Most of the authors I admire write books that I could never write. Rather than inspiring me to be more like them, they inspire me to be myself and write what comes naturally for me.
Tim Piper – 19 July 2024 Continue reading
Category Archives: Indieview author
IndieView with Marina DelVecchio, author of Unsexed
In writing memoir, I think the hardest part for women is writing about their children. Specifically, how their children are impacted by their choices.
Marina DelVecchio – 16 July 2024 Continue reading
IndieView with April Tompkins, author of Inn Dreams
Often people reveal more about themselves by what they don’t say than by what they do.
April Tompkins – 13 July 2024 Continue reading
IndieView with Anna Monardo, author of After Italy
Sadly, there was a time of domestic violence in our story. I knew nothing about that until I was in my 30s. It was terrible to learn about, and it was difficult to write.
Anna Monardo – 10 July 2024 Continue reading
IndieView with Nina Schuyler, author of In This Ravishing World
I wondered if I animated Nature, what it would say. I wanted to find out, so I imagined my way into Nature and let it speak.
Nina Schuyler – 2 July 2024 Continue reading
IndieView with Blaque Ace, author of A Chance for Happiness
I actually got the idea from this other book I’m currently working on about a teenage girl band.
Blaque Ace – 29 June 2024 Continue reading
IndieView with Penny Lane, author of Redeemed: A Memoir of a Stolen Childhood
I was trying to write broadly enough that anyone who had childhood or church trauma or abuse could relate and be inspired by it.
Penny Lane – 26 June 2024 Continue reading
BookView with Angela Grey, author of Madness & Mayhem
I got the idea during a Florida trip where I was terrified at the thought of being left away from civilization with strangers whose sanity was undetermined.
Angela Grey – 24 June 2024 Continue reading
BookView with Cheryl Babirad, author of Reflections: Past and Present
No matter what age, what generation we belong to, we all have inspiration to share and it behooves us, one and all, to pay attention and learn from each other.
Cheryl Babirad – 22 June 2024 Continue reading
IndieView with Gina L. Carroll, author of The Grandest Garden
I was developmental editing a self-help book about the mental health crisis in Black America. I was also helping with a book proposal for a memoir by a titan of the gay liberation and gay publishing movements, and I was dealing with the overwhelming presence of dementia among the elders in my family. So I can look back and see that all of these influences were the soup in the pot at the time.
20 June 2024 – Gina L. Carroll Continue reading