Tag: Featured
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Smashwords Annual Summer Sale
Hello, Readers! I’m excited to announce that all my novels will be discounted at Smashwords during their 18th Annual Summer/Winter Sale, starting in July! The sale, which lasts the entire month of July, is a great time to get my books, along with books from other talented indie authors, at bargain prices. My books are…
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Valencia G. Wallace, author of The Other Auntie
What inspires you to write? Life, I write from real-life experiences, just from unexpected perspectives. We see people in different situations every day and make quick judgments about them. What interests me is flipping that. Asking “what if?” and giving that person a backstory or a different angle. I see a story in everything. That’s…
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Jennifer Sklias-Gahan, author of The House in the Middle of the Street
What inspires you to write? I’m curious how and why people make choices in their life under the variety of circumstances life offers us. I wonder how much our choices have to do with us as individuals or from where we come from. I like to explore unseen forces in our lives as well. I write…
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Haala Humayun, author of The Rebel Queens of Tilsim
What inspires you to write? I think the moment I first considered myself a writer wasn’t when I published a book, or when someone called me an author — it happened long before that. It was quiet, almost sacred, like a realization that sneaks into your heart before your mind is willing to accept it.…
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Of Mothers and Daughters…
Years ago, a reader shared with me how much she appreciated the focus on motherhood in my stories. This caught me by surprise because I’m not a mother and hadn’t intentionally made motherhood a theme in my writing. But this reader’s comment made me think about the role of mothers in my novels, and I…
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R.L. Baxter, author of Blue Lunar & The Apex Grail
What inspires you to write? That’s such a good question! I am usually inspired by anything and everything. I may be inspired by a really good song, people and even random moments. Often times, I go through a little ritual of reflecting on all the interesting things that I experienced throughout the month, then I…
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R.C. Dickens, author of Crown of Blooms
What inspires you to write? I am driven by a compulsive desire to inflict my emotions on others. So much of my writing is based on what I find intriguing or compelling about the world and the human experience and the fun thing about writing is that if you do it well enough, people are…
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Black History Month: How to Find Black Indie Authors
While I’m sure you’ve heard of contemporary Black authors like Octavia Butler, Walter Mosely, Terry McMillian, Nnedi Okorafor, James McBride, Samuel R. Delaney, and Tomi Adeyemi, I bet you’re less familar with Milton J. Davis, Amanda B. Weaver, Alicia Ellis, C. C. Solomon, Jessica Cage, and Antoine Bandele. That’s because the latter are indie authors,…
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M.L. Farrell, author of Love Can’t Be Measured
Can you share a little bit about your latest book? McKinna Rockwell has spent years building the life she always dreamed of. Her debut novel, Love Can’t Be Measured, has become an instant success, catapulting her into the literary spotlight, and she and her husband, Dezmond, are preparing to welcome their first child. But just as…
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Latrell R. Morris, author of The Nova Series
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I considered myself a writer when I was a child. I used to write mysterious, horror, and poems. Writing was a way for me to express myself and create worlds that we different from my own. What have you written so far? So far, I’ve published nine…
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