Today’s featured author is Sherry Foley, a fellow thriller writer. Welcome, Sherry! Name: Sherry Foley Name of book: Switched in Death Book genre: Psychological thriller Date published: February 17, 2012 Publisher: Winter Goose Publishing What is your day job? Writer What is your book about? The power of the mind. Any one of us can [...]
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Meet Author Sherry Foley
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Arts, Author Facebook, oprah, psychological thriller, publish, Sherry, Sherry Foley, Switched in Death, Thriller, Twitter, Winter Goose Publishing, Writer, Writers Resources on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Tracie Banister
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Academy Award, Blame It on the Fame, chick lit, debut author, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Oscar, publish, Rooney Mara, Tracie Banister, Twitter, Viola Davis on February 14, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Today’s featured debut author is Tracie Banister. I LOVE the concept for her chick-lit book, Blame It on the Fame – following the five nominees for the Best Actress Oscar from the time they learn about their nomination until the winner is revealed during the awards ceremony telecast. Which of this year’s nominees do you [...]
Meet Olivia Boler
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, Michael Chabon, Olivia Boler, publish, San Francisco, Siobhan Fallon, The Flower Bowl Spell, Twitter, Wicca, You Know When the Men Are Gone, Young-adult fiction on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today’s featured author, Olivia Boler, is a fellow freelancer who has made the leap back into fiction writing. Olivia published her first book in 2000 with a small press, and her latest novel, The Flower Bowl Spell, represents her first self-publishing endeavor. I’m thrilled to have her share her experiences with us today. Name: Olivia [...]
Writing Tip #69
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged Arts, baby grand, Business, Communications, publish, Writers Resources, writing, Writing & Editing on February 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Go with your gut. Before writing this tip, I scanned all the others, thinking I MUST have covered this long ago (I haven’t), how important it is to listen to that little voice inside that’s telling you which way to go and what to do when faced with a tough decision. Something happened this week [...]
Meet V. Morley Johnson
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged author, Books, Daughters of Pahol, debut author, publish, Self-publishing, Twitter, V. Morley Johnson on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s debut author (yes, I’m a few days late, but I won’t tell if you won’t…) is V. Morley Johson, a fourth grade teacher who wrote her debut novel so that her students could finally see a girl be the hero of a story. That’s actually one of the reasons I wrote my own [...]
Meet William Kenney
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged A Dream of Storms, Facebook, Fantasy, Goodreads, In the Shadow of the Black Sun, Lord of the Rings, oprah, publish, Starbucks, Twitter, William Kenney on January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today’s featured debut author is William Kenney, whose dark epic fantasy made its debut last summer. I agree with William when he says that one of the most challenging aspects of writing a book is “keeping my facts straight.” In fact, next week’s writing tip will offer helpful ways for you to do just that. [...]
Attention, Self-Publishers: Edit, Edit, Edit!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amanda Hocking, Amazon, Amazon Kindle, author, Book, E-book, publish, Self-publishing on January 4, 2012 | 8 Comments »
A quick word to my self-published author-friends. Please know that I totally love and respect what you’re doing. So many people think self-publishing a book is easy, but the truth is you are totally on your own out there when it comes to marketing and selling your book. You are joining blog tours, doing interviews [...]
Meet Jennifer Cusumano
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Angels Around Her, Full-time, Inkwater Press, Jennifer Cusumano, Long Island, oprah, Positive feedback, Public relations, publish, romance, Social media, Spiritual, The Oprah Winfrey Show on January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s featured debut author (our first of the new year!) is Jennifer Cusumano, a freelancer, consultant and professor whose book Angels Around Her was published in September 2011. Welcome, Jennifer! Name: Jennifer Cusumano Name of book: Angels Around Her Book genre: Romance/spiritual Date published: September 2011 Publisher: Inkwater Press What is your day job? I [...]
Meet Erica Stanciu
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Amazon, Art, Book cover, Electrify Me, Erica Stanciu, oprah, publish, Self-publishing, Short story, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Writing process on December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s featured author, Erica Stanciu, holds a special place in my heart. She is the daughter of an old friend who had the gall to get married and move to a land far, far away (Philly, and then Las Vegas) when we were mere teenagers, leaving me to navigate college, adulthood and handball all on [...]
Meet Stephen Edger
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Book cover, CreateSpace, IBooks, Money laundering, publish, Self-publishing, Stephen Edger, Thriller on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whew! Luckily, I managed to snare Stephen Edger, today’s featured writer, for a chat before Thursday when his second novel is published and, technically, he is no longer eligible to be interviewed for my Debut Author Q&A series. There I go again doing things just under the wire… Name: Stephen Edger Name of book: Integration [...]
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Making 'Baby Grand' chronicles the road to publication for my first novel, Baby Grand. I also blog about the writing life, interview debut authors (Tuesdays) and offer writing tips (Sundays) that I've picked up along the way.
About the Novel
A curly-haired toddler, a down-on-her-luck writer and the bad guys who brought them together. Set in present-day New York.
Represented by The Stonesong Press, LLC in New York.
Status: Manuscript is written, revised and revised again. Now, we wait...
About the Author
Dina Santorelli has been a freelance writer and editor for over 13 years. She served as the writer on the book, Good Girls Don’t Get Fat, by Robyn J. A. Silverman, Ph. D., which was published in October 2010 by Harlequin.
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