Sunday 25 January 2015

Meet The Author

K. A. Cross presents...

Chris G. Derrick


About Chris G. Derrick


 Chris G Derrick was born and grew up in a small town situated between the cities of Bath and Bristol in the south west of the UK. Born in 1957 his favourite genre of film has always been the Western. A birthday treat to watch The Magnificent Seven with some young friends when he was around six years of age no doubt had a hand in developing his life long appreciation of the Old West.
After leaving school Chris started his working life as an accountant, with a short spell in HM Royal Marines in his early twenties. From the 1980’s onwards he earned a living as an IT professional up until the end of March 2013.
Chris’s favourite part of the world happened to be the South Western states of the USA – Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. He'd always enjoyed writing, creating a picture with words, and still maintained his affection for a good Western and the cowboy way of life. 
With this in mind Chris decided he'd combine these three things - and write a Western himself set in those states of the USA.
The Tainted Dollar was written with a keen eye on western history, and there are plans for other books to follow. 
Each one will retain Jake Base - if not as the main then certainly as a central character within each story.



Want to know more?


1.  When did you first realise you wanted to be a writer?

Ever since I was a child. I always had my head in a book.

2.  What's your favourite thing about being a writer?

Watching your characters come to life.

3.  How did you come up with the idea for your first book?

The US silver dollar on the books cover is an 1888 coin I purchased in Lincoln NM in 2010. I built the story around that coin.  
    
4.  What do your family and friends think about your book/s?

They’re happy for me. My wife has been really supportive when I go through the ‘down’ times which I guess all authors get. My mother really wishes my father was still around to see it.

5.  Do you plan out your books or do you just go with the flow?

I have a rough idea on where I want the story to go. Then I just let it lead me as I write. I find the editing process usually adds a few thousand more words. I guess it’s putting more flesh on the bones.

6.  What’s your favourite genre?

Westerns.

7.  What’s next for you?

I have two other novels written but need editing and so on. One is a direct follow on from The Tainted Dollar. The second is a book about the Santa Fe Trail that I actually spent the last nine months of 2013 writing. The main character of The Tainted Dollar is also in this book, but doesn’t have quite such a central role. That privilege belongs to someone else.

8.  What advice would you give to someone just starting out?

Be prepared for the ‘dark days’ when you wonder if anyone else will ever want to read what you’ve spent hours writing. Plan ahead – see how the book you’re writing can possibly lead into the next novel.   

9.  What’s your favourite season and why?

Spring and summer. Living in the UK the winters are wet and dismal – and too long. 

10.  If you weren’t a writer what would your dream job be?

Owner of a ranch with plenty of horses in Arizona.

11.  Sweet or sour?

Sour.

12.  If you could go back in time what one piece of advice would you give yourself?

Hahaha. Don’t rush, or be persuaded into making, major decisions.

13.  Do you believe in fate?

Absolutely.

14.  If you could have any super power what would it be and why?

I’m sure there’s not a super power for this but maybe there should be. I’d say the ability to ride a horse like a Cheyenne.

15.  If you only had one more day to live how would you spend it?

With the people who matter to me, and somewhere awesome. Maybe at the Grand Canyon or Monument Valley.

16.  For many of us writing is not our full time job, what is yours?

I retired at the end of March 2013. Since then this has been my full time job. I keep telling my wife I’ve never worked so many hours for so many days a weeks as I do now. Would I put the clock back to pre March 2013? Never!



The Tainted Dollar

Jake Base - a US Marshal, but with a difference. The man even looked different to other men. Orphaned by the age of twelve and raised by the Cheyenne as one of their own. Now back amongst his birth people he becomes a US marshal and is on the trail of two back-shooting brothers. Eventually he ends up in Texas where he finds more than he could ever imagine.
As well as the murdering brothers Jake also discovers a rustling gang and a town sheriff. A man who is nothing like he first appears. One thing the US marshal finds in Laredo that he didn’t bargain for – his first mind melting experience of love. Somehow he has to work his way through everything. Not least these newly discovered and wild emotions – in order to get the job done.
Difficult decisions will need to be made, people will be hurt.
This story has it all, bar room brawls, brutal murder, cattle rustling, dusty streets and the emotion of a newly discovered, but dangerous, love.
Throughout everything one thing remains constant, the silver coin.
The Tainted Dollar.


 
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You can find Chris G. Derrick here:

 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9875327.Chris_G_Derrick



Thursday 22 January 2015

Meet The Author


K. A. Cross presents...

Mike Billington




About Mike

  Mike Billington spent nearly a half century as a reporter during which he covered stories around the world and across the United States. Those stories included Operation Desert Storm, the invasion of Panama, the Rwandan Civil War, hurricanes Hugo, Andrew, Katrina and Rita as well as the Love Canal environmental disaster and the 9/11 airline crash near Shanksville, Pa. During his career he earned more than 40 awards including the Brotherhood Medal of the National Conference of Christians and Jews for an undercover investigation of white-power extremists and the Southern Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting for a series he co-authored exposing police abuses of Florida's Contraband Forfeiture Act. He also received several awards for a lengthy series on infant mortality in Delaware. An Army veteran who spent two tours in Vietnam, his awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Infantryman's Badge. In addition, he was twice decorated by the Vietnamese Combat government. Although his main focus as a novelist is crime and mystery, he has also written both Steampunk and historical fiction novels. He currently lives in Spain.

Want to know more?

1. When did you first realise you wanted to be a writer? 

I honestly can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a writer. I decided on a career in journalism in the seventh grade when a librarian who was the mother of a friend of mine gave me a copy of Ernie Pyle’s World War II book ‘Here Is Your War.’ His descriptions of everyday people trying their best to cope with extraordinary events made me think that I wanted to do the same kind of writing.

2. In what kind of environment do you work best in? 

I prefer to write at home these days, although I did spend nearly 50 years writing in crowded, noisy newsrooms. Writing novels differs from writing news stories, however: I find I need some quiet spot with easy access to lots of coffee when I’m writing my books.

3. What's your favourite thing about being a writer?

I love everything about being a writer but I’d have to say that my favorite thing these days is having the time to fully develop my stories. As a reporter you face constant deadlines and there are always problems with space limitations. As a novelist I can now take whatever time – and space – I need to really give readers an opportunity to know the people in my stories and understand their motives.

4. How did you come up with the idea for your latest book? 

Although I normally write mysteries, my latest book is an historical novel based on the parable in Matthew about the unfortunate third servant who was cast into the night for failing to increase his master’s wealth. I was attending Mass at St. Anthony’s church in Wilmington, Delaware and the sermon that Sunday was about that parable. As the priest was talking I started wondering what ever happened to that servant after he was cast out and, before I knew it, this whole story started unfolding in my mind. I started thinking that the unfortunate servant was a teenaged boy, which could explain his lack of confidence and his reluctance to risk censure if he invested his master’s money and lost it instead of increasing its value. With that in mind I started wondering where he would have gone after he was dismissed. From there it became a question of what adventures he might have had. It took a few years of writing and re-writing and a fair amount of research but I finally finished it in late October, 2014.

5. Do you ever base your characters on people you know?

I don’t base my characters on specific people but I do use traits from men, women and children I have meet over the years when writing my characters. For example: Marcy Pantano, the heroine of my mystery ‘Corpus Delectable,’ is an amalgamation of three women that I know.

6. Do you ever wish that some of your characters were real? 

Oh yes, absolutely. I like most of the men and women I create. I recently wrote a blog post on Goodreads in which I eavesdropped on two of them as they were having coffee, in fact.

7. What do your family and friends think about your book/s? 

Honestly, most of them aren’t readers and so most of them have never read any of my books. The few friends that have read my books tell me they like them very much and have written some very flattering reviews about them. As for my family: They’re all pretty much mystified by my choice of careers. My late father, for example, was an engineer who always wondered when I would get a real job. As far as he was concerned, writing should be confined to letters and reports. The rest of my family think I’m a little eccentric but as long as I’m not asking them for money to pay my rent they tolerate the idea that I’m a writer and always have been.

8. Do you plan out your books or do you just go with the flow?

I’m pretty much of a ‘go with the flow’ kind of person generally and that also applies to my writing. I have a basic idea in my head and when I start writing I let my characters, in essence, tell me what to say in my books… that sounds a bit odd, I know, but it seems to work.

9. If you could ask a character from any book a question, who would it be and what would you ask? 

Wow, tough question. If I’m asking a character from one of my own books a question I’d have to choose Carla Cristoforo, a former nun who becomes a police detective in my mystery ‘The Session.’ I’d ask her why she decided to be a cop after leaving the Sisterhood. If I’m choosing a character from the rest of the world of books I think I’d pick Travis McGee from John D. MacDonald’s series and ask him if, when all is said and done, he’s happy about the way his life turned out.

10. Who is your favourite author?

Another tough question: Are you sure you’re not an investigative reporter? There are so many authors I enjoy but if I had to pick a favorite at gunpoint I’d probably say Dashiell Hammett.

11. What’s your favourite genre?

I’m pretty omnivorous when it comes to reading but I’d have to say that mystery is my favorite genre.

12. What’s next for you?

I’m currently working on a mystery about a female private detective who is trying to find a stolen – and very rare - first edition of ‘Bleak House’ by Charles Dickens. What makes the book rare is the fact that Dickens inscribed it with a note to a friend. My heroine is Siobhan Noguerra, the product of a Catalan father and an Irish mother who lost the lower half of her right leg while serving as a military policewoman in Afghanistan. I’m having a lot of fun writing it and hope to have it finished within the next couple of months. 

13. What advice would you give to someone just starting out?

I was very fortunate in that I got my first job writing for a weekly newspaper in Ohio when I was still in high school. My editor was a woman named Alta Reigert and she told me that to be a good writer I first had to be a good reader. Her advice: Every day spend 30 minutes reading something that has nothing to do with your work. I’d give that same advice to anyone who wants to be a writer.

14. What’s your favourite movie?

This might sound a bit odd but my favorite movie is ‘Streets of Fire,’ although I do have a real soft spot for ‘Casablanca.’

15. If you were stranded on an island which three items could you not live without?

At last, an easy question: Books, paper and lots of sharp pencils.

16. If you could be born in another time when would you choose and why? 

The latter half of the 19th Century because it was a time when so many interesting things were happening and there was a sense of optimism, a feeling that almost anything was possible. Labor movements were starting to gain strength, for example; writers like Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were creating whole new genres of fiction; a new invention was being unveiled almost every other day; women were agitating for the right to be full members of society and people honestly believed that dreams could come true.

17. If you wrote an autobiography about yourself what would you call it? 

I’d call it ‘No Fixed Address: The Life and Times of a Journalism Gypsy.’ As a reporter I worked at several different newspapers and wire services around the U.S. As a foreign correspondent I wrote stories from more than 30 countries.

18. What your guilty pleasure?

I once worked in Buffalo, NY where I became addicted to chicken wings and fried potato skins and I still am. I’ve been to therapy but it hasn’t helped...

19. What’s your favourite season and why?

It’s always been summer. When I was younger I loved summer because (a) I was on vacation from school, (b) I could play baseball and basketball all day, and (c) whenever I felt like it I could pack up a couple of sandwiches, grab a book and go find a nice shady spot to spend the day reading. Now that I’m getting close to 70 I like it because my joints seem to work better when it’s warm outside and, yeah, I can pack up a couple of sandwiches, grab a book and go find a nice shady spot to spend the day reading.

20. Do you have a nickname? 

Yes, though it’s an odd one: Old friends still call me ‘Truck.’ It stems from my days as a football player when I once tackled someone so hard that when he got up a little shakily he said ‘I feel like I got hit by a truck.’ It stuck.

21. How do you handle writers block?

I don’t really get writer’s block. That’s probably because I was a reporter for so many years and often had to write three or four stories a day whether I felt inspired or not. These days, because I write my own books on my own schedule, I never really have a problem sitting down at the keyboard and writing for hours at a time.

22. What’s your favourite writing snack/ drink?

Coffee and – please don’t tell my doctor – chocolate chip cookies.

23. How do you cope with distractions? 

I’m afraid I don’t cope with them all that well. Frankly, one of the reasons I moved to a small city in Spain a couple of years ago was because people kept dropping in on me once I retired from journalism. Invariably they’d stop by my little bungalow in Florida just when I was hitting my stride on one of my books. My choices: Invite them in or be really rude and tell them to go away. My mother was a Protestant minister and rudeness was not tolerated when I was growing up so, sigh, I always invited them in. Here in Reus I know very few people and I live in a nice apartment on the fifth floor of a building with no elevator so almost no one ever ‘drops in’ for a visit. That allows me to write for as long as I want and, for me, that’s the dictionary definition of heaven.

24. What would be your ideal holiday

Downloading a bunch – a whole bunch – of new books onto my laptop and taking a week-long train ride from somewhere to anywhere. I love trains and reading and that would allow me to indulge both of those passions.

25. If you weren’t a writer what would your dream job be?

I can’t imagine not being a writer but, and this might sound even odder than some of my other answers, I’d probably have to say being in the military. I spent three years in the Army including two tours in Vietnam as a rifleman first and later as an advisor to a Vietnamese infantry regiment. I felt that what I did in the military was meaningful, that it had a purpose beyond just making a buck. I don’t see that same sense of purpose in many occupations.

26. Sweet or sour?

Bittersweet?

27. What three words best describe you? 

Writer. Reader. Worker.

28. What’s your fondest childhood memory? 

I’d have to say it was one summer’s day in 1965 when two of my brothers and I played pick-up basketball in Madison, Ohio and beat all comers. My brothers and I have never really gotten along but on that one day the three of us played together for several hours and it truly was a wonderful day.

29. Would you prefer a quiet night in or a night on the town? 

I’ve always preferred a quiet night in.

30. What has been the best day of your life so far? 

I’ve had many really great days in my life but the best one was when a judge in New York State approved my request to adopt my son. He has given me so much joy over the years that I can’t imagine my life without him.

31. If you could go back in time what one piece of advice would you give yourself?

I think I’d tell myself not to worry that I would never measure up to the expectations of others.

32. What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?

Probably volunteering for a second tour in Vietnam after being badly wounded at the end of my first tour. I had what I thought were then – and still do - good reasons for doing so but nobody I know thinks that was a good idea.

33. Do you believe in fate? 

I don’t, actually. My sense is that we make our own lives, our own choices.

34. If you could be any animal in the world what would you be and why? 

I’d be an elephant. The reason: I like the combination of courage and strength combined with the innate gentleness that elephants embody.

35. What was the last thing that made you cry? 

A couple of days ago I was surfing YouTube and saw the X-Factor audition of a 42-year-old woman named Stacy Francis singing ‘Natural Woman.’ When she was introduced and told Simon Cowell that she ‘didn’t want to die with this music in me’ I have to admit I got a lump in my throat and then when I heard her sing I couldn’t help the tears from falling. So many people never follow their dreams and when someone does I find it very, very inspiring.

36. If you could have any super power what would it be and why?

That’s an easy one: I’d like to be able to fly because I love to travel and I really hate airports and all the folderol you have to do to get on an airplane these days.

37. If you only had one more day to live how would you spend it? 

Writing. Most people would probably say they’d like to spend it with someone they love but I would never want to put my friends or family through the ordeal of watching me die.

38. For many of us writing is not our full time job, what is yours? 

Actually, if you discount the three years I spent in the Army, writing has pretty much been my full-time occupation ever since I got my first job on a newspaper at 15.

  

Corpus Delectable


Marcy Pantano, a former hard-charging cop reporter who is now a consultant, finds herself trying to prove a friend's innocence. It's a job made harder by the fact that her friend is lying about where he was when his ex-wife, a former fashion model turned food critic, was stabbed to death on his kitchen floor. Complicating Marcy's life is her hunky boyfriend Quinn Bowman, a freelance photographer who is considerably younger than her. He wants to take their relationship farther than she is willing to go. Set in a Delaware beach town, "Corpus Delectable" mixes humor, crackling dialogue and enough twists and turns to keep readers guessing.

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Twitter: @Billington_Book



  

Meet The Author

K. A. Cross presents...
Patrick Hodges



About Patrick

Patrick Hodges lives in Arizona with his wife of fourteen years, Vaneza. After doing weekly columns for entertainment-related websites such as CinemaBlend and Reel Society, he is turning his attention to writing fiction. He is passionate about sending positive messages to young people. "Joshua's Island" is his first novel. A sequel is in the works.

Want to know more?

What's your favourite thing about being a writer?


Just one thing?  Oh, my… I hope this doesn’t sound too vain, but I love those moments when people, be it friends, co-workers or total strangers, tell me that they enjoy my writing. It really is a big deal to take it upon yourself to try to inspire or entertain others, and to know that something that you created is doing just that?  Well, it’s priceless.


How did you come up with the idea for your latest book?


In January 2013, I was overcome by a wave of nostalgia. I thought a lot about my middle-school days, which held so many memories for me, good and bad. I thought about my experiences of being bullied, and I started to fantasize about how I wish my formative years could have gone if I’d been in complete control of my own destiny. I played the fantasy over and over in my head, like a movie, adding chapters as I went. In September, I realized that I had a story with a beginning, a middle and an end, and then I thought, “Maybe I should write this down…” It wasn’t until I’d made several revisions and showed it to a few key people that I realized that I had something powerful and moving in my hands.

 

Do you ever base your characters on people you know?


Many of the characters in Joshua’s Island were based on people that I knew back in middle school. I like the idea of immortalizing people whose company I value in the form of a literary character, whether they be a hero, a villain or just a face in the crowd, even if I have to change a few details!


Do you ever wish that some of your characters were real?


Oh, God, yes. I wish I could give them all a big hug.


What do your family and friends think about your book/s?


They’ve all loved it. Some more than others, of course, and they’re not the type of people to hold back criticism. That’s why they’re my friends!


Who is your favourite author?


Recently, I’ve sampled the works of a lot of my fellow authors, many of whom are just starting out, and I see potential greatness in all of them. When I was younger, however, my favorite authors were Douglas Adams, Timothy Zahn and Terrance Dicks. I admire authors that can pull you into a story and not let go, and that’s a style I’ve always tried to emulate.

 

What’s your favourite genre?


I write in Young Adult, so I’ve tried to read as much as I can in that genre. I also enjoy fantasy, sci-fi and mystery.

What’s next for you?


I’m writing a sequel of sorts to Joshua’s Island. It will take place at the same school and feature some of the same characters, but take place three years later. The main focus will be Kelsey – my favorite character from Joshua’s Island – and will tackle a different social issue.

 

What advice would you give to someone just starting out?


They say that everyone has a story inside them. Special people have more than one. You just need to find a way to share it with everyone in the best possible way. Read as much as you can, hone your craft and surround yourself with people who will give you support and constructive criticism.  And, above all, BE YOURSELF!

 

What’s your favourite movie?


For drama, it would have to be The Usual Suspects. It’s a modern masterpiece and one of the best crime dramas ever conceived. For comedies, I’d say Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It’s been four decades, and people still quote it relentlessly, including myself. Plus, it’s still funny as hell.

 

If you could be born in another time when would you choose and why?


I would choose the future, maybe a few centuries down the road, because I would want to see if mankind has progressed to the point that things like war, racism and poverty have been eliminated. I would hope that at least we could become more unified and enlightened as a species.


If you wrote an autobiography about yourself what would you call it?


It’s Never Too Late.


What your guilty pleasure?


Anything with peanut butter in it.


What’s your favourite writing snack/ drink?


Anything with peanut butter in it.


Sweet or sour?


Sweet. Definitely sweet. I’m a chocoholic and I love to bake. Quite often with peanut butter.


What your fondest childhood memory?


Winning my school spelling be in the fifth grade. My fifteen minutes of fame. Even the bullies were impressed.


Would you prefer a quiet night in or a night on the town?


Definitely a quiet night in. Being a former bullied kid AND a writer, I’ve always been quite introverted!


If you could go back in time what one piece of advice would you give yourself?


“You can write, don’t doubt yourself so much. Nurture it, and don’t spend your life waiting. Oh, and avoid prom night. You’ll thank me later.”


If you could have any super power what would it be and why?


Knowing the future. Not the far future, maybe just a day or so. 


For many of us writing is not our full time job, what is yours?


I’m a medical biller for a company that caters to physical therapists. I have a great boss and great co-workers, and I love it.





Joshua's Island

Joshua is small for his age. He has been bullied relentlessly for years, and all of his friends have drifted away from him. Eve is a pretty girl who has just been recruited into the popular girls' clique. The two couldn't be more different. On the first day of eighth grade, their final year of middle school, their lives intersect when they are paired together as lab partners in Science class. At first reluctant just to be around him, Eve soon realizes that Joshua is nothing like the boy she'd been warned about, and through their partnership, their school's darkest secret is revealed to her. The relationship that forms between these unlikeliest of friends will lead them both on a path of self-discovery, a dangerous path that will teach them both the true meaning of friendship, loyalty, and most of all, love . . . a relationship that will not only change both of their lives forever, but the complexion of their entire school.

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 Twitter: @Shrykespeare
 
 

Friday 9 January 2015

Meet the author

K. A. Cross presents...

Sharon Straka Hendricks


About Sharon 

Sharon is in her 40's and she loves reading and writing. She realized her lifelong dream of becoming a published author when she wrote her first book Mike and the Deaf Student.  She is never seen without her Kindle Fire and she's always looking for new authors and books to discover.

Want to know more?

1. When did you first realise you wanted to be a writer? 

I have always wanted to be a writer. Writing has been a passion of mine since I was in elementary school. My teachers said that I had a way with the written word and I loved writing stories and poetry. About 8 years ago I discovered that I could work from home copywriting, so it was much better than working in fast food. We live in a very rural area, so there aren’t a lot of employment opportunities that are close to home.


2. In what kind of environment do you work best in?

I work best sitting on a recliner working on my laptop with the television or music in the background.


3. What's your favourite thing about being a writer? 

I am able to control what my characters do and what the situations they run into.


4. How did you come up with the idea for your latest book? 

Iknow the bullying is a huge problem and I wanted to write a book series about bullying but give it a new spin on it.


8. Do you plan out your books or do you just go with the flow? 

I generally go with the flow, as the muse directs.


10. Who is your favourite author? 

There are so many, it’s hard to choose.  My favorite horror author is Iain Rob Wright. My favorite fantasy authors, it’s a tossup between J K Rowling and Rick Riordan.


11. What’s your favourite genre? 

It’s a tie between horror and fantasy.


12. What’s next for you? 

I am working on both a longer novel and the next book in my WAMIMS series.


13. What advice would you give to someone just starting out? 

Don’t be discouraged and don’t let anyone naysay you.


15. If you were stranded on an island which three items could you not live with out? 

My laptop, my Kindle, and a pad of paper (for when my battery runs out).


18. What your guilty pleasure? 

Playing Wizard101


19. What’s your favourite season and why? 

I love the colors, smells, and look of fall.


21. How do you handle writers block? 

Itake a shower or go for a drive. That is often where my ideas come from.


22. What’s your favourite writing snack/ drink? 

 Iced tea and trail mix.


26. Sweet or sour?  

sweet


27. What three words best describe you? 

Kind, compassionate, emotional


28. What your fondest childhood memory? 

The day I met and shook the hand of Colonel James Irwin, the astronaut.


29. Would you prefer a quiet night in or a night on the town? 

Quiet night


30.  What has been the best day of your life so far? 

The day that a publisher accepted my manuscript.


34. If you could be any animal in the world what would you be and why? 

I’d love to be a cat, because I love cats and because they are so independent.


35. What was the last thing that made you cry? 

When I read the letter from my cousin’s daughter at Christmas. My uncle had died last May and the poem she wrote about last year was beautiful.


36.  If you could have any super power what would it be and why? 

I’d love to be able to fly, rather than having to drive everywhere.


37. If you only had one more day to live how would you spend it? 

I would spend it spending time with my family.


38. For many of us writing is not our full time job, what is yours? 

I am a full time writer. My full time writing job is copywriting but I hope to write my books full time eventually.


Mike And The Deaf Student


The Walk a Mile in My Shoes Club series of books address real issues facing children. Written for children between the ages of 6 and 10, Mike and the Deaf Student addresses the topic of bullying.
You can buy the book here:

http://amzn.to/1tOHdEG


Still want to know more?

You can find Sharon here:

https://twitter.com/WAMIMSAuthor

http://beatbullyingbythebook.wordpress.com

http://wamimsbookseries.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sharonhendricksstraka