Category Archives: Author
CHARITY ANGEL: HEALING IS MUCH LIKE AN ONION
Charity Angel’s last book Mending Angel’s Wings was released in July. The novel was based on a true story. It was her second book. Let’s make another Q&A adventure with our next feature author.
– What is your last book Mending Angel’s Wings: Based on a True Story about?
– My latest book Mending Angel’s Wings is based on a true story. This book is the first book in a series. Each book in the series will take the reader deeper into the life and experiences of “Angelica”. Angelia is on a journey, much like the one that each and everyone of us is on. She is trying to discover what her destiny is. She is looking for the man that will be her equal in all things. On her journey, she encounters many trials, tests and tribulations. She is given the gift of her inner voice and a spirit guide by the Creator to make through this life. Whether or not she will make it through everything that lies in front of her or not is the question that still needs to be answered.
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CHRISTINE FINLAYSON: IT’S SO MUCH FUN TO CREATE, WHETHER THROUGH WRITING, ART OR MUSIC
Christine Finlayson is a professional editor and author of mystery novel Tip of a Bone (4.7 av. stars from 26 Amazon reviews!). She worked as water scientist, but now is concentrating more on writing. Our next feature author is avid photographer, but let’s hear from her more about the book.
– What is your last book, Tip of a Bone, about?
– Tip of a Bone is the story of a young woman who finds her brother in dangerous waters:
Hidden bones, a missing eco-activist, and a deadly fire? It’s not what Maya Rivers expected when she moved to the coastal town of Newport, Oregon, seeking a fresh start and a reunion with her brother, Harley. Yet when Harley is accused of an unthinkable crime, Maya insists on playing amateur sleuth. She soon discovers an eerie clue . . . but the closer she gets to the truth, the closer a murderer follows.
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RICK SOPER: I STARTED WRITING BECAUSE I WAS FRUSTRATED WITH CERTAIN “POPULAR” AUTHORS
Rick Soper is kind of guest that every interviewer would like to have. He loves to answer deeply to all kind of questions. The author of The Rock Series was a TV producer, who turned to a financial adviser. To write is kind of hobby for him, but with so many published books, he is developing as one of the quality members of the indie authors industry.
– Hi Rick, what is your book the Stage about?
– The Stage is the third book in my Rock Series of novels. There are multiple story lines in the Rock Series and the Stage is where everything comes together. The band formed in The Rock Star is playing the concert that will be hacked across the world. The Russians are working to make sure the concert goes off without a hitch. Gabriel is striking back against the secret group.
FBI Agents Stevens and Harris are working with local Sheriff Ken Dalton to make sense of the murders, kidnappings, and shootings that have been destroying the calm of vacation destination Monterey, California. While behind the scenes strings are being pulled that will bring it all to a shocking conclusion.
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AMY METZ: THE BOOK CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON MY FAMILY MEMBERS
Amy Metz published her book Murder & Mayhem in 2012. The mystery crime novel became a big hit. Now she is relaunching the book as a self-publisher. For the quality of her writings speaks 125 reviews in Amazon with average rating of 4.3!
– What is your book Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction about?
– Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction is based on a murder from the 1930s that was never solved, so Tess, my main character in the present day, tries to solve it. Most chapters in the book start in the 1930s time frame and segue to the present day, where Tess has moved into the former house of the murder victim (who, coincidentally, was her boss’s father), and she finds a mysterious key. Murder & mayhem ensue as she investigates the unsolved murder. There’s a mystery, a little bit of romance, and a lot of southern humor.
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CAMERON CONAWAY: MALARIA KILLS 627,000 OF US EACH YEAR
Cameron Conaway is a very unique combination of poetry author and MMA fighter. His book Malaria, Poems was dedicated to the global problem. Let’s learn something more about Cameron and his works!
– What are your last two books — Until You Make the Shore and Malaria, Poems — about?
– Until You Make the Shore grew from my experiences teaching creative writing in the Pima County Juvenile Detention in Tucson, Arizona. I studied criminal justice at Penn State Altoona and knew fairly well the absurdities of our system, so when I went to graduate school to study poetry I felt the need to help our youth by using whatever tools I had. Writing had been transformative in my life so I tried to extract those lessons and share them. The book, told through the voices of four fictionalized female juveniles, seeks to expose some of the madness while layering it with hope.
Malaria, Poems was a result of working with the Wellcome Trust in London and with the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok. Again, it was a matter of recognizing a global problem and seeing if I was in an environment or had any tools to try to help in some regard. After much pondering around the question, Can Poetry Help End Malaria?, I decided to go for it. The result is the first contemporary book of poetry about malaria’s impact on the world.
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REALLY RASHIDA: I WILL ALWAYS PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO MY WRITING
Rashida Willliams is writing under the pseudonym Really Rashida. Her last book No Sister Of Mine was released few weeks ago. She also has another novel Toxic, which premiered in 2013. Let’s learn something more about another young author in the next Q&A.
– What is your last book No Sister Of Mine about?
– No Sister Of Mine shows the bitter rivalry between two sets of sisters. They have different mothers but share the same father, a wealthy entrepreneur and retired street legend named Henry Cooper.
DREAMAH LOCKWOOD: WRITING IS A CONTINUAL LEARNING PROCESS
Dreamah Lockwood is pseudonym of two authors, who work together. They are sisters Sunny L. and Pat Ross. It’s a strange combination, which produced great results according to their book ratings in Amazon. Here is the amazing story of Dreamah Lockwood’s novels.
(a red rose is used by the authors as a profile picture in honor of their dead sister)
– What is your last book The Stone Killer about?
– Justice. All our novels deal with justice for the victims of a crime. It is our platform to even out the score between a victim and the injustice of our judicial system. Our killers let the punishment fit the crime.
– How did you decide to write the story?
– I saw a news story about the stoning death of a married woman in a middle eastern country for having an affair. Nothing happened to the man and it pissed me off. There is justice in the end of our novels for victims.
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NEIL GRIMMETT: DON’T BE PUT OFF BY REJECTION
Neil Grimmett is an award winning author. He is master of short stories with two self-published books in 2014 – The Hoard and The Threshing Circle. Our next guest knows how tough is to deal with publishers and literary agents. Neil was very kind to share his impressions in the next Q&A for the blog.
– Neil, what is your last book The Hoard about?
– An explosion kills 6 men in 1951. Thirty years later the son of one of the victims infiltrates the top secret location to discover the truth and fight evil.
– How did you decide to write the story?
– I had written 6 short stories set in the location and published them worldwide. The novel grew from them.
MICHELE FAISON: A BAR OF DARK CHOCOLATE KEEPS ME MOTIVATED
Michele Faison’s first novel Ethereal was published two weeks ago. We’ve got a very special chance to speak with her about the book and many more interesting things. It’s time for our next cool Q&A with a fellow author.
– What is your last book Ethereal about?
– Ethereal is close to my heart, a salute to our military and their sacrifices. I grew tired of watching the way service members were depicted in the media or forgotten by nations. However, it wouldn’t be my kind of story unless love were involved and thus the connection between Chase and Trinity. Ethereal is the story of love overcoming adversity in the face of danger and uncertain times and above all, choices.
P.S. WINN: MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS TRYING TO CHANGE ALL THE REAL NAMES
It’s always tough when you are writing a non-fiction, because you must use facts. Sometimes you need to make additional changes from the original events in order to do not hurt the main character. Well, our next author P.S. Winn needed to overcome such a challenge. Let’s hear from her what exactly happened!
– What is one of your most popular books Suppression about?
– Suppression is a true story. An inventor, his name is changed, invented what is possibly the most important invention of our time. It is a pollution abatement device. In simple turns you could burn garbage with no pollution and make energy to power a city in the process. The government, backed by big oil companies wasn’t going to let this happen. The invention is patented but the inventor is afraid to take it any further.
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