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10 Questions with 'League of Somebodies' Author and LitReactor Instructor Samuel Sattin
July 17th, 2013
Fight Song author and LitReactor instructor Joshua Mohr called Samuel Sattin's debut novel, League of Somebodies, "a whirling force that blends the family saga, superhero lore, and a coming of age story to a frothy cocktail. Imagine The Godfather remixed with Chabon's classic Kavalier and Clay." Publishers Weekly called it a "hilarious satire on manliness and superhero culture." Not faint praise. Here's the gist:
Read Interview →10 Questions with Tom Piccirilli
July 9th, 2013
I'm not going to call Tom Piccirilli underrated—underpaid, definitely, under-appreciated, perhaps—but at this stage in his career, the label of underrated doesn't comfortably fit the Colorado novelist or his emotionally intense creations. Over the last twenty years, Picciirilli has written in virtually every genre with the exception of hard sci-fi, but in the last decade, his voice has come to full maturity within crime fiction.
Read Interview →5 Questions with LitReactor instructor Joseph Nassise; eBook Coding Class Starts Monday
July 5th, 2013
Digital self-publising. Everyone's talking about it. Here's your chance to learn how to do it. Joseph Nassise is the author of more than a dozen novels. He has written for both the comic and role-playing game industries, and also served two terms as president of the Horror Writers Association, the world's largest organization of professional horror and dark fantasy writers.
Read Interview →Chuck Klosterman Returns
July 2nd, 2013
Chuck Klosterman has kept busy since we last spoke in 2011. He continues his work with the arts and culture blog, Grantland.com, and has added another item to his already long resume: replacing Ariel Kaminer as the New York Times magazine's The Ethicist.
Read Interview →10 Questions with John Mantooth
June 4th, 2013
Debut novels are a dime a dozen; I hate to say it, but it’s a cold hard fact. With the sheer number of books being produced by the big 5, small presses, micro presses, and no presses on a daily basis, it’s near impossible for a first time storyteller to gain any sort of attention for a project they’ve slaved over their entire lives, which is a shame. But it is what it is, and I’m more than guilty of passing over a debut author because one of my standard bearers has a new novel coming out the same day.
Read Interview →The Stud Book: An Interview with Monica Drake
May 17th, 2013
Funny thing about The Stud Book by Monica Drake: You know how some people turn their noses up at genre fiction? I'm a genre guy, and I tend to scoff at literary fiction, shrugging it off as stories about melancholy families in the suburbs. And at first blush, The Stud Book is exactly that: Melancholy families in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. But it's so much more—moving, whip-smart, beautifully written, sad and hopeful in equal parts. And funny. Damn, is this book funny.
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10 Questions with Duane Swierczynski
April 30th, 2013
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a fanboy when it comes to Duane Swierczynski. I mean, can you really blame me? Philadelphia’s reigning king of pulp is a writing machine, churning out fifteen books since 2002. (And I’m not talking just novels, either.
Read Interview →10 Questions with Agent, Attorney and Author, Margaret Marr
April 26th, 2013
Writers, you're in a unique position — both exciting and daunting. You have more choices and opportunities to publish and market your work available to you than ever before. You also have more voices offering you advice that may or may not be helpful, that may or may not be accurate. The key here is to keep your focus on the craft and hone in on those valuable voices that speak from the greatest of teachers — trial and error, otherwise known as experience.
Read Interview →A Writer's Mind: An Interview with Psychotherapist and Author, Philip Kenney
April 17th, 2013
In January I had the pleasure of interviewing Portland based psychotherapist and author Philip Kenney about writers and depression. Based on the positive response, we decided to go another round with Philip. This time, we focus on the seemingly disparate roles of the writer as artist and the writer as sales person and marketer; social media anxiety, irrational fears, and more.
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