Synopsis: This new novel from an Aurora Award-winning author presents a sci-fi caper of high-stakes interstellar travel.More than a century ago, the network of MASTTs, the space-time tunnels that made interstellar travel possible, violently collapsed, the backlash destroying a lot of the solar system’s space-based infrastructure. Cooper “Coop” Douglas, a thief and conman is in... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you decide to become a writer?I can honestly say that even as a small child, listening to my parents reading me bedtime stories, I always knew I wanted to be a storyteller. If I had to put ma pin into the very time that I knew that’s what I wanted to do... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you decide to write your book? The idea for Ghost Mark struck when I was writing the first book in the Dark Dreams series. I knew there was more than one book right away because the concept of a woman who can see into the past has so many possibilities. I also... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you decide to become a writer? I've always loved to read and writing grew from that. When I was twelve I sent a children's book to a publisher, it didn't get picked up surprisingly, but I suppose that would be the moment where I made a conscious decision to write. Q: What... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you decide to become a writer? I have loved literature, both stories and poetry, from a very young age. Over twenty years ago I felt a strong urge to write. I started writing “cowboy” poems and performed with my husband, Alf Epp, at the Maple Creek Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Alf would sing... Continue Reading →
Q: Which do you enjoy doing more: writing books, singing, or songwriting? Singing is my first love and being able to share a heartfelt story that could possibly make the difference for someone in their life, is my path and purpose. Writing my book was an outgrowth of my years of performing, touring and just... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: This powerful new cozy mystery series from critically acclaimed, award-winning, and bestselling author Krista Lockheart will have you smiling as it challenges your mind and warms your heart!WARNING: super cute animals will leave you utterly charmed!If you love animals, THIS book is for YOU!Ant, the irresistible Chihuahua, is more than a main character.Read how he steals the show, just... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: The house was his, an unwanted and unwelcome inheritance. As a child, Tyler Torrence spent many miserable hours beneath its roof, hating his grandfather and the man’s housekeeper, Mrs. Waites. His only escape during those visits had been via the impossible bottles created by his granddad; bottles holding miniature worlds in which he could... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: 'My Sister, My Self' provides you with powerful tools to come to terms with a challenging sister relationship, make sense of your need to depend on or control others, and recognize how your sister role influences your interactions with friends and colleagues. Rating: 3.5-stars Review: My Sister, My Self by Vikki Stark is a... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: An unexpected time travel tale. When Carla Thompson falls asleep and doesn't wake up, she is shocked to discover what destiny has in store for her. Suspended between two worlds, she meets Isambard Brunel, the legendary eighteenth-century civil engineer, who built the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, and who now serves as the... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Olympian Passion is the first book in the Olympian trilogy, by romance author Andrya Bailey. Sabrina, a Classical Studies graduate student, is excited to be accepted for a summer internship at the Fine Arts Museum. When she meets stunning Greek archaeologist and scholar Nikos Soulis, who will spend two months overseeing the museum's new... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: What if your lifelong curse is the only thing keeping you alive? Abandoned at birth, life has always been a battle for Jane Walker. She and her best friend, Sadie, spent years fighting to survive Vancouver’s cutthroat underbelly. That would have been tough enough without Jane’s mysterious afflictions: an intricate pattern of blood-red birthmarks that... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Major Rake Ozenna faces dangerous choices and deadly consequences in this rip-roaring political thriller that takes you from the ice islands of Finland to the bustling streets of Tokyo via Russia and the White House . . . Buckle up, this is a thrilling ride! Major Rake Ozenna's mission is simple: gain access to... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing “The Phoenix Career Principles”?It’s basically a re-vision of my first book, “The Corporate Phoenix”, which was published in 2019. The response was gratifyingly positive, and because so many asked and encouraged me to expand and update the message of the book, in June 2021 I decided to add more depth and... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Decades after a cataclysmic nuclear war, Ghanaian scientists develop technology that store consciousness onto data orbs called retcons. Seventeen-year-old forensic specialist, Feeni Xo, is a Enhuman (a radiation-enhanced metabolic human) that, similar to a vampire, need blood for sustenance. Through a game called the House of Oware, Feeni discovers that the virtual construct is... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing The Legend of Sarah Press? About 1986 or 7, when my son was still in high school. Q: What inspired you to write the novel? I could see that there were two distinct groups in the school, the "nerds", and everybody else, and the two groups didn't interact very... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing your book? June 2018 Q:How did your careers help shape your writing? Writing is a gift. Creating poetry was my first love. I have enjoyed writing since a young child. I can't say that my careers have particularly assisted in my writing career, it's just something I have always been fond of. ... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin to write your first story?I was a big Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew fan in elementary school so in third grade, I started writing short story adventures about a girl being where she shouldn’t be and getting into trouble, just like my book idols. The stories weren’t very good, but... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing fiction?In the mid-1990s, I was the BBC’s Bureau Chief in Beijing. China was a fascinating assignment, a vast country waking up and turning itself into the factory of the world, building cityscapes, freeways, high speed rail and everything that makes up the glitter of the modern China we see... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you write your first novel? What was it about?For my first novel I had the luck to go to an old farmhouse in Poland, far away from the next dwelling.The key I got from a friend, she ran a used and new books store. The place had no electricity or running water,... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin to write your first story? When I was a kid! I used to write stories all the time as a child. If you’re asking about stories that someone other than my mom would read, however, I self-published my first book at age forty. Q: Did your careers help shape your... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing the first novel in a series, Hell Spawn? I believe it was in 2017, somewhere in the fall. I know this mostly because there was an incident in the news that inspired a subplot in the novel. Q: How many books have you written for the NYPD Detective Thomas Nolan... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing horror stories?First, I’d like to thank you for having me!When I was eight or nine years old. A friend named Johnny Bryant and I used to makecomic books back in Elementary School. At the time I made King Kong and Godzillastories. It didn’t get serious until after 1995,... Continue Reading →
Q: How did you get started in writing horror and suspense?I’ve always been a reader of the genre, but it took me a while to find my footing in horror. Ithought I wanted to write literary fiction, and it wasn’t until I was about age thirty that I realizedOH I’m a horror writer! Everything I... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing your debut memoir, Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It’s the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike?In 2016 the buzz was all about blogs, so I thought that instead of handwriting journal entries, as I usually did when traveling, I would try posting blog entries while on my Camino. I set up... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Mack Little Q: When did you first begin writing stories? I remember the first story I attempted to write was a book on the Atlanta child murders. I was twelve and those events were unfolding in real-time. But that as with all of my stories for the next thirty years I never... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author JE McDonald Q: When did you first begin writing stories? I’ve always been creating stories in my head. Being the youngest of five children, it was just a great way to deal with being ignored half the time LOL. As for writing with the intent to publish, that started about ten years... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author J Lynn Else Q: When did you first begin writing stories?I’ve always loved stories and books. I must have started writing more seriously in middle school, ‘seriously’ meaning that people started noticing, as a friend gifted me with a blank book “for all the future stories I would write.” I never really... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Diane Bator Q: When did you first begin writing stories? I have always been a storyteller/writer from when I was little. I put the stories away for a while before my kids were born then started writing again while I was home with them. In fact, I still have a few poems... Continue Reading →
Q: How did you get into dentistry? My undergraduate degree was biology and from there I continued my education at the University of Texas Dental Branch and received a doctorate degree in 1992. My husband and I bought a dental practice in 1993 in Sugar Land, Texas and we have been in private practice since... Continue Reading →
Meet Author Richard H. Stephens Q: How old were you when you first started to write? What was the names of that first story?I was 9-years-old. Because of my love of Hardy Boys’ books, I decided to write something similar. I combined my last name with my best friend’s last name and called the book:... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author VK Tritschler Q: What was the first book that you have written and published? The very first book I wrote and published was The Secret Life of Sarah Meads – a romcom exploration of a woman who experiences mental health issues post the discovery of her husband’s affair, and the resulting attraction... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Poet Zaira Pirzada Q: What was the first poem that you have written and published? The first poem that I ever wrote was when I was in elementary school. The only time I ever published anything (my poetry collection, Qurbaan) was with Lucid House Publishing. Q: When did you get started as a writer? ... Continue Reading →
Q: What was the first book that you have published? My first novel was The All-Night Sun (Random House, 2020). The story follows Lauren Cress, a young adjunct professor who has long been grieving the deaths of her parents alone. After an international student named Siri joins her class, the two bond quickly over loss,... Continue Reading →
Q: What was the first book that you have written and published? My first book was "Catalyst (Heart of the Inferno Series: Book I)" and it is the first of a planned four-book series! It's a dark mafia thriller-romance, with some mystery elements that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Q: When... Continue Reading →
Q: When is your debut book, The Big Power of Tiny Connections, release? The book was released 1/1/2022. Wanted the start the new year with a book...not a bang! Q: When did you get started in writing your debut book? The fall of 2019. Q: What does an executive coach and corporate trainer do? When I'm coaching,... Continue Reading →
Q: What was the first book that you have written and published? When America Fell Silent was published in August of 2019. It follows the story of a tyrannical First Daughter who overthrows the government after the assassination of her parents on Inauguration Day, and the martial law that ensues. Q: When did you get started... Continue Reading →
Q&A for Author Anne Scottlin Q: What was the first book that you have written and published? Live for Joy! Hit #1 Best Seller on Amazon in November 2021 Q: When did you get started as a writer? I was writing stories and plays by age 10. I had a fantastic writing teacher in high... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author D.A. Andrews Q: What was the first book that you have written and published? The first book I wrote and published is called To Fight Fire with Sun. I wrote it last year in about a month after my best friend, Alexander passed away. Q: When did you get started as a... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Mandy Eve-Barnett Q: What was the first book you wrote and published? There are two answers to this question. My children’s picture book entitled Rumble’s First Scare was my first venture into publishing in 2011. It propelled me into sharing my stories. I have since published eight more books, covering several genres... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Terry Sheppard Q: How old were you when you began to write stories? Our 6th grade class produced a stage play I wrote. It was a comedy about being lost in th desert, very Python-esque before Python existed. I had terrible handwriting so the most important life skill I learned was how to... Continue Reading →
Q&A for Author Sasscer Hill Q: What was the first book that you have written and published? Full Mortality Q: When did you get started as a writer? I never thought of myself as a writer until I was about ten. As a child I loved horses, action, and adventure, and quickly discovered Walter Farley’s Black... Continue Reading →
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