Q: How did you get started in writing thriller suspense novels? I’ve always loved the horror genre, and suspense goes hand in hand with horrors and thrillers. My first novel was a thriller, and it helped me learn what works and doesn’t work when telling a story. Ever since I was 12, I’ve known I wanted to... Continue Reading →
Q: What were some of your favorite songs growing up? One of the main artists I’ve been influenced by since growing up is the very quirky Kate Bush and her song ‘Hounds of Love’. Her lyrics and music always tell a theatrical story filled with emotion. I feel her performances are always captivating which always makes... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing your novel, Christmas in Blue Dog Valley?Annie: During the height of the pandemic. It was such a stress relief for me to be able to sit down at my computer and write about a world I could control! Q: Where do you find inspiration for your writing?Annie: Everywhere. That’s... Continue Reading →
Q: What were some of the tales you were told by your family that were your favorite?The story of my grandfather bringing home his first horseless carriage. The last roundup and cattle drive from the family ranch. The day my grandfather turned on the first electricity at the ranch house. Q: When did you begin... Continue Reading →
Q: How did you get started in writing contemporary romance novels?Once upon a time I wrote historical novels. I finally decided I’m better at writing stories set in my own time period. I still enjoy reading historical romance, but I also really enjoy stories in a contemporary setting. Q: How would you describe your writing... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing stories? I dabbled here and there when I was in high school. This never amounted to more than a collection of unfinished meandering thoughts that I attribute to a combination of ADD which, at the time was unheard of, and a total lack of life experience. It wasn’t until... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories?I wrote my first book in my twenties, when I learned I might lose my job. I thought I’d make some quick cash and be done with it, but instead, I fell into a wonderful longtime career. Q: What was the name of your first book?Mountain Home, under... Continue Reading →
River of Ashes by Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Astor August 1-31, 2022 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: *Apple’s Most Anticipated Books for Summer in Mysteries & Thrillers* SOME TRUTHS ARE BETTER KEPT SECRET. SOME SECRETS ARE BETTER OFF DEAD. Along the banks of the Bogue Falaya River, sits the abandoned St. Francis Seminary. Beneath a canopy... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing The Jackrabbit Junction Mystery series? A long, long time ago, back in 2001, I wrote the manuscript for Dance of the Winnebagos (Book 1). However, then I ended up rewriting a different book and didn’t get back to the Book 1 until around 2004. I started shipping the manuscript to agents... 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 →
Q: What themes can be found in your latest release, Second Chance Christmas? As the title suggests, the main theme is second chances, but there’s also a strong theme of redemption running throughout the book. Q: How would you describe the heroine?Quirky Jana is tough as nails but has a heart of gold that she’s afraid to... Continue Reading →
https://www.karenschaler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Karen-Schaler-Headshot-310px-TINY.jpg Writer of Netflix Hit A Christmas Prince Karen Schaler shares her holiday survival tipsinspired by her latest Hallmark Christmas movie Christmas Camp and her new novelFinding Christmas. Ready or not, Christmas movie marathons are starting up earlier than ever this year, evenbefore Halloween. The same thing is happening in stores across the country where... Continue Reading →
How did you get your nickname “Christmas Karen?” After I wrote my first movie, the Netflix original ‘A Christmas Prince’ that became an instant holiday hit with two sequels, I went on to write three more Christmas movies for Hallmark and Lifetime, and three Christmas books for HarperCollins Publishers in 18 months. I also trademarked... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing your novel, When Sparks Fly?This book had a more interesting writing timeline than usual! I began writing it in the spring of 2021 for a late winter release. Then my 95-year-old mom fell ill, and after a brief illness, passed away last June. My writing ground to a halt,... 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 decide to write novels? Around turning 30, I was working at the local newspaper and starting to itch for a bigger challenge, but I knew that national journalism didn't really interest me either. After playing around with a Bridget Jones spoof for an advertising supplement, something clicked, and I realized I wanted... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories? I’ve always written stories—even before I knew how to write! I used to dictate stories to my mom and have her write them down for me. And then I never stopped…although now I write them myself instead of asking my mom to do it. Q: What was... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories?I wrote my first story for a Young Author’s contest in the fourth grade, at age nine. It wascalled ‘Every Step of the Way’ and dealt with the loss of a pet. But I started for realabout 11 years ago. Q: What was the name of your first... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories?I wrote my first story when I was in first grade, at the ripe old age of 6. It was about aliens trying to steal the character's skin, and she outwitted them by giving them a piece of colored paper instead. My mom still has it somewhere. For... Continue Reading →
Q: Where do you find inspiration for your writing? GS: For Ruthless, I drew several places. The feral cats on our property, plus, a tad bit from Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast (only the beast is also the beauty). Q: Tell us, readers, what your novel, Ruthless, is about. GS: The heroine is... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories?Almost as early as I can remember holding a pen. I remember storytelling being a thing for me extremely early on. My mom was always an avid reader, so we read a lot of books. She would buy me journals and that was where I would start writing... 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: What was the first story that you wrote?My first full-length novel, Enticement, was published in 2000. It was a mystery involving some olddiaries, with a dual timeline in modern London and Occupied France. Q: You are well-known for your amazing historical fiction novels. How did you get into this genre?I love history, and I’ve... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories? A: I was always a good student, but writing wasn’t even on my radar until I was in my early thirties. I was an avid romance reader all through my twenties, thanks to my mom sharing all her books with me. I was always the person who... 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 decide to become a writer? Why write an eco-thriller? A: My mother was a high school English teacher, the result of which meant that growing up (in rural northern Idaho) my grammar was practically flawless. She had this glass pickle jar which she labeled the grammar jar, and even my friends had... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories?I began writing short stories in my senior English class, but it was until 2010 that I started writing with hopes of publication. Q: What was the name of your first book?Living Lies, the first in my Harbored Secret series. Q: How did you get into the romantic... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories?I was around ten when, inspired by the Hardy Boy mysteries I read, I decided to write a mystery starring me, my sister, and my cousin as the detectives to solve the crime. The book, still and forever unfinished, is on a shelf around here somewhere. I’ve been... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you first begin writing stories?My eighth-grade English class thought it would be cool to skip over the same old lectures aboutRomeo and Juliet and instead have us tackle the task of writing our own children’s books. Theywere right, it was super cool. I partnered with a girl who loved to draw, and... 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&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: When did first come up with the idea for your novel, The Sunken City? I've always had an obsession with the water; I grew up in Chicago, next to Lake Michigan, and I was a competitive springboard diver for a long time. The idea for this novel was born over twenty years ago, when I wrote... Continue Reading →
Q: What was the first book that you have written and published? My first book was The Devil's Love, a Regency-era book about a forced marriage. That book was published in 1997 and is still available today. Q: Which of your smaller characters did you enjoy creating the most in your new release, The Last Duke Standing? There... 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? The Lake Templeton Murders, a Fati Rizvi Private Investigator Murder Mystery. Q: When did you get started as a writer? In some way, I have always been a writer. When I was in middle school, I wrote in longhand a series of stories... Continue Reading →
Q: What inspired you to create your novel, Summoner of Sleep? I’ve always been interested by the mysterious nature of dreams, which is why they are prevalentin all my stories. I guess you could say that my dreams inspired me to write this book. Q: What themes will readers find out in your book? Summoner of... Continue Reading →
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