my father is a business marketing professional, and so while we lived in Georgia all our lives, my parents moved to a sleepy town called Ocala in central Florida after Paddock Mall made my dad an offer he couldn’t refuse. After I graduated from the University of Georgia, my day job unexpectedly closed and I couldn’t find any work, so I moved in with my parents until I got back on my feet. I’m currently in the nearby college town of Gainesville, with the intent to move back to Atlanta, Georgia this summer so that I can expand my writing career even further.

I have a three-year-old black cat! Her name is Selina, of course after everyone’s favorite cat burglar/vigilante, Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman. It seemed appropriate, since this cat is incredible at sneaking up on people and is a full-tilt diva when she wants to be.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My parents read to me as a child every night, and so I naturally grew up a voracious reader. I started writing as soon as I was old enough to hold a pencil. Almost all of my early writing as a child was simply diaries of my thoughts, and then by the time I reached late elementary school and early middle school, I began writing little stories as they came to me. By high school, I was writing fanfiction constantly and even made a few attempts at a novel, but I wasn’t successful until halfway through college when I penned The Black Parade. I always keep my old writing, even if I never read it, because I think these memories are important to record and after I’m gone, they may provide comfort or amusement to my loved ones.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are Jim Butcher, Ilona Andrews, the late great Brian Jacques, Jane Green, Chuck Wendig, Neil Gaiman, and J. K. Rowling. My favorite writers in general vary, because I have a huge appreciation for other types of media. For instance, I love Andrew W. Marlowe and his wife Terri Edda Miller, the creative team who wrote all the good seasons of the ABC show ‘Castle.’ I can definitely attribute a lot of what I know about writing relationships from how they wrote Detective Kate Beckett and author Richard Castle. I also grew up loving the DC Animated Universe cartoons written by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Glen Murakami, and Dwayne McDuffie. Each of them had an impact on me in regards to how to tell a story and how to make your audience fall in love with your characters.

My favorite genre to read is typically fantasy of all types. I tend to like urban fantasy the most, but I can dabble in a few high fantasy stories like Elizabeth Haydon’s Rhapsody series. I love the idea of mixing magic with the real world, whether it’s out in the open like in the Kate Daniels series, halfway hidden like the Dresden Files, or fully hidden from the world like in Neverwhere.

Inspiration comes from most of the authors I mentioned before, but if you want to get specific, yes, I do have direct examples. The Black Parade series is a meeting of several different things: first, the 2005 film ‘Constantine’ (yes, I acknowledge it’s nothing like the Hellblazer comics, but I really liked the concept and the universe it was set in), second, John Milton’s Paradise Lost, and third, the legends of Greek heroes. What kickstarted my desire to write a novel was when I took a class in college where we got to reread the Iliad and the Odyssey and I remembered how much I love the storytelling and creativity in the Greek legends. Originally, I thought about maybe writing an urban fantasy about the Greek gods in modern society, but then I read American Gods by Neil Gaiman and knew I’d never write anything as good about gods in modern day, and scrapped the idea. Eventually, The Black Parade formed after I realized I loved the idea of ‘Constantine,’ but wanted to see it from the perspective of a woman of color. I then added in some influences from other media like Paradise Lost and Dante Alighieri’s Inferno and eventually my own little urban fantasy story came to life. I seek to create what I want to see out in the world, and for better or for worse, I feel as if I’ve done that with The Black Parade novels.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest novel is actually a first-in-series that is pretty much a mashup of genres. At its heart, Of Cinder and Bone began life as a hardcore science fiction novel, but as I continued writing the beginning, I realized that wasn’t where it was going to stay. It crossed over into an action-adventure and then into a borderline crime thriller, and then into a modern romance. It’s complicated and hard to explain unless you see it for yourself.

Speaking of influences, the craziest thing is where the idea for Of Cinder and Bone came from: a bad movie, of all things! I got the idea for the book after I realized how much I loved the idea of dragons being real, but not in a magical sense–in a science-fiction sense. The idea came to mind after I re-watched the abysmal but entertaining 2002 film ‘Reign of Fire’ starring Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey. Most books having to deal with dragons only look at them from the magical aspect. You most often see dragons in swords and sorcery books, and so I decided that I wanted to see how they would fit into the real world. I researched heavily on how it would be possible to bring them to life if there were such a world that dragons used to exist, but were wiped out by the worldwide phenomenon of dragon-hunting. For example, one thing I loved from ‘Reign of Fire’ was that the dragon’s fire wasn’t just inexplicable gas-powered flames; it came from two chemicals that shot out of the dragon’s mouth that mixed together to make a chemical fire. I thought that was brilliant, and so I started creating different types of dragons based on the hard science behind reptiles and dinosaurs. I then decided that I wanted to eventually build this story towards a series about modern day dragon-hunters, and while that concept is still the intention for the series, the first book has more to do about dealing with the repercussions of our effect on nature. I drew influence from Michael Crichton and Stephen Spielberg’s joint venture in Jurassic Park because one of my favorite things about the film is how it intelligently discusses the man vs. nature vs. God argument, which is highly relevant in an age where we are so technologically advanced, and so it’s possible for it to either help or hurt the environment as a result.

I also like the idea of a dragon hunter that isn’t really a dragon-hunter, but someone who wants to preserve the animals and find them a place in the world where it feels like they don’t belong, but he can make a space for them. It kind of puts a different spin on it and plays with the dragon-hunter trope in what I hope is a fun way.

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Featured Interview With Lizzie Mayer

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m John Mayer. I was an Advocate in the Supreme Courts of Scotland until I retired in 2013.
I’d written books before I started to write fiction. These were non-fiction and legal books for
use in universities and courts. I was a specialist in international child abduction and I’m glad
to say I’ve helped return many, many children to the places from where they were stolen. I
was also legal counsel to Greenpeace International. I even had responsibility for one of the
ships for a short time.
I’ve lived in very violent places and posh places and now live quietly on a tiny Greek island
where I go fishing from my boat, eat and drink with Greek friends (mostly rogues) and write
my series called The Parliament House Books.
I’m married to a wonderful wife who helps promote my books. We have one son (36) who
lives and works in New York City.
Growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, I saw shootings, stabbings and houses being burned out
while people slept in them. Violence was in the very air we breathed. But Glasgow produced
some great characters in those days. There was The Duke who controlled all the illegal
gambling in the East End of the City. Tucker Queen who was a ‘civilian’. Because of his
unusual delivery technique, he was often hired to send messages among gang members.
Tucker’s speciality was rats. Big black river rats he’d catch down at the dockside of the river
Clyde. He’d tie messages to their tails and, in the middle of the night, slip them through the
letter box of the addressee to be found in the morning. It was a very effective technique
which I guess just made people angrier. Big Bill Broonzy was so-called after the black
American blues singer – for two reasons. Firstly because he was a big guy and his name
really was William Brown; which we pronounced ‘Broon’. But secondly because he kept a
shop in Glasgow’s High Street called the ‘Soul Agent’. He was the sole importer (via his
brother who worked on ships going to and from America) of soul records; which he sold from
old shoe boxes he got from the store next door. I made something of a name for myself when
in 1967 I changed my name to John after John Lennon.
But growing up in a war zone wasn’t the whole story to where I lived. Contrary to where I
practised law in Parliament House, everybody in my old neighbourhood could be trusted.
Also, we knew how to have fun – something that doesn’t exist in Parliament House. For
instance, we ‘invented’ our own styles of dress. In the summer of ’66 we all wore white
cotton jackets; the kind worn by waiters and ice cream salesmen. I had a pair of red velvet
bellbottom trousers which I wore with my white jacket. It was a very successful combo for
attracting girls – I can tell you!
When the weather turned colder we took to wearing long knotted white scarves. The knots
were really bows and the idea was that your girlfriend could wear it along with you. Years
later, in New York City, I told Malcolm McLaren about all of that. He was Managing the Sex
Pistols at the time. He later sought out such gangs in New York and made the hit record ‘Skip
They Do The Double Dutch’ which was about street kids inventing their own pass-times
instead of gang fighting.
Oh, I mustn’t leave out a big influence on me. My High School Teacher of English Language
and Literature was a wonderful man called Danny Thomson. When inspectors would come to
check on standards, he would ask me to read aloud to the class. His nods of satisfaction when
I surprised the inspectors left a deep impression on me that I had a real way with words. He
left to become a script writer. We were amazed because such an occupation was so very
exotic.
Decades later, in my first year as an Advocate in Parliament House I thought of him after my
first appearance in the highest court in Scotland. I was leaving Parliament House when an old
Macer (the one who carries the golden Mace representing Her Majesty The Queen) came
running down a corridor after me. Running is absolutely forbidden in Parliament House but
there he was; running and calling my name. I stopped and waited for him. He said “Mr
Mayer. I’ve just come from the Judges’ Robing Rooms. They sent me to tell you that they
were very impressed with your old fashioned way of pleading and to say that they think you
have a real talent for persuasion.” I walked home reciting my legal argument to the judges
and imagined Danny Thomson walking beside me. I was very proud that day to be an
Advocate.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always burned to write. Even in Elementary School I wrote stories which went on for many pages. My first teacher of English (Miss Ralph, bless her) told my mother ‘The boy is a born novelist.’ which made me very proud.
A little unusually I think,I have written not one but three Prequels to my first novel. I very much wanted to properly introduce my central character Mr Brogan McLane QC and thought the best way to do that was to write a few short stories: the first about the night of his birth, the second about his ‘coming of age and getting a blood brother’, and the third about his first case as an Advocate in Parliament House. Only then was I able to satisfy myself that my first novel – called The Trial – would have a proper grounding. All of The Parliament House Books are essentially about injustice.Parliament House in Edinburgh is the seat of Scotland’s Supreme Court and is 500 years old. There are many great stories attached to its history. I know all of these stories and I can tell you they are mostly about injustice rather than justice being done. I’ve always been fascinated by Franz Kafka’s ‘The Trial’ and of course we often talk about living in Kafkaesque circumstances. I’ve found myself in such circumstances many times and from my first day in Parliament House I knew that I would, some day, fictionalise my cases into a series of novels. I’m now coming through on that promise to myself.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favourite two authors are Franz Kafka for his seminal work ‘The Trial’ which has inspired The Parliament House Books and J.D. Salinger for his truly great ‘The Catcher in the Rye’. The first time I read that book I was sitting under a tree in a very popular park in Edinburgh called The Meadows, as I read the last chapter.I screamed into the last page when I read it; frightening the life out of those around me. No book has ever affected me so powerfully.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The third novel in The Parliament House Books series is called The Bones. It’s about ‘a new bud on an old branch of medical science’. When McLane’s junkie clients are charged with breaking 35 of
their 5 week old child’s bones, McLane believes their pleas of innocence and after meeting an old flame who is a midwife, he thinks he begins to see a pattern. McLane tries to do a ‘2 for 1’ deal with the Crown Prosecutor. But predictably the jury convict on what seems like compelling
evidence. An old professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh hears of his plight and helps McLane through the medical science which, by presenting false evidence to courts for years, has created terrible injustices. Will McLane find that new bud on the old branch? Can the Advocate rely on desperate pleas of innocence from the young mother when he knows she is a heroin addict ? Could any child ever be safely returned to her care ?

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Featured Interview With Shay Dawkins

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in the heartland of Alabama and currently reside in Tuscaloosa where I own a bar I founded at the age of 22 yet I spend a lot of time in Birmingham helping my grandfather run the rental community he owns; my grandad is like my second dad as my parents were young with not much money when I was born (my mom was 19) so until the age of 6, I spent most of my weeks with my grandad along with my other grandparents who I also love dearly and am so thankful for! I have one dog named, Ezra, who is a handful and full of life; Ezra is more like my little brother as I don’t believe in having “pets” that you simply feed/provide for and don’t spend time with.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I wrote my first book in the 1st grade that had something to do with aliens; I wrote it and my friend Sky illustrated (because you don’t want to see my freehand “illustrating skills” unless you need a good laugh)! I really didn’t write creatively again until the age of 22 when I published my first book (which is decent with some good information, but nothing special) as it was written from a young, irritated guy who was angry with religion (Christianity) and how judgmental “Christians” would be of other “Christians” and not to mention “non-churchgoers.” With that being said, I did find my love for writing and the concept for iSin was born 6 years ago towards the end of the media campaign with my first book when I had a huge epiphany or “aha” moment of realizing that Jesus’s message (2 commandments) was quite different than Christianity’s message whereas I, previously, had falsely perceived Jesus and Christianity as one in the same– which they are absolutely not!

Since that realization 6 years ago, I have learned and grown SO much from owning/founding 3 businesses, experiencing much “failure” both personally and financially for 4 of those years, and finally “figuring it out/having success” both financially and personally for over the last 2 years. All of this experience has enabled my writing material to progress from slightly-above-average to some really special material (to say it lightly as I don’t like “singing my own praises”). I will let the reviews on my Amazon page and the iSin website (www.iReadiSin.com) I have received (in only 3 weeks since officially releasing the book) speak for the high quality material of iSin!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I, honestly, don’t read too much as I am more of a visual learner. I do read articles and such, and I am always actively striving to become better via gaining more knowledge and wisdom.
I am a big fan of Tony Robbins, and I envision a career similar to his as the long-term goal/vision for myself.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The material for iSin has been gathered over the last 6 years; so, literally thousands of hours have been put into it. My writing didn’t progress to the high quality level where I felt I was “ready” to fully commit to being a full-time author and hand the reigns of my business off to my manager until August 2016; it has been a whirlwind since then with organizing all of the material I had gathered for 6 years and using my first-hand experiences to explain the material into the iSin format which blends our modern-day smartphones with the “deep, old-school material.” I literally have put in 1000+ hours into the organization of iSin, and this great effort has created a unique, interactive reading experience that any reader will find fun, stimulating, and practical to his or her life (right now)! The book discusses sin as sinful (bad) emotions that challenge all of us (as individuals) because we all have emotions and are challenged by the “sinful emotions” discussed in iSin. I truly believe iSin will benefit anyone who reads it which is why I offer a money-back-guarantee so that potential readers can read iSin risk-free! Btw, iSin (Clean Version) is .99 on all retail outlets from Feb 15-Feb 22 during my official “LAUNCH WEEK” and the Explicit Version will be released with a similar “LAUNCH WEEK” in early March so visit the website to stay updated!

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Featured Interview With J. Nikol

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in the Washington, DC area, bouncing around the Virginia suburbs throughout grade school. As an adult, I made my way around the country, living in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Durham, NC, before eventually returning to Virginia.

I am currently a professor of Communication Studies at Randolph College, a small liberal arts college that sits near the banks of the James River. When I am not teaching, researching, or writing, I am spending time with my wife and stepson, grumpy chiweenie dog, grumpier gray cat, and two good-natured box turtles. I am an avid homebrewer, urban gardener, compulsive maker of things, and rabid sports fan.

I consider myself a to be a social justice activist and I am a firm believer that radical compassion can change the world.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I don’t have a traditional “girl loves books” story. I was a kid, and have been an adult, who loves being involved in as many things as I can get my hands on or wrap my mind around. My life as a writer, then, is characterized by being fascinated by all sorts of things.

I started writing as an undergraduate at student at Virginia Tech, eventually changing my major in Electrical Engineering to English with a concentration in Creative Writing. I was primarily a poet as a college student immersed in the writing life and though I now write fiction, I believe my love of verse, is evident in my prose.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love writers who are willing to be a little hard on their readers–to make us work. I take great deal of inspiration from China Miéville, Margaret Atwood, and Don Dellilo.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I am currently working on a serialized work of speculative fiction called WITHOUT LIGHT. The series is a product of my thinking and research in Critical Food Studies. Specifically, it is drawn from my attempts to understand the social and cultural dimensions of food systems that exacerbate conditions of inequality.

Coordinated movements like organics, slow food, fair trade, locavorism, and food sovereignty; and specific initiatives like farmer’s markets, CSAs, urban community gardens, gleaning programs, and food hubs, are all efforts aimed at changing what many readily call a broken and fundamentally unjust American food system–a food system that has a profoundly negative effect on millions. Michael Pollan put it wonderfully when he wrote, “[this is] the challenge — to change the system more than it changes you.”

But what if we don’t? What if we can’t?

These are the questions that drive WITHOUT LIGHT, the series imagines life in a future United States, where trends in our current food system have evolved to their (il)logical ends. The first installment, Independence Cycle | Part 1, is now available. Part 2 will be released in April 2017.

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Featured Interview With Jerry Edmunds

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I have been living in the North Shore area of Massachusetts for many years now. This is a great area to live – a three hour ride can get one to the wondrous White Mountains or to the magnificent coastline of Cape Cod. And, of course, a short drive will take you to one of the best cities in the country – Boston, MA.

I live with my wife and 12 year old daughter in Salem, MA. I enjoy wandering around New England with my family. I also enjoy watching various movies with them. Though we still watch an occasional Disney animated flick, my daughter has moved on to love watching movies such as “Remember the Titans” and “Dolphin Tale” I and II.

We had a pet cat named Ariel who passed away about a month ago. Sometimes I think she is walking into the room while I’m working on editing my second novel, meowing that I should cease my work and pet her – right now. Ariel has been missed greatly by all of us. We will be seeking out another cat in the near future.

I love to write young adult novels set in medieval type worlds. I especially like to write character interactions where the reader can often anticipate the reaction of some characters to others due to their unique personalities. And, of course, I love to tell a great tale full of wonder and imagination…

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing a long time ago in the dim reaches of time and space.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I loved reading all the tales written by David Eddings, and, of course, “The Lord of the Rings” by Tolkien. “The Fellowship of the Ring” is my all time favorite movie – I’ll never forget the fascination and edge of the seat wonder when I first saw this masterpiece in the theater. I dream of having one of my novels made into a movie and having movie-goers feel a similar sensation of “Woe – that was awesome”.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
“The Heptagon” is a tale that has several different characters that will make the reader wonder which one is destined to be the hero who will save the land of Eelinian from a dark sorcerer. The Willow-fir Wielder, the Fire Breathing One, the One with the Emerald Eyes, the Stone Wearer, or the Leader of the Seven – which of these toung adults is the one destined to wield the mightiest talisman in the land, the Heptagon?

Featured Interview With Lenore Harper

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I have been passionate about writing and all-things romance for as long as I can remember. After writing my first book in 2016 I was hooked and spend the bulk of my time writing romance filled with adventure. Born and raised in Georgia I love sweet tea, being outdoors in the country and fueling my Southern-ness with some jeeping.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I became an avid reader at age three and by the time I entered the fifth grade I had worked my way through most of the classics. although War and Peace is my bane. I have yet been able to complete that book. Books have always been my obsession although I didn’t start writing until 2016.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
There are so many authors that have influenced me. author such as Celia Kyle, Jane Austen, Abbie Zanders, Lani Lynn Vale, Charles Dickens, and even Agatha Christie. My favorite genre to read is romance of course. Life is full of so much strive that romance gives me a sense of hope.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is Bear in Mine which part of the Grayslake: More Than Mated Kindle world. It was inspired by the world itself and allowed me to realize my dream of being an author. When that Kindle World opened up I knew that I needed to take the step and go for it.

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