Strong and Fearless: An Interview with Kristin Smith

One of the beautiful benefits of this interview series is that each interview has the power to bring authors and readers together as well as connect me with new-to-me authors. Shortly after I ran an interview with Charissa Weaks, an email arrived in my inbox from author Kristin Smith, a “former Pitch Wars mentor who…

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Stronger Together: An Interview with Barbara Newman

This series of author interviews allows me to encounter so many people, some of whom I’d love to catch up with in real life. Author Barbara Newman is one of those people. She contacted me last fall after reading Keema Waterfield’s interview, and her slot has finally arrived! And I’m so glad it did because…

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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…

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Moving 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…

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