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Author Interview: Robert Williscroft

1) What inspired you to write?

I was inspired to write Icicle: A Tensor Matrix following a conversation with Keith Lofstrom, the inventor of the Space Launch Loop (a method for getting into orbit and beyond without using rockets) and ServerSky (an orbital-based Internet concept using billions of small thinsats that work together to function as the backbone for a global internet). 

Here is a description of the book:
Braxton Thorpe has discovered a threat to the entire Solar System, but he has a problem: he’s dead.

Frozen at death, he awakens to find himself uploaded into an electronic matrix. Exploring beyond the matrix and the larger GlobalNet, he discovers the Oort, a distributed electronic entity older than humanity, with an unnerving secret: aliens wiped out nearly all life on Earth once, and are coming back to do it again.

The mathematical entity that is Thorpe has to find a way to convince humans of the threat, and in time to do something about it. But how, and what?

If you’ve read Niven’s A World Out of Time or Taylor’s We Are Legion, the opening of Icicle will only seem familiar. Buckle up for a wild ride; you ain’t seen nothing.

Here is a link to the book trailer: https://youtu.be/ZLtkc9wlxzA

2) Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites?

I am an eclectic reader. On the fiction side, I enjoy hard SciFi, technothrillers, and spy novels. Nonfiction, I like science, physics, astronomy,  cosmology, space science, planetary science, history, and biographies of famous people.

3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future?

I just completed the third Mac McDowell Mission, Operation Arctic Sting, about Mac and his team acquiring an abandoned Soviet Alfa sub and driving it through the Arctic ice pack to the U.S. East Coast. Shortly, I will complete the third Oort Chronicle, Federation: To the Stars. This is a continuation of Icicle, described in the first response above.

Following this is the fourth Mac McDowell Mission, Operation White Out that takes place in Antarctic waters, and the third Oort Chronicle, Andromeda: A Rising Tide that follows the characters in Icicle and Federation as they push beyond our galaxy into the wider universe.

4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors?

Stick with it! Don’t give up—ever!

5) What influenced you as a writer?

My writing has had many influences. I have lived a life of personal adventure that has influenced everything I write. My inspiration comes from my eclectic of the world around me. Here is a short bio:

Retired submarine officer, deep-sea and saturation diver, scientist, author, and lifelong adventurer. Spent 22 months underwater, a year in the equatorial Pacific, three years in the Arctic ice pack, and a year at the Geographic South Pole. Degrees in Marine Physics and Meteorology, and a doctorate for developing a system to protect SCUBA divers in contaminated water. A prolific author of non-fiction, Cold War thrillers, and hard science fiction. Lives in Centennial, Colorado, with the girl of his dreams and her two cats.

Social media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robert.williscroft

Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/RGWilliscroft

Gab: https://gab.com/RWilliscroft

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RGWilliscroft

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/argee/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rwilliscroft/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/robertwilliscro/_saved/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RWilliscroft

Book Website: https://RobertWilliscroft.com

Personal Website: https://argee.net

Blog: https://thrawnrickle.com/

Publisher: https://freshinkgroup.com/author/robertwilliscroft/

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-G-Williscroft/e/B001JP52AS

Author Interview: Tarphy W. Horn


1. What inspired you to write? A lot of things. I want to leave something of myself behind when I’m gone. Writing is an escape from the chaos of the world…it’s a place I can control! Mostly, though, nothing feels as good as someone telling you your story made them laugh, or that they’ve reread your work, or that they enjoyed what you’ve written.
2) Are you a reader? Of course! What are some of your favorites? I love Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. Also James Barclay’s Raven trilogies.
3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future?
I just released “The Facility” ebook on Amazon (Kindle unlimited). I’m also working on a novel that’s a fantasy/murder mystery with a side of wlw romance!
4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors?
I’d say be persistent, always hire an editor, and don’t write with the intention of making money—write what you feel, not what you think will sell. 5) What influenced you as a writer? Stephen King’s way of making the supernatural completely believable. I want to write worlds that you can immerse yourself in, and completely escape daily life. I also want to scare you, and get you to laugh while I’m doing it.

Author interview: Mousum



1. What inspired you to write?
I was born in the hilly town of Shillong, India where every household had a story to tell. I studied in a missionary school, where our Assistant Headmaster Fr. P.D. Johnny always supported me to read books and those books truly help me to blossom my writing passion. Besides that my mom and dad also love to write. My mom is an expert in a certain type of storytelling called “anu kahini” literal translation is short stories. These are not just regular short stories but a story having only 6 to 7 lines and at max 10 lines and it would depict every single human emotion in it. They cannot be termed as poems as there is a wee bit of difference between both of them. Being around such wonderful people always inspired me to continue my passion of writing and finally making adjustments between work and passion, the story finally saw the light of the day.

2) Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites?

I love to read. I like mostly thriller novels, however, if I get a good story, I would make an exception too.
My personal favorite and I would always rank “Audrey Rose” in the top. Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta. Probably the only book where I cried.
Some of my favorites are the Guns of Navarone, Force 10 from Navarone, well actually every single book Alister McLain has ever written,
Then there was Good-ByeGood Bye California, The Chancellors manuscript, 90 minutes at Entebbe, the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Every single story written by Ruskin Bond, and finally “The Animal Farm” by George Orwell

3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future?

My newest work is entitled “Geeta: A life with no Existence” It’s based on the life of a child who was forced into feminization against her will and how her good deeds helped unite a group of people from different backgrounds unite together to rescue her from the clutches of her tormentors.
This book is a part of a 3 book trilogy entitled “The King of My Teenage Heart”. The next 2 books are entitled “Amell: Born to Live in the Shadow” and finally Alena: Curse of The Tainted Soul”

4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors?

I am a first-time author myself, and as per my knowledge, Indie Authors actually live and dream and earn their pocket money through books. I think I am still a newbie to actually provide them advice and tips.
I can say only one thing though ‘An author is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.’

5) What influenced you as a writer?
I am an emotional guy myself and when my teacher Fr. P.D. Johnny, Mr. B Masih, and Mrs. M. Biswas kept giving me books to read or kept asking me to write, I began to co-relate things to real-life incidents, and occasionally I would take my Digital Camera and start taking random interviews of different kinds of people. I use their life lessons and try to bring out a whole new world in my book.

Author interview: J.L. Newman

1. My love of reading. I often wished I could change the stories that I read. Then, one day, I realized that I could create the entire story myself.
2) I have probably read somewhere between 150-200 books. My favorites are Bleak Expectations by Mark Evans and The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
3) The last book I published was a SciFi parody called a Story About Steve but I have a Fantasy parody that I will be releasing soon called A Legend About Lala. I’m also working on getting all my books made into audiobooks on Audible. 4) Write about something you enjoy writing about. If you want your readers to enjoy your book then you should also enjoy writing it. Take your time with the editing and no matter the outcome, keep on doing what you love. 5) My silly sense of humor and my love for comedy. I attempted some more serious books several times, writing in a style that seemed more sensible, but I never got very far. Then I wrote a page of utter nonsense with no plan at all and it was like reading my innermost thoughts on the page. Since then, I decided just to write how I felt most comfortable and be as ludicrous as I liked. I took some influence from authors like Roald Dahl & Lewis Caroll but my writing is influenced primarily by my wacky personality. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BZF7KGW?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType=ebooks

Author interview: Heba Hendawi

Thanks for the initiative!

  1. A life changing experience inspired me to write my memoir and share it with the world.
  2. I’ve always been a bookworm. When I see any. bookin any language, I just grab it and have a look. I read in my mother tongue and in English and French.
  3. I wrote my memoir on Arabic and in English. My newest work s short stories about women but only in Arabic for the moment. In the future, I am planning to rewrite the stories in English so that my friends have a chance to read them.
  4. Believe in yourself and work hard reading and writing then you’ll eventually reach your goal.
  5. As a writer I was influenced by all the book covers in my library and all the classics I read as a child.

Author Interview: Mary Dalgleish

1. What inspired you to write?I USED IT AS A WAY TO COLLATE ALL OF MY TEACHING NOTES SO THAT THEY COULD BE USED AS STUDENT RESOURCES BY A WIDE AUDIENCE.
2) Are you a reader? YES What are some of your favorites? HEALTH RELATED NON-FICTION + HISTORICAL FICTION.
3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future? A BOOK AND ACCOMPANYING WORKBOOK CALLED “KNOW YOUR BODY The Essential Guide to Human Anatomy and Physiology” https://anatomyandphysiology.co.uk
I PLAN TO DESIGN AN ONLINE COURSE AND AN AUDIO BOOK TO BE USED ALONGSIDE THE BOOK.
4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors? WRITE EVERY DAY – PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! JOIN AUTHOR SUPPORT GROUPS; UNLESS YOU ARE AN EXPERT, USE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THINGS LIKE COVER DESIGN, FORMATTING, EDITING, PROOFREADING 5) What influenced you as a writer? SEEING OTHERS MAKE A SUCCESS OF WRITING; READING; ADVICE FROM EXPERTS.

Author interview: Anat Eliraz


1. I always wrote. Poems, short stories, unfinished stories… But always for the drawer. I have ideas come to me and I have to put them down on paper. It can be after a hike, something I saw or read, or just with no specific trigger.
2. Yes, I read a lot. I like many geners from classic literature, thrillers, fantasy etc…
I love ‘Life in the grave’, by a greek author, about world war 1.
‘Book of Pages’ which is somewhat philosophical.
In the thriller part- I like books by Jack Higgins, like ‘The Eagle has Landed’ and ‘Night of the Fox’.
In fantasy I like Charles De Lint as an author. Love his book ‘Someplace to be flying’.
I also read in my native tongue.
3. I just published my first novel on April 25th. “Jewels of Smoky Quartz”
It is a fantasy book (cover and blurb added). Currently I am working on book 2 and another fantasy novel which takes place on earth.
4. Advice- If you are not planning of becoming a full time author just yet, then take your time and do things right. There are sadly many scammers out there. Check any offers you receive. What you should put your money into is good editing. Know that most of your work starts after you finish writing, but make it into a journey, not a nuisance.
5. I played AD&D as a teenager and read alot of fantasy books.
My personal life- work and hobbies also found their way into my writing. I hope I did them justice!

Author Interview: Troy Young

  1. What inspired you to write?

Being an author wasn’t something I’d always dreamed of, but I’d always been creative and had stories in my head. I just didn’t feel the need to get them out.  Then I was teaching I’m a part-time business professor), and I was telling my students about their second career.  What would they want to do if money was no longer an object?  Maybe a post-retirement gig.  One student asked me what I would do, and on the spot, I said I’d like to be an author.  It still took me years after that to finally do something about that.

I was visiting Florida, where my parents have a winter home, and I went for a walk in the hot Florida sun.  An hour later, with no hat or sunscreen, dehydrated and delirious, a story had formed in my mind.  When I came back to Toronto and told my staff this story (I’m a CEO of a non-profit association), one of them said, “when are you going to stop telling us these stories and actually write something?”  So I wrote it to spite her.  That was my first novel.

  1. Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites?

I find I am not reading as much as I used to.  Damn devices and the internet have cut into my reading time.  But as a kid, I was first drawn to the fantasy genre by Robert E. Howard’s Conan and J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. I also was an avid reader of the Hardy Boys, and still own all the original series.

Later, I branched out a bit more.  I remember a YA book I read called Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom which helped cultivate an interest in China.  Later series that spoke to me was David Eddings’ Belgariad and Malloreon. But I think Raymond A. Feist and Janny Wurtz’ Empire series are the books that really stand out for me.

I’ve also read Harry Potter more times than I can count.

Outside of the fantasy genre, I really enjoy Edward Rutherfurd’s books, like Paris, London and New York, historical novels which tell the tale of the history of these cities.

Lastly, H.P. Lovecraft is probably the most influential writer for me, if only because my first real published works as based on his Cthulhu Mythos.  Currently I’m reading Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country which has parallels to my own work (if not written a little better than mine).  I really enjoyed his take on the genre.  Others I’ve read in this genre are Neil Gaiman (although my favourite book of his is Fortunately, the Milk) and some Stephen King.  I’m not a huge fan of King, finding some of his stories meandering and repetitive, but I really enjoyed Carrie. 

  1. What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future?

I just finished my overarching series The Other. The last story, In the Depths of R’lyeh, wraps up an 18 novelette/novella series. It is a series of linked stories (much like Lovecraft Country) the reader is expected to read in order that slowly reveals a large universe spanning event millennia in the making.  All of reality either survives or is snuffed out.  

I published each of the stories on their own, and once I got six written I’d unpublish them and repackage them into the larger book.  Book three of the series will come out in September, 2021 and I’m considering publishing them as an Omnibus in December.

Out of this, since it is my most popular works, I’m publishing a series of related stories that flush out elements introduced in the original series.  The first one is about a witch being hunted by the Freemasons in 1798.  The characters were first introduced in The Curse of the Windsor Witch, set in 2019.  There are a number of past events alluded to in my work, so now I’m going to be filling in those details with the historical telling of these tales.

I also have the third book in my sci-fi western series The Gunslinger’s Emancipation that I need to start. Busy, busy, busy.

4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors?

Write, write and write some more.  Look to groups on Facebook (like 20bookto50K) filled with authors supporting you and your work. Read as much as you can about the entire business (writing is the easy part) and treat it as a business (if you don’t it’s nothing but a hobby; that’s fine, but that’s all it will be unless you treat it like a business).  I’d also recommend Mark Dawson’s course on advertising and invest in either Grammarly or ProWritingAid to help with editing (I have the pro version of both).

  1. What influenced you as a writer?

I’ve received most of my inspiration from the works of others.  The Mandalorian inspired my sci-fi novel.  Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book inspired the first thing I ever published, a four-page short story. And of course, H.P. Lovecraft inspired my cosmic horror series.

Stephen King’s On Writing was a huge help and an inspirational read for me.

I find though things fit into place for my when I go for a walk.  Most of my initial plots form on a walk.  If I’m having difficulty figuring where things are to go next, talk a walk.  Walking clears my head and provides me with moments of clarity.

Links:

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Troy-Young/e/B07QGKW4WH

Author website: www.floridamanthenovel.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TroyYoungAuthor

https://www.facebook.com/TheOtherLovecraft

Twitter: @FloridaNovel

IG @troyyoung1971

Author interview: Billie Jade Kermack

1- I have an extremely overactive imagination and writing became a way for me to offload my thoughts. It wasn’t long into jotting ideas down that recurring themes and characters started emerging. I have always loved to write.

2. I am a big reader and more recently as a mum of three I have enjoyed listening to books on Audible. I go through phases of genres. Right now I am hitting a romance phase and like Jodi Ellen Malpas. I am also a Stephen King fan.

3. I am currently finishing up the third book in my paranormal romance series, it is called Hallowed. I am also working on an adult contemporary romance and a comedy episode script which I’m hoping to get funding for.

4. I love to help authors such as myself in any way I can – this is why I started a blog about every aspect of writing – it is the https://thesablescribbler.com/blog/
– tips, tricks and next level writing.

5. I have a deep love of movies and music and often relay those into my work. I also do SFX makeup for tv and film so I can use those visuals especially when working on some of my more darker works.
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Author Interview: Michael Chukwudi



1. The society of man inspired my writing. I want to use my writing to correct the wrongs in the society of man.

2. Yes! Every writer ought to be a reader because no writer writes in a vacuum. And reading helps one to see how words are woven. My favourite is anything from Chinua Achebe and at times from Jean Sasson.

3. My newest work and which is my debut is the ‘UnDeserved’. In the future, the society will be fit for living.

4. My advice is this; implore tenacity, patience and perseverance in your dealings. And you will evolve into a celebrated writer with time.

5. My passion to create a better world influenced me.