Author Bio: Eliana Marris has educated over two million people on self-improvement, health, and psychology through her writing online. She is also a lifestyle blogger frequently published at the Wellness Universe. Follow her at dareseekpower.quora.com. What inspires you to write? What inspires me to write is also the reason I started writing in the first place long before anyone ever read my work. Several years ago I was in a relationship where I didn't feel heard, considered, or … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Valerie Alexander
Author Bio: Valerie Alexander is an author, speaker, filmmaker and coach, and a former attorney, investment banker and corporate executive. Her books include, Happiness as a Second Language: A Guidebook to Achieving Lasting, Permanent Happiness, Success as a Second Language: A Guidebook for Defining and Achieving Personal Success, and How Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having "Female Brains"). As a speaker, Valerie travels the country speaking at companies, conferences, colleges … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Andrea Michaels
Author Bio: Andrea Michaels, an international event producer, is the President/Founder of Extraordinary Events and winner of 50 Special Event Gala Awards. A leading pioneer in the event production industry, she has established the trends, including paving the way for others to work internationally. She is the first inductee into the Special Event Industry Hall of Fame and a winner of both the SITE Crystal and MPI Global Paragon Awards. All of these are for impeccable and innovative meetings and … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Sheila L. Agnew @MsMobetter
Author Bio: Sheila L. Agnew is an author, peer coach, speaker and self-proclaimed “helpmate” motivated by her life experiences to share her gifts with others. Her most honored accomplishment is coaching, mentoring and inspiring people to use their gifts and talents to achieve success in both personal and professional endeavors. Sheila gained credibility coaching women on reinvention, reconnecting and embracing the aging experience following the success of her first book, All About the Vets, A … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Kimberly “Kimba” Dalferes
Author Bio: Kimberly “Kimba” J. Dalferes is a native Floridian, but has spent the past sixteen years pretending to be a Virginian. "I Was In Love With a Short Man Once" is her first book. Her accomplishments have included successfully threading a sewing bobbin, landing a 35 pound Alaskan King salmon, and scoring a Chinese vase at an estate sale for $1. She recently discovered that she might be related to Princess Margaret Tudor, the sister of King Henry the VIII (on her mama’s side). A proud … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Phyllis Haislip
Author Bio: It comes as no surprise that I write historical fiction since I’ve always loved history. As a scholar (Ph.D. history, Columbia University), teacher, and writer, it’s been my goal to capture the story in history. What inspires you to write? I wrote a paper as a graduate student on Ermengarde of Narbonne (1126?-1196) and the paper because my first published scholarly article. At the time I was researching and writing about this twelfth-century woman, I thought she would be the ideal … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Katharine E. Smith
Author Bio: I live in Shropshire with my family - husband, daughter, son, two guinea pigs and a tank of tropical fish! I have a degree in Philosophy from Hull University in the UK and I worked for some years in the IT and charity sectors. Around the time that my daughter was born, I set up as a freelance copywriter, editor and proofreader, as I just knew I wanted to work with words. I had already completed the first draft of my novel Writing the Town Read but I had plenty of work to do on it, … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Heath Buckley @HeathBuckley
Author Bio: My name is Heath Buckley and I have written for as long as I can remember. I was born in 1968 and creative writing started in childhood with a love for words and literature and grew into a profession - I was a journalist for many years winning several awards for my work on various UK magazines. As I grew and my interests expanded into politics and current affairs, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, then so did the subject of my writing. I write the kind of books that I like to … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Shirley Ford
Author Bio: I have had a varied working life, Coffee Shop Proprietor, Company Director for a Pet Accessory Importer, Holistic Therapist to name but a few. What you would call a Jack of all trades. I never wanted a career, doing the same job over and over. Every few years I would move on to something totally different, taking me out of my comfort zone. My husband and I moved to Dorset, England, several years ago and I planned on retiring and enjoying a quiet life. How wrong could I be! I … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Jane V. Blanchard
Author Bio: I am an author, public speaker, and blogger living in Sarasota FL. I climbed my first mountain, Mount Washington in NH, in 1974. Since that initial ascent, I have climbed twenty of the forty 4,000-foot mountains in New England. In September and October 2011 at the age of 61, I hiked my first long walk: the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage across northern Spain, also known as The Way or The Way of St. James and which is now designated a European Cultural Itinerary. In 2013, … [Read more...]
