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February 10, 2018
Up Close and Kind of Personal with…. J.W. Goodwin
Interviewed by LG Surgeson &
Clara Euphemista Cropper & Bread and Butter Pudding with Custard The Goblin aka as ‘The Amazing Bazooka Sisters’
Give us your name & any known aliases
J.W. Goodwin a.k.a Jessica
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Summarise your bio in no more than 100 characters
I am the author of By the Light of a Darkened Forest and I was born in Northern Ontario, Canada where winters are long and summers are filled with construction. I grew up in a small town and spent many days on my grandparents’ farm, with no animals but a dog and
cat I may add. That is where my love of adventure came from and where my imagination is rooted in. I still live up in the North and wouldn’t change it for the world.
Tell us about your current work?
I am currently in the middle of the first edit for the second instalment in my Love’s Choices series. To be more specific right now I’m drawing maps for it so I have a sense of direction to go in as well as help me get back into the story. Guess that’s what happens when I try to do too many things at once.
Have you got anything else out at the moment?
A short story of mine is included in Creativia’s first anthology Once Upon a Broken Dream named “It All Comes Down”. It’s about a young woman who’s having difficulty keeping her life together while living in a big city and leads to her inability to cope with life. Turns out I have a hard time writing happy things when given a writing prompt.
We know you’re a writer, what else do you do?
Many things, like breathing and eating for example, but a more serious answer would be I do artwork, play video games, and explore back roads when I have time.
Who’s your writing hero and why?
Is it bad if I say I don’t really know if I have one? I do love J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series and she’s really the only author I’ve followed for a long time. I’ve never been much into books because it takes me forever to read them.
If you could have been the author of any book in history which one do you wish you’d written and why?
I would say Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowlings because I is my favourite in the series due to we first meet Sirius Black in it. He was my favourite character until she offed him. That was the most heart breaking moment I had while reading a book.
Tell us about your writing rituals – do you write in your Pjs, in your garden, in the pub or in the altogether?
I don’t really have a ritual but I know I need absolute quiet from the outside world or else I get distracted by the noises. Beyond that so long as I’m comfortable I could write anywhere. It’s the noises that kill my mojo and there’s plenty of that.
What makes you feel like a real author?
When someone tells me they loved my book. That’s when I feel like I made a difference to that person and it is what I think a good author should be doing. Unfortunately because I tend to be reclusive I don’t hear it often which can take a toll when you want to make people happy and have a great adventure.
What do your family think of your writing – be honest!
My parents are proud that I’ve found something that I love doing but are surprised that I chose writing. Honestly it surprises me too. I became an author from a kid who hated reading, and in some respects still does depending on what it is. So choosing to become an author was a shock to them.
What job did you want when you were 7 or 8 years old?
I don’t remember which but I was always torn between being a veterinarian and a school teacher. When I got older I learned being a vet was out of the question because I can’t stand the sight of blood (I get nauseous) and howling dogs make me very sad and I want to comfort them. As for the teacher, by the time I was nearly done high school I was told by a guidance counsellor I would have to go to university for 8 years and by that point I was kind of done having homework so that ended that career path.
Now take a deep breath! I’m going to hand you over to Clara and Pudding, who are going to take it from here – brace yourself, they’re easily amused.
Are you posh or wot?
Nope. I prefer living in the woods in a cabin wearing flannel during the winter. Just give me internet to do research and I’d never leave until I needed food.
What’s the longest word you can spell wiv out checkin’?
I don’t know to be honest. I just kind of write things.
‘ave you ever been harrested?
Nope
What da’ya wan’ on ya grave-stone?
My silly answer would be “Jessica was here”. For a more serious answer, wait till I’m dead, I’m sure someone would write something.
‘ave you ever used a gazunda?
…
What’s your favourite pie fillin’?
Apple, yum.
How do ya’ like it?
Like this interview? Like the world? Like my food? My toes? Like what?
Can ya sing and what songs do ya know?
I love to sing when I’m by myself and know many songs though not off by heart. Do I sing well… probably not.
What about folk dancin’ ‘ave you ever tried it and did you get injurered?
I probably did when I was younger but I don’t remember. No injuries though.
‘Do you ‘ave a party piece & what is it?
I don’t go out much so, no I don’t.
Would you like some of these apples…. what aren’t stolen, honest?
I love apples, sure! But if I get in trouble I’m blaming you.
{That’s fair – Clara}
Do you have a fab’lous hat?
I do. I have many hats but since I’m in between places right now I can’t show them because they’re packed away. Another time perhaps?
If someone gives you an empty collander, what do you do wiv it?
…
What’s your plan in the case of a zombie apocalypse?
Pray that I die quickly by any other means so I don’t become one. I can’t see me surviving an attack.
The shameless plugs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JessicaWGoodwin/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessWGoodwin
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/authorjwgoodwin/
Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01AKXEOP8
Creativia author page: http://www.creativia.org/dreams-storytelling-and-love-of-nature-ontario-author-jw-goodwin.html
Blog: https://authorjwgoodwin.wordpress.com
Buy links: http://mybook.to/ByTheLightOfADarkenedForest
January 27, 2018
Up Close and Kind of Personal with…. Lorelei Bell
Interviewed by LG Surgeson &
Clara Euphemista Cropper & Bread and Butter Pudding with Custard The Goblin aka as ‘The Amazing Bazooka Sisters’
[image error]Give us your name & any known aliases
Lorelei Bell—the aliases you’ll have to ask the FBI.
{Lorelei is a pretty awesome name anyway…. – LG}
Summarise your bio in no more than 100 characters
Began writing @17, was rejected through the 80’d &90’s. I self-pubbed
SBU in 2008.
Tell us about your current work?
~2 YA murder mysteries (#2 of the Lainey Quilholt series is written and in 2nd draft, third one is my WIP)
~the next two Sabrina Strong (urban fantasy) books are written, last one needs to have work done, these will be out in the next year or two.
~1 stand-alone vampire/horror book that I’ve been working on for thepast 2 decades, and actually is derived from something I began in 1980.
~sequel to the Zofia Trickenbod fantasy, “Spell of the Black Unicorn”,
“Spell of Dark Castle” is with my publisher.
.Have you got anything else out at the moment?
1,2,3,4, 5 & #6 in Sabrina Strong has just come out.
We know you’re a writer, what else do you do?
In the warm months, I garden, have interests in nature and outdoors. But I write as the day gets warm/hot. I’m also an artist, I’ve been working in watercolors. I do have a day job.
Who’s your writing hero and why?
I think I’d have to say JK Rowling, because she never gave up, she loved and believed in what she was doing.
{I would agree with you – LG}
If you could have been the author of any book in history which one do you wish you’d written and why?
I’ve never thought of it, actually. And if there were something, like, say “Dracula”, perhaps.
I would have written it differently.
How? Well, I think Dracula should have gotten the woman.
Tell us about your writing rituals – do you write in your Pjs, in your garden, in the pub or in the altogether?
Hey, I’m a comfort lover and sweats or comfy shorts are my preference. I do have an office, and sit at a desk. My computer is 10 years old. I’d rather write in the early morning, but can’t because of my regular job. But I manage to squeeze in a few hours in the afternoon.
Do you ever get irritated with your own main characters?
Yes…when they go off on a tangent doing their own thing, and muggins here is simply being a reporter relaying what they’re doing instead of ordering them about.
What makes you feel like a real author?
Each time my new paperback comes out and I hold it in my hand.
Would you prefer to be a literary great or a cult hero?
A literary great. I know my writing isn’t great literature, and while my readers tell me I’m a half-passable entertaining storyteller, it would be good to be up there with the greats.
When it comes to language do you have a pet hate?
Too many, really. I don’t like lazy language, or the word “like” used every other word. Or for that matter someone using foul language (although I do an awful lot of it when I’m pissed off) too often, unless it’s a character trait.
When did you first realise you had a story to tell?
I used to do cartoons, and then realized words would tell the story faster/better. I think I might have been 16.
What makes you feel like a real author?
I had a couple of book signings at my local Borders, and it went great. I loved it!
What do your family think of your writing – be honest!
I know they have bought/read my books, come to my book signings, and my older sister, when she writes to me, puts “Author” behind my name on the envelope. They all were very accepting and excited about it.
Now take a deep breath! I’m going to hand you over to Clara and Pudding, who are going to take it from here – brace yourself, they’re easily amused.
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Me? I don’t think so. Unless you count my palace in Transylvania.
What’s the longest word you can spell wiv out checkin’?
Transylvania. It usually surprises me that I can spell at all.
‘ave you ever been harrested?
Harrested for what?
What da’ya wan’ on ya grave-stone?
I won’t have one, dear. Just want my ashes spread somewhere beautiful and peaceful.
‘ave you ever used a gazunda?
Please, you’re embarrassing me.
{Sorry guv’nor – Clara, Yeah, whatever – Pudding…… Shut up you two – LG}
What’s your favourite pie fillin’?
apple, cherry, blueberry, pumpkin, chocolate….
How do ya’ like it?
On a plate with a fork and napkin.
Can ya sing and what songs do ya know?
I can’t, and usually don’t
What about folk dancin’ ‘ave you ever tried it and did you get injurered?
At my age, it might injure my knees. I’m a wallflower.
‘Do you ‘ave a party piece & what is it?
????? {Now I’m intrigued…. Clara}
Would you like some of these apples…. what aren’t stolen, honest?
I’ll buy my own. Thanks.
Do you have a fab’lous hat?
I actually have a number of hats. I’ll see if I can’t dig one picture out for you.
{Not completely sure if any of them are a fab’lous though…-Pudding}
What’d be worse one twelve foot mole, or twelve moles with only one foot?
I’d like to see either. The other day I had to clean up basement and found one dead mouse and a live baby mouse. How the baby got there I haven’t a clue.
{If she don’t know how that baby mouse got there, she needs to visit the Life Temple – Pudding… Shut up Pudding – LG}
If someone gives you an empty collander, what do you do wiv it?
Probably clean grapes or some broccoli crowns in it.
What’s your plan in the case of a zombie apocalypse?
Ah, a really good question. I’d set my stun gun on kill. Easy peasy.
The shameless plugs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lorelei.bell1?ref=profile
Twitter: https://twitter.com/loreleibell
Amazon author page: https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/profile
Publisher’s author page: https://www.facebook.com/lorelei.bell1?ref=profile
Lorelei’s Muse: https://loreleismuse-lorelei.blogspot.com/
Buy links:
“Spell of the Black Unicorn”
“Ascension” Book #1:
“Party to a Murder” Lainey Quilholt Mystery book 1
January 13, 2018
Up Close and Kind of Personal …with Simone Beaudelaire
with LG Surgeson &
Clara Euphemista Cropper & Bread and Butter Pudding with Custard The Goblin
aka as ‘The Amazing Bazooka Sisters’ .
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My writing name is Simone Beaudelaire but in that mystical place called Real Life, I’m called Kat
Summarise your bio in no more than 100 characters
The relationship screw-up writes her way out of a bad spot and finally gets it right.
Tell us about your current work?
My current work is a dark paranormal western historical romance called Devilfire. It tells the story of a small-town Texas doctor who gets himself in over his head while cleaning up after a suspicious fire and running into the strangest – and most intriguing – woman he has ever met.[image error]
Have you got anything else out at the moment?
I have about twenty romance novels available on Amazon. I do paranormal, historical and contemporary, as the mood strikes me.
We know you’re a writer, what else do you do?
I teach English at a small community college in the Midwestern United States.
Who’s your writing hero and why?
Mary Jo Putney. She proves that romance doesn’t have to be sappy or formulaic. It can be powerful, hard-hitting, emotional and real.
If you could have been the author of any book in history which one do you wish you’d written and why?
Eh, I’m having more fun writing as me.
Tell us about your writing rituals – do you write in your Pjs, in your garden, in the pub or in the altogether?
Every morning I wake up at stupid thirty and try to psych myself up to write but end up staring at Facebook instead. However, after a nearly year-long hiatus at the end of my pregnancy and after the birth of my baby, I’m happy to be writing at all.
When it comes to language do you have a pet hate?
I hate… German. Actually, no, not really. I don’t like gratuitous vulgarity. If it fits, fine. If not, leave it out
When did you first realise you had a story to tell?
I’ve always known. I’ve been imagining myself in romantic or adventurous scenarios since I was a kid.
What makes you feel like a real author?
Who says I do?
What do your family think of your writing – be honest!
My husband loves and supports my writing. My kids are okay with it. My extended family is somewhat embarrassed of me.
Now take a deep breath! I’m going to hand you over to Clara and Pudding, who are going to take it from here – brace yourself, they’re easily amused.
Are you posh or wot?
Posh? Who me? Nah. I have four kids. No time for posh
What’s the longest word you can spell wiv out checkin’?
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. {spot on! -LG}
‘ave you ever been harrested?
I’m too boring for that.
What da’ya wan’ on ya grave-stone?
She helped some folks and entertained others. Her kids grew up well.
‘ave you ever used a gazunda?
XXXX awaiting follow up.
What’s your favourite pie fillin’?
Cherry. I make it myself.
How do ya’ like it?
The pie filling? In pie of course.
Can ya sing and what songs do ya know?
Singing is my other hobby. I like Renaissance-era motets and madrigals.
{I thought she said she weren’t posh!! – Clara.}
What about folk dancin’ ‘ave you ever tried it and did you get injurered?
American folk dancing, and no, I managed not to get hurt.
Would you like some of these apples…. what aren’t stolen, honest?
Are they Macintosh?
Do you have a fab’lous hat?
Hats make my nose look big.
{You know what they say about big noses don’t ya? – Pudding. Shut up Pudding – Clara}
What’d be worse one twelve foot mole, or twelve moles with only one foot?
Ugh. None of the above, but if you want to talk about giant moles, my husband wrote about one, I think.
If someone gives you an empty collander, what do you do wiv it?
Make spaghetti.
What’s your plan in the case of a zombie apocalypse?
Sit and wait. I’m too fat to run and too lazy to start the whole world over again
The shameless plugs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simone.beaudelaire.5
https://www.facebook.com/Simone-Beaudelaire-and-Edwin-Stark-703991259648857/
Amazon author page:
https://www.amazon.com/Simone-Beaudelaire/e/B00CIUPNWK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1507841990&sr=8-2-ent
Creativia page: https://www.creativia.org/romance-author-simone-beaudelaire.html
Buy links:
http://mybook.to/AmorMaldito
http://mybook.to/AmorMalditoES
http://mybook.to/TheNaphilsKiss
http://mybook.to/WhenTheMusicEnds
http://mybook.to/whenthewordsarespoken
http://mybook.to/whentheheartheals
http://mybook.to/CarolinesChoice
http://mybook.to/HeartsInWinter
http://mybook.to/HighPlainsHoliday
http://mybook.to/highplainspromise
http://mybook.to/highplainsheartbreak
http://mybook.to/highplainspassion
http://mybook.to/SavingSam
http://mybook.to/JustifyingJack
http://mybook.to/MakingMike
http://mybook.to/WoundedWarriors
http://mybook.to/VictorianRomance
http://mybook.to/DevinsDilemma
http://mybook.to/baylee
http://mybook.to/Xaman
http://mybook.to/PolarHeat
http://mybook.to/WatchingOverTheWatcher
http://mybook.to/SisterhoodOfFear
http://mybook.to/EchoesOfTheGrave
December 23, 2017
Up Close and Kind of Personal …with Marnie Cate
with LG Surgeson &
Clara Euphemista Cropper & Bread and Butter Pudding with Custard The Goblin
aka as ‘The Amazing Bazooka Sisters’ .
Give us your name & any known aliases
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Marnie and her Fab’lous Hat!
Marnie Cate
Summarise your bio in no more than 100 characters
Marnie Cate was born in mining town in Montana. Inspired by the spirit of actress Dame Judi Dench, she pursued her dream of sharing the stories brewing in her mind. With the urging of friends and family, she wrote in every spare moment she had.
After countless weekends spent at the local coffee shop typing away and people watching, Marnie finished her first novel in the Protectors of the Elemental Magic series. The world of elemental magic and the humans they lived has been released and their stories have just begun.
Tell us about your current work?
I am currently working on three stories for the Protectors of the Elemental Magic series starting with Meg’s Winter (Book 5). Also, I am revising Beginnings, the novella explaining the need to protect the magic. The second novella is Kinema’s Destiny; the mother earth tale of the origin of the magic. Leaving my Coming of Age Fantasy series, I am expanding the short story the Chase that had been written for a Winter Anthology. The story of Caitlyn Whitaker demands to be told.
Have you got anything else out at the moment?
I have four books in the Protectors of the Elemental Magic Series.
We know you’re a writer, what else do you do?
I am an administrative assistant for my pay job.
Who’s your writing hero and why?
Jennifer Estep. She weaves not only fantastic stories but believable characters that you miss as soon as the last page turns.
If you could have been the author of any book in history which one do you wish you’d written and why?
There are so many I could never name one honestly!
Tell us about your writing rituals – do you write in your Pjs, in your garden, in the pub or in the altogether?
My favorite place to write is in a coffee shop but honestly, I have no preferred setting. Just need my laptop and a semi quiet place.
Do you ever get irritated with your own main characters?
All of the time. The characters won’t wait their turn. Their stories keep forcing themselves into my mind — all hours of the day.
What makes you feel like a real author?
Seeing my books available for purchase.
What do your family think of your writing – be honest!
Those that have read the stories love it.
What job did you want when you were 7 or 8 years old?
Solid Gold Dancer. I loved their big hair and leggings.
If you could spend one day as any literary character who would it be and why?
Alexia Tarabotti from Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series. I would love to visit 19th Century England that has werewolves and vampires integrated into society. Hopefully, we would have tea with Lord Akeldama.
{Good choice – I loved her Finishing School YA series _LG}
Now take a deep breath! I’m going to hand you over to Clara and Pudding, who are going to take it from here – brace yourself, they’re easily amused.
Are you posh or wot?
Definitely not
What’s the longest word you can spell wiv out checkin’?
What a silly question. I am sure I can spell more words but Mississippi comes to mind.
‘ave you ever been harrested?
Never! I am an upstanding citizen.
What da’ya wan’ on ya grave-stone?
It’s too late to apologize ~Marnie Cate
‘ave you ever used a gazunda?
Definitely not!
What’s your favourite pie fillin’?
Chocolate silk
How do ya’ like it?
Hot and with cream and sugar
Can ya sing and what songs do ya know?
Everyone can sing. The list is long.
What about folk dancin’ ‘ave you ever tried it and did you get injurered?
Tried and lived
‘Do you ‘ave a party piece & what is it?
I can tie my hair in a knot. People are fascinated by it 
December 9, 2017
Up Close and Personal with…. Sarah Marie Graye
Interviewed by LG Surgeson
TW: Suicide, Mental Health & related content.
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Sarah Marie Graye – no aliases
Summarise your bio in no more than 100 characters
A depression sufferer who wants to ‘show’ mental health to those who have never experienced it.
Tell us about your current work?
My debut novel is called ‘The Second Cup’. It’s literary fiction/women’s contemporary fiction. It follows the lives of four friends and watches how their worlds unravel when someone they know commits suicide. I think that when someone decides to take their own life, it brings things into focus for other people – and ‘The Second Cup’ looks at the changes the characters make to their lives as a result. It was released in July 2017 and is currently available for the Amazon Kindle. It will be out in paperback soon – it’s with the Creativia design team.
Have you got anything else out at the moment?
No – ‘The Second Cup’ is my first novel. I’m currently working on my second one though. I hope to have it written for release in 2018 – but I’ve probably cursed myself by admitting it!
When did you first realise you had a story to tell?
I’ve always had stories in my head. I daydream a lot and create characters and conversations in my head. Writing it down seemed like the obvious next step. I write first-person multi-narration and like being able to get inside the heads of my different characters and experience their lives.
We know you’re a writer, what else do you do?
I work in Marketing. My dream – as with every novelist I’m sure – is to one day give it up and be a full time writer.
What job did you want when you were 7 or 8 years old?
I’m not sure. I can remember wanting to be a children’s TV presenter when I was younger than that. Well, specifically, I wanted to be Floella Benjamin, who presented ‘Play School’. I was ridiculously upset when I found out you couldn’t turn into someone else when you grew up.
Who’s your writing hero and why?
Maggie O’Farrell, because she’s able to skilfully paint many different layers to her characters. They’re so well rounded and believable – I feel I get to know them as people.
If you could have been the author of any book in history which one do you wish you’d written and why?
‘After You’d Gone’ by Maggie O’Farrell – it’s the first book I’d ever read that broke my heart.
What makes you feel like a real author?
I still don’t! I’m hoping that will change when I first hold a paperback copy of my book in my hands. I’ve been longlisted for the Book Viral 2017 Millennium Book Award and the Online Book Club 2017 Book of the Year Award, which has helped it feel more real.
Tell us about your writing rituals – do you write in your Pjs, in your garden, in the pub or in the altogether?
My favourite time to write is between 11.30pm and 4am. It means my writing is often restricted to weekends because those hours don’t fit very well alongside work. The other time I write is after having a bath – I find ideas that have been knocking around my brain for a few days often formulate more clearly for me when I have no other distractions. I have been known to jump out of the bath in order to write a section of a chapter.
Would you prefer to be a literary great or a cult hero?
I’d never want a book I’d written to be dissected in the classroom because I think this is how you destroy a story; so I’d have to go for cult hero.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMarieGraye
Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/sarahmariegraye
Creativia/Publisher’s author page: http://www.creativia.org/author-sarah-marie-graye.html
Buy links: https://mybook.to/SecondCup
