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...]
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.
‘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...]
“Scrivener: What’s All the Fuss?” — a Conversation with Vanessa Kier
Have you been curious about software tools for writers, specifically Scrivener? I had been intrigued by the notion of software to support and organize my writing for quite a while, and finally delved into Scrivener recently while working on a middle … [Read more...]
Your Audience is Not ‘Everyone’ — a Conversation with Lee Wind
Lee Wind, author, blogger, and director of marketing and programming for IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association), is the keynote speaker for Writer’s World, BAIPA’s September 8 conference for authors and publishers. I caught up with Lee last … [Read more...]
Early New Year’s Resolution: Double BAIPA Author Interviews in 2018
It's too early for New Year’s resolutions, but I'm going to make one anyway, which is to make the BAIPA authors-interviewing-authors section of this blog the happening spot in 2018. We have 14 author interviews posted, but we have 180 members, so … [Read more...]
Making the Best Life Possible After Retirement — Interview with Gloria Dunn-Violin
Gloria Dunn-Violin of Novato talked with scores of folks before writing her second book. One of the saddest stories she heard was about “a man who had a lucrative business and retired without a clue about how to spend the rest of his life. He … [Read more...]
Joel Friedlander’s Journey to Becoming Go-To Expert on Book Publishing, Cover Design, and More
On July 8, in the morning session, Joel Friedlander will present We All Judge Books By Their Covers — How to Create Book Covers That Work; for the afternoon session, he'll be part of a panel doing live critiques of BAIPA authors’ book … [Read more...]
Rollercoaster to Sizzle: An Interview with Woody Weingarten
Continuing with our author-interviews-author series, BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry interviews author Woody Weingarten, who wrote Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner’s breast cancer, after his wife recovered from breast … [Read more...]
BAIPA Author Pens ‘Cartoonish’ Mystery Play Being Staged in Mill Valley
John Byrne Barry, winner of the 2015 BAIPA Best Book Award, has written a murder mystery play that’s opening this weekend in Mill Valley. It's called Publish or Perish: Tam Valley Mystery Writers’ Retreat Murder Mystery, It might be fun for you to … [Read more...]