Author of Science fiction & Poetry Leon Stevens, please tell us about yourself. What first got you into writing? My kindergarten teacher gave me a fat pencil and told me to print my name. Oh, writing, writing… I started writing song lyrics and poetry as therapy to deal with a difficult time in my life. After publishing my first collection of poems, I turned to my favorite genre, science fiction, and began to write a series of short stories. What did you read when growing up? My dad would read me science fiction stories at bedtime when I was young, and the first book I remember reading on m ..read more

Author of Women’s Fiction Romance Maya Bairey, please tell us about yourself. What first got you into writing? I’ve mostly lived in weird, problematic Portland, in the US Pacific Northwest, with time spent in Hawaii and Death Valley, CA. I split my time between a tech-dominated corporate day job and artistic experiments at night. I've been writing stories since I was a kid, usually reframing real events and fictional tales until they ended as I preferred. It was my way of exploring possibilities. How did you come to define your writing style and choose your writing genre? My writing style, I h ..read more

Author of The Awakening of Artemis And Parallel Lies A Brooklyn-born, recovering businessman, John Calia has been a naval officer, banker, entrepreneur, and consultant. He began writing his blog “Who Will Lead?” in 2010, attracting more than 120,000 readers. The five-star rating of his first book – a business fable titled The Reluctant CEO: Succeeding Without Losing Your Soul – inspired him to keep writing. His fascination with artificial intelligence and its impact on society inspired him to write The Awakening of Artemis, a near-future speculative fiction novel that recently reached #6 on t ..read more

Ça fait un bail! J'espère que vous passez un été fantastique! En résumé - À propos de faits saillants, simples et rapides : E.J. Wenstrom le fait très bien dans sa newsletter. J'aime ça. J'essaie aussi. Ouille... J'ai du travail à faire. - Travaux en cours : Sept à la dérive, version 4, Acte 3 (dernière partie) (v.o.a.). En négo avec une série de scènes qui mènent au point culminant. La fin approche, bonne nouvelle! Encore beaucoup à faire après v4. - Nouvelle date visée pour la sortie de Sept à la dérive : le 7 septembre 2024 (c'est donc ça, la sens de "date visée"!) - Chose étrange : livre ..read more

Long time no see! Hope you're having a fantastic summer! Quick Takeaways - About Simple, Quick Highlights: E.J. Wenstrom does them well in her newsletter. I like it. I'm trying it. Oops... Gotta work on it. - Ongoing Work: Seven Drifts v4, Act 3 (last part). Grappling with a bunch of scenes that lead to the climactic sequence. The end is nigh. That is good news! Lots more to do after v4. - New Tentative Release Date for Seven Drifts: September 7th, 2024 (So that's the meaning of "tentative date"!) - Something Odd: Novel vs Platform - one steals time from the other. Ain't that funny? - Pending ..read more

Amazing Conversation With D. L. Lewellyn, Brilliant Author of Epic Supernatural Fantasy Romance! Author ,D. L. Lewellyn and I connected over social media, chatting and dwigging into the writing life, and sharing our respective creative journeys. Our ongoing conversation covered many topics, like self-perception, writer's block, plotting vs pantsing, the importance of finishing projects, and building an audience… We discussed our writing processes and shared intel about our respective stories. We pondered where to focus our fledgeling marketing efforts, how to find good beta readers; or work wi ..read more

Interview With S.Z. Attwell, Bestselling Science Fiction Author I met S.Z. Attwell on Twitter a year ago. She is a fantastic person, and lately we connected via Mastodon over an article by Katrina Paulson about vision and the benefits of green light. We ended up having a very interesting conversation about how our senses come into play when imagining a story that we're writing. Immediately, I wanted to know more about S.Z. Attwell, the author or Aestus. What better way than an author interview? That, of course... and reading her amazing two-book series, Aestus. I was enthralled from the first ..read more

entrevue extensive par W. D. Killpack III C'est arrivé au cours de l'été 2021 : J'ai fait mes deux toutes premières entrevues écrites en tant qu'auteur. Celle que je présente ici est la deuxième, et certainement la plus longue. Comme vous verrez, on y couvre pas mal de terrain ! (Au cas où vous vous poseriez la question, voici ici ,Ma première entrevue d'auteur. ,L'auteur de science-fiction et de fantasy W. D. Killpack III m'a demandé si j'étais intéressé à faire une entrevue d'auteur pour son blog et sa newsletter (dont les membres s'appellent "The Knights Of Ril". J'ai dit oui, bien sûr. Il ..read more

science fiction and thriller author I read Point of No Return a little while ago, along with the Red Desert series, an original saga set on Mars (and also Earth). I enjoyed the books very much and I wrote a nice, quick review here. Since then, I've been curious to learn more about the author herself. As It turns out, Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli lives in Italy and writes thrillers as well as science fiction. She has built her career upon two languages, Italian and English. Amongst other things, how does she manage it all? Well, don't take my word for it... Meet the author and learn it all i ..read more

Un prélude à la série jeunesse Into The Darkness Par C. Darkly et The Dark Rainbow Par soucis de transparence, je tiens à mentionner que Courtney Harrell, alias ,C. Darkly, est ma coach d'écriture (developmental editor). Elle m'a énormément aidé dans mon processus d'écriture au courant des quatre dernières années, et ce fut une expérience glorieuse et stimulante. C. Darkly est aussi une écrivaine extraordinaire! Ce mois-ci, elle lance ,The Darkness Inside. C'est un court prélude à sa série à paraître de romans de vampires pour jeunes adultes, Into The Darkness. Bonne lecture... Paris, mars 18 ..read more