Simon Duringer's Blog, page 31
March 5, 2014
Now here's a surprise - Me being interviewed!
Feel free to listen, enjoy... Goodreads.com gets a brief plug in there somewhere...
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March 1, 2014
Interview with Irish Book Award finalist 2013 Andrew Hughes
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February 21, 2014
Goodreads Story
Due to the size of the interview which can be viewed at the following link....
http://schooloftheages.webs.com/apps/...
...Matt decided to post part of the interview on his Goodreads Blog. The blog can be found at the following link, I hope you enjoy!
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
February 20, 2014
Claudia Whitsitt
With a Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education, a Master’s Degree in Guidance & Counselling, and four published suspense novels, it is little wonder she ended up in San Diego, California last week… But what was she doing there and of course who is she?
let’s find out who is next up on Simons 10 Q Interviews…
We are speaking of Claudia Whitsitt
, author of The Wrong Guy
, a suspense novel loosely based on The Michigan Murders of the late ‘60s and The ‘Samantha Series’ for which she recently launched the third in the series; Internal Issues 
.
Claudia is just back from San Diego, CA, where she tag-teamed a workshop with Bestselling and Award Winning Authors; Laura Taylor and Dennis Bowen entitled; Indie Excellence: Do I Really Want to Sell My Books? at the Southern California Writers Conference…
But, there’s no respite for Claudia as she heads straight back to the QWERTY to pick up where she left off with the other two books already in the making; Two of Me and Between the Lines!
Come back soon to find out how this quick witted author gets on as she runs the gauntlet of Simons 10 Q Interviews.
If you can’t wait for the interview to take place and want to find out more about Claudia’s work, then why not follow the links below where the Samantha series of books and The Wrong Guy can be downloaded. But don’t forget to bookmark the page as Mystery and Suspense writer Claudia Whitsitt will be here very soon;
The Wrong Guy
Identity Issues (The Samantha Series)
Internal Issues (The Samantha Series)
Intimacy Issues (The Samantha Series)
Simon Duringer is both a Goodreads author and Independent Interviewer. His multiple 5* Amazon/Goodreads rated thriller Stray Bullet is available to buy on Amazon using the following US or UK Link;
UK Link
Stray Bullet
US Link
Stray Bullet
The Claudia Whitsitt interview is due to take place in February 2014.
Simon Duringer © 2014.
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February 19, 2014
Jon King
Simons 10 Q Interviews gets controversial with it’s next guest…
He was raised in Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, home of the trainee Officer and Gentleman. A brief conversation in 1997, one might almost have called it a ‘brag’, changed the course of his career and life forever…
So, who is he…?
Prior to the summer of 1997, my next guest Jon King was a magazine editor and journalist. What he claims to have been told one August evening back in 1997 would not only change the course of his writing career but, on a wider scale he believes, is the truth behind what took place in the Paris Pont de l’Alma road tunnel leading to a tidal wave of national and global mourning.
Before the dust had settled, an angry and emotional nation, looking for answers to quell their mourning, would turn to the line of conspiracy theorists beginning to gather. Gather they did and still do. Jon King was one them, an author not without experience of conspiracy theories…
Today, almost 17 years later this subject still refuses to go away. New claims in the past several weeks alone have been reported by UK newspapers; The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Daily Express and have been taken very seriously by Scotland Yard. New information surfaced following the investigation and court case against former SAS Sniper, Sgt Danny Nightingale. The unexpected bi-product of the court case, led to allegations that the SAS were involved in domestic violence and perhaps more….
Welcome to Simons 10 Q Interview with Jon King; Truth or Fiction…. Crime Sleuth or Crackpot….?
John is the author of; Cosmic Top Secret: The Unseen Agenda, Princess Diana: The Hidden Evidence
, Princess Diana: The Evidence
and finally, in January of 2014, Jon King released The Cut-Out
, an autobiographical account of his experience.
Jon King is an optioned screen writer and a film “The Diana Conspiracy” is currently under development based on his latest Novel; The Cut-Out.
Come back soon and read if Jon is credible or cranky! Whilst I will attempt to assist readers in making up their mind, be warned, the above optioned script would suggest there are those that have already made up their minds, have you…?
Jon King’s books can be purchased by using the following links;
Cosmic Top Secret: The Unseen Agenda
Princess Diana: The Hidden Evidence
Princess Diana: The Evidence
The Cut-Out
Simon Duringer is both an author and interviewer. His 5* Amazon/Goodreads rated thriller Stray Bullet is available to buy on Amazon using the following US or UK Link;
UK Link
Stray Bullet
US Link
Stray Bullet
The Jon King interview is due to take place in February 2014.
Simon Duringer © 2014.
February 7, 2014
Matt Posner Interview
The Matt Posner interview is now live!
Get across there now as Matt discusses many books and authors worthy of a weekend read!
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January 29, 2014
Matt Posner
My next guest oozes a personal attribute that one finds abundant amongst many of my favourite authors and past interviewees; not only is he an excellent story teller praised by other, highly celebrated, story tellers for his School of the Ages series. He is also what I would term a genuine “helper”, not in the quid pro quo sense that most are accustomed, but rather by his proactive approach to assisting others…
To the Harry Potter fans out there, this is an interview for you…
Who is my next guest…
Matt Posner, author of The School of the Ages series is my next guest. Matt has been involved with several other publications and has a highly respectable repertoire of 9 books (in various genres) available on amazon.
School teacher by day, Creative fiction writer by night…. but not lured like so many others to the lucrative, yet over populated, genre of vampire stories! His latest project and book; How to Write Dialogue
is now available on amazon and his departure from the favoured fictional genre a sure sign that Matt is willing to help others when he can.
The Harry Potter
Fan and Famous Parapsychologist Charles Tart says of School of the Ages: The Ghost in the Crystal
his work;
“A great parallel to the Harry Potter books (I’ve read them all at least twice), and a fascinating contrast that our young hero here grows up in New York rather than England and has decent folks for parents rather than the horrible Dursleys….I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book in this series!”
New York Times Bestselling Author Piers Anthony says of The Ghost in the Crystal;
“The magic is impressive. I got the feeling I was attending the school by correspondence, and that the magic was authentic.”
Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I announce Matt Posner will shortly run the gauntlet of Simons 10 Q Interviews, and may just give those Harry Potter
fans a reason to continue reading similar, yet distinctly original, works to that of our own J.K.Rowling
.
Bookmark this page and come back soon to see how Matt gets on as he runs the gauntlet. But, before you go why not check out Matt’s latest book; How to Write Dialogue and of course the School of the Ages series using the following links;
How to Write Dialogue
All Matt Posner Titles
Simon Duringer is both an author and interviewer. His 5* Amazon/Goodreads rated thriller Stray Bullet is available to buy on Amazon using the following US or UK Link;
UK Link
Stray Bullet
US Link
Stray Bullet
The Matt Posner interview is due to take place in February 2014.
Simon Duringer © 2014.
January 27, 2014
Giles Kristian
His New Novel God of Vengeance is the prequel to the Bestselling Raven Series Trilogy and will be published in hardback by Bantam Press (Publishers of Dan Brown) on 10th April 2014.
Who is my next guest on Simon’s 10 Q Interviews?
Author Giles Kristian. Photography by © Claire Juliette
His passion for Viking history probably hails from his ancestry, and though he resides in Leicestershire in the U.K. he genuinely is half Norwegian!
That’s right, bestselling author Giles Kristian
, whose hunger for knowledge and desire to forge great writing works were inspired by Bernard Cornwell (Sharpe
, The Starbuck Chronicles
, The Warlord Trilogy
, The Grail Quest Series
and The Alfred Series
) will be joining me soon to run the gauntlet of Simon’s 10 Q Interviews.
Giles works within the same stable of authors as Dan Brown and Previous interviewee James Becker. Unsurprisingly he has a list of Bestsellers to his name, all of which can be found using the link at the bottom of the page…
Bookmark this page and come back soon to see how Giles gets on as he runs the gauntlet. But, before you go why not pre order Giles’ latest book and prequel to the Raven Series, God of Vengeance
, which goes on general release on 10 April 2014, giving plenty of time to read the other three in the series!
God of Vengeance
Giles Kristian Other Titles
Simon Duringer is both an author and interviewer. His 5* Amazon/Goodreads rated thriller Stray Bullet is available to buy on Amazon using the following US or UK Link;
UK Link
Stray Bullet
US Link
Stray Bullet
The Giles Kristian interview is due to take place in February 2014.
Simon Duringer © 2014.
Phil Hogan
My next guest is certainly no newcomer to the world writing stage having been a journalist at The Observer Newspaper for over 20 years. He has written a number of books over the years, always gaining acclaim for his high quality of writing and style. But now, he has written, A Pleasure and a Calling, a novel that will send a shiver down the spine of every homeowner worldwide.
Got a house? Get a copy….
Who is the man who is next to run the gauntlet of Simons 10 Q Interviews?
Author Phil Hogan by © Phil Hogan
Author Phil Hogan is a Yorkshire man, born in a small, sooty town. As a young man he emigrated from the North of England to find fortune and love in the hustle and bustle of Southern England. He now resides in a small, leafy Hertfordshire town. With a wife and brood of four children it is little wonder that family life has been the centre of previous works, which include; All This Will be Yours
, The Freedom Thing
, Hitting the Groove
and Parenting Made Difficult: Notes from the Alphabet Soup of Fatherhood
.
Amidst being a partner in the aforementioned domestic engineering business, Phil, remarkably, has managed to work in an additional role as a full time journalist for The Observer Newspaper, where he has worked now for over 20 years.
I am delighted to announce that Phil Hogan has agreed to run the gauntlet of Simons 10 Q Interviews, so come back soon to see how we get on.
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Before you leave do not forget to bookmark the page and additionally if you would like to catch up with Phil’s previous works or indeed pre-order his latest novel; A Pleasure and a Calling, which will be released on the 27 February 2014, then follow the links provided below…
A Pleasure and a Calling
Previous Phil Hogan Titles
Simon Duringer is both an author and interviewer. His 5* Amazon/Goodreads rated thriller Stray Bullet is available to buy on Amazon using the following US or UK Link;
UK Link
Stray Bullet
US Link
Stray Bullet
The Phil Hogan interview is due to take place in February 2014.
Simon Duringer © 2014.
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