Authors Love Readers, a Weekly Conversation on Writing
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAuthors Love Readers, hosted by USAToday bestselling author Patricia McLinn, is a conversation between authors about how and why they create stories. With questions contributed by readers.
Quite a few podcasts are out there for aspiring and established writers, both on the craft and the business. This podcast, though, is for readers.
The goal is to have authors on the show who write in all sorts of fiction genres. As a reader, it doesn’t matter which path to publication an author takes – independent, traditional, hybrid and other combinations. That’s not going to matter on Authors Love Readers, either.
McLinn is the author of more than 50 books, including her ongoing murder mystery series, Caught Dead in Wyoming and Secret Sleuth, and the romantic suspense The Innocence Trilogy. She also writes romances (mostly contemporary, with a few historical), women’s fiction and nonfiction writers guides. She had 27 books in 25 years in traditional publishing. Having secured the rights back to a number of her earlier books, she began indie publishing in early 2010. That made her officially a hybrid author, since she also still had books under traditional contracts. In mid-2015 she left the final traditional publisher and has been happily 100% independent since.
Thank you to DialogMusik for the instrumentals that accompany this podcast!
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Episodes
2022 Novelists Inc. Conference Recap, with Patricia McLinn
November 16, 2022 05:30 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBThe conference presented by Novelists, Inc. (NINC) is a unique experience that brings together multi-published authors who publish traditionally, independently, or both. Speakers are selected from the top echelons of the industry, and the conventions and networking opportunities rise far above what authors experience anywhere else. Host Patricia McLinn talks about her experience at the 2022 Novelists, Inc. conference in St. Petersburg, Fla., and gives an update on the latest self-publish...
Trying New Genres, with Michelle Monkou
October 19, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBMichelle Monkou is a multi-platform author, spanning 20 years in the business and with over 25 titles. She began her career writing romance for Black Entertainment Television (BET) Arabesque and then with Harlequin Kimani. Michelle is currently writing short fiction, from sweet to steamy, under her pen name Thea Monk, and shortly will launch her other pen name, Aria Bancroft, for epic fantasy and urban fantasy stories. She heads That Joyful Spark, LLC, an author coaching service, along w...
Historical Inspiration, with Jenny Wheeler
September 14, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBFormer newspaper journalist, magazine editor, and company director, author Jenny Wheeler writes historical suspense and mystery. Jenny is currently working on her fifth book of the “Of Gold & Blood” series (Book 1, “Poisoned Legacy,” released 2018) set in Gilded Age California. Born in New Zealand, Jenny Wheeler grew up in a farming community and fell in love with books and radio dramas. After teaching and being a physics data collector, she joined the New Zealand Herald as a general new r...
Writing Suspenseful Mysteries, with Matty Dalrymple
August 10, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBMatty Dalrymple, member of Sisters in Crime and International Thriller Writers, writes suspense, thriller, and mystery. Matty is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers (Book 1 published in 2017), “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” “Snake and Ladders,” and “The Iron Ring.” She also writes the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels (Book 1 published in 2013), “The Sense of Death, “The Sense of Reckoning,” “The Flacon and the Owl,” “A Furnace for Your Foe,” and “A Serpent’s Tooth;” as well as the Ann Kinnear S...
The Small Town Meet-Cute, with Jean Oram
July 10, 2022 21:06 - 1 hour - 103 MBJean Oram is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of feel-good, tingle-inducing, heartwarming romances. They’ll make you want to stay up all night laughing, crying and falling in love with her realistic characters. She loves to sweep readers away while making opposites attract in tear-jerking, laugh-out-loud romances set in small towns. Her most popular series include The Cowboys of Sweetheart Creek, Texas (Book 5, "The Cowboy's Surprise Return," released in 2021), Veils and Vo...
Clifton Strengths in Writing, with Becca Syme
October 18, 2021 04:56 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBAuthor Becca Syme is the creator and founder of the Better-Faster Academy. She has been teaching the popular Write Better-Faster course on author success alignment for six years, and has individually coached thousands of authors toward better success in their careers and lives. She believes that an individualized approach is the most effective, so she’s brought on other certified coaches who are also writers, to help coach even more writers to maximize their strengths. If you want to get c...
Learning to Listen and Ignore, with R.L. Syme
July 26, 2021 17:07 - 1 hour - 109 MBAuthor and career coach Becca Syme writes mystery as R.L. Syme, including the cozy culinary series The Matchbaker Mysteries, and has written several genres of romance, including historical, contemporary, paranormal, and romantic suspense. She was nominated for a Genesis Award in Contemporary Romance and has won several writing contests in historical romance, young adult romance, and contemporary fiction. She holds membership in Romance Writers of America, Novelists, Inc. (NINC) and Society o...
Episode 78: Writing Pace, with Nicole Burnham
July 22, 2021 07:09 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBNicole Burnham is the RITA award-winning author of more than 20 novels, including the popular Royal Scandals series. Her stories center on family and romance, whether they’re set in small-town America or centuries-old palaces, and are populated by characters who work to make the world a better place. As an army brat, Nicole grew up moving around the world. She graduated from an American high school in Mannheim, Germany, then completed her BA in Political Science at Colorado State Universit...
Episode 77: Discovery Writing, a Continuation, with Patricia McLinn
June 21, 2021 04:00 - 43 minutes - 60.5 MBIn late May, host Patricia McLinn was a guest on fellow independent author Joanna Penn’s The Creative Penn podcast. Joanna writes nonfiction for authors and is an award-nominated, bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn. She’s also an award-winning podcaster and creative entrepreneur. In the Creative Penn podcast “Discovery Writing And Sustaining A Long-Term Writing Career With Patricia McLinn,” they discussed discovery writing (a.k.a. pantsing), how to write a novel with structure if...
Finishing the Book, with Sara Rosett
September 24, 2020 19:33 - 1 hour - 100 MBA native Texan, USA Today bestselling author Sara Rosett grew up reading and dreaming of writing books. Her stories and essays have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Military Wife’s Soul, Georgia Magazine, The Writer and Romantic Times Book Review. She is the author of the High Society Lady Detective series, the Murder on Location series, the On the Run series, and the Ellie Avery series. Sara also teaches an online course, How to Outline a Cozy Mystery. Publishers Weekly called Sara’s bo...
Ideas vs. Story, with Jami Albright
August 05, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes - 74.7 MBBorn and raised in Texas, Jami Albright is a multiple award-winning author of the Brides on the Run series – fun, sexy, snarky, laugh-out-loud love stories. Her newest novel, the small-town sports romantic comedy Homecoming King, was just released, and she switches from football to tennis for Duke-ing It Out, another enemies-to-lovers rom-com due out in spring 2021. Jami also is a wife, mother, and an actress/comedian. She used to think she could sing until someone paid her to stop. She to...
Books2Read for Readers, with Kevin Tumlinson
April 20, 2020 19:39 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBHost Patricia McLinn talks with Kevin Tumlinson, director of marketing for the ebook creation and distribution service Draft2Digital, supporting both indie and traditionally published authors. Books2Read, D2D's author services resource, is a fast-growing tool for the industry, with services such as Universal Book Links offering authors increased discoverability with readers, and offering readers a simple, one-click method of finding new authors and new books online. In his words: "Books2R...
BookBub for Readers, with Audrey Derobert
February 12, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBAudrey Derobert works on the Partners Team at BookBub, a free service that helps millions of readers discover limited-time ebook deals. Members receive a personalized daily email alerting them to the best free and deeply discounted titles matching their interests. Audrey is an Account Manager, supporting independent authors and small publishers who are using BookBub's tools as part of their marketing strategy. BookBub now has an audiobook retail website, Chirp, and is offering deals on title...
The Extras: Take Two, with Mary Alice Monroe
January 06, 2020 22:09 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBIn this special episode of Authors Love Readers, host Patricia McLinn shares parts of her conversation with writer Mary Alice Monroe that were not included in the original episode. The conversation moves from McLinn's "getting to know you" questions to deeper issues about plagiarism and being in the moment during writing and research. Monroe, a New York Times bestselling author, found her true calling in environmental fiction when she moved to coastal South Carolina. Already a successful ...
Writers at Conferences, with Patricia McLinn
October 30, 2019 06:00 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBAuthors Love Readers host Patricia McLinn, recently returned from her favorite Novelists Inc. annual gathering in Florida, talks about what writers do when they go to conferences. A NINC past president, she has attended all but two of its annual conferences, which provide networking and learning opportunities for multi-published authors of popular fiction. Patricia discusses the business side of writing, what happens when a bunch of socially deprived writers get together in one place and how...
Fears and Purpose in Fiction Writing, with Mary Alice Monroe
September 18, 2019 06:00 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBNew York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe found her true calling in environmental fiction when she moved to coastal South Carolina. Already a successful author, she was captivated by the beauty and fragility of her new home. Living in the midst of a quickly changing habitat gave her a strong and important focus for her novels. Mary Alice talks with host Patricia McLinn about using her fears of natural disasters and her desire to educate people on the impact of climate change as t...
Becoming a Voice Actor with Betsy Moore
August 16, 2019 06:00 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MBBetsy Moore is a stage and film actress who also does vocal work for video games and commercials. Her expansion into audiobooks began spontaneously when Patricia McLinn's previous narrator for her mystery series Caught Dead in Wyoming retired, and Betsy was tapped to continue the series. Betsy has a regular role on The Baxters, a TV series for Roma Downey’s Lightworkers Media based on Karen Kingsbury's faith-based novels. She has had lead roles in several short films, including this year's...
The Extras: Doubling Down with Paty Jager and Julianne MacLean
June 26, 2019 06:00 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBHost Patricia McLinn shares never before heard clips from conversations with authors Paty Jager, right, and Julianne MacLean. These conversations focus a singular subject: How their own stories often have surprised them. Paty Jager developed as a freelance writer for local newspapers. Now as a published and award winning author, she works from her alfalfa farm in Eastern Oregon. All her work has Western or Native American elements in it, along with hints of humor and engaging characters...
The Extras: Overtime with Ann Charles
June 12, 2019 06:00 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBUSA Today bestselling author Ann Charles writes award-winning mysteries that are splashed with humor, romance and whatever else sounds fun. Ann lives in the Northern Arizona mountains with her husband, children and a sassy cat. After many years and several colleges, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington. When she’s not dabbling in fiction, she’s penning writing-themed articles or standing on her workshop soapbox...
The Extras: Continued Conversation with Brenda Hiatt
May 01, 2019 06:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBBrenda Hiatt is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nearly 25 novels, including sweet and spicy historical romance, time travel romance, humorous mystery, and the young adult science fiction Starstruck series. Brenda began in traditional publishing with Harlequin, HarperCollins and Avon Books and later made a transition to indie publishing. She is an active member of Romance Writers of America and Novelists Inc, where she has served as president. In addition to writing, Br...
Bonus Content #4, Various Authors
April 10, 2019 06:00 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBThis week's Authors Love Readers episode is a compilation of insights and conversations that didn't make it into previous episodes. Host Patricia McLinn talks with authors Brenda Hiatt, Paty Jager, Ann Charles, Julianne MacLean, Nancy Warren and Pamela Fagan-Hutchins. Conversations range from getting-to-know-you moments, to deep insights into the motivations of the writers, and the growth they've experienced over a career of writing. Thank you so much for listening. We hope you en...
Bonus Content #3, Various Authors
March 20, 2019 06:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBIn this compilation episode, Authors Love Readers brings you more bonus interview conversation that didn't make it into previous episodes. (So little time, so much to talk about!) Host Patricia McLinn talks with podcast guest authors Jeff Carson, Rebecca Forster, R.J. Patterson, Jennifer Stevenson, Laura Durham, J.F. Penn, Melissa F. Miller and Nicole Jordan. Thank you so much for listening. We hope you enjoyed the podcast enough to want to support us for future episodes. You can do that...
A Long Time Coming, with Paty Jager
March 13, 2019 06:00 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBAward-winning author Paty Jager and her husband raise alfalfa hay in rural eastern Oregon. On her road to publication she wrote freelance articles for local newspapers and enjoyed her County Extension job as a 4-H Program Assistant. Raising hay and cattle, riding horses and battling rattlesnakes, she not only writes the western lifestyle, she lives it. All her work has Western or Native American elements in them along with hints of humor and engaging characters. Her penchant for research ...
News-a-Popping! with Patricia McLinn
March 06, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes - 66 MBHost Patricia McLinn takes on an episode solo to give listeners an update on Author World and an alleged case of plagiarism. Patricia forgot to say in the podcast that if you want to read the history or follow what's happening, the hashtag is #copypastecris. If you think you've spotted plagiarized work, we hope you'll contact the original author via his/her website. Remember to look for word-for-word chunks, not ideas, tropes, situations, set-ups, occupations, etc. Patricia's blog with t...
Don't Fight the Story, with Laura Durham
February 27, 2019 07:00 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBNorth Carolina-based Laura Durham has been writing for as long as she can remember and plotting murders since she began planning weddings. Better Off Wed, inspired by her wedding planner work, won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. The Annabelle Archer wedding planner mystery series is now up to 12 with the Feb. 4 release of The Truffle With Weddings, which involves a Valentine's Day wedding and a poisoned box of chocolates. When Laura isn’t writing or wrangling brides, she loves trave...
Writing the Familiar and Unknown, with Jeff Carson
February 20, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MBJeff Carson is an Amazon bestselling author of the David Wolf thriller/mystery/suspense series set in the high country of Colorado and mountain west. The first David Wolf novel, Foreign Deceit, is an international mystery-thriller Jeff wrote while living in Italy for a year with his family. The David Wolf series is now 12 books and counting. Jeff and his wife, Cristina, live with their two sons in Colorado. When not writing, Jeff enjoys golfing, hiking, camping and whatever his sons are ...
From Creative to Researcher, with Brenda Hiatt
February 13, 2019 07:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBBrenda Hiatt is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nearly 25 novels, including sweet and spicy historical romance, time travel romance, humorous mystery, and the young adult science fiction Starstruck series. Brenda began in traditional publishing with Harlequin, HarperCollins and Avon Books and later made a transition to indie publishing. She is an active member of Romance Writers of America and Novelists Inc, where she has served as president. In addition to writing, Br...
Writing to the Finish, with Melissa F. Miller
February 06, 2019 07:00 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MBFormer attorney Melissa F. Miller is a USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 bestselling legal thrillers, suspense thrillers, romantic comedy mysteries and forensic thrillers. Her books share two common threads: pulse-pounding, tightly plotted action and smart, unlikely heroines and heroes. Born in Pittsburgh, Melissa followed life and love to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and ultimately south central Pennsylvania. But she secretly still considers Pittsburgh home. As ...
Born Loud, with Jennifer Stevenson
January 30, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBIllinois native Jennifer Stevenson is a Chicago-based fantasy and romance author who mixes romantic comedy with magical realist, regional (usually Chicago-set), working-class and sex-positive storytelling. She has published both short stories and several novel series, most of them blending urban fantasy with other popular storytelling genres. Humor is a hallmark in all of Jennifer's books. Her fantasy series range from urban romantic fantasy (Hinky Chicago) to paranormal romance (Slacker D...
Plotting Ahead, with R.J. Patterson
January 23, 2019 07:00 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBR.J. Patterson, an award-winning writer and mystery/thriller author, grew up in a military family and spent some of his formative years living on the estate of an English baron and baroness. Upon returning to the United States, R.J. entered the field of journalism where he won numerous writing awards and was published in prestigious U.S. newspapers, including The New York Times. He later left journalism full-time to pursue writing books, starting with the sports reporter Cal Murphy series of...
You Have to First Be a Reader, with J.F Penn
January 16, 2019 07:00 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBBritish author J.F Penn has traveled the world in her study of religion and psychology. She brings these obsessions as well as a love for thrillers and an interest in the supernatural to her writing. Her fast-paced ARKANE thrillers weave together historical artifacts, global locations, and a hint of the supernatural. Described by readers as "Dan Brown meets Lara Croft." Joanna talks to host Patricia McLinn about using traveling at motivation for her books and how she spent many years as...
Growing Into a Writer, with Rebecca Forster
January 09, 2019 07:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBCalifornia-based Rebecca Forster started writing novels on a crazy dare. Now she is a USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of more than 35 mysteries and thrillers that have been called “Perfect ... impossible to put down” by famed law professor Laurie Levenson. After earning her MBA, Rebecca spent 14 years as a marketing executive before taking the leap to a creative career. A full-time author, speaker and teacher, Rebecca focuses on legal and political thrillers, but is known for bring...
Happy Holidays Episode, with Patricia McLinn
December 20, 2018 18:11 - 18 minutes - 25.2 MBHost Patricia McLinn offers her readers seasons greetings and wraps up the first year of the Authors Love Readers podcast, talking about the unexpected benefit of providing good advice for aspiring writers and why lining up author interviews is sometimes like herding cats. She also urges readers to send to her questions they'd like her to ask future guest authors, and she looks forward to next year. And to those new to Patricia's author world, that's her rescue dog Kalli in the Santa hat. ...
Tips from 28 Years in Publishing, by Patricia McLinn
December 12, 2018 07:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBHost Patricia McLinn gives tips from her 28 years in the publishing industry, using a "theoretical numbering system." Topics include dialogue, character arc, writing process, editing, business and marketing, and hard truths. Thank you so much for listening. We hope you enjoyed the podcast enough to want to support us for future episodes. You can do that with as little as $1 a month — that’s only 25 cents per episode! What a deal! — by pledging at Patreon. It’s vital to Authors Love Reader...
Characters Must Suffer, with Nicole Jordan
December 05, 2018 07:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBNew York Times bestselling author Nicole Jordan has penned more than 30 historical romances that simmer with passion and sensuality. Set in numerous eras and locales, Nicole enjoys chronicling the sparks that fly when Regency lovers play the matrimonial mating game. Her latest novel, My Fair Lover (2017), earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly, a Best Book nod from Amazon, a Fresh Pick from Fresh Fiction, and a Top Pick from RT Book Reviews. Other honors include RITA finalist, Romant...
Bonus Content #2, Various Authors
November 28, 2018 07:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBIn our second compilation episode, we bring you bonus interview material that didn't make it into previous episodes. (So little time, so much to talk about!) Host Patricia McLinn talks with podcast guest authors Tawdra Kandle, Lou Aronica, Debra Salonen, Kevin Tumlinson, Barbara O’Neal, Steven Womack, Kate Moore, Yvonne Lindsay and Mary Buckham. Topics include: Recognizing a story at a young age [2:23] The Power of Words [2:52] Music [4:13] Food [20:45] I Don't Have a Favorite ...
Ideas to Haunt You, with Steven Womack
November 21, 2018 07:00 - 44 minutes - 63.8 MBAuthor, screenwriter and film school professor Steven Womack began his first novel when he was 18 years old. A short 18 years later, he finally published one. Murphy’s Fault was the only first mystery named to the 1990 New York Times Notable Books List. Since then, he has published 10 more novels, winning Edgar and Shamus awards and multiple nominations with his Harry James Denton mystery series. In 2014, he co-authored with New York-based screenwriter Wayne McDaniel on Resurrection Bay, a m...
Mechanics and Technique vs. Excitement, with Mary Buckham
November 14, 2018 07:00 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBMary Buckham is the author of the USA Today bestselling Invisible Recruits urban fantasy series, praised for its unique voice, intense action and rich emotion. Mary co-authors the young adult sci-fi/fantasy Red Moon series with New York Times bestselling author Dianna Love, using the combined pseudonym of Micah Caida. Mary also collaborated with Love on the nonfiction Break Into Fiction and has published several writers' guides, including A Writer's Guide to Active Setting and Writing Active...
Experience and Location, with Chris Keniston
November 07, 2018 07:00 - 49 minutes - 68.7 MBA finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Golden Heart Award, Chris Keniston is a USA Today bestselling author of several popular book series, from contemporary romance to women's fiction to sweet and clean romance -- all with happily endings. Her newest releases are Keeping Eileen, book 11 of the Farraday Country contemporary romance series set in cattle-ranching west Texas, and Flirting with Paradise, a novella in the "closed-door" Sweet Aloha Series in Hawaii. (The original...
Leaving Characters Behind, with Julianne MacLean
October 31, 2018 06:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBJulianne MacLean is a USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 novels, including historical romance and the contemporary women’s fiction Color of Heaven series. MacLean is a four-time Romance Writers of America RITA finalist and has won the Booksellers’ Best Award, the Book Buyers Best Award, and a Reviewers’ Choice Award from the Romantic Times for Best Regency Historical Romance of 2005 (Love According to Lily). She earned a degree in English literature from the University of King’s Co...
Bonus Content and Outtakes, Various Authors
October 24, 2018 07:35 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBIn our first compilation episode, we bring you bonus interview material that couldn't make it into previous episodes. (So little time, so much to talk about!) Hear host Patricia McLinn's conversations with podcast guest authors Eve Gaddy, Tawdra Kandle, Debra Salonen, Rachel Grant, Julia Kent, Kelly McClymer, Barbara O’Neal, Lori Ryan and Donna Kauffman. Topics include technology, audiobooks, cursing and first jobs. Plus, we share outtakes to show you not only the stories behind the storie...
News and Notes, from Patricia McLinn
October 17, 2018 06:00 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBPatricia McLinn is a USA Today bestselling author with more than 45 romance, women's fiction and mystery novels and the creator and host of the Authors Love Readers podcast. After 25 years of traditional publishing, Patricia converted to the self-published world in 2015. Host Patricia McLinn walks through news about the developing world of publishing, the life of an author and writer terminology. In Patricia's words: "[Having my own e-bookstore] gives me more flexibility and more aut...
Creating Story Worlds, with Ann Charles
October 10, 2018 06:00 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MBUSA Today bestselling author Ann Charles writes award-winning mysteries that are splashed with humor, romance and whatever else sounds fun. Ann lives in the Northern Arizona mountains with her husband, children and a sassy cat. After many years and several colleges, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington. When she’s not dabbling in fiction, she’s penning writing-themed articles or standing on her workshop soapbox...
Consistency and Change, with Donna Kauffman
October 03, 2018 06:00 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBDonna Kauffman is passionate, driven and more than just a little bit romantic. She's also a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of more than 70 novels, translated and sold in more than 26 countries around the world. She has won multiple RT Book Awards, Readers Choice and PRISM awards and has been a RITA Award finalist. Born into the maelstrom of Washington, D.C., politics, she now lives in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where she is a volunteer transporter for the Wildlife...
Mostly Historical, with Deborah Hale
September 26, 2018 06:00 - 15 minutes - 22 MBAfter a decade spent tracing her ancestors' roots in Georgian-era Britain, Deborah Hale learned a great deal about the period and uncovered enough fascinating true stories to inspire her fiction plots for years to come. A Golden Heart Award winner and RITA Award finalist, Deborah has written more than 30 novels and novellas in the genres of historical romance, inspirational romance, historical fiction and otherworld fantasy. Host Patricia McLinn talks with Deborah about being consistent with...
Author Speak, with Patricia McLinn
September 19, 2018 06:00 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBHost Patricia McLinn reports from Author World with an update on "Cockygate" lawsuits, patent and trademark issues and Amazon scammers. She also dials up the Authors Love Readers Translation Service, taking readers behind the author curtain with explanations of terms in the craft and business of writing. Next week, Authors Love Readers will resume its regular format with a guest interview. We hope you'll consider supporting these discussions of the stories behind the stories and how write...
We Are All Different, with Barbara Ankrum
September 12, 2018 06:00 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBBestselling author Barbara Ankrum was a successful commercial actress until her love of romance novels led to a publishing contract. Many books later, she still believes in happy endings and feels very lucky to do what she loves, with her husband, two children, two cats and one scruffy, unrepentant dog at her side. Her contemporary and historical romances have won numerous awards, including Romantic Times' K.I.S.S Awards. She was a 2016 finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Contes...
Is This Right for Me, with Nancy Warren
September 05, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBA USA Today bestselling author of more than 50 novels, Nancy Warren is known for her funny, sexy and suspenseful tales. Nancy is a three-time RITA Awards finalist, a winner of the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award, and was featured in an A1 New York Times story on her Harlequin Nascar romance series. Her latest releases include The Daisy Games, Book 7 of her Take a Chance series, and If the Dress Fits, Book 5 of The Almost Wives Club. Host Patricia McLinn talks with Nancy about taking o...
Always a Love Story, with Tawdra Kandle
August 29, 2018 06:00 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBUSA Today bestselling author Tawdra Kandle writes contemporary romance and romantic comedy in many forms. She loves unlikely pairings, strong women, sexy guys, hot love scenes and just enough conflict to make it interesting. Her books include young adult and new adult paranormal romance, new adult and adult contemporary romance and paramystery romance. She lives in central Florida with a husband, kids, sweet pup and too many cats. And yeah, she rocks purple hair. Host Patricia McLinn talks w...
Doing What Is Necessary, with Barbara O'Neal
August 22, 2018 06:00 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBBarbara O’Neal is a seven-time Romance Writers of America RITA award winner and a recent inductee into the RWA Hall of Fame. She has written 11 novels of women’s fiction, about dogs and food, families and second chances. Her most recent novel, The Art of Inheriting Secrets, was released in July. Host Patricia McLinn talks with Barbara about her transition from romance to women's fiction, killing off a former teacher in one book and doing whatever is necessary to support her work. In Barbar...