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Shelley Kolton Facebook X-twitter Instagram Goodreads-g Amazon Book-open Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written. FIRST TIME AUTHOR; PHYSICICAN What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it? BRAIN STORM A LIFE IN PIECES Do you have any unusual writing habits? NOT REALLY What authors, or books have influenced you? CUTTING FOR STONE, THE THORNBIRDS, THE WHITE QUEEN What are you working on now? A VERBAL HISTORY OF OUR ALL WOMEN’S PRACTICE AND THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM 1980 TO PRESENT What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books? INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK; BOOK CLUB MAILINGS Which Websites you like most to promote your book BOOKTRIBE Do you have any advice for new authors? SELF PUBLISH – GIVES YOU THE MOST FREEDOM What is the best advice you have ever heard? KEEP WRITING; WRITE SOMETHING EVERYDAY What are you reading now? AMOR TOWLES — TABLE FOR TWO What’s next for you as a writer? NOT SURE If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring? LINCOLN HIGHWAY, COVENANT OF WATER, PRINCE OF TIDES

Wallace Briggs Facebook Linkedin Goodreads-g Globe Globe Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written. Wallace Briggs (1943 – present). Happily married to Pat in 1964, who I first met at the age of eleven. Early years were experienced in and around Durham never living more than 5ml distance from the Cathedral. Married in 1964, Pat and I spent many happy years in the North East of England before employment almost took us off to emigrate to South Africa. But plans were changed in the final weeks and the company moved the family Sussex. After more than twenty years in Sussex, then Hampshire, employment was again responsible for the move to beautiful rural Lancashire, where we still reside. I am now retired from a long career in sales and marketing of technical products in the UK and international markets. Jimmy Crikey was born one rainy day during a family holiday in Great Yarmouth, to entertain my son and his new-found friends for an hour or so. The story expanded over the following showery afternoons in the cramped confines of a beach tent, and more and more adventures were required to keep the children entertained. I look forward to sharing the adventures of Jimmy Crikey with a wider audience in the hope that they will bring a sense of wonder and enjoyment to another generation. What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it? The sixth book in the Adventures of Jimmy Crikey, and the most recently published is subtitled Radioactive. I was inspired to write it to expand on the impossible relationship between Jimmy and Annison, a mermaid who lived in the Emerald LAke beneath Roombelow. Hoc these two young people continue their relationship when Annison is restricted to the world of water? Do you have any unusual writing habits? I don’t plot out my stories. I pick up the pen (fuguratively) and start writing and the ideas flow from the ether onto the page. What authors, or books have influenced you? the children’s authors who most influenced me were Enid Blyton and Tolkein. What authors, or books have influenced you? the children’s authors who most influenced me were Enid Blyton and Tolkein. What are you working on now? A more mature theme of a man recovering from a stroke whose mind is rearranging itself as he heals. What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books? I rely for social media for most of my promotion work, in particular Face Book Which Websites you like most to promote your book Authors Glow and All Author are my go to promo sites Do you have any advice for new authors? Write, write and write again – and then find a good editor and bear the cost! What is the best advice you have ever heard? Keep trying and don’t be put off by negative comments What’s next for you as a writer? Learning how to use Mailchimp for promotion If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring? Where the Lion Feeds, Lord of the Rings, the Bible

GRAHAM WILSON Facebook Linkedin Goodreads-g Globe Globe Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written. I grew up in outback Australia and have written 12 novels and a memoir. The memoir tells of life growing up in a remote aboriginal community. The novels are a mix of historical fiction set in early Sydney and thrillers set in remote Australia, the landscapes of Crocodile Dundee I’ve been writing my whole life and about twenty five years ago started my first book, Perfect Plan. I never intended to publish it. I can’t stand predictable and/or unrealistic stories such as the Jack Reacher series. Nothing ruins a novel faster than an “Oh, come on!” moment, or pages of useless blabber. My books are layered and authentic, realistic page-turners for both male and female readers that immerse you in the story and characters, making you emotionally involved. There is nothing worse than pages of descriptions that have zero to do with the plot. Some authors with write page after page describing a bathroom, the décor, and then use only one page for an action sequence. Ridiculous. I write books that readers don’t want to put down. The award winning Davenport Series has six books so far with two more done and ready for publishing. I’ve been waiting for a marketing push to get these out. there What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it? I grew up in outback Australia and have written 12 novels and a memoir. The memoir tells of life growing up in a remote aboriginal community. The novels are a mix of historical fiction set in early Sydney and thrillers set in remote Australia, the landscapes of Crocodile Dundee My latest book is The Mysteries, which fuses a historical mystery of Irish immigrants to places in Australia Do you have any unusual writing habits? Once a new story is running in my head I write almost non stop until I have it down on the page, often a week of writing 16 hours a day What authors, or books have influenced you? Gone Girl gave me a large part of the idea for my outback thrillers, the Crocodile Dreaming Series. Here you think you know where the story is going only to find out it is heading somewhere completely different What are you working on now? Two things, one is a sequel to The Mysteries which I have titled ‘Elusive Cindy’, the story of the girl who vanishes at the start of Mysteries. The second is a tall tales and true story of some of the amazing characters of the Australian outback What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books? I give all book promotion tools and websites a try and either keep using them or not based on results. To date I have invested minimal time and effort in direct social media promotions as others are better at thhis than I am and I would rather pay them to do this for me.. Which Websites you like most to promote your book Whichever deliver the best results Do you have any advice for new authors? Don’t talk about it but set time aside to do it. What is the best advice you have ever heard? What my wife said to me when I talked about writing my first book for a year or two, “Stop talking about it and just do it!” What are you reading now? I alternate between true stories and great thrillers. I life reading books from new authors and my current one is called ‘The Falls’ by Lex Sylvester What’s next for you as a writer? To figure out if doing a screen play of one of my outback thrillers makes sense If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring? War and Peace, Game of Thrones and two books or series I have never heard of.

Brett Diffley Facebook Globe Twitter Linkedin Goodreads-g Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written. I’ve been writing my whole life and about twenty five years ago started my first book, Perfect Plan. I never intended to publish it. I can’t stand predictable and/or unrealistic stories such as the Jack Reacher series. Nothing ruins a novel faster than an “Oh, come on!” moment, or pages of useless blabber. My books are layered and authentic, realistic page-turners for both male and female readers that immerse you in the story and characters, making you emotionally involved. There is nothing worse than pages of descriptions that have zero to do with the plot. Some authors with write page after page describing a bathroom, the décor, and then use only one page for an action sequence. Ridiculous. I write books that readers don’t want to put down. The award winning Davenport Series has six books so far with two more done and ready for publishing. I’ve been waiting for a marketing push to get these out. there I’ve been writing my whole life and about twenty five years ago started my first book, Perfect Plan. I never intended to publish it. I can’t stand predictable and/or unrealistic stories such as the Jack Reacher series. Nothing ruins a novel faster than an “Oh, come on!” moment, or pages of useless blabber. My books are layered and authentic, realistic page-turners for both male and female readers that immerse you in the story and characters, making you emotionally involved. There is nothing worse than pages of descriptions that have zero to do with the plot. Some authors with write page after page describing a bathroom, the décor, and then use only one page for an action sequence. Ridiculous. I write books that readers don’t want to put down. The award winning Davenport Series has six books so far with two more done and ready for publishing. I’ve been waiting for a marketing push to get these out. there What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it? I’m working on Terror Effect. It’s a fantasy–a first for me. With so much evil in the world today, a protector, a hero of sorts, is born. I incorporate true stories about victims and bring the “what if” factor into the minds of the readers. What if a hero was drawn to a potentially gruesome event by the victims terror stricken scream? Do you have any unusual writing habits? Writing is about being in a groove or rut. You just need to know when to get up and walk away for a few minutes. What authors, or books have influenced you? Clive Cussler, Wilbur Smith, and Tom Clancy What are you working on now? I have 2 unpublished books –Treacherous Paths and Chance–coming out soon. They are a continuation of the award winning Davenport Series. A third–Terror Effect–is almost done too. This is a fantasy. What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books? brettdiffley.com Which Websites you like most to promote your book Amazon Do you have any advice for new authors? Find what inspires you. That’s where to begin. What is the best advice you have ever heard? Edit. Edit. And edit again. What are you reading now? Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy. What’s next for you as a writer? Writing the Davenport Series has been wonderful, but a writer needs different avenues to create. I’ve done a physiological thriller in Chance, and now a fantasy in Terror Effect, which I could see turning into a series too. If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring? Mine. Perfect Plan, Black Dawn, and Storm Warning.