Welcome back!On today’s episode I got to speak with a fellow North Carolinian, Scott Gates. His debut novel HARD ROAD SOUTH is out and available and I would highly recommend purchasing a copy. It’s a post-Civil War historical fiction set in the...

Welcome back! Today's episode is a conversation with author Jonathan Bing. His is a writer of children's books (Jimmy Jonny Brownie Stays Up All Night) and middle-grade fantasy, among other things, who grew up in Japan. He and I recorded this episode...

Welcome back! Drema Drudge is an author and art critic. VICTORINE is the name of her new book about Edouard Manet's favorite model Victorine Meurent. Victorine is a fascinating character and while Drudge has fictionalized the story of this mysterious...

Need a new book to read? Don't have time to browse through page after page of book titles? Let me help you with that. On this episode I chose five books to highlight by selecting from B&N and Amazon lists. Authors included are:CJ Archer  D. L. Roan...

This episode is my interview with Elisabeth Thomas. She is the debut author of CATHERINE HOUSE, a gothic-suspense novel. We talk about creating characters, editing, writing hot-button issues like race and gender and sexuality. Just a note: We recorded...

Michael Krogh is a writer of historical fiction, flash fiction, short stories, and other genres and formats while living in Southern California. He often participates in #vss365 on Twitter. Check it out!On this episode we discuss:queryingthoughts on...

Bethany Mangle is the author of PREPPED, her debut YA contemporary novel. It is about a young girl growing up in a doomsday community. We also discuss:writing diverse/female charactersthe importance of signing with an agent who gets you, who has your...

Writing against time.

From advice on social media presence to Wattpad to self-publishing, we covered a lot.

Here is the list of authors I suggest or were suggested to me for this Shopping List:Jessica BrodyAnne LamottTim O’BrienJesmyn WardDrew WilliamsAlechia DowEmily CarpenterLisa JewellIn this episode, I give a description of each book, including books by...