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Maude by Donna Mabry was one of the most interesting entries in Top 20 Amazon Bestselling list for the last 10 days. The self-publishing novel was sitting next to well known names as Stephen King and John Grisham. Something more, the non-fiction story gathers far better feedback (av. 4,6 stars from 370 plus Amazon reviews) than the stars of modern literature’s latest production.Do you want to know more about Donna Mabry? Join us for the next interview!
DONNA MABRY: I AM A FIRM BELIEVER IN MIRACLES
Andrea R. Cooper is driving her literature car taking fantasy and romance turns. Her last novel Son of Dragons was published on April and was very well received (av. 4,8 stars in Amazon from 9 reviews). Our next guest has a very busy schedule, including raising three kids, but she finds time to write. Let’s hear from Andrea more about her novels.
ANDREA R. COOPER: I WRITE WHENEVER THE KIDS ARE IN BED ASLEEP
Vincent Lowry wrote three books. All of them are in different genres. We’ve got a chance to speak with him for his entire literature career.Vince is also a moderator in one of the biggest Goodreads groups. He has a great insight view into the most popular community for authors and readers on the planet. It’s time for our next special Q&A.
VINCENT LOWRY: LIFE IS MORE ABOUT GIVING THAN RECEIVING
Mike Crowl’s latest release The Mumbersons and The Blood Secret was published in November. It was his third book. The story was written for kids, but as one of the reviewers in Amazon mentioned the parents will enjoy it as well. Let’s welcome our next guest.MIKE CROWL: WRITING IS A PROCESS OF CONSTANT REVISION
It’s time to end the year with our very last interview for 2014. Our guest of honor will be the one and only Liane Moriarty. The New York Times Best-selling Author published a total of 6 adult and 3 children novels. Her last one Big Little Lies is currently on the second spot of the most wanted Amazon books on the planet. For five months since the publishing date the novel gathered 4200 reviews with average rating of 4,6.The success of the book grabbed the attention of Hollywood. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will be the stars of the TV series, based on the novel.
Thanks a lot to Lady Liane for the time she shared around holidays. I wish her best of health to her and her family. Happy welcoming of the New Year to all of you who enjoyed the blog. Don’t forget to check out our first post for 2015: Top 10 of Amazon bestselling books for December 2014.
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The Hurricane Katrina changed many lives. The hell’s opening during August 2005 will be remembered as the most brutal natural disaster ever produced by Atlantic Ocean. Almost 2000 people died. The damages were counted to a monstrous number of $108 billion.Julie Freed witnessed the nightmare. With her debut novel Naked she shared the personal level of destruction that was caused by Hurricane Katrina. The readers gave huge appreciation to the memoir with average 4.9 stars in Amazon from 77 reviews.
(JULIE FREED: MY HOME WAS LEVELED BY HURRICANE KATRINA
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Kathy DiSanto has four books behind her. The most popular one is Amanda’s Eyes. The novel was published in 2012. The story was accepted nicely by the readers, who gave an average 4.4 stars from 70 Amazon reviews.We’ve got a chance to speak with Kathy DiSanto about her most popular novel and coming up projects.
KATHY DISANTO: I WRITE FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR MYSELF
Award winning author Helen Rappaport’s last novel The Romanov Sisters was selected by Goodreads members as the best non-fiction book for 2014. The New York Times best-selling writer is one of the top researchers of the Russian history. We’ve got a great chance to make an interview with her around the holidays. Enjoy!
HELEN RAPPAPORT: MY NEXT BOOK IS ‘CAUGHT IN THE REVOLUTION: PETROGRAD 1917′
Horror and Gay&Lesbian genres mixed up in the latest release of Gay Zombie Gym: Membership – Book 1 by Scotty Mullen. Sounds scary, but in fact the readers loved the novel. Currently the book resides in Amazon with average 4.8 stars from 6 reviews, and it’s for just two weeks on the market. Are you curious to know more? Let’s jump into our next chat.
SCOTTY MULLEN: WRITING IS THE HARDEST PART IN EACH BOOK
Year ago MR Graham released the first part of Liminality series – The Medium. It’s a story about vampires and wizards. Our next guest published a total of five books. All of them are with very high rating in amazon – one of the most sure proofs of quality.
MR GRAHAM: I COLLECT BOOKS, HATS AND BLADED WEAPONS
Robin Murarka was born in Canada, but currently resides in Sydney, Australia. Our next guest published his first novel Akin in the summer. The cover of the book is really attractive. If you want to know more about the inner part don’t waste any time, and take a look in the following interview.
ROBIN MURARKA: I DON’T REALLY HAVE ANY WRITING HABITS
Yellow Star was one of the best historical fiction books for 2006. The memoire won many awards and was praised around the world by the readers (av. 4.6 stars in Amazon from almost 1000 reviews!). It’s a story of a child who survived in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland during Holocaust. Just 12 children walked out alive from the quarter. One of them was Jennifer Roy’s aunt Sylvia. It’s time for our next special guest.
JENNIFER ROY: IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO READ TO CHILDREN
Alexandra Butcher a.k.a. A.L. Butcher released earlier in 2014 the second part of The Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles – The Shining Citadel. The British author writes fantasy, loves astronomy, history, animals, films and gaming. We’ve got a chance to speak with Lady Butcher for the products of her creativity and her great blog.
ALEXANDRA BUTCHER: SUCCESS IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
Traci Sanders released in August her first fiction novel When Darkness Breaks. The debut was promising and received nice piece of positive feedback (av. 4,1 stars from 9 Amazon reviews). Our next guest has huge experience as children educator. Based on her primary job she wrote two other books.Please take a special attention on Traci’s charity mission. 50% of her proceeds for the next few months is going to a local cancer patient named Kim. You may check more in the following interview.
TRACI SANDERS: REVIEWS HELP US KNOW WE ARE ON TRACK
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Vincent Zandri’s new novel Everything Burns will be officially released on February 1. The story made huge jump in Amazon rankings and is currently residing on the 3rd place among Kindle most popular books. Our next guest worked for many years as freelance journalist covering events around the world. It’s a great honor to welcome for the following interview Mr. Vincent Zandri.
VINCENT ZANDRI: I TRY TO LIVE A FULL LIFE
My 4th book is now published. Uplifting Friends with incredible photographs by my lifelong friend Santi Centner. Available on my website www.debbielannen.com as well as Amazon.
New release: "Love and War" the anticipated novel by Bianca Harrison Available Now! My second debut novel.Love and War, is a provocative interracial story of deceit, love, hope, commitment, and
heartache as a love affair threatens a marriage and silence hides a secret as a life hangs in the balance.
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R.L. Henry’s debut novel Hybrid was published in November. The reception of the book was great. The readers gave an average of 4,9 amazon stars from 9 reviews so far. It’s time for our next chat with the new talent on SciFi genre’s horizon.
R.L. HENRY: I WOKE UP ONE DAY AND SAID “I WANT TO WRITE A BOOK”
The French author Jacques Vandroux’s book Heart Collector (Au Coeur de Solstice) is in Amazon’s Top 4 bestselling books for the last two weeks. His novel has better rating (av. 41 stars from 70 reviews) than the other three novels in front of him.The first two releases of our next guest, Les Pierres Couchées and Multiplication, became bestsellers in France.
It’s a great pleasure to say welcome to Mr. Jacques Vandroux in the following interview. I am sure you will enjoy it and will find a new European style quality wave in the genre crime thriller.
JACQUES VANDROUX: MY WIFE IS HALF THE HEART OF OUR WRITING ADVENTURE
Iraqi author Ahmad Ardalan published his last novel The Gardener of Baghdad in the summer. “This story is so sweet”, “The story caught my heart”, “Absolutely beautiful story” are some of the comments by the readers, who gave an average 4.8 rating in Amazon from 5 reviews. In the following interview our guest is speaking not only about his books, but about his country, which is still suffering by the war.
(AHMAD ARDALAN: SADDAM HUSSEIN LOVED IRAQ IN HIS OWN WAY
Angelo Marcos’s thriller The Artist was very well received in the UK. The readers gave an average 4.7 stars from 25 Amazon reviews. Our next feature guest is a writer, comedian and actor. He graduated with law and psychology degrees. Sounds respecting! Enjoy our next chat.
ANGELO MARCOS: MY NEXT NOVEL WILL BE FINISHED AROUND MID-2015
Debbie wrote: "My 4th book is now published. Uplifting Friends with incredible photographs by my lifelong friend Santi Centner. Available on my website www.debbielannen.com as well as Amazon."Would you please post a comment in the interview section of my blog: http://ogigeorgiev.wordpress.com/inte... citing your name, Amazon link to your book and your e-mail. I will send to you the Q right away with everything else needed to be provided (as cover, author picture, links etc).
There are some common questions to present the book and the author and several personal questions that I am asking to each author.
I need to post a comment on the blog because of the order of publishing the interviews.
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Valeria Wenderoth published her debut novel Bad by the Numbers on December 15. The crime mystery received stunning quality evaluation – average 4.9 stars from 8 Amazon reviews.Our next guest is founder of Book Trailer Sync. She will show us how important is for each book to have a video trailer.
VALERIA WENDEROTH: I FOUND A WALLET AND MY MYSTERY WAS BORN
John Priest released his last book The Curse of Sea Shell Cave last March. It’s a story about Junior Private Investigators, who had a new mission.Our next feature guest started with writing in 1985. Some of his works were published in national magazines. John Priest is a specialist in kids’ novels. We had a chance to meet him for a nice chat.
JOHN PRIEST: CHILDREN’S BOOKS NEED A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT
Everett Robert is an award winning author, playwright, actor, and director with over 20 years of experience. His last book Based on The… was published in February 2014. Our next guest is using his theatre education in his writings. Let’s hear from Mr. Robert more about his works.
EVERETT ROBERT: BEING AN ACTOR HELPS MY COMMAND OF DIALOG
C. Robert Cales a.k.a. ScaryBob is in the process of releasing the second edition of The Bookseller, a paranormal thriller. The "official release" is pending some reviews.Across from Boston Common, nestled in a corner of a cobblestone mall sits The Bookseller, a bookstore owned by a lovable rare book dealer and his wife, who runs a coffee parlor inside the store. The parlor is a morning gathering place for business people from around the mall, a place where the coffee is always hot, the croissants are a quarter and the lively banter is always free. They lead a happy, contented life surrounded by many friends. Their happiness is about to be shattered by a violent South American drug cartel with a new, high tech process for smuggling cocaine.
The Bookseller
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L.A. Wild published her debut novel Chance the Darkness in November. The English author is a specialist at urban fantasy genre. She loves to travel, to drink wine with friends and to write. The second part of her The Dark Series will be published in the next months. Let’s welcome our next guest.
L.A. WILD: CHANCE THE DARKNESS CAME TO ME WHILE DRIVING HOME
Do you remember your college life? To get back some of the funniest moments the young American author and yogi Ian Thomas Malone published in August his book Five College Dialogues. Our next guest’s work was well appreciated by the readers, who gave him an average 4.9 stars from 15 Amazon reviews.
IAN THOMAS MALONE: YOGA HELPS ME GET INTO THE WRITING MINDSET
Trista Borgwardt’s The Tempie Rosenthal Series are fresh wind in the supernatural genre. She already published two parts of her cool story Rabbit’s Feet and Polarity. Our next guest is writing poetry and short stories. Let’s welcome lady Trista Borgwardt.
: TRISTA BORGWARDT: WE HAVE BEARDED DRAGONS IN OUR HOUSE
The biggest hit in the book stores and in the cinemas American Sniper could never been born if one part of the team behind the memoir, Scott McEwen, had not been on board. The well known author of The SEAL team books is ready to release another heroic story. The Sniper and the Wolf is set for premiere in May.The interview with Scott McEwen was done during the days when the movie is hunting down $200 mil. box office and the book is on the first place on Amazon bestseller list. Check out my article about adaptation. During our chat the writer unveiled how the book was planed and how he felt when learn the news about Chris Kyle’s death.
SCOTT MCEWEN: I CONVINCED CHRIS KYLE TO DO AMERICAN SNIPER
The seventh chapter of MP-5 CIA Series – A Containable Incident was released year ago. M.H. Sargent produced another nice book with his personal thriller signature. The best prove is the positive feedback by the readers.In the times of remembering Iraqi war our guest gave very interesting angle in his most popular book Seven Days From Sunday. Let’ hear from M.H. more in the following interview.
M.H. SARGENT: A CONTAINABLE INCIDENT IS DEDICATED TO MY LATE FATHER
Our next guest Helen Alexander made my day with her answers. She was pleasant enough to dig deeply on them and to present not only her books, but to draw a personal portrait with words. Speaking of drawing, she is working as 3D computer games designer, who already published few books. Helen is coming from Russia and still keeps great respect from the authors of her native land. Last year she published her last novel Lovers In The Woods so we will put some more attention on the sci-fi adventure.
(HELEN ALEXANDER: REMEMBERING TO SLEEP AND TO EAT WAS MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE
Ognian wrote: " I am always enjoying learning something more about self-publishing authors like me. During the process of creating the English version of The white prisoner: Galabin Boevski's secret storyI read ..."
I haven't seen you on goodreads for a while and your last post seems to be last september. What's wrong? Are you still doing author interviews?
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