Write Like a Gold Miner: Novels from Coal
As this year in writing comes to an end, I’m looking forward to having the third book in my Eddie Shoes Mystery Series launch in April. It’s hard to believe that before April 15, 2016, I wasn’t a published author and by April 1, 2018, I’ll have three books out. But April 15, 2016 wasn’t […]
Clarissa Goenawan, Kathleen Valenti & Ellison Cooper: Debut Authors
I’m thrilled to introduce three new ITW Debut Authors this week. Clarissa Goenawan, Kathleen Valenti, and Ellison Cooper CLARISSA GOENAWAN Clarissa Goenawan is an Indonesian-born Singaporean writer. Her debut novel, Rainbirds, is the winner of the 2015 Bath Novel Award. Her short stories have won several awards and been published in various literary […]
Hart Hanson, Kellye Garrett, and Roger Johns Discuss Their Debut Novels
I’m going to continue interviewing International Thriller Writers’ Debut Authors, but I’m changing up the format. I’m going to include multiple authors in each post, giving readers an even greater opportunity for finding new authors. I’m thrilled to launch this new format with three exciting debut authors: Hart Hanson, Kellye Garrett, and Rodger Johns. HART HANSON […]
Debut Novelist Gustaf Berger: One Author’s Relationship with Bookstores
Happy to have ITW Debut Author Gustaf Berger as my guest blogger this week. Gustaf was born during WWII on the day the Japanese launched the first of their Kamikaze attacks on American warships. By the time he was 44, he’d had two failed marriages, two distressed children, numerous affairs, and virtually no friends. He’d […]
Writing Dark Thrillers: Debut Author S. A. Stovall
This week I get to hang out with ITW Debut Author S.A. Stovall. Her first novel, Vice City is available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobel and DSP Publications. S.A. Stovall grew up in California’s central valley with a single mother and little brother. Despite no one in her family having a degree higher than a […]
From Television News to Debut Novelist, Christina Kovac launches The Cutaway
On this very smoky Sunday (for those of us in the Pacific Northwest…) I bring you Christina Kovak! Debut author of The Cutaway. Prior to writing fiction, Christina Kovac worked in television news. Her career began with a college internship at Fox 5’s Ten O’Clock News in DC that turned into a field-producing job—making minimum wage while chasing news […]
Filmmaking, Novel Writing, and Surviving the Yukon in Winter: Author Elle Wild
This week, continuing my series on the authors in this year’s Debut Author Program through the International Thriller Writers, I’m heading north of the border. The Canadian border that is. Elle Wild, author of the debut novel Strange Things Done, grew up in Canada and now lives on a tiny island in the Salish Sea. Well-traveled […]
Collaboration in Writing: JT Rogers and the Debut Novel “In From The Cold”
If two heads are better than one (not to be confused with Two Heads are Deader Than One) then two writers should be better too! This week I’m thrilled to include a crime writing duo, ITW Debut author J.T. Rogers is actually S.T. Pelletier and Amanda Schuckman. Here they are as my guests, talking about their process and […]
Debut Author Paul H. B. Shin Discusses Journalism, Fiction, and Martial Arts
This week I’m thrilled to interview ITW Debut Author Paul H. B. Shin. Paul H.B. Shin’s debut novel follows a career as an award-winning journalist for more than 20 years, most recently for ABC News. He was previously a reporter and editor for the New York Daily News. He was born in South Korea and lived […]
Eddie Shoes travels around the US on her very own Blog Tour!
Come with me on my virtual book tour! Between now and February 5th, Eddie Shoes and I will be speeding across the Internet for a series of reviews, guest blogs, spotlights, and interviews. I hope you will join us as we travel the cyber highway. Thank you Escape with Dollycas for planningthe perfect tour. January 23 – A […]