Interviews | Self-Publishing Review

A brief interview with Jeff Thomason

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

I wrote a book and was only going to publish it on the Kindle, but I was so pleased with how it turned out, I decided to offer it in print. I had very specific ideas about the format, the cover, the layout, and the illustrations I wanted in the book. Friends of mine who have published thru traditional routes have told me how little (ie. none) control they had over the actual design and printing of the book. I knew I could do what I […]

Jeff Thomason2014-05-06T10:27:08+02:00February 22nd, 2011|Categories: Interviews|

Interview with self-publisher D.W. Richards

D.W. Richards is a member of the Canadian Authors Association and beyond being a novelist he is also a script-doctor and freelance writer. An excerpt from Pairs will appear in the October 2010 issue of the international literary PDF quarterly Cantarville as a standalone fiction piece. In addition to creative writing, D.W. Richards has a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from Carleton University and is a Certified General Accountant. He divides his time between Venice, Italy and Ottawa, Canada.

Visit his website at www.pairsthenovel.com or connect with him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DW_Richards.

You can purchase a paperback copy of Pairs[…]

Dorothy2014-05-06T11:05:51+02:00February 16th, 2011|Categories: Interviews|

Interview with Humor Author Rose A. Valenta

Rose A. Valenta is a nationally syndicated humor columnist. Her irreverent columns have been published in Senior Wire, Associated Content, Courier Post Online, NPR, Newsday, USA TODAY, the WSJ Online, and many other local news and radio websites.

She is the author of Rosie’s Renegade Humor Blog. This is the blog for people who would be knowledgeable about current events and politics if only politicians and news anchors didn’t stretch the truth. “What else is there to do, but share an honest laugh?” Rose said.

Rose regularly attends the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of […]

Dorothy2011-02-10T15:30:42+02:00February 10th, 2011|Categories: Interviews|

Greetings from Charles D. Blanchard

My name is Charles D. Blanchard. My debut novel, Mourning Doves After The Fire, was published last fall by Xlibris: www.mourningdovesafterthefire.com.

Here are my interview responses.

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally? I did not seek traditional publishing as this is my first published work and the idea of attempting to seek an agent who would genuinely represent a first time novelist and attempt to convince a publishing house to “take a chance” on me, was too daunting a task to even contemplate.

2. What self-publishing service did you use? […]

Charles D. Blanchard2011-02-09T16:18:53+02:00February 9th, 2011|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

Author Introduction/Interview: Ravis Harnell

Hello. I’m Ravis. I write a lot of stuff that could nominally be called horror–because I love horror and other genre fiction–and some stuff that falls under whatever the currently trendy term might be for contemporary lit that’s based in the real world, yet contains elements of the fantastical. I recently self-published an e-novella called Ghostwriter.

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

I did pass around a novel to agents, first-novel competitions, etc., and really came to the conclusion that there’s a certain vicious cycle to traditional mainstream publishing–“we’ll be interested […]

Ravis Harnell2011-02-07T15:23:29+02:00February 7th, 2011|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Smashwords Tips and Articles|

Interview With Mystery Author Kathryn Lively

Kathryn Lively is an award-winning writer and editor, and executive editor of Phaze Books. She is an EPIC Award nominee and has edited EPIC Award nominated titles for Phaze Books, Whiskey Creek Press, and FrancisIsidore ePress. She also maintains a pen name, L.K. Ellwood, for other mysteries. Her latest work, Dead Barchetta, was released in late December.

About Dead Barchetta

Music tutor by day and tribute band guitarist by night, Matt “Lerxst” Johnston doesn’t have an enemy in the world…so he thinks. One night a pretty young woman tries to smother him in his sleep, and […]

Kathryn Lively2014-05-06T10:18:16+02:00February 3rd, 2011|Categories: Interviews|

An Author Interview: Zoe Winters

Zoe Who?

A few years ago I took some time off from writing and publishing. When I returned to the scene in early 2009, I found the landscape had changed. Self-publishing was more accepted. The stigma was starting to wear thin.

I joined Twitter, realizing that it was an excellent way to link up with like-minded folks. If you’re a Twitter user and you dabble in publishing, it’s only a matter of time before you cross paths with Zoe Winters. Her name kept popping up in my feeds, so I decided to follow her and see what she’s all about. […]

Todd Keisling2017-03-24T09:18:43+02:00February 1st, 2011|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Author interview–Mary Anna Evans

I’m new to self-publishing and to the Self-Publishing Review, so it seems appropriate to begin with a hello in the form of a self-interview and a visual aid in the form of my author photo. It’s nice to meet you all and to see all the useful information available here.

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

Oh, my yes, I tried. For seventeen years. And I did eventually exceed, possibly because fate rewards folks who are stubborn to a degree that is possibly unhealthy. 🙂 I have six traditionally published books […]

Mary Anna Evans2011-01-16T10:15:14+02:00January 16th, 2011|Categories: Interviews|