author interview

Maggie Dallen is the bestselling author of sweet romance in multiple genres, including Young Adult, Regency, and contemporary adult. She will chat about how she writes in multiple genres, how that helped her find her voice, and how she gets her fun book ideas. Q. How is your Friday shaping […]

Q&A: Writing fun books with Maggie Dallen

October 3, 2020 in author interview / author life / Q & A by Jewel Allen

Cheryl Wright writes western historical and Christmas romance novels. She will chat about running successful multi-author projects and writing Christmas books year-round. This fun interview took place on August 3, 2020 in the middle of lockdown in Australia. Q. What time is it over where you are, Cheryl…Australia, is it? […]

Q&A: Writing mail-order brides with Cheryl Wright

September 13, 2020 in author interview / Christmas romance / Q & A / writing romance by Jewel Allen

Evan Gow is the indie developer of StoryOrigin, a marketing tool / community that authors can use to find reviewers, increase sales, build their mailing lists, and manage their schedules. He will chat about how he started this one-stop author service, how authors can get more book reviews, and what […]

Q&A: Getting more book reviews with Evan Gow

August 1, 2020 in author interview / book marketing / business of being an author / Creative Q&A / Q & A by Jewel Allen

Katharine E. Hamilton is a contemporary romance author. She will chat about how she created and researched her wildly popular Irish romance series, how she ranked well despite bucking popular publishing trends, and how she advertises her books. Q. Good morning, Katharine! I love your first name, btw. I don’t […]

Q&A: Bucking the Trends with Katharine E. Hamilton

July 23, 2020 in author interview / Q & A / writing romance by Jewel Allen

Karly Stratford is the pen name of an author of clean contemporary rom-coms. She will talk about how she came up with her fun cover concepts, how she got started writing rom-coms, and how she writes funny during a pandemic. Q. Just wanted to confirm. Would you like me to […]

Q&A: Light & Fun Romances with Karly Stratford

July 17, 2020 in author interview / author life / Q & A / writing romance by Jewel Allen

Carol Moncado is the USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary Christian and royal romances. She will chat about how she creates her kingdoms, how she drafts to publish, and what royal romance readers want. Q. I am so happy that we are able to chat today…we’ve been wanting to do […]

Q&A: Writing About Royals with Carol Moncado

July 10, 2020 in author interview / author life / business of being an author / Q & A / writing romance by Jewel Allen

Cindy Ray Hale is the author of contemporary adult and young adult romance novels. She will chat about how she got to act in movie sets, what celebrities are really like, and what makes for compelling young adult fiction. Q. Thanks for chatting with me Cindy! Are you having to […]

Q&A: Acting on your dreams with Cindy Ray Hale

July 3, 2020 in author interview / author life / film / Q & A / young adult by Jewel Allen

Craig Fear is a cookbook author and the blogger behind Fearless Eating. He will chat about how he built his cooking platform, how he prepared his cookbooks from draft to indie-published, and how he tests his recipes. Q. You have a dog, correct? What’s his name? A. I do! Her […]

Q&A: Fearless Cookbook Publishing with Craig Fear

June 26, 2020 in author interview / author life / cooking / Q & A by Jewel Allen

Three-time black-belt Lia London is the author of contemporary novels. She also is the founder of Clean Indie Reads, an organization of over 3700 authors, illustrators, and marketing specialists who work in the independent publishing industry. She will chat about what she learned from stage-writing, how she got into martial […]

Q&A: Clean Indie Reads with Lia London

June 19, 2020 in author interview / author life / Q & A by Jewel Allen