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2) I love to read Science Fiction and Fantasy! I also love romance! I started out writing Sci-Fi Dystopian YA but I have written two Romance novels that have yet to hit the market.
3) Born For War: Born Series Book 2 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4) I have absolutely no background in creative writing! My degree is actually in Political Science and Philosophy!

2) Preferred Writing, Crime Thrillers. Preferred Reading, Suspense-Thrillers.
3) Complicity in Heels, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4) I have no middle name. My parents figured Matthew Leatherwood Jr. was long enough. I think they were right.

2. Contemporary Romance, RomCom, Para-Romance.
3. Making Buttons
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I don't like to see birds "frozen" in time - like in a painting
(owls are an exception - don't ask me why)

2. Write: Children's fiction (focus on strong female characters) Reading: thought-provoking, classics, fantasy
3. Genevieve: Fashion Princess https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I have a degree in theatre costume design and set design, but have always had a passion for children's literature.

2. Write: Women''s lit book-club books--good characters, settings, and serious issues to think about. Read anything with good characters and a bit of humor.
3. Touch. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Married Italiano; lived Latino; now back in the U.S.

1) I'm Shoshanah Shear
2) I write inspirational books, occupational therapy related books, life stories - I enjoy reading a range of book, mostly inspirational, Torah related or with ideas to help in attaining a goal
3) My latest book has just been released less than a week ago. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4) I have to stop an think about the last question. Perhaps that I won my first archery challenge and then my first archery contest.

1. Jill [J A Harris for fiction & Jill Harris for non-fiction]
2. Writing science fiction parallel world fantasy at the moment, Reading - all genres.
3. Recently released book: Ash [Parallel World Traveller Book 2] November 4th ...
4. Allergic to hedgehogs and nothing else. However, I love hedgehogs. Just get sick if I rescue one. :)

1. Tony Deeney (Pen name Anthony J. Deeney)
2. Sci Fi
3. Andrea the Martian Robot
4. I once went on a course about dyslexia and came to the conclusion that I was dyslexic!

2. Write Fantasy and Sci-fi mainly, but have stories planned for other genres including superhero, YA, Jane Austin. Read fantasy, sci-fi, Jane Austin, Steampunk, post-apocalyptic, superhero.
3. Waiting for money a cover artist. :/
4. Most of my protagonists are female.

My first two books has earned it's #1 Amazon Bestseller list and now i am up to for the 3rd book launch next month (fingercrossed).
How's everybody doing?

1. Yvonne Beattie
2. YA / Contemporary Romance (love a happily ever after!)
3. Silver City Girl - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I've lived in Scotland, Houston TX, KL Malaysia and Copenhagen Denmark!

2. Fantasy
3. Land of Giants (to be released Spring 2017)
4. I write books and my girl friend does various concept art that is posted on my facebook author page as well as cover art and pen/ink art that will be in Land of Giants.

2. Writer of: Money Man 21st Century Super Hero
3. I write mostly about the inspiring subject. A story which relates to all. A story which will make one jump from their chair.

2. For writing, I mainly do sci-fi, horror, and poetry. For reading, I do about the same, but also enjoy a good fantasy novel.
3.N: Poems and Stories, N: Volume Two
4. I started a writer's open mic a couple years ago and now I own a small publishing business to compile local writers.

2. To Write: Poetry, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Literary Fiction; To Read: Literally anything.
3. Ready Aim Fire: a poetry collection (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)
4. I'm a huge pit bull/bully breed advocate and have 2 pit-mixes.

2) reading - history, biographical, Beat Generation
3) Most recently released book (my first) - "Flipping Point"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4) I met Salvador Dali when I was 10.

2. 21st Century Poetry, non-fiction conspiracies, philosophical fiction
3. Brave Vulnerable: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Hmm, just jumped out of a plane 12,000 ft above sea level last Saturday ;)

2. I probably should read more. I feel so behind some of the other members. Currently taking recommendations on Scifi, fantasy, thriller, horror, detective stories (not sure that one's exactly a genre). I write thrillers, horror, and detective stories.
3. Cry for the Mercenary
4. Interestingly, there is nothing interesting about me whatsoever.
I'm new here! Hi! :D
1. Micah Lee
2. Reading - Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction (especially in my field of study - film/media). Writing - fantasy, science fiction
3. The Grey Mansion http://bit.ly/2fK15YI
4. My family owns a coffee-roasting business. I drink tea exclusively and can't stand the taste of coffee even in desserts. But I can give you plenty of ways to make it!
1. Micah Lee
2. Reading - Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction (especially in my field of study - film/media). Writing - fantasy, science fiction
3. The Grey Mansion http://bit.ly/2fK15YI
4. My family owns a coffee-roasting business. I drink tea exclusively and can't stand the taste of coffee even in desserts. But I can give you plenty of ways to make it!

1, Amie O'Brien
2. Writing - Historical Romance, Women's Fiction.
Reading - Classics, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, YA, Contemporary Romance.
3. The Merchant's Pearl https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Since I was a child, I can....make a completely convincing horse neigh. Seriously, I can (and have) been made to get out of a friend's car in the countryside and round up unsuspecting horses. I simply stand at their fence and neigh. They arrive like moths to a flame, LOL.

1. Name: Issa Puppi
2. Genres: I write urban fantasy (and a lifestyle blog). I like to read a wide variety of stuff, from Tolstoy to Allende to Christina Lauren and HP Mallory
3. Most recently released book: Overture, an urban fantasy about a pianist turned siren and all the baggage that entails. Link here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I work in corporate operations, but want to be a writer when I grow up. It's a split personality up in here.

2. Reading -YA, Post Apocalyptic, Thriller
Writing- Post Apocalyptic, Romance, Thriller, non-fiction.
3. Absolution (Release date: Depends on when I pull the trigger and get some feedback)
4. I'm also a screenwriter

2. General Fiction/Mystery
3. Guest Bed - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I love helping others. I just want to give back to the writing community because us indie authors need all the help we can get.

2. I like romance, sci fi, and fantasy, and so far have written romance (actually, I've written it all, but have only published romance)
3. My first novella is called Reborn, and it lives here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I learned to read at the age of 3 and haven't stopped since

2. Reading - apocalyptic/dystopian, memoirs, non-fiction. Writing - non-fiction, dystopian
3. Peru the beautiful, the mystical and the ugly
4. I built myself a Hobbit House (well, the door is a Hobbit door)

2. I love Fantasy, Scifi, Mystery, Romance -- especially a mixture of all 4.
3. I'm publishing my first novel, LOVE, LIES & CLONES on the 16th of December. Good Reads link here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I grew up living at a Zoo -- literally. It makes for interesting stories of critters that lived in our house.

2. I read all the time, if I didn't have to work occasionally! I have been writing for about three years and have written romance and thrillers.
3.I have just written Christmas at the Contraband Café with Scarlett Brodie.Christmas at the Contraband Cafe: A Year in Rum Cove-Winter
4. I am an identical twin.
5. Delighted to meet you all!

2. Explicit erotica - read just about anything especially fantasy, mysteries and erotica
3.Danni Archer: The Making of a Mistress The Beginning
4. I am not at all like people imagine when meeting me.

2. Am currently writing my first Cozy Mystery (short novel/long novella)... i've read some great Cozy's lately, love them because I can just switch off, no stress, no drama, just funny people, interesting places and a little bit of easy reading for my downtime.
3. Working on it, looking at publishing in January 2017. Start the year with a bang.
4. My family make cheese...

2. Preferred Writing Genre: Literary/Contemporary Fiction -- Preferred Reading Genre: Thrillers, Mysteries, Fantasy, Literary/Contemporary Fiction.
3. Choices: Book 1 of The Catalyst Series https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. I love to read, write, and run/hike.

2. Genre: action with erotic undertones.
3. Drummer Boy (Roman Nix #2)
4. Left a job that was slowly killing me to follow my dream.... never looked back. Working on 3rd book in the Roman Nix series.

2. Historical fiction (such as Ken Follet, Robert Harris) and thrillers to read; I write non-fiction, thrillers, and spiritual
3. Man on the Run series being released month by month. Chaos (volume IV) is the most recently released with Slaves of Circumstance (volume V) being released next week!
4. I have resisted social media until August, 2016 when I finally joined Facebook and Twitter (and, now, Goodreads).

Preferred Writing Genre: Self-help guides for authors
Your Most Recently Released Book: Royalty Factor: A Writer's guide to reducing taxes
One Interesting Fact: I had a cornea transplant in both eys

2. Writings: Non-fiction, Self-Help/Personal Growth, Poetry, Short Stories/Short Essays
Reading: Biographies, Suspense, Business/Finance, Self-Help, Non-Fiction
3. You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving: Nutrition for the Soul
4. My eyes change from Brown to Grey to Blue to Green

2. YA Fantasy to write and read
3. Immortal - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
4. In addition to being an author, I have a few screenplays that are currently in development.

1. Chris Jags.
2. I write pulpy dark fantasy, or possibly more correctly fantasy with a mean horror streak. I read mostly horror/fantasy/sci-fi, but the more genre-blended the better. Tales involving mythological creatures, particularly obscure ones, will often pique my interest.
3. Parasite Soul: a boy meets girl, boy runs screaming from psychotic girl tale.
4. I have a growing collection of octopus stuffies.

1. Donna Compositor (should have an 'e' at the end of it but apparently THAT was just too "foreign," thanks Ellis Island for making my last name SO MUCH EASIER to pronounce, said no one ever)
2. I mostly write YA fantasy but I dabble in others. I read mostly YA fantasy and horror but we're talking about maybe 60/40 to everything else. I read pretty broadly.
3. Curse of Stars, coming 2/19/17.
4. I can touch my elbows behind my back. Go ahead. Try it. You probably can't do it. Really grossed out the boys growing up when they first discovered boobs and were like bet you can't touch your elbows behind your back. And I was like *mike drop.*

2. Writing genres: Poetry /Reading genres: Poetry, paranormal, fantasy, mystery but am open to all.
3. Chasing The Chalice: A Collection of Verses
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
4. I love making new discoveries and learning something new.


2. Writing -- business, self-help books. Read: Great writers.
3. "Wow your Clients. How To Land Clients and Build Long-Lasting Relationships." (release date: December 2, 2016)
4. I was blackballed by my fraternity on the last day of my pledge term.

2. Writing - sci fi, fantasy. Reading - sci fi, fantasy, spiritual, mystery, etc. No porn or extreme violence.
3, Grounded, a Dragon's Tale
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Love walks in nature.

2. Romance and Fantasy
3. Rock Harder: A Heavy Metal Romance
4. Having little to nothing to do gives me anxiety attacks. Why in the world can I not be lazy?

1. I'm Brigid Helyg
2. I write historical (Victorian mainly) and contemporary romance.
3. My first book Cat's Craving (working title) is due out Spring 2017, but I just had a short story published in the anthology Liminal Time Liminal Space: Exploring the Worlds Between from Between the Lines Publishing. It isn't a romance, but I'm excited for my first publication.
4. I live on the west coast of Anglesey, Wales.

2. Business/Self Help
3. The Royalty Factor: A Writers Guide to Reducing Taxes & I Keep Holding On (By Tammi Venessa)
4. I had a cornea transplant in both eyes

2. Writing: romantic suspense. Reading: romantic suspense, thrillers, mysteries, sci-fi, anything well-plotted.
3. The Christmas Party released 12/12/16
4. I've yet to watch any of The Godfather movies.

2. Fantasy for writing, middle-grade fantasy for reading
3. I am a wannabe
4. When I learn enough about something to be an "expert" I get bored with it and go do something else.

My name is Nathan
I write Christian Crime, I like to read: mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, somenon-fiction (police procedural, psychology, true crime)
My debut novel is: Written in Blood
I've been hooked on Don Pendleton books since high school

My name is Stephen Lomer.
I prefer reading horror and fantasy, though just lately I've been on a real biography kick.
My debut is Stargazer Lilies or Nothing at All.
I'm deathly afraid of the insides of toilet tanks.

My name is Jonathan Thornton, and I'm new to Goodreads (so no author page yet).
My favourite genre to read is horror, my favourite genre to write is fantasy...
...so it's a bit weird that my current series, QIA (latest weekly episode, "Manchester", was released on Amazon this last Monday), is a sci-fi espionage thriller.
An interesting fact about me is that I am a teacher; I taught for two years in Dubai, but right now I teach two days a week and I am a writer/stay-at-home daddy the rest of the time!
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2. Writing: YA/chick lit, Reading: General Fiction, Coming of Age
3. "The Adulthood", coming 11/22
4. I do Vinyasa yoga.