30-Minute Author Interviews

***GIVEAWAY: Russ Colchamiro would like to give one person the chance to win either a signed copy or ebook copy of Love, Murder & Mayhem: Cosmic Tales of the Heart Gone Deadly Wrong. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? This giveaway will run through Wednesday, November 15, 2017. The signed book is only for those in the Continental United States. Good luck everyone.*** Russ Colchamiro is the author of the rollicking space adventure, Crossline, the hilarious sci-fi backpacking comedy series, Finders Keepers, Genius de Milo, and Astropalooza, and is editor of the new anthology, Love, Murder & Mayhem, all with Crazy 8 Press. Russ lives in New Jersey with his wife, two children, and crazy dog, Simon, who may in fact be an alien himself. Russ has also contributed to several other anthologies, including Tales of the Crimson Keep, Pangaea, Altered States of the Union, and TV Gods 2. He is now at work on a top-secret project, and the first book featuring his hard-boiled private eye Angela Hardwicke. As a matter of full disclosure, readers should not be surprised if Russ spontaneously teleports in a blast of white light followed by screaming fluorescent color and the feeling of being sucked through a tornado. It’s just how he gets around — windier than the bus, for sure, but much quicker. To learn more about Russ Colchamiro and his books, visit his website. You can follow Russ on Facebook and Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talk About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:39 Author Bio – 10:56 Russ tells us how the Love, Murder, & Mayhem anthology came to be, the writing process, characters, and more – 13:16 Was it difficult switching humorous sci-fi to mystery? 28:12 Was it hard to write a mystery story in 8,000 words? – 44:15 Russ reads an excerpt from his story in Love, Murder, & Mayhem – 48:07 Russ answers the famous penguin question – 52:24 Our Sponsors Trailer For Galactic Satori Chronicles Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Andy Peloquin would like to give five people the chance to win an ebook copy of Child of the Night Guild (Queen of Thieves Book 1). To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? This giveaway will run through Wednesday, November 1, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Andy is, first and foremost, a storyteller and an artist–words are his palette. Fantasy is his genre of choice, and he loves to explore the darker side of human nature through the filter of fantasy heroes, villains, and everything in between. Andy is also a freelance writer, a book lover, and a guy who just loves to meet new people and spend hours talking about his fascination for the worlds he encounters in the pages of fantasy novels. To learn more about Andy Peloquin and his books, visit his website. You can follow Andy on Facebook and Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talk About: Two Truths & A Lie – 4:35 I mention what he has published in the last 11 months and ask what fans can expect from him the rest of 2017 and going into 2018 – 8:48 Two Fan Question from Sandy Fosdick: Your world is big but we’ve only seen 2 cities and a Frozen Sea. Will you write more from the places we haven’t heard from yet? Will you bring the main characters from those other stories together with Ilanna and/or the Hunter? – 11:41 Andy’s new short story collection, Different Not Damaged, deals with characters with disabilities. Where did his idea for this come from? – 15:11 How did he decide on the disabilities he wanted to write about and how much research did he have to do for the stories? – 19:08 Is there a reason his cover features certain colors on it? – 26:08 Andy reads an excerpt from one of the stories – 29:07 Fan question from Alexis Long: What makes him want to do the death tag in his book group? – 37:02 Fan question from Kelly Erickson: You’re such a nice, happy guy. How do you write such bloody tortuous scenes? – 38:48 Fan question from Emma Price: Why are you so awesome? – 39:39 Fan questions from Sandy Fosdick: Will you kill the Hunter? Will you give him a name? Will you support a full Doctor Who marathon starting with Hartnell and ending with Capaldi? October is Horror Movie Month. What’s your favorite horror movie & character? Why? – 40:20 Fan question from Tiffany Landers: What is your favorite book written by you? Who is your favorite character of all your characters? – 45:36 Andy answers the famous penguin question – 49:57 Our Sponsors Trailer For Galactic Satori Chronicles Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe Pre-Order Different Not Damanged Here

***GIVEAWAY: Rysa Walker would like to give one person the chance to win a signed copy of either The Delphi Effect or The Delphi Resistance (readers choice). To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? Due to shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to those in the Continental United States. This giveaway will run through Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Rysa Walker is the author of the bestselling Chronos Files series. Timebound, the first book in the series, was the Young Adult and Grand Prize winner in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. The Chronos Files has sold nearly half a million copies since 2013 and has been translated into fourteen languages. Rysa currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, two youngest sons, and a hyperactive golden retriever, where she is working on the final book in The Delphi Trilogy. To learn more about Rysa Walker and her books, visit her website. You can follow Rysa on Facebook and Twitter. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talk About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:36 We talk about what seemed to be the overnight success of her Chronos Files and having it translated into 14 languages – 6:24 She started to write The Delphi Effect when she was writing Timebound. Was it hard to pick it back up after several years? – 15:14 Book Blurb for The Delphi Trilogy & the inspiration for the series – 17:45 Did recent events, including the 2016 election, make her change her story? – 25:42 What character from her Delphi Series does she identify with & which character does she wish she was more like? – 31:01 Rysa reads an excerpt from The Delphi Resistance – 34:55 Rysa talks about the tone for The Delphi Resistance – 39:41 Rysa answers the famous penguin question – 45:37 Our Sponsors Trailer For Galactic Satori Chronicles Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Alan V. Nelson’s purpose is to Encourage Hope And Healing. In line with his purpose, Alan would like to share his cell phone number, 336-406-4134, and if you have a question, send him a text message, and he will talk with you about your question. Alan V. Nelson is a writer and apologist living in North Carolina. Through the use of fiction and non-fiction, his purpose is to encourage hope and healing in others. When he isn’t writing, reading, taking pictures, or on a long walk, he can be found enjoying good chai and conversation at a local coffee shop. To learn more about Alan V. Nelson and his books, visit his website. You can follow Alan on Facebook and Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:52 Alan tells us a bit about him and what he does and why he switched from writing fiction to writing a personal growth/inspirational series – 7:37 What inspires Alan from day to day – 15:26 We discuss his Wayfaring series: how many books, non-spoiler blurb – 17:25 Why do you do what you do? – 29:13 Alan answers a fan’s question (Diane S. Loftis) about his #DemoDay and if he still does it – 30:44 Alan answers a fan’s question (Shannen Vernon), what is your ultimate success goal or at what point of success would you feel accomplished? – 38:45 The final fan question is from Beth Russo: When is the model from Wayfaring Pt. 1 going to get a call about being on another one of your books? – 48:54 Alan answers the famous penguin question – 50:07 Our Sponsors:   Trailer For Galactic Satori Chronicles Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Devon C. Ford would like to give one person the chance to win an ebook set of his series After It Happened. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? Due to shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to those in the Continental United States. This giveaway will run through Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Devon is from the UK, having lived in many places until finally settling in the Midlands. His career in public services started in his teens and has provided a wealth of experiences, both good and some very bad, which form the basis of the book ideas that cause regular insomnia. He started reading for fun as an adult, having tried his hardest to avoid anything resembling academia growing up, and at that point the world became a far bigger place. He has been reading, at least one book at a time, ever since. His debut works, the After It Happened series, (Survival, Humanity, Society) were published in April 2016 followed by Hope (July 2016) and Sanctuary (December 2016) before the announcement of Rebellion due in 2017. Storming high into the charts with the first books of the After It Happened series, Devon launched into the top 10 sellers listings in the UK and US, and he made the decision to write full-time shortly after the launch of Hope. Devon’s self-published beginnings caused a stir in the publishing world, and resulted in contracts with Podium Publishing for Audible, narrated by R.C. Bray (The Martian, Expeditionary Force, Arisen), before a publishing deal for Kindle and paperbacks with Vulpine Press. To learn more about Devon C. Ford and his books, visit his website. You can follow Devon on Facebook and Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:36 Author Bio – 10:20 We talk about his characters: the creation process, characters with flaws, and more – 11:53 Writing process: how it has changed, research, and more – 20:40 Being an author from the UK but having a book sell better in the USA and gun laws in the UK  – 24:19 We talk about the audiobook and getting R.C. Bray to narrate the series – 28:00 We listen to a clip of R.C. Bray reading After It Happened: Publisher’s Pack, Books 1 & 2 – 32:59 Why he decided to go from self-publishing to a small press – 42:44 Devon answers the famous penguin question – 49:43 Our Sponsors: Trailer For Galactic Satori Chronicles   Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe  

***GIVEAWAY: One person has the chance to win a signed copy of The Prophecy by Erin Rhew & a signed copy of Birth of an American Gigolo by Deek Rhew. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? Due to shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to those in the Continental United States. This giveaway will run through Tuesday, September 26, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Erin Rhew is an editor, operations manager for a small press, and the author of The Fulfillment Series. Since she picked up Morris the Moose Goes to School at age four, she has been infatuated with the written word. She went on to work as a grammar and writing tutor in college and is still teased by her family and friends for being a member of the “Grammar Police.” A Southern girl by blood and birth, Erin spent years in a rainy pocket of the Pacific Northwest before returning to her roots in the land of hushpuppies, sweet tea, and pig pickin’. She’s married to fellow author, the amazingly talented (and totally handsome) Deek Rhew, and spends her time writing side-by-side with him under the watchful eye of their patient-as-a-saint writing assistant, a tabby cat named Trinity. Erin and Deek enjoy taking long walks, drinking coffee, lifting, boxing, eating pizza, staying up late into the night talking, and adventuring together. Deek Rhew is a transplant from a rainy pocket in the Pacific Northwest, Deek now lives in a sultry corner of the US of A where the sun shines bright, the sweet tea flows, and the hush puppies are hot and delicious. He and his brilliant, but stunning author bride, Erin Rhew, live a simple life with their writing assistant, a fat tabby named Trinity. They enjoy lingering in the mornings, and often late into the night, caught up Erin’s fantastic fantasy worlds of noble princes and knights and entwined in Deek’s dark underworld of the FBI and drug lords. He and Erin love spending time with friends, running, boxing, lifting weights, and adventuring. Erin’s Info: To learn more about Erin Rhew and her books, visit her website. You can follow Erin on Facebook and Twitter. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Deek’s Info: To learn more about Deek Rhew and his books, visit his website. You can follow Nathan on Facebook and Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:48 Deek talks about the lesson he learned about the word count for a novel – 11:07 Non-spoiler book blurb, story idea, and writing process for his novel 122 Rules – 15:03 Did he really create 122 rules phychology for his character? – 20:28 Deek talks about his short story Birth Of An American Gigolo – 23:07 Deek talks about his new sci-fi story he is writing called Extractor – 29:39 Deek reads an excerpt from Birth Of An American Gigolo – 35:46 We talk with Erin and we start with the blurb and inspiration for her Fulfillment series – 40:46 We talk about her inspiration, world building, and the dreaded “filler” second book – 41:35 Why YA Fantasy vs Adult Fantasy – 47:46 Has going to school to get a writing degree helped her and her writing? – 49:39 What inspired her new sci-fi story – 52:29 Erin reads an excerpt from The Prophecy – 53:55 We talk about her covers – 1:00:03 Erin talks about self-editing your stories and why it is important – 1:04:36 Erin & Deek answer the famous penguin question – 1:18:15 Our Sponsors: Trailer For Galactic Satori Chronicles Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Nathan Beauchamp would like to give three people the chance to win a physical copy of his novel, Ascension and a physical copy of Oceans: The Anthology. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? Due to shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to those in the Continental United States. This giveaway will run through Tuesday, September 26, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Nathan serves as acquisitions editor for Centrifuge Press, an independent publisher of speculative fiction. He co-authored the award-winning YA science fiction series Universe Eventual, including the novels Chimera, Helios, Ceres, and Ascension. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and fiction magazines. Nathan holds an MFA in creative writing from Western State Colorado University and lives in Denver with his wife and two young sons. To learn more about Nathan Beauchamp and his books, visit his website. You can follow Nathan on Facebook and Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Preorder Oceans: The Anthology here for $.99 Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:39 Author bio & we talk about his MFA in creative writing from Western State Colorado University – 8:20 How he got into writing and we talk about the stories we each wrote in our youth – 11:27 How Nathan met Daniel Arthur Smith and started working with him – 14:49 We talk about Climate Fiction (cli-fi) – 18:35 We discuss his story, Bug Eater, from Oceans: The Anthology (inspiration, eating bugs, writing process, and more) – 22:33 Nathan reads an excerpt from Bug Eater – 31:03 Nathan answers the famous penguin question – 37:28 Our Sponsors: Trailer For Galactic Satori Chronicles Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Peter Cawdron has a story that is free on Amazon, Trixie & Me. It is a sci-fi thriller with a twist: Trixie and Berry are trapped on an alien space ship. Berry can’t move, but he seems to understand what’s going on. Trixie is confused, she has no recollection of how they ended up in the dark depths of an alien war craft. She struggles to comprehend even the simplest of concepts, struggling to speak, but she is free of her chains, so she is Berry’s only hope. They must escape their captors and warn humanity about this sinister threat coming from the galactic core. Click here to get this story for free on Amazon.*** Peter is an Australian science fiction writer, specialising in hard science fiction. Hard science fiction is a misnomer as far as categories of literature go, as it sounds harsh and difficult to understand, but that is far from reality. Hard science fiction is simply plausible science fiction, fiction that is written in such a way as it conforms to the known laws of science, and that makes it more interesting, as there’s no magic wand the protagonist can wave to get out of trouble. Peter’s forays into hard science fiction could best be described as informative science fiction or enjoyable science fiction. Peter is a fan of such classic science fiction writers as Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Crichton and their influence on his style and story lines is readily apparent. To learn more about Peter Cawdron and his books, visit his blog. If you visit Peter’s Facebook page you can sign up for his email newsletter and receive information about new releases and giveaways. Click here to follow Peter on Facebook. You can also follow Peter on Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:37 Fan Question From Seamus Colgan: Who is your favorite science fiction author? – 7:03 Fan Question From Seamus Colgan & Chris Fried: How do you keep up with your workload and are you a full time writer? 10:40 Fan Question From Chris Fried: When did you become interested in science? – 14:24 Book Blurb for his new novel, Retrograde – 23:24 We talk about the research he had to do for Retrograde – 24:50 Peter tells us about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH Press) & how Retrograde got picked up by them. – 35:15 Peter reads an excerpt from Retrograde – 39:49 Fan Question from James A Carter III: Science Fiction themes seem to have centered a lot on alien contact especially in film. Do you believe this is to satisfy our need to seek a higher power, whether benign or hostile, because our world seems to be in chaos?  – 42:28 Fan Questions from James A. Carter III: Earlier Sci Fi seemed to be a lot more “hard” themed based on big physics concepts and hypothetical science. Has technology jaded our view of hard science potentialities? – 48:00 Peter answers the famous penguin question – 54:10 Fan Question from Colby Zoeller: What are you working on now, and what ideas will be coming to life in the future? – 58:39 BONUS INTERVIEW CONTENT: Inspiration for Retrograde, What Peter would do if he was a script writer in Hollywood, Cawdron’s Law Of Movies, Favorite author of all time, and so much more – 1:04:55 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

Gin Phillips is the author of five novels. Her debut novel, The Well and the Mine, was the winner of the 2009 Barnes & Noble Discover Award. Since then her work has been sold in 29 countries. Born in Montgomery, Al., Gin graduated from Birmingham-Southern College with a degree in political journalism. She worked as a magazine writer for more than a decade, living in Ireland, New York, and Washington D.C., before eventually moving back to Alabama. She currently lives in Birmingham with her family. To learn more about Gin Phillips and her books, visit her website. You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter. All of her books can be found on Amazon and wherever you buy books. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:01 How winning the 2009 Barnes & Noble Discover Award helped her writing career – 6:34 Gin gives us the “book blurb” for Fierce Kingdom and we talk about the Book Of The Month Club – 10:26 Did she use her local zoo as the layout for the zoo in her novel? – 14:50 We talk about writing her main characters, Joan and Lincoln, including how much of Lincoln is modeled after her son – 16:29 Was it difficult writing a novel where the entire story takes places over a 3 hour period? – 21:39 What kind of research did she have to do for this novel – 23:57 There were a couple of difficult parenting questions in the novel that made me ask myself, what would I do in that situation? Did she write the novel with those questions in mind? – 28:56 Gin reads an excerpt from Fierce Kingdom – 32:18 Gin answers the famous penguin question – 36:20 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe  

***GIVEAWAY: Jon Cronshaw would like for everyone to enjoy his Wasteland world. He has created an exclusive collection of short stories called Stories From The Wasteland. The collection includes his prequel novella Addict Of The Wasteland plus five other stories that take place in his Wasteland world. Click here to download your own copy of Stories From The Wasteland. The above link will take you to a BookFunnel page. There is no sign up for anything.  This giveaway will end on October 31, 2017. Enjoy this collection! Jon Cronshaw is a British science fiction and fantasy author based in Morecambe, England. He’s the author of two post-apocalyptic novels Wizard of the Wasteland and Knight of the Wasteland. As a freelance features writer, he has had work published in local and national newspapers across the UK, including the Metro, Yorkshire Post and the Guardian. He earned his PhD in the history of art from the University of Leeds in 2011, focusing on the life and work of Anglo-American sculptor, Jacob Epstein (1880-1959). He’s a voracious reader, guide dog owner, ex-gamer, and certified geek. To learn more about Jon Cronshaw and his books, visit his website. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:45 How did Jon get his love for post apocalyptic fiction? – 7:30 Jon is currently in the middle of the Ray Bradbury challenge. He tells us more about the challenge and what he has done for it. – 8:54 The editing process Jon does before he sends the story off to his editor – 14:22 Where did the original idea for his Wasteland series come from? – 16:52 Book Blurb on what his Wasteland series is about – 21:32 Why he decided to do Amazon Kindle Scout for Wizard Of The Wasteland and how it went – 26:50 Jon talks about the special collection he created for the listeners of the podcast – 32:07 Jon answers the famous penguin question – 35:40 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Blue Cole would like to give one person the chance to win a signed copy of any one of his novels. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? Due to shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to those in the Continental United States. This giveaway will run until Thursday, September 7, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Blue Cole has been writing since he could grip a pencil. After almost 15 years of business ownership in and around Atlanta, Georgia he has returned to writing, at least part time. Some of his previous jobs include working as a pizza maker, performing drug and DNA tests, and selling children’s clothes. He currently works for a state government. His literary style is a Frankenstein-ish mix of genres, combining Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, and even delving into satirical essays and historical fiction. His aim is to tell a good story, in any genre, at any length. Memorable characters in mind blowing concepts occupying believable settings characterize his work. To learn more about Blue Cole and his books, visit his website. You can follow Blue and his new novel on Facebook. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:35 Author bio & why he decided to start writing – 7:49 Why he combines genres when writing and blurb for his new novel Evil Upriver – 9:43 Why has he not written a series, only stand alone novels and what is a tri-pic? – 11:48 Where he got his idea for Evil Upriver – 17:48 Blue reads an excerpt from Evil Upriver – 22:49 What was his writing process for Evil Upriver? – 27:57 Who was his favorite character to write in Evil Upriver? – 32:41 Why he is choosing to do Kickerstarter for his next project – 35:19 Blue answers the famous penguin question – 39:34 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: R. L. Blalock would like to give one person the chance to win a Death & Decay Swag Pack featuring a bookmark, bracelet, magnet, dog tag, and ebook copy of Devour. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? This giveaway will run until Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** R. L. Blalock’s love of reading started young. As a child, her father would read stories to her before bed every night. In middle school, she and her best friend bonded over books and writing. Her love of zombies, though, started later in life. In 2008, when R. L. Blalock first watched the remake of Dawn of the Dead, she instantly fell in love with the genre. Born and raised in Sacramento, California, R. L. Blalock now lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her loving husband and precocious three-year-old daughter. Their family also includes three pets: Memphis, a Pitbull/German shepherd mix who prefers to spend his days cuddling; Dixie, a Pitbull/Akita mix who greets everyone with excited squeals and enough kisses to last a lifetime: and Pazuzu, the Green-Cheeked Conure who thinks she’s a dog. By day, she gets the pleasure of waking before the sun is up to serve coffee to all the morning commuters in Lake St. Louis. Despite the early hours, the job has its perks. She can get her hands on as much coffee as she wants. During what precious little free time she has, R. L. Blalock like to read whatever dark and twisted book she can get her hands on or scare herself silly with the same nightmarish kinds of video games. To learn more about R. L. Blalock and her books, visit her website. You can also follow her on Facebook and Twitter. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:42 What attracted R. L. to the apocalyptic genre later in life? – 7:29 When did she get her idea for her Death & Decay Series and when did she decide to become an author? – 10:50 How prepper groups on Facebook have helped her writing? – 14:05 We talk about writing her Death & Decay series, including her original idea for the series, struggles she has had, and more – 17:53 We talk about her prequel, The Darkest Days, and how a police department helped her with research – 26:53 R.L. reads an excerpt from Devour – 36:01 R.L. answers the famous penguin question – 38:41 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe  

***GIVEAWAY: Frost Kay would like to give one person the chance to win a signed copy of Rebel’s Blade, Book 1 of The Aermian Feuds. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? This giveaway will run until Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Frost Kay is a certified bookdragon with an excessive TBR, and a shoe obsession. Her goals in life include: Eating a five-pound bag of skittles in one sitting, creating worlds that sweep you away and leave you dazed, and preventing the cat from laying on top of her laptop. She has an evil side she only lets out on special occasions – like at the end of a book…cliffhangers…the girl seriously loves them. If you hate bewitching stories, epic adventures, untold secrets, dark promises, thrilling action, swoon-worthy anti-hero’s, and slow burning romance her books aren’t for you. But if they are, you’re in good company. To learn more about Frost Kay and her books, visit her website. You can also follow her on Facebook and Twitter. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talk About: Two Truths & A Lie – 4:00 Author Bio & summer reading as a kid – 7:47 Frost tells us what author helped inspired her to write and she tells us about the world she has created – 11:08 We talk about how she created her fantasy map and what places inspired her lands – 17:37 We talk about her characters. Favorite to write, who inspired Sage, and more – 22:35 Frost reads an excerpt from Rebel’s Blade – 30:55 Frost answers some fan questions – 33:28 Frost answers the famous penguin question – 40:43 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Michael Patrick Hicks would like to give one person the chance to win an ebook copy of Mass Hysteria. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? This giveaway will run until Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Michael Patrick Hicks is the author of the science fiction novels Convergence, an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2013 Quarter-Finalist, and Emergence. His work has appeared in several anthologies, and he has written for the websites Graphic Novel Reporter and Audiobook Reviewer. In between compulsively buying books and adding titles that he does not have time for to his Netflix queue, he is hard at work on his next story. To learn more about Michael Patrick Hicks and his books, visit his website. You can also follow him on Facebook and Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Don’t forget to check out Michael’s Patreon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:43 Author Bio & Michael talks about the Amazon Breakthrough Novel process – 7:27 Book Blurb for Convergence – 13:30 How Michael got invited to write in Nicholas Sansbury Smith’s Extinction Series – 15:31 Book Blurb for new novel Mass Hysteria & how he started the novel – 18:21 Michael talks Patreon and the Patreon process – 22:27 Fan Question from Anthony Vicino & we talk about his story Revolver, including what real world events “inspired” the story – 27:09 Michael reads an excerpt from Mass Hysteria – 33:35 Michael answers the famous penguin question – 41:20 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: P.K. Tyler would like to give one person the chance to win a signed copy of UnCommonly Good and an ebook copy of Twin Helix. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? This giveaway will run until Thursday, August 17, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** P.K. Tyler is the author of Speculative Fiction and other Genre Bending novels. She’s also published works as Pavarti K. Tyler and had projects appear on the USA TODAY Bestseller’s List. “Tyler is essentially the indie scene’s Margaret Atwood; she incorporates sci-fi elements into her novels, which deal with topics such as spirituality, gender, sexuality and power dynamics.” – IndieReader Pav attended Smith College and graduated with a degree in Theatre. She lived in New York, where she worked as a Dramaturge, Assistant Director and Production Manager on productions both on and off-Broadway. Later, Pavarti went to work in the finance industry for several international law firms. Now located in Baltimore Maryland, she lives with her husband, two daughters and two terrible dogs. To learn more about P.K. Tyler and her books, visit her website. You can also follow her on Facebook. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 4:18 P.K. tells us about herself and what a dramaturge is – 8:01 Where did the idea for Dominion Rising come from? – 16:35 P.K. has a story in Dominion Rising and she has also formatted it. What was the most difficult part for her? – 22:13 How did they pick the 23 authors? – 23:44 P.K. gives the blurb & reads an excerpt from the story her and S.M. Blooding wrote, Mind Raider – 31:21 P.K. answers two fan questions: one from Susan Voss & one from Teri Miller – 36:46 P.K. answers the famous penguin question – 39:23 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Derek Borne would like to give one person the chance to win a signed copy of The Ultimate Agent (UA Book 1) and also a personalized Ultimate Agent Mug. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part of this episode? This giveaway will run until Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Derek Borne is a Canadian author who lives in “the prettiest town in Ontario” with his jewelry making wife and moody bearded dragon Ziggy. Always telling stories since a young age, he first wrote The Ultimate Agent at fourteen and kept writing as a hobby until finally publishing. When he isn’t writing, he’s selling olive oil and aged balsamic, belting out Phantom of the Opera, playing guitar, playing hockey, and making movie references daily. Oh, and impatiently waiting for the next superhero movie to come out. To learn more about Derek Borne and his books, visit his website. You can also follow him on Facebook & Twitter. Don’t forget to join The Ultimate Agency (Author Derek Borne’s Special Agents) Facebook Group. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 3:33 What drew Derek to writing at a young age? – 10:00 Michael Crichton and his influence on Derek – 13:22 How does Derek like to write his action scenes? – 15:21 Book Blurb for The Ultimate Agent – 18:51 What inspired Derek Borne to start writing this novel at 14? – 20:10 What Facebook Group was a big help to Derek Borne? – 24:29 Derek reads an excerpt from The Ultimate Agent – 26:10 Which two characters does Derek enjoy writing and why? – 33:51 Derek answers the famous penguin question – 37:24 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Lindsay Smith would like to give one person the chance to win an ebook copy of her debut novel, Sekret. Serial Box would also like to give the winner a season pass to The Witch Who Came In From The Cold Season 1, that is the ebook and audio version of  Season 1. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part from this episode? This giveaway will run until Thursday, August 10, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Lindsay Smith is the author of Sekret, A Darkly Beating Heart, and other novels, and is the showrunner and lead writer for Serial Box’s The Witch Who Came In From the Cold. Her love of Russian culture has taken her to Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and a reindeer festival in the middle of Siberia. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and dog, where she writes on foreign affairs. To learn more about Lindsay Smith and her books, visit her website. You can also follow her on Twitter. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie – 4:49 Lindsay tells us about some of the novels she has written – 9:15 Why Lindsay likes to write YA and was it hard switching from YA to non-YA for The Witch Who Came In From The Cold – 11:21 How she became involved with Serial Box and The Witch Who Came In From The Cold – 13:39 Blurb for The Witch Who Came In From The Cold – 17:33 Why does she like to write in the Cold War Era – 20:43 Any challenges in the switch from writing on your own to writing with a group – 23:24 Lindsay reads an excerpt from The Witch Who Came In From The Cold – 26:09 Has travel helped her in writing and if she could visit one country to write a novel in, which would it be – 30:32 Lindsay answers the famous penguin question – 33:22 Our Sponsors: Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe

***GIVEAWAY: Stacey Rourke & Tish Thawer would like to give one person the chance to win a signed poster and also a dog tag for their latest novel, TS901 Anomaly. To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part from this episode? This giveaway will run until Tuesday, August 8, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Stacey Rourke Stacey Rourke is the author of the award winning YA Gryphon Series, the chillingly suspenseful Legends Saga, the romantic comedy Reel Romance Series, and twisted fairy tale Unfortunate Soul Chronicles. She lives in Michigan with her husband, two beautiful daughters, and two giant dogs. She loves to travel, has an unhealthy shoe addiction, and considers herself blessed to make a career out of talking to the imaginary people that live in her head. Stacey has also won: RONE Award Winner for Best YA Paranormal Work of 2012 for Embrace, a Gryphon Series Novel Young Adult and Teen Reader voted Author of the Year 2012 Turning Pages Magazine Winner for Best YA book of 2013 & Best Teen Book of 2013 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Crane 2015 To learn more about Stacey Rourke and her books, visit her website. You can also follow her on Facebook & Twitter. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Tish Thawer Bestselling and Award Winning Author, Tish Thawer, writes paranormal romances for all ages. From her first paranormal cartoon, Isis, to the Twilight phenomenon, myth, magic, and superpowers have always held a special place in her heart. Tish is known for her detailed world-building and magic-laced stories. Her work has been compared to Nora Roberts, Sam Cheever, and Charlaine Harris. She has received nominations for a RONE Award (Reward of Novel Excellence), and Author of the Year (Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery), as well as nominations and wins for Best Cover, and Reader’s Choice Award. Tish has worked as a computer consultant, photographer, and graphic designer, and is a columnist for Gliterary Girl media and has bylines in RT Magazine and Literary Lunes Magazine. She resides in Arizona with her husband and three wonderful children and is represented by Gandolfo, Helin, and Fountain Literary Management. Tish has also won: 2017 – #1 Bestseller in Historical Fiction (Witches of BlackBrook) 2015 – Best Cover – Penned Con (The Witches of BlackBrook) 2015 – Readers Choice Award – Blogger Choice Awards (The Witches of BlackBrook) To learn more about Tish Thawer and her books, visit her website. You can also follow her on Facebook & Twitter. All of her books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie: 3:44 Author Bio: 9:56 How did Stacey and Tish meet and how did the story idea start: 13:37 Book Blurb for TS901: Anomaly: 15:50 Did they face any challenges in the switch to writing with a co-author: 17:57 Is there one character that they each like to write and have we met the character yet: 22:35 What drink did Stacey create as the drink for TS901: Anomaly: 23:52 If they could have one mutant power, what would it be and why: 28:04 They answer the famous penguin question: 33:05 Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe Our Sponsors:

***GIVEAWAY: Jay Michael Wright II would like to give two people the chance to win an ebook copy of The Spider’s Web (Talon Book 1). To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part from this episode? This giveaway will run until Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Jay Michael Wright II is a 43 year old horror, sci-fi, and dark fantasy author living in the heart of Dixie, Alabama. He’s the father of three young girls (7, and 5 year old twins). They are far scarier than anything he writes and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Jay Michael Wright II is a life-long fan of horror novels and movies (particularly the Vampire genre) and they led him to scribbling ideas for a story in a blog. In time, the story grew and his writing style evolved. It went from a blog format to the form of a novel. With the idea that Vampire stories had been hijacked by the PG-13 crowd, he was determined to take back the genre with something grittier and aimed more at adults than the teenage girl. Jay cites that Joss Whedon, Quentin Tarrantino, and the Rob Zombie “Devil’s Rejects” movies are some of his biggest influences which can be seen as his writing consists of mildly comedic moments (though never cheesy), intriguing dialogue, and moments of intense violence and drama. The Spider’s Web is the first of a planned three novel set which will tell the story of the sole survivor of the Lost Colony of Roanoke as he tries to survive Pureblood Vampires, Catholic Vampire hunters, Warlocks, and eventually the Devil himself. To learn more about Jay Michael Wright II and his books, visit his website. You can also follow him on Facebook & Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Things We Talked About: Two Truths & A Lie: 3:35 Author Bio: 9:34 He tells us his overall plan with his Talon series: 11:40 Book blurb for Talon: The Spider’s Web: 20:12 He tells us why he started writing horror: 24:50 Jay Michael Wright II reads an excerpt from Talon: The Spider’s Web: 28:30 How many years will this whole series span: 30:59 How he took the story from a MySpace blog to a novel: 34:31 What inspired his Talon series: 37:10 Jay Michael Wright II answers the famous penguin question: 42.56 Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one-time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe Our Sponsor:

***GIVEAWAY: Daniel M. Ford would like to give one person the chance to a signed copy of Ordination and Stillbright, the first two books in his Paladin Trilogy . To get registered, answer the following question in the comment section: What was your favorite part from this episode? This giveaway will run until Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Good luck everyone.*** Daniel M. Ford was born and raised near Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Villanova (B.A., English) Boston College (M.A., Irish Literature) and George Mason University (M.F.A, Creative Writing, Poetry). His poetry has appeared in The Delmarva Review, Soundings Review, Vending Machine Press, Phoebe, and other journals. Ordination: Book 1 of the Paladin Trilogy (2016) was his first novel, with the sequel, Stillbright, released on June 1 2017. Book 3, Crusade, is scheduled for 2018. He teaches writing, literature, and cheese appreciation at a college prep high school in rural Maryland and lives in Newark, Delaware. To learn more about Daniel M. Ford and his books, visit his website. You can also follow him on Twitter. All of his books can be found on Amazon. Topics Covered During The Interview Two Truths & A Lie – 3:07 How did Crusade, book three of The Paladin Trilogy, get out of hand? – 7:16 We talk about his poetry writing & his education – 8:37 Fan Questions from Michael Kramer: How does his study of fairy tales influence his poetry and vice versa? What is his favorite fairy tale? – 10:19 Has he been flying by the seat of his pants for this series? – 13:26 How did he get picked up by the small press Santa Fe Writers Project? – 15:16 Book Blurb for his Paladin Series – 21:40 What movie star would he see playing his main character, Allystaire Coldbourne? – 24:39 Daniel reads an excerpt from Ordination – 25:57 If he was a character in his book, what would his go to weapon be? – 35:05 Daniel doesn’t believe in writer’s block. What does he do if writer’s block starts to creep in? – 35:51 Daniel answers our famous penguin question – 38:06 Make sure you check out our Patreon page. We have started a new podcast called 10 Questions With. . .. You can find the Patreon page here. Would like to support 30-Minute Author Interviews or the blog but cannot do a Patreon right now? We now have a Tip Jar where you can give a one time donation. Your generous donation will help us continue to Shine A Light On Indie Publishing. Click Here for the Tip Jar. I would like to thank a few of our Patreon Supporters: Nick Braker Maggie Stewart-Grant ThirdScribe Our Sponsor: