Author Update: Sharon Vander Meer

Retired journalist Sharon Vander Meer is a poet and an author of contemporary fiction and futuristic novels. Her newest release is the second edition of Future Imperfect (December 2025), a fast-paced, dystopian novel that “delves into the conflict between good and evil after a scientific breakthrough produces catastrophic consequences.” Look for Sharon on her website VanderMeerBooks.com and on Facebook.




Author Update: Roger Floyd

Author Roger Floyd writes science fiction about regular people who use their wits to find a way out of difficult situations. His newest release, Traveler: Part II of the Anthanian Imperative Trilogy (September 2025),




Author Update: Gency Brown

Author Gency Brown’s down-to-earth take on life influences her stories and the characters she creates for her contemporary women’s fiction. In her newest release, Light in the Dark Forest (The Wild Rose Press, November 2025),




An Interview with Author Samantha Corfield

Samantha Corfield is a writer, teacher, and spiritual counselor who has spent decades helping people explore the mysteries of life and the beyond. Her 2026 release, Create Your Own Afterlife: Take Control of Life After Death (Llewellyn Publications),




Author Update 2026: Lynne Sturtevant

Award-winning author Lynne Sturtevant writes how-to nonfiction books as well as engaging contemporary fantasy set in the hollers of Appalachia. Her 2025 release, The Witch Jar (The Off-Kilter Chronicles Book 3, April 2025), “draws readers into the weird and wonderful world of backwoods West Virginia” where home health aide Ginger confronts a “legendary curse” that “jeopardizes [her] elderly clients and threatens to expose secrets as old as the mountains themselves.” Look for Lynne on her website LynneSturtevant.com,




Author Update 2026: E. Joe Brown

E. Joe Brown is an award-winning author of memoir and historical fiction. His third book in The Kelly Can Saga, A Cowboy’s Dilemma (Artemesia Publishing, August 2025), blends “historical fiction, western adventure, and family drama into a fast-moving story that keeps readers invested from beginning to end.”




Author Update 2026: Donna Pedace

Prior to starting a career as a nonfiction author, Donna Pedace worked in program management for the first operational Trident Submarine as well as the Phalanx Weapon System project before moving into managing national education and arts organizations in the nonprofit sector.




Author Update 2026: Marty Eberhardt

Marty Eberhardt is a former director of botanical gardens turned award-winning author of cozy mysteries. Book three in her Bea Rivers Mystery series, Crime on the Coast (Artemesia Publishing, February 2026), is “an intriguing and satisfying whodunnit,




Author Update: Jeff Otis

Author Jeff Otis satisfies his need for creativity through his passion for painting in oils and writing short stories and novel-length speculative fiction. His newest release, A Giant Tale (Not a Normal Sophomore Year Book 1,




Author Update: Kirt Hickman

Kirt Hickman is the award-winning author of the Worlds Asunder sci-fi thriller series, the Age of Prophecy fantasy trilogy, and the nonfiction writer’s guide Revising Fiction—Making Sense of the Madness. His 2025 fiction release, Host of Evil (Age of Prophecy,




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