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Self-publishing has become a popular choice for many authors in recent years. There are several reasons why authors might choose to self-publish their work instead of relying on traditional publishing methods. In this article, we will discuss six of the most common reasons why authors decide to self-publish. Control Over The Finished Product One of the reasons that authors choose to self-publish is that they have more control over the final product. Accomplished author Ian Leaf believes that, unlike traditional publishing, self-publishing allows authors to make all the decisions about their book, from the cover design to the layout. This means that they can create a book that is true to their vision without having to compromise on their ideas. In addition, self-publishing allows authors to retain the rights to their work, giving them complete control over how it is distributed and sold. As a result, self-publishing gives authors a high degree of control over their work, making it an...

Shanna Star has been known to be a speaker of truth by those who know her personally. It wasn't until 6.28.18 that Shanna realized her purpose on this earth was to speak her truths in the form of delivering messages that others have not yet found the courage or the words to deliver. The knowledge that Shanna possesses does not come from other books, but rather from our direct source of creation, the universe / God. Why did you write the book "I am a Superhero" and what or who inspires you to write it? Everything I do is intuitively guided, so I didn't have a plan to write this book. One day while stretching I got the idea that I should write a story about the ways I felt so different as a child, and the journey through trying to accept everything taught to us as 'normal', and eventually coming to realize that I'm different for a very important reason. I wanted children to know that they aren't alone in these thoughts, and i wanted adults to also know t...

Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco is a Master Life coach and Master NLP practitioner who studied Metaphysics for more than 17 years. He is the author of of two inspirational books such as " How to Manifest Money Effortlessly. Techniques to be more prosperous " and " How to Become a Miracle Worker with your Life ". We have conducted an interview with him. During your years as a Consultant, Master Life coach and Master NLP practitioner, which is the most challenging and inspiring period? How was it like? My work as a professional supporter both for individuals and organisations worldwide has always been challenging, but also extremely satisfying and enriching. I continually realised that all individuals and organisations have their blind spots, and they often need a detached professional view to develop more creative and insightful perspectives to prosper in their activities. My role as a coach, consultant and NLP practitioner has been to help these organisations a...

Nadia Bruce-Rawlings uses grains of her often gritty life to infuse her stories with cathartic realism. Her stories “Fire” and “Scars” have both been finalists in Glimmer Train’s writing contests and are included in SCARS , her first anthology from Punk Hostage Press. Nadia grew up travelling the world and living in various countries before settling in Los Angeles. In LA she briefly worked at a vitamin factory and then began a long career in independent film distribution. A single mom for 11 years, she and her new husband have settled into the Nashville area, where she writes by the lake when she can escape their five kids and two dogs. We have conducted an interview with Nadia. How do you feel when your writing talent has been describe as "with dark humor and candor" or even "emotionally raw"? I feel that my writing is fairly candid and definitely emotionally raw. When I write, especially the memoir pieces, I go to a very deep place inside myself. I ...

Peatmore Press was established as an on-line magazine by Keith Jahans in 1996. It was originally described as providing entertainment and information with short stories, serials, quizzes plus a few references for those interested in veterinary/marine microbiology. Nowadays it serves mainly as a showcase and outlet for short stories and novels in paperback and e-book formats. In 2009 Peatmore Press Limited was formed to publish and market its own brand of books and e-books. These were followed In 2011 by the first in a series of audio books. We have conducted an interview with Keith Jahans. What inspires you to write about this character 'George Cogrill'? I wanted to write about a character who was told he had to give half his inheritance to someone he did not know. The inheritance included his beloved Water Mill where he made his precious cider. I felt his name should sound like it was part of the mechanics of the mill itself, hence "Cogrill", and because ...

Our guest today is Tracy Weaver from Overland Park, Kansas. He is the VP of Strategy for REI USA and published author of many books. We have conducted an interview with him. What led you to writing self-help books? I was racing forward in my professional career. Big time management consulting gigs, flying through the corporate world, etc. I hit a wall and found that I was really struggling to “advance” in a way that made sense and also fit with my values and work/life balance. I was missing some core “life lessons” and I realized that I needed to learn some of the “soft skills” needed to survive and advance in the business world. How did you overcome those challenges? I started reading all the best literature available. I took classes, I subscribed to online courses, all of that. I also found a few good mentors to coach me through those areas of need. I invested more than 200 hours on any given topic, and once I was able to apply it in my own life AND successfully coa...

Our guest today is Tracy Weaver from Overland Park, Kansas. He is the VP of Strategy for REI USA and published author of many books. We have conducted an interview with him. What led you to writing self-help books? I was racing forward in my professional career. Big time management consulting gigs, flying through the corporate world, etc. I hit a wall and found that I was really struggling to “advance” in a way that made sense and also fit with my values and work/life balance. I was missing some core “life lessons” and I realized that I needed to learn some of the “soft skills” needed to survive and advance in the business world. How did you overcome those challenges? I started reading all the best literature available. I took classes, I subscribed to online courses, all of that. I also found a few good mentors to coach me through those areas of need. I invested more than 200 hours on any given topic, and once I was able to apply it in my own life AND successfully coa...

Ryan Hollatz is a 27 years old author from Phoenix, AZ. Ryan is a very imaginative person, easily getting lost in his own head with ideas. He has released his first book " Drive, Discovery " which is a sci-fi fantasy action adventure taking place in a technologically advanced world. What sort of imaginations do you have about the dialogue within your story? I picture devastating, emotional dialogue between my characters. Imagining crucial, powerful events and discovering how your characters would talk it out or problem solve around it is one of the most important things to me as a writer who primarily focuses on character development. To see a character start from point A and move all the way to point B, C, etc. is truly incredible. If I can’t personally believe that someone would act in a certain manner, I backtrack and go over it until it feels right. What kind of special powers are of an enhanced humanoid in your opinion? For me, an enhanced humanoid is a ...

Mary Louise Davie is a SciFi author and a NASA presenter. We have conducted an interview with her about her most recent book is Target Earth: You Only See What You Want To . As a NASA presenter, which do you think is the most unexplained phenomena? I find it hard to believe and in a way a totally unexplained phenomena that people really don’t realize all the really awesome stuff NASA has done and is doing. I love that they come out to find out what is up with NASA and I am happy to share with them the details of the SLS launch system – and that NASA has built the world’s most powerful rocket engine ever. (Here’s some fun facts: it produces horsepower equivalent to 208,000 Corvette engines or 17,400 locomotive engines. It has 20 percent more thrust than the Saturn V at liftoff AND Each of the rocket boosters burns 5 tons propellant per second.) Why did you write ''Target Earth: You Only See What You Want To"? I was really trying to not write anything such as a...

Christen Stovall is a young widow. After the death of her husband she turned to writing for solace. Last September she published her first book, Soulbound . It's the first in a trilogy. We have conducted an interview with Christen about her book and the healing journey of writing it. Where do you draw your inspirations from for your book writing? Though the book is fantasy much of my inspiration is drawn from my own life and my experience as a young widow. Which is your favorite character in your trilogy? I'm asked this question a lot and the truth is that I don't really have one. Each character is dear to me in different ways. At which point did you discover that your story will became a trilogy? When I realized how it was going to end. What is the continuation of your key character history, physical and personality traits? The key focus is Aislynn's journey as one of the Soulbound . She's in her early 20s with red hair and blue eyes. ...

Lynn Case was born in Baytown, Texas not far outside of Houston. She wrote short stories here and there while growing up, but with her being a private person she never shared her writings, even with close friends and family. Much less allow them to be made public! She was strongly encouraged to publish her first novel in 2013. Since then she has had two more novels released. She still continues to write and will have many more novels to publish in the years to come. We have conducted an interview with her. When did you start your daily blog and what do you write about in your blog? I started my daily blog when my new website was up and running. That was around the end of January of this year, 2016. I try to write something every day, but I must admit there were a few days I missed. I just didn’t have anything that was interesting enough to say. Which kind of support to other writers and designers do you do on your website? I like to give back when I can or pay...

Award-winning author Crystal Marcos has been a storyteller her entire life. As the oldest of five children, she had to do a lot of entertaining. She lives on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State with her husband, daughter Kaylee, and infant son Jaxon. Crystal is the author of BELLYACHE: A Delicious Tale and HEADACHE: The Hair-Raising Sequel to BELLYACHE . Novus, her third book and first Young Adult novel, is Book One of The Cresecren Chronicles. Was it exciting to describe your dystopian and apocalyptic world? Yes, very exciting! The idea for Novus came to me over three years ago in a dream that jolted me awake. I wanted to go back to sleep, hoping to pick up where I left off. I didn’t, and kept thinking about it. I wanted to know more about the people in my dream, more about the setting, more about what was going on and where the story was leading. I finally have the answers, and am delighted to share them. Who is the key character in your book NOVUS (The Cresec...

Clever Books is a creative startup that makes children's story personal. Kids themselves can be the main character in their high quality printed book. We have conducted an interview with the founders of this great idea. Where did you get your inspirations in this startup about personalised books? The inspiration for this startup is coming from my husband Thorsten. He is a born teacher as he invents educative and really nice tales on the go for our daughter. I was listening for him telling those stories about how is it important to eat vegetables or brush teeth, be nice with people and listen to parents and the idea about creating books with stories came to my mind. I wanted always to make these stories and books special and attractive to kids and therefore we made them personalized in the sense that kids can see their pictures in the books and also read stories about themselves! The stories are very helpful for parents in first place as they are helping kids through positi...

Ritoban Chakrabarti is an author, entrepreneur, online marketer, and avid traveller. He has finished writing his first fiction novel, titled "When She Smiled" and we have conducted a short interview with him. What inspired you to write your first fiction novel ''When She Smiled''? Who is 'she’? About eight months ago, I picked up JD Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ and read it in a few hours. It was a very simple story driven around one teenage guy and how a few days changed his perception about life. We have all had such moments. I’ve had mine for sure. There was a story that needed to be written. After reading that book, I had an epiphany. I reflected on the choices I made as a teenager and how they influenced my future. My novel is about a fifteen year old guy who had no clue how falling in love would forever change his life. ‘She’ is the girl he falls in love with. Her name is Akanksha. The entire story is set in Shimla, which is a be...

JJ Staples is the author of " Deflowered Lyric ". As she explains her purpose is more than writing.  "This is a movement to save our children from sexual abuse. I want to educate children and adults about this once forbidden subject that seems to be continually swept under the rug." Is "Deflowered Lyric" your first book and how did you decide to name 'Lyric' in the title? Yes Deflowered Lyric is my first book. It lived in my spirit for years and I have finally given birth to my baby, life and my purpose. The name Lyric came about because I start each chapter with a poem. I named my baby, life and purpose Deflowered Lyric because Deflowered means; “to take away the virginity. 2. To destroy the innocence, integrity, or beauty of: ravage. Lyric means: poetry or blank verse intended to be set to music and sung. Thus coming up with the premise of the novel where the characters, as children had their innocence stolen. Their feel...

" Good Pussy Bad Pussy " is a page-turning combination of erotic romance, sexual thriller and modern love story. We have conducted an interview with the author Amy Aimee. How did you decide on the title for this sexual thriller? In the process, were there other variations being considered? The title – “Good Pussy Bad Pussy” – grew out of the story. It’s just the perfect description of the conflicts and dilemmas the heroine (Rachel) feels and experiences. I find the title very effective and also provocative. Why did you finally choose the word 'Pussy' to be used (and twice)? Wouldn't you consider it "a vulgar slang" thus making it a taboo to be on the title? Thanks, I’m glad you like the title and yes “Pussy” might be considered a vulgar word by some, but then again so many of us have such crazy, screwy, unhealthy ideas about our bodies and our wonderful sexuality that I thought it was a good idea to use the word. Just to be a little pro...