Category: Author Interview
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Maricla Pannocchia, author of Letters from Afghanistan

Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I don’t think I have really chosen it. I always had an interest, a call, for social causes. As much as I don’t have anything against books that are aimed for entertainment only, as I sometimes read them as well, I feel I…
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B.Y.O.B. Conversations with Berneta and Lornett, Special Halloween Episode

Welcome to the special Halloween episode of B.Y.O.B. Conversations with Berneta and Lornett! Join us for a discussion of Harmony Project, a new short story serial based on a mysterious central character from Eve and the Faders. During this episode of B.Y.O.B., we take a few minutes to talk about the plot of the story…
Berneta L. Haynes
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Meet Inger Brown, author of The Bobbling series

Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I have always loved picture books, as a child I loved looking at the pictures, being taken somewhere else. I am an illustrator and I enjoy doing jovial illustrations of characters and then writing stories for them. It is what makes me giggle…
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Nihshanka Debroy, author of Checkmate

What have you written so far? I have one published book, Checkmate, a historical fiction thriller about the origin of chess. This is available in the Indian subcontinent. I am also close to finishing my first non-fiction book, about the impact numbers have on our lives. I am excited at the thought of bringing this…
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Bruce Calhoun, author of Ardennia: The Unlikely Story of Cinderella’s Prince

Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from and how long have you been writing? I was born in 1953 in Madison, WI, and ever since I can remember I enjoyed spinning yarns. In high school I switched from telling yarns to writing short stories and poetry as a way to express my…
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Meet A.V.S. Pranavi, author of The Kaleidoscope Called Life

What inspires you to write? I mostly write when I feel sad, disappointed, hurt, angry or when I generally feel down. Negative emotions spark creativity in me. When did you first consider yourself a writer? I considered myself a writer when I started publishing my writings in my blog. But even then, I did not…
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J.S. James, author of River Run

What inspires you to write? At a macro level I write for the sheer fun of stringing words together, and then restringing, and restringing, and . . . At a micro level, taking up the thread each day can be exhausting. I’m one of those writers who sweat bullets for a while, then spray my…
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Meet Sohini Dutt, author of The Ghastly Secret

What inspires you to write? The answer would be almost everything! I believe one of the most interesting skills of a writer is that he/she takes note of every detail of human life. At times, it can simply be the curiosity about something that leads one to sit down with a pen and paper. At…
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Meet Sydney Walters, author of State of Grace

When did you first consider yourself a writer? When I was ten years old, there was a poetry project at my school. I had so much fun with it as a young little poet. After that year, I continued writing poetry and moved on to short stories. It never stopped. What is the biggest thing…
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B.Y.O.B. Conversations with Berneta and Lornett, Ep. 5

Welcome to the fifth episode of B.Y.O.B. Conversations with Berneta and Lornett! Join us for a discussion of Mauricio, a mysterious central character of Eve and the Faders. As we prepare to release a short story centering Mauricio, we take a few minutes here to talk about his motivations and actions in the first installment…
Berneta L. Haynes