Please welcome Charles Markee to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. He is one of the Honorable Mentions to the 2016 Genre Novelist 1st Chapter Contest, I sponsored (Beth Barany) in conjunction with the 2016 San...
Please welcome Kassandra Cooney to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. She is one of the Honorable Mentions to the 2016 Genre Novelist 1st Chapter Contest, sponsored by Beth Barany, in conjunction with the 2016...
In my last post I talked about how you should take every opportunity to talk about your work when you get the chance, to see what others have to say and to learn from the questions people ask. Sometimes they catch you off-guard in a way that makes you have to say something from the gut, and it forces a writer to be in the moment, and to be authentic.
In my weekly live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, Irene Radford and I chatted about secrets of writing fiction, inspiration, publishing, researching genealogy and more.
Please welcome Author Denis Ledoux, to our Featured Q&A at Writer’s Fun Zone. *** If you’d like to be considered for an interview, check out our guidelines here. *** On to our...
I, Dave M. Strom, am a technical writer, comic book geek, and budding novelist and short story writer. So far, I specialize in bringing to life Holly Hansson, the Super(wo)man who’d rather be Clark Kent. She’s a writer also.
L. Heller Boragine was born in Colombia, South America. She is fluent in Spanish and English. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont in Environmental Studies, a masters degree in Speech Communication from Syracuse University, and has 20 years experience teaching Communications studies and coaching academic debate.
Author Entrepreneur / Author Interviews / Q&A / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published June 17, 2015 · Last modified June 26, 2015
Please welcome Andrea Buginsky to our occasional Author Entrepreneur Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. *** One of our focuses at Writer’s Fun Zone is to help creative writers with their author marketing and book marketing efforts and help them...
My name is Hayley Guertin, and I live in Ontario, Canada with my mom and my dog Jax. I got into reading when I was 10, and even before that, I used to pick books over toys anytime. My hobbies include listening to music and working on reviews. (I feel like I’m on a dating website.)
Missy Kirtley, born in Marin, California, is a life-long resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is married with two young daughters. For four years running, Missy has won NaNoWriMo. The Royals, Volume 1: Eddie was published in June of 2014. The Royals, Volume 2: Lance, was published in August, 2014. Both are available on Amazon.com. The first chapter of Under, a Portal Fantasy novel in progress, placed in the 2015 San Mateo County Fair’s Literary contest, Genre Novelist First Chapter division. Missy currently resides in Castro Valley, California. She works diligently on a plethora of writing projects.
Alex B. for his college Composition 1 class asked me these questions on how to become an author. Thanks Alex! Hope you get a good grade on your paper! 1. How can you become...
Welcome YA fantasy author, Wendy D. Walter. Enjoy the Q&A and be sure to enter into her giveaways! She’s offering a lovely silver tree of life pendant, a hand-painted gnome, and other goodies. Read on for details!
Author Interviews / Indie Author Series
by Beth Barany · Published December 5, 2011 · Last modified December 8, 2011
Welcome to our Monday series of interviews with indie fantasy authors. This week I feature a Q&A with author and editor, Ralph Scott, about his unique novel, Conversations With A Dead Girl. *** 1. What got...
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