Author Interviews

Jake R T Brown is a tattoo artist from Essex, England, who turned his hand to writing in 2017 to fulfill a lifelong dream and self-published his first book, The World Spins Madly On. In 2023 he rewrote both The World Spins Madly On and the spin-off, What Goes Up…, and published them with sparkly new cover designs ready for the release of his upcoming sequel, Beneath the Stars.

Ynes Freeman is an award-winning gothic fiction author, and she is the publisher at Memento Vivere Press. Her work is beautiful, intense, and deep. She believes writing is the secret to immortality and that authors live forever through their books, changing the lives of people they will never meet. Her wish is for all creatives to believe in themselves and that their stories are worth telling. Under a variety of pen names, Ynes’s work has appeared in Everyday Fiction ezine, Primal Elements (a poetry collection), The Order of Us (a Moms Who Write anthology), Dragons Within, and other anthologies. Learn more about her work by visiting @ynesfreeman on most social media.

Ben is a novelist and screenwriter from the UK. He has written numerous short stories, novels, screenplays, and articles, and has a Master’s in Creative Writing. His debut novel, The Reprobates, a finalist in the 2023 Foreword INDIES, was inspired by his student days working in a nightclub. It was here that he witnessed a lost generation at play. A TV adaptation of this novel is currently in pre-production.

I am an author, editor and creative writing tutor who lives between Edinburgh, Scotland and Co. Mayo in the West of Ireland, with my teenage son and our dog. After a first career in social work and community health, in my forties, I studied for my PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, and since then have read at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and for Pitch Perfect at the Bloody Scotland Festival.

I’ve always loved fantasy fiction—from Tamora Pierce to Brandon Sanderson. However, the dawn of LitRPG has really grabbed my imagination and, having fallen in love with stories such as Dungeon Crawler Carl, the Cradle series and Ten Realms.

Michael Spitzkoff, originally from Red Bank, New Jersey, now resides in Avondale, Arizona. Michael's professional background consists of Real Estate Investing, clinical and administrative experience in the medical field, as well as being a veteran of the United States Army. Having a true passion for storytelling, Michael became a full-time writer.

H. Z. Payne is a debut author residing in the southeast of England with her partner and nine reptile children. She loves green tea, weight training, reading, and writing. When she isn't writing, she works as a research psychologist with a background in health psychology. Key inspirations for her work include Victoria Aveyard, Sarah J Maas, Rick Riordan, Veronica Roth, Leigh Bardugo, and Beth O'Leary, to name a few.

Exploring navigating your early twenties discussing love, heartbreak, pain, hope, healing and growth. I'm a new poet but growing in confidence and I just want my words to make you feel something.

I was raised in a small town in Dorset, England, and have been writing since as long as I could hold a pen. I write everything mostly on my phone or laptop now of course. At thirty-six years of age, I have finally completed my first full novel, the other two that came before it were just practice runs and will most likely never see the light of day. Writing has been the best tool in my life to deal with all the troubles and strifes and worldbuilding is an incredibly therapeutic way to cope with stress and anxiety. In my downtime I enjoy gaming both in tabletop and video format and I am always up to date with all the nerdy movies and TV shows.

G. Spencer Myers’s specialty is the eco-political thriller, featuring Dr. Derk Bryan, a college professor, obsessive environmentalist and intrepid investigator, the Indiana Jones of the EPA. His blogs feature controversial issues from an ecological point of view.