Q. Hail Judeas Caesar is your first fictional novel. Was this a project that came together quickly or one that was years in the making? A. It took several years. After the idea first came to me, it took years before I even thought of writing a [...]
Q&A with Laurel Anne Hill Q. When writing The Engine Woman’s Light, how did you begin? Did the characters arise first, or the world? A. Two of the characters – the great-grandmother and the infant – arose first, in one of my [...]
Austin Innes, Harry Littlebourne, and Amos Anger all come from very different backgrounds, and yet, their paths have all led them to the Shaker community at South Union, Kentucky. The United States is in turmoil and the Civil War erupts around [...]
Q. Graffiti artwork is something that many people dismiss or ignore. Do you believe more people should pay attention to the medium? Why is it worth their time? A. I believe that everybody should pay attention. Attention is the key in our lives. [...]
The Apprentice Witch is a middle grade fantasy novel with all the charm of Harry Potter, but a magic all its own. From the rich world building to its spunky characters, this is a book that will have readers clamoring for more. I had a chance to [...]
Steven Rowley’s debut book, Lily and the Octopus is a quirky and heartfelt read that on the surface tells the story of a man’s love for his dying dog, but surprisingly delves so much deeper. The book is laugh out loud funny, and is [...]
Judith Lambert’s memoir of her spiritual journey opens with a dream sequence that has her rising through darkness until she encounters a bright light. “I am drawn irresistibly to it. Instantly it is near, and at once I experience an overpowering [...]
Interview with Joshua Aaron Landeros Q. Reverence is clearly a passion project of yours. Where did the idea originally come from? How long has it taken you to complete the book? A. The idea originally came from a simple desire have a man turned [...]
At the heart of Al-Nakeeb’s tour de force is the juxtaposition of irreconcilable developments: democracy and what he refers to as “parasitic capitalism.” If the history of capitalism has shown anything, it is that it cannot be anything but what [...]
A Conversation with Mary Roach, author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War – Interviewed by Whitney Smyth Author Mary Roach is no stranger to topics that make many people squirm uncomfortably. In her previous titles she has [...]
Q&A with Brendan Jones, author of The Alaskan Laundry Interviewed by Don Messerschmidt The Alaskan Laundry by Brendan Jones was released by Houghton Mifflin (Mariner Books) on April 26. During his nationwide book tour, Jones visited [...]
Banished Threads is the third book in Kaylin McFarren’s Threads series. Like the previous two, it opens with a beautiful Gothic-like short poem written by the author that seems to be a quintessence of the book’s mystery. Fans of this will be [...]
Interview with C. S. Benjamin, by Brandon Sanford Q: You mention in your Foreword and Author’s note that Dreamtime: The Gil-Garem began life as a screenplay. Why did you decide to convert it into a novel? A: When I first wrote the series, [...]
The book Embracing the Wild in Your Dog, by Bryan Bailey, discusses how dogs relate more to wolves than to our anthropomorphic notions of dogs. It explains and gives examples of how dogs behave in, react to, and experience the world through the [...]
A strange thing happens when avid reader and personal trainer Coral Ambrose finishes reading her latest book: she realizes that she has no more room on her shelves to store it. Shortly on the heels of this realization comes another – she [...]
With a water feud dictating all interactions in the town, it is no wonder the Mayor has such a job navigating the ins and outs of his town’s politics. Not only does he have to wrangle a Montague/Capulet feud, but he must also handle a whole host [...]
People with bipolar disorder typically require medication to stabilize their moods. However, prolonged usage of these medications may lead to a numbness of emotions. In Keep it Blue Marianne experiences this through the roller coaster life she [...]
Kissing Frogs, Goddess Emerging: My Search for Sacred Relationship by Cheryl Trine, is a book full of surprises, a few laughs, and a connection to the writer as the reader joins her on an adventure of powerful self discovery post-divorce, and [...]
So you’re a woman and you go to your doctor, saying you don’t feel like yourself, maybe you’re tired or feeling sluggish, you’ve started gaining weight, or maybe don’t take pleasure in things like you used to. You don’t have the sex drive that [...]
Blow By Blow is the cleverly titled collection of columns and interviews by reporter-turned-professor David Blow that ultimately serve as a kind of memoir, a life story told in small increments over time. The first section of columns, “From The [...]
