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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am newly published author
I am award winning songwriter and poet
I am founder and creator of my own poetry online magazine called Create something for the future
I am mother of two beautiful children
I have written over five books but this first one i have published.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Thy paintbrush to abstracting images
I love to be creative and original
I feel i have a message inside of me that needs to be released.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Maya Angelou, langston hughes, Rita dove tracy k smith, anne sexton and Sylvia Plath

What are you working on now?
More poetry collections, short story collection, quote book, short story novel, diarylike confessional book.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Author marketing club

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be creative and be original
Find your own niche.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stay true to yourself

What are you reading now?
Maya Angelou's poetry collections and rita doves books

What’s next for you as a writer?
Writing more books, songs and movies

What is your favorite book of all time?
Roll of thunder, hear my cry

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Vernon, BC, Canada in 1970, but, was raised all over northern BC till 1985. I moved to Vancouver Island with my family. I grew to love reading and writing poems in my early teens. Most of my inspiration comes from nature, though sometimes, my daydreams get mixed in. I got married in 1998, then moved to Alberta, Canada in the winter of 1999 with my two children to join my husband who had gone ahead to seek work. I was divorced in 2006 and raised two teens by myself. I met my second husband in 2009 and in 2010 we were married. My new husband inspired me to write my first book 'Rune Bound' in 2013. The hunger I had once felt when I wrote came back in a flood. I wasn't even finished that book when I had another started and another forming soon after. By the summer of 2014, I had three books completed and the 'Blood of Teirnan' series was born! In the fall of 2014, I started working on 'Assimilator' the first book in the 'Tales of the Un-naturals'. I finished it in the winter of 2015 and sent it to Dream Big Publishing. They liked it, so I sent them the 'Blood of Teirnan' series, and they took that one as well. At the beginning of August of 2016, I started an Adult Teen series, after one of my young friends asked me to right something she could read, and started a new 'Tales of the Un-naturals' series 'Tears of the Dragon'. I finished two of the three books in this series and handed them over to Dream Big Publishing. 'Love & Sorrow' and 'Reflection's of the Heart'. I am half way through writing the third book in this set. I have the fourth book to 'Blood of Teirnan' partially complete as well, and have also started on the squeal to 'Assimilator'.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book would be the 'Tears of the Dragon' series. It started out as one book, but soon became too long, so split it into three books that continue on from where the previous one left off. I was inspired to write it after one of my young friends mentioned she wasn't old enough to read my other books. I took all that was going on in the world with young teens and the story took off. An accumulation of every emotion I could think of and fascinating ways of getting through them. A lot of dry humor to even things out. I tried to keep it realistic, though it is an Adult Teen Paranormal Romance/thriller.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Most of my writing is done on computer, so the delete button is a little worn out. There are times, I sit in front of it for hours at a time without realizing it as the story takes off. (Thanks to my Husband and Dogs for reminding me to take breaks.) I like to write in total silence, so have nothing on, not even the T.V or radio. I find them too distracting.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have several Authors I'm very fond of: Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, Tamora Pierce, Richelle Mead, Dennis L. McKiernan, J.R.R. Tolkien, just to list a few.

What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the third book to the 'Tears of the Dragon' series.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I would have to say the best website would be goodreads.com, for I can list free giveaways for my books. This gives book lovers a chance to notice my books and leave reviews of what they thought of my stories. There are so many Authors using it as a tool to promote not only their books but themselves as an Author.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Get on goodreads and start giveaways to get your books noticed! Also create an Authors page on amazon.com once your book is published. Most of all! Don't fear bad reviews!! For some strange reason, this generates even more notice.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I received was from a friend, who told me to seek out a publisher and to get away from self-publishing. I personally have nothing against self-publishing sites. The only thing is, you're on your own, with very little advice as to what to do next. With a publisher, they tell you where to go to create Author pages and set up giveaways. They're an e-mail away if you need advice on how to do something, or if you have a problem.

What are you reading now?
I'm sorry, but right now, I'm too busy writing to read anything but my own work. Going over what I had written to make sure it sounds right and everything makes sense, then going through the previous books to keep the story-line tied into what had already been written. There's a lot of work to writing a series.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Hard to say where I'm going next as a writer. I haven't thought that far ahead. I'll just keep writing and see where it takes me.

What is your favorite book of all time?
I would have to say 'Bambi' the actual novel. I find myself going over the story-line in my head at odd times, for it is that kind of book that grabs you emotionally as well as imaginatively. I had read it only once, but its stuck with me even today. I think this is what I want to create. A book that grabs a person once and never lets them go.

Author Websites and Profiles
T. L. Jenkins Website
T. L. Jenkins Amazon Profile

T. L. Jenkins’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My upbringing is a little funky :-). I was born in Israel but I grew up in America. I have a B.A and an M.A in English and I worked as an online English college instructor and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher and tutor before I became a full-time writer. I started writing when I was 14 and writing became my voice. I write psychological fiction about characters from the inside out. My debut short story collection is out now in paperback and ebook and I have 3 other projects in the works.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is a short story collection titled Gnarled Bones and Other Stories. I wrote three of the stories – “Mother of Mischief”, “Bracelets” and “Broken Bows” – during a very difficult time in my life. I was going through a family crisis and I had also just moved out of San Francisco to the East Bay. The stories were sort of a spark for me, when I finally got the courage to write about some of the emotional issues that I was going through and the revelations I was having about my family and my life. I was studying feminist psychology and going through therapy as part of my program. I felt that since this was my first book, it would be fitting to start with those three stories.

The two other stories, “A First Saturday Outing” and “Gnarled Bones”, came later in my life, once I worked through some of my demons and stopped trying to fight or avoid them. I felt they could be included because they were more mature works in terms of how they reflected psychological reality.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really. I guess one thing that might fall under the category of unusual writing habit is that I have to have an epigraph to work with for the beginning of each book. I sometimes include the epigraph in the final version but most times I don't, mainly because of copyright issues. The epigraph serves as an inspiration and also usually has some aspect of the story or theme that I want to make sure I focus on and reading the epigraph before I start to write each time helps me get into the "mood" of the story.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
The biggest influence on me has been the writer Anais Nin's short story collection "Under a Glass Bell and Other Stories". Nin introduced me to the concepts of psychological reality and poetic prose which I took to in my writing voice and style. I discovered the book at the age of 16 or so and it totally changed my idea of what language can do and what impact stories can have in their psychological complexity.

What are you working on now?
I'm currently working on a novella series called the Waxwood Series which is set in a Northern California resort town. I'm revising (with the help of a great critique group) Book 1, The Order of Actaeon and I'm working on the first draft of the second book, The Claustrophobic Heart. I'm also working on another book titled House of Masks that I started during National Novel Writing Month last year.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I'm still exploring methods and resources for promoting my book, so I can't really say answer that question. But networking with other self-published and indie authors has been vital to me. The indie publishing community is very active, very supportive.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
My best advice would be to go with what you love even if it's not popular or trending or your mother doesn't like it. That's the only way you'll find your own writing voice and style and that's what readers are interested in.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
This isn't specifically writing advice, but my mom always says, "Everything happens for a reason." I try to remember that when things don't go the way I'd like them to or when I'm disappointed about something with my writing. There's a reason why something happened or didn't happen, even if I can't see it and I have to trust that it was what should have or shouldn't have happened.

What are you reading now?
I'm a huge classic literature fan, so I read mostly classics. Right now, I'm reading Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice and Other Stories" and I just started Virginia Woolf's "Night and Day". I also love history, especially women's history, so I'm reading a non-fiction book about notorious women of the Wild West.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Up next for me is to get the first book of my series revised and edited with critiques from my critique group and feedback from a professional editor so that I can get it all polished and ready to publish in early 2018.

What is your favorite book of all time?
It's the same book that had the most influence on me – Anais Nin's "Under a Glass Bell and Other Stories" :-).

Author Websites and Profiles
Tam May Website
Tam May Amazon Profile

Tam May’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
Pinterest Account

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
TL Travis is the published author of The Sebastian Chronicles, The Database, and Hat Trick along with numerous other erotic musings (and many more in the works), The Elders Trilogy – an erotic paranormal (Vampire) romance novel series and many non-fiction articles.
In her spare time she likes to fish, enjoy all the Pacific Northwest has to offer, spin spicy erotic webs for readers to enjoy, and rescue any 4 legged lost souls she comes across. Since her children are grown and have flown the coop, she’s taken to spoiling her two deaf white boxers even more so than they were before.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Hat Trick, an Erotic College Hockey romance. It combines my love of Erotica and Hockey.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really other than writing anytime – day or night. I have notebooks strewn throughout my house, full of erotic naughtiness.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Anne Rice, JK Rowling, PC Cast, Nicholas Bella, CC Genovese, VE Campudoni and many, many more.

What are you working on now?
2 new Erotic MM Romances. Only time will tell is a time travel and Battered & Bruised, but not broken I am co-writing with the illustrious Piper Kay.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook – unfortunately, it is a necessary evil…

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don't let anyone crush your dreams, without them we are empty shells roaming the earth aimlessly.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write what you read and read what you write. A mantra I live by.

What are you reading now?
VE Campudoni's Masked Emotions series. Truly riveting, takes BDSM to a whole new level.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Just keep writing…

What is your favorite book of all time?
All of the Harry Potter series. JK Rowling is a literary genius.

Author Websites and Profiles
TL Travis Website
TL Travis Amazon Profile

TL Travis’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Greetings! I am an integrative health educator with a passion for helping people experience their peak potential. I recently finished my first book in a series of books on integrative health.

Since 2005 I have been immersed in the health world and been fascinated by the various strategies that exist to help optimize our experience as humans. But unfortunately I have often found it difficult to find books or teachers that arranged the health information into actionable steps. Sure philosophizing about health is great, but I was seeking ways to integrate the best teachings together into protocols that can be applied to anyone’s life.

Because I couldn’t find what I was looking for I decided to make it myself! This was part of the inspiration for making my Integrative Health Protocols Series.

Besides being a health geek, I am an avid outdoor enthusiast, drummer, and happy husband living with my wife in beautiful Boulder, Colorado.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I am excited to announce the launch of the first book in my series Integrative Health Protocols! It is called Integrative Brain Health Protocol and was inspired by the story of my now deceased grandfather. He struggled with Alzheimer’s Disease until he passed and I witnessed the progression of the disease and the tool it took on him and all of our family.

To my utter amazement, during the process a nurse had recommended B-12 injections for him and we decided he show do it. Within a few hours after getting an injection of this extremely important neurological nutrient, he would “come back to life!” He would start remembering who we were, could have conversations with us (which he couldn’t do before), and seemed lively and spirited.

The effects didn’t last long, but they left a long term impression on me to seek out and understand how we can support the brain and possibly even prevent cognitive decline. My quest led me to get a Master’s Degree in Nutrition and study herbalism to find natural answers for how to feed and nourish cognitive function.

After 12+ years now of intensive study into integrative health, with a focus on brain health, I am happy to say that there are many different strategies that we can employ to assist with the health of perhaps our most important organ. I have also seen how prevention is the key and not waiting for symptoms to develop before we take action.

My latest book is a synthesis of all the research verified techniques I have learned made into an easy to apply 7-Step Program.

I hope you will check it out!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Because my writing requires technical precision, my favorite technique to get me in the zone is to bounce on my rebounder for 10 minutes and then consume a drink of yerba mate for a healthy stimulation of my mental faculties.

Besides that I like to do a headstand while chanting “I am an amazing writer” for 10 minutes… just kidding!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stephen Buhner and his books on herbalism and plant intelligence. Daniel Vitalis and his blog on rewilding. Arthur Haines and his writings on ancestral wisdom (he also has a new book coming out called A New Path that sounds amazing!). I also really like the site examine.com for its detailed breakdown of clinical studies done with a variety of health practices.

What are you working on now?
I am now working on the second book of my integrative health Protocols Series called Integrative Stress Management Protocol.

It is also a 7-Step Program to help reduce stress, anxiety, and support the adrenal glands. It is already well underway so should be out soon!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Hmmm, good question. Instagram has been a great platform to connect with my audience and share pictures related to my books and work, but I have also been enjoying twitter lately.

Other than those, my own website has been my main tool to promote my books and health services.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Work backwards! Think about your target market, look into their pain points, and collect data on the saturation of your niche before you write your book! Writing for writings sake is still great, however, if you want to get your book out there and have it help support your writing career, then I highly recommend you do your due diligence before plunging into the content of the book you “think” you should write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Trust in Nature. 4.5 billion years of emergent evolution knows best. Follow Nature’s lead!

What are you reading now?
Coyote America by Dan Flores. This an amazing treatise on the history of the Coyote in the Americas and it’s special relationship with humans.

Fascinating read for those interested in Natural History and how humans and animals have created mutually beneficial bonds.

What’s next for you as a writer?
Exploring other platform besides Amazon for marketing my book. This includes gumroad, kobo, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and others.

After that I am going to look into getting my book translated into Japanese! They seem to have a passion for brain health there, so I would love to share my work with that market!

What is your favorite book of all time?
1. Plant Intelligence by Stephen Buhner
2. Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate by John Kallas
3. Ecoshamanism by James Endredy

Author Websites and Profiles
Tristan Summerfield Website
Tristan Summerfield Amazon Profile

Tristan Summerfield’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
By day Author Truman Beaver is a Midwest farmer but by night he writes compelling action novels men to tingle the soul with a lust for adventure.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My Latest work is Off Course Avalible on Amazon, its a compelling tale that was inspirted by my love of history. I was reading som information on WWII when it hit me!

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No not realy!

What authors, or books have influenced you?
By far Clive Cussler my all time Favorite Author has been my gratest inspiration.

What are you working on now?
SHHH its a secret. No Just kidding, My new project is called the Specialist a compelling tale about a retired counter terror expert that is drug back into the life inorder to save his girl.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Lots of hard work!

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be paitent!

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Dont give up!

What are you reading now?
Clive Cusslers Odessa Sea

What’s next for you as a writer?
For now I am working to get several ebooks out but Hopfuly by fall I will be able to launch my new print series.

What is your favorite book of all time?
Clive Cussler Raise the Titanic!

Author Websites and Profiles
Truman Beaver Amazon Profile

Truman Beaver’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account

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