What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My most recent novel release is , a thriller. This novel has been in the works a long time. I started on it after my first novel, EVIL WAYS was released in 2005. Then, I sat it aside for some other deadlines and assignments. Eventually, the book kept getting pushed aside. In 2017, I decided to revisit the novel, at … [Read more...]
Crystal Reavis – Areal
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My most recent book is called . It’s the first book in my series “The Awakening”. It’s about a young woman who gets involved with some people whose motives she is unsure of. She later finds out she is more important then she ever imagined. She could be the key to helping save the world Tell us something about … [Read more...]
Hugh Fritz – Made to Be Broken
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My most recent book is Made to Be Broken. It is the first in a trilogy called the Mystic Rampage series, and follows three individuals who are my version of genies. They don’t live in bottles or say “your wish is my command” but they have the ability to manipulate forces with their minds which enables them to do pretty … [Read more...]
Madeline Sharples – Papa’s Shoes
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. Papa’s Shoes, is a work of fiction about immigration with a feminist and historical bent. At 99,968 words, Papa’s Shoes is a stand-alone novel with series potential. Ira Schuman is determined to move his family out of their Polish shtetl to the hope and opportunities he’s heard about in America. But along the way he … [Read more...]
David Myles Robinson – Son of Saigon
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My new novel is called Son of Saigon. It’s about two older guys, Hank Reagan and Norm Rothstein, who are living in a high-end retirement community and hating every minute of it. When Mai, Hank’s former lover from his CIA stint in Saigon shows up to ask for his help finding the son he never knew he had, Hank enlists his … [Read more...]
Mary Maurice – The Suicide Letters of Jack Monroe
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. . This story is about Susan Jordan who hires Jack Monroe to write her suicide letter, but instead he bombards her with letters trying to convince her not to kill herself. Tell us something about yourself. I hail from the great city of Detroit, a suburb to be exact, and I’ve been writing since grade school. I write … [Read more...]
Ronald Chapman – A Killer’s Grace
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. Tell us something about yourself. I grew up in libraries for all intents and purposes and always knew I would write. That began in 1995 with social commentary on public radio, for which I twice won the National Federation of Presswomen Award for best commentary. That gave way to my first book published in 2004, … [Read more...]
David W. Berner – Night Radio
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. The book is a novel. Night Radio: A Love Story is about Jake Mulholland, a college student who dreams of becoming the next great rock 'n' roll radio personality. But like his father, his appetite for love conflicts with his thirst for success, leading to an unforgivable mistake. Jake finds fame but also the excess of … [Read more...]
Jennifer-Lynn Keniston – Afta-U
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My debut novel is called Afta-U. The story details everything that happens after the death of a little girl named Hope, at age 11. Hope’s best friend Jean, who is now almost 40, narrates the story. The Afta-U is both a literal and figurative boat that quietly immortalizes Hope, since Jean is haunted by her past and … [Read more...]
What Fiction Writers Can Learn About Marketing from Non-Fiction Writers
Marketing fiction can be more challenging than non-fiction. You can make it easier by adopting techniques used by non-fiction writers. Yes, these marketing methods work for novels, too. Tie your book to a hot news story. One client’s novel about the oil industry came out right when gas prices were spiking. He used that as a hook to land lots of radio interviews and create … [Read more...]