AUTHORS INTERVIEWING AUTHORS

AUTHORS INTERVIEWING AUTHORS

Can you imagine working for a newspaper and having your own column in your teens? Well Stephanie Edwards achieved just that.

“I’ve always enjoyed writing. I started writing professionally when I landed my first newspaper column at the age of 13.”

It was at that early age that Stephanie began to pave her way in the writing world.

“I’ve worked in journalism, marketing or communications my entire career.”

Stephanie pursued her writing career with the help of a former colleague from her early journalist days and who is now her editor. She took Stephanie under her wing and supported her, but also wasn’t afraid to point out her weaknesses.

Stephanie likes to draw inspiration from everyday life that people will relate to, and having an overactive imagination is certainly an asset.

“My first book was inspired by a trip to a beach house in the South Carolina Lowcountry with a spooky backyard. The Spanish moss dripped down the trees, painting the perfect scene for a ghost story. The next two books in the series came to me a little at a time.”

Through perseverance and hard work, and while while working a full-time job, Stephanie has written the Palm Court trilogy and is currently working on a standalone novel that takes place in1960s Appalachia

Stephanie loves engaging with her readers and supporting other authors. Her Facebook group Southern Sisters Book Group is a friendly place with an essence of Southern charm. Here you will find her mingling with the many members and often giving fellow authors advice based on her personal experience.

“Find the path to publishing that works for you. Talk to other authors to see what they’ve done and watch lots of YouTube videos to hear others talk about their book launch journey.

Don’t be afraid to mess up. If you don’t try publishing a book, you’ll never know if it would have worked for you.”

This is some great advice.

To find out more about Stephanie you can go to her website or Amazon page.

Award-winning author Tina Hogan Grant was born in England and moved to the States in 1979. After moving to California, she became a commercial fisherwoman and spent ten years fishing off the southern coast of California with her husband Gordon. After retiring from fishing, they moved to a small mountain community in CA and spent the next ten years building their dream home, doing most of the work themselves.

Grant enjoys writing suspense romances, stories with strong female characters who know what they want and aren't afraid to chase their dreams.

Favorite quote: "There's no such word as can't "

When Grant is not lost in her world of writing she enjoys riding ATVs, hiking and discovering new trails, and going on long road trips.

Grant's book Better Endings won a gold medal award for Best Fiction Adventure 2020. And The Reunions won a Gold medal award for Best Fiction Adventure 2021

Grant has had apperances on FOX NEWS Bakersfield, Bakersfield NOW NEWS, HOMETOWN -KVPA Radio Santa Clarita, Voyage LA Magazine and The Mountain Enterpise Newspaper.

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