(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...]
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.
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...]
JoAnn Smith Ainsworth and Her Five Navy Psychics
JoAnn Ainsworth’s books have been racking up awards, including a recent 2016 Best Book Awards Finalist in the 'Fiction: Mystery/Suspense’ category. Her six novels reflect the exciting life she described in our fascinating chat. The heroine of … [Read more...]