1. What inspired you to write? For me writing is something that has always been inside of me. I want to be that author that helps readers find a way to escape from the craziness of every day life.
2) Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites? I love to read. Last year alone I read over 150 books. It’s hard to pick a favorite book. I think it depends on the season I am in. As of late it has to be The Discovery of Witches. But I’m also a sucker for Colleen Hoover or Nicole Fox
3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future? I currently published Possession (Book 1 of The Manarch Clan series) I am working on finalizing book 2 and because I’m seriously crazy just started a project with the app Fictum.
4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors? I’m a new author myself. So I’ll share what others have shared with me. Write, write and write some more. Don’t give up on your dream.
5) What influenced you as a writer? I have to say everyday life and people. Those small moments you capture or a line of a song.
1. Love for books and reading inspired me to write. 2. I have loved to read and am an avid reader. I love John Green novels. 3. TRUCE: Novis Initiis is my latest work. It’s a story of friendship, love and self discovery! I am currently working on a 3rd novel. 4. Dont give up! The path is not easy but its worth it! Believe in yourself and in your writing. 5. Books and writing styles
1. What inspired you to write? Having no one to listen to me as a child, meant I wanted to be heard by my characters, I loved making up worlds and friendships that I suppose, I wished I’d had. 2) Are you a reader? What are some of your favorites? I love reading and getting lost in a good book. I love crime thrillers and romance. Helen fields, Katerina Diamond and Brittany sahin and Emilia finn are among my favourite authors. 3) What is your newest work, and what is going to happen in the future? My newest work was actually re doing my first book. Having learnt so much, I wanted to go through it all again and get it up to spec. 4) Do you have advice or tips for Indie Authors? Don’t give up, don’t take criticism personally but do take what you can from it to improve. 5) What influenced you as a writer? My life, my surroundings, media, my family and friends and also the good old TV.
1. I was watching a show on Netflix about villains. It begged the question…”Do the villains know they are the bad guy?” Well certainly some do but what about Sauron? Would he see himself as the bad guy? Then I thought about the character I’d created so long ago…would Arawn see himself as the bad guy?” My answer was no. He would not have seen himself that way. Then how did he get that way? Boom. That was the question that started it. My character needed an origin story. I started the book the next day. 2. I am. I read my first (big) book at 15. It was The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks. I enjoy Mark Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie as well. 3. I am writing book 2, “A Confluence of Shadows” and have book one out on Audio. I plan 6 books in this series. My next 3 series are already in planning stages. I’m planning an urban dark fantasy about the Norse gods. A superhero series. I’m also planning a martial arts inspired fantasy. 4. Don’t let anything stop you. Not fear. Not finances. Not lack of knowledge. Write the damn book! 5. Reading. No question but it wasn’t just the reading. It was the absolute immersion a great book could provide. The escape into a different place. That’s the hook for me.
1. About a week before I retired from a career in the healthcare field in December 2019, a coworker commented that I should do something from my bucket list. I immediately replied that I would write a novel. I wondered why I had replied so quickly and with such conviction, as I hadn’t thought about writing a book since my adolescence. I took a few writing courses in high school and considered college and a career in writing, but decided to go to nursing school instead. I didn’t realize writing a novel was on my bucket list. Since I was newly retired and had the time to explore writing, I decided to see what I could do. “Beneath A Blanket Of Snow” was my first novel. I was overwhelmed by the wonderful response to the book, so I decided to keep writing. I released “If We Had Known” in April 2021.
2. My favorite book is “The Grapes of Wrath”. The book was great but the ending sealed my decision. But I generally like stories about families and their issues, so it’s no surprise that I have chosen to write books in the same genre
5. I was once asked to compare myself to a writer. I choose Anita Shreve. Her characters are well-developed, her writing is clear, and she doesn’t use fancy or difficult language. Of course, she writes books about families and their trials. So I aspire to be like her!
3. I released “If We Had Known” on April 28. While time often seemed to stand still, and tedious weeks stretched into months with no occurrence out of the ordinary, their life had irrevocably changed in an instant. It was his eyes that told her. Those blue eyes. Like the water in the Caribbean.
A college student. A professor. A secret. A devastating medical diagnosis. A young woman looking for meaning in her life. A man searching for his beginnings. A couple who wanted it all. Were their fates linked by circumstance? Or were other forces at work?
I also contributed a short story about the lads bicycling, in “The Need for Speed” 4. My advice for indie authors is to present your work to your readers in the best light. I don’t yet have the sales I would like for my books, but I am proud of the books I have written. My first book has more than 60 reviews and a 4.7 rating on Amazon. I’m proud of that.
1.I was inspired to write as I know that I couldn’t reach enough people by 1 x 1 work . 2.I enjoy great business books , health and on the other end of the scale a good romance. 3. My first published book is Leap into HR Consulting – How to successful move from Corporate to Consulting. 4.As an indie author believe that you can make an impact just as much as with a publishing house. My book is Finalist for HR book of the year 2021 – and I am the only Indie in the group. 5. My 27 years in consulting and also my childhood.
1. I woke up with an idea and thought it would be cool to write it. 2. Horror, spy dramas, crime thrillers 3. The Dreaming, which is the second installment in the Rapid Eye Movement trilogy. I’m currently (and very slowly) working on the third and final part. After that? I have no idea. 4. You will learn something every day. Listen to the advice you are given and always strive to improve your work. 5. Reading from an early age an discovering how much I loved the escapism.
1. I have always written. It started when I was young with short stories. Now as an adult full length novels. 2.I was a voracious reader before committing myself to writing. Favourite authors currently are Wilbur Smith and Lee Childs. 3. I have just released Atlantis: The New City on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. I have many more titles in the series to write with Atlantis: The Last Historian currently in progress. 4. my advice is write what you would enjoy reading and read it out loud to ensure you are happy with it. 5.all the stories that I have ever read have influenced me. Especially stories with elements of mystery, magic and suspense.
Desire for my stories to reach millions and touch their lives
Voracious reader of psychological, crime thrillers and guilty pleasure is YA fantasy!
Newest work is my debut novel ‘Linger, When You’re Gone’ and next projects are two books of short stories, poems and I’m also working on a sequel to Linger When You’re Gone
Keep learning and refining your technique. Get lots of feedback and incorporate the constructive ones but don’t let the negative feedback deter you. See it as a challenge and plough on
Read lots of books during vacations as a kid. Also, exposure to the literary world from an early age thanks to my grandmom who was a prolific writer
Samantha Evans--Author 