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    ISFAB: Indie Sci-fi/Fantasy Author Battle
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    Interview with Jan Kotouc
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Jan Kotouc

    I didn't much like the first books I've read by Kevin J. Anderson. Then I watched some interviews with him and decided to try his other stuf
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    Interview with Joshua Kern
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Interview with Joshua Kern

    The Dungeon Alaria series was designed to interact with another story, that interaction is now done so I wanted something to differentiate t
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    Interview with Joanna White
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Joanna White

    Anakin Skywalker. People criticize him or his actor, Hayden Christensen, but I absolutely LOVE the idea of a Jedi hero who turns evil to sav
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    Interview with Alex G. Zarate
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Interview with Alex G. Zarate

    He was born somewhere in Texas when a rip in space/time opened a dimensional rift that nearly wiped out all of humanity.
    9 views0 comments
    Interview with Christopher Keene
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Interview with Christopher Keene

    In his spare time, he writes a blog to share his love of the fantasy and science fiction genres in novels, films, comics, games, and anime.
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    Interview with J.M.D Reid
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Interview with J.M.D Reid

    It was really my subconscious hating my current storyline and objecting. It was all for the best.
    23 views0 comments
    Interview with Nikki Nelson-Hicks
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 6 min

    Interview with Nikki Nelson-Hicks

    I once heard John Irving speak at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He was fascinating. The one thing I took away from him was when he said
    25 views1 comment
    As Above, So Beneath: An Interview with Joshua D. Taylor
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    As Above, So Beneath: An Interview with Joshua D. Taylor

    There are lots of little bits that I really love, like the strange future food, or naming random things after stuff from Lovecraft and Poe. 
    38 views1 comment
    Interview with Mark Johnson
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Mark Johnson

    Mark Johnson lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with his coffee machine, his wife, and two children. He traveled, then worked as a high scho...
    17 views0 comments
    Interview with Deston J. Munden
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Deston J. Munden

    Anyone that knows me knows that orcs are my favorite fantasy creature. There has always been something about them that resonated with me.
    13 views0 comments
    Interview with A. A. Warne
    Melissa Sell
    • Sep 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    Interview with A. A. Warne

    I started writing just over ten years ago and jumped straight into fantasy and haven't left the genre.
    27 views0 comments
    Interview with Kelly Blanchard
    Melissa Sell
    • Aug 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Kelly Blanchard

    I don't recall what inspired the actual world, but I know the idea for Lorrek came when I watched the Thor movies.
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    Interview with Forest Wells
    Melissa Willis-Sell
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 6 min

    Interview with Forest Wells

    The first chapters are always the hardest for me. I have this rich world I badly want to share...
    31 views0 comments
    Interview with Bryant Wiley
    Melissa Willis-Sell
    • Jun 16, 2020
    • 6 min

    Interview with Bryant Wiley

    Born in The Bronx, NY and residing in Atlanta, GA, Bryant is a world-travelling author. His unique life experiences have given him a fres...
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    Interview with Carla Vergot
    Melissa Willis-Sell
    • May 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    Interview with Carla Vergot

    It's difficult to find a story that can hold its own among my favorites of Sir Author Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Sue Grafton and Caro
    12 views0 comments
    Interview with Micheal Harding
    Melissa Willis-Sell
    • May 4, 2019
    • 5 min

    Interview with Micheal Harding

    Micheal Harding is a sound archivist by day and electronic sound artist/musician and horror, supernatural and crime writer in the moonlig...
    27 views0 comments
    Interview with Bethany Snyder
    Melissa Willis-Sell
    • Apr 20, 2019
    • 7 min

    Interview with Bethany Snyder

    Bethany Snyder loves the sea and semi-colons. She is an award-winning fiction writer, a voice-over artist, an amateur photographer, a coo...
    33 views0 comments
    Interview with Clara Winter
    Melissa Willis-Sell
    • Apr 13, 2019
    • 5 min

    Interview with Clara Winter

    Clara Winter grew up reading; Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, and Alice in Wonderland, while watching Buck Rogers, Star Trek, an...
    12 views0 comments
    Interview with Joshua D. Taylor
    Melissa Sell
    • Apr 13, 2019
    • 6 min

    Interview with Joshua D. Taylor

    Joshua D Taylor started writing a few years ago when he realized he was too old to play make-believe. He lives in southeastern Pennsylvan...
    10 views0 comments
    Interview with Aaina Batool
    Melissa Willis-Sell
    • Apr 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    Interview with Aaina Batool

    Aaina Batool is an avid reader from Pakistan with a BBA (Hons.) degree. She is a published writer, photographer, social media marketer, v...
    39 views0 comments
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