Category Archives: Author
DARREN HOBSON: I WRITE POETRY ABOUT CATS WHO HAVE TAILS
Darren Hobson’s Poetry Tails were published in September. Our next feature author is very interesting person as you will see during the interview. He;s got very strong personal opinion, which heavy influenced his writings.
– What is your book Poetry tails about?
– My book is what it says on the label, a book of poetry, a collection of poetry to be correct, obviously it is spelt incorrectly because I play with words, I write a lot of poetry about cats who have tails, and that is why on the cover there is a tail!
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TINSLEY COLLINS: I HAVE CHURNED OUT SOME OF MY BEST WORK WRAPPED IN A BLANKET
Tinsley Collins is a British author with two published books Séance and The Guru Game. Both novels received very nice feedback. Our next guest has interesting adventures with publishers and was kind to share them with us.
– Tinsley, what is your book Séance about?
– In a way it’s best for me to start with the blurb on the back of the book:
Two séances, two love stories and two killers linked across time by a single journal. In 1890s Shoreditch, Mary typesets her journal hoping that one day someone will read it and discover the terrifying truth behind the facade of her marriage and her fears as to who her husband might be. In 1990’s Notting Hill, Theo, the painfully shy owner of a London bookshop discovers it just before attending a séance with a girl with whom he is secretly in love. Neither Mary nor Theo are prepared for the events that follow or the ties that will bind then across a hundred years. Set in modern Notting Hill against the backdrop of a John Christie copy cat murder, Séance is both an intriguing murder mystery and a haunting love story.
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J. S. COLLYER: I WRITE FOR FUN
J.S. Collyer’s first published novel is on the marker since August. She is a sci-fi author, who loves Star Wars. The readers valuated very high Zero: An Orbit Novel (av. 4.8 stars from 6 reviews in Amazon). Let’s hear from our next gust more about the book.
– What is your book Zero: An Orbit Novel about?
– Zero is set in our own future and is about Kaleb Hugo, an officer in the military establishment who becomes re-assigned to an undercover ship with an unruly crew called the Zero. The Zero’s undercover missions soon uncover corruption and political plans that threaten the lives of millions. Hugo often wishes he’d never found out about these underground and fractious levels of his society, but knows he cannot ignore the rising tide of threat and war that his crew are caught right in the middle of.
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SARAH J. PEPPER: I LIVE IN A FANTASY REALM THAT IS “MY IMAGINATION”
Locks: Rapunzel Unhinged was published in late June by Sarah J. Pepper. It was another novel by the master of paranormal romance that received very good feedback from readers (av. 4.5 stars in Amazon from 13 reviews). It’s time for our next round of Q&A.
– Sarah, What is your book Locks: Rapunzel Unhinged about?
– It is a modern day story about Rapunzel. But she’s not your stereotypical damsel in distress.
– How did you decide to write the story?
– I was actually trying to write a story about Tinkerbell but I kept imagining this rocker girl with a BA haircut and she simply refused to let me write about Tink. She had an attitude that I couldn’t ignore.
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KIM SMITH: AN UNEXPECTED PERFORMANCE IS TIMELESS STORY
Kim Smith is the author of YA novel An Unexpected Performance. She is a master of short stories. Let’s hear from our next guest more about her writings.
– What is your last book An Unexpected Performance about?
– Two kids taking drama class at Broken Branch High School decide to try for their teacher’s award for excellence. They are warned by Mrs. Mac, the drama teacher, not to mess with her ‘special’ mirror. When they figure it can’t hurt to try the mirror’s magic, it sends them back to the era of their play where they have to perform using all their drama training. Will it be enough to keep them alive?
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RICHARD FARR: I’M WRITING THE SEQUEL TO THE FIRE SEEKERS
Richard Farr’s The Fire Seekers is the first part of Babel Trilogy. The official release of the book was yesterday, November 1. The novel finished 6th place at our Monthly Top 10 Amazon Bestsellers list for October. The pre-sales were very strong and we wish to our next featured guest to produce many more hits.
– The Fire Seekers is one of the hottest titles in Amazon. What the readers will find inside?
– It’s billed as a “young adult thriller,” but one reader said it’s more like “Dan Brown meets Umberto Eco.” A teen hero must try to understand the relationship between a set of strange disappearances and an ancient warning found in the ruins of the Tower of Babel.
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PETRA DURST-BENNING: I LIKE TO LAUGH, TO LOVE AND TO LIVE
Petra Durst-Benning’s English language debut is amazing. Her Novel The Glassblower reached Top 3 in Amazon’s best selling ranks just week before it’s official premiere, set for November 1. The readers gave very positive opinions for the book (av. 4.4 stars from 565 reviews). Petra will be our special guest just a day before the official release.
– Your last book The Glassblower is an English language debut for you. Tell us more about the novel?
– It is a story about three sisters who have to deal with life on their own, after their father’s sudden death. They live in a little German village high up in the mountains, it is calles Lauscha. There people have lived for hundreds of years from the art of blowing glass. They made glasses, glass pearls, glass animals and other things out of glass.
The problem is: Only men are allowed to blow glass. The woman traditionally decorated or painted it. So … after the death of their father my three sisters – Johanna, Marie and Ruth – were practically penniless. In order to survive they had to break the age-old privilege of men …
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HOLLY ROBINSON: WRITERS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS CULTURAL HISTORIANS
Holly Robinson’s last book Beach Plum Island was published in the spring. The novel was well received (av. 4.6 stars from 72 Amazon reviews). Our next feature author says in the very first sentence of her bio that she never meant to be a writer. Well, sometimes the fate has other plans. It’s time for our next portion of Q&A.
– What is your last book, Beach Plum Island, about?
– The events in BEACH PLUM ISLAND are set in motion when a dying father makes a mysterious request: he wants his daughters to find a brother they never knew they had, and tell their brother “the truth.” The three sisters are stunned by this revelation. What brother? What truth? As they set out on a quest to uncover the answers, they unravel a series of haunting family secrets, and in the process must examine their own lives.
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DUSTIN STEVENS: MOTIVE IS A POLITICAL-MURDER-MYSTERY THRILLER
Dustin Stevens is a very productive writer. His books are perfectly rated by readers in Amazon. His last one Motive was published on October 10 and we’ve got a chance to take a closer look around the novel thanks to the author himself.
– What is your last book Motive about?
– Motive is a combination political/medical thriller/murder-mystery set in Honolulu. The few short paragraphs that summarize it best would be:
Just months before Hawaii’s gubernatorial primary election, a body is found on the floor of the open air capitol, a macabre scene specifically manipulated to draw attention to a sitting governor with waning political support. Frantic, he calls on the Honolulu Chief of Police Walter Tseng, demanding that the perpetrator be brought to justice as swiftly and silently as possible, fearful a scandal might destroy whatever chance he still has at gaining re-election.
Blackmailed into complicity and unable to draw from his active force, Tseng calls in Kalani Lewis, a young detective three months off the job. Still battling her own demons from an investigation that resulted in the death of her partner, Kalani is forced back into action, pulled into a life she isn’t certain she still wants to be a part of, a family friend that was once a military policeman and now a full-time surfer as her only support.
Inch by inch they work their way through the investigation, navigating mounting crime scenes and intense bureaucratic pressures as the election looms ever closer, the killer growing more emboldened by the day…
– How did you decide to write the story?
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AIOFE MARIE SHERIDAN: I WOULD LOVE TO BE A MIND READER
Aoife Marie Sheridan started Saskia Trilogy with the first book Eden Forest. It was her debut novel. She has three other books already published, but let’s turn back the time and hear from the author more about Eden Forest.
– What is your book Eden Forest about?
– Sarajane Anderson is your regular twenty-one year old with family, friends and a normal job. She also happens to be the only person who can save Saskia, a parallel world to earth. When Sarajane is taken to Saskia, she could never have imagined the reality of the world that she is stepping into- a world where magical abilities are in everyone’s possession. She must face a father she never knew, a world that is beyond her belief, a guardian who captures her heart; and a darkness that wants to take it. On her journey, Sarajane discovers her magical abilities, and realizes too that they come with a price. Sarajane is truly tested as her own loved ones are put at risk- the ultimate question she is forced to ask herself is, how do you choose who lives and who dies?
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