by michaeld | Jun 21, 2013 | Author Spotlight
By Fleur Philips I’ve always been intrigued by how writers come up with the stories they tell. Do they write about personal experience? If so, how much is fiction and how much isn’t? Do they sit and watch people in an airport and formulate ideas based on how complete...
by michaeld | Jun 4, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Author Spotlight, Business & Investing
LEAD NOW!: A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders Leadership Excellence, $26.95, 244 pages Can’t Put Them Down! John Parker Stewart is an internationally recognized leadership coach with 35 years of experience in executive development,...
by michaeld | Apr 23, 2013 | Author Spotlight
1.The death of your grandfather had a major impact on you. How? Why? I think the reason that his death impacted me so much was that I was five years old when it happened. He was my hero and best friend. I simply did not have the capacity to grieve the death or...
by Site Owner | Feb 19, 2013 | Author Spotlight, Young Adult
1) When did you decide you wanted to write books for young adults? In early 2009 I joined a Young Adult book club. We met once a month and I absolutely loved the books that were selected (books by Gene Yang, Josie Bloss, Rebecca Stead, Patrick Ness, Rob Thomas, Meg...
by Site Owner | Feb 1, 2013 | Author Spotlight, Columns
Author’s Phillip Margolin & Ami Margolin Rome talk about writing Vanishing Act’s PBR: What made you both decide to collaborate on a Tween book? Ami: My dad’s editor asked him to write a tween book and he was unsure about the idea. He told me and I...
by Site Owner | Jan 2, 2013 | Author Spotlight
Interview with Marcy Miller, author of Rebooting in Beverly Hills By Kathryn Franklin PBR: Your memoir has been described as “Sex and the City for the next generation.” You cover dating, divorce, cheating, surviving cancer, internet dating, fix-ups and...