Category: Interviews
Interview with Veronica Cline Barton
Veronica Cline Barton earned graduate degrees in both engineering and business and has had successful careers in the software and technology industries. Her lifelong love affair with British cozy murder mysteries inspired her to embark on a literary career. We’re delighted to feature this interview with her! Thank you so much for joining us on […]
Q AND A WITH AYSER SALMAN
In her dynamic debut, The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit In, Los Angeles writer and producer Ayser Salman traces her unlikely journey from Baghdad to Hollywood, by way of Ohio, Saudi Arabia and Kentucky. First comes Emigration, then Naturalization, and finally […]
Interview With Erin Bartels
We are delighted to feature this interview with Erin Bartels! You have received rave reviews for your debut novel, We Hope for Better Things. How is your newest book, The Words between Us, different than your first work? Unlike We Hope for Better Things, there is no historical element. The Words between Us all happens […]
Writing A Caregiver’s Tale
Donna O’Donnell Figurski’s nightmare began when the neurosurgeon said her husband, David, would be a great organ donor. David had suffered a traumatic brain injury and over the following two weeks, he survived three brain surgeries, defeating desperate odds. For the next 13 years, Donna took on the often-overlooked role of caregiver to her husband, […]
The Case for Mentorship or Who’s Teaching Whom?
This year I have the great privilege of mentoring an intern from my high school alma mater – a talented student who is applying to college programs and developing her writing portfolio alongside her role as co-President of the high school’s Writing Club. We check in regularly to discuss writing – both the craft and […]
Coping: An Author’s Chat With A Character
Author Lynn Goodwin chats to her book character Sandee Mason. Dear Sandee Mason, I am so sorry our publisher gave up. I loved your story and I know you did too. You were always my favorite character. You let me know your opinions. Shared them without hesitation. Loved your streaks of maturity, your aspirations, and […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Sandi Ward And Lily The Cat
Sandi Ward writes books about love, family, forgiveness…and cats. Her shrewdly observed, funny, and wonderfully touching novel SOMETHING WORTH SAVING tells of a fractured family, a teenage boy, and a remarkable cat whose loyalty knows no bounds . . . We asked Sandi if she’d be willing to interview Lily, and to our utter delight, […]
Q and A with BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Barbara Taylor Bradford, OBE is one of the world’s best loved storytellers. Her 1979 debut novel, A Woman of Substance, ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling books of all-time, with more than 30 million copies in print. To date, she has written 35 novels — all bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. Master Of His […]
In Conversation With Ellen Langer, Mother Of Mindfulness
I came across Ellen Langer’s research online, in a NY Times article What if Age Was Nothing But A Mind Set? My first reaction to the headline was skeptisicm. But, as I often do when something makes me feel uncomfortable, I decided to read. The article described her landmark 1979 “counterclockwise” study in which elderly men lived for a […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Patricia Harman
Patricia Harman spent over thirty years caring for women as a midwife, first as a lay-midwife, delivering babies in cabins and on communal farms in West Virginia, and later as a nurse-midwife in teaching hospitals and in a community hospital birthing center. Though she loved caring for women and infants, she recently retired to write […]
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