Considering a post-pandemic trip to a quaint English Village? Be sure to add this book to your packing list. Author, Maureen Johnson, illustrator, Jay Cooper, and agent, Kate Testerman get together to discuss their collective history and the new book YOUR GUIDE TO NOT GETTING MURDERED IN A QUAINT ENGLISH […]
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Maggie Wells is prolific in the romance genre and definitely knows her stuff. One of the most interesting things we talk about in this interview is her experience as a hybrid author. Hybrid authors’ books are usually a blend of traditionally published books and indie or self-published ones. Maggie takes […]
R.W.W. Greene is a SciFi author, an educator, and an all around great guy. I just loved his perspective on the SciFi genre and what makes for a great story. He talks about so many different books in our conversation and if you’re a fan of SciFi, I recommend you […]
Michelle Ruiz Kiel’s modern stories with mythic sensibilities are some of my favorites. She is someone I wanted to have on the podcast for a long time. I think it started when I heard her panel on modern fairy tales at the ALA Midwinter conference in Seattle a few years […]
Today, I have the privilege of speaking with two of our Powerhouse Middle Grade authors, Ellen Booraem and Deva Fagan. These women are both from Maine and they both write beautiful, sharp, emotionally resonant Middle Grade fantasy. We talk about writing, magic, LARPing, and puppers. We also talk about promoting […]
Today I have the privilege of speaking with New York Times Bestselling author, Jason Hough. Jason is the author of The Dire Earth series, ZERO WORLD, and video game tie in books for Gears of War and Mass Effect. We talk about writing IP for video games, James Bond’s pacing, […]
Today, we talk about 2020. Yes, we voluntarily went back there! Though much was lost this year, and many things felt by turns unfamiliar and maddeningly repetitive, we had a good year. With 3 new members on our team, many new books released, and new contracts signed! Together we clung […]
Our client, Aliza Mann joined me for a conversation about the new book A MORE PERFECT UNION. This collaborative project is a romance anthology in which each story addresses voting and democracy. Aliza Mann has been a fan of romance for a long time. She found her first romance novel […]
In an effort to make the end of 2020 as joyful as possible, I couldn’t think of a better guest than Susan Adrian. She’s one of the first kt literary clients I met, and she is always so kind, warm, and generous. I lob her a trick question during Quick […]