by John Byrne Barry I’m thrilled to announce that the audiobook of Pirates of Sausalito: Houseboat Wars Murder Mystery is now available on AMPlify Audiobooks, narrated by BAIPA president and founder of Pro Audio Voices, Becky Parker Geist, and … [Read more...]
Below are interviews conducted by BAIPA members of BAIPA members. If you'd like to be interviewer or interviewee, contact [email protected]. You learn more about the BAIPA Author Interviews here.
Interview with Book Interior Designer Val Sherer
Editor's Note: This is the first in a new series of interviews with BAIPA service providers. If you are interested in being interviewed or being an interviewer, contact [email protected]. What services do you offer authors? What does interior … [Read more...]
John Byrne Barry Talks About Character Voice, Setting, Humor and More on #badasswriters Podcast
Back in October, Kathleen Foxx, the Canada-based host of #badasswriters podcast, interviewed me, and we had a fun and stimulating conversation about character voice, memorable setting, and injecting humor into difficult subjects, like in my most … [Read more...]
Join Us for ‘Setting That Works’ Workshop on October 15 @ 10 am
Setting That Works How Memorable Setting Can Advance Plot, Reveal Character, Echo Theme, and More Flash Flood In my first novel — Bones in the Wash: Politics is Tough. Family is Tougher. — my protagonist, Tomas Zamara, the mayor of … [Read more...]
Wildflowers, Curses, and Managing Burnout — Interviews with BAIPA Authors Nita Winter, Rob Badger, Wendy Bartlett, and Janice Litvin
Here are three more video interviews of BAIPA authors, which we recorded live during the afternoon session of our December meeting. Thanks to all of you who participated. We are considering doing live author interviews again in 2021. Let us know if … [Read more...]
Zooming Into the Holidays — Join Us for BAIPA’s December 5 Holiday Party, With Cover Design Contest and Author Interviews
We’ll start our December 5 meeting, as usual, with Q & A, introductions, announcements, and then our presentation — David Kudler on Book Cover Design. Then comes our holiday party, in two parts. Of course, you’re welcome to bring your own … [Read more...]
“The Fairshare Model” and “Sci-Fi with a Soundtrack” — Two More BAIPA Video Interviews
Here are two more video interviews of BAIPA authors who have recently published books. The Fairshare Model: An Interview with Author Karl Sjogren Sci-Fi with a Soundtrack — An Interview with Author Mike Van Horn … [Read more...]
BAIPA Video Author Interviews, Part 1
We talked at our May meeting about ways we as authors and publishers might help each other promote our books during the pandemic, or whether we shouldn't be doing that at all. One idea we had was to interview each other on Zoom and post those … [Read more...]
‘A Journey to Silicon Valley and Beyond’ — Interview with Author Andrea Anderson
(In our continuing series of BAIPA authors interviewing BAIPA authors, children’s author Christina V. Kueppers interviewed author Andrea Anderson about her new book, A Journey to Silicon Valley and Beyond.) “Unlike explorers in the old days who … [Read more...]
The Puzzle of Book Cover Design — An Interview with Book Cover Designer Andrew Benzie
Andrew Benzie led the December BAIPA presentation on book cover design. As a follow-up, I spoke to him on the phone the week after the meeting to find out more about how he got where he is and how he does his work. Q: How did you get into book … [Read more...]