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  • September 21, 2016

    Nane Quartay, Author of Feel the Fire

    Nane Quartay, Author of Feel the Fire

    When and why did you begin writing? My writing career began late in life… I was in my thirties… but it began because of the silly notion I had that since it was so easy to read, writing had to be a snap! Do I need to tell you how misguided that notion was? When…

  • September 19, 2016

    Broken & Damaged Love by TL Clark

    Broken & Damaged Love by TL Clark

    A CSA survivor battles her demons and discovers love on her path to recovery. Tina is a fictional character, but sadly her story is all too real for many out there. This book has been written to offer hope to survivors of child sex abuse, and to help inform the general public of the signs to…

  • September 18, 2016

    Abiku: A Battle Of Gods by Segolila Salami

    Abiku: A Battle Of Gods by Segolila Salami

      She was called an Abiku, an evil spirit sent to this world to lure men to their doom. Dayo is a bi-racial twenty-something-year-old with a German mom and a Nigerian dad. She has a semi bougie lifestyle, always jetting across the pond between Africa and Europe. She starts dating her father’s driver in secret…

  • September 17, 2016

    On Deadlines…

    I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. Douglas Adams

  • September 16, 2016

    Sharlin Craig, Author of Ornaments of Love

    Sharlin Craig, Author of Ornaments of Love

    When and why did you begin writing? I began writing songs when I left my job in sales because I finally had the time to tap into my creative side. That led to my writing songs and stories for children. When did you first consider yourself a writer? When I finished and self-published Ornaments of…

  • September 15, 2016

    ‘Woke’ Authors, Diversity in Children’s Books, and Changing IP Rules in Oz…

    Why ‘woke’ is no joke (Times Live) Black female authors are the next big thing in South African publishing, a development publisher says follows the “woke” trend. According to Jacana Media’s assistant publisher Sibongile Machika, both authors and readers are more “woke” – a colloquial term that refers to a state of social and political awareness used…

  • September 14, 2016

    R.J. Sullivan, Author of Commanding The Red Lotus

    R.J. Sullivan, Author of Commanding The Red Lotus

    Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? It’s funny. I wrote three paranormal thrillers and a collection of fantasy and dark fiction short stories before I finally got around to writing a spaceship adventure SF tale. Commanding the Red Lotus is my fifth published book and the first one set…

  • September 12, 2016

    Fling! by Lily Iona MacKenzie

    Fling! by Lily Iona MacKenzie

    When ninety-year-old Bubbles receives a letter from Mexico City asking her to pick up her mother’s ashes, lost there seventy years earlier and only now surfacing, she hatches a plan. A woman with a mission, Bubbles convinces her hippie daughter Feather to accompany her on the quest. Both women have recently shed husbands and have…

  • September 10, 2016

    The Truth in Fairy Tales…

    Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. Neil Gaiman

  • September 9, 2016

    Heidi Angell, Author of Hell School

    Heidi Angell, Author of Hell School

    When did you first consider yourself a writer? Such a great question. I have been writing and considered myself a writer ever since I started really writing. I don’t really remember when that started. I have notebooks of story ideas that goes back to middle school, at least. So, probably around then? Why did you choose…

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