10 Questions With Author Lance Manion

Lance Manion, a self-published writer from Philadelphia, is the author of five books. The Trembling Fist, his fifth collection of short stories is out now.

1. What is your favorite word?
Fornication. I like the word because it means sex but I can’t hear it without also thinking fortification. Somehow the idea of a large structure, perhaps phallic in appearance, mixing in with intercourse just takes it to a whole new level.

2. What is your least favorite word?
Chthonic. I remember reading Inferno by Dan Brown and he’s only 12 lines in and he casually drops that word. […]

Lance Manion2013-11-22T15:55:43+02:00November 22nd, 2013|Categories: Interviews|

SPR Podcast With Best-Selling Author Kate Danley

Kate Danley’s debut novel, The Woodcutter, was honored with the Garcia Award for the Best Fiction Book of the Year, the 1st Place Fantasy Book in the Reader Views Literary Awards, and the winner of the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Recently, it was signed with 47North. In this, the first of a series of podcasts with best-selling authors, SPR’s editor Cate Baum catches up with Kate in this podcast on her top tips for winning on Amazon and how she was able to become a full-time author via self-publishing.

www.katedanley.com
Kate Danley on Amazon
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Cate Baum2013-12-28T12:02:13+02:00November 1st, 2013|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Amazon News and Tips, Book Marketing Advice and Tips, Book Promotion Articles|

Interview With Thomas L. Hay

Thomas L. Hay is the author of The Comeback Kid series. The Comeback Kid is the memoirs of Thomas (Tommy) Hay, written from cradle to senior citizen. From a US Navy sailor to an International Airline employee. From puppy love to an International playboy. From marriage to divorce. From UFO’s to alien abductions…

So Thomas, please, tell us a bit about yourself!
I’m married to Karen, the ‘love of my life’. My favorite place in the world is in my bed, fast asleep. It’s where I dream and come up with my imagination. It takes me to places where no […]

bitemybook2013-10-25T10:42:56+02:00October 25th, 2013|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

An Interview with #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Diane Capri

Today our blog puts the Spotlight on #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Diane Capri. She is author of The Hunt for Reacher series.

Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Website: Diane Capri – Licensed to Thrill
Author’s Blog: Diane Capri – Behind the Book
Twitter: @DianeCapri
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Facebook: Check Out Facebook
Pinterest: Check Out Pinterest

Author Description: #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Diane Capri’s work, #1 worldwide publishing phenomenon Lee Child calls Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too.”

Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Award-winning MWA Past President, says: “Expertise shines on every page.”And […]

James Moushon2019-02-19T06:21:25+02:00October 18th, 2013|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Award-Winning Author Jinx Schwartz

Award-winning author, Jinx Schwartz, author of the Hetta Coffey Series, spends time between Arizona and Mexico. Her Hetta Coffey mystery series won the EPPIE award for Best Mystery (Just Add Water) and was a finalist for Best Mystery (Just Add Trouble).

Jinx Schwartz is the author of eight books, including the award-winning Hetta Coffey series. Hetta is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht and not afraid to use it!

A ninth-generation Texan, Jinx has lived and worked all over the globe, and much like the protagonist in her Hetta Coffey mystery series, she’s a woman with a yacht and […]

James Moushon2019-02-19T06:21:01+02:00September 12th, 2013|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

An Interview with Bestselling Author Carey Heywood

I followed a tweet on Twitter that took me to an author who was experiencing something amazing. Her new novel entitled Him was high on the Kindle bestseller list after being out only one week. Huge publishers with large marketing budgets can sometimes engineer this, but this was a book published by its author. There she was in the top twenty-five books sold for Kindle day after day. Even now, a month later, it’s still well-positioned on a variety of bestseller lists.

I needed to know more and tweeted her. She wrote back, and I asked if I might interview […]

Christopher Meeks2013-10-18T15:19:13+02:00August 23rd, 2013|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Bestselling Author Tara Sivec

Today I have a recent interview with Bestselling Author Tara Sivec. She is the author of the Chocolate Lovers series and the top ranking novel, A Beautiful Lie, the first book in the Playing with Fire series.

Author Genre: Romance/Suspense, Humor, Chick Lit

About the Author:

Tara Sivec is a wife, mom, chauffeur, soccer coach, babysitter, short-order cook, genius and the funniest person she’s ever met. She lives in Ohio with her husband and two kids. In her spare time she likes to write and make people spit Diet Coke out of their nose. Most of her material comes […]

James Moushon2019-02-19T06:21:46+02:00February 25th, 2013|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Diary in the Dark: A Whirlwind Self-Publishing Story

A former mobile disc jockey, voiceover artist and Crazy Eddie store manager, William Westhoven was a full-time journalist from 1989 to 2011, when he fell victim to newspaper industry-wide layoffs. Since then, he has switched to fiction, writing and self-publishing novels. One-Hit Willie, a historical novel that covers 50 years of music in America, was released in December of 2011. The Puddingstone Well, a contemporary mystery-fantasy, was released on October 26, 2012, three days before Superstorm Sandy hit the Jersey Shore.