Q1. Hello Ma’am, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.
My name is Sue Lawrence, children’s author of two published children’s book based on my twenty year old tabby cat called Harry. I grew up in London and recently moved to Hampshire where I continue to write tales.
Q2. What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘Harry: A Cat’s Tale’ book?
When it came to writing the stories I found that easy, but the challenges arose when trying to imagine the artwork alongside the story.
Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing.
From a young age I was inspired by Beatrix Potter, in particular the tales of Peter Rabbit. I was inspired not only by her writing but also the way in which she brought her animal characters to life and her beautiful watercolour illustrations.
Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?
One of my favourite places is the Lake District in the North of England, not only because of the location’s connection to Beatrix Potter but also for it’s outstandingly beautiful landscapes.
Q5. Is there lots to do before you dive in and start writing a book?
No, not really. The work begins for me once the story has been written.
Q6. How long did it take you to write ‘Harry: A Cat’s Tale’ book?
Well that’s a tale in itself…
Q7. On what platforms can readers can find ‘Harry: A Cat’s Tale’ book to buy?
The book is available to buy on my website and also book shops such as Waterstones, WHSmiths, Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the book cover and the title ‘Harry: A Cat’s Tale’?
There was a large oak tree in the field next to my garden and harry and I used to watch the hares just before sunset in the farmer’s field. So I imagined Harry and Hare sitting together in front of this tree. For the title it just came to me.
Q9. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?
Every time I meet a new animal I imagine a new character. I’m surrounded by nature and inspired by my beautiful surroundings of the English countryside which I never tire of.
Clover is a Young Adult Fantasy novel penned by the author Nicole Kilpatrick. Nick O’Leary is quite a gambler. When he met Alistair, Alistair cajoled him into a private poker game. Since the money was not at stake, Nick agreed to the deal put forward by Alistair. Alistair’s dealing currency is luck. When Nick lost, he couldn’t believe that Alistair has ripped him of his luck. Alistair showed Nick his bad future. Nick’s wife Meara will leave him, his daughter will be close to dying.
But Nick and Alistair made one more deal. If Nick allows Alistair to name his daughter, she could live with eighteen years of good luck. Nick agreed to this and his newborn child was named Clover. Clover was handed to her paternal grandmother when she was just three months old. She was raised by old Momma Ruth. With her luck, Clover brought great money to Momma Ruth. But her eighteenth birthday is around the corner. Will she lose her luck?
This is a captivating story. Plotline is unique and I enjoyed every bit of it. Author has done fantastic job in this book. Clover’s journey involves love, adventure, luck, travel, etc. Language used in the book is simple and I was easily able to follow the story. However, author has used good vocabulary in the story. So, I learnt many new words while reading it. Hats off to Nicole. I am definitely interested to read more of her work.
Q1. Hello Sir, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.
My name is Mark Maurer. I am originally from Texas, but I have been living in Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the last twenty years. In 1997, I started selling timeshare weeks at a resort in Texas after college. I wanted to live a leisure resort-type lifestyle and enjoy beach, ocean and sun and found that lifestyle on a beach in Mexico. For twenty years, I have been one of the most consistent and highest performing salespersons in Mexico timeshare industry. The Master of the Sales Universe was written to provide deep insight into the parameters of reality and how to turn the knowledge into personal and financial growth.
Q2. What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘Master Of The Sales Universe’ book?
The challenge to writing the book was staying committed to writing during any downtime available, but once I started to get momentum and encouraged by how the book and concepts were shaping up, I created a pace that helped me complete it slightly before the date I had set to write it within.
Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?
As a salesman, I have a tendency to read self improvement type books as I am always looking to increase my potential. Think and Grow Rich, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and more recently The Growth Mindset are examples of the influential books that I enjoy to read. I have found much knowledge in places like the Tao Te Ching, the Bible, Siddhartha and many other religious and historical texts.
Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?
One of my favorite places in Mexico is a beach facing the Espíritu Santo Island, called Tecolote Beach in the Sea of Cortes. Just outside of La Paz, Baja California Sur.
Q5. Is there lots to do before you drive in and start writing a book?
There was much research that went into writing the Master of the Sales Universe. Because the book revolves around the irrefutable laws of the universe, I wanted to provide key examples and deep support for the major principles and themes.
Q6. How long did it take you to write ‘Master Of The Sales Universe’ book?
From start to finish, I wrote Master of the Sales Universe in approximately six months, but the knowledge and skill sets discussed in the book took more than two decades to be cultivated.
Q7. On what all platforms readers can find ‘Master Of The Sales Universe’ book to buy?
Master of the Sales Universe is for sale on ebook and paperback on Amazon books. The Podcast, which covers the themes from the book, is available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and many other forums.
Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the book cover and the title ‘Master Of The Sales Universe’?
The cover for the book was actually made last minute, as the original design was not compatible with the Amazon format. The name for Master of the Sales Universe started as a playful title, but quickly became the perfect title. The intent of the book is for the reader to become a Master of Sales through the knowledge of the universal laws.
Q9. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?
Part of the challenge to writing the Master of the Sales Universe was having compelling stories and data to weave in and around the storyline and keeping each chapter like it’s own mini book. That is how I keep the book moving from chapter to chapter.
Q10. Are there any secrets from the book (that aren’t in the blurb), you can share with your readers?
I believe there are countless ways to capitalize from the information in the book, but I would encourage any and all to apply the Law of Vibration suggestions that I provide in the book. Recognizing you are broadcasting your frequency to all others around you at all times is a way to be aware of what and how you are communicating with the world around you. That alone, is life changing.
Q1. Hello Sir, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.
Hello everyone, I’m Prometheus Worley, an Environmentalist and Sustainability Specialist by trade. For the most part, I own/run several businesses as well as a Commercial Voiceover business that allows me to share my time between the United States and Europe. My passions include Climate Activism, Philanthropy, Fine Art & Antiques, Hiking, Backpacking, Meditation, Yoga, and international cultures.
I simply adore literature, in all its forms. When I am not working on a project, traveling, or visiting Monasteries, Temples, Art Auctions, or galleries, you will likely find me and my family of 5 hiking, backpacking and /or restoring vintage Victorian properties.
Q2. What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘Wisdom From The World’s Greatest Gurus’ book?
Where do I begin…Lol. Well, I’d have to say simply finding the time to read, research, write drafts, and effectively go over them, while being a full time Dad with two teenage twins and a rambunctious adorable Autistic 5-year-old was quite the challenge in and of itself, when I initially began working on the book back in 2019. When the global pandemic hit last year, all activities, writing, etc. for both myself as well as my wife came to a screeching halt, as we had to frantically rush all over the place to try to get our children (2 twin teenagers) safely out of Italy (they were in the middle of a year-long study abroad program), when the global-wide lockdowns began. Terms like hectic, unbelievable, and surreal cannot quite fully capture the rollercoaster of uncertainty that we as a family were experiencing as 2020 progressed into 2021. And my writing projects, the current book as well as several others I’m simultaneously working on, simply had to take a brief hiatus while my family and I adjusted to the new ever-present COVID reality.
Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?
Awesome question!!.. There’s quite a long list of authors from all over the world whose works I’ve read and greatly admired, but the immediate ones that come to mind are J.Krishnamurti, Mooji, Sadhguru, Mirra Alfassa, Bae Suah, Pema Chodron, Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway, James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Cornel West, Rumi, Camille Paglia, Seneca, Oscar Wilde, Virgina Woolf, Thich Nhat Hanh, Montaigne, Ovid, Mary Shelley, Malcolm Gladwell, Jane Austen, Toni Morrison, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, and Rabindranath Tagore.
Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?
The Adirondack Mountains /Upstate New York. What makes it so special for me is that, of all the places I’ve been fortunate enough to hike and backpack through, it’s the one place that I have experienced some of the most unforgettable wonderful memories with my family.
Q5. Is there lots to do before you dive in and start writing a book?
Usually I’ll engage in quite a bit of resource reading, research, documentary watching, and note taking way before I even sketch a potential book outline.
Q6. How long did it take you to write ‘Wisdom From The World’s Greatest Gurus’ book?
Back in the Fall of 2019 I briefly worked off and on the book. I had drafted a 490 page manuscript by Spring 2020, but ended up cutting approximately 160 pages from it on the advice of my Copy Editor who also just happens to be my loving partner and wife.
Q7. On what all platforms readers can find ‘Wisdom From The World’s Greatest Gurus’ book to buy?
Amazon, Google Books, Hampton Court Press (www.hampton-court-press.com)
Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the book cover and the title ‘Wisdom From The World’s Greatest Gurus’?
Well, for many years I had read the various works of the wise sages I mention within the book (Sadhguru, Gurmukh, Mooji, Ram Dass, Yogananada, Mirra Alfassa, Gurumayi, and J.Krishnamurti), as well as, had read The Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, The Mahabharata, Dhammapada, The Tao Te Ching and various other books on ancient wisdom from cultures all around the world. So, the title just seemed to evolve organically as a result from all that reading. And since both my wife and I highly regard the concept of Shiva /Shakti (Masculine & Feminine) divine energies being the creative catalyst for many of our successful joint ventures, using the image of the powerful Hindu God Lord Shiva just made sense to us.
Q9. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?
Hmmm…that’s a good question. I guess I’d have to say I try to keep things fresh by challenging myself to continuously learn new and exciting things from reading international literature as well as visiting foreign countries as often as I can.
Q10. Are there any secrets from the book (that aren’t in the blurb), you can share with your readers?
At the moment, none really come to mind, with the exception of this; regardless of whatever challenges or obstacles you may face within your life, how you view the problem will determine how and if you will overcome the challenge.
2020: Injection written by the author Ashley McCoury is a Science fiction novel that is set in the future. Story features a seventeen years old girl Alexandra. She will either be chosen to be a carrier of new life or she will be given the injection. Alexandra is not in favor of either of these choices.
Alexandra didn’t want to be a carrier as in that female would be artificially inseminated, partnered with a male she had never met, and bear a child which both had to raise until the age of five. Alexandra’s appointment was set since her birth and today she has went for the examination where she was chosen for the injection and was asked to return on the first day of her next menstrual cycle. Grab a copy of this book to know what happens when she met a strange man that took her outside of the Establishment.
Story is quite intriguing and I appreciate author’s imagination in creating this story. Plot is superb. Language used in the book is simple and I was easily able to follow the story. Ashley’s writing style is something I enjoyed. Cover photo of the book is appropriate according to the story content. I like to strongly recommend this book to my fellow readers.
Toxic Relief penned by the author Baheya Zeitoun is a New Adult fiction. Main character of the story is Sarah Mourad-Siskos. At the age of twenty-three, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Even though she was under treatment but her cancer metastasized hitting her vital internal organ i.e. her liver. Her hometown is Cairo but she is currently living in Paris with her roommate/friend Jana.
Her room smells more of the cigarettes. But her friend Jana is caring and she made the room better. Sarah has cleaned her head hair and now has a wig. Dr Duval is treating her and told her that her progress will be monitored for next couple of weeks. However, she can go home. Cancer has broken Sarah more. She even took off from work for uncertain time but she is strong spirited to manage herself on her own and even refused help from her mother. Sarah had learnt about art from her grandmother who was an art collector. Grab a copy of this book and get to know more about Sarah’s journey.
Language used in the book is simple so I was easily able to follow the entire story. Cover photo of the book could have been more creative. Story is full of different emotions and I even felt sad at times while reading about Sarah’s condition. This book is also an eye opener and made me realize that we should enjoy life to the fullest when we are good health wise.
“SHE IS” is a motivational children’s book written by the author Charde Vera and illustrated by Nayomi Montes and Aneeza Ashraf.
Through this book, parents could make their child learn that they are valuable and special. This book will help little girls to believe in themselves. It tells them that they could achieve anything they desire and nothing is impossible for them. Through this book, little readers will be glad to know how much important and talented they are!
The story is fast paced and exciting. I will surely share this story with my friends. Language of the book is easy so kids could easily understand it. Author has very well represented this story and I am happy to get my hands on this lovely book. Illustrations are awesome and won my heart. Parents should gift this book to their kiddos.
Q1. Hello Sir, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.
My name is Eddie Brophy, I am a published and award-winning writer and poet. My poems have appeared in several print and online literary magazines which include The Parliament Literary Journal, Terror House Magazine, Better Than Starbucks, In Parenthesis Literary Magazine, and Ghost City Press. I have a short story entitled “The B.K.R. Killer” that was published by Haunted MTL. I am the author of Nothing to Get Nostalgic About which is my debut novel that was inspired by my childhood growing up between 1994 and 1998.
Q2. What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘Nothing To Get Nostalgic About’ book?
Revisiting traumatic events in my life and having to relive a lot of the pain that I had spent a significant chunk of my life trying to mitigate through escapism and self-medication. There came a point where I could not write entire chapters without being completely manic or hysterically crying. I just felt that it was something I could no longer elude for the sake my six-month-old son at the time. I did not want him to grow up the way I did, and I feared that if I didn’t find some way to purge all of the negative and detrimental feelings about my childhood it was going to be detrimental to his life…almost like a cruse that I had no intention of passing on.
Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?
Its hard to say that no books or authors directly influenced my writing because anyone who reads this or has read if will surely pick up on some notable Stephen King vibes. What can I say? I grew up in New England. Historically? This place has a VERY spooky history. I grew up with a penchant for the macabre, so I was drawn to 80s horror films, Stephen King, and grunge music. Initially, I had wanted to be a poet/lyricist based on my love of Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Maynard James Keenan’s lyrical content.
Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?
Growing up as a kid, one of my favourite places to go was Pine Banks Park. I do not know why; I just took to this place immediately. When I was younger, I used to love seeing the animals they used to have. As I grew older, I just had an affinity for walking around in the woods with my headphones on. Maybe I found some sort of serenity there, I am not too sure. I just loved sitting on the rocks with a notebook and pen and enjoy any moments of clarity of creativity came from it. When my oldest son was born, I used to take him to the same playground I used to play at and take him to the water to see if we could spot any turtles or frogs. For someone who does not like to consider himself nostalgic I guess I cannot help it when positive memories of my childhood take me to a better moment in time before so much of my life turned upside down.
Q5. Is there lots to do before you drive in and start writing a book?
I would not consider myself a very disciplined person when it comes to approaching a book. I know lots of authors and writers who subscribe to a myriad of different techniques before diving into their work. I have always been a big fan of stream of consciousness. I guess I think the more preparation I try to put into something the more likely I am to talk myself out of committing certain thoughts or choices to paper. It can also be spontaneous or sporadic how ideas or material manifest. I might hear a song or see something, and it’ll resonate with me so profoundly that I am able to create an entire narrative around it.
Q6. How long did it take you to write ‘Nothing To Get Nostalgic About’ book?
The initial writing started in the fall of 2017. I was a new dad, had just turned thirty and still reconciling over the lack of emotional and mental resolution that lingered after my father passed from cancer in 2014. We had a very contentious relationship and his death brought up several existential concerns and memories that I realized I could not ignore or outrun. In that sense the story’s primary protagonist Charlie is very much me. I reached a point where the book just became so exhausting that I had to walk away from it. Prior to this manuscript I had already finished four previous manuscripts that had been rejected by hundreds of agents. In the spring of 2018, I found myself compelled to finish Charlie’s story and close the proverbial chapter on my own life. When it was finished, it was met with the same futility of all the other manuscripts I tried to land an agent with. In 2019, I nonchalantly just decided it to submit it to Atmosphere Press with zero expectations. They were the right publisher at the right time. Typically, it can take me anywhere from two to six months to finish a manuscript. This one was more challenging because of how autobiographical a significant portion of it was.
Q7. On what all platforms readers can find ‘Nothing To Get Nostalgic About’ book to buy?
It is available through Indiebound.com which I love because it helps support independent book stores. You can also find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, etc. Indiebound is the one I try to promote the most due to the fact that I love the idea of supporting local businesses and smaller book retailers.
Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the book cover and the title ‘Nothing To Get Nostalgic About’
The cover was created by Josep Lledó who works with Atmosphere Press. Nick Courtright (the founder of Atmosphere Press) asked me to send him some covers of books that I really loved so he could get an idea of what I wanted conceptually. I wound up sending him a lot of old horror paper backs from V.C. Andrews, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, etc. I really wanted a cover that would either entice readers based on the strength of the artwork or scare them so badly they would be morbidly curiously about the content of the book. I was showing the mockups to my wife, and she immediately felt a connection to this one. It checked off all the boxes for what I wanted. It did not give anything away about the book and it looked like a paperback that I would have found in my big sister’s closet in the 90s (she was a hardcore horror novel nerd).
Q9. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?
Even though the story dealt heavily with the 90s, I wanted to make subtle gestures to notable events that were going on in present day. Particularly the ubiquity of fear going on in the country. Initially, the Jimbo stuff was ENTIRELY different. It was based off my relationship with a good friend of mine and our respective battles with depression. I had gone into a liquor store one night to self-medicate and as I approached the counter the clerk who had become something of an acquaintance had started talking about the potential of a civil war and had offered for my wife and baby to go up north to stay at a bunker he had. I remembered walking out of the liquor store thinking…what in the actual hell is going on? Yet, that moment felt oddly apropos of where I was in the writing. Charlie is a man who can’t outrun his past and yet, his future seems destined to resemble so much of the toxicity he grew up around. I grew up with a glorified sociopath who once threatened to burn the house down that his ex-wife and children were sleeping in. At that point and time, the world felt like one perpetual version of that very scary night in 1992 when I was a young boy.
Q10. Are there any secrets from the book (that aren’t in the blurb), you can share with your readers?
The house and the lore around the house are very real. I grew up in a haunted house with a sordid history. Frankly, I don’t know if my family was always bound to turn into a train wreck or if the house managed to exacerbate some of the issues that had been subdued prior to living there.
Book: No Damn Excuse: The Survival of a Celebrity Assistant
Author: Darius Bradley
Available On: Amazon
Language: English
Rating: 4/5
“No Damn Excuse: The Survival of a Celebrity Assistant” written by the author Darius Bradley is a must read book. This book gives the sneak peek to the readers into the private world of the celebrity assistant.
All his life till high school, Daruis had spent most of his time with his family or cousins. But attending a community college gave him an opportunity to shine. When Darius was 6 years old, he lost his relationship with his dad. But Daruis’ dad accompanied him on the first day of college Ivy Tech, Indiana. At college, for the first time in life Darius got a roommate who doesn’t share his last name. After sometime Darius left Indiana and Indiana Tech. Darius’s reason to move out of Indiana is to experience diversity and New Jersey Institute of Technology gave him the chance to make new friends from various countries, nationalities, etc.
The only thing I wanted to be better in this book is the text size. It is too small and requires effort in reading by zooming it. Apart from that, I enjoyed reading Darius’ story. Cover photo is nice and title is suitable. Written in approx 100 pages one could read this book in a single sitting.
“Nothing to Get Nostalgic About” written by the author Eddie Brophy is a horror fiction. Story is set in Maine. Main character of the story is Charlie Harris who is haunted by his own childhood. Charlie thinks that we cannot outgrow our fears. As a child, he couldn’t conquer his fear of the dark. Charlie is a father of a blue eyed baby boy Dylan. His wife Lorraine thinks that he is drunk even though he is sober. This is because of Charlie’s strange behavior and Lorraine often stays mad at him.
Charlie was once a struggling student but he managed to graduate and is now a published author. Jimbo (once a professor at Southern Maine University) advised Charlie that he need to learn how to battle his demons. Rain wanted to have another baby but Charlie is afraid that he may pass the curse to the kid. Charlie is suffering from depression too but he is not taking his prescribed meds properly. He is an award winning author and even addressed the audience at QnA event. But when the life of his only son is in danger, what Charlie will do?
Language used in the book is simple and I really appreciate author’s choice of title for this book. The story needs to be read with more concentration as it is full of different actions. Eddie’s writing is professional and I loved the plot.
This is a dark horror and disturbing tale that will keep you on the edge as you read the story. If you are a fan of dark horror then grab this book. It’s worth reading. It would be amazing to see this story as a movie.
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