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Spring 2025 ~~ Interviews: What the Experts Say

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“…the real triangle in any detective novel is the classic triad of murderer, victim, and detective.” ~~Sydney Graves, reviewer for Kate Christensen’s newest novel Detective Fiction is Psychological In The Arizona Triangle, Kate Christensen takes on a new genre and assumes a new author name, Sydney Graves. She explains why in the interview below. She

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Winter 2025 ~~ Interview(s)

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“If you strongly believe stepping away temporarily is what you need to do, honor that.”  ~~Mary Jo Doig Debilitating Stress is Gone An interview with Mary Jo Doig by B. Lynn Goodwin BLG: I met Mary Jo through Story Circle Network. She was an active writer who took a break for a few years, but

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Fall 2024 ~~ Interview

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“Working with multiple editors has also helped to dispel the fear factor and angst of failing.”   ~~Marlene Bell My Genre Chose Me An Interview with Marlene Bell Marlene Bell has many talents as you’ll see in her first response below. This is an interview that will show you the powers that come with self-publishing,

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Summer 2024~~Interview

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“Like many women writers, I don’t like the term women’s fiction because it’s been perceived as non-serious (think beach-reads.) I prefer the term book club fiction which is the genre I write in, and most novels I love are in that genre.”  ~~Anoop Judge EDITOR’S NOTE: Anoop Judge is a wise author of four books

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Spring 2024~~Interview

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“The characters who best grab audiences are the characters that are real.” ~~Emily B. Rose Obsessed With Mermaids and Wanting to Belong An Interview with Emily B. Rose by B. Lynn Goodwin Ever wanted something without knowing why? Ever searched for explanations just beyond your reach? Debut author Emily B. Rose’s main character, Kenna has

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Winter 2024 Interview

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“…confidence is one of the most important aspects of becoming a published writer.” –Joan Gelfand “Develop a unique premise.”  ~~ Jill Hedgecock Outside Voices: A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution Written by Joan Gelfand ISBN#: 979-8888450048 Post Hill Press (January 16, 2024   Go With The Flow Joan Gelfand’s memoir, Outside Voices: A Memoir of the

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Fall 2023 — Interviews

By B. Lynn Goodwin

In fiction, no one ever needs to brush their teeth.”  Alle C. Hall Fight for Your Book Teenage Carlie needs a change of pace from her family’s brutality in Alle C. Hall’s debut literary novel As Far As You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back. She runs all the way to Asia where she

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Summer of 2023 ~~ Author Interview

By B. Lynn Goodwin

Editor’s Note: I started Writer Advice in 1997 because I wanted to learn the stories of other authors, and I needed a place to publish the interviews. Nice to have something in common with Logan Steiner. –B. Lynn Goodwin Author Secrets An interview with Logan Steiner, Author of After Anne Logan Steiner’s After Anne is

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Spring 2023 — New Interviews

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“Art is salvation in the worst of times.”  –Stephanie Raffelock Creating an Anthology An interview with Stephanie Raffelock by B. Lynn Goodwin Art In The Time of Unbearable Crisis, written by the women that  SheWrites Press has published, offers experiences, insights, and heart-to-heart moments that will help all readers feel less alone as we experience

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2023 Winter Interview

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“You need great, rich characters that people will care about, and want to learn more about, and want to see changed in some way by what they experience in the stories.”   ~~Jerome Preisler FEATURE INTERVIEW WITH BESTSELLING AUTHOR, JEROME PREISLER Jerome Preisler: On Keeping Legend Tom Clancy’s Work New-Reader Relevant Through Re-Imagination, And Keeping A

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Fall 2022 ~~ Interview

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“I wanted to give back to books and authors after they’d carried me so far.”    ~~Zibby Owens They Persevered and So Did I Zibby Owens is a woman with energy, ambition, and a huge appreciation for writers. She started a blog and a podcast and then she wrote Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss,

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Summer 2022– Interviews

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“It’s tough to edit your own life story.”   ~~Linda Strader Just Write An Interview with Linda Strader by B. Lynn Goodwin Remember when you graduated from high school, and it seemed like the whole world waited with bated breath even when reality reared its ugly head? Now imagine that you had to move across

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