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1. Please introduce yourself so that the readers will get to know you better.

Well I am Hannah Corbin. The author of flying by the seat of my pants. I’m a stay at home mom that is dealing with quite a few disabling conditions. I’m a lover of Christ and a lover of people. My two kiddos mean the world to me and I couldn’t imagine my life without them. I have been married for nigh on 9 years and through that time I have gone through more stuff than your typical woman of 28 years. So I decided to put it into a book. The book is my life story and it’s how God has used all of my experiences to show himself sovereign.

2. What inspired you to start writing?

Well people for years every time I started sharing my testimony, said I should write a book. So I did. But I have been writing since I was 12 years old. I always had high aspirations to write and be published but I had never been able to finish anything. But last December the Lord put it on my heart to write and get my story out there and boom in 2 and ½ months my story was written and 8 months from starting I had a published book! Fulfilling my dreams that I have had since I was 12 years old.

3. What do you hope your readers take away from your book “Flying by the seat of my Pants”?

I am hoping that by reading my book that people enjoy the raw and honest real life emotions that are in the book. Every incident and every story that I have shared always leads back to the way the Lord has seen me through. It’s sharing that it is okay to not be okay. That if you need help don’t be afraid to ask. It’s being raw and real with things that people find taboo all the time. My biggest hope is that people realize they are not alone and there are people just like them just as messed up as they are.

4. What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

I love playing music and hanging out with my kids. I used to love mermaiding but since my seizures started last October I haven’t been able to do many strenuous activities like I used to. But music is my outlet as well as watching movies with my kids.

5. What was the worst incident in your life till now? What you learnt from it?

That is a very debatable question. I mean quite a few of the incidents that I have been through have been very bad. Relatively quite a few of them were the same in intensity. But that all boils down to perspective. I mean the worst incident was probably the shooting but there in too my heart broke worse when I lost my babies to miscarriage. So I mean if you read the book you will have quite a few choices to pick. All in all God was with me through all of them so they may have been bad but they were over before too long, and the Lord helped me heal/ is still helping me heal from all of them.

6. What is your favorite Quote?

Gen 50: 20a But as for you, you thought evil against me but God meant it unto good…

7. What are you working on next? Are you planning to release another book soon?

Currently I have 3 children’s books finished of the 8 I have planned. Just needing an illustrator, and I am working on a trilogy called the Ember saga. It’s an action adventure crime drama.

8. What is the most surprising thing you discovered while writing your book?

That it’s hard to have memories of rough times brought back up. But it’s very cathartic.

9. How do you come up with the title to your book “Flying by the seat of my Pants”?

Because I feel like that was truly the story of my life. That every time I turned around I was flying by the seat of my pants because God always had a better plan than I did.

10. Lastly, do you want to give any advice to readers and aspiring writers?

Be kind to yourself. If you need help, ask for it. You are definitely not alone. There are plenty of people that are feeling the same as you are just no one wants to talk about it.
And to aspiring authors. Don’t give up. The timing may not be quite right at the moment, but make sure that you continue to follow your dreams. Because that moment when you hold your very first book in your hand is a feeling like none other. Keep on keeping on. AND I love you all!

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Flying by the Seat of My Pants

1. Please introduce yourself so that the readers will get to know you better.

Heya! My name is Gabriel, which is a pseudonym but also part of my real-life name. I am German, male, 22 years old and have been creating stories in my head ever since I could think. Difference is: I’ve only started actually writing them down at the delicate age of 20. Since then, I’ve been writing every day for two years, with no intention to stop! Writing gives me life and Neon Red is the fruit of my efforts. 🙂

2. When did you first realize you wanted to be an author?

I think it was specifically last January. I looked at my little 11-page manuscript and got excited while calculating. “Oh man, if I put x amount of time into every day, I could get 40 pages by the end of January, and then maybe even 100 by April, and if I keep going…” et cetera. I loved the idea of actually holding something physical in my hand that once only existed in my thoughts. It’s what fueled me ever since, and the thrill never stops. Now, I don’t want a single book, I want a full series! It’s quite addictive!

3. From where did you have the idea of two Realms – human and demon in “Neon Red”?

I like subverting tropes. Portal Fantasy isn’t super rare, but it usually follows the tropes of ‘main character falls into parallel world, obtains magic, assembles band of people and saves the world’. The raw idea isn’t bad, but I like to twist it a little – in this parallel world, next to nothing comforting exists. There is nothing to be saved, only a savage environment to be explored and survived. Demons are the embodiment of danger – but also moral choices, since not all of them are necessarily evil. And seeing the story start with the main character returning just sounded too cool to not be tried! A feral boy in a modern city bumbling about, on the lookout for his family. I love this idea.

4. What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

Running! It’s essentially mental detox, and it also keeps my body in shape. Other than that, gaming. Always have been a huge gamer, especially for Action-RPGs. My editor sometimes compares Neon Red (functionally) to a game more than a book, which I quite like and can see why he thinks so. Especially Flow (the hard magic system of Neon Red) is something I could absolutely see in an RPG that uses custom characters.

5. How do you come up with names of your book characters?

Hahaha, my names are despised by my editor. He uses rather normal names for his writing, but I like to use normal names with some meaning behind them and twist them a little bit. Albert becomes Alberc, Sonya becomes Zonya. Slight tweaks that make the characters feel at home in this slightly tweaked version of Earth.

6. What is your favorite Quote?

‘The 20th of March also marked the day that Dion finally came to appreciate the sticky rice of Juniper’s food court. At long last, he understood Shimon’s love for it, filling his stomach to the brim with endless seconds. Hunger was the best flavor after all, he realized.’
It’s an inconspicuous and seemingly non-important quote, but it’s a big development for Dion in the context of the book. It also finally frees him of the pit of depression he fell into. It’s simple, but in my eyes quite beautiful.

7. What are you working on next? Are you planning to release another book soon?

Neon Red II!
Yup, totally planning to complete this book series! Six books are planned, and Part 2 will follow soon! I’m stoked to release it one day and I’m genuinely enjoying the writing I’m doing daily for it. I feel like I’ve improved a lot since Part 1, and working with already established characters and scenarios is so much fun. I can finally go all-out!
Expect it Early 2021! After that, I will likely take a break from Neon Red and do smaller projects.

8. What do you hope your readers take away from your books?

Determination. Perseverance. Hope that their efforts will not be in vain, even if it may seem so. No step we take is ever for naught, for they build our character regardless. Feel the pain and transform it into strength to move forward stronger than before. That is Neon Red I’s message.

9. Are you a sci-fi fan since childhood?

Can I tell you something? I never really cared for Sci-Fi, haha. Actually, I was quite surprised when reviewers described Neon Red as Sci-Fi. It’s a genre I never really touched (for no reason in particular). But I absolutely want to get into it soon, I believe it will broaden my horizons in a positive way!

10. Lastly, do you want to give any advice to readers and aspiring writers?

‘Just write.’
Hahaha, no, everyone has heard that one before. It’s valid advice, but it’s hard to manifest for oneself. My personal favorite advice was to just move forward. Write something every day. One word is sufficient. It’s a step. Inch forward every day toward your dream. You’ll improve and get better every day, believe me. It’ll get easier, far easier, and you’ll be surprised at how much you can grow by just inching. Keep going. You’ll get there, just keep going, step by step.

Author Name: Gabriel

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NEON RED I: Shimon of the Stars

1. Please introduce yourself so that the readers will get to know you better.

My name is Karen A. Miles. I am a 52 year old English woman currently living in Barcelona. I am the proud mother to 3 amazing kids and when I’m not writing I teach English professionally. I have spent 32 out of my 52 years living abroad, which is an incredible blessing.

2. What is the most surprising thing you discovered while writing your books?

While I was writing I discovered two surprising things, one is that my best work is done during the night, my peak inspirational times are between midnight and 3am. The second is that writing about things that happened to you, even many years ago, is the best therapy in the world. You ‘exorcise’ bad experiences from your mind to the pages.

3. How do you manage being a mother, a teacher and an author?

It’s not easy juggling writing, teaching and above all being a single mother. My children have always been my priority, but now two of them are in their mid- twenties they are independent, so it’s a little easier. I am incredibly lucky to have a job that I love, so that helps a lot, and I write when I feel inspired, and have time, so not as often as I’d like.

4. What are your hobbies apart from reading or writing?

My hobbies are swimming, taking long walks, especially along the beach here in Barcelona and listening to music. I always have music playing at home.

5. You are currently living in Barcelona, how do you come up with the idea of setting a plot in Singapore in your book “Torn Between”?

Torn Between is semi-biographical. It’s based on some of my experiences of living in Singapore when I was 19. It’s not all true, but a lot of things are. I keep which is which a closely guarded secret and prefer the reader to try and guess.

6. What is your favorite Quote?

My favourite quote is one of my own memes. “In order to become a better version of ourselves, we first have to admit we need editing.”

7. What has been the most difficult situation in your life which you finally overcame?

I’ve had more than my fair share of difficult situations in my life, but I think it’s my second divorce. It’s difficult to cope with one divorce but the second feels more of a failure. I’ve been divorced now for 4 years and have made a very nice life for myself and my youngest daughter here in Barcelona.

8. How do you do research for your books?

In order to write about the topics in my book, the most important source of information is
experience. For the parts that are missing from my own experiences I have a wide group of friends with many tales to tell.

9. When did you first realize you wanted to be an author?

I have always enjoyed writing. I used to write poems as a small child, and English Language and literature were always my favourite school subjects, alongside drama, I used to dream of becoming a famous author or an actor.

10. Lastly, who inspires you the most and why?

I am constantly inspired by my children, but externally I am inspired by the resilience of human beings in general. We all face adversity every day, and this year has been particularly difficult as we know. Somehow, we all keep going and are able to laugh…It’s inspiring.

Author Name: Karen A Miles.

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Torn Between

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