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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.

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John Byrne Barry Talks About Character Voice, Setting, Humor and More on #badasswriters Podcast

December 17, 2022 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, interview, Radio or TV Interview Tagged With: #badasswriters, character voice, podcast, setting

Join Us for ‘Setting That Works’ Workshop on October 15 @ 10 am

October 3, 2022 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Editing, interview, writing Tagged With: setting, workshop

Wildflowers, Curses, and Managing Burnout — Interviews with BAIPA Authors Nita Winter, Rob Badger, Wendy Bartlett, and Janice Litvin

December 29, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, interview

Zooming Into the Holidays — Join Us for BAIPA’s December 5 Holiday Party, With Cover Design Contest and Author Interviews

December 2, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, book design, Contests, interview

“The Fairshare Model” and “Sci-Fi with a Soundtrack” — Two More BAIPA Video Interviews

August 28, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, interview

BAIPA Video Author Interviews, Part 1

June 3, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, interview, Spotlight on BAIPA Members, video

‘A Journey to Silicon Valley and Beyond’ — Interview with Author Andrea Anderson

March 25, 2019 by Christina V. Kueppers

(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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Book Promotion, interview Tagged With: Children's Book, silicon valley

The Puzzle of Book Cover Design — An Interview with Book Cover Designer Andrew Benzie

January 6, 2019 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, book design, interview

“Scrivener: What’s All the Fuss?” — a Conversation with Vanessa Kier

August 27, 2018 by Karin Fisher-Golton

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...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, Book apps, interview, speaking engagement Tagged With: Scrivener, Writer's World

Your Audience is Not ‘Everyone’ — a Conversation with Lee Wind

July 24, 2018 by John Byrne Barry

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, interview, marketing, self-publishing

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