Feature: Spine Mingling: Author Interviews

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Mayra Calvani

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Interview with Christopher Meeks, Author of Months and Seasons
"The best thing I recommend is learning how to write a fabulous one-page query or cover letter."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Aug 22, 2008
Interview with Cody McFadyen, Author of The Face of Death
"Finding the agent was definitely the hardest part."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Aug 19, 2008
Interview with ChaChanna Simpson, Author of Life After College - What Your Parents and Professors Never Taught You
"This book provides solutions readers can immediately use to help make their transition from college life into the real world easier," states Simpson.

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Aug 18, 2008
Interview with Lisa Jackson, Bestselling Author of Left to Die
"For me, when I have writer's block... it's because I've made a mistake in the book earlier on."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Aug 14, 2008
Interview with Kage Alan, Author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Sexual Orientation
"It’s important to keep writing stories dealing with characters who’re gay because I’m also demonstrating that there are similarities between them and their straight counterparts."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jul 13, 2008
Interview with Tom Samuels, Author of Stop Making Music
"Editing takes away from the spontaneity of the work," states Samuels.

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jul 07, 2008
Interview with Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy
Fans of mystery, suspense and thrillers will enjoy The Molech Prophecy.

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 30, 2008
Interview with Children's Book Author Jeff Clineff
"Picture books introduce children to the world of reading and imagination,' says Clineff.

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 26, 2008
Interview with Steven Baldwin, Co-Author of From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth About America's Public Schools
"Public schools have a monopoly," states Baldwin.

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 25, 2008
Interview with Children's Book Author Safari Sue Thurman
Maybe We Are Flamingos was inspired by working at the Phoenix Zoo, where I produced programs for children and their families."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 25, 2008
Interview with Dan Skelton, author of Out of Innocence and The Human Element
"She is patient with me," says Skelton about his Muse, "waiting until she finds a chink in my armor of obstinacy, whereupon she rushes in with some enticing nugget of possibility."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 24, 2008
Interview with Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Author of Mrs. Lieutenant
"I’ve wanted to write this book for 38 years, ever since I was a new Mrs. Lieutenant in the spring of 1970 during the Vietnam War."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 18, 2008
Interview with Children's Book Illustrator Kim Sponaugle
"Be helpful and concerned for others – if you care for others, usually, God provides someone to help you."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 17, 2008
Interview with Mathias B. Freese, author of Down to a Sunless Sea
"I am a stranger in a strange land. I thrive in that wintry landscape," says Freese.

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 16, 2008
Interview with Christopher Conlon, Author of Mightnight on Mourn Street
"What I feel passionate about are characters. I get terribly wrapped up in them, in their lives, their troubles, their aspirations."

Interview by Mayra Calvani — on Jun 16, 2008