Posts by Christina Consolino
The Fun of Fiction: An Interview with Karla Huebner
It’s always a pleasure to feature authors who live or work in my area, and Karla Hueber falls into that camp. She’s Professor of Art History at Wright State University here in Dayton, Ohio, and she specializes in “1750-present with research interests that include Czech modernism, surrealism, and gender and sexuality.” Though an accomplished nonfiction…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Falling Together
Happy Thursday! This week features FALLING TOGETHER by Marisa de los Santos. First, let me say this: If you have never read a book by Marisa de los Santos, you should. You really should. She’s a poet and a novelist, and every one of her sentences is beautiful. In fact, one Goodreads reviewer wrote of…
Read MoreAnxiety and an Active Imagination: An Interview with Jasmine Shouse
The topic of mental health is important to me, and novels are one of the best ways to highlight the significance of good mental health support and educate readers. Author Jasmine Shouse is intimately familiar with the world of mental health, and she’s used her experience to help craft her most recent book, Insanely Sane,…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Still Alice
Is there such a thing as #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram? Or maybe #ThrowbackThursday #Bookstagram? No matter! It’s here now if it wasn’t before. Each Thursday, I’m going to highlight a book I’ve read over on my Instagram account, and I’ll do my best to post here too. My list is so long, I thought of HOW to choose, and I went…
Read MoreMoving Goals: An Interview with Shameez Patel Papathanasiou
Conducting author interviews introduces me to so many authors I might not have crossed paths with. Shameez Patel Papathanasiou falls into that category. A fantasy author living in Cape Town, South Africa, Shameez probably never put on her list of people to “meet” a women’s fiction author in Ohio. But technology is so good to…
Read MoreWomen’s Fiction Day 2022 (Enter to Win!)
Happy Women’s Fiction Day! Women’s fiction is near and dear to my heart, so of course I said I’d participate again this year. To help commemorate the day, I will be holding a GIVEAWAY! That’s right. One lucky winner from the United States will win a signed paperback copy of Rewrite the Stars, a bookmark…
Read MoreWomen’s Fiction Day 2022 is Coming Soon!
Women’s Fiction Day is coming on June 8, 2022! Women’s fiction is near and dear to my heart, so of course I said I’d participate again this year. I’m sharing the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) press release below so you know all about the day and what it entails. (And note: THERE WILL BE…
Read MoreFresh Air for Book Nerds: An Interview with Amy and Carrie of The Perks of Being a Book Lover
Years ago—too many to count, now (or maybe not that many, but that COVID time warp is real, you know)—I crossed paths with Carrie Vittitoe. A mutual friend and I attended a one-day writing conference at which Carrie, a teacher and freelance writer, spoke. Of course, we became Facebook friends, and I’ve lingered on the…
Read MoreConnecting with Readers’ Emotions: An Interview with Caron Mckinlay
When a book blurb does it’s job, it draws me right to a story. In the case of 2022 Debuts author Caron Mckinlay and her novel, The Storytellers, this blurb by Victoria Dowd made up my mind for me: “Utterly mind blowing! If Stuart Turton had written Gone Girl it would look like this. Intelligent,…
Read MoreA Night at the Library
If you look up the word “introvert” in the dictionary, my picture should be there. It’s not. But it should be because I am one of the most introverted people (at least from my perspective). My need to rest and recharge—alone—is so great, I could easily move away from my family for a bit of…
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