Name: Mayra Calvani
Dateline: Mayra Calvani
Weblog: www.mayracalvani.com
Articles: 142
First Published: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Last Published: Sunday, July 13, 2008
Currently listing articles 142-101:
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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."
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Interview with Tim Bete and Cap'n Billy "The Butcher" MacDougall, Authors of Guide to Pirate Parenting— "[When] should your child be able to remove a bottle cap by taking out his glass eye and using his eye socket as an opener?"
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Interview with Tom Samuels, Author of Stop Making Music— "Editing takes away from the spontaneity of the work," states Samuels.
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Interview with Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy— Fans of mystery, suspense and thrillers will enjoy The Molech Prophecy.
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Interview with Gail Pool, Author of Faint Praise - The Plight of Book Reviewing in America— "I think that good reviews have always been an endangered species," states Pool.
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Interview with Judi Clark of MostlyFiction.com
— "If someone just wants free books, I recommend that they visit their local library," states Clark.
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Interview with Hilary Williamson of BookLoons
— "We do write negative reviews when called for, but try to always end on a positive note," says Williamson.
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Interview with Linda Mae Baldwin of Road to Romance
— "There is always something good about a book," says Baldwin.
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Interview with Rachel Riebeling Durfor of Rebecca's Reads
— "To most authors, their book is like their baby, and you never tell a mother her newborn baby is kind of, well, unattractive."
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Interview with Lea Schizas of Muse Book Reviews— "Unfortunately, I do believe that many ‘writer friends’ who are reviewers do help fellow writers," states Schizas.
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Interview with Children's Book Author Jeff Clineff— "Picture books introduce children to the world of reading and imagination,' says Clineff.
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Interview: Dena Jones, World Society for the Protection of Animals, on Bear Farming— Where have the cuddly teddy bears gone? The shocking practice of bear farming.
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Interview with Andrea Sisco of Armchair Interviews
— "We'd like authors to remember: A review is one person's opinion," states Sisco.
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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.
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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."
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Interview with Kevin Eagan of Blogcritics Magazine and There There Kid
— "The Internet is a great place to find some excellent review sites, but it's also rife with gushy fan forums that hold no weight," states
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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
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Interview with Rachel Smith of Bitten by Books— "Honest, subjective reviews garner the trust of your readers and endear them to actually listen and act upon your advice," states Smith.
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Interview with Eveline Soors of Euro-Reviews
— "It is unprofessional of an author (or publisher) to directly attack a reviewer for just giving his or her opinion," states Soors.
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Interview with Cheryl C. Malandrinos of The Book Connection
— "Give readers some credit; they don’t need biting marks from a reviewer to learn the areas where the book failed to meet a person’s expectations."
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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
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Interview with Katie McNeill of Blogcritics and Katie's Reading
— "I think that if you have a book to review, good or bad, you should review it," says Trattner.
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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."
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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.
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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."
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Interview with Sharyn McGinty of In The Library Reviews
— "We don’t review to stroke an author’s ego," states McGinty.
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Interview with Stephanie Padilla, New Mystery Reader— "I've had my reviews critiqued just as closely as I've critiqued the book and it's always an eye opener," states Padilla.
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Interview with Tony Eldridge, Author of The Samson Effect— Eldridge's book, The Samson Effect, will appeal to readers of action and adventure with a religious tie-in.
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Interview with Alex Moore, Book Review Editor of ForeWord Magazine— "Some reviewers don't have the breadth of background to be aware of what has already been written - what's bad and what's good."
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Interview with Lesa Holstine of Blogcritics Magazine and Lesa's Book Critiques— "To be truly objective, we should probably only read books by authors we don’t know," says Holstine.
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Interview with Bev Walton-Porter of Scribe & Quill— "I don't believe advance review copies should be sold or donated under any circumstance," says Porter.
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Book Review: Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese
— Down to a Sunless Sea offers a sad, if not cynical, view of humanity.
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Interview with Candis C. Coffee, Author of Mariposa— "I always attempted to find agents, and that was a nightmare," says Coffee.
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Interview with Ron Kavanaugh of Mosaic Literary Magazine— "Some authors should never be published and I think it's a reviewer's responsibility to critique to that extent," states Kavanaugh.
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Interview with Alma Alexander, Author of the Worldweavers Trilogy— "If SOMEBODY doesn’t hate what I do, not enough people are reading me," states Alexander.
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Interview with Carolyn Howard-Johnson of The New Book Review— "Paying for something undermines its credibility. And, yes, that even applies to the paid reviews that Kirkus does."
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Interview with Linda Austin, Author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight— "Just write, and don't let your inner critic rule," advices Austin.
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Interview with Magdalena Ball of The Compulsive Reader and Blogcritics Magazine— "I think that the term 'legitimate' is full of emotion and fraught with danger!" states Ball.
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Book Review: Midnight on Mourn Street by Christopher Conlon— The story slowly ascends until the terrible, heart-wrenching climax.
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Interview with Irene Watson, Managing Editor of Reader Views— "It takes a lot of time, effort, and funds to have a book review site," says Watson.
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Interview with Linda Merlino, Author of Belly of the Whale— "Writer’s block is a given," says Linda Merlino.
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Interview with Jaime Martinez Wood, Author of Rogelia's House of Magic— "...your characters should be able to convince others of their point of view," advises Hispanic author Jaime Martinez Wood.
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