Lisette Brodey's Blog, page 4

CHAT WITH G.P. GADBOIS

Tweet G.P. Gadbois is married, has three grown-up children, a grandchild, a couple of dogs, a cat and perhaps mice as the cat is too lazy to catch anything. She started writing her first novel when her children left home, and they all came back, but it didn’t stop her from writing a second and a third. When she is not writing, she loves spending time with her grandson, Arrow. She is also an avid reader, loves gardening, and in the winter, she enjoys curling.

Time to chat with Ginette!

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COLLABORATING ON A NOVEL WITH A FRIEND

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Co-Authors Kathleen Harryman and Lucy Marshall talk about their collaboration on The Promise, a World War II romance.

Lucy Marshall (left)
Kathleen Harryman (below)

Kathleen: I’ve known Lucy for years, she’s a superb actress and friend. We first worked together on my thriller When Darkness Falls; Lucy played The Yorkshire Slasher in my promotional film. When she came to me about a World War II romance, I was on board from the beginning.

Lucy:I have always been so interested in...

CHAT WITH LIZ BUTCHER

Tweet Liz Butcher resides in Australia, with her husband, daughter, and their two cats. She’s a self-confessed nerd with a BA in psychology and an insatiable fascination for learning. Liz has published a number of short stories in anthologies and has...Tweet

CHAT WITH BRENDA GUITON

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CHAT WITH MILLIE THOM

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Millie Thom is a former geography and history teacher with a particular passion for the Anglo-Saxon and Viking period. She is the mother of six grown up children and lives near Lincoln in the U.K. Since retiring, Millie has written four books: the first three in her Sons of Kings historical fiction series, and a book of 85 flash fiction pieces and very short stories. Millie hopes to publish the fourth and last book in her series...

Guest post by Terry Tyler: Where do writers get their ideas?

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Hello, Lisette and her readers―and thank you so much for stopping by on the blog tour for Hope!

Lisette gave me free rein on subject matter for this article … which always makes my mind go completely blank. Then, the other day, I found my topic quite by accident when a reader asked me this question: Where do you get your ideas from?

Writers are often asked this, by readers, or by new writers who are putting fingers to keys for the first time. I shy away when asked in person, as I was t...

LOVE, LOOK AWAY: The non-sequel to Molly Hacker Is Too Picky!

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Greetings, friends:

I never imagined that I would write a romantic comedy. But in 2009, I published one, Molly Hacker Is Too Picky!, and believe it or not, I didn’t even think of it as a rom-com. Rather, I thought of it as a book that allowed me to flex my comedy-writing muscles. And here I am, having just published my second romantic comedy, Love, Look Away.

Humor has always been part of my work. Even when I’m writing what might be considered dark and heavy, comedy is usually lurking...

CHAT WITH SEB KIRBY

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Seb Kirby is the author of the James Blake Thriller series (Take No More, Regret No More and Forgive No More), the psychological thrillers Each Day I Wake, Sugar For Sugar and Here The Truth Lies, and the sci-fi thriller Double Bind.

An avid reader from an early age – his grandfather ran a mobile lending library in Birmingham – he was hooked from the first moment he discovered the treasure trove of books left to his parents. Now, as a full-time writer, his goal is to add to the magic...

CHAT WITH JOE CONGEL

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Joe Congel grew up in Syracuse, NY and currently makes his home in Charlotte, NC. He got his first break in the world of publishing when he illustrated the humorous book, Housetraining Your VCR, A Help Manual for Humans, published by Grapevine Publications back in the early 90’s.

After a successful run with the Housekeeping project, Joe decided that he was better suited as a writer rather than as an artist, so he began crafting stories that allowed the reader to use their own imaginatio...

CHAT WITH VALERIE POORE

Tweet Although English born and raised, Valerie Poore left the UK in 1981 and moved to South Africa where she lived for nearly twenty years. She moved permanently to the Netherlands in 2001 where she teaches writing skills to university students and adults. She writes in her spare time and has nine books published, two of which are novels; the others are memoirs and travelogues. 

Time to chat with Val!

You’ve written both memoirs and fiction. How many of each have you published?

Good question!...