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Fern Brady is the founder and CEO of Inklings Publishing. She has multiple master’s degrees and multiple qualifications. She began her professional life as a foreign correspondent, taught at Alief ISD for 15 years, and is a full-time real estate agent in Houston. She has published numerous short stories, two children’s picture books and some poems. Her debut novel, United Viden is the first book in her Cyline galaxy wall series and was published in 2020 with her graphic novel / novel hybrid, New Beginning. She is the current president of the Houston Writers Guild and previously held that position.…

Freddy Cruz is a Houston writer and host of Freddy’s Huge ASK podcast. He’s crazy about music, books, running, and coffee, but it doesn’t have to be in this order. Here is an interview with  author Freddy Cruz Freddy Cruz is a Houston area media personality, last heard on the Marconi Award winning 104.1 KRBE. He is also an author, philanthropist, lover of new music and old books, and the host of the Book This with Freddy Cruz podcast. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I am a storyteller and podcaster from Houston, Texas. In a previous…

Doug Lawrence is an internationally recognized mentor and has two mentor certifications. Ability Certificate-Mentor and Ability Certificate-Journey Mentor from the International Mentoring Community. Today, Doug is the only person in the world to hold a certificate of competence – a journey mentor. Doug worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for 25 years and retired as a Sargent Staff in February 1999. Doug has been involved in mentor certification since 2009, when he first partnered with an organization to provide knowledge-based mentor certification. Doug is currently partnering with qualification professionals to provide mentors with qualifications based on their abilities.…

Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) is an American science fiction, techno-thriller, and popular science writer. As of 2021, he has 22 published books. He has 11 solo novels (3 in the Interstellar Net universe), 5 collections, 5 co-authored novels in the Known Space universe, and 1 popular science book. Most of Lerner’s short stories were originally published in analog, the Grantville Gazette, and (until the publication was discontinued) in Jim Vane’s universe. His short story “Opa?” Published in 2001. It became a short film “Grandfather Paradox” and was screened at the 2006 Balticon Science Fiction Convention and won the Best…

Liu believes that “civilization is its own reward.” She suggests that “by choosing to be polite, people find their best self and experience the elegance, courage, generosity, humanity and humility that politeness creates.” increase. LEW BAYER (Hon) For over 20 years, Dr. Lewena Bayer has been internationally recognized as a leader in workplace etiquette. Focusing on social intelligence and culturally competent communication, the Civility Experts team, which includes 501 member organizations in 48 countries, has helped hundreds of organizations build better workplaces. In addition to her role as CEO of the international City Training Group Civility Experts Inc. Includes www.CivilityExperts.com,…

Karina Bartow grew up in northern Ohio and still lives there. Even though she was born with cerebral palsy, she never allowed her disability to define her. Rather, she uses her experience to bring physically restricted characters to life, but how determined they are to stay out of the way of life they want. Her debut novel “Husband in Hiding” was published in 2015, followed by Forgetting My Way Back to You in 2018 and Brother of Interest in 2022. She may only be able to type with one hand, but she writes with all her heart. Here is an…

J. LYNN ELSE is a Minnesota award-winning author who’s self-published two historical fiction novels set in ancient Egypt, “The Forgotten: Aten’s Last Queen (2013),” which was named an Indie Editor’s Choice book for 2016 by the Historical Novel Society, and “The Forgotten: Heir of the Heretic (2016)” as well as a sci fi novella “Strangely Constructed Souls (2018).” Through Inklings Publishing, she’s authored “Descendants of Avalon” (2018), “Lost Daughters of Avalon” (2019), and “Prophecy of Avalon” (2021).” Her short story “The Girl from the Haunted Woods,” won 2nd place in the “Journey into the Fantastical” Anthology contest. In 2021, she…

Meet James Webb Author : Mr. James Webb, Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I live in Michigan with my wife and our three children. We have lived here for the past fifteen years. We moved here after I separated from the Army. I did a tour in Iraq. How many hours a day do you write? I write anywhere from an hour to several hours a day. How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have? I would say at least a half dozen. How long on average does it take you to write a book?…

D.A. Andrews was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. Over the years, she has had a broad interest in various aspects of her life, including coffee, weddings, books, and psychology. She graduated from the University of the West Indies Mona Campus and holds her Bachelor of Science degree. She has a degree in Marine Biology and Psychology (Honors Degree) and is currently an MBA. She considers herself a nomad of the heart and has changed towns and homes every time she changed clothes. She is currently resting her head with Luna, a black cat (and with her confidence) in Brunswick,…

Margaret Standafer was born, raised, and still resides in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Being surrounded by ten thousand some lakes means a love of all things water-related…and a deep hatred of mosquitos. After years spent in perpetual motion juggling a family and a career and loving every minute of it, some pesky health issues led to mandated down time and eventually resulted in her finally grabbing the laptop and putting some of the stories that had been alive and well—but relegated to a small spot in the recesses of her mind—down on paper. The outcome of that endeavor was…