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November 19, 2015
Meeting Debs Riccio – Poetry Category Finalist
This week I’m welcoming Debs Riccio to the Thursday Throng hot seat. Debs is our second Poetry category finalist in the Hysteria Writing Competition.
What is one thing that no-one would usually know about you?
I had a massive crush on Des O’Connor when I was young (VERY young) and when he said goodbye at the end of his show on a Sunday night I’d creep towards the telly and kiss the screen when nobody was looking. And sometimes I’d get the tiniest of electric shocks to my puckered lips, convi...
November 12, 2015
Meeting Sue Spiers – Poetry category finalist
Sue Spiers is a poet and finalist in the Hysteria 2015 writing competition poetry category, she is also the inspiration behind the poetry anthology Jiggle Sac. Along with 9 other poets, her poem ‘The weight of glass‘ can be seen in Hysteria 4, due out at the beginning of December.
The Sue Spiers Interview
What is one thing that no-one would usually know about you?
I’m good at keeping secrets while presenting an open and honest demeanour.
How did you choose a title for your book?
I enjoyed an...
November 6, 2015
Meeting Damhnait Monaghan, Flash Fiction category short list
In April each year the Hysterectomy Association begins its annual writing competition, Hysteria. This year I decided to showcase as many of the winning authors who wanted to take part in my Thursday Throng interviews. After all, you never know just where the next best-seller might emerge from. Today, for our first interview, I’d like to welcome Damhnait Monaghan, one of our 10 Flash Fiction category short listed winners.
What is one thing that no-one would usually know about you?
How to prono...
October 29, 2015
An interview with Nic Weissman, author of The Orb of Wrath
Hello, and welcome to this week’s Thursday Throng author interview. Today, I’m pleased to be hosting Nic Weissman, author of fantasty adventure novel The Orb of Wrath. This is the first book in the Merchant’s Destiny series and according to Amazon it’s a fun cocktail combining fantasy, intrigue and adventure in a world where nothing is exactly as it seems.
The Nic Weissman Interview
What is one thing that no-one would usually know about you?
After this interview, nothing! Now, seriously, th...
October 22, 2015
Meeting Tracey Mathias, author of A Fragment of Moonswood
Please welcome Tracey Mathias, a writer of novels for children and young adults; author of the Assalay Trilogy, of which A Fragment of Moonswood is the first book; a lyricist at the Da Capo music foundation; lover of music, London and Wales.
The ReviewEveryone has a past that is both their own and the generation’s that came before them. Our actions and, to some extent, our choices are governed and influenced by this past and present history. This is a magical adventure that casts two main ch...
October 20, 2015
Shortlisted for the Hysteria Writing Competiton 2015!
Originally posted on Deborah Riccio:
My thanks have to go to the veritable fount of all writing competition knowledge, Paul McVeigh, whose Facebook page (when I was a local there) I religiously and studiously scanned for any snippets of writerly news, competitions, talks, retreatinformationand book signing dates (his debut book ‘The Good Son’ was released this year to much acclaim and having read it myself I can vouch for all positive feedback – it’s a heck of a good read and is also shortli...
October 15, 2015
An interview with Jill Amy Rosenblatt, author of The Fixer: The Naked Man
Hello everyone, today I’d like to welcome Jill Amy Rosenblatt to my Thursday Throng author interview. Jill is the author of The Fixer: The Naked Man, book 1 in the Katerina Mills series. Jill is the author of two other books, Project Jennifer and For Better or Worse. She lives on Long Island, has a degree in Writing and Literature and a Masters Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Burlington College in Vermont.
The Jill Amy Rosenblatt Interview
What is one thing that no-one would us...
October 8, 2015
Meeting Douglas Board, author of MBA
I’d like to welcome Douglas Board to the Thursday Throng. After working as a civil servant and a headhunter, Douglas Board now runs his own career advice business and is a senior visiting fellow at Cass Business School. He has a doctorate in management and chairs the Refugee Council. He is also the author of the author of Choosing Leaders and Choosing to Lead: Science, Politics and Intuition in Executive Selection and (with Robert Warwick) The Social Development of Leadership and Knowledge: A...
October 1, 2015
Meeting Rosemary Gemmell, author of Summer of the Eagles
This week my guest is Rosemary Gemmell, author of Summer of the Eagles. Hailing from a small Scottish village, her locationon the west coast of Scotland often influences her writing and that is definitely the case with her latest novel. Summer of the Eagles, tells the story of13 year old Stephanie (Stevie)who is orphaned and injured ina terrible accident.Sent to live with an aunt on a Scottish islandshe becomesfascinated by a bird sanctuary and finds herself in the middle of a adventure foili...
September 24, 2015
An interview with Kevin Robinson, author of the British Police and Crime Directory
Hello everyone. And this week we are joined by Kevin Robinson, the author of the British Police and Crime Directory – a must have resource for authors in the UK looking to get first hand knowledge to support their crime writing.
Kevin has30 years experience in policing both in and out of uniformacrossrural, urban and city beats in England. He also teaches policing to the police force and provides specialist technical support and advice to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Foreign...
