Lisa Graves & 3 Wacky Questions For Indie YA Authors With Ebooks Online

Lisa Graves - Atlantis

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Lisa Graves, Indie YA Author of  Atlantis answers 3 WACKY QUESTIONS for Indie YA Authors with Ebooks Online:

(Find her books for sale on: Smashwords / Amazon / Barnes & Noble )

1. What would I find in your refrigerator right now? 
LISA GRAVES: Homemade salsa and Coca Cola.  I have a salty and sweet addiction. 

 

2. An apple costs 20 cents, an orange costs 40 cents, and a grapefruit costs 60 cents, how much is a pear? 
LISA GRAVES: Let’s say that this pear is Asian.  I absolutely love Asian Pears.  Their deliciousness is worth about 200 pennies.  

 

3. What would you do if you just inherited a pizzeria from your uncle? 
LISA GRAVES: “Molto bene!  Pizza e spaghetti infiniti qui vengo!” (Very good!  Endless pizza and spaghetti here I come!) Seriously, though.  That would rock.  Spaghetti is my favorite food and I think I’m Italian.  Sono Italiano.  Buongiorno!  I’ve been teaching myself to speak the “language of love.”   

Hahaha - Thanks, Lisa!

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ABOUT ATLANTIS:

Atlantis

ATLANTIS

(To purchase: Smashwords / Amazon / Barnes & Noble)

SYNOPSIS: 

What would you do if you thought your boyfriend were a figment of your imagination? 

Sure he randomly seems to appear and disappear out of no where.  

 Perhaps he is cryptic and evasive when it comes to details of his past. 

But what if you can feel in your soul that you are meant to be together? 

Would it matter?

 Find out what happens by reading Atlantis by Lisa Graves

Available on smashwords.com / amazon.com / bn.com and www.lisagravesbooks.com

 

What inspired your novel or series?Talk about writing it.

LISA GRAVES: I remember getting the initial idea for Atlantis while driving to work one day.  It was a that would be a cool book moment.  I’d had the desire to write for years, but this mind power book idea actually got me started.  Atlantis has the bones of the original idea, but it ended up forming into another mind power trip theme that I hadn’t originally intended.  I am amazed at the potential power we all possess and Atlantis is the brain-child of that fascination.  

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

LISA GRAVES: I live in Salt Lake City, Utah with my husband and two dogs.  I went to Super Hero University where I earned a Masters in Crime Fighting, and a Doctorate in Saving the World.  Imagination is a wonderful thing, don't you think?  Perhaps that is why I love to write.  I can go anywhere, and do anything, all within the mind of someone stronger, smarter, and braver than me (though not nearly as good looking, eh?)

I will admit that I had the desire and urge to write for many years before finally taking the plunge in January 2008, and actually started to put words on paper.  I wrote my first novel, Atlantis, in about two years.  

For me, writing is addicting.  It's surreal when the characters literally (pun) come to life.  They often do and say things that I don't expect, but it ends up making the story that much better.  

Maybe it's just me, but I feel writers have a mild case of multiple personality disorder.  Writers get to be many different people all at the same time (the multiple personality part.)  It's a fun, exciting, and ever changing environment to work in.  There are no boundaries in the worlds created in our minds.  I am lucky enough to share the musings of my mind with you.

I hope you enjoy the journey.  

And... PAY IT FORWARD! Best Indie Author You've Read! 

LISA GRAVES: R. L. Blackhurst, author of The Wolves of Solomon.  She was my first indie author friend.  Her book is also a paranormal romance, but it touches on a cool werewolf / knights templar aspect.  Be sure to check it out.

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Annie Oldham & 3 Wacky Questions for Indie YA Authors with Ebooks Online

Annie Oldham - The Burn

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 Annie Oldham, Indie YA Author of  The Burn answers 3 WACKY QUESTIONS for Indie YA Authors with Ebooks Online:
(Find her books for sale on: Smashwords and Amazon) 

1.  If you were written about in the newspaper, on the front page, what would the headline say?

 ANNIE OLDHAM: YA author writes clean reads for tweens and up.

2. If you could make the sky any color what would it be?

 ANNIE OLDHAM: We get gorgeous sunsets down here in Phoenix. I'd have the sky be painted orange and red like a sunset all day long. Until I get tired of it. Then lavender might be fun.

3.  If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?

 ANNIE OLDHAM: I'd just have to wait for my husband to make a smoothie. He makes them. all. the. time.

Hahaha - Thanks, Annie!

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ABOUT THE BURN:

The Burn

 The Burn

(To purchase: Amazon and Smashwords)

SYNOPSIS: 

 The Burn is full of nuclear fallout, roving gangs, anarchy, unreliable plumbing. That's what Terra's father tells her. She has lived her whole life in comfort in a colony at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. She hates it. And she would pay any price to leave. But when Terra finally escapes the colony, she finds out her father is right.

She finds a group of survivors that quickly become friends, and every day with them is a race for survival. When she witnesses and commits unspeakable acts, she has to decide where her loyalty lies: with the colony she despises or The Burn, where every day is filled with nightmares. 

What inspired your novel or series? Discuss writing it.  

ANNIE OLDHAM: The Burn was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's A Little Mermaid (none of that Disneyfied nonsense). I was reading that fairy tale one day, and I thought, "What if this story happened, but with a human, not a fish?" And so I sat down and came up with the colonies at the bottom of the ocean, and everything started falling into place. It was interesting to write, figuring out how to translate the events of that fairy tale into a dystopian novel. A little gory--cutting a tongue out is never very pretty, climbing a mountain until Terra's feet bled, ick! But a lot of fun.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

ANNIE OLDHAM: Away from her writing, Annie is the mother of the two most adorable girls in the world, has the best husband in the world, and lives in the hottest place in the world (not really, but Phoenix sure feels like it). She loves to cook, sing, and play the piano.

For more, visit Annie Oldham's website.

And... PAY IT FORWARD! Best Indie Author You've Read!  

 

ANNIE OLDHAM: I've recently read Daniel Coleman's Hatter. It's his second book based on Lewis Carroll's Wonderland. I love the way he's taken those stories and filled them in with back stories on characters.

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