Books make an affordable, high-quality, and enjoyable gift for Christmas, birthdays, as well as other notable days throughout the year. So let me ask you… “When and what was the last book YOU purchased?” This year, we have offered you many interviews with bestselling, and notable authors, in our magazine, most with a wide selection of titles, as well as authors from ur bookstore selections. For your convenience I am listing some of these authors here, including my own book, Homo Idiotus. Click the link on the author’s name -–– it will take you to their Amazon author page where you can use the “Look Inside” feature to learn more about the…
An Interview with Steena Holmes: NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author
On our June 2018 cover, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Steena Holmes. Enjoy this exclusive interview. Steena Holmes is an extremely successful author of fiction. She has had a great deal of success with focus on romance, Women’s Fiction, and now a psychological thriller. The key to success for Steena has been to always stay grounded and true to roots in her writing. It’s how she has sold two million copies of her novels worldwide, and this was most definitely the formula when she released a series of popular mainstream titles including Finding Emma, Stillwater Rising and her acclaimed novel series Saving Abby in May 2016. Holmes’…
An Interview with Miranda Oh, Romantic Comedy Author
Local Winnipeg author, Miranda Oh, exploded onto the literary scene with her debut novel Remember, No Matter What; Chin Up Tits Out in March of 2016. Critics and readers alike were fascinated with the novel which focused on the character of Hadley, a girl who thought she had it all and knew everything there was about life, until one day she meets someone who changes everything for her emotionally. With the fear of losing everything, Hadley travels halfway across the world to fight for what she feels she deserves and is justifiably hers, overcoming incredible odds in a story filled with love, tears, and learning life lessons. The second novel,…
An Interview with J.C. Ryan: Secrets from a Bestselling Author
Secrets from a Best Selling Author An Interview with JC Ryan [Originally appeared in Books ‘N Pieces Magazine, July 2017 issue] JC Ryan is a name you may not have known prior to this interview, however, as you will soon learn, this best-selling author has a library worth of published material, earning him the best-seller ranking, as well as putting other writers to shame. Q: How are you so prolific? Not just prolific but geographically, historically, blending science and science- fiction with imaginative plots? A: For the past eight years, while working as an IT project Manager I found myself stuck in a daily 3-hour plus commute on a train.…
FREE DAYS: APRIL 9-12
FREE KINDLE DOWNLOADS FOR THE FOLLOWING BOOKS, April 9-12, 2018: Keep returning for more FREE BOOKS thru April 12 • Just A Little Death – William Gensburger Synopsis: Returning to his old boarding school as a new housemaster, David Wilson must come to turns with a terrible truth about his past, that returns to haunt him as he assumes his new role. Can he find his place in this new life without the past conflicting him? Can he be an effective housemaster to the students in his charge? Will he survive the crisis that begins on day one, a test of his strength and compassion • The Zero-G…
An Interview with Devika Fernando: Romance Novelist
Your background is interesting – German education and then living in Sri Lanka. The famous Arthur C. Clarke lived there as well. What is it about Sri Lanka that you love? I love the fact you can find nearly every climate and landscape here, although the island is so small. Then there’s the colorful history and culture, with traces of the Indians, the Dutch, the Portuguese and the English everywhere you go, mixed with various religious and other Asian influences. This eclectic mix was one of the reasons why I wrote the novel “Saved in Sri Lanka”, revolving around a Sri Lankan tour guide who falls in love with an…
An Interview with Andrew Hood: Creative Marketing
[from Books ‘N Pieces Magazine, July 2017] Creative Marketing I met Andrew Hood (@andrewhoodtwtp) on Twitter. He’s from Sydney, Australia. As a publisher, I always try to find clever ways of reaching people. It is common to receive an auto-Tweet after you follow someone. Most are benign messages, some plug book links, others ask question to try and get you to respond. In Andrew’s case, as you will read below, the message was somewhat more compelling. And the results… I’ll let Andrew explain: The Anatomy of An Awesome Direct Message by Andrew Hood First, My Twitter Auto Direct Message Hey, thanks for the follow. You have arrived…
AN INTERVIEW WITH BESTSELLING AUTHOR J C RYAN
Secrets from a Best Selling Author An Interview with JC Ryan JC Ryan is a name you may not have known prior to this interview, however, as you will soon learn, this best-selling author has a library worth of published material, earning him the best-seller ranking, as well as putting other writers to shame. Q:How are you so prolific? Not just prolific but geographically, historically, blending science and science- fiction with imaginative plots? A: For the past eight years, while working as an IT project Manager I found myself stuck in a daily 3-hour plus commute on a train. The first few days it was nice to sit and stare out…
An Interview with JAS T. WARD: The Robin Williams of Authors
Through her work with Nights, Ms. Ward developed characters that were diverse, different and unique. Fans of the group encouraged her to use her literary talents and give her characters life in books, and The Shadow-Keepers Series was born. Ms. Ward quickly became known for writing books filled with action, drama, laughter, darkness and unimaginable plot twists, and her books have won awards from various blogs and other outlets. A bestselling author on both Amazon & ARe Romance, Ms. Ward has been described as the Robin Williams of authors: so damn funny and talented, but with a darkness that calls to you, causing you to want to know more. Ms.…
An Interview with ARABELLA SHERATON/FIONA INGRAM: The Romance of Life
Do you publicly acknowledge Arabella Sheraton as a nom de plume? If not then this question is moot. If so then, how did you settle on the name – inspiration for the choice? I didn’t at first. I wanted to keep my two personas separate, but when I did start telling people (after swearing them to secrecy), I found that people were intrigued, interested, and I got more ‘coverage’ for both Fiona Ingram (myself) and Arabella Sheraton (my nom de guerre). The name came about from a Georgette Heyer novel, Arabella, and the Arabella Sheraton Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. It sounded so Regency-ish that I just had to…
The Best Book Ever Written
Well, I certainly got your attention, didn’t I? You see, we are wired that way, both skeptics and believers, all wishing for the one absolute truth, the best of everything, whether it be a book, a life changing program, or whatever.We are inundated, and yet trained, to want to believe. Why do we buy lottery tickets? The chance of getting struck by lightning is higher than the chance of winning. But we have been taught that “someone wins” and so we make that leap to “why not me?”Okay. Let’s roll with that for a moment. Why not you. Maybe. Possibly. But…probably not because life has a sense of humor. Did you know…
The June Books ‘N Pieces Magazine is Ready For You
READ THE JUNE 2017 ISSUE: PDF: http://bit.ly/BNPJune2017ePub: http://bit.ly/BNPJune2017ePubFlip page: https://issuu.com/altpublish/docs/june2017bnp With each issue BNP gets stronger. Our readership as grown–which reminds me, if you have not signed up for a FREE subscription, please do so HERE, or bit.ly/Subscribe2BNP It is my hope that as we continue to add subscribers (free, by the way), and attract even more notable authors, artists, photographers, and even musicians, that we will be able to include some minimal advertising for the sole purpose of being able to pay our contributors. “Well, don’t you want to make money from advertising for yourself?” you ask. While that would be nice, I did not start BNP to be an advertising machine. I…
An Interview With Kelly Charron: It’s All Psycholgical!
Kelly Charron is the author of horror, psychological thrillers and urban fantasy novels including: Pretty Wicked, and Wicked Fallout. We interviewed her for our January 2018 issue of Books ‘N Pieces Magazine. Q1) Your debut novel “Pretty Wicked” (now earning 4+ stars from over 97 reviewers on Amazon) was in 2016. Since then you have published a sequel “Wicked Fallout” and also have two other YA books to follow. Now that you have hit that sweet spot of good responses, solid following, and hopefully encouraging sales, do you find that psychologically it has become easier to write compared to getting that first novel out? Luckily, I have the gift of being able to block…
