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Back in 2017 I wrote, illustrated, and published my first children's picture book entitled Carefree, Like Me! - Chapter 1: Root the Brave.  It started with a passion for telling diverse stories, and a desire to spread a message about: the importance of empathy, embracing our emotional lives, and the beauty in our differences. It's now time to continue this narrative adventure with Chapter 2 of the Series.

Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco is a Master Life coach and Master NLP practitioner who studied Metaphysics for more than 17 years. He is the author of of two inspirational books such as "How to Manifest Money Effortlessly. Techniques to be more prosperous" and "How to Become a Miracle Worker with your Life. We have conducted an interview with him.

Kicki Pallin is an author and artist who have just released her first printed children's book "East, the long-trunked elephant", It's a story about feeling different, but learning that everyone has a gift.

After meeting the devil herself at a lonely crossroads not far outside of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Jim Jacksongot an exclusive interview with the Princess of Darkness and a short-lived staff position as her PR writer. From that gig, he came away with a supernatural ability to tell a tale. Jim’s mission is to show that the stories we all grew up with – the heroes, the monsters, the adventures – are still solid, muscular realities that can shape our lives (for good or for ill). Jim is the author of Stones in My Passway: a Novel in Blues and How to Tell a Really Good Story about Absolutely Anything in 4 Easy Steps. He’s also a public speaking instructor, wine lover and amateur blues musician who can be found on the lonely, sepia-hued plains of Southern Alberta, or traveling the country, notebook, corkscrew and mouth harp in hand, looking for really good stories.

Sarah graduated with a degree in physics in 2010, then went on to study creative writing. She has since published the rom-com drama novel, Holly Blossums, and the crime-drama thriller novel, Black Widow. When she’s not writing, Sarah works in retail and enjoys creative hobbies such as painting.

Mark Julyan is an artist and writer with an interest in the transitions between text and image and a background in philosophy. He has just published a book related to these subjects called the History of The Heavens - a title derived from the book: The Universal Natural History And Theory Of The Heavens, by Immanuel Kant (1755). We have conducted an interview with Mark.

Stephen Ainley was born in Birmingham U.K. in 1952. He served in the British Airborne in the 1970s before emigrating to Australia. He has written short stories and articles for many years, but recently had his first novel published in the UK. Stephen now resides in Western Australia with wife Jane and Irish terrier O'Malley. We have conducted an interview with him.

Jacob Lopez was born and raised in Bronx, NY. By his loving parents Pedro and Rose Lopez. Growing up in the Bronx wasn't easy and he lost his purpose and joined a gang which almost led to death but God came and turned it around for the good. Today, Jacob is a loving husband, a father of two wonderful children. He is passionate about teaching the God's Word and loves to see people transformed and living life with a purpose. He takes the time to mentor young adults and men in a ministry called “The Brotherhood”. Jacob also volunteers in a program called “Casa Refugio” (translated means House of Refuge) for men who overcome drug addiction.

Tara Lynn Hawk is a poet and writer whose work has appeared in Occulum, Spelk, Anti-Heroin Chic, Uut, Midnight Lane Gallery, Idle Ink, Spilling Cocoa, Social Justice Poetry, Poems & Poetry and more. Her work focuses on the human condition: the unspoken, the forgotten and the marginalization of the consumer culture. Born in northern California, she has traveled extensively and lived and worked in the UK and Europe.

Keith Brandon is a 37 years old author from the United Kingdom. He works in the hospitality industry. He started to write about 5 years ago in the field of sci-fi, fantasy and fiction and this year he has published his first two books the "Lost Universe and Nathan Loth Darak-The Last Vampire". We have conducted an interview with him.

H.J. is a multi-genre author, from Ontario Canada. Consistently rated 5 stars. She began writing with a professional legacy in mind at the age of 14 - by the time she was 19, she released her first full-length publication, which is a Fiction/Romance chapter book titled "The Piano". Along with her author work, she also partakes in social advocacy; primarily in the field of Disabled Rights and subsequent accessibility issues, but also environmental conservation. H.J. has also founded "Massive, Mutual Magnificence" and "the NEON movement" and she volunteers for Suicide Prevention causes. We have conducted an interview with her.

Today our guest is Steven LaVey, a writer from Newcastle upon Tyne in the north east of England. We have conducted an interview with him about his newly released book, ‘Three Leaves'.

Today our guest is Summer McGaha from North Carolina. She has been storytelling for most of her life, but only really discovered it was her passion in 2006. She began writing an age-gap love story named The Adoption Elopement. The story grew for four years, by which point, she's changed the name to Myrian's Journal and after almost a decade, a new plot for the characters have begun to grow. She is currently writing the sequel. We have conducted an interview with Summer.

Tony Nesca was born in Torino, Italy in 1965 and moved to Canada at the age of three. He was raised in Winnipeg but relocated back to Italy several times until finally settling in Winnipeg in 1980. He taught himself how to play guitar and formed an original rock band playing the local bars for several years. At the age of twenty-seven he traded his guitar for a Commodore 64 and started writing seriously. He has published six chapbooks of stories and poems (which he used to sell straight out of his knapsack at local dives and bookstores), six novels, five books of poetry and stories and has been an active contributor to the underground lit scene for fifteen years, being published in innumerable magazines both online and in print.

Shellie Palmer is a Stark County Ohio native, born in Canton raised in rural Hartville. She was and still is a small town girl, kid at heart. Living and currently residing in Hartville writing her 6th book from an 8 part series she began on her life's journey more than 18 years ago. We have conducted an interview with her.