IN PURSUIT OF PLATINUM The Shocking Secret of World War II by Vic Robbie

Today, I'll thrilled to welcome Vic Robbie who has kindly agreed to tell us all about his bestselling book, In Persuit of Platinum, and give us a sneak peak. Over to you Vic!

IT’S always one of the first questions you’re asked when you produce a new book: “How long did it take you to write?”

Sometimes in more flippant moments I’ve felt like saying ‘I knocked it out over the weekend.’ But I’ve never had the guts, fearing a putdown along the lines of ‘Oh, it read like that.’

How do you quantify the time spent writing? Is it from the moment you sit down to write, or from when the idea first comes into your head and you spend hours, days, weeks thinking about what you can do with it which is all part of the writing process.

If that’s the case, IN PURSUIT OF PLATINUM took me more than twenty years.

The New Death: An interview with author, James Hutchings

Today I have been given the opportunity to interview James Hutchings, author of The New Death and others. First of all James, can I ask how you become an author?

I did a Bachelor of Arts majoring in creative writing and media, but I didn't do anything with it after graduating. Years later I created a fantasy city called Teleleli or Telelee as a background for role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. Once I finished I realised there wasn't any demand for it. My ex suggested I write stories instead, and that's how I got started. Along the way I realised that my poems were better received, so I'm concentrating on them now.

Great Book, Great Food! Author Shelli Johnson's Very Berry Coffee Cake Recipe

Shelli Johnson

I always love to combine books and food (for some examples on this blog see my interview with K. E. Saxon and Alle Wells' guest post) and today it is great to welcome author, Shelli Johnson.  She is not only sharing a fantastic coffee cake recipe with me, but is also explaining how the recipe connects to her brilliant, novel, Small as a Mustard Seed, which was the grand prize winner of the Writers Digest International Self-Published Book Awards!

Share the success

After less than a month of blogging, I'm thrilled to see that I've had over 1,000 page views! It would be great to share this audience with other authors.  If you're a writer and would like to tell people about your book, let me know, I'd love to hear from you.  Write a comment to this post, or if you'd like to say a bit more, email me with details e.g. a book extract, or a good review, plus details of where people can buy your book and I'll try to do a posting about it.  Let's work together to help each other to achieve success!