Why did Daniel Greene want to write a series about zombies? Which scene in The Rising is his favorite? Which character? Are zombies the only danger the survivors have to watch out for? How hard is it for him to kill his characters? How has writing this series changed his life? What first made you want…
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J.A. Snow – I Have a Story to Tell
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• •Over forty years ago, I embarked on an incredible journey: digging up the roots of my family tree. It whisked me away to such remote places of the world as the quaint hamlet of Porlock on the southwest coast of England, where I found myself among pirates and smugglers. It dragged me through the bloody…
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Outpost: Survivor Chronicles of the Great Rains: Book Two – a Review
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• •How did the Ebola virus come to be in the rain that poured down? Who exactly is John Doe? Are aliens really behind everything that is going on? And since there are no children left, is there any hope for the survival of mankind? From aliens and deadly rains to mad and deranged power-hungry scientists,…
Fiction Writing, Writing
Don Quixote & What You Can Learn from Miguel de Cervantes
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• •Don Quixote is at times referred to as the first modern European novel. It has been translated into almost every major language. This makes it one of the most widely distributed books, second only to the Bible. Many years ago when I was in school, I read Don Quixote. I remember the story being about…
Author Interviews, Fiction Writing
Joshua Hampton Interview – Outlines, Medieval Dialogue, and Music
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Matthew Keith Interview – Inspiration, Research, and a Deadly Rain
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• •What was the author’s inspiration for this series? Which of the characters would he like to sit down with and have dinner? What is the biggest misconception that he had about being an author before he became one? What was the inspiration for this series? A news report? Random thought? A dream? My wife and…
Author Interviews, Fiction Writing
Phyllis Edgerly Ring Interview – The Holocaust, Eva Braun, and Friendship
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• •What inspired Phyllis Edgerly Ring to write about the friendship of two lonely women in Nazi Germany? What would she say to schools that are now teaching that the Holocaust was just a political scheme and never really happened? What is her favorite thing about writing historical fiction? When you first learned about Hitler and…
Author Interviews, Fiction Writing
Michael Rothman Interview – Shadow Walkers, Eer Ha’ehven, and a Strong Female Character
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Chariss K. Walker Interview – Alec Winters, New Orleans, and Self-Publishing
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Peter Hallett Interview – Inspiration, Dragons, and Vietnam
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• •What was the inspiration for this book? Are dragons a hobby of his? Did writing the torture scenes ever make him cringe? How much research did he have to do? What are his thoughts on self-publishing? What was your inspiration for this book? I have an unhealthy interest in cryptozoology and have studied it extensively,…