German Aleala Interview

 musical novel of death, love, and crime. In a small town two teenagers fall in love, but hide their feelings from each other in doubt. A father with a twisted past abuses his son. a frightened boy commits suicide, and a psychopathy ensues taking families and many victims in this thrilling story of horrific rape, suicide, murder, homosexuality, drug abuse, barbaric incest, insanity, and matricide 

1: What is the most productive time of the day for you to write?

All day. I don’t have a certain productivity moment. If I have to be in school I write in my journal, and if I’m at home all hours of the day can be best spent writing. The most productive hour is any time after 5 o clock. After 5 I buckle down and try to work for about four hours even if it sucks, and will all be edited out later I think it’s all good time spent on honing the little talent I’ve got. For my newest book “Swing: A Pyschopathy” my most productive time was maybe 10  in the morning when I had already been working a few hours and I was in the zone.

2: Do you start your projects writing with paper and pen or is it all on the computer?

I’m very impulsive on where I write things. Most projects start on paper then move to the computer then stay there, and kind go in and out in a messy fashion. Poetry is usually all on the computer or all on paper, because I never do well by moving it from paper to computer then continuing it on the computer. While writing “Swing: A Pyschopathy” I would write about two hours into my journal then do about three hours on my computer during which I would type the day’s writing, edit it, and expand it.

3: What do you draw inspiration from?

Everything. The world inspires my poetry, and my writing is inspired by any writer I see who can write a book, and then show it to people. I think literature is beautiful, and all writers inspire me. Writing “Swing: A Pyschopathy” I was inspired by my friend who knew all about the subjects I wrote about, and whatever he didn’t know I did know, so, he sparked my memory. I was also very depressed at the time which fueled me.

4: Do you set goals for yourself when you sit down to write such as word count?

No, I don’t like setting goals, because I either do a bad job to complete them, or I feel bad when I can’t. When writing “Swing: A Pyschopathy” I did set the goal of 2,000 words a day which was because that’s the number of words I did the first day I sat down to write the book.

5: Are you a published or a self published author and how do you come up with your cover art?

I’m a self-published author, and I plan on being traditionally published very soon. My cover art is all done very childishly. I use Paint, and just put words over it, but I make like five different covers for each book, because I am a perfectionist despite my attempt at childish covers. Swing: A Pyschopathy’s book cover is the least childish cover ever. It is a picture that my sister took with me at the park with her expensive camera, and then I made it grey to match the sadness in the book along with my favorite font as the title.

6: What drives you to choose the career of being a writer?

Ask that to six year old German, because I have no idea. I have always wanted to be a writer, and it’s probably the same thing that inspires me which is all writers who can write a book, and leave parts of themselves behind them for people to faun over even in their death.

7: Do you own an ebook reading device?

Yes, a Barnes and Noble Nook which is as broke as I am. That’s an exaggeration it just has a crack under one of the arrows which came when I dropped it from my bed once that I fell asleep reading it.

8: Who are some of your favorite authors and What are you reading now?

Jackie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe, Dan Brown, and Maya Angelou leave me in the Lost Island with a box of their books, and I will live! Right now I should be reading the “Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown, but in my strangeness I’ve taken to non-fiction history books the last couple of weeks.

9: What do you think of book trailers and do you have any plans to have any?

I think they’re a great way to promote a book, and I would like to have one out. Right now I don’t have any plans, because any trailer for “Swing: A Pyschopathy” would surely be banned from any video sharing site.

10: How did you come up with the title of your latest book?

Well, the book is based off a poem of the same name: Swing. I added “A Pyschopathy” to describe exactly what is inside the book, because after reading the definition for Pyschopathy “Mental illness or disorder” I didn’t think a better title could exist.

11: What are you working on now that you can talk about?

Right now I’m working on a few short stories that will follow the release of Swing, and jotting down the plans for one of six or seven poetry collections to come after the short stories, but that is no time soon. After that, I’ll just be publishing books while I work on a book that’s been cooking for four years, and then start making grabs for a literary agent in the summer.

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My Color Kindle

Today I received the Dell Streak 7 to review so far I'm impressed with it, I will be posting a video review this weekend. The games are impressive on it very fast and nice sound. The Kindle App is Amazing love it, it is really nice for some of the art books I have getting to see the pictures in color is very nice touch, and getting to zoom in is really nice.

Will try to post better pictures of it.

Here is the Wifi only

Shoshana Sumrall Frerking Interview

Shoshana Sumrall Frerking

Lincoln, Nebraska

Author of "A Highly Technickel Memoir"

1: What is the most productive time of the day for you to write?

The most productive time is early morning, although since I go to my day job at that time, I usually have to make do with writing at night before bed. Once I get going, though, the time of day tends to mean less!

2: Do you start your projects writing with paper and pen or is it all on the computer?

I almost always begin with pen and paper. After a while, I transfer it to computer. Then I print it out so I can look it over, make notes, and write a few more pages on paper. Then it starts all over again.

3: What do you draw inspiration from?

A lot of it comes from listening to music. I feel compelled to transfer the emotions evoked by a particular song to a scene on paper. I also take a lot from conversations going on around me, and little things that happen throughout the day that take on larger meanings.

4: Do you set goals for yourself when you sit down to write such as word count?

I used to set the goal of ten pages. Lately, I've let work and life get in the way, and feel lucky to squeeze in a page or two here and there. I need to find that discipline again.

5: Are you a published or a self published author and how do you come up with your cover art?

My first book was a POD book several years ago, and the company I used came up with the art. Since then, my publications have been little ones in literary journals. However, I designed the cover for my current novel, "A Highly Technickel Memoir." I went for simplicity, using a single monarch butterfly, as this creature features significantly in the story.

6: What drives you to choose the career of being a writer?

Simply put, I've always needed an outlet for the worlds that exist inside my head. Offering them to my readers gives them more room to breathe. My present career, however, consists of technical, rather than fiction writing. I love my current job, but hope someday to make that transition to full-time author.

7: Do you own an ebook reading device?

I have a basic black and white Nook, and also KindlePC on my computer.

8: Who are some of your favorite authors and What are you reading now?

Stephen King has always been a major influence on my writing, because of his compelling and realistic characters. I also love some of the classic writing by such authors as Flannery O'Conner, Carson McCullers, and Harper Lee. I'm new to e-publishing, but have already met some wonderful writers online. I just finished reading "Not What She Seems" by Victorine E. Lieske, and am now on to "Shattered Dreams" by Laura Landon.

9: What do you think of book trailers and do you have any plans to have any?

I haven't seen any trailers yet, so I can't answer for sure. It sounds like a great idea, though.

10: How did you come up with the title of your latest book?

The title "A Highly Technickel Memoir" comes from my protagonist, Corey Russell. She possesses an elite education, is very stubborn and inquisitive, but is most of all a big smartass.

11: What are you working on now that you can talk about?

One of the reasons I published the current book is that now I have to finish the sequel. I was over 100 pages in when I realized I needed to start over. So… wish me luck!

Purchasing:

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004V55MO4

B&N

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Highly-Technickel-Memoir/Shoshana-Sumrall-Frerking/e/2940012662224/?itm=1

Websites:

https://sites.google.com/site/shoshanasumrallfrerking/

http://www.folio-1.com

Beatrice Brusic interview

1: What is the most productive time of the day for you to write? 

The most productive time of day for me is usually the mornings but I've worked in the afternoon as well.

2: Do you start your projects writing with paper and pen or is it all on the computer?

I start my projects strictly on the computer, never pen and paper.

3: What do you draw inspiration from?

  I draw inspiration from real life, although I do have a novel that I have to revise if I ever have time between promoting my first one and finishing my second.

4: Do you set goals for yourself when you sit down to write such as word count?

I never set goals for myself as to a word count.  I find that too frustrating and intimidating.  I work while the inspiration flows and when it stops, I stop and continue the next day.

5: Are you a published or a self published author and how do you come up with your cover art?

I've always been a compulsive reader only then I didn't know that it was also the sign of a writer.  It took many years for me to actually develop the confidence to write a book and many more to finally find my voice.

6: Do you own an ebook reading device?

I do own a Kindle and I'm very happy I do.  It's a wonderful device.

7: Who are some of your favorite authors and What are you reading now?

 I'm reading Ashley Judd's memoir right now and I have many favorite authors, heading the list is Frank McCourt.

8: What do you think of book trailers and do you have any plans to have any?

I haven't tried book trailers yet but will probably do it in the near future.

9: What are you working on now that you can talk about?

I'm editting my second book "A Different Journey" which will also be a memoir.

Working on poster for READ ME a documentary

Here is the raw photo that will become the poster for my Documentary READ ME

Library Lending coming soon to Kindle

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All four of my highly rated stories are now in ONE book all for ,99 cents

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Holly Hood Interview

Holly Hood Interview Questions

Author of Wingless Book Series

And Heart of Gypsies

1: What is the most productive time of the day for you to write?

The most productive time of day for me is anytime I am able. I am a mother of three young kids, so I have to find ways to squeeze writing in when I see fit.

2: Do you start your projects writing with paper and pen or is it all on the computer?

Everything that I do is on the computer; I tend to go back and forth between my desktop and laptop. I have a writing journal that I jot ideas in, that way I don’t lose them.

3: What do you draw inspiration from?

I get my inspiration from life, be it the news, television, music, movies or even my own. Or just me daydreaming, sometimes I get inspired when I am sleeping. It just depends, one big reason behind my stories are emotions for sure. I like to make the reader feel exactly what the characters do. If I am moved then I am sure others are.

4: Do you set goals for yourself when you sit down to write such as word count?

I don’t set goals other than trying to write once a day. I feel if I do that then I will keep moving forward.

5: Are you a published or a self published author and how do you come up with your cover art?

I am a self published author. And I use my own ideas for my cover art. I always make the cover reflect the book, I choose from royalty free websites. And I enjoy making the covers myself; I think that is my artistic side. I used to love painting and drawing.

6: What drives you to choose the career of being a writer?

My imagination is what drives me. And my ability to create these fictional worlds, it’s what I love and it feels good doing it. Ever since I can remember I was daydreaming, and it got to a point I had to write it all out. I love being able to tell stories that others enjoy!

7: Do you own an ebook reading device?

 I have a tablet and on that, I use Kindle. I find it easier to read when I don’t have to go into the bookstores trying to decide. To me that’s a lot of pressure haha. And I would rather have a small contained place to keep all my books.

8: Who are some of your favorite authors and what are you reading now?

Some of my favorite authors are Jim Carroll; he had an amazing way with words. Edgar Allan Poe because his writing haunted me the first time I had to read it. Shakespeare is pure beauty; I also admire Nicholas Sparks for his absolute brilliance. Zoe Winters for her wit and Jerry Spinelli for writing the book that shoved me into the reading world at nine. What book you ask? Maniac Magee of course. And Shel Silverstein because his books make everyone happy. Water for Elephants is what I am reading currently.

9: What do you think of book trailers and do you have any plans to have any?

I think book trailers are awesome. And I do have a book trailer that I made recently for Wingless. The book series I wrote. I think book trailers are a great way to show potential readers your books. It’s a very creative way to do so; I have seen a lot of amazing book trailers out there.

10: How did you come up with the title of your latest book?

My latest book is called Heart of gypsies, and I came up with this title as soon as I got the idea. The story is about a young girl who is kidnapped by her deranged Aunt. She is on the run for ten years with her, so she considers herself a gypsy. The book’s title is fitting because it really shows you truly, what the main character is all about emotionally and mentally.

11: What are you working on now that you can talk about?

I am currently working on two projects. The first being the sixth book in the Wingless Book Series. I am probably 150 pages into it. And it’s a blast writing this one, I cannot wait for all my readers to get their hands (or ereaders) on this one. I also am finishing up a book called Road to Ruins; this is a book I wrote in third person. (Something I never tried before) It’s a murder mystery with a splash of dysfunction and romance. I hope to have the sixth book out in the next couple months. And I hope to finish Road to ruins in a couple of months as well.

Ways to reach me :

Amazon Author Page

http://www.amazon.com/Holly-Hood/e/B004QXV9UC/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

Barnes And Noble

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Wingless/Holly-Hood/e/2940012318701/?itm=2&USRI=holly+hood+wingless

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/WinglessBookSeries.HollyHood

Blogger

http://winglesshollyhood.blogspot.com/

Website

http://winglessbookseries.weebly.com/

Youtube Book Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C2SMSFFOxo

Geraldine Evans Interview

1: What is the most productive time of the day for you to write?

It was always evenings because that was the only time I had to write as I
had a day job. Then, when I started writing full time, it used to be from
about 10.00 a m to about 4.00 p m. But now, with so much marketing to do, my
mornings are given over to answering emails and to blog posts and
interviews, etc and I only actually get to the writing in the afternoons.
So, I suppose it's whatever time of day I can get to do it.

2: Do you start your projects writing with paper and pen or is it all on the
computer?

I always start in longhand. Then, when I've got a few chapters along, I
switch to the computer. When I've finished a first draft, I print the lot
out and go through again in pen, editing as I go. Then I put all the
alterations/additions on the computer and go through again with, perhaps, a
week or two's break before reading it through and printing it out again with
another pen go-through.

3: What do you draw inspiration from?

My own head, mostly. I think once you start pummelling your brain, trying to
think up a great idea, they start coming. I tend to like to write things
down, so I'll write all the usual reasons for murder down in a circle and
work outwards  from that. It's amazing how the ideas come.

4: Do you set goals for yourself when you sit down to write such as word
count?

No, not really. I don't have a daily word count. I write until I'm tired and
then I stop. It works for me. I don't like the idea of some time and motion
person (even if it's me!) standing over me with a word count clock and
telling me I've come up short. Away with him, I say.

5: Are you a published or a self published author and how do you come up
with your cover art?

I'm both. I've been published by Macmillan and St Martin's Press and
Worldwide in softcover. I've been published in audio by Isis Soundings. For
print, I'm now with Severn House who have published twelve of my mystery
novels. At the end of 2010, I started publishing my backlist books as
ebooks. Of my eighteen published novels, I've now got three up on kindle and
I'm currently working on getting a fourth up (the first two are also on
nook, iPad, iPhone, sobo, android etc and the second, Down Among the Dead
Men, is also up on smashwords). I use Kimberly Hitchens, a wonderful
American lady to do my ebook formatting. She also provides a cover service
and I have a talented young man called Rick Capidamonte to do my covers.
Both are very efficient and very reasonable. So far they have done three of
my ebooks(Dead Before Morning, Down Among the Dead Men and Death Line - all
from my Rafferty and Llewellyn mystery series) and they're working on The
Hanging Tree, my fourth. I love publishing my ebooks myself. It means I get
to control the publication date, the cover and the price. It's wonderful to
have control after having none for so many years.

6: What drives you to choose the career of being a writer?

A loathing of the day jobs. I've worked mostly as an office drone and hated
it. I've always wanted to be my own boss and writing allowed me to achieve
that. Not that it was particularly a means to an end. The writing came first
and the possibility of eventually leaving the wage-slavery and working from
home came a long way behind. I've always been a keen reader, so becoming a
writer wasn't such a strange ambition. Like Colin Dexter, the creator of
Morse, I also read one bad crime novel too many and had the thought that I
could do better. So I gave it a go. And got taken out of Macmillan's slush
pile and published. Though that was after spending six years trying and
failing to write romances with a book a year - all rejected - bar the last
of the six.

7: Do you own an ebook reading device?

Yes, I persuaded my husband to buy me a kindle just this last Christmas.

8: Who are some of your favourite authors and What are you reading now?

My favourite mystery authors change from time to time. At the moment, I
liked Val McDermid, Janet Evanovich, Mark Billingham, Ruth Dudley Edwards,
Cynthia Harrod Eagles and Reginald Hill. Amongs the historicals, I like
Sharon Penman (loved her Sunne in Splendour about the later Plantagenets),
Jean Plaidy and Philippa Gregory. I think my favourite book of all time is
St Thomas's Eve by Jean Plaidy, about Saint Thomas More. I generally read
mysteries and historicals. I've almost finished The White Queen by Philippa
Gregory, which is about Elizabeth Woodville, the Lancastrian who married the
Yorkist king, Edward iV. I'm also reading an ebook, Daughter of Time, a Time
Travel Romance by Sarah Woodbury for review and What of Death by Mark
Billingham.

9: What do you think of book trailers and do you have any plans to have any?

I love book trailers. I'm not convinced they help to sell books, but they're
great fun to make. I've made six so far, one each for Dread Before Morning,
Down Among the Dead Men, Death Line, The Hanging Tree (still in progress)
and for hbs Death Dance and Deadly Reunion. I think my favourites are the
ones I did for Death Line and Dead Before Morning even if the latter is
rather longer than is generally supposed to be best. I make mine using
Windows Movie Maker. All my trailers are up on my website as well as on
youtube.

10: How did you come up with the title of your latest book?

That one was pretty easy, actually. It involved a murder at a school
reunion, so I called it Deadly Reunion. Most, of course, are not so easy. I
had a terrible time, I remember, coming up with the title Dying For You,
which is the sixth in my Rafferty and Llewellyn series. I had two pages of
possible titles before I came up with that one. The book was written before
I got it. Awful. I don't even want to go through that again. It seemed as
though that book was cursed, as I also had to put it aside for six months to
do a rewrite of Reluctant Queen, my historical. It was so difficult going
back and trying to pick up the threads. But having said that, Dying For You
still remains my favourite book. So perhaps curses aren't all bad. :-)

11: What are you working on now that you can talk about?

Imminently, I'll be doing the proofing for the ebook version of The Hanging
Tree. Then, I really must get on with Kith and Kill, my next hb. After that,
I hope to publish Reluctant Queen as an ebook. and then I have hopes of
publishing the rest of my backlist as ebooks.

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http://www.geraldineevans.com
http://wwwgeraldineevanscom.blogspot.com
amazon links: Deadly Reunion hb: http://tinyurl.com/4qjgay4
                     Death Line, latest ebook:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004T3FQR6

"i" is now on Smashwords.com FREE

For those of you with e-readers you can now download "i" from Smashwords.com for free.

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My documentary in the works titleled READ ME is really gathering steam thanks to everyone who has already signed on to be part of it

My new Flash Fiction "i"

Must stop this shaking.

If she feels me shaking, she will once more awake.

Must not wake her.

Why must this deed be done?

Delaying it will only make it worse.

My blood is ice cold; this shiver runs completely through my body.

Look at her lie there.

The curtains dance in the warm summer night breeze.

Her chest rises and falls with each breath. 

Each breath my body craves to share with her.

Dread is all that fills me now.

Time has marched forward and taken the only beauty and hope in my life and viciously tore it apart.

We first met many seasons ago.

Struck up a friendship and bonded.

That unfortunately was muddled by previous commitments we both had with someone else.

So we faded away from each other.

That decision filled my life for many years with nothing but regrets: watching trees push away their withered leaves only to embrace the next season; searching and waiting until that one day when the grace of angels led me once again to meet. . . 

My love that now lies before me.

We took to each other like wild animals.

Fate brought us back together.

We must never again leave each other’s side again.

Although those Angels must be laughing at me now because what they leave me with is no choice.

This must be done.

Morning brings a golden sun that warms and evaporates the dew on the grassy path that we travel together.

Both of us knows what lays at the end of this dreadful journey.

To the river, to the willow tree, to the spot where we once again found each other and pledged our undying love and never to be separated from one another again.

She wanted to lie once more under the tree and embrace in each other’s love.

To share in the space of the wild lilies that crave the rays of sunlight that scatter through the gentle movement of the leaves.

She looks up with tears forming in her eyes. “The time is now,” she whispers for only me and the wind to hear.

Choking back her tears, her eyes now fill with a begging and a promise she knows will never be broken. “Remember me, I will always remember you.”

She is quiet and still.

For me, it is a dreadful slumber.

For her, it is no more drugs that made her vomit and cringe in agony.

The brutal pain, the shear torture, the total sickness has now ended.

She now walks with those angels that, for a second time, brought us together.

Now facing the consequences for what my tortured soul has done, one can only hope that in the end “our” third time will be the charm.