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...]
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.
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...]
An Editor’s Life — Christina V. Kueppers Interviews Linda Jay
In our continuing series of BAIPA members interviewing fellow BAIPA members, author Christina V. Kueppers interviews editor/writer Linda Jay "You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you, and we edit to … [Read more...]
From Climber to Kunoichi: Interview with David Kudler About his New Book ‘Risuko’
Continuing with our author interviews author series, BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry interviews BAIPA vice-president David Kudler Somehow David Kudler, founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief for Stillpoint Digital Press, overseer of the … [Read more...]