Discovered Wordsmiths

Riley has written several books in two different genres - fantasy and superhero. He has spent a couple years working on improving sales and determining the direction he wants his writing to go, especially now that he has a son.

Check out his books:

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He likes Marvel and Spider-man movies. Iron Man and Blade are some favorites also.

He likes Brandon Sanderson's, Neil Gaiman, and Patrick Rothfuss fantasy. He recomends Artemis Fowl.

To top it off - he has had a book on the shelves at Barnes and Noble.

If you want to find out more - check out his you tube - www.youtube.com/onewordatatime

His website is rileytune.com.

E is an active person that channels her passions into multiple activities and likes to stay active. One of those activities is writing.

She has written a book called Hope the Little Fox. This is a fantasy book that shows a strong female character finding out about the world. She is still early in her author career and working on future works.

E is an active person that channels her passions into multiple activities and likes to stay active. One of those activities is writing.

She has written a book called Hope the Little Fox. This is a fantasy book that shows a strong female character finding out about the world. She is still early in her author career and working on future works.

Antoine has had a varied career in his life. He caught the wave of Star Wars by having a relevant Youtube channel. He's used those skills with his author career.

He uses his life experience and his family ancestry to bring unique stories to life. He bases some of his stories on African mythology and brings it to life in his stories.

Check out his website - https://www.antoinebandele.com/

He has a great youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/SilentBat

His latest book is a sky pirate series:

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Antoine's favorite local bookstore is Eso Won Books

Antoine has had a varied career in his life. He caught the wave of Star Wars by having a relevant Youtube channel. He's used those skills with his author career.

He uses his life experience and his family ancestry to bring unique stories to life. He bases some of his stories on African mythology and brings it to life in his stories.

Check out his website - https://www.antoinebandele.com/

He has a great youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/SilentBat

His latest book is a sky pirate series:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084F2MV6N/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B084F2MV6N&linkCode=as2&tag=saschneider-20&linkId=2b90c4ed76653f84eebb11f537ccf31e

Antoine's favorite local bookstore is Eso Won Books

Frank's journey to becoming an author is different than most author's today. When he decided to start writing, the kindle wasn't even around yet. He also didn't publish traditionally, so he overcame hurdles that we may not face today.

His book - Veil of Eden - is a sci-fi, fantasy with political leanings. It was published over 10 years ago, yet he is now thinking of writing a sequel to it.

Frank's journey to becoming an author is different than most author's today. When he decided to start writing, the kindle wasn't even around yet. He also didn't publish traditionally, so he overcame hurdles that we may not face today.

His book - Veil of Eden - is a sci-fi, fantasy with political leanings. It was published over 10 years ago, yet he is now thinking of writing a sequel to it.

Kerelyn Smith is a software developer by day and has written a middle grade fantasy - Mulrox and the Malcognitos. This story is about an ogre that wants to be a poet.

Kerelyn explores her writing career and the struggles to get a book published. Her book is a reflection of some of those struggles and things kids deal with that they can relate to.

You can find Kerelyn at https://www.kerelynsmith.com

Grab Mulrox and the Malcognitos - https://books2read.com/u/3k1LMR

You can sign up for her mailing list - https://www.subscribepage.com/ReadingGroupSignUp

Kerelyn Smith is a software developer by day and has written a middle grade fantasy - Mulrox and the Malcognitos. This story is about an ogre that wants to be a poet.

Kerelyn explores her writing career and the struggles to get a book published. Her book is a reflection of some of those struggles and things kids deal with that they can relate to.

You can find Kerelyn at https://www.kerelynsmith.com

Grab Mulrox and the Malcognitos - https://books2read.com/u/3k1LMR

You can sign up for her mailing list - https://www.subscribepage.com/ReadingGroupSignUp

Transcript

Stephen 0:49Today, I talked to Carolyn Smith, who has written middle grade fantasy, football rocks and the Malka nidos. I hope you enjoy it. And if you've been listening to these interviews, and enjoying them, and getting some inspiration, and maybe learning some things and finding that you're an author, but not on a path that is different than anyone elses, that we're all the same. If you've enjoyed that and found some inspiration, please leave me a review, give me some stars or a thumbs up, it would really help a lot. And that way more authors can eat more easily discover this podcast and find other authors. So here's Carolyn Smith. All right. Well, Carolyn, thank you. Good to hear you. Let's just get started with tell us a little bit about you who you are a bit about your background.

Kerelyn 1:40Okay, um, Hey, everybody. I'm Carolyn Smith. And I am a writer of like to say like speculative fiction, primarily, but also some literary fiction. And I just had my first book come out, and it's called more rocks in the mail cognito 's, and it's a fantasy adventure novel for middle grade. And I live in Seattle, Washington. And during the day, I work as a software engineer. And

Stephen 2:11a little bit about me or the second software engineer. And I also I'm a developer. Oh, yeah. Doing development. So nice.

Kerelyn 2:21I feel like it is a very common. Yeah, I mean, I do think that there's a lot of parallels between them. At least for some types of writers. Like, obviously, there's lots of different types of people approach it totally differently. But like, I am the type of developer and also the type of writer that really likes to outline things and do design and like it really enjoy solving puzzles and putting things together. And so I think that like stories, and you know, software have a lot of those things in common, like, I think part of what makes a good software engineer is just patience and willing to keep trying stuff.

Stephen 2:58Yes, it's kind of, it's kind of weird to me, though, to think about, because I do a lot with databases, and I write code. And that's very straightforward problem solve it. And there's a very analytical side to it. But then I'm running into all these people that their, their main job is very analytical, but they're very creative on the other side, and you don't think of that a lot. You think of people as one or the other, but right. Seems like it wants to come out of us or something.

Kerelyn 3:29Yeah, yeah. And I feel like people try to pigeonhole other humans too often. Yeah. Right. Like, I think we all have both of those sides to us. And like, I think it's good to encourage your fellow people and children that like they don't have to pick one or the other. Yeah, I don't know what like your background is, but like, I was an English Lit major, who, like, you know, graduated, couldn't find a job. And then like, slowly worked my way into tech. So I didn't go directly into tech.

Michele is not only an author, she is a college professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a creativity coach. She works with students in women's and gender studies and authors to improve their ability to tap into their creativity.

Her story, Reenu-You, is a post apocalyptic story where civilization is destroyed through a hair care product. As far as she knows, it's the only post-apocalyptic story using hair relaxer as the downfall of civilization. She has gone through Falstaff books, so knows traditional, indy, and hybrid publishing.