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2. To Write--realistic fiction. To Read--classics, and realistic/science fiction.
3. To Actualize
4. I started writing larger projects due to my love for writing tandems with dear friends of mine, and a lot of my muse comes from unresolved desires in that field.

Writing many genres.
Debut novel: Themis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
I spend time everyday in a inner world I created when I was about 7.

2. Writing: Erotic Romance, Reading: Fantasy & Scifi
3. Sophie's Journey: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. My greatest love: Scuba diving (or maybe chocolate)

2. Reading - Mostly urban / paranormal fantasy & horror but I'll read anything once. ;)
2. Writing - Urban Fantasy
3. Haven't release yet.
4. I can drink deathwish coffee right before bed and have no issues sleeping.

1. Yvonne Blackwood
2. Writing- Children’s lit, fiction; Reading- mystery
3. Nosey Charlie Comes To Town
4. I am a retired banker

2.) Reading-MC, PNR, non-fiction, contemporary romance
Writing- PNR/MC
3.) Trigger's Salvation
4.) I''m a PA, blogger, and an author

2. poetry and mystery
3. Diary of a Poet ...a collection of poetry.
3. I wasn't supposed to be able to write.

2. Suspense, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction
3. Rubbing Stones Rubbing Stones
4. I'm a psychiatrist in my day job

2. Reading - Anything with a twist, fantasy, and regency. Writing - Mainly fantasy epics.
3. Aideil: The Shattered World (June 13th 2017)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I am graduating high school in one week.

2. My preferred writing and reading genres are fantasy and sci-fi
3. The Lost Kingdom of Moora
4. I have a BFA in Theatre Performance

2. I read just about anything except non-fiction. (I will read autobiographies/biographies if I REALLY like the person). I write psychological thriller and mystery/chick lit
3. Dandelions and Disguises: A Katelyn Tod Novel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I balance the line between extravert and introvert- I love people, but when I'm done, I'm done.

2. Reading - sci fi, non-fiction, and mystery. Writing - non-fiction, nature, environment.
3. Jake's Nature Guide: Rocky Mountains - published March 2017! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I have travelled to 6 continents and lived in 3 and I have hiked in the Rockies, Andes, Himalayas, Mt. Kenya, and others...

2. Mystery, Shakespeare, History
3. Veterans Day. A Jane Morris Mystery. goodreads.com/book/show/32937679-vete...
4. As a writer and teacher, I have always felt guilty that I was learning as much as my readers and students.

2. Reading - speculative fiction, creative writing non-fiction
Writing - Speculative fiction short stories and novels
3. Road Noise Short Stories To Thrill And Chill https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I love desert landscapes.

2. Psychological suspense and women's fiction, blended together
3. Societal Damage www.shannonsheets.com
4. Banker by day, which pays the bills, and surprisingly gives me good material for my stories.

2: I like to read everything except romance, erotica, and YA anything. I like to write hard sci-fi, fantasy, and technical non-fiction.
3: My books are Ordnance
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Silver Bullets
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4: I save energy for a living and I used to be a competitive MMA fighter. Makes writing brawls lots of fun.

2. Reading- young adult, psychological thrillers, christmas cozies, contemporary romance, dystopian
3. The Sunrise Chasers (a young adult romance/adventure) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I am an avid hiker and photographer

2. Reading- Paranormal, mystery, thrillers, Stephen King, John Grisham, and a Pulitzer here and there.
3. My book- Love of the Game/ 6/2017
4. I'd like 100 million people to enjoy my stories!

2. Children's books
3. Doctor Dactyl's Weather Thingy-ma-jig
4. I'm addicted to gaming as well as reading!

2. Science fiction, fantasy, and YA
3. The Fire-Moon, a pseudo-Egyptian fantasy adventure
4. One time, I paddled out into the middle of a winter lake to figure out what birds I was looking at, because I could have sworn they looked like penguins. (Turned out to be cormorants.)

2. Writing- fantasy/historical fantasy (for now!), Reading- fantasy/sci-fi, but also veering into general humor every now and then (trending British authors lately).
3. Edge of a Knife - Edge of a Knife, released May 26, 2017
4. I love Jack Russell Terriers.

2) Reading/Writing - Fantasy, Sci-Fi
3) Gorp: Goblin Janitor
4) I've worked in Hollywood as an actor, writer, and director. Look me up on IMDB if you're curious.

2. Reading: All over the place, but recently I've been into historical fiction. Writing: Memoir, Young Adult, Travel (and pretty much every genre as a ghostwriter)
3. Your Most Recently Released Book: "Faithful and Devoted: Confessions of a Music Addict" (memoir about my obsession with Depeche Mode) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I'm a digital nomad whose had more than two dozen "homes" in five countries over the last five years.

2. Sci fi/Fantasy but I'll read anything that stops moving long enough for me to focus
3. Final book in my sci fi trilogy Destiny of the Queen

4. I have four parrots who tell me what to do.

2. Writing - Science fiction and fantasy romance, Reading- science fiction and paranormal romance, fantasy romance, thrillers, romantic suspense, horror, police procedural, some mysteries
3. Jessabelle's Beast Jessabelle's Beast
4. My first published story was about a demon. I was only 11 when I wrote it. Doesn't seem like the obsession with those subjects has faded much.

2.)Reading- anything paranormal, urban fantasy, thriller, romance, mystery, fantasy, pretty much anything except horror
Writing - paranormal and urban fantasy
3.) Golden Opportunity (released 9/2017)
4.) I just graduated (I'm 48) with my bachelor's in psychology and will be starting an MFA in creative writing program in the fall.

2. Fantasy, contemporary - Everything except crime, horror.
3. Powerful - Tome 1: The Realm of Harcilor (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)
4. I write about badass diverse and female characters. I studied the Female representation in film and media and the Female Gaze, best choice of my life :)

2. Your Preferred Writing and Reading Genre: For reading, I'm all over the place. For writing, women's contemporary and cozy/light mystery.
3. Your Most Recently Released Book: When Destiny Met Chance: Mrs. Gunder and Edna, Book Two
4. One Interesting Fact About You: I have a tattoo that says Seanmha'thair (shan-waw-hir) on my left foot and handprints for each of my five grandchildren on my right foot.

2. Writing: Originally science fiction but now occult/horror. Reading: General fiction/sci fi/horror
3. Most recent book: Darke Blood
4. Interesting fact. By day and night I work as a technician and I look after /run a particle accelerator in the English countryside for science.

2. Speculative fiction, but my genre soul mate is steampunk with dark humor
3. I don't have an inferiority complex. Just aspirations.
4. I am a human-like raccoon. Shiny!

2. Reading: Fantasy, suspense, thriller, mystery, horror. Writing: Fantasy
3. Most recent book: Copper Rain
4. For those who don't know me, then the fact that I speak Spanish wouldn't be all that special

2. SciFi & Fantasy
3. Nothing published ... YET!
4. I've been the guitarist in several heavy metal bands

2: I don't really have a preferred genre or anything, but I mostly write comics and graphic novels. In terms of settings and themes, I write mostly superhero stories, but I don't really have a preference and will write whatever I'm inspired to at the time.
3: I haven't released any commercial books yet, but a short story I wrote a few years ago is being adapted into a comic.
4: Along with writing my own sequential stories, novellas, novels, and short stories, I also write reviews for the works of others. I think analyzing those types of things is a good way to grow as a writer, because you learn what to look out for in your work.

2. Fantasy, Young Adult, Supernatural
3. Once (release date July 11, 2017)
4. I teach special education, trying to decide if I like it or not

2. I read and writing anything... I don't like genres. :)
3. The Truth about Tomorrow https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I was born and bred in Finland but have lived in Ireland for 15 years.

2. Young adult, sci-fi, fantasy, memoir
3. I'm writing a bedtime novel for young adults. It's meant to put you to sleep, but it's anything but boring.
4. I have a strange brain: synaesthesia, ASMR, restless leg syndrome, sensory processing disorder

1. Kim L. Walton-Durham
2. Drama, Young Adult, nonfiction, and Adult Urban Fiction
3. Dedication followup to My Motivation both are YAs https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I like to cook, garden, and a nice glass of wine or two

2. Paranormal Romance
3. Devil's Lake
4. My short story, MOTHER, made the top 35 list in TNT horror contest last year.

2. Any thing that moves along
3. Cleansing their Souls (published June 2017)
4. Work to support my skiing,biking,golfing,writing habits.

Read: sf/fantasy, historical novels, mysteries, YA, poetry, history
Write: sf/fantasy, historical novels
Duchess of Aquitaine (2006)
Yes, it's been a long time; I started writing again last fall after a 10-year sabbatical.

2. Reading: Classics, fantasy, romance. Writing sci fi, fantasy, romance.
3. Voiceless Naivety
4. I speak four languages and i don't know the alphabet.

2. I write high fantasy, sci-fantasy... er, weird kind of short stories and rhyming poetry. Read all of those and also action thrillers.
3. Ferrian's Winter: Book One: The Sorcerer's Valley
4. I have never considered myself to be a normal person.

Non-fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I'm retired and my bucket-list is to live the Caribbean life. I watch my three year old grandson while his parents are at work. But once grandson turns five, I'm hoping to relocate to the virgin island.

2. reading: mystery, western, action/adventure, and the classics (but not the great unreadables). Writing: mystery
3. All Murder Is Local (2016).
4. I prefer my beer Pilsner processed, lightly hopped, and properly chilled.

Non-fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I'm retired and my bucket-list is to live the Caribbean life. I watch my three year old grandson while h..."
Welcome, Rhonda. I'm from the Caribbean and I've been to the Virgin Islands. Nice place.

2. Writing - Thrillers, Reading - Multiple Genres
3. Only the Dead https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Have been charged by a silverback gorilla!!

2. I like to write : Literary, Flash, Prose Poetry; I like to read: Literary, Flash, Prose Poetry, Poetry, the occasional Stephen King joint, Classics, etc. Really anything as long as the prose has a little bit o' sparkle.
3. My book: Deep Sky Objects (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)
4. One Interesting Fact About Me: I have recorded many dozens (hundreds?) of songs in my basement; I play guitar, piano, drums, and vocalize--it can't rightly be called singing.
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2. I Love a good fantasy(but do not limit myself) and try to balance it with Non-fic in the esoterica or Psychology fields. I write the stories that pop up in my head without restrictions (though all fiction). Currently working on Paranormal Noir.
3. My indie release Is A Ghost of a Chance
4. I love acknowledging Archetypes (Loosely Jungian base) and breaking stereotypes. As a born Weirdo and Nerd I love to lift weights and box (fist-a-cuffs).
Thank you for this forum. I have watched silently from the shadow for a week now, absorbing all the wondrous info that I should've known about 10 years ago. And will continue to Lurk and Learn (Book title???)