Tag: Featured
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Jordi Gaxiola, author of The Silence on the Line
Why did you choose to write in your genre? I’m interested in what fear does to our attention. An ordinary detail can take on a different meaning when we’re alone, tired, or convinced that something doesn’t quite fit. Psychological suspense allows me to explore that shift in perception and its consequences. In The Silence on…
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Sathyaraj Natarajan, author of Looped
What inspires you to write? Life, mostly. The people around me, my own experiences, and the big questions about time, love, and second chances. Losing my mother pushed me toward poetry, and my visual work with large LED shows for live events keeps feeding my imagination — I tend to think in images and scenes.…
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Divine Onyejiuwa, author of Marbiee and the Ugly Duckling
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I think I first started considering myself a writer when my passion for acting began turning into something more. I had always loved creating scenes in my head, especially after watching movies, and I would imagine characters, conversations, and entire moments playing out in my mind. Eventually,…
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Katherine A. Sherbrooke, author of This Much is True
What have you written so far? So far, I’ve published a family memoir and four novels. Two of my novels are contemporary fiction: Fill the Sky, and my latest, This Much is True, while two are historical novels, including The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, which was chosen as Pop Sugar’s #1 historical novel of…
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R.A. Hewitt, author of The Universe Without Noise
Why did you choose to write in your genre? Science fiction lets me take something that already exists and move it one or two steps forward until its consequences become impossible to ignore. I am interested in technology, but even more in the incentives, assumptions, and compromises built around it. A near-future setting keeps those…
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Janette DeFelice, author of The Last Pirouette
What inspires you to write? Writing helps me sort out my thoughts. It’s as simple as that. For me, there’s not some grand inspiration that transports me magically to my laptop to start putting words on a page. It’s not like that at all. My writing is oftentimes borne out of frustration. Frustration that there’s…
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Smashwords Annual Summer Sale, from July 1 through July 31
Hello, Readers! Starting today, my novels will be discounted at Smashwords during their 18th Annual Summer/Winter Sale! The sale runs through the entire month of July and is a great time to get my books, along with books from other talented indie authors, at bargain prices. My books are 50% off this month, so don’t…
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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.…
