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 →
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 →
Q: Choose three words to describe your writing style.Immersive, Accessible, Aspirational Q: How did your career as a dancer influence your writing? Besides the obvious—since this novel is all about dancers—the creativity and work involved increating dance numbers is not unlike writing a novel. It starts with an idea, but then takes hours,weeks, months to bring... Continue Reading →
Q: Choose three words to describe your writing style.When writing for children my writing style is creative, imaginative, and free-spirited. I love writing from thethe perspective of the child. Their world is full of so much wonder and I really enjoy writing in thisgenre. Q: What inspired you to create this story? The series was inspired... Continue Reading →
Q&A WITH TRAE STRATTON Q: What is the name of your upcoming release?A: The name of my new novel is THUNDER PEAK. It is Book I of a Trilogy called The TammChronicles. Q: How many books have your written so far?A: This is my second novel. The first was a New Adult/Family Saga called TO... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Preslaysa Williams Q: How did you go from acting to becoming a full-time writer? I started acting when I was very young. I spent most of my childhood and teen years going on auditions after school. Acting played a huge part in my childhood. I was always an avid reader, but I didn’t... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Anna J. Walner Q: How long did it take to write your debut novel, Garkain? From start to polish and publishing, I would say a little over four months The other books in the series were much quicker to write, already having that foundation. Building the character’s backstory was the most crucial part... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Kimberley Cetron Q: What inspired you to create your latest work, Fractals? When we are talking about the book, people usually ask me to explain what a fractal is. Fractals are patterns, and they are everywhere. The easiest places to see them and understand them are in nature and in our bodies,... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Jennifer Lieberman Q: What inspired you to create your latest work, Year of the What? My novel Year of the What? was originally a solo show entitled Year of the Slut. When I first moved to Los Angeles a friend suggested I write myself a vehicle and invite talent agents, producers, directors... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you decide to become a writer?I enjoyed writing in high school, but didn’t consistently practice the craft until my thirties. I began writing and submitting human interest pieces with photos to newspapers in the mid-eighties. That grew into submitting narrative essays and being a regular contributor for a regional magazine. I don’t... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you decide to become a archeological sci-fi writer? I grew up fairly isolated, and found company in imaginary worlds. Speculative fiction was the first genre where I saw characters like myself as well. My search for community and story brought me to my career as an archaeologist. Sci-fi and fantasy is a... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Eloisa James Q: When did you begin writing your latest release, Wilde Child? I The pandemic and Wilde Child sprang into life together: shut into an apartment in New York City, with the sirens screaming by on Broadway, I created a world that was funny, sexy, & thoughtful—and had nothing to do with grief. Q: What... Continue Reading →
Author Anne Gordon Q&A with Jennifer Anne Gordon Q: When did you decide to become a gothic horror writer? I don’t think I went into this thinking that I would be only Gothic Horror all the time, though Gothic fiction is my favorite to read. I think of myself not just as Gothic Horror, but... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author J.E. McDonald Q: When did you begin writing your novel, Ghost of an Enchantment? I started writing it in early 2020, right before the first major wave of the pandemic hit North America. Q: When will your novel release? It was released on January 26th of 2021. Q: What was the journey like for... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you begin writing stories? My imagination has run wild with stories since I was a little girl, but it wasn’t until 2010 that I had the confidence to begin writing them down. Q: When did you publish your first novel? September, 2012. Q: How many books have you published so far? Seven.... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you publish your first book? My first book was Dragonflies Are Amazing, published in 2006 with Scholastic Education Canada. I went on to have more than 40 children’s books traditionally published, but that’s still one of my favourites. Q: What led you to the path of becoming an author? I think there’s... Continue Reading →
Q: When did you write your first book? I wrote my first book while living on Maui. This was back before Amazon and in the era of bookstores. As it happened, there was one bookstore (Waldenbooks) on our side of the island. I had been a romance reader for a very long time (and still... Continue Reading →
Q: What is considered light romantic suspense? A light romantic suspense, to me at least, means that the suspense element doesn’t have quite as large a role to play in the story as it would in a full-on romantic suspense. Because NO PLACE LIKE HOME is a novella, and significantly shorter than my usual full-length... Continue Reading →
Author Interview with Melinda Curtis Q: When did you begin writing stories? I always loved to write stories in school, but I began to seriously pursue writing about twenty years ago (which makes me sound long in the tooth – gah!). Q: Which of your books was the easiest to write? My most recent Christmas... Continue Reading →
Author Interview with Ann Charles Q: When did you write your first book? I read a lot of romance novels back in the mid 1990's and decided I wanted to write something with a good dose of humor and romance, so I hand-wrote my first story. It was definitely a “first” book with too many... Continue Reading →
Author Interview with Christie Stratos Q: When did you write your first book? I wrote my first “official” book for publication, Anatomy of a Darkened Heart, from 2014 to 2015, and it was published in 2015. But I wrote my first ever full-length novel when I was in middle school, then a second in high... Continue Reading →
ULM: When did you start planning your latest release, Love & Homegrown Magic? PB: The central idea for this novel came to me in 2017, and together with a working title of “Daughters of the Bride,” they stewed in my head until the spring of 2019 when I began writing the first draft. ULM: What was... Continue Reading →
Author Interview with Miranda Oh Q: When did you write your first book? I started my writing journey back in 2015/2016 I was roughly 25 years old when I put “pen to paper per say” Q: Which of your books was the easiest to write? I can confidently say that the third book I wrote... Continue Reading →
ULM: Do you have a new release coming up? If so, can you share with us readers what it is? PB: Thank you, Danielle, so glad you ask! My current WIP is a philosophical fiction entitled “Daughters of the Bride: love and homegrown magic,” slated for publication on Halloween 2020, a night which will also... Continue Reading →
Book description WITNESS PROTECTION WIDOW: Can the witness protection program keep her identity secret?After Allison James finally escapes her marriage to a monster, she becomes the star witness in the case against her deceased husband’s powerful crime family. Now it’s up to US Marshal Jaxson Stevens, Ali’s ex-boyfriend, to keep the WITSEC widow safe. But... Continue Reading →
What is your favorite scene in Never Trust a Pirate? I truly do love the whole book but I think everything that happens after they get on the ship is especially fun. The book is sort of pre-ship and post-ship.What's your favorite underappreciated romance novel?One of my favorite romances ever is Dark Future by KC... Continue Reading →
There are many endless ways for writers to tell a story. For that group of writers, who are fascinated by the stories that comprise our past, that is doubly true. These stories that make up our history can be told by simply stating the facts, or at least stating them as perceived by the writer,... Continue Reading →
Inspiration by Andie Newton Ten years ago, I wrote the first words of my debut novel The Girl I Left Behind. I never thought I’d write a novel. Ever. One day I caught a documentary on the History Channel about Nuremberg’s historic Kunst bunker, a secret art bunker the townsfolk hid from Hitler, and I... Continue Reading →
Keepin’ It Real by Gill Paul Life is short and the TBR pile is high, so if I get 50 pages in to a novel and don’t care what happens next, I will abandon it without any scruples. And as a novelist myself, I always ask the question: what will make my readers want... Continue Reading →
About the Author She was born into a spiritual family, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From an early age, due to her extreme sensitivity, she has been in contact with the spiritual world. Throughout my existence, with the help of her spirit friends, she has developed her psychic abilities—learning how to... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: When Darcie and Walter Goodwin hear of a new cholera epidemic sweeping the area, they join the Shakers whose villages seem immune to the disease. It's meant to be a temporary stay, but Walter is killed in a riverboat accident. With no family and no money, Darcie has little choice but... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Four women captured King Solomon's heart in different ways, and he indulges his desires despite warnings. For all his wisdom, did Solomon or the women he loved ever find what they were searching for? Rating: 4-starsReview:The Heart of a King by Jill Eileen Smith is an interesting tale on King Solomon... Continue Reading →
ULM: What inspired the Under the Table plot? The urge to grow as a writer mostly. My last three novels featured guys that had more alpha male characteristics. I wanted to flip that script and create some badass women instead. Ladies who were capable and not necessarily in need of any rescuing, even as they were... Continue Reading →
Author Interview UBR: Can you briefly tell us, readers, what your debut novel, Death’s Kiss, is about? RK: Death's Kiss is a character-driven dystopian story set 38 years later after the Blackack virus ravaged the world, killing everyone who was older than 21 years old. The story revolves around the lives of Yuri and Ryoma... Continue Reading →
Lynette Eason grew up in Greenville, SC. She graduated from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and then obtained her masters in education from Converse College. Author of twenty inspirational romantic suspense books, she is also a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and Romance Writers of America (RWA). In 1996, Lynette married... Continue Reading →
Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling, award winning author of fiction and non-fiction books about the Old Order Amish for Revell Books, host of the radio-show-turned-blog Amish Wisdom, a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazine. Her interest in the Amish began with her grandfather, who was raised Plain. A theme in her... Continue Reading →
About the Author Laura Frantz is a Christy Award finalist and the ECPA bestselling author of several books, including The Frontiersman’s Daughter, Courting Morrow Little, The Colonel’s Lady, and The Lacemaker. She lives and writes in a log cabin in the heart of Kentucky. Learn more at http://www.laurafrantz.net. Author... Continue Reading →
Erin Bartels has been a publishing professional for more than fifteen years. Her short story “This Elegant Ruin” was a finalist in the Saturday Evening Post 2014 Great American Fiction Contest. A freelance writer and editor, she is a member of Capital City Writers and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and is former features... Continue Reading →
The Inspiration By Patricia Ravasio The inspiration for my book The Girl from Spaceship Earth is the wisdom of a genius who has been called the Leonardo da Vinci of the twentieth century. I was an eleven-year-old freckle-faced kid in 1969 when I first encountered Buckminster Fuller at one of his famous World Game lectures... Continue Reading →
ULM: When did you first begin your writing career? AT: My mom was a published poet, and when she passed away a few years ago, I really started to feel that time was of the essence. I knew that if I was going to embark on this second career of mine, I’d better get started.... Continue Reading →
You Are a Real Character by Elyse Douglas A young teacher at a small town high school—married, in her 20’s, with aspirations to become a television journalist—was accused of murdering her husband. In the weeks before her arrest, she appeared on television several times, making emotional pleas, asking anyone with knowledge of the murder to... Continue Reading →
Meet Author Russ Colchamiro ULM: What lured you into the sci-fi genre? A: I’ve always been a scifi fan, but as a writer it evolved organically. I like to tell wild, expansive stories that challenge our beliefs of the Universe while also connecting with characters on a personal level, juxtaposing the struggles of their... Continue Reading →
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