Tag Archives: behind the book
Virtual Book Club: The most challenging scenes I’ve ever had to write
Today I’m back in the hot seat as I’ve received a question from Frankie Rose of Lancashire who asks, “What’s the most challenging scene you’ve ever had to write?” It’s a tough question to answer without giving plot-lines away so, Frankie, if you don’t mind, I’m going to twist the question slightly and talk more…
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Virtual Book Club: Adi Teodoru
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Adi Teodoru to Virtual Book Club, an interview series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If you would like to pose a question, you’ll have the opportunity to do so at the end. Adi is a college graduate with double Bachelors in Creative Writing Fiction…
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Virtual Book Club: Rebecca Lombardo
This week on Virtual Book Club, I’m handing the reins over to Rebecca Lombardo, as hers is a story best told firsthand. Rebecca is an author and mental health advocate. She lives in a suburb of Michigan with her husband, Joseph, and five cats. She has three brothers and one sister. In 1992, at the…
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Virtual Book Club: Kathy Shuker talks about her novel, Silent Faces, Painted Ghosts
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Kathy Shuker to Virtual Book Club, an interview series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. Kathy was born and raised in the north west of England. She trained as a physiotherapist but soon had to give the work up due to a back injury. Subsequently…
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Virtual Book Club: Ian Andrew talks about his latest novel, Face Value
Today I’m delighted to welcome Ian Andrew to Virtual Book Club, a series of interviews in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases and their writing lives. Born in Northern Ireland, Ian Andrew joined the Royal Air Force at 18 as an aircraft technician. Subsequently Commissioned as an Intelligence Officer he served…
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Virtual Book Club: Jan Ruth on her novel, Silver Rain
Today I’m delighted to welcome Jan Ruth to Virtual Book Club, a series of interviews in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases and their writing lives. Jan lives in Snowdonia, North Wales, UK. This ancient, romantic landscape is a perfect setting for Jan’s fiction, or simply daydreaming in the heather. Jan writes…
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Virtual Book Club: George Polley
Today I’m delighted to welcome George Polley to Virtual Book Club, a series of interviews in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases and their writing lives. George was born in Santa Barbara, California and raised in Seattle, Washington. Early in 2008, he and his wife moved to Sapporo, Japan so that…
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Virtual Book Club: JD Smith
Today, I’m delighted to welcome JD Smith to Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, you’ll have the opportunity to post your questions at the end. To the world of all things design and literary she is JD…
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Virtual Book Club: Lorraine Devon Wilke
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Lorraine Devon Wilke to Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, you’ll have the opportunity to post your questions at the end. Lorraine Devon Wilke – writer, photographer, singer and songwriter – started…
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Virtual Book Club: Meet the author, Betsy Talbot
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Betsy Talbot to Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, you’ll have the opportunity to post your questions at the end. Betsy Talbot is a 40-something traveller and author. When she’s not travelling…
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