Author Interviews

Successful authors share their advice on what it takes to succeed.

Nonfiction

• An Interview With Susan Perry

Los Angeles Times bestseller Susan K. Perry talks about her book, Writing In Flow, the challenges we writers face, and what writing means to her.

• An Interview with Author, Renni Browne

You've polished up your story and now stand ready to send it out to a publisher or editor. Before you do, you can't afford to miss former senior editor of William Morrow, Renni Browne, as she tells us why you must absolutely take that manuscript back out of its envelope and edit, edit, edit. Read our exclusive interview now!

• A Conversation with Author, Blythe Camenson

Blythe Camenson, co-author of the book, Your Novel Proposal: From Creation To Contract, published in 1999 by Writer's Digest Books. This book is a complete reference for the novelist and gives solid information on how to create a proposal, how to meet agents and editors, and how to sell your novel.

Fiction

• An Interview with Yasmine Galenorn

Murder, tea, and the supernatural —with her passion for writing and her interest in the paranormal, Yasmine Galenorn is supremely equipped to write murder mysteries

Simon Clark, Horror My Way

If you're not a dyed-in-the-shroud horror fan, you might have missed Simon Clark among writers like Stephen King and Dean Koontz.  Make a quick detour and check him out.  You are in for a treat. 

• Grace F. Edwards, The View From Harlem

In movies and the news, Harlem has been portrayed as a breeding ground for poverty and crime, the dark underside of a fast paced and fashionable New York.  Grace F. Edwards, born and raised in Harlem, knows and writes about a different side of Harlem in her Mali Anderson mystery series. 

• The Gila Queen, Kathryn Ptacek

You may subscribe to The Gila Queen's Guide to Markets and the Horror Writers Association newsletter, but you have seen the very small tip of a very big iceberg in editor, reviewer, publisher and author, Kathryn Ptacek.  She has written several books, stories, essays, and reviews under different names.  Kathryn Atwood and Kathryn Grant are but two of the pseudonyms under which this prolific and interesting author pens her stories. 

• A Moment with Anne McCaffrey

Author of the Pern, Living Ship, Crystal Singer, Acorna, and Damia Series, to name a few.  Winner of the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and Nebula Grand Master awards, Ms. McCaffrey shares what she has learned on the road of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

• An Interview With Andre Norton

The author of the Witch World Series, Brother To Shadows, and co-author of Shadow Of Albion, and winner of the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award shares her insights in an exclusive interview.

• An Interview With Laurie King

Edgar award winner Laurie King and the author of Night Work, A Darker Place, A Grave Talent, and Folly, tells us a little about her published works and the craft of writing.

• An Interview With Charles de Lint

Multi-award winner Charles de Lint talks about his career and the writing life. Mr. de Lint is the author of more than forty-three published books, including Forests Of The Heart, Trader, Someplace To Be Flying, and Moonlight & Vines.

• Interview with James Clemens

New York Times bestseller James Clemens talks with us about his novels, about the writing life and about what it takes to be a published novelist. Check out our exclusive interview with James Clemens now!

• A Conversation With Author, Noel Hynd

Noel Hynd, author of such supernatural thrillers as Ghosts, Rage of Spirits, Cemetery of Angels and A Room For The Dead, continues to be a driving and successful force.  His books have sold in excess of three million copies worldwide.  With refreshing honesty, Mr. Hynd reveals the molding of his career from the espionage genre to the highly successful stories he produces today and talks about his personal vision of the literary industry and what it takes to succeed. 

Editor, painter, lecturer, and author of speculative fiction, Jack Dann's writing is as prolific as his subjects.  Mr. Dann offers his experience in mapping a road to success in writing and publishing.

 

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