In the wake of this terrible COVID-19 pandemic, I am reminded of the good that comes from people banning together to support one another. Here are some of the many things people are doing now to help us all as we self-isolate and wait out this storm.

LAST UPDATED MAY 1st 2020

Free and Discounted Ebooks

Many authors are offering free or discounted books during this hard time. Here are a few to help you pass the time. (Prices may change at any time so please check before purchasing!)

1. Deborah Coonts’ Wanna Get Lucky? is free on all ebook platforms. This is a humorous mystery set in Vegas.
2. New York Times bestseller Dianna Love is offering numerous ebooks for free and others for a huge discount. Dianna writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, and sci-fi/fantasy YA Click here to get her books.
3. USA Today bestseller Zara Keane has three free books Dial P for Poison (Irish-set cozy mystery), Love and Shenanigans (small-town romance), and Her Treasure Hunter Ex (romantic suspense).
4. Kristina Rienzi is offering Luring Shadows (new adult domestic thriller) free for April. All her other books are currently 99 cents.
5. Kobo has a great landing page full of free and discounted ebooks and audiobooks. Check it out here: Stay Home and Read with Kobo.
6. Barnes & Noble has a list of 20 great mystery books that are currently free. Check them out here: 20 Comfy Cozy Mystery eBooks for Free!
7. Scribd is offering its library free for 30 days (which includes millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazine articles, and more). Click here for details.
8. Get two months of Kindle Unlimited for free! Click here to sign up.
9. Michael J Bowler’s newest YA suspense novel I Know When You’re Going to Die is 99 cents for a limited time.
10. If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited you can read these books free:
    1. Falguni Kothari’s Starstruck (A Second Chance novella)
    2. Falguni Kothari’s It’s Your Move, Wordfreak! (contemporary romance)
    3. Eric R Asher’s Vesik series (urban fantasy)
    4. Eric R Asher’s Mason Dixon Monster Hunter series (urban fantasy)
11. Libby and Hoopla are two apps you can use to borrow ebooks free from your local library without having to leave home. (For New York residents, try SimplyE).

Free and Discounted Audiobooks

1. Audible is offering free audiobooks, listen here: Audible Stories.
2. Scribd is offering its library free for 30 days (which includes millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazine articles, and more). Click here for details.
3. Libby and Hoopla are two apps you can use to borrow audiobooks free from your local library without having to leave home.
4. Deborah Coonts’ Wanna Get Lucky? audiobook is $1.99 on Chirp through April. This is a humorous mystery set in Vegas.
5. Kobo has a great landing page full of free and discounted ebooks and audiobooks. Check it out here: Stay Home and Read with Kobo.

Entertainment

Here are some other ways to keep busy while self-isolating!

1. The Metropolitan Opera is offering free nightly streams.
2. Enjoy Broadway at home with BroadwayHD (free seven-day trial)!
3. Explore famous historic and cultural heritage sites with Google Arts & Culture.
4. Watch Netflix shows together with friends thanks to Netflix Party!
5. Enjoy this adorable video of penguins exploring at the Shedd Aquarium. If one isn’t enough, have another! (And if you still need more, check out Kansas City Zoo’s Penguin Cam)
6. The Philadelphia Zoo is hosting a live-streaming event that gets you up close and personal to some of their animals. Check it out on Facebook: Philly Zoo at 2.
7. Enjoy this free pen-and-paper RPG: Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount. (Click here for a how-to guide if you are new to pen-and-paper RPGs.)
8. Award-winning chef Massimo Bottura is teaching free cooking classes on Instagram.
9. Bummed you didn’t get a chance to see that new movie? I have good news for you! AMC is offering all of their current movies for streaming at affordable prices (less than a movie ticket!).
10. Enjoy the Monterey Bay Aquarium via numerous live streams. I’m partial to the Jelly cam, myself.
11. CBS All Access is offering an extended free trial for those in the US. Patrick Stewart shares on Instagram.
12. Take a (virtual) museum tour:
    • British Museum (London)
    • Guggenheim Museum (New York)
    • National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
    • Musée d’Orsay (Paris)
    • National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul)
    • Pergamon Museum (Berlin)
    • Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    • Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam)
    • The J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles)
    • Uffizi Gallery (Florence)
    • MASP (São Paulo)
    • National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City)
    • the Louvre (Paris)
    • Google Arts & Culture’s collection of museums
    • museum Street Views from Google

For Kids

If you have kids at home, many kid lit authors are doing read-alongs and activity times online. Here are some ways you can keep your kids entertained! (Even if you don’t have kids at home, you might enjoy some of these online events yourself.)

1. New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds is doing picture book read-alongs.
2. Scientist and YA author Rachael Allen is offering fun science experiments.
3. New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Mo Willems has a whole series of lunch doodles.
4. Author Chris Field offers afternoon adventures for kids.
5. Josh Gad (the voice actor behind Disney Frozen’s Olaf) is reading bedtime stories for kids, here are two: Olivia Goes to Venice and The Giving Tree.
6. Fatherly has a list of indoor games to play with your kids.
7. Everywhere Book Fest is a free online event with your favorite picture book, middle grade, and young adult authors, coming May 1st.
8. Author/illustrator Liz Climo has a free coloring book you can download and print here.
9. Author/illustrator Jarrett Lerner has a whole resource page of activities for kids!
10. Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations on YouTube.

Education

1. There are over 450 online Ivy League courses available for free.
2. LanguageBird will be offering free resources for students to help them learn different languages. Click here for more.
3. Yale is offering one of their most popular courses, free: The Science of Well-Being
4. NASA is offering STEM activities for kids.
5. The Cincinnati Zoo takes kids on virtual safaris.
6. Art teacher Mrs. Velazquez has an amazing resource for art education at home here.
7. FableVision Learning has an amazing list of free distance learning resources.
8. The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators has a digital directory for remote learning resources.

For Authors and Creatives

1. ConvertKit is offering free plans with up to 500 subscribers + Creator Pass for a limited time. Click here to make an account.
2. Mark Dawson is offering enrollment to the Self Publishing Formula University free of charge: click here to enroll.
3. Author Accelerator is offering free courses and resources for authors.
4. Kristen Hadeed has a great guide for those working from home: The Remote Working Guide: How to Lead A Team + Yourself
5. Berkeley Extension is offering resources: Mental Health Resources to Help Prevent Creative and Professional Burnout

Financial Assistance

1. Coronavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources | U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
2. Disaster assistance from SBA: “The SBA provides low-interest disaster loans to help businesses and homeowners recover from declared disasters.”
3. ConvertKit is offering assistance for creatives with The Creator Fund. Apply here.
4. To support artists during the COVID-19 crisis, a coalition of national arts grantmakers have come together to create an emergency initiative to offer financial and informational resources to artists across the United States. See more about this here: Artist Relief
5. We Need Diverse Books has created the WNDB Emergency Fund for Diverse Creatives in Children’s Publishing. Learn more here.

I hope these resources help you through this difficult time.

What resources have you found helpful? What are you still looking for? Let me know in the comments!

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Hello Belinda Kroll and welcome to the blog!

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Can you share a gif that describes what your latest book, The Last April, is about?

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Why did you decide to publish under the pen name Belinda Kroll?

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You spend all night editing away on your current work in progress, finally you hit your word count and decide to head to bed when suddenly a new shiny idea hits you. What do you do?

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What is the hardest scene for you to write?

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What is your reaction when you walk into a new bookstore?

(Source: Giphy)

What is the hardest part about being an author for you?

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You have writers block, what does your reaction look like?

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I know a few authors who have some quirky writing habits. Do you have any?

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Thank you for visiting the blog, Belinda Kroll. It was such a pleasure to have you!

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About Belinda Kroll:

Belinda Kroll is the author of fiction for kids and teens. She grew up in a home where reading was encouraged and Jeopardy! was on every weeknight. Both activities fostered her love of history. She loves Sailor Moon, Doctor Who, all things Jane Austen, and DIY house projects. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two step-dogs. Go Bucks!

 Website | Twitter

About The Last April:  

Spontaneous, fifteen-year-old Gretchen vows to help heal the nation from the recently ended Civil War. On the morning of President Lincoln’s death, Gretchen finds an amnesiac Confederate in her garden and believes this is her chance for civic goodwill.
But reconciliation is not as simple as Gretchen assumed. When her mother returns from the market with news that a Confederate murdered the president, Gretchen wonders if she caught the killer. Tensions between her aunt and mother rise as Gretchen nurses her Confederate prisoner, revealing secrets from their past that make Gretchen question everything she knows about loyalty, honor, and trust.

The Last April is an entertaining, thoughtful novella of Ohio after the Civil War, meant to encourage readers to reflect on themes of fear and hope in uncertain political times.

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Hello H.M. Jones and welcome to the blog!

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What inspired you to get your M.A. in English Literature?

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Are your savvy with technology?

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How did you feel when released your first book?

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Do you have any new books come out or awesome events you have gone to recently?

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You’ve spent the whole day diligently editing your next novel. You promised yourself once you finished these last few pages you’d reward yourself. What reward do you give yourself?

(Source: Giphy)

Are you a morning person or a night person?

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Can you share a gif that describes what your latest book is about?

(Source: Giphy)

What prince would you pick to be yours?

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Thank you for visiting the blog, H.M. Jones. It was such a pleasure to have you!

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About H.M. Jones:

H.M. Jones is the B.R.A.G Medallion author of Monochrome, re-released with Gravity by Booktrope. She is also responsible for the Attempting to Define poetry quartet and has contributed a short story to Master’s of Time: A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Time Travel Anthology, “The Light Storm of 2015.” A bestseller only in her mind, Jones pays the electric bill by teaching English and research courses at Northwest Indian College. Jones is also the moderator for Elite Indie Reads, a review website for Indie and Self published books. Besides buying enough second-hand books to fill a library, Jones loves to spend time helping her preschoolers grow into thinking, feeling citizens of this world, run, weave, pull with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Canoe Family and attempt to deserve her handsome husband, who is helping pay the other bills until his wife becomes the next big thing.

 Website | Twitter

About Monochrome:  

What would you do to save your most precious memories? That’s the question that Abigail Bennet, a new mother, must answer in this dark fantasy. The cries of her new baby throw Abigail into rage and desperation. Frightened by foreign anger and overwhelming depression, the first-time mother decides to end her life to spare the life of her only child. But before she acts on her dark intuition, she is overcome by a panic attack and blacks out. When she awakes, everything is blue: the trees, the grass, the rocks and still, scentless sky above her. Everything except the face of the man who stands over her. He is Ishmael Dubois and claims to be her Guide through the dangerous world of Monochrome, a physical manifestation of the depressed mind. But in a place where good memories are currency, nightmares walk, and hopeless people are hired to bring down those who still have the will to live, Abigail starts to wonder if she’ll ever make it back to her family. Despite her growing feelings for her handsome, mysterious Guide, Abigail must fight for the life she once wished to take or fade into the blue.

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Hello Tamara Palmer and welcome to the blog!

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How are you feeling about Missing Tyler finally being out in the wild (aka published)?

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Do you have some photo inspiration for your characters?

(Source: Giphy)

How does going to a bookstore make you feel?

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What does a book hangover look like for you?

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Are you a morning person or a night person?

(Source: Giphy)

How do you manage all your responsibilities; writing, family, friends?

(Source: Giphy)

Best birthday gift you have ever received?

(Source: Giphy)

Can you give us a hint on what your next book will be about?

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Thank you for visiting the blog, Tamara Palmer. It was such a pleasure to have you!

(Source: Giphy)

About Tamara Palmer:

Tamara Palmer knew she was going to be a writer before she could even write. She would play elaborate dramas out with her Barbies for days, even weeks, on end. As she got older, the stories made their way onto a typewriter. Tamara obtained a BA in English/Creative Writing from Eastern Illinois University, and has had a handful of short stories and essays published online and in print. Tamara blogs frequently for the career advisement business she founded in 2012, greyzone. Missing Tyler is her first novel. She lives just outside Chicago with her husband, daughter, and assortment of pets.

 Website | Instagram

About Missing Tyler:  

Summer break has just begun and Kit Carlin is on her way to a funeral: to bury her twin brother. Kit has to find a way to put the broken puzzle of her life back together following Tyler’s death. She navigates through grief and family trauma by finding support in unexpected places and a growing understanding of what comes after life. There are laughter and tears, summer beach time on the Jersey shore, and the complicated “rollercoaster” of young love, jealousy, and sex. The joys and pains of Kit’s fifteenth summer become part of her unique journey of recovery and self-discovery as all of her experiences leave her changed forever.

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Making merchandise for one’s book is a fun and rewarding experience for most authors. Seeing your cover art or a favorite quote from your novel being worn by an adoring fan can be a hugely satisfying experience. Perhaps that shirt sparks a conversation with someone who is not familiar with your work to help create interest through word of mouth.

Most authors already have direct access to their readers through their newsletter, website, and social media which offers the perfect outlet for direct marketing to the most devoted members of any fan following. Branded shirts, water bottles, hats, and other swag can be offered as prizes for giveaways for your latest book tour.

In addition, the potential profit of selling just a few products is nothing to shy away from. It can offer a steady stream of supplemental income while you finish up your next novel.

Here are a few tips to help you get started on your way to being successful at selling merchandise for your books.

Start Small Then Go Big

The price of the products themselves can feel like a major barrier to entry when considering merchandising. Buying the product, printing your image on the product, and shipping, are costs that tend to add up very quickly when dealing with the manufacturing and sale of physical items. Unlike books that have the option for eBook versions, it is quite unlikely that anyone would be interested in buying a digital image of a shirt instead of the actual shirt itself.

A common way for companies to reduce some of these fees it to produce the items at scale. In this case, the price per item goes down, in the same way that buying a gallon of milk is cheaper per cup than buying a single serve carton. Try not to be tempted by manufacturer prices. These low costs are typically rates for producing hundreds if not thousands of units of the exact same product at once. And you will be left not only to foot the bill, but to store all these products until you can hopefully sell them.

The solution? Make the products after they are purchased, this method is commonly known as print on demand. Doing this allows you to wait until you sell an item, and use that money to create and ship out the product. There are many companies that offer this type of service. With ever-changing pricing and offerings, it is best to do your research when the time comes to see which option is best for your particular situation. Depending on where your audience is located, there are different companies that can serve either the USA, UK, Canada and beyond. They will produce and ship directly from that country to avoid the hassle and cost of custom or duties.

Although printing on demand can be costly per item, it saves money elsewhere in terms of investment and risk. After you know that your readers love your products you always have the option to produce at scale and take advantage of the less pricey manufacturer options available.

Manage Your Original Design Files

When authors commission book covers, illustrations, or any sort of designs from freelance artists, they often receive the files to their specifications and are satisfied. These file types are typically .jpegs or .pngs and vary in size. Although desirable for digital and print use, most merchandise will require entirely different files.

In order to print high-resolution images on items such as the popular graphic t-shirt, one will need a large file, typically over 4,000 pixels on each side. It is nearly impossible to upscale an undersized image and not have it appear fuzzy/pixilated. If it is also desired for the image to display independently of its background such as in this collection of shirts it is necessary for the image to have a transparent background. This can be easily done with access to original design files with the layer properties intact. Without these files, it can be a complicated, if not impossible task to remaster the artwork.

Whether or not you are considering printing your images onto products, it is always best to ask the artist or designer for the original design files at the time that they create them. This will save you a huge headache from trying to track them down in the future. In some cases, you may never be able to get a hold of the designer again and need to go through the costly proccess of recreating the designs from scratch. Depending on the contract many freelancers will freely give you these files if you ask for them. In some cases, they will consider the files proprietary and charge extra. In either case, it is best to understand that these files have value and it is always best to hang onto them for future use.

Mind Your Profit Margins

Remember that wherever your merchandising journey may take you, that you are first and foremost an author. Your time is best spent writing, connecting with your readers, and being an active part of the literary community.

If you are an author who is looking to offer merchandise as a way for improved financial stability, then make sure you keep this in mind at all times. Generating profit should be your main focus, otherwise, you risk wasting your time that would best be spent elsewhere. This is another reason why it is important not to invest too much monetarily, at least at first.

In Conclusion

Since there is little to no upfront investment involved, every author who is considering merchandising their books should give it a try. It can be a simple way to generate a bit or a lot of side income. This is especially true for authors with a pre-exitisting fan base that has been built up over many years.

Have you tried to make merchandise for your books? What was your experience like?

About Melissa Chan:

Melissa Chan is the designer and founder of Literary Book Gifts. She took her love of classic literature to bring books to life on shirts and bags. Use the promo code K8Tilton for 20% off anything in the store. No minimum and it will not expire.

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Today I am pleased to have Andrew Lowe with us for a gif interview! In case you are new to the site, a gif interview is where the author is only allowed to answer my questions using gifs or pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello Andrew and welcome to the blog!

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How are you feeling about Savages finally being out in the wild (aka published)?

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I love that you write thrillers but add in that literary twist. What is your favorite way to add in that twist?

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Can you share a gif that describes what Savages is about?

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How do you feel when you are editing?

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How did you feel when you released your first book?

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Can you share your reaction when meeting new fans?

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And your reaction to meeting up with old fans?

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Can you give us a hint on what your next book will be about?

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Thank you for visiting the blog, Andrew. It was such a pleasure to have you!

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About Andrew Lowe:

Andrew Lowe is an author and editor who has written for The Guardian and Sunday Times, and contributed to numerous books and magazines on film, music, TV, sex, videogames and shin splints. He divides his time between various rooms of his home in London, where he writes and makes music (as half of electronic duo Redpoint). He gets out of the house by running, cycling and coaching youth football.

Savages is out now in ebook and paperback. Audiobook coming soon.

 Website | Twitter

About Savages:  

WHAT IF THE HOLIDAY OF YOUR DREAMS TURNED INTO YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE?
Joel Pearce is an average suburban family man looking to shake up his routine and improve himself. He wants to drink less, eat better, get running.

When Joel receives an outrageous birthday gift – a ‘desert island survival experience’ – he views the trip as a personal challenge. Enlisting four close friends, he travels to a remote tropical paradise for three weeks of indulgence and self-discovery.

But after their supplies disappear and they lose contact with the mainland, the rookie castaways start to suspect that the island is far from deserted.

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Today I am pleased to have Danielle Rogland with us for a gif interview! In case you are new to the site, a gif interview is where the author is only allowed to answer my questions using gifs or pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello Danielle Rogland and welcome to the blog!

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If you could live anywhere (real or fictional) where would it be?

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What’s your favorite part of being a writer?

(Source: Late Late Show)

What is the worst part of being a writer?

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What does it look like when you start writing a new idea?

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How do you feel when you are editing?

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You have writer’s block, what does your reaction look like?

(Source: Giphy)

Can you share a gif that describes what your latest book is about?

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How are you feeling about Ignite finally being out in the wild (aka published)?

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Thank you for visiting the blog, Danielle Rogland. It was such a pleasure to have you!

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About Danielle Rogland:

Danielle Rogland began writing Ignite at the age of 17, and finished at age 21. She is now 25 and lives in Seattle, Washington, where she earned her English degree from Seattle Pacific University, and works in marketing and freelance writing while working on her second novel. She grew up near Portland, Oregon, and was always one of those kids who carried around giant books like The Lord of the Rings to read during recess. She can currently be found frequenting comic conventions, pestering her three younger siblings, or hiding out in her home and posting things on social media. You can follow her on twitter @daniellerogland or facebook @danielleroglandauthor.

 Website | Twitter

About Ignite:  

In the ruins of dystopian London, the Empire rules through fear and fire.

Ever since her parents were murdered by the empire’s agents, Jacks has been living on the street as a pickpocket, trying to keep away from trouble. When she accidentally witnesses the rebel group ‘The Flames’ in the middle of an operation, she is unwillingly swept up into their world, and has to decide if she’s going to go back to looking after herself or join the rebellion and help them fight for the people of London Ruins.

She knows that getting involved was stupid, but does she really have a choice?

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Today I am pleased to have Iris Sweetwater with us for a gif interview! In case you are new to the site, a gif interview is where the author is only allowed to answer my questions using gifs or pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello Iris Sweetwater and welcome to the blog!

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How do you manage all your responsibilities; writing, family, friends?

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What does it look like when you start writing a new idea?

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What is the worst part of being a writer?

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If you could live anywhere (real or fictional) where would it be?

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What is the hardest scene for you to write? (Kissing scenes, action scenes, etc)

(Source: Giphy)

Can you give us a hint of what your next book will be about?

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A new episode of Doctor Who just came on, but you are on a deadline. How do you handle the situation?

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Thank you for visiting the blog, Iris Sweetwater. It was such a pleasure to have you!

(Source: Giphy)

About Iris Sweetwater:

Iris Sweetwater is a mother, wife, and passionate educator with over a decade under her belt in the writing industry. First published in poetry anthologies at the age 13, Iris has also done a few years of work in copywriting and marketing. Most recently, she has been a ghostwriter for many years. After writing for others for so long, she felt it was time to self-publish her own work.

 Website | Twitter

About Texas Roze:  

Roze had everything a 23-year-old girl should want; a great relationship with her zany mother, an amazing career where she got to meet some of the world’s top celebrities, a high-rise apartment in L.A., and a hot boyfriend. But Roze was bored with being the girl everyone was jealous of, and her opportunity to try her hand at being someone else came with the phone call from a lawyer telling her that her father had passed away; the father she had stopped visiting for some reason after she turned 12. He had left her his ranch in Texas to share ownership with her step brother who she hardly knew.

So, Roze did what any other woman would do in her predicament; pack up her life in the city and head to the ranch to find herself. Though, along the way, she may find a man….or two, as well as the father she didn’t get the time to know.

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Today I am pleased to have Angela Correll with us for a gif interview! In case you are new to the site, a gif interview is where the author is only allowed to answer my questions using gifs or pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello Angela Correll and welcome to the blog!

(Source: Giphy)

What’s your favorite part of being a writer?

(Source: Giphy)

Can you share your reaction when meeting new fans?

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You’ve spent the whole day diligently editing your next novel. You promised yourself once you finished these last few pages you’d reward yourself. What reward do you give yourself?

(Source: Giphy)

How do you manage all your responsibilities; writing, family, friends?

(Source: Giphy)

Are you a morning person or a night person?

(Source: Giphy)

I saw that you have lived down South before. What is your favorite part of the South?

(Source: Giphy)

What’s it like to actually hold a book you’ve written in your hands for the first time?

(Source: Giphy)

You spend all night editing away on your current work in progress, finally, you hit your word count and decide to head to bed when suddenly a new shiny idea hits you. What do you do?

(Source: Giphy)

Thank you for visiting the blog, Angela Correll. It was such a pleasure to have you!

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About Angela Correll:

Angela Correll lives on a farm in Central Kentucky with her husband, Jess. Her novels are Amazon bestsellers and have been adapted to the stage for sold-out audiences at the Pioneer Playhouse, Kentucky’s oldest outdoor theater. She loves canning vegetables from her garden, exploring the Tuscan countryside, and spending time with her family.

 Website

About Granted:  

Former international flight attendant Annie Taylor is embracing her country roots and racing toward a future with her sustainable farmer fiancé, but wedding plans are complicated by her new job, a mysterious ex-boyfriend, and a narcissistic father.
Meanwhile, Annie’s old-fashioned grandma, Beulah, is facing a shakeup in the last place she ever thought she would – home. A crisis on May Hollow Road follows a friend’s betrayal, challenging Beulah’s forgiving nature. An unwelcome diet, a new houseguest, and a possible overseas trip will all stretch her spirit – if she lets it.

Granted takes readers from the comforts of the Kentucky countryside to old-world Tuscany with a cast of memorable characters. Granted follows Grounded and Guarded in the May Hollow Trilogy.

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Today I am pleased to have Michael Okon with us for a gif interview! In case you are new to the site, a gif interview is where the author is only allowed to answer my questions using gifs or pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello Michael Okon and welcome to the blog!

(Deadpool owned by 20th Century Fox)

Can you give us a hint of what your next book will be about?

(Source: Giphy)

How are you feeling about Monsterland finally being out in the wild (aka published)?

(Robin Hood owned by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)

What is your favorite place you have visited?

(Source: Giphy)

Are you savvy with technology?

(Source: Giphy)

Can you share a gif that describes what your latest book is about?

(The Monster Squad owned by Olive Films)

What has been the best part of your publishing journey?

(Source: Giphy)

You spend all night editing away on your current work in progress, finally, you hit your word count and decide to head to bed when suddenly a new shiny idea hits you. What do you do?

(Source: Giphy)

If you could live anywhere (real or fictional) where would it be?

(Source: Giphy)

Thank you for visiting the blog, Michael Okon. It was such a pleasure to have you!

(Source: Giphy)

About Michael Okon:

Michael Okon is an award-winning and best-selling author of multiple genres including paranormal, thriller, horror, action/adventure and self-help. He graduated from Long Island University with a degree in English, and then later received his MBA in business and finance. Coming from a family of writers, he has storytelling is his DNA. Michael has been writing from as far back as he can remember, his inspiration being his love for films and their impact on his life. From the time he saw The Goonies, he was hooked on the idea of entertaining people through unforgettable characters.
Michael is a lifelong movie buff, a music playlist aficionado, and a sucker for self-help books. He lives on the North Shore of Long Island with his wife and children.

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About Monsterland:  

Welcome to Monsterland—the scariest place on Earth.

Wyatt Baldwin’s senior year is not going well. His parents divorce, then his dad mysteriously dies. He’s not exactly comfortable with his new stepfather, Carter White, either. An ongoing debate with his best friends Melvin and Howard Drucker over which monster is superior has gotten stale. He’d much rather spend his days with beautiful and popular Jade. However, she’s dating the brash high-school quarterback Nolan, and Wyatt thinks he doesn’t stand a chance.

But everything changes when Wyatt and his friends are invited to attend the grand opening of Monsterland, a groundbreaking theme park where guests can interact with vampires in Vampire Village, be chased by werewolves on the River Run, and walk among the dead in Zombieville.

With real werewolves, vampires and zombies as the main attractions, what could possibly go wrong?

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