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In today's Authors in the Spotlight, we have Heather Lyn, Tee Love, Jeffrey S. Trosin, and Tracey Reddick!

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Name: Heather Lyn

How long have you been published? Since July 2016

What's the worst part about being published?  The worst part is knowing that there are people out there possibly picking apart your hard work. But that is the risk you take, and with the bad definitely comes the good.

What's the best part about being published? Knowing that people out there can read your books. That people connect emotionally with them and know how you feel about your characters. It’s been a joy being a published author.

Are you self published or did you go through a publishing company? I am self-published. 

*What are the highs, if any? For me the biggest high was my second novel breaking into the Amazon Top 100 Hot New Releases in Erotica. Burning Love hit #35 on release day!

*What are the lows, if any? There aren’t any real lows.

What is the name of your book(s)? Hearts Ablaze, Book 1 Hearts on Fire Series Burning Love, Book 2 Hearts on Fire Series

Was it/were they an easy write for you? For Hearts Ablaze, in terms of writing it, it was easy for me. But certain parts were hard, as some of the storyline was in a certain way happening in my real life, so the emotions and feelings the characters went through were very real for me. And I wanted to make sure that the emotions were conveyed to the reader. Burning Love was also easy for me to write. It was a little bit out of my comfort zone, as this book had a storyline that I had zero experience with.

What's the hardest part about writing a book?  For me, it’s making the time to actually WRITE the book. I have a husband, a seven-year-old son, a job, and my life at home. I have a hard time balancing all three, but it’s gotten easier the more books I publish. I have gotten better at managing. 

What's the easiest part about writing a book? Coming up with the storyline and characters. I have been writing and reading for as long as I can read. In school, if we were required to write a 500-word story, mine would be 3,000. If I was asked to read 4 chapters, I would finish the book. Coming up with the story isn’t my issue. And I actually find that I have the most fun while writing the outline. 

Where can interested readers purchase their copy of your book(s)? Both of my books are available on Amazon, B&N, iBooks, and Kobo.

Do you have any future projects in the works? I do! I have the next book in the Hearts on Fire Series, Heart’s Desire, and then the final book, Unexpected Flames. It will also have a spinoff series, The Taphouse Blues Series. There will also be a novella to the HOF Series. 

*Is there a tentative release date? Heart’s Desire is my next scheduled released, which has a VERY tentative release of March 2017.

Do you have any social media sites that you would like to share with my readers?  I am on Facebook and Instagram!  

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Name: Tee Love/Tamika Smith

How long have you been published? I self-published my first book of poetry in January of 2016 and my first novel under Allure Me Publications in December of 2016. 

What's the worst part about being published? I have not had any issues with being published. To me, it is a wonderful starting point to get your foot in the door. 

What's the best part about being published? The best part about me being published is having a wonderful team of supporters. 

Are you self published or did you go through a publishing company? I am currently an author under Allure Me Publications. 

What is the name of your book(s)? Poetically Incorrect, Pain Before Pleasure, The Plug's Princess,
The Plug's Princess 2, I Remember Why My Heart Broke, My Outlining On The Go Workbook

Was it/were they an easy write for you? My poetry was easy to write because it was just self expression. Writing my first novel was hard because I had a story to tell and I just didn't know how to tell it.

What's the hardest part about writing a book? The hardest part of writing, for me, was word count, proper scene change, and punctuation marks.
 

What's the easiest part about writing a book? The easiest part was writing my story. I have so many thoughts constantly running through my head.

Where can interested readers purchase their copy of your book(s)? All of my books are available on Amazon

Do you have any social media sites that you would like to share with my readers? FB: Teelove, IG: Tee_love617, Twitter: Teelove617, Periscope: Teelove617

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Name: Jeffrey S. Trosin

How long have you been published? Since 12/03/16

What's the worst part about being published? What's the best part about being published? There are many things that I could say about that, but I can't say that any one of them is the best. The sense of accomplishment would rate in the top. knowing that you were able to get your message or story out for others to read rates up there as well.

Are you self published or did you go through a publishing company? For my first novel, I decided to self publish. For the second and third books in my series, I plan on trying to find a publisher.

*What are the highs, if any? The sense of accomplishment and knowing you have the ability to complete it and see it to fruition. I mean, so many people start to write a book that never finish and/or never publish it.

*What are the lows, if any? I honestly didn't see any lows. I enjoyed every step of the writing process as challenging as some stages were, such as editing.

What is the name of your book(s)? The series title is The Other Side of the Table. The editions are Break-In, Fate Lingers and the Third Side. Break-In is published and Fate Lingers is in progress.

Was it/were they an easy write for you? The writing was a challenge, but I found that when I was writing, I was able to get my mind in the story. I was there in sight, sound and smell.

What's the hardest part about writing a book? The discipline to sit down and write, even though I didn't have that problem and the editing.

What's the easiest part about writing a book? For me, it was being able to lose myself in the story as I was writing.

Where can interested readers purchase their copy of your book(s)? They can get it on Amazon, both in 6X9 paperback and Kindle formats. There is a link to my book from my website as well.

Do you have any future projects in the works? I am currently working on Fate Lingers and to this day am almost half way finished with the first draft.

*Is there a tentative release date? None yet, but I update my website with my progress.

Do you have any social media sites that you would like to share with my readers? I have an author page on Facebook, Twitter, GoodReads and LinkedIn. I also have a website at www.dlrstories.com

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Name: Tracey Reddick

How long have you been published? 2 years

What's the worst part about being published? Not knowing what I was doing in the beginning... 

What's the best part about being published? Finally understanding what to do and how to do it.. 

Are you self published or did you go through a publishing company? I started out self-publishing, then I recently signed with a publishing company to get the experience of how it feels to be with a company/family of writers.. It didn't work out for me, because I guess I just like to do things on my time.. 

What is the name of your book(s)?  A Cry for Help 1, 2, & 3 (Short story), Why won't she love me? 1 & 2, The Breaking Point (Jendiyah's Story).

Was it/were they an easy write for you? All of the books were easy for me to write because I dreamt the whole stories on each book, except for Why won't she love me? Part 2, those characters wrote the story.. Lol.. 

What's the hardest part about writing a book? The hardest part about writing a book for me would have to be completing it.. I have so many stories and characters talking in my head, and I tend to stop one book and go on to the next.. I guess that would explain the 20+ unfinished books on my laptop.. 

What's the easiest part about writing a book? The easiest part about writing a book for me would have to be that I already have the full stories saved in my internal memory bank, so when I start writing, it flows from beginning to end.. 

Where can interested readers purchase their copy of your book(s)? My books are on Amazon and Createspace.. 
 
*Is there a tentative release date? Yes, I have many future projects coming soon.. I will say the next release will be in February 2017.. It may be sooner, but we will stick with February just to be on the safe side.. Lol.. 

Do you have any social media sites that you would like to share with my readers? Facebook Like Page: Author Tracey Reddick.. Twitter: Tracey Reddick71... 
Blog: pinkgoddesswriter.wordpress.com... Google+: Author Tracey Reddick... 

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share me as a writer with you and your readers..

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Join me on Thursday as I bring to you authors Renee Harless, Jesse Frankel, and Kelly D. Smith!