Melissa Ceseña published The Denizen’s Stone in December 2024 What inspired you to write a paranormal romance featuring merfolk? While I was body boarding a lot one summer, I had a recurring dream that I was holding onto a merman while he swam us through the Pacific Ocean. How did you develop the character of […]
Laura Kemp went freelance when she had her first child. Since then, she’s written six novels and is writing her seventh We all dream of that perfect job. And for one Penarth-based writer, turning from journalist to author has led to a deal with a major publisher and her books appearing on supermarket shelves. Born […]
Congratulations on your latest book release Quantum Messenger Can you let our readers have a brief synopsis? Quantum Messenger is set around 2060 and is told from the point of view of a robot, Apollo XR. Apollo discovers that it can think independently of its programmed responses, effectively developing the first AI soul. It has […]
Paul Smyth has worked as a commercial news videographer but his book Deliveries was created from real-life experiences For Canadian author Paul Smyth, writing his first book has been a labour of love. Taking seven years to complete, Deliveries tells the tale of bush-pilot Paul Jackson, whose routine flight quickly erodes into an airborne nightmare […]
Elle Vanzel is a happily married, curvy experimenter who has always wanted to write erotica. Her stories are a mix of her experiences, fantasies, and research Are you self-published or published? I’m self-published by choice and have not even attempted to seek an agent or publisher. That would require giving up too much control! If you […]
Set during the return of the Hale-Bopp comet, the Serrulata Saga is a dystopian sci-fi/fantasy adventure you won’t want to miss Are you self-published or published? Hello, I’m Bennett! I’m a self-published indie author. My series, the Serrulata Saga, is dystopian sci-fi/fantasy, but I also have a prequel romance novella coming out on December 1! […]
Laura Strobel was born in New York City and grew up in Connecticut. She studied journalism at Hunter college in Manhattan and was a freelance writer in Colorado Are you self-published or published? Yes, I self-published my book Accountability with Amazon on October 25, 2020. If you are not a full-time writer, do you/have you […]
Author Chris Barrie has worked as a freelance editor and copywriter in a series of blogs and magazine articles over the last year. His writing is primarily science fiction about the five royal families of Obsidia, long exiled on Earth and dedicated to protecting their adopted home against a mysterious evil who strives to enslave […]
Author Erica Willmott tells The Indie Book Store how a Christmas present for her uncle inspired her to write for children Often, the best ideas come when you’re least expecting it. For writer Erica Willmott, it took 30 pairs of brightly-coloured socks, one uncle and one washing machine to come up with the idea for […]