Writers and Readers discussion

Talk about interviews; where to find them, how to be interviewed, where to read them.

If any of the members is in need of an interview (or a book spotlight) I'll happily provide one and post it on one of my blogs.

I was recently interviewed on a couple of blogs, My Literary Quest and Pat Bertram Introduces:

http://myliteraryquest.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/interview-with-a-f-stewart/
http://patbertram.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/a-f-stewart-author-of-once-upon-a-dark-and-eerie/

I was recently interviewed by Sarah Butland on her blog. Check it out: http://sarahbutland.com/blog/2011/05/10/meet-a-f-stewart-author-of-fantasy/

It's all about hustling, shameless self-promotion - probably as comfortable for most writers as chewing our own feet off. I'm well published with a lesbian press but recently wrote a book too lesbian for mainstream publishers, but not lezbo enough for my lesbian press. (Heres' the shameless self-promotion part - The River Within by Baxter Clare Trautman!)

Figuring the book had merit for lesbians and women I Googled lesbian book reviews, women book reviews, and womens fiction reviews. I found a number of sites that reviewed books by women and or lesbians, wrote each a quick e-mail with a synopsis of the book, and why I would like to discuss it with them (because a lot of good fiction gets lost in the crack between "what's marketable and what's not"). I got three interviews for my efforts. Find your niche and hustle it! If there isn't one, make it!

Baxter wrote: "It's all about hustling, shameless self-promotion - probably as comfortable for most writers as chewing our own feet off. I'm well published with a lesbian press but recently wrote a book too lesbi..."

I always say, market to your target audience.

And sometimes you have to invent one! Create your audience, think outside the box. It cost's nothing to try and everything to falter.

Baxter wrote: "And sometimes you have to invent one! Create your audience, think outside the box. It cost's nothing to try and everything to falter."

You are so right here, it's always better to try..The worst they can say is "No", right? And you are no further back than when you started. Better to at least try and maybe make some headway!!

Definitely! Doing something is better than nothing. I would rather be told no than hear nothing at all. I always just to make sure to thank people for their time, even when the news isn't good. :)

I just created a brand new blog, so I'll be looking for authors for interviews, giveaways and blog hops as soon as I get everything figured out...
http://www.book-spark.blogspot.com/

I've recently posted several interviews on my blog with a variety of interesting authors:
An Interview with Rory Ridley-Duff
Interview with Paula Marie Coomer
Interview with Lena Hillbrand, author of The Superiors

And there's a lovely guest post by David Brown:Worlds of Fantasy with Author David Brown

My latest blog post, an interview with James D. Sanderson:
http://afstewartblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-james-d-sanderson.html

JA Belfield interview on my blog today:
http://dalesplace-dale.blogspot.com/

I have two interviews:
http://www.indiesupporter.com/2011/11...

http://www.indiesupporter.com/2011/11...

I also have a blog that I do author interviews on, if anyone is interested let me know.

This week I have thriller writer Micheal Rivers on my blog.

M A Comley, Author: Special guest author: Micheal Rivers http://ow.ly/cYYLf #interview #thriller #suspense

And on my romance blog Marissa Farrar. http://melcomleyromances.blogspot.fr/

I have a regular guest author interview on my blog:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/

If anyone wants to be interviewed just drop me a line.

I'm also happy to be interviewed in my quest for shameless self promotion :-)

I had the pleasure of being interviewed recently by author Jocelyn Adams. Drop by her blog “The Scribbles of Jocelyn Adams” and find out what secrets this clever interviewer managed to expose . . .

Here’s the link to Jocelyn’s site:

http://joceadams.wordpress.com/2012/0...

Many thanks,

Jaye Frances
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Jaye Frances

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Today I welcome Laurie Brown to the hot seat:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

In today's guest author interview (a Sunday Special) I host Dennis Danielson:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I've just posted a guest author interview with Rosen Trevithick:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Ken Magee joins me for today's guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

I've been interviewed on the Dreaming in Black and White blog:

http://brittneycanna.blogspot.co.uk/2...

Today's guest author being interviewed is Lena Horn:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Today I welcome Emily Shore to the guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Sherrie Cronin joins me for today's interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

If you're interested in being interviewed, or even looking for someone to be interviewed then just let me know.

Ian McFadyen joins me in the guest author interview, read what he has to say here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Today I interview Chad Schimke for the guest author feature:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Abby Richards is featured in today's guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Guest author interview with Debra Benson:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Author Jaidis Shaw is featuring her recent interview with me on her blog, Juniper Grove. We hope you’ll stop by for a look, browse around a bit, and enter the 3-eBook giveaway, including “The Possibilities of Amy,” “The Beach,” and “Love Travels Forever.”

Here’s the link: http://www.junipergrove.net/featured-...

Giveaway entries are open through December 14

Thank you for dropping in!
Jaye Frances
www.jayefrances.com

Jaye Frances

The Possibilities of Amy



The Beach



Love Travels Forever

I've been interviewed on Mel Comley's blog:

http://melcomley.blogspot.fr/2012/12/...

John Harper is the next Elite: Dangerous author being interviewed:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

In the next Elite: Dangerous author interview we meet T James:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Today's guest author interview is with Cheryl Yeko:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Andrew Lawston is today's guest author being interviewed:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

New guest author with Jim Webster:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Today's guest author interview is with Larry 'Animal' Garner:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Alex Roddie joins me for the last guest author interview of the year:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Today I welcome Victoria Pearson to the guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Today I feature Keith Nixon in the guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Today is day 1 of my guest author interview blitz, a new interview every day this week, with authors from all genres so make sure to take a look. Today's interview is with Nicky Peacock:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

The 2nd day in the guest author interview blitz brings Chris Ward to the hot seat:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Day 3 of the guest author interview blitz brings Dennis Maley to the hot seat:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Day 4 brings Scott Marlowe to the guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Luara Libricz joins me for day 6 of the guest author interview blitz:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Hello! Thanks for allowing me to share my latest release, The Lady in the Mist, The Western Werewolf Legend. http://tinyurl.com/bfxxjzk

I'm giving away 2 copies of the novel in preparation for the second book's release due out in April. Check out the Rafflecopter Giveaway at www.catherinewolffe.wordpress.com

Cheers!

Catherine wrote: "Hello! Thanks for allowing me to share my latest release, The Lady in the Mist, The Western Werewolf Legend. http://tinyurl.com/bfxxjzk

I'm giving away 2 copies of the novel in preparation for t..."

Catherine, we have separate folders for book blurbs and giveaways. You might get more response there, instead of posting in the topic set up for interviews.

Great! Thanks for the heads up.

I have an interview with The Young Adult Book Club. There is also a giveaway of two hardbound copies of my realistic YA novel, Bronze, the first in a series about friendship, love, and horses. The giveaway is ending very soon though, so if you're interested, run over there! http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Today's guest author being interviewed is June McCullough:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...