Interviews

Interviews with indie authors, publishers and book service providers in the self-publishing realm

An Interview with Murray Lee Eiland Jr.: Grand Prize Winner in the 2016 SPR Book Awards

Murray Lee Eiland Jr.As a day job I was a forensic psychiatrist, and I also have an interest in Islamic art, particularly carpets. With my brother (who is still in the business) I opened a rug store. I wrote several books on oriental rugs, most recently with my son, who is an archaeologist.

I grew up in Southern California and it is no surprise that I have a fondness for LA-based Private Eyes. In my books I like to play with the image of a “hard boiled” character.  Some aspects of my PI are hard boiled, but other aspects of my character are […]

2019-04-12T14:17:09+02:00December 20th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

An Interview with Ashley R. Carlson: Author of The Charismatics Series & SPR Book Award Winner

Ashley R. CarlsonAshley R. Carlson grew up wanting a talking animal friend and superpowers, and when that didn’t happen, she decided to write them into existence. She runs her editing business in Scottsdale, Arizona with three (non-talking) pets and one overactive imagination. Follow her writing and editing at: www.ashleyrcarlson.com.

The Authority won the Silver Prize in the 2016 SPR Book Awards. The Charismatics won the Grand Prize in the 2015 SPR Awards.

Tell us about your book.

The Authority is the sequel to my first YA steampunk fantasy novel in the series, entitled The Charismatics. Without giving too much […]

2019-04-12T14:17:01+02:00December 19th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Tiera Rice: Author of Awakening: Bloodline Book One

Tiera RiceTiera Rice was raised in Rockland County, New York and is a realtor in Rockland, Westchester, and Orange Counties. She earned her degree in criminal justice from Temple University, is the founder of Laughter and Lemonade: a project that focuses on motivational posters for those experiencing a chronic illness, and co-founder of #26forTiera: a foundation that provides financial resources to single parents battling life-threatening illnesses.

A creator of poems and short-stories for many years, Tiera challenged herself by leaping into the world of novels. Having recently survived a battle with cancer, Tiera decided to use her writing to entertain […]

2017-01-20T04:31:47+02:00December 9th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Monty J. McClaine: Author of the Super Speed Sam Series

Monty J McClaineProud winner of the 5th Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards in the “Holiday” category for Super Speed Sam – Santa’s Rescue Dog.

Tell us about yourself.

I began to observe that some of the natural interactions between family and friends are gradually eroding, if not already gone for some, and having been reminded of a C.S.Lewis quotation – “A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest,” set out to create a fun and exciting series of children’s short stories, with lots of adventure and splashes of humor, all paced […]

2017-04-28T08:18:12+02:00November 29th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Thomas Drago: Author of the Crow Creek Series

Thomas DragoThomas Drago is the author of the Crow Creek series and teaches drama and English in North Carolina. He has published poems, song lyrics, and short stories, appearing most recently in The Explorer, a local literary magazine.

He’s a member of the Horror Writers Association. Family legends trace his ancestry to Vlad Dracula. Maybe. His favorite number is 29.

His new book Winter is out now.

Why did you choose to self-publish?

I sold the rights to an independent press that went out of business shortly after, so I figured I’d handle everything myself. Horror has a limited audience. I […]

2017-01-20T04:32:12+02:00November 28th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

An Interview with William Allan: Author of How to Self Publish Inexpensive Books and Ebooks

William AllanWilliam Allan had a career in newspapers that lasted nearly 30 years. From 1979 to 2008 he worked for The Leader-Post in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and retired in 2008.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

I tried to write the complete book for every first-time author. It covers how to organize your copyright page and all other pre-book pages. I address editing, cover design, page layout and tax issues.

I include an overview of the U.S. and Canadian book publishing industries and I offer advice to anyone thinking about print-on-demand publishing.

Most importantly, I offer […]

2017-04-28T08:18:28+02:00November 26th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan: Author of How To Reverse World Recession

Dr. Niaz Ahmed KhanI have developed a new financial instrument which will be much more valuable than the bonds or the treasury bills government sells on the open market to raise much needed funds to run the country. These are all interest based instruments and can only be used by institutions. The instrument I am proposing is without interest and will be used by everyone to purchase goods and services in the government and private sector resulting in discounts up to 60%. This is why these will be massively bought up front in large amounts in the shortest period of time to run […]

2017-04-28T08:18:42+02:00September 28th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Rebecca Brockway: Author of Miss Matched at Midlife

Rebecca BrockwayRebecca Brockway is a happily divorced, middle-aged gal who resides in paradise – Santa Barbara, CA – with the youngest of her four children. Rebecca is a champion multitasker. She writes, reads, runs lots of vertical steps for exercise, eats avocados and chocolate daily, parents her teenage son, and dodges the Mr. Wrongs of the world while in hot (tepid) pursuit of Mr. Right.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

I will begin by clarifying what my book – Miss Matched at Midlife – is not. It’s not a book of “bad dating stories.” Although […]

2016-09-28T08:00:55+02:00September 28th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|
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