About Marten Hoyle: The Marten Hoyle Project (the initials of which stand for Mental Health Problems) is the name assigned to a Literary Endeavor based in the psychological setting of the Eglantine Home for the Poetically Unsound in Mettray, USA. The Project is held anonymously by the Voice of a being known as Vate C. Carmen. Hoyle suffers from the disease, schizophrenia but considers the Voice of “Vate C. Carmen” (a genderless hallucination which has been with him since earliest … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Marten Hoyle
Interview with Author – Jackie Haley
About Jackie Haley: Jackie Haley is a nationally recognized, award-winning author, speaker and entrepreneur. She's appeared on CBS, NBC, among many other major media outlets and traveled the country representing her books. Her first novel, Crystal Beach received many powerful endorsements following it's release in 2012, including one from the Des Moines Register, but Jackie didn’t stop there. In 2017, Jackie published her sequel, Truce Island and continued to speak and hold book … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jackie Haley
21 Tattoos by Monica Broussard
What if your deepest, darkest fears were inked on your skin for the world to see? Famous plastic surgeon Derek Hollinger has it all: money, success, luxury cars, and an L.A. penthouse near the beach. Who cares if he has no friends or lovers? He doesn’t need anyone. But Derek’s seemingly perfect life is shattered after a chance encounter with a mysterious old woman. When he wakes up covered in tattoos, the shadow of his traumatic past—one he can no longer outrun—looms large. Aided in his … [Read more...] about 21 Tattoos by Monica Broussard
Interview with Author – António Madrugada
About António Madrugada: About Antonio Madrugada: António Madrugada is a "Persona" to serve his writer vein. The name, based on his life struggles of when he was a teenager, in people dear to him and that he lost, and still loves. He is 30 years old, born in Caldas da Rainha on September 21, 1990. He graduated in Tourism Professional Course TIAT (Tourism Animation and Information Technician) from the Training Center of Santarém, Portugal.He loves to write poems and short … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – António Madrugada
Interview with Author – Michele Kwasniewski
About Michele Kwasniewski: After graduating from Loyola Marymount University with a BA in Technical Theater, Michele Kwasniewski spent over fifteen years in film and television production. Starting out as a film set assistant on movies such as INDEPENDENCE DAY, FACE/OFF, PRIMAL FEAR, and EVITA. Michele eventually switched to the small screen and worked her way up the ladder to production manager, gaining experience on television shows such as BIG BROTHER, ADOPTION STORIES, EXTRA YARDAGE and … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Michele Kwasniewski
FEATURED BOOK: Write Without the Fight – Master Your Creative Process and Write with Ease and Satisfaction by Julia Roberts
Is Writer’s Block real? (Are headaches real if some people don’t get them?) If you’re thinking "I should be writing," this book will get you there. The science of creativity will put you back in the game – master your creative process, work with your strengths, get help with your struggles. There’s worksheets, theories and just enough to fascinate the nerd in you. Practical tools and hacks ease your “not-writing-blues.” We need your voice and contribution to get out of your head and onto paper. … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Write Without the Fight – Master Your Creative Process and Write with Ease and Satisfaction by Julia Roberts
Interview with Author – Lee Ryder
About Lee Ryder: Alden Native and Amazon Best Selling award nominated author Lee Ryder knew she wanted to be an author very early on. From the time she began to read she knew and cherished the amazing worlds that could be brought to life in books. She started writing in elementary school and never stopped. Her work was published in many small works throughout the year. Her writing blossomed in high school when she was published in the school literary magazine “Between The Lines.” When she … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Lee Ryder
Interview with Author – Mary Hill-Wagner
About Mary Hill-Wagner: Dr. Mary Hill-Wagner is an author, professor, and former newspaper journalist. She lives in the Inland Empire in California with her spouse and dogs. She enjoys The Antiques Roadshow (even went once), poetry, movies, and Broadway Musicals (singing them loudly and off key). She thinks being in the company of artists is the best thing in the world! She is grateful to her editor, publisher, and agent for believing in her work. What inspires you to write? Stories, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Mary Hill-Wagner
Read to Write by Ellen Behrens
Struggling to improve your writing -- especially your fiction? Every published book out there can teach us something, if we know what to look for. In Read to Write, you’ll find guidelines for selecting examples that fit your needs, then reading them to get exactly what you need to make your fiction better than it is right now. The focus here is on you and the books you want to write. This short guide by award-winning author Ellen Behrens gives you concise, step-by-step instructions on how to … [Read more...] about Read to Write by Ellen Behrens
FEATURED BOOK: LOST HELIX by Scott Coon
A sci-fi adventure/mystery by award winning writer Scott Coon Stuck on an asteroid mining facility, DJ dreams of writing music. But when his dad goes missing, DJ finds a file containing evidence of a secret war of industrial sabotage, a file encrypted by his dad using DJ's song Lost Helix. Caught in a crossfire of lies, DJ must find his father and the mother he never knew. "Black Mountain had done that. A faceless entity, imaginary but powerful—it was no one and everyone. It had ripped … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: LOST HELIX by Scott Coon
Interview with Author – Aditi Ramaswamy
About Aditi Ramaswamy: Aditi Ramaswamy is a software developer, amateur researcher, and avid consumer of baklava. Their favourite authors are Bapsi Sidhwa and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, although they have been known to resort to reading the backs of soap bottles and tissue packets on long boring drives. They are passionate about disseminating historical truths on their blog, especially when it comes to dispelling racist tropes and myths. Aditi has written one full book, "Nathaniel … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Aditi Ramaswamy
Interview with Author – Lillian and Dave Brummet
About Lillian and Dave Brummet: Lillian and her husband Dave are the team behind Brummet Media Group, high-fiving cheerfully as they pass each other on the way from checking off one item or other from their long to-do list. Their business includes Dave’s music studio and percussion accessory products and graphic design work as well as numerous award-winning non-fiction books and popular blogs. Today we help them celebrate their latest book release - From One Small Garden, with over 300 … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Lillian and Dave Brummet
