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Featured Interview With Catherine Rose Putsche

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in the north of England in 1973. I currently live in the beautiful Austrian Lake District teaching English language in college to young and adult learners, where I share my life with my abstract artist husband, and gorgeous rabbits. I graduated in computer software engineering and worked as a systems administrator before I went into teaching.

My mother inspired me from a very young age to write as she wrote a number of successful screen plays that were sometimes aired on the television when I was a child. I drink tea copiously read fiction and autobiographies avidly always seeking new ways to improve my writing style. I am also learning the art of calligraphy writing.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was always an avid reader since the age of 8. For Christmas one year I remember UN-wrapping a wonderfully decorated present and its contents revealed “The Famous Five Collection” by Enid Blyton. I loved the children in these books and imagined I was there with them on their adventures. I would often write pages and pages of my own short stories similar to the ones I was reading, re-creating characters of my own.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have so many favorite authors and my list would be endless. However if I had to select a few they would be:
Herman Melville the author of Moby Dick.
Dean Koontz the author of many suspense thrillers.
William Golding dystopian novel about a group of boys stuck on an uninhabited Island.
My favorite genres of writing include horror, thriller, young adult, and adventure stories.
My biggest inspiration is Stephen King.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, The Surgeon´s Son is a gripping psychological thriller. There’s a serial killer on the loose who enjoys capturing teenage girls using many different disguises. He takes them to his remote abandoned distillery and subjects them to the most horrifying ordeals. He removes their limbs and keeps a trophy of each one of them before he delivers their dead bodies back to their homes in a distinctive industrial packing box. However one of these girls survives, despite her gruesome injuries and informs the police that the man who abducted her for eight weeks also has another girl who will soon meet the same fate if the police don’t rescue her in time.
Detective Inspector Marty Bride and his specialist team of detectives, forensic investigators and psychological profilers become chilling aware that there is a brutal serial killer on the loose who enjoys leaving them various clues to his real identity. However as the number of missing girl’s increases and a number dead bodies appear along with a growing number of invaluable leads, it soon becomes clear that Marty and his team are hunting an intelligent, methodological, orderly, socially competent man, who uses his charm to deceive his victims and is always one step ahead of Marty and his team.
Can Marty and his team locate this ruthless serial killer in time before he preys on his next young innocent female victim?

I spent one and a half years writing this book as I had to do a lot of research in the fields of police investigations and medical procedure.

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Featured Interview With Jennifer K. Marsh

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Jennifer K. Marsh, and I am from the south west of England. I was born and raised in Salisbury, Wiltshire. I currently live in West Somerset, on the outskirts of Exmoor National Park, having moved there from Salisbury just before I turned twenty years old. Living on Exmoor’s doorstep is a great inspiration for me since my story is inspired by nature and the environment, and besides, I deeply love Exmoor – and nature – anyway!

Due to my love of nature in combination to the fact that I am from the south west, I set my upcoming environmental fantasy trilogy in Dartmoor National Park (although there is no specific mention of this in the story itself). There are also moments, as the story progresses, that are set in Exmoor and the New Forest. I chose to set the vast majority of the story in Dartmoor because, despite my love for all of Britain’s National Parks, Dartmoor is my favourite. Bleakly and breathtakingly beautiful.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve never actually had a fascination with books in the sense that I am truly rapt by the thought of them, and although I do love a good story, my fascination lies with words themselves – or rather linguistics and etymology. I realised my true love for words when I was about fifteen/sixteen, as I was studying English Language at the time. As for writing, I always used to write and/or plan stories to pass the time, and I never even considered that writing could lead to – or even BE – anything whatsoever. The first time I wrote with the clear intention of it becoming something ‘more’ was when I was fifteen, and that was when I realised that, all along, my heart had belonged to the written word. After all, you cannot force a child to write; some things come only from an inner calling within yourself.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
One of my favourite authors is Jodi Picoult. I love how she ventures to really dark, serious places with her writing, and how deep and thought-provoking her stories are, or go. As for my favourite genre, I’ve never really been one who prefers reading any particular genre over another; so long as the story is deep in both plot and characters, makes me think, or just generally interests me, it doesn’t matter what genre it is. Though, I always steer clear of chick-lit, romance, erotica etc. – that’s not my cup of tea. Of course, due to my love for the freedom and imagination fantasy offers both reader and writer, I am more inclined and open to that genre, and I don’t think it would be much of a disclosure to say that Tolkien is one of my greatest inspirations. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is undoubtedly my favourite story ever, though it is actually HOW the story was written that inspires me, as opposed to the story itself.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
As I mentioned above, I am in the process of writing an upcoming trilogy, but only Book 1 is available at this precise moment in time. I am currently working on Book 2.

‘Ilimosks: Times of Old’ is the first part of the Ilimoskus journey. It is a deep story which takes the reader into a stark collision between fantasy and reality, for it is told from both the fantasy world and the human world. Living amongst the humans of Earth is a race of beings unbeknown to them; they are Ilimoskus, the elemental folk: beings of fire, earth, air and water. They are a most peaceful race who lead uneventful lives in harmony with nature, but one fateful autumn, the Flamikus (fire folk) feel the ground tremble beneath them in tension they have never before endured, and troubling concern starts to linger. Throughout this ever-growing tension, Fii’dezrhu Reotum – a rebellious Flamikus – discovers a momentous secret he then acts upon by venturing to the forbidden human lands; while there, he inadvertently reveals the Ilimoskus’ existence to one young girl. Little does he know that this sets in motion the beginnings of an earthquake so great, it will result in gruelling searches, confounding ambiguities, painstaking truths and heart-wrenching decisions. In time, both humans and Ilimoskus will watch the world they once knew crumble around them.

Although a fantasy tale at heart, there are a multitude of themes, sub-plots and genre crossovers entwined throughout the book and the trilogy as a whole. I certainly believe there is something for everyone to enjoy. The environment/nature is one of the main themes, as is friendship, hope/faith/destiny, and courage. I have been told countless times that Ilimoskus is “different”, so if you fancied reading something that little bit off the beaten track, perhaps the Ilimoskus story could be worth a try. Indeed, as time has gone on, I have realised just how different, yet remarkably approachable, Times of Old seems to be, for I have had people in their 70s say they enjoyed it as well as people just becoming teenagers; I have also had both male and female interest in equal amounts, and people who have enjoyed it even though fantasy isn’t their go-to genre.

The Ilimoskus trilogy has been my heart’s dedication since 2011. It took me six months of planning before I wrote a single word for Times of Old, but I started writing it properly on 26th December 2011! Somehow, I managed to work on it very promptly, as I finished it in November 2012. Sadly, work on Book 2 has been very slow in comparison, for other things keep getting in the way, but progress is gradually getting steadier.

Ilimoskus: Times of Old is available on online bookstores worldwide, in both paperback and eBook.

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Featured Interview With James Weston

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is James Weston. I was born on July 15th 1981 in Edgware, Middlesex.

I was raised in the suburbs of North West London and I still live here now.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I had been fascinated by writing since I was around 7 or 8 years old. I was always writing fiction stories in my spare time. I was so into writing fiction that I was told to slow down and concentrate on other subjects at school.

The first book I read was a compilation works of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets. I have to admit that his works made quite the impression on me as a young person and I have been a romantic my entire life thanks to this early exposure.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favourite author is Philip K. Dick. I am a science fiction enthusiast and the wildly political and philosophical nature of most of his short stories served to inspire my imagination when writing my short stories, which as of yet I have not published.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My first book is called My Rehab Diary. I decided to publish my diary from an addiction treatment centre to give people a look into how I have unlocked my imagination for the first time in years, through getting clean of drugs.

The diary gives an insight into what I was thinking and how I was feeling for 90 days, at the most important time of my life. Not only do I expose all that is happening to myself, I also discuss the implications my behaviour before rehab had on my family.

The original transcript, which was written by myself in rehabilitation is unchanged. The names of the individuals I came into contact with have been replaced to protect their anonymity.

I am hoping that this published diary will send a message of hope and faith to all those who are suffering or have a loved one who is suffering from the illness of addiction.

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Featured Interview With Paul J. Fleming

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Liverpool, UK. My teen years spent in a south-Liverpool area called Woolton Village which had a lovely little library with a very well stocked Doctor Who section downstairs in the Fiction department. Many a day I walked out with three or four books to just sit, read and relax – letting my mind wander into adventures through space and time.
As time moved on and my interests grew I did divert into works of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and H.P.Lovecraft, together with Stephen King, Clive Barker (mainly as he’s from Liverpool too!!) but even though I did like the mystery/horror/suspense genre, Science Fiction kept drawing me back.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Very early. Books were the source of fantastical adventures free from dodgy props and alien monsters which were obviously men in badly painted rubber suits. It was a case of reading a pile of adventures and then creating my own stories with the popular characters – whoever I had been reading at the time. Throughout my childhood and my teens there were numerous little stories and tales penned which have never seen the light of day, but I wrote them for me. It actually never crossed my mind that others out there may enjoy them, they were just silly stories for my own amusement.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Terry Pratchett. Absolute genius with his Discworld series, but with regards to how he ‘de-technified’ items suchs as cameras (imps in boxes painting!).

To be honest, aside from Mr Pratchett above, I will read mostly anything I come across by a whole host of authors, both new to the field and old hands at the craft. Obviously if there is one who makes an impression I will be more versed to reading more of their work, but not exclusively at the expense of others. There’s so much talent brimming about in the world of self-publishing, talent which previously may have been stemmed by repeated rejection letters from the publishing industry biggies.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
This latest book is actually a bit of a diversion for me, as I originally had a line of titles planned within the environment of the 23rd Century which all featured the Erstwhile and her crew on their misadventures, but then I wanted to show off other characters and people too within the setting.
The big thing I wanted to try and avoid was bogging down the main title with disparate sidelines and spaghetti tangled tales, so I decided to write the Chronicles line to feature a whole variety of characters and situations, all around the main book line ‘Tales’.

Essentially, in reading Chronicles you are being introduced to the universe and details about a variety of settings which may feature in the main story books, but these are separate mini adventures which paint a colourful background picture and also introduce some characters who may cross over into the main title at some point (no spoilers here!).

That’s why Chronicles is set around 70 pages or so as opposed to the 300 pages of the main storyline books. An easy quick read to provide detail and colour.

Thing is though, and I feel I have to say this, that I am still writing these adventures for my own amusement and entertainment. There’s still a great part of me which responds with utter amazement at the feedback people are giving me, as I really did not expect the take up to be so positive. My first ever book, Tales from the 23rd Century earned such a glowing 5 star review that it almost brought me to tears – honest. I still can’t quite believe it.

I just hope that Chronicles follows in the footsteps of it’s bigger sibling and entertains. I know I enjoyed it, and will proceed with many more of them around the main title line as time presses onward.

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Featured Interview With Cliff James

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Beckenham – a town in Kent that has been absorbed into the suburbs of Greater London. When I think of that place now, I think of concrete, flying ants, racist graffiti, red-brick terraced houses that were build between the wars, streets named after trees but containing no trees, the plastic dinosaurs at Crystal Palace Park, streetlights, gas works, and still more concrete.

We moved to East Sussex when I was nine, to a rural, wooded part of the county known as The Weald. It was a perfect contrast with what I’d known before. It was isolated and isolating, but also a liberation from the concrete suburbia. To the younger me, the countryside was overwhelming. The forests felt old and haunted by older gods. The Weald has a way of making you feel watched, even when your on your own. Especially when your on your own. Especially during the unbelievably dark nights.

That place, the Weald and the surrounding South Downs, are a key setting in my novel, Of Bodies Changed. It is the place where the two main characters, Chris and Jackie, grow up, imprisoned in their father’s house. Like these characters, I came to believe in the ghosts and the gods of that landscape.

Since leaving Sussex (and its ghosts) behind, I’ve lived all over England: in Lewes, Cambridge, Ely, Sunderland, Brighton, Liverpool and now West Yorkshire. As an adult, I’ve never stayed in one place for more than two or three years. There are always more places to know. Yorkshire has some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the country, and I can’t imagine leaving here for some time. This is Bronte country, after all: the Bronte parsonage at Haworth is not far from where I live, and I now know why the Yorkshire landscape features so heavily in their writings.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was always reading as a child, especially after moving to Sussex. I was an outsider at school, perhaps because I had come from outside the county at an age when such things mattered. Reading provided alternative worlds, different worlds, often better worlds. I loved reading mythologies, and – being half-Irish – I was obsessed with Celtic myths and fairytales, with Lyonesse and Avalon. I believed in the other worlds that lie just on the other side of our perception and sometimes collide with ours.
It wasn’t until my mid-teens that I decided to be a writer. From the tales I was reading, I became aware that poets held a special role in Celtic society. They were historians, counsellors and high priests. It was believed that they could cross over to the spirit worlds. They were the only ones allowed to criticise kings and satirise the powerful and, because of their sacred role, they were free to say what they liked without reprisal.

So, I threw myself into writing poetry and, for several years, produced some of the most clichéd, angst-ridden, trite, teenage verse imaginable. Piles and piles of the stuff. Maybe it is an initiation process that some writers have to go through. I don’t doubt that writing something, anything, every day is good practice, but – honestly – those early poems still make me sweat with embarrassment.

On my 15th birthday, I was given a copy of John Fowles’ The Magus by the mother of my best friend. It was that book that changed everything. It was the most adult book I had ever read at that age, and certainly the most beautiful. I had never been so captivated by a story before. I was in awe of the language. After reading it, I made a conscious decision to try and write the most beautiful sentence that I could in the English language. I may never succeed, but it will always be my quest. Since then, I have never wanted to be anything else other than a writer.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Obviously, John Fowles is a great inspiration – although I have to confess I still haven’t read all of his books. I was besotted by The Magus, but less impressed with The French Lieutenant’s Woman. My relationship with favourite authors is complicated. I tend to put them on pedestals, believing they can do no wrong and that everything they produce will be as perfect as their first work I read. I never want that honeymoon to end. So, when I was less impressed with French Lieutenant’s Woman, I didn’t know whether to read any more of Fowles’ books. What if I am disappointed again? What if I was wrong to put him on a pedestal? It’s a tricky relationship…

The genre I admire the most is Magical Realism. Fairy tales and myths have always been important in human history and prehistory; they enable us to look at and analyse the society in which we live as from a distance, from an oblique angle. It’s often impossible for us to objectively see the culture in which we live because we are immersed in it, saturated by it. Certain beliefs and behaviours seem ‘natural’ or ‘common sense’ to us purely because we are born into and submerged in a society where such things are commonplace. In a couple of hundred years time, people will undoubtedly look back and question some of the things we unthinkingly accept now.

What Magical Realism often does is to present a world that is almost identical to our own, but which is ruptured or disturbed by something ‘unnatural’, fantastical, mythological – things that are contrary to ‘common sense’. The familiar is de-familiarised and, in the process, we are given a glimpse of our society as an outsider, our viewing-seat is shifted. We are given the gift of time and/or distance to critique ideologies that we would otherwise be oblivious to. In Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, an orange ‘demon’ appears to talk with the protagonist in an otherwise realistic novel. Angela Carter’s excellent Nights At the Circus and The Bloody Chamber, Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses, and Joanne Harris’s Chocolate – all of these brilliant Magical Realist novels present a familiar world that is made unfamiliar by the introduction of something fantastical. Magical Realism offers us the rare opportunity to critique our own society as an outsider.

Science Fiction often has this quality too, hence two of my favourite reads of all time are Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Marge Piercy’s Woman On The Edge Of Time.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I wrote the first draft of Of Bodies Changed 14 years ago. It’s a modern retelling of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The book begins and ends in the form of a diary written by the narrator, Jackie Mavrocordatos. Her diary entries follow the same dates that I was writing the novel.

I was working part-time at the time, which gave me the opportunity to have a structured writing schedule. I would write throughout the night, from 6pm until about 6am, and then get a few hours sleep before going to my part-time job in the afternoon. That was my life for six months. When it was finished, I tried to get it published. An agent told me that you should never send your manuscript to more than one publisher a time; they don’t like that. So I would submit it to one publisher, receive a rejection and get depressed. After a year, I’d get over the disappointment and send it off to another one, only to receive another rejection. I re-edited and re-wrote the novel between each rejection, and significantly changed the plot.

The ending is completely different now – but I can’t say anything more about that without giving it all away.

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Featured Interview With Carmen Capuano

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Glasgow but have lived in England since the age of eighteen. I have a wandering soul and would love to live in lots of different places but having children in school has tied me to one spot. My ancestry is Italian and Spanish so maybe that’s where the wander-lust comes from.

Although I have many friends my days are rather solitary and I can always be found snuggled hobbit-like on the sofa with my trusty laptop on my knees, bashing away at yet another chapter and having conversations with my characters. It can be lonely being an author but it’s a job I adore.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I never really thought of myself that way growing up. I think it’s different now because children have more choice over their leisure time but when I was young [oh so long ago ;)] all we could really do was play out or read and I never was much of a fan of the Scottish weather so I spent lots of time indoors reading.

I only began to seriously write a few years ago but now I have so many book ideas that I shall have to live to at least 120 to get them all written!

I write Monday to Friday, term times, when the children are in school. I know other writers write in the evenings but I am whacked by then! To be honest I am a terrible typist but I persevere. I once tried to dictate my books to the computer but because of my Scottish dialect it came out as gobbledy-gook! So now I rely on spell check and proof-readers!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like most genres but I love science fiction, especially post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels. I will read space operas too but only if they are very character driven.

As a child I loved Dickens and Shakespeare but nowadays I read Dean Koontz or Stephen King for pleasure. As for inspiration, I think I take a little bit from them all, crazy as that seems.

What’s important for me as an author is that my readers see the characters as I do, that they see their faults and frailties – their humanity and sometimes inhumanities. For me the story is only half the goal – I want the writing to be beautiful for its own sake, so I blend style with content.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I have just completed a YA/crossover novel which is currently with my agent. I’ll let you know how that goes.

My most recently published book is The Owners, Volume IV: A New Epoch. It was an emotionally hard book to write, as has been the two volumes which follow on from it which are not yet published.

My characters had already been through so much and there I was pushing them into more conflict; even more dangerous situations. My stomach was churning with anxiety as I wrote every word of those books! And yet it was a thrilling ride!

The Owners is an unusual series in that it starts in the very distant future with ‘The Owners, Volume I: Alone’, where humans are kept as pets by creatures called Eyons. The explanation for how this situation arose is never fully given in Volume I, however Volume II starts in our very near future and gives more, tiny little clues which are picked up and elaborated on in Volume III so that the reader gets to play detective so to speak.

Everything is there – all the answers – they just need to be discovered and I think that is partly the appeal of the series. But more than anything else its the fact that it is a really good story which keeps my readers coming back for more.

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Featured Interview With Charles Frankhauser

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Charles Frankhauser is the amazon/kindle author of 2 novels, 2 novellas, and a memoir. In addition a free read of the Treatment for his screenplay in on the Amazon Studios site. All his Kindle books are priced at US $0.99 except today (18 & 19 Oct. 2014 the G-rated fun read novella, Last Pirate at Fort Matanzas is Free. The author lives in Savannah, Georgia. He is on Linked-in where his dog is featured as an avi.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing about 17 years ago. I pursued the traditional route of seeking representation by a literary agent. That attempt honed my writing skills in regard to query letters. Many helpful comments were received along with my many rejection letters for a memoir until finally a kind agent wrote in pencil on the reverse of my query letter, “Without celebrity and platform, forget it.”

Then I discovered Amazon and published the memoir in a fictionalized version as the novel Atlantic City Nazi (Historical Fiction–written in first person in the format of a “memoir” by protagonist.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I always liked reading the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the John Berendt novel: Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is a memoir titled Miss Williams — she was my grade school teacher that failed me as a young person thereby awakening me to the harsh realities of the world in terms of having to someday feed and shelter myself from the wind and cold. I wrote the memoir to encourage disadvantaged youth to apply themselves in school. I include some of my adventures in the US Navy aboard a surface ship and a submarine.

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Featured Interview With Lorraine Reguly

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, I have always loved reading and writing. I can remember reading shampoo bottles in the bathroom, as a child, as well as cereal boxes during breakfast, simply because they had words on them!

When I was raped as a teenager, it devastated me, and I knew that, one day, I’d write about my experiences. Although I only touch upon this issue in my first book, I plan on publishing more so that others know they’re not alone in their feelings.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My mom was an elementary school teacher who quit teaching when she had me. I was her firstborn, and she spent a lot of time with me during the first three years of my life… until my brother and then sister came along. As a result, I learned to read and write before most people do, and I’m very grateful to my mother for that — even though I got into trouble in Grade One for writing within one line (I was writing cursive already) when my classmates were learning to print within two!

As I grew, I read so many books that I couldn’t keep track of them all. I enjoyed writing, too, and always kept diaries or journals, knowing that, one day, I’d write a book about my life.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I particularly like mysteries, thrillers, and true crime. I also like courtroom dramas and any books about forensic science. My own writings, however, are quite varied. I like writing poetry, short stories, and blog posts. Essay-writing comes easy to me, too.

I’m in the process of writing an autobiography/memoir as well as a memoir-ish type book, Letters to Julian.

I’ve already published a book of short stories, for teens and tweens: Risky Issues.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The stories in Risky Issues bring to light many issues faced by children, teenagers, and even adults.

The first story, The Secrets of the Study, is about a girl who enters her father’s study to get some blank printer paper but instead finds papers that reveal she is adopted. To compound things, her father catches her…

The second story, Pamela in the Park, is about a teenage girl who is out past curfew and is supposed to meet a temperamental drug dealer in the park to give him back some drugs she was holding for him. He doesn’t show up, but a policeman does…

The third story, The Day Adam Saw Red, is about sexual abuse. Adam, a victim, gives a speech to his class about this topic, and then goes outside to sit under an oak tree to ponder his dire situation, as his speech was a masked cry for help. He is befriended by the school custodian, who is thought to be “creepy” but who takes the time to speak to him to help solve his problem…

In the final story, My Best Friend, a young girl finds out that her Grandma’s dog died. She thinks of Snoopy as her own, and is devastated…

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Featured Interview With Sherri Wilson Johnson

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and still live in Georgia with my family and favorite pet, Posey, a Chihuahua. I’m a Christian Romance writer and a speaker. I’m also a former homeschooling mom. I love to read, take trips to the beach, ride roller coasters, hang out with friends and family, and hope to one day live in a little cabin in the woods with my husband.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always loved books, and I have always wanted to be a writer. I wrote my first short story when I was eight years old and fell in love with writing! I love the way a good story makes me feel.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Carrie Turansky, Karen Witemeyer, Anita Higman are some of my favorites. I love Julie Lessman and Maggie Brendan too. My absolute favorite male writer is Creston Mapes. I also enjoy reading Davis Bunn and Nicholas Sparks. I love Inspirational romances (both contemporary and historical), clean romances not necessarily Inspirational, suspense, and thrillers. I have so many favorite writers who I aspire to be like, I can’t name them all. But I do love the writing styles of Carrie Turansky, Karen Witemeyer, and Anita Higman.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
To Laugh Once More is a Victorian Inspirational Romance set in Georgia in 1895. It’s book two in my Hope of the South series. It’s written as a standalone, so readers don’t have to read the prequel, To Dance Once More, but they’re certainly invited to do so.

To Laugh Once More follows Lydia Scarbrough and her husband, Hamilton, on a journey from riches to rags, as they struggle to keep their marriage together amidst the trials they endure. It’s set in the South, in Florida, then in Atlanta, Georgia, and a little further north in post-Civil War Marietta. They’ve been married three years and have yet to have children, so Lydia is experiencing “itchy feet” and wants something, anything, exciting to happen in her life. She wants to travel or to take a job, and Hamilton refuses to let her. So the battle between them begins.

An underlying theme in the book is an awareness of the prejudice of the undereducated and underprivileged that’s rampant in Lydia’s world. She becomes aware of the sufferings of others when she experiences these things for herself for the first time in her life. She becomes inspired to make a change, but she’s up against forces that don’t want to see change happen. She’s got her hands full, to say the least.

Here’s the back cover copy: The War may be over, but the battles still rage.

A dissatisfied wife. A misunderstood husband. Three tragedies will alter their path forever. Will their choices tear them apart, or will they allow them To Laugh Once More?

Three years after her marriage to Hamilton, former debutante Lydia Barrington Scarbrough is dissatisfied with life. She has yet to have children, and she spends most of her days sitting in a circle of women chatting about homemaking. She thought life would be more than what it’s turned out to be. Hamilton travels on business and never takes her with him. What’s a lonely wife to do when she has no children to raise? She longs for adventure and romance, and really, she longs for the fulfillment of her purpose in life. A purpose beyond being a wife and raising children.

Lydia faces a series of hardships that stretch her faith beyond capacity. Leaving her childhood home in Florida for Georgia proves to be more difficult than she ever imagined, and her marriage may not survive the trials. Lydia’s own personal battles drive a wedge between them. What will it take to make Hamilton attempt to save their marriage and draw Lydia back to him?

As Lydia strives to etch out a place for herself in a new world full of unfamiliar prejudice and attempts to overcome her private battles, she must help Hamilton understand her deepest longings and learn the true meaning of joy. Will she surrender her will in order to find her purpose? Will her future hold a happier marriage, motherhood, and a calling greater than she could ever have imagined?

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Featured Interview With Chasity Strawder

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a native of Southeast Arkansas, but I have been a resident of the Midwest (Michigan then Ohio) for fourteen years. I am married and the mother of two sons. By career, I am an educator. I started as a teacher for seven years and now I am a certified K-12 principal. Besides being a role model for the next generation, writing has also been a passion of mine.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I remember being fascinated with books as early as about seven years old. I started writing daily when I was around ten. Writing has always been very therapeutic for me.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are Joyce Meyer, TD Jakes, and Myles Munroe. My favorite genre to read is Chrisitian nonfiction. Joyce Meyer inspires me the most as an author because we share very similar life experiences, and she demonstrates great courage in describing how she overcame those things to become a better person.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My book, “Broken For The Promise”, is a testimonial of a difficult journey that I had about four years ago while pregnant with my second child. I was dying of a deadly illness, homeless, and facing many other hardships. I go into vivid detail of that traumatic experience and how it tested my faith in God. I was fighting for my life/unborn baby, my marriage, and livelihood. Although the odds were against me, I held onto God and he saw me through to victory. I share those triumphs as the result of my refusal to give up. I started writing my book earlier this year (2014), and it took me about three months to complete it, including getting it published. My book was released on July 1, 2014.

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Featured Interview With Yuri Kagan

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Hollywood proper but spent most of my childhood in San Diego. I left at 18 to live in Florence Italy where I studied Italian and drinking. I then returned to San Diego for a few years. Eventually I moved to San Francisco for college and have been there ever since. There I bartended for near 10 years and more recently became a standup comedian. I currently live in a studio apartment with the love of my life, my 12 pound dog Rhoda and partner Rich. Having only grown up with birds as pets I never knew how much a little dog could take over my life. After years of making fun of other with their little annoying dogs, I have become that guy with the little dog (but mine is not annoying).

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always written. At the age of 7 a teacher told me they liked my short story and since then I was hooked. In high school I became fascinated with writing editorials for the school paper where I later became an Editor. At around 16 I became really focused on movies, television and scripts. This made me love and respect writing even more. It was then I learned that everyone has a story and some people have a real knack for telling them.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I tend to read comedic books often but also love a good autobiography as long as it’s not too dry. I don’t have patients for anyone that takes themselves too seriously. I have several favorite authors. David Sedaris is on the top of the list because I relate to him the most. Sloane Crosley is my next favorite. Her book “I Was Told There Would Be Cake” is amazing. Next on the list is Vonnegut, Kerouac and ironically Roseanne. Yes, Roseanne Barr. Her books are very well written and interesting.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book “Vodka and Limelight” is a collection of short stories about my 10 years of bartending in San Francisco’s highest-volume bars. It’s a humorous, inside look of what bartending in the Castro’s most infamous bar. See how bartending gave me a voice, lead me to standup comedy and becoming an author.

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Featured Interview With Steven Lloyd

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Steven Lloyd. I write out of Southern Illinois, and have interviewed such authors and actors as Jack Ketchum, Nancy Collins, legendary film greats Bill Moseley and Sid Haig, from the “Devil’s Rejects” films. My work has appeared in several print and on-line publications.

In 2008 I launched a publishing company called Croatoan Publishing, dedicated to the Horror and Dark Suspense genre. Before closing the doors, I released “People are Strange” by James Newman and “Flesh Welder” by Ronald Kelly. You can visit me here http://stevenlloyd.weebly.com/index.html

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was fifteen or sixteen when the writing bug hit me. It hit me hard. I was writing a horror story for an English assignment—thank God it was Halloween, and I had to read it in front of the class. The writing assignments kept coming because I think she saw my capability as a writer. I’ve never stopped. From that day on, students paid me a dollar or two to write their stories for class. It was good money while it lasted. At fifteen I was reading pretty heavily. Love walking into the bookstores and smelling new and old books.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Everything from Charles Bukowski to Steinbeck to Golding. My range is pretty vast. Then there’s King, Barker, Rice, Harlan Ellison, Joe Lansdale, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury etc. All inspire me to become a much better author.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I’ve brought together my most acclaimed stories in one collection. Strange Roads includes: The Wooden Box, When Darkness Falls, Brothers, Where There Be Dragons, The Wallet, The Fight of the Century and an excerpt from my forthcoming novel Dogwood Summer. Also includes an introduction by John Paul Allen and interviews with the with me.

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Featured Interview With Jeremy Thompson

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I write horror, SF, thrillers and bizarro fiction. My bibliography includes The Phantom Cabinet, The Fetus and Other Stories, and Into the Darkness: Volume One’s closing tale.

I was born in Long Beach, CA, and have lived in Jacksonville, FL and Corpus Christi, TX. Currently, I live in Southern California. As for pets, my pit bull just died of cancer, and I am looking into getting a new dog.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have been reading books for as long as I can remember. Back in elementary school, I was obsessed with the Goosebumps series and the works of Stephen King. While growing up, I did write a couple of short stories for school assignments, I didn’t take writing seriously until 2002.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite writers include H.P. Lovecraft, Grant Morrison, Stephen King, Alan Moore, Thomas Ligotti, Bentley Little, Peter Straub, J.D. Salinger, Peter David, Chris Claremont, Clive Barker, Warren Ellis, Jonathan Hickman, Michael Marshall Smith, Robert McCammon, Rod Serling, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman and Richard Matheson.

My favorite genre to read is supernatural horror. My writings are inspired by the aforementioned authors, as well as musical acts such as The Raveonettes, Pixies, MF Doom and Kool Keith, and the films of David Lynch, Richard Kelly and John Carpenter.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
WHEN HEAVEN AND HELL DON’T EXIST…WHAT DOES? Space Shuttle Conundrum collides with empty atmosphere, passing from known reality into the realm beyond life. At the same time, a dead newborn is resurrected amidst a hospital-wide poltergeist infestation. What connects these ghastly occurrences, and how can the fate of humanity rest on a single boy’s shoulders? As the haunted Douglas Stanton spends his adolescence an outcast—his only friend the ghost of a long lost astronaut—a porcelain-masked entity lurks in the shadows, planning Douglas’ demise. Because Douglas is the key… the key to the door… the door between what we know and what we fear. And when the key is turned…realities will come crashing together. Step into The Phantom Cabinet…

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Featured Interview With Tash McAdam

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m 26 now, and I work full time as an English Language Teacher, which is pretty fun, most of the time. I get some hilarious anecdotes to work into my books, so it’s definitely good for inspiration. I was born in the hilly sheepland of Wales, but left when I was eighteen. Since then I’ve travelled every continent except Antarctica, and have lived in South Korea and Chile. I now live in Vancouver, Canada, with my partner. I miss my family, but Canada is way cooler than the UK! I like reading, writing, dancing, juggling, dreaming about zombies, doing ridiculous things in the name of research (ask me about the time I set my shoes on fire) and doing karate, (I have a couple of black belts, which definitely helps with realistic fight scenes and injuries)

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was a kid, the only time I was sitting still was when I was reading. I actually can’t remember a single occasion in my childhood without knowing what I was reading at the time. I didn’t start writing until I was about 8, when I realised in order for my favourite book to exist, I had to write it. That venture was not terribly successful, but I’m working on it. As an adult I realise I will never write the ‘perfect’ book, but I’m giving it a try, focussing only on things I love in books, (even if I love to hate them, like character death) and avoiding the things that irritate me. I now keep a running list of ‘stuff that’s annoys me’ in books I’m reading, for example; unnecessary exposition, insta-love, unrealistic love triangles, nobody dying even if it’s a war, twists for the sake of twists, names that tell me who someone is going to be, etc.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love to read scifi and fantasy, but I’ll read almost anything as long as the voice of the writer grabs me. If I feel like I can predict what will happen, or there is an insta-love connection, I am OUT. I’m pretty well-rounded, shelf-wise. Historical fiction is probably my least favourite genre.

My favourite writer is Brent Weeks, who is an absolute inspiration, I am in love with his books (both universes!), and he actually is one of the reasons I started working on my new series, because I wanted to invent a new kind of magic, as I was so impressed with his! I also love Michael Grant, Robert Muchamore, Robin Hobb, Charlie Higson, Cory Doctorow and Rick Riordan.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
SLAM, A Psionics Novella. (35 000 words. $1)

Telepaths, torture, mindwipes … the Institute has it all, and they use each of their brainwashed children as weapons, the way they see fit. To control society, repress its people. To make certain that they stay in power, no matter the cost. Serena’s baby brother Damon is one of those children, and these days he’s so altered that he doesn’t even recognize her.

When it comes to getting Damon away from those who kidnapped him, there’s nothing Serena won’t do. Even if she has to kill him to save him. First, though, she must prove to her father that she has what it takes to be a soldier against the insidious threat of the Institute. Her first mission has to be perfect.

But with inaccurate intelligence, unexpected storms, and Gav Belias, people’s hero of the Watch, on the prowl, will she even survive? If she doesn’t succeed, they’ll never let her go after her brother.

And that would be unthinkable, when it was her fault that he was taken in the first place.

Slam is my first work with Glass House Press, and serves as a prequel to the series The Psionics, with the first book, Maelstrom, due in 2015.

It’s a charity release, and all proceeds will be donated to SDDAS Spirit Fund, a nonprofit society dedicated to giving homeless animals the medical care they need. For more information, visit their website at sddac.com/donations.asp.

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Featured Interview With Adrienne Hartman

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Iowa. I now live in Sioux Falls, SD. My husband and I have a black lab named Maizie.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing when I was a child. I published a children’s book several years ago and last year I published a book of testimonies named “Living Stones.”

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read mostly non-fiction and I like Dr. James Kennedy and James Dobson.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
“Living Stones” contains 52 Christian testimonies by people of all walks of life. Some were drug addicts and alcoholics who were delivered by the grace of God and are now living for the Lord. One suffered the tragedy of an abortion and is now counseling women who have had abortions. Another person dealt with the heartache over his son’s suicide and he shares his testimony of how he learned to cope with it and also to understand it. Each story is unique and deals with a different situation that people may face. I wrote the book to bring comfort and understanding to others.

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Featured Interview With James R. Vance

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Originally from Manchester, England, I fell in love with France when I was aged twelve; a school trip to Blois in the Loire valley fascinated me. I persuaded my parents to holiday there and, when I became a parent myself, France became a regular holiday destination. Inevitably, I purchased a property and relocated here almost fifteen years ago, having previously worked in England where I was responsible for scripting and delivering interactive training scenarios for an international company, a role that took me not only to various locations throughout the U.K. but also to France and the Czech Republic. This experience was influential in my decision to embark on a writing career by expanding my creativity to produce novels. One of my leisure activities involved amateur dramatics, which also motivated me to write, becoming the co-writer of a one-act play. Writing can be a lonely labour of love but the leisurely lifestyle here with my son, two daughters, a Border Collie and a cat called Barny is compatible with my passion for reading and writing.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Aged ten, I wrote my first published ‘composition’, entitled ‘Nonsense’ in a school magazine. Many years later, I commenced my first novel, which combined space travel with a vision of ‘life after death’ and the mystery surrounding the fate of Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II. Unfortunately, the remains of the Romanov family were discovered, an untimely event that scuppered my plot! The original manuscript remains incomplete and gathering dust. After settling in France, I began writing novels in the genre of mystery crime, but a series of events and situations led me towards historical fiction even though I found history at school rather uninteresting.

When I lived in the UK, I had occasionally watched a TV series, ‘The World at War’. One particular episode lingered in my mind for many years; episode twenty-six began with a picture of a country lane and Laurence Olivier’s narration: ‘Down this road on a sunny day in 1944, the soldiers came…’ followed by the distressing coverage of a Nazi atrocity. Though I had spent many holidays in France, I had often wondered about the location of Oradour-sur-Glane. To discover that it lay less than thirty miles from the property I now owned prompted me to make several visits. I purchased a book entitled ‘Martyred Village’ by Sarah Farmer, a read that led me to another book by Max Hastings: ‘Das Reich. The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division through France, June 1944’. Considering my abhorrence of history, these stories inspired me. Quite unexpectedly, something else happened.

One evening, not long after living here, there was a knock on my front door. A little old Frenchman (I discovered later that he was a neighbour) stood there and asked if I was the Englishman who had come to live in the village. His strange request for information about the battle of Cambrai during WWI started my love affair with the genre of historical fiction. His true story became the prologue to my first HF novel, ‘Les Ruines’, which supports the fictitious story of his wife’s involvement in the Résistance.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have always been a fan of mystery crime novels, eager to read the next John Grisham, Ken Follett, Ian Rankin or Lee Child novel. More recently, however, I have enjoyed reading Sebastian Faulks, particularly ‘Birdsong’ and Tatiana de Rosnay’s ‘Sarah’s Key,’ historical fiction genres that inspired me to write three novels based on factual events interwoven with fictional threads, all focussing on the Nazi occupation of France. Having discovered I resided in an area that had been a hotbed of Résistance during WWII, I began researching this region of France where I uncovered a rich vein of anecdotal evidence and visual reminders that I wove into my plots.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest novel, ‘Something Old, Something New’, published earlier this year, covers several generations of a French family from the beginning of the last century to the present day. Two sisters discover a medallion secreted in an old trunk in their grandmother’s attic. Despite their different attitudes and conflicting views, they embark on a quest to trace its origins, a journey that reveals disturbing aspects of their family history with devastating consequences. The novel explores the confusion, misconceptions and fears that existed during those dark years of Nazi occupation, reflecting the conflict and bitter sentiments that still exist amongst families some seventy years later…a permanent legacy of that tragic period.

To write the novel, I spent over six months interviewing some geriatric survivors of the occupation, visiting many sites where the Nazis, sometimes aided by the milice (a mainly French militia) and members of the gendarmerie had been involved in documented atrocities. I visited the Bureau d’Archives, the Musée de la Résistance et Déportation in Montauban, La Musée de la Résistance in Limoges, the towns of Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane. To ensure the authenticity of the story’s factual background, I spent hours reading non-fiction books by renowned authors like Philippe Burrin, M.R.D.Foot, Julian Jackson, H.R. Kedward, Pierre Louty, Marcel Parent, Guy Pauchou and others. In Montauban, I even stayed in the Hotel du Commerce that features in the novel to discover how it traded during the Second World War.

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Featured Interview With Pamela Carey

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m a “snowbird,” spending most of the year in Delray Beach, Florida, and the remainder in Westport, Massachusetts. I grew up in Connecticut, where I wrote poems as a child and kept journals. I’ve had three careers: teaching high school English, owning an interior design company, and writing as a published author. My journals in recent years became the basis for my two books of nonfiction, MINOR LEAGUE MOM: A MOTHER’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE RED SOX FARM TEAMS, and ELDERLY PARENTS WITH ALL THEIR MARBLES: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE KIDS. My husband and I have been married a long, long time but we still enjoy travelling, and playing tennis together. He’s my biggest supporter.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I sat by a brook on our property when I was eight or ten and tried to write poetry. The poems were mushy, trite things, but I never stopped writing. I won writing contests in high school and decided to study literature in college and graduate school, before teaching. I now belong to two writers’ groups and attend yearly state writing conferences. I try to write about people I love, so my two books are both nonfiction.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I was blown away in college by Virginia Wolf’s TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. I could read Toni Morrison’s books over and over and still find things in them I hadn’t understood before. After reading THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, I became a fan of John Irving. I read all current fiction and nonfiction, especially Doris Kearns Goodwin, who was a college classmate. I also enjoy humorists like Michael Milligan, Tina Fey, and Lisa Scottoline.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
ELDERLY PARENTS WITH ALL THEIR MARBLES: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE KIDS grew out of care giving for my parents during their healthy, independent 80’s and 90’s. My husband and I moved them from Connecticut to be near us in Florida, but I knew nothing about care giving. My book is structured around 49 humorous, tongue-in-cheek “rules” I devised for my kids when the time comes to watch over me. My sister and I began writing down stories about my parents. The book contains laughable anecdotes during my parents’ years in Florida, as well as instructive stories from the last three months of each of their lives. The book contains an appendix of useful definitions, websites, and phone numbers for caregivers.

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Featured Interview With Gabriel Agbo

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a journalist from Nigeria. Presently living in that country. I am a religion columnist with the guardian Newspaper,zinearticles.com and several others.

I love reading, writing, teaching and preaching. I play football and I use to be spriter. I have authored about ten books :Power of Midnight Prayer, Breaking Generational Curses: Claiming Your Freedom, etc. And my book Receive Your Healing will be on all major book dealers, including amazon, B&N, Kobo, etc.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
At 36. This is when I started writing books. But I started loving writing at 20 years, when I was working with Satellite Newspaper in Nigeria.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love reading every good book in any genre. I read anything. I love good book with new insights and good stories. Then good christian books with great testimonies. That is why you see alot of powerful testimonies in my books. If you pick up my books, it is always difficult to drop them down. Eg, Power of Midnight Prayer. This is what people tell me. Some have read it five time in less that three months. True!

Tell us a little about your latest book?
This book ‘Power of Midnight Prayer’ will certainly be one of the most comprehensive and most powerful books written on spiritual warfare. The choice of the title came from a wealth of experience, chilling testimonies and confessions, and a careful study of the word of God. It is indeed a very rich and well-researched work. It has been described as an incredible book.
Here, you will learn of the enormous but yet to be fully tapped spiritual power embedded in the prayers done between 11:00pm and 3:0am. Do you know enough about the explosive powers of praise, prayer and fasting? Do you know what roles the angels of God, the Spirit of God and the fire of God play in our war against the kingdom of darkness?
In this book, you will hear directly from the former grand occult masters of the colossal destructive impact that the name and the blood cause in Satan kingdom. What happens when Satan and his demons come directly in contact with these two most powerful elements in the universe? Why did Satan fall from his chair in a meeting because the name of Jesus was mentioned?

Do you know about the enemy’s war strategies against the church, the Christians and the ministers? How does he bring down and sometimes kill ministers of the gospel? Who are the agents of the dark kingdom in the church? What roles should the prayer warriors play?

What is the interest of the kingdom of Satan in human flesh and blood? Why human sacrifices in the occult world? Read various accounts from the former agents of Satan and even the media on sacrificing of humans and other chilling unprintable practices. Why would a woman pluck off the eyes of a crawling baby, slaughter her with all her crying and groaning, and then pound her flesh and eat? What does the occult do with sex? Can evil spirits and covenants be transmitted through sex? Why would a man sleep with a little boy, depositing snake in his stomach just to acquire power, wealth and position?

You will find other explosive topics like wrestling with God, binding and loosing, smashing the gates, open doors, whole armor of God, gates of heaven and gates of hell. The twenty-one power-loaded chapters of this book will surely set you on fire for God. I bet you have never read anything like this before.

It took me about 5 years and a lot research to get this book ready. It’s not just a religious book, it is more than that.

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Featured Interview With Fran Connor

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m British living in SW France for the climate and lifestyle.

Two of my novels have been published, I have two more coming out in the new year and I have seven screenplays in my portfolio. Six of my plays have been produced on stage.

I grew up in the North of England and on leaving school worked on the railways before moving to London to join the Civil Service. Looking for a more exciting life I joined a South of England police force and spent thirty three years in that job before retiring and moving to France.

We have a dog, fish and chickens.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have loved books since reading Doctor Doolittle as a child. Wandering around a library as a kid was as good as going to the beach.

I started writing when I moved to France thirteen years ago.

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Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Hemingway is up there as one of the best authors in my opinion but I like so many it is difficult to pick any of them over others.

My interests are in History and I’m a Romantic at heart so much of my work turns out to be Historical Romance. I’m also interested in the two world wars and the Spanish Civil War so these periods feature in much of my work

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book ‘The Devil’s Bridge’ by Fran Connor follows the life of Foxy, a privileged young man from an upper class British background, as he struggles through WW1, the intervening years and then WW2 all the while dogged by a strange presence that saved his life in the trenches. In return for saving him he must now obey its orders. His wife Louise becomes the forfeit if Foxy disobeys the presence. So Foxy has to keep his wife alive and outwit the presence, if he can.

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Featured Interview With Alaina Stanford

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Born in Indiana, raised in Illinois, married in Missouri, spent 2 years in the Utah mountains and now am back in Missouri near the Mississippi River. I have 7 children and a golden retriever named Jack.

I have a vivid imagination that can’t be turned off. Daydreaming is a way of life for me.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I wrote my first story at age 6 and couldn’t stop writing. It didn’t occur to me to publish all my stories until a couple of years ago. My moto is ‘so many books to write, so little time’. I have so many stories on my list to write, I fear I will never finish. lol

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love Terry Brooks and Tolkien. Erma Bombeck is also a favorite humorous author. My favorite genre to write is Paranormal Fantasy although my contemporary suspense series the Rule Series, is my most popular.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My current book is The Power of His Touch, Archangel 2. Archangel is a series detailing how angels have walked the earth since the great battle where Satan was cast out of Heaven. Archangel guide and protect mortals while keeping the demon population in check until the end of days arrives.

The longer an archangel walks the earth, the more human they become. After a millenia with mortals the archangels begin to succumb to human emotions. This is the story of Raphael. Rafi is a healer. His slightest touch can save millions, only this time it’s different. This time he’s fallen in love with the one woman he cannot heal at the center of a global pandemic. Will Rafi risk the lives of millions to stay by her side to protect her?

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