I’m delighted to interview the wonderful and talented David M. Brown, author of Fezariu’s Epiphany and upcoming novel A World Apart. In addition to being a gifted writer, David is one of the kindest, most generous, community-oriented writers I know. I hope you enjoy the interview! Would you please tell us about yourself? I understand you’re...

Blinded By Love   My husband, Dave, and I married young – we were only 20 and 18 – and we had four daughters before I turned 25. Our youth put us out of sync with our peers, who’d married later and had younger children. Suddenly, it seemed, in our forties, we found ourselves in good health and, unlike most of our friends, with an empty nest. While...

To continue the ‘Indie Friday’ column we have a wonderful guest post from Tahlia Newland.  Tahlia is a highly creative author who writes magical realism & fantasy for young adults and adults. Her first publication, A Matter of Perception, is a diverse collection of thematically linked short stories, and her young adult magical realism novella,...

“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999   As a young mom with four active daughters, involved in school, music and sports, my life was a hodge-podge of bustling activity. I wrote part-time, at night or in the wee hours of the morning, while my...

It’s an honor to introduce my lovely friend Naomi Blackburn, co-moderator of the Goodreads group Sisterhood of the Traveling Books, as well as the Nordic Noir group, dedicated to discussing Scandinavian mysteries. This year, Goodreads ranked her at # 11 on their top reviewer list, in both the U.S. and in the world. As a reviewer, Naomi is brilliant,...

I’m delighted to interview Ann Charles today! Ann is the author of the Deadwood Mystery series and the Jackrabbit Junction Mystery series. Could you please tell us about yourself? Would you be willing to share a secret? Let’s start with the secret—cows freak me out. I once got lost in the woods in the Black Hills of South Dakota because I came across...