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An Interview with Author Brendan Le Grange: Author of Drachen

Brendan le Grange Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
Drachen is an adventure thriller that starts with Brett Rivera on the run, and stays with her as she races to find a legendary lost treasure of Hanseatic League. Along the way she has to test herself and her allegiances as the clues take her through Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Germany.

But Hiko, a mother-obsessed psychopath, is determined to find the treasure first, and he is prepared to play dirty.

It’s an entertaining and fast-paced read.

How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?[…]

Henry Baum2015-09-10T06:49:25+02:00September 10th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Ray Palla: Author of Krill America

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

This novel is an essay on human interaction when people are thrown together and forced to work toward a common goal, although they have little in common and would likely not (of their own volition) ever choose to be connected to each other. It’s the story of struggle and the measure of success. An action, adventure, thriller; KRILL AMERICA is relentless and “rife with tension and suspense.” The characters and the plot are so real that the impending death story of the Galveston research vessel is described by critics […]

Ray Palla2015-09-04T10:12:21+02:00September 4th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview With Author Whalen Klift

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
Untamed Silk is an erotic romance about a hard-charging marketing consultant who, though sexually adventurous, has a history of emotional trauma that makes her unable to commit to a serious relationship. That all changes after a one-night stand with a fellow executive/adventurer/philanthropist who she pronounces “The best kisser she ever met.” She tries to forget about him with a series of other encounters in a variety of situations, including a haunted nineteenth century mansion and a Parisian swingers club. Then, after a traumatic event forces her to resolve her […]

Whalen Klift2015-09-04T10:11:19+02:00September 3rd, 2015|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Erotic Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

Writing Behind Bars Part II by Jamila T. Davis

Jamila T Davis is serving more than a decade as an inmate in federal prison. Here, she describes how she started a self-help publishing imprint from behind bars to inspire and changes womens’ lives through writing, in the second of her two-part series on self-publishing from prison.

During my first few months in federal prison, I met a woman named LaTanya Jones; she is a former prisoner and the author of a book entitled “Cannon Love.” At the time, I was extremely depressed and had no clue how I would cope with serving a decade plus sentence behind bars.[…]

Cate Baum2015-07-28T03:05:14+02:00July 28th, 2015|Categories: Features, Interviews|Tags: Non-Fiction Book Reviews|

An Interview with Author Evy Journey

Evy_2med Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
Welcome, Reluctant Stranger! (WRS) is Book 3 in my series, Between Two Worlds, which is a saga about a contemporary family living in the San Francisco Bay Area. WRS is the story of Leilani and Justin, the second son in the family. In a nutshell, it’s about the many faces of love spun into a tale of loss, past political intrigue, and a young woman’s inner journey, accepting her past.

Leilani heals others. But can she heal herself when she learns the devastating reason her family fled […]

Evy Journey2015-07-27T08:25:05+02:00July 27th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Andrew Hernon: In the Shadow of St. Anthony

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
It’s a coming of age horror story set, mostly, after hours in Manhattan’s SoHo during a heatwave in the summer of 1982. At 19, Tommy Santalesa is far too good looking and having too much of a good time to realize that’s all about to change…for the worse. So when his lifelong friend, fellow band member and guitar virtuoso, Frank Balistrieri, vanishes on the eve of a lucrative record contract, Tommy figures he’s run off with a wealthy but flaky girlfriend and dismisses it. However, when Anne-Marie the one […]

Andrew Hernon2015-07-27T08:26:15+02:00July 27th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Author Thomas Drago

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
Queensboro is the follow-up novel to Crow Creek. The story follows the search for a missing girl and ends with a biological experiment gone wrong.

How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
Since I self-published Crow Creek, I figured I’d do the same with my second book. I queried a couple of publishers and a few agents this time around. I didn’t pitch the complete novel until after I had already self-published.

What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the […]

Henry Baum2015-07-01T12:10:20+02:00July 1st, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

Writing Behind Bars – by Author Jamila Davis

What’s it like to be a writer in prison? Jamila T. Davis, called by the media “the woman who brought down Lehman” for her part in a multi-million dollar fraud, is a self-published author currently serving 12.5 years in the real “Orange is The New Black” facility, Danbury FCI. This is part one of our two-part guest blog post with Jamila about writing from prison, and how she has found purpose with self-publishing.

Each morning I open my eyes, I am surrounded by dreary walls that remind me of my past mistakes. For the last 7 years I’ve been locked […]

Cate Baum2015-07-01T04:34:41+02:00June 30th, 2015|Categories: Features, Interviews|Tags: Prison Book Reviews, Writing Tips|