Interviews

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T.B. Markinson – Senior Reviewer at SPR

Lives: London, UK
Occupation: Writer and Reviewer

T. B. Markinson is an American writer, living in England. When she isn’t writing, she’s traveling the world, watching sports on the telly, visiting pubs in England, or taking the dog for a walk. Not necessarily in that order. T. B. has published A Woman Lost, Marionette, Confessions From A Coffee Shop, and Claudia Must Die. [/box] Hello SPR fans and visitors! My name is T. B. Markinson and I’ve been reviewing books on SPR since 2012. Partnering with SPR […]

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

THIS BOOK BELONGS TO is an action-adventure story for kids aged 7-12, and tells the story of a nine-year-old girl named Amy, who finds a magical sketchbook within the ruins of her old house and finds that whatever she draws inside it will come to life. This starts well, but Amy’s imagination gets the better of her and what starts off as harmless fun then becomes a national emergency as her drawings become more ambitious in scale. And that’s when the army show up…

How did you come to […]

Anthony Eglin was a much-loved traditionally published author in the ‘cozy mystery’ genre, before venturing into self-publishing with The Alcatraz Rose. Here, he talks about his self-publishing experience.

Tell us something about your book.

The Alcatraz Rose is composed of three disparate mysteries that, in the beginning, appear to Lawrence Kingston, retired professor of botany and sometime sleuth, to be completely unrelated.

To begin, a thirteen-year-old child begs him to re-investigate the disappearance of her mother, a cold case closed eight years prior. A second mystery presents itself in the form of a rare and extinct rose that shows […]

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

 Keeper Chronicles: Awakening is the first in a series that introduces the world of the Keepers, whose duty it is to protect the world from demons, and main characters Rebekah and Gabe. While Rebekah is dealing with her father’s death, she gets thrust into a world of secrets and monsters. Gabe just wants to keep her safe, but that doesn’t turn out to be very easy as the prime suspect in his investigation into the demon responsible for killing his ex’s father is her new boyfriend. He has to […]

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

Above all, ‘Dublin in the Rain‘ is a haunting tale of redemption. It is the story of Jonathan Melton and his quixotic, sometimes funny, often heartbreaking journey through life. There are strong elements of passion, romance and love to the book. The vital importance of friendship is also a key theme.

Jonathan Melton is basically a good guy to whom some terrible, tragic and very unfortunate things happen. However, he is also his own worst enemy and the person who is most stopping him from finding happiness […]

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

The Arrow is the first in a trilogy about a family of women who are direct descendants of the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. In The Arrow, a young woman named Fynn Kildare tries to escape the magical yet oppressive family commune by living on the world’s terms as a University medical researcher. She finally has her life the way she wants it, including a new romance with her old rock star god boyfriend. Yet when a local pharmaceutical company threatens humanity with a demon virus, she has to decide […]

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

Forty Bibles and Forty Dictionaries is a memoir on the family of the man (Hae-Lyun’s brother) who committed affray in front of Prince Charles in January 1994.

How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?

I came to self-publish as after 10 months I was unable to get my book accepted for publication. I naively thought I didn’t need an agent so was sending off my manuscript as an unsolicited manuscript.

What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the service?

I first saw […]

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

Set in New York City, my McCall & Company PI series is fast and funny fiction. I’ve written the first two books in the series: Workman’s Complication and Swollen Identity.

They’re mysteries starring Kate McCall, an off-off-off-off Broadway actress whose father, a New York PI, is found dead in an insurance company elevator. Kate inherits his business (pretty much the last thing in the world she wanted) and takes her first job, a workman’s compensation case—featuring a ballroom dancing con man—because her current job is walking dogs in […]