My hometown newspaper published my interview today!
"Summers of Fire" chronicles career of Syracuse native"
What fun to have a paper copy too!
Showing posts with label Author interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Author interviews. Show all posts
My interview with Chris Rice Cooper
Many thanks to Chris Rice Cooper for featuring my interview on her website today!
Interview about my new book and writing memoir
Please come on over to free-lance writer-for-hire Brandi-Ann Uyemura's website to see the great questions she posed about my new book and writing memoir.
Q and A interview shared by author Suanne Schafer
Suanne asks me some great questions...including how I became a writer, and what I give back to the writing community.
"Go Get That Dream Job" Kaleidoscope interview
Early in 2020 I entered my essay "Go Get That Dream Job" for inclusion in the book: Kaleidoscope Reflections on Women's Journeys. They accepted it! Here's my interview with the team that chose my essay. The book is available for purchase here.
What is it like being one of the first women on a Forest Service fire crew?
My interview on eBook Showcase
Virtual book tour: A reading from Summers of Fire
My interview with Melissa Dee: Fifteen Minutes with Interesting People
Thank you to Melissa Dee for asking me to join her website's segment: Fifteen Minutes with Interesting People
Author interview: Welcome Sarah Sanchez!
Thank you, Sarah!
First, please tell my readers a bit about you.
I was born in Dallas, TX. I love Texas. The
weather is crazy, but the people are friendly. I graduated from the
University of North Texas with a BA of Arts in Spanish. Mexico is my second
home. My husband is from there, and I have family down there. I love the
culture, the people and of course the food. I have three wonderful children and I love hiking and spending time
outdoors when I am not writing.
Fantasy is my preferred genre to write in. There are no limits in fantasy beyond my own imagination. Anything can happen. Sunwalker is my debut novel. It is a YA Vampire novel. The first in a trilogy. Nightwalker, book 2, is set to be released in Spring 2018. I also just released a MG Fantasy novel entitled the Portal Keeper, in December 2017.
I try and come up with
something I think is original and will be easy to remember yet has meaning for
the book.
· As people learned about your book, what unexpected things happened along the way?
After my second book came
out, and as interest began to surround it, more people purchased my first
book. I wasn’t expecting this since both
books are different genres and for different age groups. It was exciting though.
·
Who are your literary influences or
inspiration?
I
really like Brandon Mull. He is an
amazing fantasy author. His books are
just so much fun to read.
·
As a result of publishing your book, what have you
learned about yourself and/or the writing process?
I
have learned several things. First that
if you work hard you can accomplish your dreams. I know that may sound cliché. I also learned that writing a book is a lot
of work, but the work just continues after publication and never seems to end.
·
Were there overt negative reactions to the book? Did they contain grains
of truth? What was your response to those reactions then and now?
You can never make everyone
happy. Luckily I have been blessed with
all positive feedback. I have good beta reads so I really try to find all the
flaws before publication. Now if you ask
me if my beta readers had some critiques that were hard to hear and stung a
little, that would be a yes. But even
though it’s hard, I do enjoy my beta readers being harsh. I want them to be brutal. If I need to work on character development or
fix inconsistencies in a manuscript, I want to find out early on. So if you are a harsh, honest critic send me
an email and I just may try you out as a beta reader.
·
What genres do you work in?
I
really enjoy fantasy. I’d like to branch
out and try some other genres, but right now I have too many fantasy ideas that
I am excited to work on.
·
What feeds your process? Can you listen
to music and write or not... can you write late at night or are you a morning
person... when the spark happens, do you run for the pen or the screen or do
you just hope it is still there tomorrow?
Music
and chocolate are musts. As far as when
the spark happens, always run for the pen.
I have always regretted hoping it’s still there tomorrow.
·
What’s the hardest part of writing or
publishing?
Prioritizing. Deciding how much time to dedicate to
writing, marketing, editing, family, friends.
I tend to get sucked into a project and it’s hard to pull myself out
sometimes.
·
What writing mistakes do you find yourself making
most often?
I am terrible at grammar, so my commas are always in the wrong
places. When I am writing the next book
in a series I always forget to reintroduce characters, and don’t summarize
enough of the first book. Thankfully I
have an amazing editor Courtney Johansson.
She makes sure I don’t miss any of the important stuff.
·
What makes bad guys/girls bad?
I think it
all boils down to selfishness. At the
root of every villain is a selfish core.
Then you just build off that.
·
Where would your dream book signing occur?
I think it
might vary depending on the book. Transylvania would be awesome for Sunwalker
the first book in my Vampire Trilogy.
For my
Middle Grade Fantasy The Portal Keeper I’d love to go to Ireland. It’s a beautiful country from what I hear and
just seems like a mystical place.
You can connect with Sarah here:
Sunwalker
Blog
Facebook
Goodreads
Podcast interview with Charlene Jones at Soul Sciences
My interview by author Isabella May
Many thanks to Isabella May for graciously offering to interview me on her blog today!
Meet the Author: Linda Strader
My interview with author Lily Iona MacKenzie
Many thanks to Lily Iona MacKenzie, who graciously offered to interview me for her blog. You can read the interview here.
Natasha Orme interviews me about my book
Natasha Ormes, "Writer, Reader and Lover of Words" posted our interview today. View here:
Author Interview: Linda Strader
Author Interview: Linda Strader
My interview with the Green Valley News
Facing Flames: Adventures, Challenges of a Female Firefighter
Published in the Green Valley News on January 23rd, 2013, Ellen Sussman wrote about how I fought fires and fought against men's outdated attitudes to prove I was a productive, dependable member of the crew.
Just a couple corrections, however. The Box Fire was not in Florence, but in Box Canyon of the Santa Rita Mountains.
The Hog-Fong fire was over 50,000 acres.
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