Interview: DeAnna Knippling on being a writing contest judge

Meet DeAnna! DeAnna Knippling is a freelance writer, editor, and book designer living in Colorado. She runs Wonderland Press, a micropublisher of curious fiction and non-fiction for iconoclasts. The Interview You’ve been a judge for multiple writing contests. Give us an example of one type of contest, and what the authors submitted. The contest that…

Interview: Thea Hutcheson on “Judging Pashet”

  “Judging Pashet” is in the Stars in the Darkness anthology, a collection of stories about why being just matters, and what the ramifications are for individuals, groups, towns, countries, or even worlds if justice is not expected, encouraged, or enforced. Meet Thea! Thea Hutcheson writes about magic, science, and everything in between. She has…

Interview: Bonnie Elizabeth and the Fantastic Feline Heroes bundle

Meet Bonnie! Bonnie not only writes fiction, she also blogged as her cat Chey for many years. In addition to cat stories, Bonnie writes fantasy, mystery, Gothic suspense, and occasionally science fiction. She writes books about acupuncture as Bonnie Koenig. Fantastic Feline Heroes Who doesn’t love cats? And what cat doesn’t have a great cat…

Interview: David H. Hendrickson on “How to Get Your Book into Schools”

Meet Dave! David H. Hendrickson has published well over one thousand works of nonfiction ranging from sports journalism to humor and essays. How to Get Your Book into Schools is his first book for writers. How to Get Your Book into Schools David H. Hendrickson leads you through every step of the process of getting…

Interview: Mark Fassett and the TrackerBox Mac Kickstarter

What is TrackerBox? TrackerBox is software for writers that takes all of the reports they get from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and a host of other distributors, and organizes them into a single, manageable set of reports. TrackerBox is currently only supported on Windows, but there’s a Kickstarter campaign to fund development of TrackerBox…

Interview: Marcelle Dubé, on “Backli’s Ford”

Meet Marcelle! Marcelle Dubé loves speculative fiction and mysteries. In Backli’s Ford, she has created a fascinating alternate history with strong characters, an unusual situation and an alien species stranded on Earth. Backli’s Ford In the early 1700s, an A’lle generation ship crashed in the woods of Lower Canada. Survivors stumbled out of the wreckage…

Interview: Steve Vernon, on “The Wishing Ring of Old Queen Maab”

Now available via BundleRabbit as part of The Faerie Summer bundle. Find the author at: Website | Twitter | Amazon | Goodreads   Greetings! I am freelance writer, editor, and designer DeAnna Knippling; I am interviewing authors for for Blackbird Publishing because a) thumbscrews and b) bribery. Today’s author is Steve Vernon, whose story “The Wishing…

Interview: Steve Spohn from The AbleGamers Foundation

AbleGamers is a nonprofit charity that aims to improve the overall quality of life for those with disabilities through the power of video games. The SF&F Binge Reader Bundle gives you the option to donate a percentage of the purchase price to AbleGamers. While that bundle won’t be around forever, future bundles on both StoryBundle…

Interview: Rebecca M. Senese, on “The Haunting of Melsbury Manor”

Now available via Bundle Rabbit as part of the Haunted bundle! Find the author at: Website | Facebook | Twitter   Greetings! I am freelance writer, editor, and designer DeAnna Knippling; I am interviewing authors for for Blackbird publishing because a) Jamie knows me, and b) I love having the chance to ask writers nerdy…