Victoria Griffin: Author, Editor, Query Expert, and CEO

06/02/20 • 47 min

Victoria Griffin is the founder and CEO of Blue Pen Editing and Publishing Services. Working as a professional editor and author since 2016, Victoria has helped authors of all genres to enhance their writing skills and land an agent or self publish their own manuscripts.

After suffering a serious head injury during a softball scrimmage her senior year, Victoria found herself unable to focus on any project for more than a very short time and for nearly a month afterward was forced to remain indoors in a dark room.

After the most severe concussion symptoms had passed Victoria was able to look to her social media followers for light editing gigs where she could work as she was able. As she worked, she found that she had a knack for in-depth editing and eventually turned it into a full-time business. The end result was Blue Pen Editing and Publishing by Victoria Griffin.

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Author Luke Murphy

In this episode of The Writing Community Podcast, I chat with author Luke Murphy. Luke is a former professional hockey player turned adult fiction author. While recovering from a career-ending eye injury he sustained on the ice rink in the winter of 2000, Luke passed the time by reading books by some of his favorite authors, such as Greg Isles, Michael Connelly, and others.

According to Luke's website, "One day, with an idea in mind, he sat down at a computer and began writing. Murphy wrote a little every day, around an intense rehabilitation schedule, and before he knew it he had completed his first manuscript." From 2000 to 2007, Luke worked to hone his craft and find his own voice. He continued reading and writing and made connections with other authors to help develop his skill.

In 2007 Luke began work on, "Dead Man's Hand". To do research for his novel, he traveled back and forth to Las Vegas, Nevada to learn the in's and out's of police procedure with the Las Vegas police department. In 2012, Luke hired the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency and signed a contract with Imajin Books to publish Dead Man's Hand.

Murphy has since published three more novels. "Wild Card" which features the main character, Calvin Watters, is the sequel to Dead Man's Hand while "Kiss and Tell" and "Rock-A-Bye Baby" are the first and second books in his Charlene Taylor series.

All of Luke Murphy's books can be purchased on Amazon.

Dead Man's Hand
Wild Card
Kiss and Tell
Rock-A-Bye Baby

You can connect Luke on website http://www.authorlukemurphy.com and on Twitter @AuthorLMurphy

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Adriana Gavazzoni: Attorney and Legal Thriller Author

My co-host today is Adriana Gavazzoni. Adriana is the Brazilian author of an adult thriller trilogy titled, “Hidden Motives”. The trilogy is comprised of titles, “Behind The Door, Lara´s Journal, and The Brilliant Game” books one, two, and three respectively. She recently released her fourth book title, "Sketches of Life" and is currently working on her fifth novel which she hopes to release later this year.

Adriana is a former law professor and has been a practicing lawyer for 29 years. She is a writer of novels and legal books and is also a voracious reader.

She speaks four languages: English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. When she is not practicing law or writing, she enjoys many interests and is a very active person. She loves to dance the Tango and workout. She loves to travel, loves good wine, and has been studying astrology for fifteen years. If that isn’t enough, she also paints and loves to cook for her friends.

She has two poodles named Juno and Charlotte and is an aunt of four nieces who she loves painting and cooking with.

Her novels have won several awards, which can be found on her website and on her Amazon author’s page.

Awards
For her first book “Behind The Door”, Adriana won four Gold Medals, The Golden Book Award 2017- Reader’s Choice; Book Excellence Award 2017; B.R.A.G. Medallion 2019 and eLIT Book Awards 2019; one Bronze Medal on Independent Publisher Books Award 2018; two Honorable mentions at Paris Book Festival 2017 and Reader's Favorite Award 2017 and was a finalist to the Independent Author Network 2019, Top Shelf Magazine 2018 and Indie Excellence Awards 2019.

The second Book, Lara's Journal won an Honorable Mention at Reader's Favorite 2018 and Paris Book Festival 2018; and was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award 2019, Top Shelf Magazine 2018, Book Excellence Awards 2018, Independent Author Network; 2018; The IAN Book of The Year 2018 and American Fiction Awards 2019.

The Brilliant Game, Hidden Motives' final book, got a gold medal on Book Excellence Awards 2019, received an Honorable Mention at Paris Book Festival 2018, and was a Finalist on Readers Favorite 2018.

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