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Interview with Michelle Hall

Published 2014-07-12.
Who are your favorite authors?
Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
My Children
When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
Trying to build my bartender business and gain bartending events. Also creating handmade jewelry.
How do you discover the ebooks you read?
Through website searching
Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
A Poem called Advice of Tears
What is your writing process?
At times when I am in solitude, I write down what I am thinking, as soon as the thought comes, then the thought start flowing.
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
Nikki Giovanni- EGO Tripping, it was just profound
How do you approach cover design?
By the title of the book Blackness in shadows
What are your five favorite books, and why?
Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement (1970) by Nikki Giovanni- It is just empowering
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings-By Maya Angelou- Heart felt inspiring story
Warren, Patricia Nell The Front Runner- Different
Whispers, & Phantoms by Dean Koontz- Love Fiction, Love his Books
What do you read for pleasure?
Horror Comic Books
What is your e-reading device of choice?
My Laptop
What book marketing techniques have been most effective for you?
I have not had any yet, this would be my first
Describe your desk
My laptop on a table and my pen and paper in my bag, for spontaneous thoughts
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
Grew up in Washington, DC and Columbia, MD and nothing there really influenced me, it was all just a combination of experiences.
When did you first start writing?
In 1975
What's the story behind your latest book?
Just a combination of personal experiences and life experiences that I have seen and felt.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
Wanted to be free to express and share with a wide variety of people and audiences.
How has Smashwords contributed to your success?
I don't know yet, we will see.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
Letting it out and knowing that I enjoy my own writing
What do your fans mean to you?
When I get some then I will let you know, but I do know that they will mean a lot to me
What are you working on next?
Another collection of poetry based on inner demons and thoughts, and trying to write a book, already have a title for it, it will be called I Can't Make You Love Me..
Do you use images to project the meaning or title of your poems
Yes, I know exactly what images I like to show that will portray the meaning of the poem(s).
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Books by This Author

Pass Down My Light... by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,480. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2014 . Categories: Poetry » African Poetry
A collection, a narrative, a story told through poetry of the inside the road to redemption. The redemption from lost Love, loving to much and the feelings of unworthiness to be loved . The road back from shallow feelings of oneself
In My Minds Eye by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 2,290. Language: English. Published: July 13, 2014 . Categories: Poetry » African Poetry
Thoughts of one mind Elusive alone, withdrawn bitter suffering solitude indivisible. undisturbed multiplicity,
Break-In-Blackness by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 5,010. Language: English. Published: July 9, 2014 . Categories: Poetry » African Poetry
Break-In-Blackness brings allegory style prose poems, in literary, visual, story forms represented by symbolize ideas and concepts. These poems convey hidden messages through symbolic figures, actions, and imagination.