Pen Name: Siggy Chambers
Pronouns: she/they
Book Series/Latest Book Published: The Binding of Bloom Mountain

Introduce your current favorite character – who are they and why do you prefer them above all others at the moment?

My favorite character for the last year has been Jett Valla. He is one of the two main characters of my forthcoming sci-fi horror book, Metropolis Down. He is the Head of Security for the QSR Neo-Tokyo, the ship that is the main setting for the book. He’s pretty, dangerous, emotional, and goes through a lot in the book.

I guess I prefer him for two reasons: he fits into my favorite character archetype (the small, angry, dangerous one) and his mental health issues mimic mine. He and I are both autistic, have adhd, and major depressive disorder.   

Who is harder to write – an interesting hero or an interesting villain?

I think an interesting Hero is a harder character to write. There are a lot of ways to make an interesting villain (backstory, choices, corruption, revenge, etc.). I think the variety of backstories and character arcs is smaller with heroes, at least in many books. You get the religious ones, the ones out to avenge their family/lover/child, the ones who just want adventure.    

You’re trapped in an elevator with your main character. What are you discussing?

Eddie Stone (the second mc of Metropolis Down) is most even-tempered of my main characters. I think it could get to the conversation stage, but he would keep asking me “why?” Beyond that, I think we would talk about video games. He always plays games in the AUs that I write for him and Jett.   

What is the most challenging aspect of writing for you? How do you conquer it?  

I think the most challenging aspect is finishing a story. You go through so many emotions while writing that can make it easy to put down and then move on to a new idea. Staying focused and finishing and seeing the worth in writing is hard for me.

I don’t know that I conquer it, but I have a lot of friends who are very sweet and hype me up when I am down. I wouldn’t be here without them.   

If you could write a cross-over with another book/series, what would it be and why? (Or, if cross-overs don’t interest you, why?)

I have several cross-over ideas with my closest writing friends and out books, but most of those are not published yet.

I would love to see Jett in the same room as Dorian from Gabriel Hargrave’s The Orchid & the Lion, Eddie with Castor from Olive J Kelley’s Junker Seven, and Celeste (from The Binding of Bloom Mountain) with Calysto from Juniper Lake Fitzgerald’s The Modern Mythos Anomaly. Jett and Dorian would either get on really well or fight like cats. Eddie and Castor would be able to just body-double as long as necessary. Celeste and Calysto are both absolute disasters and I think they’d get drunk and just complain about stuff together.   

In your opinion, what is the purpose of storytelling?

This is a bit philosophical for me. *insert thinking emoji*

Storytelling is about sharing experiences through a medium that doesn’t put the reader in danger. It’s a way to learn to cope with trauma, or life changes, or joys that doesn’t necessarily physically impact the reader.  

Ok, last but not least… Tell us a bit about what made you want to become a writer and why you write what you write.

I’ve written ever since I was a kid. Reading and writing were comforts to me and easier ways of expressing myself when I was too little to understand that I wasn’t going to communicate normally. And then as I grew up I found that I had so many stories in my brain, I just kept writing.

I write to continue expressing myself, and for exploring myself and the world around me. I also write because I want to help other people like me (depressed, autistic, adhder, etc) see themselves in media, and not have it be a stereotypical portrayal.    

Here's where to find Siggy:
Website: www.siggychambers.com
Instagram: @vesperdoom

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I am very happy to report that my plans did not get derailed last week, as they have been for much of this past year, and I was able to carve some time out for my books.

Bonus: it looks like I’ll be able to do the same this week, too!
 
I am in the final, final read-through phase. Hollow Cry has been formatted and is (mostly) ready for its debut next month. It’s been a long time since I sat with this work and it seems that I’m catching more typos and small mistakes than I did with earlier books. 
 
(Long-time Serrulata Squad members know I feel I rushed both Gathering of the Four and Test of the Four out the door. Hopefully, that won’t happen ever again; I’m still working on learning to be patient with myself.) 
 
I think it also helps that this is the shortest book I’ve ever put out. (It comes in at a little more than 37,000 words.) Do I plan to write shorter books in the future? Perhaps! This part of the story was supposed to be included in Test of the Four, but one of my amazing beta readers suggested I try and work on it as a stand-alone. Book Three is still going to be a chonker—there’s no getting around that—but my brain is also tossing around the idea of another romance, and I’m increasingly liking the idea of creating quicker reads, so we’ll see. 
 
But I don’t want to get ahead of myself. My goal is to completely finish Hollow Cry this week. And then the work on Book Three really begins. 
 
It’s really fantastic to relish in that final read-through feeling. I’m very excited for this one! I think y’all will love it!

​Well, hello there! I’m back!
 
This summer has been a whirlwind, and I’m hoping that August will be much quieter. My writing goals this month involve, well, getting back to getting the words down.
 
Way, way back at the beginning of the year, I attempted to start the third book in my Serrulata Saga. Life kept getting in the way, however, and now months have passed and I’ve only written half a chapter. I just wasn’t in a place mentally where I could concentrate on my characters enough to get any meaningful words to go. I would start. Then stop. Then start again. Then I just gave up. I had to sort other things first if I wanted to get back in author mode. 
 
This isn’t the first time this has happened. I once stopped writing for seven whole years before committing to getting Gathering of the Four to a place where an editor would be able to give me meaningful advice. I was a different person then in a different place in time, and now I have much more of a community and sense of purpose regarding my writing to take that long of a break, but I will admit I was nervous as the weeks went by. Writing has become part of my identity, and I was scared that I was losing part of myself again. 
 
Luckily I don’t think that is the case anymore. I have carved out time to get things going again. Oh, and I’ve reserved a slot with one of my editors. Money is a motivator for me, what can I say? Now that I feel like I have an actual deadline, my confidence is much higher. 
 
This month is going to be all about balance for me. My home is in order, I have started a new exercise regimen, and my calendar isn’t overwhelming me for the first time in a very long time. I am excited to see where I’ll be as summer comes to a close.  
 
Thanks for sticking with me, y’all! 

See y'all in August!

Pen Name: Maxime Jaz
Pronouns: he/they
Book Series/Latest Book Published: My book series is Omnia Vincit Amor, a dark, queer steamy romance set in Ancient Rome. My latest release is His Lordship’s Coachman, a gay romance set in 19th century England. 

Introduce your current favorite character – who are they and why do you prefer them above all others at the moment? 

This is a very tough one… I have so many great characters whom I love. I have a soft spot for Doug, my MC in Fall, my first published novel. Doug’s a poor trapeze artist with a heart of gold, a genuine family guy with a love of books and horses, and despite his hard life, he always keeps going. The one who lives rent free in my heart is Kyle, my slave MC from Omnia Vincit Amor. Despite unimaginable trauma, pain and loss, Kyle’s kind heart shines throughout the story and balances out Marius’ darkness and deep seated traumas. He is also one I loved to write… and so many more. How to choose? I can’t.

Who is harder to write – an interesting hero or an interesting villain? 

My characters tend to be grey, there’s no well-defined hero or villain, even if the “villains” tend to be more just scumbag humans. I write my characters as they appear to me  with their own personalities, and they do shift often between “good” and “bad,” and are sometimes downright hated by readers (like Marius in Omnia, and Damian in Home) before winning their hearts over. I also have “villains” who don’t get “what they deserve,” just like in real life, sometimes, scumbags get away with things. I think the hardest parts to write emotionally are when my morally grey MCs do something truly horrible, even if their motives to do so make sense in their story. I do hope all my characters are interesting. 

You’re trapped in an elevator with your main character. What are you discussing?

Let’s then say it’s a character from one of my contemporary romances. With Doug from Fall, it would be easy. His job, horses and pets, circus life would all be topics we could talk about. With Damian from Home, we could talk about wild pigs, island life and the return to civilization and its challenges. With Roman, the vampire from In Aeternum, I’d be very curious to talk about eternal life and how he feels as an immortal. We’d also talk Phantom of the Opera as he plays the lead in it. 

What is the most challenging aspect of writing for you? How do you conquer it?

Not to let social media discussions, buzzing, “writing advice,” “genre boxes and labels,” “what will the people say?” type of anxiety inducing and limiting discussions and takes influence me. I’m firmly set in my path, which is to unapologetically write down the stories my characters show me, writing down (pantsing) the movies in my head, and to self-publish them. It is easy to be swayed by the masses, trends, so-called writing advice and hot takes, but I tend to tune out the noise and rarely participate in various debates. As I said in a tweet once, the day has not come when I will change my writing for anything. Also, another challenge is finding the time to write. I have a full-time high responsibility job, business travels, a whole family to run, and writing needs to be squeezed in here too. I try to write whenever my characters play but sometimes I’m just too tired, or I ran out of hours in the day. It’s very frustrating sometimes. 

If you could write a cross-over with another book/series, what would it be and why? (Or, if crossovers don’t interest you, why?)

I sort of have a WIP in which the history professor is researching Marius and Kyle’s relationship (my MCs in Omnia Vincit Amor, my trilogy set in Ancient Rome). This is more a fun little Easter egg than a cross-over. Any of my contemporary romances could potentially be written into a cross-over. I haven’t thought of doing one, but maybe, one day… 

In your opinion, what is the purpose of storytelling?

To me, it’s bleeding out on the paper my characters’ stories as they show it to me, to the best of my abilities, and staying true to them. Stories are meant to be told, and some stories can only be told by you, and no one else. Storytelling is an ancient art, and it’s fundamental. It makes people dream, transports them into new worlds, and makes the heart race. It’s an adventure, and there’s nothing better when readers resonate with your characters, their stories, and talk about them as if they existed. And they do exist. I firmly believe it. 

Ok, last but not least… Tell us a bit about what made you want to become a writer and why you write what you write.

Oh, this could be an essay… It started at age ten, maybe? I wrote Star Wars fan fiction, and Aliens fan fic, with a fountain pen in a small notebook. Then poetry and short stories as a teen (those are very dark), then lots of academic writing doing my language and literature Masters. Lots of writing as a teacher, and teaching creative writing, essays, and such. My own writing took a break for a long time, and at age 42, I started writing again, a scene came to me, like in a movie, a pair of boots descending a spiral staircase in a castle’s tower. This is my shelved (and maybe one day I’ll pick it up again) dragon fantasy book. This started then another scene, one I planned being a short story, the encounter between a Roman general at a countryside noble’s party and a pleasure slave… Rings a bell? From that short story started in 2019 a trilogy grew out, Omnia Vincit Amor, with this scene starting my now best-seller and legendary book Donum-The Gift. From then on, characters started pouring into my head, and I wrote several WIPs, or started writing them, then stopped, picked up others… I never write when my characters don’t play, and sometimes they don’t act for years. I’ve been praised on being a fast writer, but all the books published last year and this year have been written for years, or finished beginning of 2023. There’s no stopping now and I intend to write until my last breath on this planet.

As to why I write what I write, queer erotic romances, this also could be an essay in itself. I am queer, have always been, but of course growing up in post-communist Hungary, in the eighties, there was no information on any of this, what it mean to be queer or wanting to be a boy, or liking both boys and girls. Besides slurs, there was nothing else, but the dread that I’ll end up in hell (Catholic religion was another trauma of childhood. Thankfully discarded into the sun)… So now, at 47, and having met the queer community online during the years, and learning more about myself, it was evident to me that my characters appeared as men in love. They come from the ethereal realms of my mind, and we are intertwined in many ways, and I love giving them life, and sending them out into the world so others can fall in love with them. I’m very sexual myself, I love sex, and so I guess my characters too. Sex is pivotal in my books and a fundamental part of my characters’ lives. I don’t choose how they have sex, how they love each other, it’s all just there, and I am just the scribe. Writing queer love stories living in a country where rights and freedom of being queer are severely repressed is not easy, I can’t put my face online, and can’t be out (I’d risk my job, and my family’s security), but it is all the more important to have queer love published out there, especially in today’s world where anti-LGBTQ+ laws are rife all over the world. Everybody deserves love and everyone deserves to be loved. That is why my main motto is “Love conquers all,” as it is the title of my Ancient Rome trilogy ‘Omnia Vincit Amor.’ I firmly believe this is true. 

Here's where to find Maxime:
@MaximeJaz | Linktree

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Welcome to 7 Questions from the Serrulata Saga Desk, my blog feature that boosts fellow indie authors! This week, I chat with Rita A. Rubin!

Pen Name: Rita A. Rubin
Pronouns: she/they
​Book Series/Latest Book Published: Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love

Introduce your current favorite character – who are they and why do you prefer them above all others at the moment?

Right now, my favourite character is Claudia, from my WIP A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters. I’m really interested in everything about her character, and all the things I still need to develop with her. A big inspiration for her was Alucard, my favourite character from Castlevania, so that probably also has something to do with why I’m so partial to her. 

Who is harder to write – an interesting hero or an interesting villain?

Personally, I think both can be pretty difficult to write. It’s easy to give a character qualities that will either make them loveable or hated, but actually making them interesting, regardless of what role they play in the story, is a different ball game.

You’re trapped in an elevator with your main character. What are you discussing?

If I’m trapped with Jayce from Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love, then I think we’ll be having a nice, in-depth discussion about books, as well as talking about our furry friends.

What is the most challenging aspect of writing for you? How do you conquer it?

The self-doubt, for sure. It’s so easy to fall into those feelings of inadequacy and comparing yourself to other writers and all the ways they seem to be doing better than you and thinking you should just give up. Usually whenever these feelings rear their heads, I look back on all the kind words I’ve received about my writing, and the positive impacts my book has had on readers.

If you could write a cross-over with another book/series, what would it be and why? (Or, if cross-overs don’t interest you, why?)

I would love to do an Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love crossover with Taylor Hubbard’s A Corruption of Souls. I think Jayce and Alexius and Deklyn and Kai would get on swimmingly! 

Claudia also needs to meet T.L. Morgan’s vampire, Lucien.

In your opinion, what is the purpose of storytelling?

To express ourselves.

Ok, last but not least… Tell us a bit about what made you want to become a writer and why you write what you write.

It’s hard for me to pinpoint exactly what made me want to become a writer. I’ve always loved making up stories and worlds I’d much rather live in. Although I didn’t actually start writing until I was about 11 years old and wanted to create my own sequel for Avatar: The Last Airbender. I haven’t stopped writing since. 

Here's where to find Rita:
​Instagram: @ritarubin9
Twitter: @ritacoolbeans
TikTok: @ritacoolbeans
Website: https://ritaarubin.wordpress.com/

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Welcome to 7 Questions from the Serrulata Saga Desk, my blog feature that boosts fellow indie authors! This week, I chat with Katherine Shaw.

Introduce your current favorite character – who are they and why do you prefer them above all others at the moment?

From my own writing, I am really enjoying writing a Medusa retelling, and portraying Medusa as the sympathetic woman she deserves to be. I have a bit of a thing for feeling empathy for misrepresented characters from mythology (I have a Narcissus retelling coming up in an anthology being released soon), and I love giving them some depth and humanity. Medusa is more than just a monster in Perseus’ story, she’s a woman who was abused and unfairly punished, with her own backstory, personality and, in my version, a sapphic romance. She’s a little naïve, having lived a life in the shadow of her brother whilst being groomed for a future as a bargaining chip for her father’s ambitions, but she’s also graceful, knowledgeable, charming and beautiful. I love her, and I hate that I’m going to have to make her suffer as the book goes on!
 
From other books, I recently read A. E. Bennett’s first book – yes, I’m doing a shout out to the Serrulata Saga on its own website! – and have become obsessed with Leopold, one of the main characters from Gathering of the Four. I’m a sucker for a broken, grizzled tough guy with a tragic past, and I just want to wrap my arms around him and tell him everything’s going to be okay. 

Who is harder to write – an interesting hero or an interesting villain? 

Generally, for me, it’s the hero. You have to make your hero interesting, likeable (or at least worthy of being rooted for), and motivated enough to keep the reader invested in their success. It’s a tough line to walk, and it can be hard to get the balance right. There’s less pressure when writing villains – you just have to make your reader hate them! It isn’t easy, but your reader won’t be in their heads the whole time like they will the hero, so you just make sure the times when the villain is on the page really count. In both cases, what really makes or breaks them is the motivation. If you have a solid motivation behind their actions, it’ll work. 

You’re trapped in an elevator with your main character. What are you discussing?

With Medusa, we’re having a good old fashioned feminist rant. She’s living in ancient Ionia, where women have virtually no rights, and have one main purpose: to get a good husband. This sort of story is intrinsically feminist, as it’s impossible to write women in this setting without touching on the equality at play within society. 

What is the most challenging aspect of writing for you? How do you conquer it?

There are two things I struggle with: world-building and detailed descriptions. 

I love fantasy and sci-fi, but the main reason I stick to short stories in these genres is that I suck at world-building. Give me a ready-made fantasy world, and I will be inspired to write all sorts of exciting stories, but ask me to make a world from scratch and I will cry. I have a short attention span, and too much time focused on creating all of the details for a new world will just switch off my creativity, and the story will never get written. It’s something I’m trying to get better at, especially since I have a dystopian novel in the works and I need to work on the world before it goes out to beta readers!

Descriptions challenge me in a slightly different way. I like fast-paced books – both to read, and to write – and I often get swept up in writing the action and completely forget to describe anything! Most writers complain of having to cut words when they’re revising their first drafts, but I’m the complete opposite – I have to go back and add descriptions of everything, from characters to settings. 

If you could write a cross-over with another book/series, what would it be and why? (Or, if cross-overs don’t interest you, why?)

This is a tough one! I think it would be super fun to writer my characters from GLORIA in the world of Jamie Jackson’s Adventures of a Villain-Leaning Humanoid series. Not only would it be great to see the characters bouncing off one another (I can’t decide if Meg and Katie would love or hate each other), but I’d also get to give each of them super powers – how fun would that be? Meryl already gives strong Edna Mode from The Incredibles vibes, and I would really enjoy weaving her into this world.

In your opinion, what is the purpose of storytelling?

For me, personally, the core purpose of any story is to make you feel something. Tragic stories that pull at my heart strings, characters I fall in love with, villains that fill me with hatred – I need something that heightens my emotions to really enjoy a book, and my goal with any story is to do the same for the reader. Something can have the best-written plot set in the most rich and enchanting world I’ve ever read, but if I don’t care about the characters and what is happening to them, it just won’t land with me. It’s all about connections to the characters, the need to see them prevail and the utter heart-wrenching grief if they don’t, that makes stories truly special. 

Ok, last but not least… Tell us a bit about what made you want to become a writer and why you write what you write.

I’ve always written stories, and I literally can’t remember I time when I didn’t want to be a writer. It’s like some sort of primal need I have, and even in the years where I had to give it up to focus on university and starting a career, it was always in the back of my mind, itching away at me until I had to scratch it. As I lost that teenage confidence I used to have, it took me a while to properly go for it and write seriously again, because I had a crippling fear of failure. I convinced myself that if I didn’t write anything, I couldn’t write anything bad, and it held me back for years. Finally, as my thirties loomed over me, I decided to stop the self-sabotage and just go for it, and not long after that, I got a few short story acceptances, and the confidence boost convinced me to finally write the novel that became GLORIA.
 
In terms of what I write, it reflects what I like to read. Even though it would probably be better for my author career, I just can’t stick to one genre. I enjoy most speculative fiction – fantasy, sci-fi, horror, dystopia – but I also love a fast-paced, gripping story, so this is what drew me to thrillers for my debut novel. I love a book that hooks me so I can’t stop reading, and that’s what I try to achieve with my own writing. At the end of the day, I want to write things that people like me will enjoy reading. One of the great things about being an indie author is that I don’t have to stick to market or genre conventions too strictly, so my thrillers can have a sprinkle of spec-fic or romance, my sci-fi and fantasy can have grisly murders, and I can write stories that are equally romantic and tragic. I can explore my own journeys with mental illness, sexuality and chronic illness, while taking the reader on a wild adventure at the same time. The sky is the limit, and I love that. 
 
There are also some themes that organically find their way into my work, because they’re true to the core of who I am. Oppression, justice (or the lack of it), equality and autonomy often feature, simply because they are topics I care strongly about, and that passion bleeds into my writing. This can manifest in a variety of ways, from victims gaining the courage take on their abusers to an oppressed people rising up against a dystopian government, but it’s always there. 

Here's where to find Katherine:

Website: www.katherineshawwrites.com
Facebook: www.facebooks.com/katherineshawwrites 
Twitter: @katheroony (on hiatus – find me on BlueSky @katheroony.bsky.social)
Instagram: @katherineshawwrites

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I’m of a certain age. Of course today’s blog post is going to reference 90s pop. 
 
Moving right along…
 
I had hoped to begin this blog post with awesome news about my progress on Book Three, but alas. 2024 has thrown a few curveballs at me which has made it nearly impossible for my brain to be able to focus on The Four. 
 
I am in the process of re-reading Gathering of the Four and Test of the Four, however, in the hopes of jump starting my brain. 
 
A reminder that Hollow Cry is now available to pre-order. Also, there might be ARC info coming in May’s newsletter… but you’ll have to subscribe in order to find out. (grin)
 
Oh, if you (like me) have recently read any of my books, would you mind leaving a rating or review? It would mean the absolute world to me! Thanks, lovely readers!
 
Bennett’s Indie Book Reviews – April Wrap-Up
 
…with links to my Goodreads reviews:
 
The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher – E.M. Anderson
The Crown and the Collar (Kingdom of Claws, #1) – Dominic N. Ashen
A Fire In Her Bones (A Feral Spark Book 2) – JD Cadmon
His Forevermore (Unexpected, #3) – Bailey Elizabeth
The Truth About Hollowood: A MM Shifter Romance Novella (Hollowood Falls Book 4) – Will Forrest (ARC)
Sentence for Life – Maxime Jaz (ARC)
Into That Darkness Peering – A.A. Rubin
 
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Welcome to 7 Questions from the Serrulata Saga Desk, my blog feature that boosts fellow indie authors! This week, I chat with Willo Glenn.

Introduce your current favorite character – who are they and why do you prefer them above all others at the moment?

Oh gosh, this is hard. I’m currently in the middle of revising Tempered in Ash, so it’s definitely going to be one of my girls from that. If I had to choose, it would probably be my favorite himbo lady, Joyanna. She’s been a ton of fun to write and flesh out. She’s big and strong, loyal to a fault, and rarely serious. Tempered in Ash is a rough story, especially towards the end, and Joyanna brings a lot of brevity to the situation (even though she probably shouldn’t). She has so much capacity for love, and she’s not afraid to show it. All of my beta readers have completely fallen in love with her, and that’s really validating because I’m honestly in love with her, too.

Who is harder to write – an interesting hero or an interesting villain? 

I think they’re both hard, but I would lean more towards villains being more difficult. Crazy is fun, but I think villains that challenge my view of the setting or plot are really exciting. I like being forced to question whether they’re really the bad guy or not. It’s difficult to do, but when it’s done right?  *chef’s kiss*

You’re trapped in an elevator with your main character. What are you discussing?

If I were trapped in an elevator with Ilde, she’d probably kill me on the spot, considering everything I’ve put her through. Trauma aside, the conversation would probably be about mental health. I think both of us would benefit from a pragmatic discussion about our poor coping skills.

What is the most challenging aspect of writing for you? How do you conquer it?

Definitely maintaining momentum and motivation. I’ve had to work really hard to overcome my habit of waiting to write until I’m in the mood to do so. I do a lot of staring at a blank word doc, but I made sitting down to write part of my routine. I try to sit at my desk for at least a few hours a day to crank something out, and if I don’t manage to get any words down, I will take time to do some social media work or outlining—that way, I’ve at least contributed to my overall success every day. It’s not always super fruitful, but it keeps me in the mindset of consistently thinking about my novels, and that helps keep the ideas simmering in my brain.

If you could write a cross-over with another book/series, what would it be and why? (Or, if cross-overs don’t interest you, why?)

Not sure if it counts, but I’d love to write a module or campaign setting based in The Terrain for D&D. I have plans to run a homebrew campaign for some friends, and if it goes well (and there’s enough interest in my books overall), it might be something I dip my toes into one of these days. Tempered in Ash is inspired by D&D, so it only seems fitting that I give people a way to experience The Terrain for themselves.

In your opinion, what is the purpose of storytelling?

For me, the purpose of storytelling has always been joy and escapism. I’ve read fantasy my entire life, and it has gotten me through some really tough times. Writing does the same thing, only it allows me to hopefully share that joy with other people. Storytelling is all about helping people persevere.

Ok, last but not least… Tell us a bit about what made you want to become a writer and why you write what you write.

I’ve always been super imaginative, especially as a child. I wrote a lot of little stories in notebooks as a kid. I didn’t even consider that I could make it a true hobby until I was a teenager when I started writing fanfiction. I slowly transitioned from fanfiction to original works and have been writing ever since. I’ve just always really loved making things up and being creative—writing fantasy was a way I could continue to play pretend as an adult  :)

Here's where to find Willo:

Website: http://www.willoglenn.com/
Twitter: @willoglenn
Instagram: @willo_glenn
TikTok: @willoglenn

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Hello and happy April!
 
—which I can’t believe I’m saying. The first three months of this year absolutely flew by.
 
My annual Peak Bloom sale wrapped up a few days ago, and to all of the wonderful folks who snagged Test of the Fourfor only $0.99 – thank you! Every sale makes me super happy!
 
(And – psssst – if you like my books, please leave a rating or a review. Obligatory reminder, haha.)
 
If you haven’t already seen my social posts, Hollow Cry is now available to pre-order. This is a companion novella to Test of the Four, so while I suppose you could read it as a stand-alone, it will make much more sense if you read it after Book Two.
 
In other news…I’ve finished the outline for Book Three. It took me six hours to figure out where everyone was and where they’re going to be, and y’all I was sweating by the end—but it is complete and now I’m ready to get started on the first draft. 
 
Lots to do. Gotta just find the time to do it. 
 
Much more to come, including another installment of 7 Questions from The Serrulata Saga Desk! 
 
Have a great week!
 
Bennett’s Indie Book Reviews – March Wrap-Up
 
…with links to my Goodreads reviews:

Double Zero: An Anthology (The Zero Anthologies) – Daniel Aegan
The Devil Walks in Blood – David Green
The Modern Mythos Anomaly – Juniper Lake Fitzgerald
Gay Love and Other Fairy Tales (Jordan and Benjamin Forever #1) – Dylan James 
Mr Warren's Profession (Aubrey & Lindsey, #1) – Sebastian Nothwell
The Gentleman's Gentleman (His Lordship's Realm Book 1) – Samantha SoRelle
Among Thorns and Stardust – Various Authors (ARC copy)
Blooms at Midnight: An Anthology on Grief and Motherhood – Olivia Kay Washington
 
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