The Junkyard by Bryan Reilly Book Review and Author Interview + Giveaway
When I was growing up, dog stories were everywhere. They were in movies, books, and TV, and even though I wasn’t a dog lover in real life, I couldn’t get
Category: Interviews
Interviews I conduct with indie authors and bloggers to help promote their writing and blogs.
An Interview with Women’s Fiction Author Janette DeFelice
Janette DeFelice is a health sciences professor, author, essayist, former professional dancer, and physician who chose motherhood over medicine whose writing draws on themes of performance, motherhood, and the female
Anjali and Isa Go Somewhere by Leah Danis Book Review and Author Interview
Classic tales of children getting lost in the woods tends to be scary, tense, and include a moral that shames the reader into doing the right thing based on how
When Paris Whispers by Marianne C. Bohr Book Review and Author Interview
As a society, we can’t help but put people in (figurative) boxes. Once we think we know someone, we immediately guess at the things they would and would not do.
An Interview with Fantasy Short Story Author Claris Lam
Claris Lam (she/her) is a Chinese Canadian author & poet writing fantasy, mystery, and poetry to inspire readers with hope, perseverance, creativity, and happy endings. The first two books in
An Interview with Memoirist Elizabeth Reed Aden
Elizabeth Reed Aden is a biomedical anthropologist turned biotech strategist with a career spanning epidemiology, virology, and global pharma leadership. After earning her PhD studying hepatitis B in Vanuatu, she
The Reliable Narrator by Grace Sammon Book Review and Author Interview
Friendship stories typically deal with younger women, either kids or young women. Friendships among older women are rarely chronicled, and when they are, they’re usually a footnote in a larger
An Interview with Fantasy Author Debbie Bishop
Award-winning author Debbie Bishop is a multi-genre storyteller, creative director, entertainment executive, and CEO of Angelgate Entertainment. Her newest book, PILLYWIGGIN Awakening: The Complete Story Arc (Books 1–2), is an
Taken to the Grave by Robert Hoffman Book Review and Author Interview
“There is no such thing as closure in the world, just more answers that lead to more questions.” This is a hard but very accurate truth about the human experience,
An Interview with YA Author Morgan Rylie
Morgan Rylie is a YA author who writes emotionally driven stories about identity, love, and the messy process of growing up when nothing feels simple. Her books often explore characters
An Interview with Women’s Fiction Author Mel West
Mel West is an American author whose work and wide network of friends and family mean she, invariably, lives in between—between cities, between versions of herself, and between the lives
Ada Holloway’s Had Enough by Randi Smith Book Review and Author Interview
When you grow up reading books, it’s hard to imagine that anyone would tell you what you can and cannot read. I always felt fortunate to be trusted to read
Grizzly Greg Goes to Tea by Jaclynn Bosley Book Review and Author Interview
Being the only boy and having three sisters must have been tough for my brother in certain ways. While we liked to play with his toys, he usually didn’t like
An Interview with Thriller Author Shivani Jai
Shivani Jai has always had a thing for big feelings, bold characters, and stories that stay with you for days. A lifelong movie lover, Shivani was born in Toronto of
Things Are as They Should Be by P.M. Raymond Book Review and Author Interview
Horror works at any length. From a two-sentence flash fiction story to a 1,300-page epic journey about kids fighting a clown demon in a sewer, the genre has the ability