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1) Charles Freedom Long
2)Neo-Retro Science Fiction
3) Alvar's Spear Alvar's Spear
4) I have one piece of paper that says I'm a psychologist, and another that says I'm a medium.
2)Neo-Retro Science Fiction
3) Alvar's Spear Alvar's Spear
4) I have one piece of paper that says I'm a psychologist, and another that says I'm a medium.

2. Contemporary fiction currently. However, I really enjoyed my creative nonfiction class in college, and hope to further explore that again one day.
3. Dial 323 LOVE (releasing 3/23/2018) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Despite the fact that I'm not into fantasy, I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. Pottermore sorted me into Ravenclaw, but last year a TIME magazine quiz said I was 62% Slytherin. So now I don't know what to think.

1. Mary Bisciaio writing as Tea DeLuca
2. Contemporary romance and historical romance
3. Danny's Sister (military/romance)
4. Retired teacher loves hockey and writing.

1. Your Name: Sam Tan
2. Your Preferred Writing Genre: currently self-help and psychology. Your Reading Genre: Fantasy, business, self-help, psychology, anything else that catches my eye
3. Your Most Recently Released Book: A little book on being naturally joyful (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)
4. One Interesting Fact About You: I'm a qualified psychologist and I have a twin brother whom some have suggested that I have an enmeshed relationship with.

1. Syquan Perrett Syquan Perrett
2. Love writing all genres but I think my specialty is centered around action.
3. Enochi: 3 of Light PT. 1 Enochi: 3 of Light
4. I'm an avid gamer
1) Following Whispers
2) Write: Poetry, Read: Non-Fiction
3) Proceed With Awesome: A Poetic Voyage
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4) I was a Restaurant Manager for several years, before I decided I was long overdue a change from the stress, slavery and politics of it all... I'm now dedicating as much time as possible to my true passions, writing, and travelling the UK to see all the hidden gems and natural beauty it has to offer.
2) Write: Poetry, Read: Non-Fiction
3) Proceed With Awesome: A Poetic Voyage
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4) I was a Restaurant Manager for several years, before I decided I was long overdue a change from the stress, slavery and politics of it all... I'm now dedicating as much time as possible to my true passions, writing, and travelling the UK to see all the hidden gems and natural beauty it has to offer.

2. Both reading and writing: Self Development / Philosophy / Psychology and Literary Fiction
3. Conscious Living: Wake up from the Collective Coma and Walk the Path of Your Great Work
4. The hard process of writing novels taught me how to discipline myself and raise my consciousness in order to accomplish something big.

2) I like writing children's and young adult books
3) I have released Williams Wonderful World of Gaming on ebook using Lulu.com
4) I was a children's nurse for four years working on picu, hdu, bone marrow unit and orthopaedics. I had to give up nursing when I got diagnosed with autosomal dominant optic atrophy, an eyesight condition affecting the optic nerve. I have two Guide Dogs, a black Labrador called Ceris who has retired and a Golden Retriever called Roxy.

2. Reading genre, almost anything Writing genre, supernatural, sci-fi, historical
3. Emma: Ancestor's Tales https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I do believe in ghosts.

2. Romantic fiction or romance with a serious theme, historical fiction, non-fiction
3. Northern Skies
4. English is my second language and I periodically have an identity crisis.

2. Writing: a modern sci-fi take on 1970's fantasy; Reading: well-written sci-fi/fantasy and good writing generally
3. The Shadow of Her Hand (t.b.r. April 2018)
4. Opera-loving, real ale-drinking Yorkshireman

2. Mysteries to read or write
3. Golden Ghost Removal Service
4. My husband often opens the door to the bathroom and teases me with, "Oops, time just got in."

2. Science Fiction and Non-fiction
3. Huckleberry Cannonball - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
4. I love to cook

2. AJ Colher :-)
3. Potluck https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I'm currently suffering writer's block!

2. Prefer writing Literary Fiction (also exploring Historical Fiction and Sci-Fi and Fantasy possibilities); prefer reading Literary Fiction (Contemporary, Classics, Experimental), but also Historical Fiction and select Sci-Fi and Fantasy).
3. Mr. Galaxy's Unfinished Dream
4. Over an 18-hour period I completed my Master's degree with a 6-hour comprehensive written exam, had my car break down on the way to having dinner with my parents in Newark, NJ, walked to their apartment the last couple of blocks, ate 90% of my dinner, got a call from my wife whose water had broken, ran back to the car (which started up, miraculously); for the next hour—all the way down to New Brunswick, NJ—coaxed the car into not breaking down again, got my wife to the hospital in time and was with her when our first child, a baby boy, was born.

2. Write - Science Fiction. Read - Sci Fi and Factual
3. Electra: Book 1 Seven Sisters series (My first, now on Amazon)
4. I play the saxophone (badly).

2. I write/draw comics
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. . I am an expat writer and cartoonist living in Beijing, China.

2) Write: sci-fi and contemporary fiction/ read: same
3) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4) I am attempting to remain anonymous. No family members or friends know I have written 3 books.

2) Fiction, travel, gay, life
3) https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/...
4) I'm often found on a Eurostar or TGV, typing away on my Mac.

2. Any speculative
3. Room for 1,000 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )
4. I helped invent e-government.

2. I don't write in one genre. I've written and self-published a horror novel, though it also contains elements of dystopic science fiction. I also wrote a yet to be published lit fiction short novel. As far as reading, I like horror, dystopic sci-fi, lit fiction, fantasy, graphic novels.. I read a lot of non-fiction too. Would probably be easier to say what I don't read - romance, YA, mystery, Spy/Detective Thrillers.
3. I just self-published a horror novel called Odessa, Or

4. What is an interesting thing about myself? I have a reoccurring dream in which I talk to my dead cat. Nothing profound. Just small talk, "how's it going" type stuff.

2. Writing: fantasy, Reading: many genres (fantasy is probably my favorite, though my favorite author of all time is James Baldwin)
3. The Humanist Headkick Collection (short stories)
4. I train jiujitsu/MMA with, among other people, UFC fighter Liz Carmouche (officially ranked the 6th best female flyweight fighter in the world)

2) My problem is I can’t put a finger on any one writing style. I’ve spent years packing my shelves (both tangible and digital) with books I’ve yet to read. Sometimes the reading choice I make at a particular moment comes down to mood or need (usually reference material).
3) Harvest Sky
4) I started drawing when I was three, and that hobby is what made me a writer.

2. I write a vaguely alternative history about sea-based arcologies and the people who inhabit them with bio-punk overtones. The stories, not the people. Well, maybe the people, too.
3. "Hostile Takeover"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I cook. Made lasagna today. Buffalo tacos yesterday. I do not HTML unless forced to.

2. So far, I like to write science fiction and will read anything, though I may be too cynical for romance.
3. EVAC Ignition.
4. I sing in a choir and once supported tenor singer, Russell Watson. He appreciates free labour.

1) Alicia Freeman
2) I read everything
3) NA
4) I am a PA for authors and a mom of 4 teenage girls

2. For now poetry (for writing), and pretty much everything (for reading)
3. WHATEVER -a poetry collection, here is the link> https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I like Oreo cookies with peanut butter, is that interesting?

reading: self help, murder mystery
writing: self help/ memoirs
book: GURL Please: a reformed people pleasers guide to finding your voice
weird fact: I used to host a game show for Chinese television!:)

2. I usually read and write fantasy, but I also enjoy reading outside of that genre.
3. Kidnapping Death's Daughter
4. I have more pets than friends. I'm beginning to wonder if there is any correlation between the two...

2. Writing plays for 47 years, now writing novels (realistic with fantasy elements). Reading: all kindsa stuff.
3. Galahad's Fool (pub. date 6/1/18)
4. Toured our theatre work to 38 states.

2. I write historical novels with a paranormal theme – reincarnation, past lives, seeing the dead. I read these kind of novels too but also love to read religious conspiracies, Norse mythology, Knights Templar.
3. My latest book is There is a Place, a Scottish novel centred on a 16th century monk who can see the dead. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
4. I have seen a ghost.

2. Poetry and non-fiction
3. ALL MY CHILDREN (released 11 Feb 2018) Goodreads link:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I love bush walking.

I write in several genres but all with a historical background
My last book published was Orphan Child (Book4. Roses Have Thorns series)
I am severely disabled and writing is my release.

2. I love reading suspense & thriller novels and novellas!!
3. Dream Ocean (my first and only, so far as of 2/12/18). Not on Goodreads yet but is on Amazon.
4.I'm a labor & delivery nurse.

2. Romantic Thrillers with a touch of erotica
3. Broken Hearts released in May 2017
4. Worked in retail for seventeen years and a NON-Profit for six years.

2a. Reading: Almost anything
2b. Writing: fantasy, sci fi, horror, magical realism, poetry, creative non-fiction, analytical essays, rituals, guided meditations, libretti, plays, children's and YA lit, lesson plans, music
3. None yet
4. Curious, full of wonder

2. Writing: Self-help/Health and Southern Historical fiction Reading: Self-help and fiction
3. Your Best Health by Friday: How to Overcome Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Trauma, PTSD and Chronic Illness
4. I am an amazing baker and owe everything to Rose Levy Beranbaum's baking books.

2. Contemporary fiction, true crime
3. Atlanta Stories: Fables of the New South (Check out Atlanta Stories: Fables of the New South by G.M. Lupo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)
4. I carried the opening scene of my first novel around in my head for more than 20 years before writing anything down.

2) Science fiction and children’s to write (and illustrate); Sci-Fi/Fantasy to read, especially pre-1950
3) Landscape of Darkness: A Novelette of the Space Patrol (1/18)
4) I have an eidetic memory, which Wikipedia says doesn’t exist.

2. Writing and reading Middle grade and YA novels, picture books;
actually anything for kids; have a YA coming out soon, Marooned
on Planet EARTH - Devynn's Dilemma. Hopefully going to be a
series.
3. The KIngsley Twins - Dalton's Last Stand
4. Been telling stories since I was four, writing since I was 9.

2. Read almost anything; not into erotic or horror stories; Write sweet contemporary romance; may try historical romance at some point; also write short stories and a poem or two. Working on book three, A Storm in My Heart. which is a sequel to The Resurrection of Joleigh-Anna Kelmann and:
3. All for the Love of Thomi
4. I named my boys for characters from Thomi.

2) Write near future dystopian science fiction. Read science fiction and fantasy as well as non-fiction science and history.
3) UpLyft Protocol
4) I call my very old transport the Yukonllenium Falcon.

2. Writing: Currently spy novels, but I have written non-fiction, children’s books, and general fiction; Reading: Good fiction, autobiographies, various
3. Alias Juno Wolfe (The Secret Lives of Jessie Monroe #1) - working on #2 in the series “Who is Juno Wolfe?” which is more dystopian.
4. Co-founder/CTO of a Silicon Valley software start-up company

2. My favorite writing and reading genres are Horror, Slice of Life, and Comedy.
3. I haven't published a full on novel yet but I'm currently working on one.
4. I'm interested in learning about Lost Media and frequently browse the Lost Media Wiki.

2. Anything interesting, but primarily dark fiction and high fantasy
3. You and Me https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I can put my leg behind my head.

2. Write: fantasy (historical-ish, romance, adventure). Read: fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal.
3. Rise of Ashwood: www.goodreads.com/book/show/37672400-...
4. My new 'office' is a desk in a room above a tattoo parlour (and I kinda love it).
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