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Featured Interview With A.J. Aalto

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in the Niagara Region and am still here, in a sleep little university town. I have a very excitable puppy named Esme who enjoys barking at wind and birds and the mailman. I also have two cats, one of whom stays as close to me as possible at all hours. She’s Mama’s girl.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing at 13 after reading David Eddings’ Belgariad. He inspired me so much with his world building, and I wanted to make my own fantasy series. I struggled with epic fantasy for a decade before trying dark urban fantasy instead. That’s where Touched and the Marnie Baranuik Files began to take off.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read a lot of True Crime and horror. Ann Rule and Robert K. Ressler were my favourites, but they’ve both now passed away and I am on the hunt for my next favourite author. There are far too many horror favourites to name, but Paul Tremblay is on the top of my buy-immediately list now.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Blightmare is the fifth booth in the Marnie Baranuik Files, which begins with Touched. The series follows a bumbling psychic detective (Marnie), her vampire companion, Lord Guy Harrick Dreppenstedt, and the members of the FBI’s Preternatural Crimes Unit, including sexy and unattainable vampire hunter, Special Agent Mark Batten. Each book pits Marnie and her crew against misbehaving monsters in a society where monsters and humans live uneasily side-by-side.

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Featured Interview With India T. Norfleet

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hello, everyone! I’m Author India T Norfleet…also known as the naughty novelist! I’m Detroit born and raised & I’ve authored 21 romance and erotic books and short stories since I first began my literary journey back in 2012! Writing stories, books and poetry have been my escape from reality and my dream since I was a little girl…so it’s amazing to actually be living my dream! I still reside in Michigan. No, I don’t have any pets.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve had a fascination with reading since as early as elementary school. And I have a cousin who also encouraged my love for the written word. I started writing at fourteen and I’ve been writing ever since.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Oh my, so many. Mary B. Morrison, Beverly Jenkins, Brenda Jackson, Omar Tyree, Eric Jerome Dickey, Zane, Lyndsay Sands, many of the Harlequin Kimani romance authors and tons more. And they all inspired me to write. My favorite genres to read are romance and erotica.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Addicted to His Stroke is my latest release and what inspired me to write it was to show how strong a woman could fall for a man and practically feel addicted to everything about him, especially the way he can make her feel sexually. And how the woman isn’t the only one who can become addicted to a good thing.

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Featured Interview With Faye Hall

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am an Australian historical romance author. I live in a remote town in North Queensland, Australia with my husband. I am the mother of 5 children aged between 4 and 12, and also the step mother of 4 children aged between 13 and 19. I currently have 7 traditionally published books available.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always loved books, and was raised in a family that loved to read and tell stories. I started writing poetry and little snippets at quite a young age – pretty much as soon as I learned to write. I wrote my first short novel at high school when my then English teacher told me I would never write anything worth reading. My first romance novel was published the year after I graduated.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love reading historical romances, particularly those written by Amanda Quick. Ironically though my favorite book is not in this genre though. At school I read To Kill A Mockingbird, and I found the tale so haunting and heartbreaking that it always stayed with me. It was both my love of romance and mystery that inspired me to write my first novel.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is Deceit & Devotion released by Beachwalk Press. Tells the scandalous tale of a cattle station owner who finds herself involved in a forbidden affair with a half-caste Aboriginal man. Little does she know her lover also works for her abusive husband, who has employed him to seduce his wife and steal from her.

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Featured Interview With Simone Martel

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and bred in Berkeley, California, a university town with a colorful history of left wing radicalism: the free speech movement, Vietnam War protests, the Black Panthers next door in Oakland. I grew up in an atmosphere of social agitation and upheaval. People were questioning the most basic assumptions about how life ought to be lived. My family life was unconventional. My dad stayed home and took care of me, while my mom went off to work. I like to think all this had some effect on me, growing up. Nothing taken for granted. Anything possible. A useful beginning for any creative imagination.

As you might expect from the author of a novel called A Cat Came Back, I have cats. Four of them. Moo and Boo are the males, and the Ruby and Spooky are the females. So, yes, I’m a cat person. This affinity for cats probably was the original inspiration for this story. Cats spend so much time watching us. I asked myself, what are they thinking? One day I began making up an answer. What if you were trapped in the body of a cat, but you were still yourself, with your personality and experiences intact? Could my book have been written by someone who is not a cat person? Could this book have worked as A Dog Came Back? I don’t think so, much as I like dogs. They’re devoted, certainly. The sweetest creatures. But they haven’t a cat’s level of detachment, of observation.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My dad was a writer and editor, and my mom was a librarian at the Oakland Public Library, so books were a big part of my childhood. I have fond memories of the old Carnegie library where my mom worked. These libraries were built around the country, a steel tycoon’s gift to the nation. And they were special places, the sort of mansions rich people might live in, only devoted to books. This branch had high ceilings, beautiful wood paneling and floors, a fireplace, sofas. For ordinary children coming from ordinary homes, to come into this special place, a mansion devoted to the written word, how could you not think books were special?

My mom was the children’s librarian at this time, and I would go with her to work on Saturdays. The day often included a trip to McDonald’s across the street. My dad was a bit of a hippie in his long-haired days, a health food nut, and this was our weekly escape from the rigors of whole grains and homemade yogurt. Eating our forbidden burgers, my mom and I would discuss what books she should read for story hour. She had good taste. Only the best. Charlotte’s Web, the Miss Bianca books, about a detective mouse, A Cricket in Times Square. Interestingly, I don’t remember any princesses. The favorites I remember were about the small creatures, insects, things we might overlook in our everyday lives. Of course that small-scale perspective appeals to children, who often feel themselves underfoot in the adult world, a world of giants. Perhaps I was trying capture that alternate, sort of off-kilter perspective in A Cat Came Back.

Part of my unconventional upbringing was the hippie private school I went to. This school offered a different approach to education. No desks, no grades. We called our teachers by their first names. It was a low budget sort of experiment, in a church basement. PE was a walk to the public park nearby. Mostly school was reading and self-expression. Hours and hours of writing in a journal. We could write about anything, and I ran out of things to say about myself (I was only nine!). So I began making up stories. I remember one saga about a worm and a snake who have a very complicated relationship. Still no princesses! Perhaps I’ve always had a taste for fables. Or for stories that include alternate perspectives. A Cat Came Back could be seen as a modern day fable.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’m a fan of Margaret Atwood’s speculative fiction—The Edible Woman and A Handmaid’s Tale—storytelling with feminist themes and moral purpose! I’m also a fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. I love the way the characters are not aware of the oddness or impossibility of what is occurring. That makes this kind of storytelling so powerful. The author is able to make metaphors come to life. It’s the difference between saying something is like something and saying something is something. I suppose magic realism has a peculiar appeal to me in the way it combines the ordinary and mundane with the surreal and impossible. To me that feels more truthful than pure realism.

A Cat Came Back tells a story in which something happens that you know intellectually could never happen, and yet emotionally I hope it feels like it could happen to any of us. Eliza’s strange transformation makes the character’s alienation real, or literal. This direct appeal of magic realism to the imagination has an emotional logic which I think is quite similar to those classic stories I read in childhood. There’s a sort of innocence, or directness, in this way of looking at the world without the usual preconceptions, the rules and regulations, without all the intellectual baggage we pick up as we grow older. I guess I like my stories to travel light. Light and agile as a cat.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Eliza, the main character, finds herself trapped in a cat’s body through a freak accident, so she faces some very serious limitations! Only her lover, Stu, knows what’s happened to her, that she’s still “alive.” This results in some funny misunderstandings with other characters, as well as some sad moments, for instance when her parents visit and she’s unable to communicate with them. Also as Eliza watches Stu interact with his own family, her perceptions of them change. She learns new things about people, but she can’t express what she’s learned. It’s all internal.

As the story goes on, Stu’s interest and attention become increasingly unreliable. She has to watch Stu become interested in a different woman, even bringing her into their bed! Eliza must confront the fact that she’s on her own in this predicament. And if the fate of the world does not hang in the balance, the fate of her world does. Her sense of person-ness is challenged in a very fundamental way. How do you hold on to you are, when no one sees you as human? I think this is a story many people can relate to, especially women: to be not quite seen, or heard, or taken seriously, to be denied the dignity of a point of view, your person-ness, really, with thoughts and feelings.

A Cat Came Back has taken a long path to publication. I wrote the first draft—the main story and the characters—about 20 years ago, when I was near Eliza’s age. Then a year or so ago, I rewrote it extensively. It’s from the point of view of a very young woman and I tried hard not to change that perspective, but the structure and style evolved. At first I relied on traditional storytelling. But then I realized this isn’t a traditional story. So instead of dividing the novel into chapters and four sections—the seasons—I show Eliza losing track of time. Knowing it’s Christmastime when holiday cards arrive, for example. The book still takes place over a single year, but it flows together. The story Eliza tells in her head changed to reflect her situation. In the final draft she doesn’t generalize about “these days” or “recently” because she’s losing perspective and is stuck in a sort of perpetual “now.” I decided that Eliza’s situation limits her to the present tense. She has no perspective. So, for example, “Lisa rang the doorbell” becomes “The doorbell rings. It’s Lisa.” I want the reader to share this limited point of view and truly experience this strange, impossible story in all its quiet horror and absurdity. It is a crazy situation, after all.

I made the novel more focused, too. Most of the book takes place in the house Eliza shared with Stu and in Eliza’s increasingly unkempt garden. Eliza doesn’t go far, physically. Her journey is an interior exploration, and the truth pursued is self-knowledge. Coming to terms with who we are is the most fundamental challenge we all face, as human beings, and I hope this is a story many readers can relate to and enjoy.

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Featured Interview With Karl Steam

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in central Minnesota. I lived in Arizona and South Dakota briefly, but am now back to my home state.

I do not have any pets right now. A dog is my future, but definitely not a cat.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was young my brother and I use to staple sheets of paper together to make books. Then we would cut pictures of animals from National Geographic magazines and paste them onto our pages. I only wrote nonfiction books about animals back then.

In 8th grade I tried to write a historical fiction novel, but gave up after 15 minutes. It was harder than I realized. I didn’t try to write another novel until college.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Gary Paulsen, Scott O’Dell, and Louis L’Amour are probably my most read authors.

As an adult I mostly read nonfiction books and articles. I like reading about history, sociology, and science. Fiction books must be really good to keep my attention. Lately, books by James Rollins have been fitting that criteria.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is Purple Pup, which is about some of the animals made by a company that is trying to be the world’s first major supplier of genetically modified pets.
The inspiration for Purple Pup came from reading an article about genetics. I had heard of genetic engineering before that, but thought scientists were just tweaking a few genes here and there. I didn’t realize that spider genes had been inserted into goat DNA, so that the goats would produce spider silk proteins in their milk, or that fish genes were placed into the DNA of tomatoes, in hopes of making the tomato plants more resistant to frost. Transgenetics was a lot more sophisticated than I realized.
It was learning about the successful creation of glow-in-the-dark cats that specifically inspired the story Purple Pup. I still remember looking at the article’s photograph of the glowing. At that point I sat back and realized, this is the future. More and more genetic engineering is going to take place and sooner or later people are going to want these modified animals as pets.
At first, I was going to take this concept and turn it into a picture book. After brainstorming it for a while I realized that there was too much material for a picture book to handle. At that point I started plotting a story about a child who discovers a secret laboratory where modified animals are being created, but that plot never felt right to me. Then I decided to write the story from the perspective of the animals. That’s when the story began to feel exciting and original.
Purple Pup is very much a character driven story. I had developed all the main characters and outlined a nice plot, but as the story was being written the characters took on personalities that I didn’t expect. (Possible Spoiler Alert) My storyline depended on two characters falling in love, but that never happened. Instead, an unexpected romance grew. I was forced to change everything to accommodate the way the characters were developing and ended up with a story that is better than anything I could have planned ahead of time.

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Featured Interview With Faye P. Baker

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in a small town in Vermont. I had a very idyllic childhood, filled with fields, forests, rivers, puppies, and cookies. I draw on a lot of memories when I write Amish Romance, because even though I was not raised Amish, I was raised in a small country town with many wholesome aspects. I now live in Colroado. I have one wonderful, much loved dog.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I realized that I was fascinated with books when I first started going to my town’s small library. It was heavenly! I would bring home as many books as I could, and then set about reading them all one after another. I started writing books in first grade, and never stopped.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love to read books about cultures that I know little about. I enjoyed Shogun and Whirlwind by James Clavell, and also many books by James Michener, including Chesapeake. I love how books allow you to travel through time and space. I am currently fascinated by Amish Romance because the setting is so comfortable and peaceful. If I could be transported to anywhere in the world, it might be to an Amish community. Reading and writing Amish fiction seems to connect me to God and to a peaceful feeling.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is called “Mary’s Prayer.” It is about a woman, Mary, who experienced trauma young in life. As she grows and heals from that trauma, her relationship to God changes. God is never far from her daily life, but that does not mean that her relationship with Him is easy. Her relationship with an old childhood friend transforms into a strong bond, and that helps her heal from her trauma. Mary helped me personally explore prayer and connection with the Divine. I am fascinated by how that can help us with daily life and even past experiences.

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Featured Interview With Simon Parker

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Cambridge but moved to Suffolk with my wife and children about 12 years ago. I became obsessed with horror at a young age when I bought a couple of Tales from the Crypt horror comics at a jumble sale ( I wish i still had them as they are fetching a pretty penny nowadays!) I soon started writing my own stories, more like fan fiction, that then led to original stories. I tried to get some of my work published at the tender age of nineteen but I wasn’t ready for rejection so the first few “Not for us…” letters soon put a stop to any ideas I had of a career in writing. It wasn’t until I was in my forties that I dug out a few of my old stories and edited them as well as writing several new ones to put them together in my first book, Tales of the Mysterious and Macabre. Its first incarnation was a self published volume containing thirteen stories. Next it went through a small independent publishers which gave me the thrill of seeing my work in print for the first time. Now I have been signed by Foundations books and ‘Tales’ gets its re release on 23rd January 2017, now containing nineteen short stories with some gorgeous little illustrations under each title piece. Speaking of illustrations and harping back to the roots of my horror addiction, plans are also in place to create a series of graphic novels based on ‘Tales’, which I’m so excited about. My head travels to some pretty dark places when I’m writing but my beautiful family gives me bountiful love and support balancing my dark with their stunning light and keeping me happy and sane (well…almost!)

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My mother was a librarian and my father was a book worm so I’ve been around books and fascinated by them since before my earliest memories, but I first realised I enjoyed writing at about eight years old, writing down my dreams (good and bad) and exploring the English language. By ten years old I had discovered a love for horror comics and the way they made me feel. It fascinated me and turned my occasional night terrors into something I could exorcise onto the page, taking away its power within me and giving it the power to scare someone else, my readers.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have read a lot of the classics and many other books both fiction and non fiction, but by far my favourite genres are horror, paranormal and sci fi. The darkness in its many forms can be found in so many works from Shakespeare to King and all have their individual concept of what fear is and their own fingerprint in the way they convey that fear. I have always adored the works of Edgar Allan Poe since my early teens but my contemporary tastes include James Herbert, Shaun Hutson, Dean Koontz and of course the masters of the genre, Stephen King and last but by no means least Clive Barker, whose writing and art are still an inspiration to me. I have read a great may other authors in just as many genres ranging from mediocre to amazing. This list is by no means exhaustive, merely the cream of the crop that have stayed with me and graced my bookcase for many years.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Tales of the Mysterious and Macabre is a collection of nineteen short stories of horror and dark fantasy. They range from tales of the depths of Hell to an exploration of the inner workings of a serial killer. I write from many different perspectives but what remains consistent throughout is the darkness. There is a certain amount of gore, I do love a bit of blood and guts, but my main focus is on the dark side of human nature, the psychology of fear and the exploration of what actually scares us. I aim to make you rethink your way of living, your perspective on the world around you, to become aware and not only understand yourself and your fears a little more but to embrace the darkness and realise it holds as much beauty as the light, the perfect balance as nature intended. This collection was over twenty years in the making ( I promise my next book won’t take that long!) and a great many hours went into hand writing (yes, i’m old school, my stories all get first draft longhand), tweaking, re rewriting, polishing and editing so they will cut to your heart with the honed edge of a straight razor.

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Featured Interview With Angel M.B. Chadwick

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I raised in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. I live in the place I was born Jackson, Mississippi. No, just my rambunctious nine year old son.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was four. I started reading when I was four. The first book I read was the bible. I started writing stories when I was 13.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, to name a couple. The list goes on and on. Mystery/Thriller/Sci-fi fantasy to name a few. I have a lot of favorites. It’s not a who, it’s a what that inspires me.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is titled “Weeping Well” it’s the first book in the series. It’s an international crime/mystery/suspense/gothic romance with several other genres mixed in. It took me four years to write it.

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Featured Interview With Michelle E. Lowe

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Michelle E. Lowe and I’m the author of The Warning, Atlantic Pyramid, Cherished Thief, and Legacy. Children’s books, Poe’s Haunted House Tour, and The Hex Hunt series. I keep myself busy raising two girls and being a momma to October, my eighteen year old calico cat. I’m a nerd at heart who enjoys watching science fiction, fantasy and classic horror movies. I also dabble in oil painting. I was raised in Peachtree City, Georgia and currently living in Lake Forest, California.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’m sure this is a common answer, but I’ve loved books and storytelling since I was child. It wasn’t until I was nineteen and in college for graphic design that I realized I wanted to become a WRITER.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like many writers and their different yarn spinning ways. One of my favorite authors, though, is Neil Gaiman. He has a charming, in depth and magical talent that he manifests in his storytelling that I adore and try to bring to my own writing.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Legacy is a steampunk/fantasy that is a rollicking adventure that takes place in Victorian England during the rise of the Industrial Revolution.
A thief, a lover, and a toymaker; drawn together by fate, unlikely champions against a powerful and remorseless enemy. When not fighting each other, they must defeat the powerful Lord Norwich, and end his plan to unleash global violence and crown himself emperor of the world.
No problem.
But behind the scenes, the Trickster god is manipulating men like puppets, changing history to his own ends and for his own amusement. As an ancient plan is set into motion, the trio are face with events they do not understand and may not survive.

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Featured Interview With JP Cawood

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I came out to Los Angeles to go to USC film school and have stayed, although I’ve also spent extended time living in India, France, and the UK. I love to travel! I have a cat named Ananda, and she inspired the character of the same name in my book Sam & The Secrets of the Universe.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve been an avid reader since I can remember. When I was about nine, I remember signing up for a library program that incentivized kids to read 10 books and the librarian was shocked when I came back so quickly ready for me. As a kid, I wrote short funny stories to make my friends laugh.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love science fiction and one of my favorite is Stranger in a Strange land. That book really stuck with me. I also love Phillip K Dick, especially his short stories. Recently, I read and liked Neal Shusterman and Gabriel Zevin.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Love from Mars is a romance novel with a twist. Unfolding over the course of two years, it’s a tense, character-driven romance told from multiple points of view. Emma is a determined reporter who hopes to launch her career by covering an upcoming effort to colonize Mars. Ryan is sweet, thoughtful, and about to leave the planet for good. He has a one-way ticket to the red planet. When the two meet at a press conference sparks fly, and both of their plans are interrupted by a whirlwind romance neither had counted on.

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Featured Interview With TK Lawyer

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I have always had an interest in the strange and unusual and I’m a romantic by heart. So how did I come into writing, you ask? Well, I stumbled into it. Yeah, that’s pretty much what happened. I never pictured myself as a writer but sometime in 2011, craving some kind of excitement and adventure in my life; I jotted down a few notes for a book idea and never looked back. Funny part is, the notes I wrote never became a book, instead I took on subjects as wolf-shifters and angels and created their worlds and I have loved every minute of it.

I write passion-filled paranormal romance- weaving tales of alpha males willing to do anything for the one feisty, curvaceous, strong-willed woman who has won their heart. They will go to any length to please their mate, in and out of the bed.

I invite you, lovely readers, to enter my world, relax in an easy-chair, sip a soothing beverage, stay and be entertained. I write for you.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was desperate for something else in my life. I felt myself withering away, literally, at my job and I was desperate, craving adventure, anything to revive the passion buried deep down inside of me that was untapped with my full-time job. Shortly after my episode in the kitchen, ideas started coming to me and I wrote them down. I can tell you that I never pictured myself as a writer and had no inclination to be one but now that I am, I have no compunction to stop.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’ve always had an interest in the unknown so I’m naturally drawn to Paranormal Romance. I love creating different powers and abilities for my characters and you can’t do that with other genres.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Centurion has it all. A talented charge, ladies at his disposal for a single encounter or more and access to all the coffee he wants once he lands on Earth. Plus, he’s second in command of the volunteer band of angels called the Guardian League. The one thing he never wanted was an intimate relationship with a human beyond the usual angel-charge boundaries.
So when he finds a woman as strong and hot as the human beverage that tickles his fancy, what else can he do but pursue her until he figures out what to do with her.
April loves her enticing, hunky angel but he’s a lot to handle. He’s cocky, unpredictable but most of all… incorrigible. What is she to do with a male who lives life by his own schedule?

Can April and Centurion form a compromise and allow love to bind them together? Or will Centurion’s inability to commit wedge them apart, forever?

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Featured Interview With Helen Line

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I live in the West Midlands in the heart of England with my partner, our Golden Retriever and 3 cats.
I have worked in education for 30 years – firstly as a school teacher and, for the last 13 years, as an Education Officer for the local authority.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My sister taught me to read when I was 4 and I haven’t stopped since! I think I wrote my first “proper” story at the age of 7 and completed my first novel (never published) at the age of 18.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I struggle with the genre question. I am fascinated by people and situations and, as most novels contain those things, I tend to be pretty flexible. If the storyline interests me I will read it, irrespective of the “label” it resides under.
Favourite authors include; Jodi Picoult, John Irving, Celia Aherne, Jo-Jo Moyes and many, many more.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I Hear you Calling tells the story of Richard, a child medium and his zealous father and their battle with the education system. It is also a story of Rae, the Education Officer who is assigned to help resolve the issues. A series of twists and turns mean that Richard and Rae find themselves in a very unexpected situation and the question “Can Rae help to save Richard’s school place?” then becomes “Can Rae help to save Richard’s life?”
Available on Amazon as an ebook currently, IHYC will be released in paperback early in 2017.

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Featured Interview With A.K. Smith

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
A.K. Smith is the author of debut fiction novel, “A Deep Thing” (12-19-2016 from the Wild Rose Press). A.K has lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Arizona and abroad in London and Mexico.

Currently, she spends her time between Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona and Puerto Penasco, Mexico. She loves all things jungly, beachy and mysterious. Her mission is to write thrillers, suspense, and romance, that have the power to make you stay up late.
A new scuba diver, she counts diving in a cenote (underwater caves in the Yucatan) and surviving– one of her biggest achievements. Mexico has a special place in her heart; it’s where she escaped after walking out on Corporate America and where she fell in love on a sailboat. She is a graduate of Shippensburg University (BA) and has a Master of Arts from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A.K. 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.
A.K. loves seeing the world; Her goal is to step foot on every continent on Planet Earth (maybe even the moon)—she’s slowly getting there. She treasures her family, friends, her dog Harvey(wild whoodle) and kindness.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Escaping to my bedroom that I shared with my sister with a good book started in the 4th grade(or at least that’s as far back as I can remember). I loved the library. I loved books tat took me away to a place different than my small town.

I’ve always loved to write, dabbled in it during college, wrote for the school paper but then other priorities pushed writing (other than my journals) to the back burner. Now, I try to write for at least 30 minutes a day…it adds up.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Dean Koontz, Blake Crouch, Jodi Picoult, John Grisham, Greg Isles, Stephen King, David Baldacci and any and all new authors that make me keep turning the pages.

Every great book inspires me…it’s great to me if a story sticks in my mind, transports me somewhere and makes me not want to put the book down. I love, love, love a good story.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
A Deep Thing is a suspense adventure! Think islands, jungles, beaches and the woods of Camp David. Suspense. Conspiracy.
After a tragic diving accident that claimed her husband’s life and left her with a broken heart, a young widow, Kendall Jackson discovers her husband had secrets. Before his death, her husband arranged a diving expedition as a birthday gift for his son. Kendall persuades her estranged step-son to honor his father’s last wish. From the campus of Western Maryland College to the woods of Camp David and the caves of the Yucatán, Kendall and Ryder take a journey to discover what her husband worked so hard to hide, and to protect his treasured secrets from falling into the wrong hands. The choices they make will decide their fate and the future of others. Will they risk everything for the truth?

What was her husband hiding in the jungles of Mexico? Take the trip. Join the journey.

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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 grew up in the fishing village of Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada. Hanging around on the beach gave me the opportunity to meet some interesting people. Some of my characters are fashioned after the more colorful ones. I also lived, for quite a few years, in Aylmer, Ontario. There are a lot of Mennonites in this area. Currently, I live near Bayfield, a quaint little village that attracts a lot of tourists.
I work part time now and spend most of my time writing or gardening. My husband is retired and does most of the cooking so that I can keep working.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always wanted to see if I could write a book. It wasn’t until we moved to outskirts of Bayfield that I found the time. It also helped that a local writer taught some courses that I desperately needed. With her encouragement, and the help of fellow writers, I’ve become serious in this venture. My only regret is that I didn’t start sooner.

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 Kathleen and Michael Gear who write the “People Of The … ” series. I love books about early man. Their struggles of survival.
I also like to read romance novels, mystery, and thrillers. Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, James Patterson and Nora Roberts are some of the authors I follow.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I’m working on a book about Bessie, the monster that lives in Lake Erie. Growing up on the north shore of this lake, I’ve often heard about her. She’s been blamed for sinking boats and attacking people. Her legend has been around for centuries. I thought I’d bring her to life.

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Featured Interview With C.L. Lynch

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I live in Vancouver, Canada with my husband, two children, a variety of pets, and too many unwashed dishes.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I don’t even remember learning how to read. I have always loved books. I started writing on my mother’s big old typewriter. I would sit happily for long periods clanking out rambling stories about Orcas and Brownies. I went to Montessori school and my teachers complained that I spent too much of my free time on the computer writing stories (which were horribly derivative and entirely without merit, although they kindly never mentioned that to me). When I was ten we got our own PC at home and I immediately wrote a 50 page abomination of a book which I proudly dubbed “Follow the Animals Home”. It is excruciatingly funny to read, because it is so very, very bad. I’m tempted to publish it in the hopes that it would gain an ironic following, but then I would have a new author photo taken with a brown paper bag over my head.

Basically, I’ve been writing for a very long time, and I hope that if I keep at it, I will eventually get better.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have far too many favourite authors. I love Jane Austen, and Terry Pratchett, James Herriot and Jerry Spinelli. I love Rainbow Rowell and J.K. Rowling. Roald Dahl, and E.B. White. Basically, I love any author who can tell a compelling story with a great message. Bonus points if they can make me laugh.

I’m inspired whenever I read a story that makes me want to be a better person, or makes me cry with laughter, or just makes me cry. I’m inspired whenever I read about a character who feels so real that I really believe that they exist. That’s what I want to do. I want to make people feel feelings. I want to make them laugh. I want to make them cry. Most of all, I want them to believe in my characters. No, scratch that. MOST most of all, I want to tell a story that needs to be told – not because it is deep or epic but simply because it hasn’t been told yet, and it should be.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Oh, boy. So. I participate in National Novel Writing Month every November, and in 2012, I didn’t have any good stories up my sleeve. But I had just finished writing a series of very popular articles on my personal blog comparing JK Rowling to Stephenie Meyer, and I’m sorry to say that JK Rowling won on every count, from feminism to parts of speech. The blog posts were getting huge numbers of hits, and I thought it would be fun to write a sort of satirical retelling of Twilight – the anti-Twilight, I guess you could say. I wanted to see what this classic love story would look like if you made the human female strong and domineering, and the love interest clumsy and submissive.

And that’s how I invented Stella Blunt, the big, loud, foul mouthed protagonist, and Howard Mullins, the gentle zombie who loves her for her brains.

It was just supposed to be a fun way to write 50,000 words of a story, but somehow the characters got away from me. Stella is a very strong-willed character and she took the story and made it her own. A lot of the minor characters took over the dialogue – like Stella’s parents: I don’t know where they came from but they are my absolute favourite characters to write.

The next thing I knew, I had a book that was unique in its own right, featuring its very own snarky, self-rescuing heroine who takes on first love and zombie outbreaks with strength, passion, and a chainsaw. I had a respectful, adoring zombie lover who surprised me with his sweetness. I had a story, in other words, that I enjoyed writing more than any other story I had ever written.

I got caught up in it and I talked about it a lot, so my friends and husband asked to see it. I handed them rough drafts and waited for them to laugh at me. They laughed… but not at me. They thought the story was hilarious and that I should polish it for publication.

And that’s what I did.

Since publication I have been touched and delighted by the number of people who say they adore my characters and that they laughed out loud at my book. They love that she’s big. They love that she’s strong. They love her relationship with Howie. And her parents steal the show – almost every reviewer mentions them.

My mother is NOT delighted by the foul language, but you can’t win ’em all.

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Featured Interview With Steve Bivans

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Florida, back when the gators were still in charge and the Earth was cooling (1966). My parents were Salvation Army Officers, so we moved around a lot when I was a kid, which gave me the invaluable skill of making friends quickly, anywhere. We lived all over the South East: Georgia, North Carolina, and then spent a couple years in Missouri and Kansas, before coming back to eastern North Carolina, where I lived for some 20 years. I moved to the Twin Cities in Minnesota about 10 years ago to go to graduate school with the intention of obtaining my Ph.D. in Medieval History. I got my Master’s degree here. My subject area is early medieval Europe, in particular the Vikings. (not the lame football team that plays here). We have two Viking Pirate Kitties: Punkin’ and her mean sister, Squish. Squish has a dog she bosses around when she’s not telling ME what to do. The dog, a chow/lab mix, is named Bubble. She mostly just wants to sleep.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started reading very young. I’m not sure when. I do remember reading all of the Hardy Boys series, all of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Sherlock’ stories, and the entire series of Dumas’ ‘Musketeers’ books, as well as The Man in the Iron Mask.

My first real attempt at writing that I remember, was while in summer school following 9th grade. I failed English that year–yeah, I know, a writer that failed English–mainly because I hated my teacher and didn’t do the work. I also falsified my report card the middle two quarters, so my parents had no idea I was failing until the end of the year. Not a pretty sight, mind you. Oh yeah, my writing, lol.

In summer school we had to write an auto-biography. Mine was quite colorful. I found it recently in a box, and read through it. My style really hasn’t changed all that much! Very weird, but true. I was pretty funny back then. Sometimes I still am, when I’m not rambling like I am in this fucking interview. lol

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are Tolkien and Stephen King, when it comes to fiction. But strangely, fantasy and suspense/horror are NOT my favorite genres. That would be non-fiction. I’ve read probably a thousand non-fiction books in my life. I really don’t know, but it has to be close to that.

My style has been influenced by both Tolkien and King, but also by Mark Twain, who I think was a god of wit. Love him.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, just released in December 2016, is The End of Fear Itself.
It’s a non-fiction book that came out of a small part of a chapter in my first book, Be a Hobbit, Save the Earth, where I was working through all the challenges facing our world. Near the end of writing that book, I stumbled upon Fear as one of the root causes of those issues.
I put that aside until this spring when I was having some discussions with friends online about Fear, and was reminded of the topic. After researching it, and thinking about it for a couple of weeks or more, I came to the conclusion that FEAR was the ONLY true problem on Earth. All other problems, or challenges, are simply symptoms of Fear. If we could tackle our Fears, we could solve those issues much easier.

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Featured Interview With Clayton Graham

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in the cobbled streets of Stockport, near Manchester UK, and some years later graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Salford University in 1966 having attained a Student Apprenticeship with English Electric Aviation.

Following retirement, I settled in Victoria, Australia in 1982. I have always had an interest in Science Fiction and where it places humankind within the universe we are now just starting to explore. I grew up with the ‘old school’ science fiction written by authors such as HG Wells, Jules Verne and John Wyndham. Also the works of Isaac Asimov.

‘Milijun’ is my debut novel, but there are further adventures to come.

I love animals, including well behaved pets, and all the natural world, and am a member of Australian Geographic. I’m sure I would like alien animals, too.

When I am not writing, walking, travelling, or gardening, I enjoy fine food with family, friends and five energetic grandchildren.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Science Fiction is a love of mine, has been since I was a teenager, escaping to new worlds in the back streets of Stockport, England, where I grew up. Halcyon days, when education and school milk were free, and summers were real summers. My childhood was set in a background of cobbled streets, ration books, terraced housing [think Coronation Street, if you have ever seen the English soap], milkman’s horses, coal dumped in the cellar, fish and chips on good days, bread and dripping on not good days, free school dinners (at lunchtime) and low paid footballers.

Many of my earlier attempts at writing were hand written – I guess that gives away my generation – and some of them were produced on a typewriter. You will remember typewriters; they were like computers but without the electricity. They were also a lot noisier! The advent of the computer was great – until everybody got one! Then it was information overload with vengeance.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read a lot of Dean Koontz who makes the paranormal seem normal, and Kate Atkinson [for the sheer grittiness], and any good Sci Fi with a mysterious element. Not so much the interstellar battle stuff. I believe aliens will be more subtle than that!
The works of Arthur C Clarke and Robert Heinlein are a great inspiration.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
‘Milijun’ is about more than an alien incursion into the vast Australian outback. It asks questions about our place in the universe, or multiverses as we are now led to believe may be a possibility.

The novel explores the relationship between a mother and her son. How far can it be stretched before the links break? How far would a mother go to save her son? Would she be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice, or undertake actions she would never have deemed possible prior to the alien incursion?

Above all, ‘Milijun’ explores the question – what would mankind do when faced with an intelligence it cannot understand? It’s a good question, for it may happen someday. We are not currently prepared, of course, we are light years away from understanding how we should behave in such a circumstance. ‘Milijun’ challenges our mindsets through the eyes of a mother and son, and as such is perhaps more powerful and meaningful than if that challenge was through the eyes of the United Nations or the President of the United States.

In the end, Milijun probably asks more questions than it answers. But it does raise the questions. Laura and Jason Sinclair are just ordinary people, caught in a web of mystery and intrigue with an invisible spider somewhere on the threads.

I hope ‘Milijun’ gets people thinking about the future and the great treasure we have called Earth. I also hope it makes readers treasure their personal relationships; they are the most important things in our lives.

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Featured Interview With Matt Wanicur

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am originally from Philadelphia, PA, and have just recently moved to sunny Windermere, FL! I am minutes to Disney World (and you can find me at Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, or Hollywood Studios weekly!)

I currently have an eleven year-old finicky tuxedo cat (Midnight), and share a year and a half old kooky chihuahua (Walter). I live in a house with three dogs, four sugar gliders, and my cat of course!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing very young, my first memory of it was at the age of eight, when my short story “A Dog’s Kiss” won an award at my elementary school. I recall coming into school and seeing it posted up on an enormous board. It was quite thrilling for an eight year-old!

After that I spent as much time reading as I could. “Green Eggs & Ham” and “Alice in Wonderland” were put aside for more adult fair such as “The Lord of the Rings” and comic books (Daredevil is still my favorite comic).

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Alfred Bester, Argue C. Clarke, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Joe Hill, Ray Bradbury, Thomas Harris, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Mark Frost, and Chuck Hogan (just to name a few).

Horror has and will always be my favorite genre in any medium. H.P. Lovecraft truly paved the way for the genre, and should never be forgotten. I absolutely am infatuated with trying to instill fear into my readers. The same fear that the truly prodigious horror novelists instill in me.

I am inspired by not only by my favorite authors, but artists such as H.R. Giger (Giger’s Alien is tattooed n my forearm for a reason).

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is a novella titled “Blood Harbor”. I am obsessed with the original “The Twilight Zone”, and was determined to come up with a premise that fit into that vein. I thought of a charming couple, living their unmarred existence, lying in bed together. Then I imagined a S.W.A.T team bursting into their home and arresting the husband, for her murder. I built that into what ended up being a grandiose story that will sustain for multiple books out of that one thought.

“The Colorado Kid” and “Phantoms” ended up being considerable influences on me while writing it. I love the idea of the idyllic, perfect town being thrown into chaos. The Lost Colony of Roanoke ended up being my ultimate goal.

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Featured Interview With Tiffany Lynn Peppers

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I have was raised in the United States in the mid-west. This is where I currently reside. I have two pets. I really love cats. I also love shoebills.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I realized my fascination with books at the age of 8, but I started writing at the age of 10 when I was encouraged to keep a journal by one of my teachers.

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 are Christine Kersey, and many others. My favorite genre is Romantic Suspense, and Mystery, etc. I wouldn’t say that anyone really inspires me in my writings.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is a poetry book entitled: ‘A Poem for Every Emotion’. I want to convey an array of emotions on different subjects.

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