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At first glace, you might mistaken Becky Wright  for the lovechild of John Astin and Caroyln Jones (actors from The Addams Family). AURi is here to dispel those rumors. However this Sudbury, England native is no stranger to creepy and uncanny.  “I was raised in a house of great imagination, being surrounded by books and storytelling. My mother was always reading, having a novel mid-chapter, with a library in our spare room; it’s now apparent she preferred fictional guests. My father was a great weaver of tales, giving life to characters from his youth and travels, whether true or not I savoured those stories, nurturing my imagination.”  - (excerpt from beckywrightauthor.com) As if lions, tigers, and bears are not interesting enough, the paranormal and the unexplained is what piqued Becky's interest. Perfecting her craft across many mediums of publication, the supernatural and historical fantasy writer eventually relaunched the first part of The Legacy Trilogy: Remem...

With a name like Ellen Read , you would say this author from Townsville, Queensland, Australia was destined to be a writer...either that or a bookworm. In either case, none of that would indicate that she would have a love for photography; let alone be AMAZING at it!  AURi noticed her by chance as part of a tight-knit community on Instagram that she calls her "Insta-family". She features fellow writers in her "Insta-family" on her blog because, " with nearly every one of them, I have been a guest on their blog. It’s a case of authors supporting authors...We’ve become friends. We chat every day. We share interests other than writing. So I know them very well." Ellen Read fits the AURi brand because we also strive to discover, read, support, connect, and promote fellow artists. Enough about us, here's more Ellen.    AR: Explain to us what "Author Hop" is and how it came about. ER: Anna B Madrise, one of my Insta-family, c...

Kickin’ it Old School One of the things we here at AURi are most excited to get to do is to provide a bridge for disconnected and unexposed artists. I recently sat down with one such artist in Savannah, Georgia; singer/songwriter Taylor Martin. While it may be hard to imagine, Taylor is nowhere to be found on social media or the ‘inner-tube’ as he says laughing. If you’re lucky though, you might be able to catch him in a bar/restaurant downtown from time to time or playing someone’s backyard party around a fire. I’m grateful to have stumbled upon the latter.  AR: “So what came first, the singing or the songwriting?” TM: “Honestly, I can’t remember. I sang when I was a little kid, but it was at church and things like that. But I remember, I was 10 or 12 years old the first time I wrote a song and it was terrible…. but I did it. And I enjoyed it!” AR: “And you also play the guitar and the banjo… are you self-taught?” TM: “Yes. But it was just something that I di...

Some of the most respected artists of every genre of art are the ones that seem to break down boundaries and blur the lines of what is " normal ". Christina Barker is one of those artists. The Canadian writer dabbles in  poetry, short fiction, plays and screenplays and cites her works as being " shaped by spoken word and slam poetry, feminist texts, political satire and some good old Irish Catholic guilt . " She's releasing her first chapbook of poetry in Fall 2017 entitled Receipt Paper Poetry , but it's what she does outside of the literary world that impresses AURi : AR: The title of your blog, " Ink &Scratches ", is unique. What does it mean to you? CB: It has multiple meanings for me. “Ink” of course relates to writing, to language and being an instrument of the written word. “Scratches” comes from what I find myself doing often when writing. We scratch out what we don’t like, what doesn’t come out on paper how we feel it in...

Kezia Arterberry  (bka Kizzy) may be the sweetest woman in the world...according to AURi not The Pretenders. The Arizona native and graduate of Grand Canyon University is a Behavior Health Tech that works with severely mentally ill patients by day, and a busy author/blogger/ inspirational spoken word poet by night. Doesn't sound like much? Well the blog is all about motivating others to be the best they can be. Why? " Personal experience. When I was younger, I struggled with depression, social anxiety and stress. The struggle was really-real! But, I overcame and I believe I discovered my purpose in the struggle.. To uplift and encourage others, so that they can overcome as well!" Totally unselfish, right? Yeah, yeah. We know. At this rate, she'll be able to add "International Philanthropist" to her resume before she's 30-something.  AURi decided to check it out. AR: First off, AURi wants to commend you on the great work you do in such a tough ...

(images from juliablakeauthor.co.uk) A wise woman once asked at the conception of AURi ,  "What does the ' i ' stand for?" Well when it comes to Julia Blake , it stands for international . Bury St. Edmunds is best known for it gardens, breweries, and it's sacred religious/historic sites. But perhaps we added an author to the top 10.   In her own words, Julia Blake fell in love with writing " a s soon as I was old enough to pick up a pencil.  I have always written short stories, poems, essays, school plays, silly verses to go into friend's birthday cards, before maturing enough to attempt a novel. "   Blake cites a painful divorce as the catalyst responsible for the transformation from book lover to author. So, AURi caught up with the busy author in the midst of her upcoming release,  Becoming Lili,  to find out more about one of England's best kept secrets:  AR: We couldn't help but notice that you draw from real life exper...

Courtney CC CC Bella AURi Radio artist and personality . All are proper nouns that correctly title the genius that is Courtney Trowman.  In fact, on her website , she simply describes herself as: "a writer, dancer, artist, actor, yogi, world traveler, music whore, tattoo collector, book nerd and Superhero!" Mysterious? Admittedly so. Other than the quote above, the only other thing we have to go on is this: " She's mad but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire " - Charles Bukowski With her latest literary release Nefelibata  available now, we are inclined to take this "cloud walker" at face value. You know, Starbucks over Panera (a dirty chai, two shots with coconut milk) no dairy, amaryllis over orchid, and 'pickle is to cucumber as CC Bella is to'...we still don't know. But, AURi decided to dig a little deeper: AR: When did you get into dance? CC: Started in ballet at age 5. Danced till I was 15...