Hi all-- I am assuming I am not the only author here living and writing in the UK and I'd love to connect with others. I live in York (which makes a lot of sense given I write historical fiction as well as crime fiction) but my move is recent as I am a Yank by birth and here in England on a Global Talent Visa in Literature. Would love to to make connections! So where are you located and what do you write.

We just had our first coffee Hour Meetup and some fantastic ideas have been spun out of them. The idea I want to work on is this? I would like to start having regional Virtual Coffee Hour Meetups so that the Authors in certain regions of the country can come together and become friends. Every time a new author joins us we can direct them to the regional meetups so they can start building relationships with authors near them. Also regional meetup events can be done by Big Book Love Regional Leaders. The second idea is to start having Virtual Coffee Hour Meetups for Genres that authors write in so that you guys can mastermind together with authors writing what you are writing. Before we can start this, there is some information that we need to get from you guys. 1. What genre is your main genre you write in? 2. Would you be interested in these localized virtual meetups and genre specific meetups? 3. What days and times are best for you to get online for these meetups? 4. Would you be interested in becoming a Virtual Coffee Hour Regional Leader? Regional Leaders would be made into moderators for the community and you would have the ability to host these meetups right here in our live call zoom room. I would train each Regional Leader so that you understand how the software works. Just throwing this idea out there to gauge interest. Comment below your answers so we can begin to figure how to make this work for the most amount of people.+ Paul Roberson Community Executive Director https://www.bigbooklove.com/paul-l-roberson/

It's taken me a few decades to discover that I love writing fiction, after a career writing blog posts and email campaigns! Take a look at my first ever novel - which for avid readers is on Kindleunlimited as well as in paper and hardback versions. I'd love to get other writers' feedback and thoughts on how to get it more widely read. Leave it here or add a DM. Chris

Some lady sent me an email stating that she had asked ChatGPT for "a nonfiction account that captured both the human cost of a major storm and the resilience that followed. Your book surfaced in that exchange, particularly because it documents real experiences in Western North Carolina and confronts difficult questions about preparedness, housing insecurity, and survival." I consider this a major WIN!