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 - SK Hinkley
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What inspired you to start writing?
I started writing because the characters appeared in my head and I just had to get them out.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
My next book will be available October 7th titled Darlington Circus: The Velvet Deceit. Its a prequel to Eternal Act and Book three is titled Darlington Circus: Immortal Greed. The release is TBD.
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Inside the Mind - Geoffrey R. Jonas
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What inspired you to start writing?
Simply put, the death of my sister. After her death, I began to research how such a thing could happen. I had already been studying Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and trauma for many years; however, this was the first time I started looking directly into my family. The writing began as essays, discussing the abuse and trauma and how it relates to SUD. Once I started connecting the dots between trauma and SUD, I wanted to incorporate real-life examples of our experiences to better communicate that relation.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
This book was a way for me to process the loss of my sister. I struggled to understand how it could have gotten so bad that she had to die. Through this process I discovered my own history of abuse, as well as how bad the abuse was for her. I needed to understand why. The title has a double meaning. First, to represent the process of how one becomes broken through abuse and trauma. Second, to describe living with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), as it feels to me. There’s a process to being broken by our parents, and there’s living with the consequences of the feeling of being broken.
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Inside the Mind - Mimi Tallo
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What made you start writing?
2020, living with an autoimmune disease, and taking care of husband with Stage 4 Parkinsons. I was becoming clinically depressed. I sought help and my counselor suggested writing.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
• Anatomy of an Alien – A unique blend of paranormal theory and medical history exploring the concept of Star Seed People and medical mysteries.
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LATEST SEVEN CATS OF KUBBELI EVLER

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What inspired you to start writing?
It has always been a passion of mine to write. I hope my scribbling will bring some fun and enjoyment to the readers or listeners. Having worked and traveled most of my life, I never seemed to have the time in the past. Nowadays, I’m settled in Southern Turkey, with the beautiful islands of the Aegean Sea as a beautiful environment to explore. I’ve already written several children’s stories, mythical and spiritual stories, stories that are inspired by poems, Chicken Soup stories, and stories from my adventurous past. It’s time in my life to be creative, and to use my imagination.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
SEVEN CATS OF KUBBELI EVLER Introducing a strange world, or a world through the eyes of everyday animals, a category of animals that have been misplaced, forgotten and overlooked in our world. Stray animals. They exist in their own world and are different to both domesticated and wild animals, they are the symphony on the streets. Existing and surviving side by side with both domesticated and wild animals, in a world the author has given the name Ba. Ba is a made-up name for the human world and the human machines. The story retells the events of a bunch of stray cats and how they survive. The leader, the mentor and sometimes father is named Pluto, and is the protector of the seven. Why is Pluto being hunted from birth by the ancients - les yeux de la montagne. The eyes of the mountain. What is the les yeux de la montagne? Lycaon the werewolf is its servant, the assassin, the fauces de la Muerte - the jaws of death. The werewolf, the lycanthrope, the shape changer is a born killer, without mercy. Pluto and the seven cats of Kubbeli Evler have their protectors, such as Wicked the caretaker from the Capricorn Club, and Cygne Noir the famous cabaret singer at the Club. But the evil in the air is hunting for poor souls like Pluto and the seven cats of Kubbeli Evler. Find out why, as the reason and purpose goes beyond a bunch of stray cats. The murder and corruption, the stench of evil goes to the highest places of the nation's government and leaders, Right to the top, to powerful echelons! This spelling binding and thrilling story of action, adventure, and mystery has an unusual and devastating conclusion. READ THE SEVEN CATS OF KUBBELI EVLER!
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Inside the Mind - Bridget Finklaire

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What inspired you to start writing?
Let me take you back to 2013. I had lived in Cape Town for almost a year, and it was my first winter. With no heating, rain beating down on my small rented apartment, and feeling a long way from home (England), I had connected with a friend from UK. I knew I had to write a book, and she inspired me to start. I always work intuitively, so I went into a meditative space, connected with my GPS - "Greater Powerful Self" - and started writing what was to become my debut novel, Red Dress!
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
I'm in the midst of writing a non-fiction book, called The Bone Circle, which is based on a training program I developed in 2017. On the back burner, is the sequel to Red Dress! Red Dress, which I published in 2021, is set in London. It follows the life of Katy, a career woman in her 40s whose seemingly perfect life is beginning to unravel. With a disconnected marriage to a power-hungry man, the pressures of teenage children, and the daily juggle of work-life balance, Katy feels lost and disillusioned. An impulsive decision sets off a chain of events that changes her life forever. An encounter from the past and a mysterious sequence of numbers lead Katy on a rollercoaster ride of self-discovery. With apprehension and humour, she walks a transformational path of spiritual awakening. Delving deeper, she sees what truly matters and discovers her life purpose.
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Inside the Mind - BuriedPlanet
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What inspired you to start writing?
I have always like to draw, I have been doing it for as long as I can remember. Landscapes, characters, weird machinery, wildlife and all sorts of wonderful things. So I guess it was inevitable that later I would began adding words to tie each of them. Even to this day it is not uncommon that the painting might come before the wording.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
It is a fantasy-fiction narrative sprawled across 300,000 words and with over 100 colored paintings to illustrate it. Once embarked, the reader must escort a group into, and across, the depths of an ancient, at times impossible world.
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A peek behind the curtain of chaos with Bekka Scott
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What inspired you to start writing?
Well, I have lived a "soap opera" style life, my first book was based on a true story, that of my cousins' lives mixed together and I added myself to the beginning and ending to give it a hopeful vibe, then I realized that this is what I was meant to do. That first book just showed me that I needed to be bold enough to do it.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
My most current book is about Cora and Herbie, an unassuming couple. It follows Cora throughout her journey to take the reigns from her husband who was arrested for being a serial killer. She punishes everyone who had a hand in taking him from her.
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Bridging Divides

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What inspired you to start writing?
Stories carry us into another's world, allow us to see through another's perspective, from the safety of fiction - no confrontations or debate needed! I've always loved to read stories, and adding to the world's stories, feels like a worthy endeavor in these divided and divisive times.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
It's a mystery, it's story of small town humanity, it's a story of personal accountability and transformation. Most of all it's a story of hope for our collective future. If a wealthy and privileged company president from Manhattan can learn humility, and find a meaningful role working as a dishwasher in a diner in rural Oregon, maybe we can all find a way to work together toward a better tomorrow.
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Imagination and research - Michael LaFond

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What inspired you to start writing?
Reading and loving to read inspired me to become a writer. Since the fourth grade, I planned to become a writer. I knew that it would not earn me a living, but I never stopped anticipating the time when I could write something worthwhile. It seemed out of reach until I went to the university, and a teacher told me that I knew how to write. Once I had a stable work situation, I began to do research to write my book "Jesus Christ Divided." It took me twenty years of research and two weeks of writing. It just flowed out of me.
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Can you tell me about your latest book?
I produced several books in the last year. "Tucson 9-1-1" was actually written fresh after the events in 2011, but I was not satisfied with it. I had an excellent first draft, but I could not edit it. My friend from our writer's union suggested that I was still too emotionally invested. That was good advice, and I set it aside for thirteen years.
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Inside the Mind - Ellen Crume

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What inspired you to start writing?
I've always been writing in one form or another. But after an extreme allergic reaction to medication last year, I HAD to get this story down on paper and out. It was like nothing else mattered than Noel and Philip's world.
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Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
The Deputy and Cheerleader Saga is about Noel and Philip's journey. Their struggles and love, trying to find their place in the world.
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