David D. D'Aguanno, author of the Brett Cornell Mysteries series

Poolside With Brett is the first book in the Brett Cornell series of novels by David D. D'Aguanno, and is available for Kindle and the Kindle app from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk:
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Poolside with Brett by David D. D'Aguanno

Poolside With Brett by David D. D'Aguanno

Private detective Brett Cornell believes that he's never had it so good.

He's been on a winning streak playing poker in private games being held in the back room of one of his favorite night spots. He's recently been "discovered" by an exotic-looking beauty who specializes in home-made adult films. In addition, he's been hired to track down a certain missing husband and bring him back home to his anxious wife.

His life, however, takes a sudden turn for the worse when he opens the trunk of his car one evening and finds the missing husband's murdered corpse stashed away inside of it. A set-up for a murder rap?

Set in the late 1980s, "Poolside with Brett" is the first in a series of novels featuring the tough and crass "unscrupulous bastard" himself -- a rude, wise-cracking private detective who happens to be a hugely successful ladies' man, thanks largely to what he immodestly refers to as his "Adonis-like features."

In a tale involving murder, blackmail, an unexpected suicide, and other assorted acts of violence and deceit, Brett learns the hard way that there's a steep price to be paid for being such an unscrupulous bastard -- and readers may very well feel that he gets exactly what he deserves, and more!

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Author Quiz interviews David D.D'Aguanno...

Is there anything about you or your writing that makes you unique from other authors?
A unique aspect of my writing, I would say, is my featuring an anti-hero as the main character of my series of comedy-mysteries. In other words, if Brett Cornell were a real person, I doubt that anyone would want to have anything to do with him, especially since he is a self-proclaimed unscrupulous bastard and even prides himself on being so. Of course, throughout the course of the series, sharp readers will notice various "chinks in his armor" as I hope to have his character gradually evolve to a certain extent.

Sophia Gill, author of 101 Distractions from Depression, Self-Harm (and other Soul-Destroyers)

101 Distractions from Depression, Self-harm (and other Soul-destroyers) by Sophia Gill is available for Kindle and the Kindle app from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk:
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101 Distractions from Depression, Self-harm
(and other Soul-destroyers) by Sophia Gill

101 Distractions from Depression, Self-harm (and other Soul-destroyers) by Sophia Gill

101 Distractions from Depression, Self-harm (and other Soul-destroyers) is a non-conventional self-help book designed to offer friendly, important advice during those moments when it is impossible to see through that oppressive fog of depression. Combining simple, often overlooked ideas with the all-important chance to understand exactly how each distraction has helped the author, think of this book as your springboard to recovery. The snippets of Sophia’s life in each page could be just what you need to feel as though you aren’t alone, or it could be the insight you are after in order to understand how to help yourself or someone close to you.

50% of profits from all book sales are donated to the mental health charity SANE

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Author Quiz interviews Sophia Gill...

Do you ever feel yourself becoming quite emotional when writing and is there a specific passage in particular where this was the case?
As I write about depression and self-harm, I find myself becoming emotional all of the time! When I think about just how many people suffer from mental illness, and know that right now there will be millions of people feeling just as depressed as I was – it brings me to tears. I never, ever believed that I could change - but now I know that this is just one of the many 'tricks' depression plays on us. Writing makes me emotional because it gives me hope that one day, my words will help someone else understand depression and learn to cope.

Kerry Letheby, author of Mine To Avenge

Mine to Avenge by Kerry Letheby is available for Kindle and the Kindle app from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk:
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Mine to Avenge by Kerry Letheby

Mine to Avenge by Kerry Letheby

When Alcandor is blamed for the tragic death of his friend’s sister in Greece in 1940, little does he know of the repercussions this will have for him and his family for the next seventy years. Unable to forgive himself, and wanting to give his young family a new start, Alcandor leaves Greece and brings his family to settle in the Riverland of South Australia in 1948. Although Greece and his past are far behind him, Alcandor harbours a terrible secret and he remains a fearful man.

Alcandor subdues his fear, and he and his family adapt to an idyllic life of freedom and opportunity. However, eighteen years after leaving Greece, Alcandor learns that his past has caught up with him. His family needs to know the truth, but circumstances tragically intervene before he can warn them.

Years later, Alcandor’s sons show signs of odd behaviour hinting at possible mental instability, before disappearing without a trace. And in the next generation, Alcandor’s grandson exhibits the same strange behaviour not long before he is killed in the tragedy of September 11, 2001. It is not until 2010 that Alcandor’s great- granddaughter, Alethea, discovers that there is far more behind her family’s tragic history than mental illness, and little does she know that the threat against her family is much closer than she realises, and very far from over.

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Author Quiz interviews Kerry Letheby...

Do you ever feel yourself becoming quite emotional when writing a particularly intense scene and is there a specific passage in particular where this was the case?
There is a specific passage in Mine to Avenge that affects me this way, though it didn’t at the very beginning when I first wrote it. The emotional response was triggered further on in the process, once I had read and re-read the story so many times through the editing process. I believe that as time passed and I read the story frequently, my characters were becoming real to me. I always get a lump in my throat now when reading this scene towards the end of the story when a particular character is reunited with family he hasn’t seen for many years. At this point in time, I haven’t heard of any readers having such a response to that scene, but I would be very pleased to learn if they had.

Jeremy Jordan King, author of In Stone: A Grotesque Faerie Tale

In Stone: A Grotesque Faerie Tale by Jeremy Jordan King is available for Kindle and the Kindle app from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk:
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In Stone: A Grotesque Faerie Tale by Jeremy Jordan King

In Stone: A Grotesque Faerie Tale
by Jeremy Jordan King

In Book One of The Immortal Testimonies, Jeremy is stuck, like most young New Yorkers, in a world between adolescence and adulthood. Just when he thought that he was an average, blend-in-with-the-crowd gay kid, he becomes the victim of a terrible act of homophobia. Thankfully, a mysterious something comes to his aid. Garth is a gargoyle, trapped in stone and cursed to live an immortal life. Human and monster must become friends and confront the mysterious and magical events of the past that have brought them together.

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Author Quiz interviews Jeremy Jordan King...

Is there anything about you or your writing that makes you unique from other authors?
You know, high school is a nutty time. You're discovering parts of yourself that only adolescence brings to light. It's a really supple place to set a story because emotions are super high and experiences are life-shaping. But I personally found the years after high school to be the most difficult and formative-- almost more interesting and frustrating than my teen years. So as I was growing into adulthood, I wanted to read my story. But most of the fantasy fiction was about teenagers, and most of the gay fiction was about coming out. Where was I? There's a severe lack of representation of what we could call the "new adult" in fiction, especially in fantasy fiction. And don't even get me started on the absence of gay protagonists. Ugh. I'm tired of seeing twenty-something gay men forced to read books about teenage girls because there's no books about them. Don't get me wrong, I love those books, but my community deserves to see themselves in popular fiction. So I'm helping them.

Scott Harper, author of Quintana Roo, Yucatan

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Quintana Roo, Yucatan by Scott Harper

Quintana Roo, Yucatan by Scott Harper

Rikki Breitenberg is an archeologist in charge of the first team of American documenters allowed by the Mexican government to explore newly discovered Mayan ruins in the Yucatan. However, shortly after their arrival in Mexico, things go awry. Treacherous jungle, inclement weather and dangerous wildlife are only the beginning.

When Rikki and her team run afoul of members of an ancient cult devoted to the worship of a bloodthirsty god, things take a terrifying turn for the worse. During their struggle for survival, the team makes a startling discovery that may rewrite the whole of human history. Will they survive to bring their amazing find back to civilization?

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Author Quiz interviews Scott Harper...

Tell us a bit about yourself and your work as an author.
I'm 37-years-old and grew up in central Ohio. In the summer of 1998 I moved to the Tampa Bay region of Florida. In the summer of 2012 I moved to northern California to be with my fiancée—best-selling, critically-acclaimed paranormal author Desirée Lee.

I'm the author of 30+ published short stories and eight novels. My latest book, "Quintana Roo, Yucatan", was published by Umbral Press. It's a little over 105,000-words-long; the longest book I've written to date. "Quintana Roo, Yucatan" received a nomination in the Paranormal Romance Guild's 2012 Reviewers' Choice Awards in the action/adventure category. It took second place. I'm currently working on a novella titled "Quagmire Fen", which will also be published by Umbral Press.

Orlando Smart-Powell, author of Folsom On Fire

Folsom On Fire by Orlando Smart-Powell is available for Kindle and the Kindle app from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk:
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Folsom on Fire by Orlando Smart-Powell

Folsom on Fire by Orlando Smart-Powell

Evil has arrived in the small town of Folsom, Mississippi, and pregnant former-slave Mary Cole must choose between surrendering to hate or fighting back.  They might have guns and a lynching rope, but Mary Cole has her axe.  What would you do to save those you love?  How much would you sacrifice? 

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Author Quiz interviews Orlando Smart-Powell...

What is it you love most about writing?
I love crafting tales that speak to those most inner parts within all of us. I always remember what I call the “Why” when I’m writing.  The “Why” reveals why we do or don’t do something.  For instance, those of us with children will usually ask them . . . after they have done something naughty . . . “Why did you do that?”  Usually you get the shoulder shrug.  But any parent will tell you, they persist and will continue to ask, “Why?”  Though the child may not know, or may be unwilling to say so, the parent usually does.  When writing, I’m that parent when it comes to my characters.  “Why” do you love or hate this person.  “Why” do you want to destroy or save the world.  Answering that “Why” question transforms my characters from just words on a page into living, breathing people who stay with you long after you’ve finished the novel.

Wynn Mercere, co-author of City of the Gods: Forgotten

City of the Gods: Forgotten by M. Scott Verne and Wynn Mercere is available for Kindle from Amazon:
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City of the Gods: Forgotten
by M. Scott Verne & Wynn Mercere

City of the Gods: Forgotten

Trapped in a timeless city governed by all the old gods of Earth, a man makes a fateful choice to assist a hapless girl. His compulsion to protect her pits the skills of a mortal against the guile of the gods, forcing a choice between duty to the eternal world and the yearnings of the heart.

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Author Quiz interviews Wynn Mercere…

What's the best and worst thing about being an author?
The absolute best thing is having control of where the story goes. It’s how I balance my disappointment when I don’t care for the creative direction other books or films take.  The worst thing is the time that writing and editing devours. It’s not a very efficient activity.

Where did the inspiration for the City of the Gods novels come from?
The seed for the books was first developed in a limited series independent comic series I wrote called Pantheon. These were published in the mid-1990s. My co-writer and I also toyed with presenting this world as a MMORPG, but the development costs were too high. Still wanting to bring the world and characters to life, we finally produced the first novel, a game supplement, several comic book tie-ins (including a reboot of Pantheon) and a short story anthology.