Interviews | Self-Publishing Review

An Interview With SPR Grand Prize Winner Author Ashley R. Carlson

Ashley R Carlson is the winner of the SPR Awards 2015 Grand Prize and First Prize Fiction for her book “The Charismatics”.

For the uninitiated, what’s The Charismatics about?

“The Charismatics” is a fantasy novel geared toward young adults set in a unique, steampunk universe – one that is full of magic, supernatural influences, and terrible secrets. This world is presided over by Legalia, an all-encompassing government of wealthy, powerful individuals who rule over the poor, allowing them to live in squalor.

Duchess Ambrose Killaher is a member of Legalia, having been born into aristocracy and sent to a freezing, […]

Henry Baum2017-03-24T06:31:22+02:00April 22nd, 2015|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

An Interview with Author T.H. Alexander

Tell us something about your book. What is it about?

The Lord of Salamander is the coming-of-age story of Elijah Pendleton, a boy with no past. For as long as he can remember, he’s lived under the control of his abusive aunts in a small rural town where everything is deeply ordinary, until one day when his short life changes forever.

It’ll be a strange incident involving a cat and mysterious oak tree, that will put Elijah on the path of discovering his true identity, and begin the greatest journey into the heart of the unknown; through a world of […]

Henry Baum2015-04-03T04:16:04+02:00March 24th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview With Author Mark Lingane

Mark Lingane Mark Lingane is a commercial writer specializing in reports, enabling him to travel the world. He is also a Sci-Fi writer, with his latest Noir mash-up Sucker a #1 Best Seller on Amazon.

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

Well, it’s about this guy, see, who thinks he just this average joe, a good looking PI who barely gets by from case to case. One day he gets a call about a missing person from a bombshell of a dame. They meet, but he only sees trouble so he declines the case. After that everything […]

Cate Baum2022-04-28T07:34:29+02:00March 10th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Author Margaret Songe

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

The story behind The Sundry Worlds of Fiona is that it started out to be a film! I’ve always had a huge interest in movies and theatre and performers—love ’em. As an undergrad at LSU, I took almost every film studies course available. I studied film production briefly at Memphis State. I had been wanting to experiment with animation, so I started out trying to create Fiona as both a novel and a film.

To avoid the tedious and time-consuming manipulations of the characters, I tried to find objects […]

Margaret Songe2015-03-05T10:30:53+02:00March 5th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview With Reedsy Co-Founder Ricardo Fayet

Ricardo Fayet and his business partner Emmanuel Nataf launched Reedsy, a curated network of book services for independent authors, in 2014.

SPR caught up with Ricardo for a chat about Reedsy and the exciting opportunites the site offers for self-publishers.

Can you tell us what Reedsy is, in a nutshell?
Reedsy is a curated network of top publishing professionals. We have created a beautiful place for editors, designers, and soon publicists to have an exhaustive profile and showcase their activity and portfolio. Authors can browse this network to find their perfect publishing professionals according to their genre and personal requirements.[…]

Cate Baum2015-02-26T08:18:33+02:00February 26th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview With Romantic Suspense Author A.M.Madden

A.M. Madden is the author of Stone Walls, as well as several other romance/romantic suspense books that have been a big hit with readers worldwide.

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

Stone Walls is my first stand alone in the romantic suspense category. It’s about a New York City cop who is assigned to a huge case helping the FBI eradicate the mob. He meets Ella, and she makes him question everything about the man he thought he was.

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

Not recently. About […]

Cate Baum2015-02-25T08:42:08+02:00February 25th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Romance Book Reviews, Suspense Book Reviews|

An Interview with Authors Samuel & Jared Perry

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

It starts out as something pretty simple: there’s a country, Al’Bora, trying to apprehend a rogue mage/pirate, the Ocean Spinner, who’s able to control water. A young knight named Sitor and a handful of companions (companions obtained through all sorts of shenanigans) are tasked with hunting him down. But the closer they get, the more complicated the group becomes: everyone has a different reason for wanting him dead, they’re all keeping secrets, and betrayal seems inevitable. What was once a rather straightforward quest ends up devolving into a desperate […]

Samuel & Jared Perry2015-02-20T04:42:51+02:00February 20th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

My Day By SPR Reviewer and Author T. B. Markinson

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T.B. Markinson – Senior Reviewer at SPR

Lives: London, UK
Occupation: Writer and Reviewer

T. B. Markinson is an American writer, living in England. When she isn’t writing, she’s traveling the world, watching sports on the telly, visiting pubs in England, or taking the dog for a walk. Not necessarily in that order. T. B. has published A Woman Lost, Marionette, Confessions From A Coffee Shop, and Claudia Must Die. [/box] Hello SPR fans and visitors! My name is T. B. Markinson and I’ve been reviewing books on SPR since 2012. Partnering with SPR […]