I'd like to introduce a writer who presents a different slant on the law.

Hello, Karen Millie-James.

1.    What is the title of your latest book?
 
The Shadows Behind Her Smile

'As soon as corporate forensic specialist, Cydney Granger, hears the crunch of tyres on her driveway, she knows they’ve come to report her husband is dead. After all, Captain Steve Granger had barely left for Afghanistan when she’d had the first of those terrible premonitions.' 

2.    Do you want your reader to come away from reading your book with a strong message? If so, what is it?
 
I am not sure if my book has a message.  The title indicates that the protagonist, Cydney Granger, has things in her past which are constant reminders to her of pain and tragedy, but she smiles through it and does not give anything away.  The second meaning is of course the shadows of spirit around her with whom she can communicate.  
 
3.    Would you rather take your reader to another way of existence than share a message?
 
I would like to open the reader’s mind to possibilities.  
 
4.    Will your novel expand the reader's mind? If so, in what way?
 
I would hope so, whether that be to acknowledging that people can get through tragedies in their lives and overcome any obstacles, to learning about the highly competitive corporate world.
 
5.    How long have you been writing?
 
The book has taken nearly three years to write including a few months of editing.  
 
6.    How did you learn your craft?
 
My background is in business and languages therefore the craft of writing was not that difficult.  I love the classics and started reading those at a very early age.  
 
7.    Where do your ideas come from?
 
Possibly from life experiences as how else could you write but the development of the book and characters was something that flowed easily.  
 
8.    Give the reader links to your work.
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BQ9OY3C?tag=relinks-21

It's been good to meet you, Karen. I've really enjoyed reading your book. I'll post a review as soon as I can. I'm sure other readers will be eager to read The Shadows Behind Her Smile.

I'd like to welcome a wonderful writer to be with us today. Geoff Nelder, writer of thrillers, humour, science fiction novels and shorts.

He asks the question in his latest novel, “Who’s that waking up next to you?”
Chilling thought, Geoff. But now on to my questions:

1. What is the title of your latest book?
ARIA: LEFT LUGGAGE is the title of the first book in my latest and only trilogy.

2. Do you want your reader to come away from reading your book with a strong message? If so, what is it?
One message is that buying a new book is still a staple-diet investment and not just for crazies. ARIA is about something so unique no one has done it before: infectious amnesia. It’s fascinating, yet apocalyptic because no one is immune and memory is lost backwards at the rate of a year per week. Message? Yes, you’ll need to keep writing the most crucial message of your life so when you wake up you know the most crucial thing to keep you alive another day! Medicine? Who’s that waking up next to you?

3. Would you rather take your reader to another way of existence than share a message?
The whole point of writing is to give readers a ride, take them away from mundanity or to escape from the madness of reality.

4. Will your novel expand the reader's mind? If so, in what way?
Ironically, while the reader’s mind expands with new concepts, the book’s characters are experiencing their minds contracting with amnesia. Luckily, a few isolate themselves and the reader associates with them to seek survival skills and what many US survivalists call preppers – preparing for the apocalypse.

5. How long have you been writing?
My first story was published 58 years ago in a school magazine. Even while at uni I was editor of the rag mag but studies got in the way, as did full-time teaching for a few decades.

6. How did you learn your craft?
I thought I had writing sussed until every guide I wrote, as an ICT adviser, for other teachers had to be passed through an editor. I grew up very quickly then! Shortly after, I became an acquisition editor for a literary publisher, and a science fiction magazine. I met every kind of punctuation and grammar in the universe. Often they taught me what was possible to enrich reading.

7. Where do your ideas come from?
I cycle up Welsh hills every day. The pumping of my legs oxygenates my brain, bombarding synapses with fresh ideas. Overheard snippets of conversations and being warped make up the rest.

8. Give the reader links to your work.
Infectious amnesia doesn't exist but see what would happen if it did in ARIA
Kindle special price 99p UK and UK for limited time smarturl.it/1fexhs
Paperback Paperback Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/ARIA-Left-Luggage-Volume-1/dp/1905091958/
Paperback UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/ARIA-Left-Luggage-Geoff-Nelder/dp/1905091958/
Publisher’s website with more details and formats. http://www.ll-publications.com/leftluggage.html


Buy it quick before you run out of memory!


You tube video trailer
http://youtu.be/oh0AAXIe8VU

God preserve my memory for a few more years, Geoff. Thank you for sharing your talent.