Interviews

Interviews with indie authors, publishers and book service providers in the self-publishing realm

An Interview with Bestselling Author Carey Heywood

I followed a tweet on Twitter that took me to an author who was experiencing something amazing. Her new novel entitled Him was high on the Kindle bestseller list after being out only one week. Huge publishers with large marketing budgets can sometimes engineer this, but this was a book published by its author. There she was in the top twenty-five books sold for Kindle day after day. Even now, a month later, it’s still well-positioned on a variety of bestseller lists.

I needed to know more and tweeted her. She wrote back, and I asked if I might interview […]

2013-10-18T15:19:13+02:00August 23rd, 2013|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Bestselling Author Tara Sivec

Today I have a recent interview with Bestselling Author Tara Sivec. She is the author of the Chocolate Lovers series and the top ranking novel, A Beautiful Lie, the first book in the Playing with Fire series.

Author Genre: Romance/Suspense, Humor, Chick Lit

About the Author:

Tara Sivec is a wife, mom, chauffeur, soccer coach, babysitter, short-order cook, genius and the funniest person she’s ever met. She lives in Ohio with her husband and two kids. In her spare time she likes to write and make people spit Diet Coke out of their nose. Most of her material comes […]

2019-02-19T06:21:46+02:00February 25th, 2013|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Diary in the Dark: A Whirlwind Self-Publishing Story

A former mobile disc jockey, voiceover artist and Crazy Eddie store manager, William Westhoven was a full-time journalist from 1989 to 2011, when he fell victim to newspaper industry-wide layoffs. Since then, he has switched to fiction, writing and self-publishing novels. One-Hit Willie, a historical novel that covers 50 years of music in America, was released in December of 2011. The Puddingstone Well, a contemporary mystery-fantasy, was released on October 26, 2012, three days before Superstorm Sandy hit the Jersey Shore.

Westhoven began writing his personal account of surviving the storm just three days after getting power restored […]

2012-12-12T13:58:28+02:00December 12th, 2012|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Book Author: An Interview with Melissa Foster

Today I have a recent interview with award-winning author Melissa Foster. She is the author of three International bestselling novels and the founder of the World Literary Café, Fostering Success and the social and support network for women, the Women’s Nest.

Author Genre: Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

Author Description:
Award-winning, bestselling author Melissa Foster is a touchstone for the indie publishing community and a tireless advocate for women.

She is the founder of the World Literary Café, Fostering Success, and The Women’s Nest , as well as a Community Builder for the Alliance of Independent Authors […]

2019-02-18T12:12:24+02:00November 23rd, 2012|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Book Industry: An Interview with Expert Joanna Penn

Today I have a recent interview with industry expert and author Joanna Penn (J. F. Penn). She has one of the most popular blogs in the book writing, marketing and publishing industry. Joanna has written several business books highlighted below along with the Kindle bestselling ARKANE thrillers, Pentecost and Prophecy.

Author Description:

Joanna Penn is the author of the ARKANE thrillers, Pentecost and Prophecy. Read more at www.JFPenn.com

Joanna is also an entrepreneur and professional speaker. Her site for writers www.TheCreativePenn.com has been voted one of the Top 10 sites for writers 2 years running and offers articles, audio […]

2019-02-19T06:18:12+02:00November 7th, 2012|Categories: Interviews|

A Conversation with Boyd Morrison – An Early Adapter of Self-Publishing Gone Mainstream

Boyd Morrison fits no easy stereotypes for a novelist. With a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Rice University, he first worked for Lockheed and NASA on a space station and other projects. He returned to grad school to earn a Ph.D. in industrial engineering at Virginia Tech. His specialty in ergonomics led him to work on electronic program guides for TVs and digital satellite systems at RCA. When his wife, in becoming a physician, secured her residency in Washington State, Morrison found a dream job working at Microsoft in the Xbox division, helping create games. Handsome with piercing blue […]

2012-08-16T11:30:11+02:00August 16th, 2012|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Interview: Fantasy Author Melissa McPhail on the Use of Languages

Melissa McPhail is a classically trained pianist, violinist and composer, a Vinyasa yoga instructor, and an avid Fantasy reader. A long-time student of philosophy, she is passionate about the Fantasy genre because of its inherent philosophical explorations. For this interview, we focus on the author’s selection and use of languages in creating a world for her fantasy series, A Pattern of Shadow & Light. Our story is set in the mythical realm of Alorin, three centuries after a massive war which almost wiped out an entire race called the Adepts.

SELF-PUBLISHING REVIEW: In my SPR review of Cephrael’s Hand[…]

2014-05-06T10:00:10+02:00July 13th, 2012|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|
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