1) other peoples loss or heartbreak would drive me to want to comfort them, i would write lots of poems to help other people make sense of their situation, in the same regard , it helped me make sense of my own feelings.
2) I am a reader, some of my favorite authors are Nikita Gill, Rupi Kauer and Kristen Ashley, I love all of their work.
3) my newest work is an anthology of poetry, in terms of future plans I want to expand into different platforms besides Amazon and eventually publish a paperback version of my book.
4) yes! I would say do not DIY it, be willing to pay reputable people to market your book, design covers, because its not easy trying to put your book on the map as a one man team.
5) as a writer, I was influenced by a lot of poets ( William Wordsworth, Shelley keats, shakespear) that i would encounter in high school and more so in college. I became to love the story telling of each poem and the picture the poets painted.
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I wanted to writer after reading The Little House On The Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It started my journaling as a kid. When I was sixteen I wrote my first manuscript. It was inspired by Jackie Collins. I wanted to be the Black Jackie Collins. At sixteen I didn’t have a clue. I needed to live a little more.
2. Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites?
I’ve been reading since I was four. I love love a good book. I have so many favorites to choose. I will say I enjoy a good romance, historical or SCI-FI. Lately I’ve been enjoying middle grade books.
3. What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future?
My latest book is a devotional I’m featured in. Finding Joy In The Journey. This the second edition of the book. I was also featured in the first edition. It’s my gift to everyone who is dealing with grief. You are not alone. Believe there is joy inside your grief.
I’m currently working on a women fiction about a woman who marries her best friend and they become instant parents.
4. Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors?
My advice is what I tell all my book promotion clients. Start your email list. When you are ready to promote your books you will have someone to promote to. It’s good to have a social media platform but that platform chooses who sees your promotion. Your list doesn’t have restrictions. You can see who gets your email and who opens it. Don’t sleep on your email list they are your pot of gold. Contact me for my email training if you don’t know where to start.
5. What influenced you as a writer?
The many amazing authors I’ve met over the years continue to influence me to keep writing because they are living the dream and now I am too. Im grateful to them because they gave me hope when I wanted to give up.
Your dream can’t come true if you quit. Keep soaring because someone needs what you are writing.
1. I originally began my blog Janey in Mersin to keep in touch with my friends back in Sydney. I never held anything back. Good times and bad, it was all there. The blog really took off and has become one of the top 10 ‘go-to’ blogs for expats living in Turkey. Everyone encouraged me to write a memoir but I really didn’t see any point because I’d been doing it for years anyway. I do love a good rom-com though and I was already living in Turkey so it made sense that whatever I wrote had to be about falling in love and it had to take place in Turkey.
2. A voracious reader. Rom-com’s and contemporary romance predominantly but I do love a thriller or the occasional fantasy.
3. I’ve got two books in the pipeline. One is a continuation of The Ginger Chronicles featuring two new characters. That will also be set in London and Istanbul. I also have a stand-alone currently being edited and that one is set in Mersin, Turkey, which is the city where I currently live.
4. Indie authors really do it hard. I try and support my fellow authors. I will only read independent books. I won’t purchase mainstream, they have their audience, and it’s the indie’s where you can find some absolute gems. If you do read a book by an independent author, please, please, PLEASE do them a favour and leave a review for them, blog about them, share the book on your social media pages. It all helps!
5. I still remember reading Lace by Shirley Conran when I was about 12. I knew I shouldn’t be reading it; I knew it was wrong and I would get into so much trouble if my mother found out but good golly, miss molly!!! I was hooked! I will spoil it for anyone who may want to read the book but dang those the first few chapters were absolute crackers and I knew I wanted to be a writer… and now I am!
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1. I have always loved reading and writing followed suit. My little cousins inspired my 1st children’s books and they are still inspiring me as I work on the second. 2. I have always loved to read. My absolute favorite is Pride and Prejudice, along with a Merchant of Venice. I have too many other titles in my mind to list them all. 3. I published my 1st book in March and I am working on a second release for December, another children’s book. I am really excited and looking forward to it! 4. I am and indie author and stull learning myself. Have a good support system, and dont give up, it’s hard, not at all easy, but it was worth it to holed my own book. It’s hard to get noticed in the Caribbean, so any foreign purchase is greatly appreciated. 5. Reading definatly influenced me, I loke opening a book and stepping into a new world. I wanted to do that. To create my own world. And with my experiences with my little cousins, I wanted to share that and a little of my Mayan culture in my books. We are Meztiso, so a lot of our literature is informational, or folklore, not really fiction. I wanted to change that a little, while still having that representation.
1. Writing for me is an unresistable passion, a breath of fresh air, a medium through which my voice is heard. That alone is a big motivation. 2. I love to read voraciously too. 3.”His-royal-sweetness” a billionaire romance thriller is my newest work. 4.There’s really no secret to writing. Once the passion is there, the writer will always find a way to convey to the world his/her message. So stay true to your passion. 5.my greatest influence comes from my environment, the works of others I admire and ultimately the passion within.
1. What inspired you to write? I just felt the urge to try. I wrote my first book at age 12. It was never seen by anyone else. I have always written but never shared with anyone. And then at the ripe old age of 52, a fellow author told me about self-publishing and since 2014, I had been writing like a fiend! What inspires me is that I love to lose myself in a story and hope to do the same for others. 2) Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites? Yes. My favorites include Mary Kay Andrews; John Jakes; Tim Dorsey; Jane Green and Kayla Rose. And many others. 3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future? My newest is A Circle Unbroken which published in June. I’m halfway through the sequel which is called- Daisy Amidst the Roses. 4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors? If you have a burning desire to tell a story just go for it. Keep a notebook handy for any inspiration or ideas for current or future stories. Keep an Excel spreadsheet of each character in your books and details like their ages, their family etc. 5) What influenced you as a writer? What influenced me and continues to is the movies I see, the places I go and the people I meet My latest novel- A CircleUnbroken was published June 5 . The book begins in 1776 Virginia and features Katherine Wilshire Kensington, a fifteen year old child bride who moves to South Carolina as the Revolutionary War churns. She is unhappily married to a forty-eight year old man. Upon meeting a stranger at her new home, that moment transforms her life in a way she hadn’t counted on.
1. I have always loved writing, but it took a backseat while I focused on my tattooing career, during the lockdowns I woke up from an epic dream, with a vision, and ‘The Company’ was born. 2. I love to read, it’s like a film for your imagination. I read the Skulduggery Pleasant series, Arthur Conan-Doyles Sherlock Holmes, James patterson, Lee child, I enjoy the James Bond series and my favourite books are Casino Royale and Alice in Wonderland. 3. My first book,’ Agent Red’ is now avaliable to pre-order from amazon as an ebook, and being launched on the 9th September 2021. I’ll be launching the paper in the near future, book 2 and 3 in ‘The Company’ Book series are currently in production, with many more in the works. 4.write your book your way. 5. My love of books, reading and a passion for story telling that was rekindled when the world ‘stopped’
1. A good friend who has written almost 20 books inspired me to write an actual book. I would send her bits of work that I would write as thoughts formed in my mind. They were actually stand alone chapters. Given the push, I wrote what I had been repeating to people about my weight loss journey. It was more about how I learned to love myself. Once I let go of fear of judgment, the book wrote itself. 2. I have read my entire life. Books are my refuge. When we lived in Venezuela, I literally read from corner to corner of the small library. I would check out 10 books at a time. My favorite authors range from Daphne du Maurier, Emily Bronte to Stephen King to Tom Clancy and so many more. 3. My newest published work is The Untold Story of Noah’s Wife by The Pfishin’ Sisters. It is a book I write with my 3 sisters. Currently I am working on Zombie Siege. It based on Facebook posts I did at the beginning of the lockdown. Will be published in September on World Democracy Day. I am also interviewing readers of my first book so I can improve it and release a second edition in January. 4. My advice is be true to you. Don’t look to someone else to do your promotions or marketing. Give yourself a long runway between finalizing everything and actual publication date so you can promote your book on podcasts, newspaper articles, etc and do preorders of your book. I learned so many things the hard way. If I can keep one person from that struggle, it would be worth it. 5. I was influenced to write because the words demanded to be written down. They would not be quiet until I got them onto a page either handwritten or typed. They had to be brought to life.
1. What inspired you to write? A love of fiction, and the worlds that one cancescape to in the pages of a book.
2. Are you a reader? Absolutely What are some of your favorites? My favorite book is If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon,The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind. I also love Stephen King, and Laurel K. Hamilton.
3. What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future? I am currently working on several new titles, but the project that has my main focus right now is a tribute to both Sidney Sheldon and Terry Goodkind called “The Tomb Reader.” The story follows an author with a special ability who finds herself tangled in a legal battle after she publishes the real life story of a man who was believed to have no living relatives. I can’t share much more than that without giving away very unique information that will definitely take away from this suspense thriller, which will be engrained with the paranormal, legal drama, and a healthy dose of romance.
4. Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors? Don’t quit. It’s a difficult process to become “known.” Write like you are already successful, because you are. Every completed chapter is a success.
5. What influenced you as a writer? A combination of my love for the written word and my “over-active” imagination.
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