I read this book because I’d heard that it was apocalyptic fiction from a woman’s point of view, which seems to be relatively rare. I enjoyed it thoroughly. As a physician, I’ve been trained to anticipate influenza epidemics and pandemics. The medical aspects were...
Author Bernie Brown is here today to talk about her new release, I Never Told You. It was released by Moonshine Cove Publishing on October 1, 2019. Bernie is an Iowa farm girl transplanted to Raleigh, North Carolina. Her Iowa childhood, her travels in the States and...
If you ever wanted a story about the Underworld, filled with trolls and other monsters, Double-Crossing the Bridge is for you. Sarah J. Sover's debut successfully blends an Ocean’s Eleven-type heist with sheer fantasy with high Monty-Python-quality wildly-hysterical...
Author Drema Drudge joins me today to talk about her debut novel, Victorine, and her life as an author. In her bio, she says she suffers from Stendhal's syndrome, a psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations,...
Hamartia successfully blends time travel with reincarnation with the interesting concept that souls can be harvested. In the futuristic city of Hamartia, Grace Dartmouth learns that her nine-year-old son is afflicted with metagenesis, a disease in which a human’s soul...
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Marco Rafalà about his debut novel, How Fires End. He is a first-generation Sicilian American novelist, musician, and writer for award-winning tabletop role-playing games. He earned his MFA in Fiction from The New School and...
All That's Bright and Gone by Eliza Nellums was released on December 10, 2019. This book deals with love, secrets, family, mental illness, and the potential of inheriting mental illness. Six-year-old Aoife navigates life agains the backdrop of major family...
I'm pleased today to welcome author Mark Guerin. His debut novel, You Can See More From Up Here, was released on October 1. After reading your novel, Mark, I sense our pasts are similar. To prove me right, can you share a bit about your background? MG: I was an “Air...
Akashic Books, an independent publisher based in Brooklyn, is dedicated to publishing urban literary fiction and political nonfiction by authors ignored by the mainstream. Akashic has an excellent reputation and when they release a new book, the quality is guaranteed...
Joining me today is Emily Mims, a romance author I met at a San Antonio Romance Authors chapter meeting several years ago. Author of thirty four romance novels, Emily Mims combined her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to...
The cover of this book alone would prompt me to read it. As a Texas gal who lives in a city where El Día de los Muertos is celebrated, the skeleton with its ties to Sugar Skulls drew me in. This book is about grief, hauntings, and identity. The protaognist, Daphne...
The author of Past This Point, Nicole Mabry, joins me to talk about her novel, released by Red Adept Publishing on September 3, 2019. Nicole spends her days at NBCUniversal as the Senior Manager of Photography Post Production. Her nights are reserved for writing...
Kirkus Reviews has some great things to say about Hunting the Devil: KIRKUS REVIEW A humanitarian doctor becomes embroiled in the Rwandan genocide. Schafer (A Different Kind of Fire, 2018), “a retired family-practice physician,” plumbs the depths of the genocide in...
M.A. Guglielmo’s debut novel, Summoned, is a lively, fun book which should appeal to older YA readers (and adults wanting a light-hearted read). Daniel Goldstein, a Jewish gaming designer, is told by his grandmother’s ghost to summon a jinn to save the world from...
Today I am talking with Janalyn Knight, author of the new Govain Cowboys series. She lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country. SS: Have you always been driven to write, Janalyn? Or did you begin writing in response to a particular stimulus? JK: I’ve always loved...
Who's up for books and chocolate? (I mean... who ISN'T, right)? 😉 Last year's Icelandic-themed giveaway went over so famously, I absolutely had to do another. Many of you are new here - welcome! - so in case you're wondering what in the world I'm talking about,...
A World War II novel from a woman's point of view, The Flight Girls follows a young Texas woman who, despite her privileged life in Dallas, leaves the security of home and family to fly military aircraft for the US Army. The main character, Audrey, is strong and...
The Wild Impossibility is Cheryl A. Ossola’s debut novel, but an accomplished feat it is, combing elements of mystery, historical fiction, psychological drama, and love story into a cohesive whole. Kira, the protagonist, has suffered two miscarriages. With the second...
SS: Meeting with me today is author Kristin Owens. She earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration and held academic positions at Penn State, University of Maryland, University of Alaska Anchorage and Mat-Su College. She also taught a variety of subjects (from...
I had a hard time getting into the first few pages of Monkey Temple, mostly because I didn't feel well-grounded at the onset. However, I was soon captivated. As a woman of a certain age (roughly the same age as Jules, the protagonist of Monkey Temple), I found myself...
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