Support for Indie Authors discussion
SIA Rules & Announcements
>
Introductions Part II

2. Non-Fiction (human conditioning / spiritual awakening)
3. Love is the Way: How to Live Love Fearlessly
4. I was adopted at birth and found my birth mum at age 42. Instant connection. Profound!

2. I like reading and writing romantic comedies that have a little magic mixed in.
3. A Slice of Magic
4. When I'm not writing books, I'm striping parking lots!

1. Faye Belle
2. Writing - thriller/ horror - Reading - Anything :)
3. The House Beneath the Oak Trees - available on amazon
4. I always struggle with this answer as I never think I have an 'interesting fact', I do however love to spend my weekends walking around the Kent countryside where we live!

2. I write historical fiction and read almost anything.
3. The Man Who Lived Twice
4. I like dancing, cooking and decrypting early ciphers.

2. I write sci-fi & fantasy and read those as well as a good deal of paranormal romance.
3. The Last God (sci-fi romance) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. My first job as a teenager was butchering venison.

2. Children's, fiction, non-fiction
3. Only published book: A Dog's Tail
4. I am still in the Elementary School and I love dogs.

2. Writing: Time Travel, Historical Fiction, short story anthology
Reading: Science and history books, sci-fi, short stories
3. MASQUE/The Offlings (supernatural short read, first book in series)
4. I'm building a replica of a German WWII airplane

2. Writing: Poetry, Romance, Sci-fi, Horror
Reading: Poetry, Historical Novels, Science Books
3. The Black Book: Subjugation of the Mind, A Letter to the World: Heart & Spice, Tunes from the Heart
4. I am in the process of writing a huge multiverse novel

2. I write mostly nonfiction stories (fictionalized), all either set in Cuba or with connections to Cuba.
3. My most recent book, "The Dance of the Rose," released in 2017, is the sequel to "Waiting on Zapote Street," and it is based on true events. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I enjoy giving back to my community through my involvement at the Hillsborough Community College Board of Trustees and by speaking to professional organizations and university students or high school/middle school students.

I' m Sweetly ( pen name - Sarah) from India. I am an entrepreneur by passion in Medical Field - UK based for the past 12 years and by profession I am a teacher. I am an avid reader of books.
I am basically here as a flashlight to help my best pal. Also I am here to learn a lot from all established authors and their esteemed works.
I do plan to eventually come out with a self-published book in Children's Literature in November of 2018 and an enchanting and thought-provoking script that has the potential to be made into a movie. I enjoy gardening and I am currently pursuing a new hobby knitting.
Looking forward for help and guidance.
:-)

2. Romance, Paranomal Romance
3. Blessing of Luna: (release date 4/20/18) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I'm an unfortunate perfectionist and completely self-published (editing, formatting included)

2. Your Preferred Writing and Reading Genre Memoirs/ Non-Fiction
3. Your Most Recently Released Book Step Out Step Up, A Lifetime of Transitions and Military Service BookLogix BookStore: http://www.shop.booklogix.com/Step-Ou... Release date November 13, 2017
4. One Interesting Fact About You I am a 34 year Army Veteran

II. Historical fiction - sea adventures, Dark Age/ Roman, Arthurian
III. Kraken the Ruthless
IV. I once served as a naval officer on a ship destroyed by missiles…
I guess I survived, though my pay was stopped for a while as Her Majesty’s paymasters had heard differently. Which resulted in an interesting conversation when I rang to complain. “But you are dead sir!” the girl insisted.

2. Writing-Satire/Thrillers Reading-Literary fiction/satire
3. Tin Foil Hat https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
4. I'm a musician with a resume that spans from metal to musical theatre.

2. My writing preference is young adult fantasy and sci-fi and reading preference young adult fantasy - I also enjoy comics and graphic novels.
3. Dancing with Fey
4. I have two hairless Sphynx cats named Leonardo and Michelangelo after the Ninja Turtles - not the renaissance icons.

2. Reading Beat writers like burroughs, bukowski, kerouac.
3. If you want to hoot with the owls, you have to scream with the eagles (2017 hardcover edition)
4. I am a Pastry Chef as a career occupation.

2. Read: contemporary and historical fiction, non-fiction with social commentary. Write: Am a new writer, finding my full voice. Have many stories of different genres locked up inside me, just waiting to get out.
3. Published a quirky little novella: The Self-Made Man: To Get Elected to the U.S. Senate He Needs the Endorsement of the Most Powerful Senator in Washington. About what could happen if the selfish over-privileged politicians of today were forced to take stock of their lives a' la George Bailey. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Interesting tidbit: Spent my career as a tech writer / documentation consultant for corporate customers. Now I also foster Little Free Libraries for Title 1 schools in my area.

2. Reading - Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Manga, Sci Fi, Westerns... Writing - Fantasy Fictions, General Fiction, Romance
3. Jasper's Journal (Journal Series book two) [released Aug 20, 2017]
4. One interesting fact: If I had thought about it years ago, I could have had well over twenty books published by now. But I gave all of my old stories to a family member whose house burned down six months later *cries* (it was all hand written, not typed)

2. Reading — pretty much anything character-driven. Writing — principally YA at the moment.
3. These Lies That Live Between Us https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. The inside of my head is such a wonderland that I'm incapable of getting bored. When my environment isn't sufficiently stimulating (or when I'm concentrating on something mindless), my brain starts making up conversations/lyrics/stories that I mutter to myself unconsciously. When I notice, it's always in the middle of something truly absurd and entertaining.

2. Reading - non fiction. Writing - crime fiction mystery/thriller
3. Ice Hunters https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I am a fly fishing/outdoors tragic and always have been.... being an Aussie, when outdoors I’m much more at home with snakes, spiders, crocs and sharks.... I’d love to fish Alaska... but those bears would worry me!!

I like reading general fiction with realistic drama and good character development and interesting prose. I've tried to write the same.
My debut novel is: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
I love spending time outside in natural places, full of beauty.


My most recent book is THE ADVENTURES OF DRAGOS & HOLMES: A LATE VICTORIAN ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH SERIOUS OVERTONES (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)
I was once an ordained Buddhist nun, a subject I will treat in an upcoming comedy.

2. I prefer to write YA Fantasy but I try to read as many authors & genres as I can.
3. My most recently released book is Hestia the Dreamwalker
4. I had to close & delete a popular blog I wrote under a different pen name due to stalkers. So there's that.

2. I'm very eclectic and enjoy reading and writing all types!
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I was once a guest on a major national talk show.

2. Reading - Fantasy, Caper, YA, Mythology, Fiction; Writing - High Fantasy, Fiction
3. A Murder's Hunt (release date 02/15/18)
4. I study advertising

2. Reading; Fantasy, romance.
writing; Fantasy.
3 Trusting Your Instincts
4. I'm 18 and have four books out.

2. Everything but always on spoken word (Audible)
3. Hoggrills End: The Little Red Engine and Other Trite Homilies released December 2017.
4. Actually I'm a cat!

2. Preferred Writing: Psychological Mystery/Science Fiction, Preferred Reading: Science Fiction, Thriller
3. My most recently released book is actually my very first published book, The Grate.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I used to sing when I was younger, and always wanted to be a professional singer. When I found that the physical attention wasn't something I actually wanted, I naturally fell back on writing, which was something I have been doing my entire life; and I am more than grateful for my choice. It feels like home.

2. Reading- Contemporary literary Writing - Contemporary literary with a twinge of Magical Realism
3. My new novel, In His Simplest Form, will be released February 13th, 2018
4. In a previous life, I released two instrumental hip-hop albums

1. I'm JE Klimov. You're welcome to call me Julian if that's easier.
2. As far as reading goes, I like to cross multiple genres: I'm most comfortable with fantasy, but I do love a well written mystery, thriller, and mainstream. So far, I've written in the fantasy realm, but once I fully establish my author platform, I may venture to sci-fi, thriller/spy, and mainstream (I have a few satires and comedies in my back pocket)
3. My most recent book is my debut novel, "The Aeonians". It's a YA/NA fantasy. It's great for the typical fantasy lover, someone who doesn't usually read fantasy but wants to give the genre a try, and any Zelda fan.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Interesting fact? Not sure if I have one. But I'm a pharmacist, runner, Red-Bull lover, cat enthusiast, and a lover of all things random.
Thanks again! Hi all!

2. Reading-Fantasy, writing-Mystery
3. Colors of Reason (Pre-order) release date 2/01/17
4. I'm an at-home-dad
1. My pen name is Allura Eshmun (it means counselor of healing)
2. I love reading spiritual/self-help books, and biographies written in first person. I prefer to write about spiritual experiences but working on two fiction books.
3. I published 4 books in 2017. The last book published is Insane Scavenger Hunt: You’re Not Crazy, Just Awakening!
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
4. I love Tai Chi and now training for my black sash.
2. I love reading spiritual/self-help books, and biographies written in first person. I prefer to write about spiritual experiences but working on two fiction books.
3. I published 4 books in 2017. The last book published is Insane Scavenger Hunt: You’re Not Crazy, Just Awakening!
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
4. I love Tai Chi and now training for my black sash.

2. Reading - fantasy, history, literary fiction, travel, science, and science fiction. Writing - literary fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, and self-inflicted ordeals.
3. My most recent book is The Quirkz Guide to Self-Improvement for People who Are Already Pretty Okay
4. I love Frisbee golf.

Reading fi and fantasy, writing the same.
The Laughing Man https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
I write short stories with characters based on people who interest me.

1. Sonja Pieper
2. I write sci-fi, maybe a little fantasy on the side. Same with reading.
3. Not yet. Been writing on my first SF/cyberpunk novel for a few years. Currently in final revision phase. Hoping to self-publish this year.
4. My native language German but I write both words and code (my other life) in English

2. Writing & Reading: Romance/Fantasy/Paranormal/Fairy Tale/Myth/Metaphysical/Erotica
3. The Beastly Covenant (Feb 2010) https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
4. I am someone who loves color

2. Reading: Anything with a great plot, e.g., Shane, anything by Ayn Rand, anything by Victor Hugo.
3. I am writing a novel. I hope to self-publish within 6 months.
4. I co-founded a private high school. I taught literature.

2. Adventure/ Military-Fiction
3. Sunrise to Shadows - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... (Part 2 in a 4 book series)
4. I have the rare genetic disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and have written and published both books with the assistance of adaptive equipment.

2. Writing: Poetry, sci fi, fantasy, psychological horror; Reading: Sci fi, fantasy, mystery, thriller, non-fiction science
3. Unrequited Memories Volume II
4. I would like to be a mermaid

1. Sonja Pieper
2. I write sci-fi, maybe a little fantasy on the side. Same with reading.
3. Not yet. Been writing on my first SF..."
Hi Yashima,
I wondered if anyone else was novelist and code writer! I'm not very advanced in my code writing yet, but I really like the idea of knowing another language, which is probably what writing is all about anyway. I look forward to reading your posts. Cece

2. Thriller/Crime/Serial killers
3. V is for Violence
4. My true identity is a secret, hence the mask I wear in pictures

2. Writing young adult romance/coming of age
3. "One More Time" released 1/13/18, in ebook and paperback format at http://www.amazon.com/author/geneviev...
4. I love cats!

2. Writing - Scifi Fantasy, Reading - History
3. The Silent Invader (10/17/2017)
4. Licensed Master Plumber, with Medical gas, Backflow, and drain layer cert. I worked on everything from hospitals to semiconductor plants.

2. Paranormal romance, though I seem to be branching out into fantasy now
3. My 3rd novel, "The Visconti Devils," is being re-released on Valentine's Day (of course!) The Visconti Devils
4. I'm descended from German nobility on my mother's side (my grandmother was a von Rosen) and I can wiggle my ears. Oops, that's 2 things.

My preferred writing is non-fiction; but I love reading romance novels.
My just published book is "Happiness Is A Warm Gun-A Vietnam Story"
I've been a devoted Beatle fan since 1964 when I first saw them on the Ed Sullivan show.

I also have a pen name for my romance genre writing. Annie Chanter
2. Sci-fi/Fantasy
3. Codename: Alexander
It's a demonhunter novel. I am hoping to rerelease my Sylvia Chronicles for the first two books with a local publisher. =D
4. I crochet. It helps me untangle plot issues.

2. Write Humor/Satire/Sci-Fi/Self-help Read: Non-fiction
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Harvard drop-out.
Books mentioned in this topic
Lover's Oath (other topics)ACT Therapy Workbook for Anxiety Relief (other topics)
Safkinsop: Dealings with a Very Dangerous Vampire (other topics)
The Eye of Ebon (other topics)
Cleo McCarthy Time Travel and Other Impossible Things (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Raymond Cushing (other topics)Claire Ohlsson Geheb (other topics)
Gene Poschman (other topics)
Syquan Perrett (other topics)
S.E. Ellis (other topics)
More...
2. Adventure/romance/outdoors
3.The Devolved
4. All my previous works were in the English language. Currently in the process of publishing the first book in my mother tongue, Afrikaans.