Featured Interview With Zelle Andrews

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My first endeavor at publishing was at the age of twelve. A short poem I wrote in middle school was selected to be published in the Tallahassee Democrat. Years later I found the yellowed newspaper clipping that my mother saved, when I was in the process of writing my first novel.
Paisley Memories started out as an idea that I wrote on a scrap piece of paper. Just notes at first, then it became a couple of chapters. It was my first Tallahassee Writers Association Conference that made me take my writing serious. The novel evolved over the next four years and found a home with Southern Yellow Pine Publishing.
I live near the Florida coast with my family. I’m a member of Tallahassee Writers Association. ‘Paisley Memories’ is my debut novel. ‘Dancing with Dandelions: The Beginning of Me’ is a the second novel in the Paisley Series. Both have won medals with the Florida Authors and Publishers Association. I’m currently working on the third novel in the Paisley series.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I honestly don’t recall a period when I didn’t love books. I’ve always had books scattered in my room as a child and even as an author. Growing up, if I wasn’t reading, I was writing in my diary. Yes, I was one of those children who wrote everything that happened at school. My diary is full of one-day-crushes, the excitement I felt making the cheerleading team in ninth grade, first dates, second dates…. I’ve pretty much always written, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that a story took root and wouldn’t let go until it was written. Thus, Paisley Memories was born.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite author changes all the time. At the moment ,I’ve fallen in love with Paula Brackston’s style of writing and how it captivates you. I love historical fiction, humor, romance, and fantasy. My daughter is the inspiration behind my writing. She forever my number one fan.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I have two novels out at the moment.

Paisley Memories: The Beginning of Me is the first book in the Paisley series. It is about a young woman named Tess Cooper. She is seventeen, a high school drop-out, an orphan, and a single mom to a baby girl with Down syndrome. When her father died, she fled Brooksville, Alabama in a quest to find herself. Well, about a year later she found herself, in the deep-fried, southern town of Panacea, Florida, where her money runs out. A stranger, named Butterball, takes them in and gives Tess a job taking pictures at Wakulla Springs State Park and the annual Sopchoppy Worm Grunting Festival. Paisley is thriving on all the attention, but Tess weighs her options. Can she give her baby what she needs? Should she put down roots in this place where she has found friends? Or should she give Paisley up for adoption and head out on a life of her own?

Dancing with Dandelions: The Beginning of Us, the second book in the Paisley series, takes you forward about a decade. Tess Cooper has purchased her very first home. A beach-front fixer-upper in Panacea on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The life she desires for herself and Paisley, her twelve-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome, is within her grasp. She can taste the independence. Life should be smooth sailing, but when is Tess’s life ever easy?
In addition to renovating her home and Paisley competing in the Special Olympics, her once platonic relationship with Aaron McMasters is changing. But she isn’t sure if she wants it to. I mean, why mess up a good thing? Then his ex-wife comes to town. Aaron’s easy-going nature becomes edgy, short tempered, and his always dependable, yet annoying flirting, has stopped.
Tess focuses on making a new home for Paisley and herself and helps plan Butterball’s upcoming nuptials at Wakulla Springs. Weddings are beautiful, so why are the tears on Tess’s cheek not tears of joy? Should she tell Aaron how she feels or will he cast her aside and send her drifting in the wind like dandelion seeds?

I’m currently working on the third novel in the Paisley Series.

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Featured Interview With Darrell Case

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
i have published 10 books the 1st in 2010 my wife and i live in Peaceful Meadow Wildlife sanctuary 34 acres my parents purchased in 1948. We have one dog, Abby, and one cat, Lacy. We have been married 38 years

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
when i was 4 years old my mother realized i needed glasses because i tried to read a magazine. i have always been fascinated by books. in high school i perfected the art of hiding a novel inside a textbook. i began writing in 1994 and still write for the daily devotional Call to glory. published my first book in 2010.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Frank Perretti, Mary HIggins Clark, James Patterson, I always enjoy mysteries and thrillers.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
the book in writing now is a called `Killer's Knob.' the main character is sheriff named Buck Olson. Buck's wife passed away from cancer before the writing of the book so he is dealing with the loss of the love of his life. in the meantime a serial killer is operating in is county. this is a challenge to Buck's career and personal life.

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Featured Interview With Endri Shqerra

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Endri Shqerra completed his graduate studies at the University of New York Tirana. His writing career started just there when his diss. got a distinguishing mark and was subsequently published by LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Here is worth making a note for his supervisor, Prof. Kostantinos Giakoumis, whose commitment and hard work with his diss. deserve to remind him as the co-author in his first book; even though his name does not appear in the book cover. Later, the publisher (LAMBERT Academic Publishing) asked him a book related to the topic of an essay he had published. It was at that time when the work with the second book began. Since then his devotion has been writing and he is proud of following the path of his father and other relatives who were writers, an inheritance which intensifies his commitment to writing. At the moment he is writing a new book titled “Religious Harmony”, which, hopefully, will be more interesting than his first two books.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing at the age of 40

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite genre is non-fiction books but I am thinking of writing a fiction book

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book has to do with language acquisition

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Featured Interview With Maya Tyler

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m a hopeless romantic who had the good fortune to meet her husband (of 15 years) back in high school. I believe life should be as fantastic as a Disney movie—I love pretty much everything about Disney—I’m listening to a Disney soundtrack radio station right now—so I write paranormal romance novels with happily-ever-after endings. My husband and I have two amazing, clever sons and a nine-pound shih tzu with a lot of attitude.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always loved books. My mom read to me a lot when I was a kid. I became a lifelong avid reader, reading everything I could get my hands on—from the classics to Nancy Drew. I started writing—short stories and poetry—when I was a kid…as young as age seven. I still have many of my early pieces. I took a brief leave from writing during my university days and began writing my first novel in my 20s.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Favorite authors? I have many. I read everything from historical to paranormal, and I’m consistently picking up new authors and trying new genres. Right now, I am enjoying Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, several historical romances by Tessa Dare, and Sarah Castille’s Redemption series. I am a very open-minded reader. Where do I find inspiration? I am inspired by well-written books and encouraged by reading writing advice by authors such as Stephen King.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, A Vampire’s Tale, is a story about a struggling author Marisa Clements who left a financially secure career to follow her dreams. It’s a tougher industry than she expected and, to make ends meet, she begins writing novels about vampires even though she doesn’t believe they exist. <<Seeing is believing.>> When her latest hero, an ancient vampire named Corgan Halton, steps into her living room, she is confronted with an impossible truth. Vampires are real. He asks her to write his life’s story.

What separates A Vampire’s Tale from every other vampire romance out there? Corgan’s presence in Marisa’s life places her in grave danger. He saw the future, knew the risks, and still approached her so he feels responsible for her safety. There are a number of ways he can protect her, but he cannot save her alone. He looks to a motley group of vampires and wizards for help. This story incorporates mystery and a bit of unexpected adventure with a happily-ever-after romance.

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