Author Interviews — Real Stories from Real Authors
Our interview section brings you candid conversations with writers from every genre. Whether it’s about their latest release, their writing journey, or what inspires them — these interviews offer insight and connection straight from the source.
Inside the Mind - Grahame Peace

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What inspired you to start writing?
I began writing when I retired. It was something I'd always enjoyed, but up to that point, most of my writing had been for academic assignments or work-related reports.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is called Jocasta Bradman Investigates A Regency Mystery. This is book five in my series of amusing, paranormal, historical mysteries. It's set in both 1932 and 1817 and is a haunted house mystery involving a Regency love story. Jocasta Bradman is a talented spiritual medium whom I adore writing about. I love her character.
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Inside the Mind - Chris Carter

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What inspired you to start writing?
As a parent, I wanted to be able to make sure that I could allow others to feel the grief, the love, the support, and the ability to grow and inspire with each child. It's a miracle and a wonderful thing.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
I'm extremely happy to announce this book and be able to help inspire others and to help them move forward. No parenting is a wonderful thing, and it's a miracle of life, and hopefully, this gives a little bit of that back to supporting each other.
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Inside the Mind - Shannon MacLeod

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What inspired you to start writing?
I’ve always loved creative writing, but one day, while reading a novel, I stumbled across a glaring factual error—one that a bit of research could have easily prevented. That’s when my inner voice spoke up: Do you think you could do better? My answer was "Well, yeah. Maybe." I buckled down and started my first novel that same day.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
My new Celtic romantasy is K9 Mine, the tale of an aspiring K9 officer who catches a faery in his kitchen, turning his life upside down. As a diehard animal lover with a special soft spot for working dogs, Travis and Saoirse's story is near and dear to my heart.
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I Rode The Rock Train - Bruce E Norris
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What inspired you to start writing?
I wrote songs for msny years then tried to write a book. It worked anf was more challenging so I mafe the switch.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
It's a memoir, it's my story of years playing and struggling in rock bands, trying to find success.
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Inside the Mind - Gary Van Haas

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What inspired you to start writing?
After reading "A MOVABLE FEAST" by Hemingway
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
It is an intense dive into the 1982 bank corruption between the Vatican and Mafia
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Inside the Mind - J.F Richards
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What inspired you to start writing?
I wanted to come up with Stories that people would enjoy.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
The Legend of The Sacred Knights is the first in a Series of Adventures that I began.
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Moonbeam's Halloween Wish - Joan Enockson
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What inspired you to start writing?
In the summer of 2015, I had an experience that I believe was planned by God. I was stressed about an upcoming job change, and I went for a walk on a foggy, pre-dawn morning. A conversation between two owls stopped me in my tracks, and I listened to them for a while. After that, I couldn't get the owls out of my head, nor would the frequency of seeing snowy white owls stop. During that foggy morning walk, I wrote a little rhyming poem about the owls. For the next four years, I pushed the signs away, even as the frequency of them increased. By 2019, with stories constantly swirling in my thoughts and battling intense insomnia, I finally decided to embrace the idea and start my educational journey. I knew it would be a lot of work, but I had already had experience of what life was like when you don't listen to God. It's not fun. I spent three years clearing my mind of ten stories and dedicated myself to learning everything I could about the self-publishing industry. This included building a website and creating my accounting sheets using Google Sheets. The deal that I made with God is that I will grind and do the work, and He will take care of the results. After all, this was His idea. The result has been one blessing after another. "Know the plans I have for you, to prosper and not fail." I am excited that He chose to prepare me for such a great retirement mission. It's so important to have a purpose and add value in life. I am looking forward to see what He has in store for Tall Girl Publishing.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
Moonbeam's Halloween Wish tells the tale of a lonely black cat who wanders the streets at night, looking for a family to love. One night, she encounters a group of children trick-or-treating, and one little girl, who is dressed as a black cat, chooses to give Moonbeam her forever home.
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Inside the Mind - Lillian Bricker

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What inspired you to start writing?
As a child, my grandma would read books to me all the time. Listening to her stories instilled in me a passion for the written word.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
Claire Matthews has spent her life hiding her powers, just as her ancestors from Salem once did, knowing that one mistake could draw the attention of the ruthless Onyx Clan. When she learns that Killian Burns, a prisoner who may know the location of a buried ancient library tied to the fall of Mythicos, is set to be executed, she risks everything to save him. Their escape sets off a chain of events that reveals their true identity as Elementals and binds them to a dangerous mission to uncover the past, unite the remaining Elementals, and stop the Onyx Clan's merciless leader before she destroys what remains of their world.
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Inside the Mind - A-M Mawhiney

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What inspired you to start writing
I first started writing at age eight but I stopped after high school and didn’t write creatively until the first lockdown in 2020. I needed to find a place of hope and realized I would need to formulate a place of hope through creative writing.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
Fugitive Rifts is about four very different teens who meet in their last year of school: an elite basketball player, a privileged underachiever, a brainiac geek who just recently became re-housed, and a brilliant, brooding artist. Initially a few sparks fly but overtime as they get to know each other they find they have more in common than they’d originally. thought. They each face challenges that are life-changing. Then one disappears leaving the others shattered. This is a coming of age story and also much more than this. Fugitive Rifts explores social and environmental issues of our times and the ways the four characters, over a number of years, change not only other peoples’ lives, but also transform their community and even the world.
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Inside the Mind - CHANTAEY THOMAS
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What inspired you to start writing?
I was inspired by a burden to address the rapidly changing events in my community and society at large. I realized that I had more inside information than I could contain or reveal on a strictly personal level as well as solutions.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
I have more than one book that I have released at the same time. "Warning to Black America about Barack Hussein Obama" addresses the Black American community and the devastating affects of his presidential administration as its legacy has continued through subsequent administrations. My other book, "Global Black Domination" is a 7-point summary of Black Divine Identity to overcome false identity complex and its pathologies as well as addressing our supreme responsibilities, rights and privileges.
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