Subjects covered Author Louisa Morgan talked about how she was influenced as a young woman by the feminist social science fiction writing of Sheri Tepper. Louisa enjoys writing in multiple genres, including historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction. Louisa talked about how, as a former music teacher, opera singer, and college music professor, her experience
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Romance Genre Writing with Rebecca Hunter
Subjects covered Rebecca Hunter is a romance writer. Rebecca began writing romance after reading Outlander, which broke all of her stereotypes about romance and opened her up to what romance could do. Rebecca explained how becoming a member of Romance Writers of America helped her to learn everything she knows about writing romance. She also
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Revisiting the 80’s with Kevin Smokler
Subjects covered: Kevin Smokler is an author and filmmaker. Kevin’s documentary Vinyl Nation, is the study of the comeback of vinyl records in America over the last 12 years, the diversification of vinyl fans, and what it means for America in this divided time. Kevin explained that records have come back because we use music
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World Gone Missing with Author Laurie Ann Doyle
Subjects covered Author Laurie Ann Doyle discussed her short story collection, World Gone Missing, including some of the stories themselves. All of the stories are set in or around San Francisco, and in each someone has gone missing, sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically. Laurie discussed the main theme uniting all of the stories, i.e., the presence
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Tips for Writing Memoir with Louis Nayer
Subjects covered Louise Nayer is the author of Burned: A Memoir, an Oprah Great Read and winner of the Wisconsin Library Association Award. When asked about the biggest mistakes new memoirists make, Louise noted that many authors make the false assumption that writing memoir is like journaling. Instead, she explained, it’s about being able to
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Dos and Don’ts of Author Websites with Pub Site’s John Burke
John Burke, co-founder of Pub Site, talked about the service, which provides a quick and easy way to create author and book websites. Asked about the need for authors to have a website versus relying on social media, John explained the reasons why a website is essential for an author – and just having a
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