In the past few weeks, I've been introducing readers to the various characters in my novel, A Different Kind of Fire. The first week I told you about the main characters, Ruby Schmidt, a late 19th century artist; Bismarck Behrens, her childhood beau; Willow Wycke, her...
Joining me today is author Deborah L. King, whose debut novel, Glory Bishop, was released June 4th, 2019 by Red Adept Publishing. By day, she is a graphic specialist on a medical journal. She spends her days working with radiological images. Growing up, she...
Released by June 4, 2019 by Harper, Ayesha at Last is a Muslim own-voices retelling of Pride and Prejudice, and begins with a clever restatement of Austen’s famous opening line: "Because while it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single Muslim man must be in...
Last week I introduced the four major fictional characters of A Different Kind of Fire. This week I want to talk about some minor characters that really existed back in the 1890s, though their interactions with Ruby Schmidt are purely products of my imagination....
Joining me today is author Toni Mount. Her first book, about the lives of ordinary people in the middle-ages, Everyday Life in Medieval London was published in 2014 by Amberley Publishing. The first print run sold out quickly, and it was voted ‘Best history book of...
I’ve been introducing the characters from A Different Kind of Fire on Twitter and Facebook and realized I should do the same here. Ruby Schmidt, a stubborn Texas gal of eighteen. Though it means abandoning her childhood beau, Bismarck Behrens, she goes to Philadelphia...
Joining me today is Samantha Heuwagen, a Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in Sex Therapy in Atlanta, GA. She’s a graduate of Mercer University School of Medicine where she earned her second Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Her first Master's...
Jennifer Klepper's debut Unbroken Threads is a lovely, thoughtful book about the intersection between two women’s lives. The protagonist is a former securities lawyer who’s been a stay-at-home-mother, Jessica. She’s trying to re-enter the work force by doing pro bono...
Today Michael Ross joins me to talk about his new book, Across the Great Divide: Clouds of War. A lover of history and great stories, he’s a retired software engineer turned author, with three children and four grandchildren, living in Newton, Kansas with his wife of...
Author Rachel Howard writes of a couple’s struggle to adopt a foster child. It comes as no surprise that the child the narrator and her husband Sebastian choose to foster is a troubled child, Marisa. Having worked with such damaged children, I fully understand the...
Maida Malby, a fellow member of San Antonio Romance Authors, joins me today to talk about writing and her latest books. SS: Maida, tell us how you came to be a writer. MM: My co-members of the Old School Romance Book Club encouraged me to try. We formed a...
Having recently finished Mike Chen’s Here and Now and Then, I undertook another sci-fi novel—and was blown away by Light from Other Stars. Wow!!!—exquisite prose in an ambitious novel told in two timelines, the present (with the protagonist, Nedda Pappas, on a space...
This week Cheryl Ossola and I chat about her debut historical/literary fiction novel, The Wild Impossibility, which was issued May 9, 2019 by Regal House Publishing. Cheryl is a former magazine editor, freelance writer and editor, and neonatal ICU nurse, with work...
I'm really excited to be participating in a BookBub giveaway with a group of incredibly talented authors. The prize is a $100 Amazon gift card, and there are twenty one possible ways to win! All you need to do is follow as many authors on BookBub via the giveaway...
Julie Clark's The Ones We Choose was released by Gallery Books on May 8, 2019. As a family practice doctor and the mother of an adopted son, I loved this book. The scientific aspects of DNA and genetics appealed to me as did the fact that the protagonist, Paige,...
Joining me today is author Maxym M. Martineau. She's a staff writer and editor by day and a fantasy romance author by night. When she’s not getting heated over broken hearts, she enjoys playing video games, sipping a well-made margarita, binge-watching television...
It wouldn't be a new month without a #FireStarter giveaway! This time, the prize is one signed paperback of A Different Kind of Fire, and a handmade, beaded velvet bookmark, which I love to see have been making readers happy on #bookstagram! 🤩🔥 Ends at midnight/CT on...
Sometimes, the hardest thing to change is yourself. Eva Hagberg Fisher has written a gut-wrenching memoir about being being unloved and unloveable. This isn't a typical love story—though Eva falls in love with Winston Fisher, her husband—but is a story about the love...
A Different Kind of Fire has been selected as a finalist in the Women Fiction Writers' Association's STAR award in the debut novel category. The winners will be announced on September 27, 2019 at the Annual WFWA Retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I join the following...
This week, Autumn Lindsey joins me to talk about her upcoming release by Magnolia Press, Remaining Eileen. She is a thirty-something write-at-home-mom of three. Before kids, she worked full-time in a salon as a hairstylist. She lives in Northern California with her...
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