Check out Kelly Stone Cramer’s book trailer for Recharge your Inner Peace and Power to get a better feel for what to expect from Kelly’s uplifting Happiness Recharge content. Life can be overwhelming, but Kelly’s books, meditations, articles and other content can help you find a way to recharge yourself.

Kelly Stone Cramer is a personal empowerment author. She has transformed from a timid, approval seeking girl to a strong, confident and empowered woman. She believes everyone deserves this power and wants to inspire you to feel the same freedom.

Her content provides tools and tips on how to build yourself up to be at your best so you can be strong through all the elements. From empowerment books, videos, blogs and more, she encompasses all things empowerment. Check out her Happiness Recharge site to learn more about her books and other helpful content.

Join Kelly at her author takeover from 7 p.m. EST to 9 (6-8 CT) Thursday in our Facebook group.

How long have you been writing?
I’ve been writing for five years.

What inspired the book you’re currently promoting?
The dead bodies they leave on Mt. Everest inspired Hell on High.

Who are the authors who most influenced your work?
Stephen King was my #1 influence.

Where do you write, i.e. an office, outdoors, a coffee shop?
I write in my office most often. I like to listen to a Spotify playlist.

Horror author Mike Clark invites you to check out this cocktail with a spooky name. Traditional versions of the Corpse Reviver are all booze. This version has been tamed with apple juice and ginger ale to prevent you from turning into a corpse. (Recipe by Toni Dash)

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 ½ ounce Bourbon
• ▢ 1 ½ ounces Apple juice
• ▢ Ginger ale

Instructions

• Mix the bourbon and apple juice. 
• Pour the mixture into a martini glass.
• Top with ginger ale.

Author Mike Clark writes horror with the word “eerie” in mind. Later this week, we’ll share a spooky cocktail recipe from Mike and a captivating Q&A that highlights his writing career.

Be sure to join Mike for his author takeover in our Facebook group from 6 p.m. EST to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 27.

1. How long have you been writing?
I’ve been writing forever. It’s a funny story because I wrote more than the game back in 2008 (before social media was a big thing). And it was like a million more words. Then, I just edited over the years and played with other ideas and books.

In 2019, my sisters-in-law asked to read something I wrote. Once they read it, they were like, “Umm why are you doing nothing with these?” I took classes and lectures, and I traditionally queried. I had calls with two agents. I almost traditionally published, but they want me to get rid of Nick Grant and Joey. And I couldn’t, so I went the indie root.

2. What inspired the book you’re currently writing?
I’m working on a smutty nursery rhyme retelling for my pen name Kacie West. That started because I dropped a pen name into More than a Hero for my character, Morgan.

AJ Ranney knew we needed to bring Kacie West’s stories to life. Kacie’s debut novel came from the fact that we wanted to write our favorite tropes first. I thought we meant “grumpy/sunshine,” and AJ thought we were doing “snowed in.”

In the middle of the night, I came up with the crazy idea that we could make it a Goldilocks retelling, and I texted this to AJ. She, of course, thought I meant going a whole new way. But once I explained (in the morning at a reasonable hour), she loved the idea. And Goldilocks and the Grumpy Bear was born. Which then paved the way to our theme of funny smutty versions of popular nursery rhymes.

3. Who are the authors who most influenced your work?
-My first favorite romance author was Susan Elizabeth Philips. She inspired me so much to write stories that combined real life issues with laughs and some steam!
–AJ Ranney, my author bestie and co-writer, helps me and edits always. She is my organization and helps me through issues.
–Brittanee Nicole, my partner in KU steamy and other author bestie, motivates and teaches me how to continue to grow in the business.
–Daphne Elliot is on her way to being the next queen of small town romances. Her organization and drive inspires me every day.
–Swati MH stories have so much heart and emotions I learn from her every time I beta read for her! —Elyse Kelly shows me how to make a plan and do it. She is amazing at teaching and helping everyone around her.

These women are amazing, and they all inspire me with their talent for writing, their heart to help everyone and their ability to succeed in a super hard business.

4. Where do you write, i.e. an office, outdoors, a coffee shop?
Anywhere. I’m chaos so I might pull over on the side of the road because I have an idea. Or I might be at Sunday dinner with the family and run off to a corner to type out a chapter. I’ve even been known to write in my bed and the bath.

5. If you could visit one place to research a book where would it be?
Oh, I have a plan for Mandy Evans, and I want an inside look into the airplane and buses of a political campaign. That story is a few years away, but I can’t wait for it.

Meet Jenni Bara, our featured author of the week. We’re super excited to have her join us!

If you haven’t read Jenni’s work, she writes romances with likable characters in complicated situations.

We’ll share a Q&A with Jenni later this week, and you don’t want to miss her takeover in our Facebook group Thursday night!

1. How long have you been writing? Writing has always been a big part of my life. It was my therapy as a kid. I got sent to my room often, but I didn’t mind. I spent the time writing poems or sketching (badly). I entered one of those poems in a local poetry contest and won. That was super exciting and motivating for me. I also wrote radio commercials for the Catholic Elementary School I attended.
   
   My psychological dependence on writing continued all through high school when I discovered the short story genre and kept a journal. I tried to suppress the writing urge in college, enrolling as a geo-chemistry major (I loved rocks, too). That lasted one semester. I graduated with a dual major in English/Creative Writing and Interpersonal Communications and landed a reporting job at the Syracuse, New York, newspapers. Years later, I earned my master’s degree in creative writing. After more than a decade, I left journalism to pursue my passion for fiction writing.
2. Who are the authors who most influenced your work? I love so many authors in so many genres, but I will stick with contemporary crime fiction for these purposes. Otherwise, the list would go on forever. So, here they are: William Landay, Emma Donoghue, Tana French, Attica Locke, Gillian Flynn, Joshilyn Jackson, John Grisham and Laura Lippmann … there are tons more, but I had better stop here.
3. Where do you write, i.e. an office, outdoors, a coffee shop? I like to read outdoors and work on revisions or edits, but I don’t often write outdoors. I need immediate access to boatloads of coffee (a nervous habit) and a restroom (because of all that coffee) when I write. I usually write on a desk my husband made in a corner of our great room (we have a timber frame house), where I am readily accessible to kids and dogs, but I get more done when I leave the house and head for a café. Sometimes, I will book a hotel room or an AirBnB for a weekend, so I can write uninterrupted.

Meet Lori Duffy Foster, our featured author this week! She writes mystery, suspense and thriller novels.

You’ll have more opportunities to get know Lori and learn about her writing when we post a Q&A later this week and during a Facebook takeover from 6 p.m. EST to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 13. Please join us for a fun evening!

We asked Alfred several questions about his writing background. Check out his answers to learn more about him and his books.

1. How long have you been writing? I started wring with the idea to be published my senior year in high school, but I’d written short stories and picture books since I could draw. (Not well I might add. )

2. What inspired the book you’re currently promoting? Going to church with my grandmother and wanting to know more about the war between Heaven and hell

3. Who are the authors who most influenced your work? Peter V. Brett, Terry Goodkind and Brandon Sanderson

4. Where do you write, i.e. an office, outdoors, a coffee shop? At my kitchen table or break room at work

5. If you could visit one place to research a book where would it be? Ireland