Hi all,
I was recently interviewed by Dorothy Thompson for Blogcritics Magazine.
You may read the full interview here.
Cheers!
Mayra
Archive for November, 2008
My Interview at Blogcritics Magazine
Posted in Book Reviews, Events, Interviews, News/Events, tagged mayra calvani, the slippery art of book reviewing, how to write a book review, book reviewing, interview on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On the Spotlight: C. A. Milson, author of THE CHOSEN
Posted in Dark Fantasy, Dark Fiction, Horror, Interviews, On the Spotlight, Paranormal, Series, suspense, tagged amira press, c. a. milson, Horror, supernatural, the chosen on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today my guest is author C. A. Milson, whose book, The Chosen, was recently released by Amira Press and will soon be translated into Russian. Milson has traveled extensively all over the world. His expeditions have taken him to such places as Australia, New Zealand, Russian, China, Japan and Canada. His second novel, Bloodline Of [...]
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing — one more rave review
Posted in Book Reviews, News/Events, Non-Fiction, Reference, The Writing Craft, tagged Book Reviews, reviews, book reviewing, how to write book reviews on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hi all,
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing garners another rave review. This time from Lillie Ammann’s blog, A Writer’s Word, an Editor’s Eye.
Best,
Mayra
Guest Post: “A Twisted Tale of Cover Art”, by Lillie Ammann
Posted in Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Virtual Book Tour Guests, suspense, tagged book covers, cover art, dream or destiny, gaslight publishing, lillie ammann, romantic mystery on November 11, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Authors who write for large New York publishers often don’t see the cover art for their books until the cover has already been printed. I’m fortunate that my small press publisher, GASLight Publishing LLC, allowed me to have input into the cover design of Dream or Destiny.
The cover designer submitted a great first draft. The [...]
Book Review: WOOF: Women Only Over 50
Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, Non-Fiction, woman's fiction, tagged ehcelon press, Humor, menopause, women's fiction, WOOF: Women Only Over 50 on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Your hair is getting white, you’re losing muscle tone, you wish gravity didn’t exist so wrinkles wouldn’t take hold of your face, menopause is finally kicking in – really kicking in. Is it the end, or the beginning of great things to come?
Authors Diana Black, Mary Cunningham, and Melinda Richarz Bailey share their experiences [...]
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing Virtual Book Tour – Days 1 & 2
Posted in News/Events, Reference, The Writing Craft, tagged guest posts, how to write book reviews, Interviews, Reference, reviews, virtual book tours, writing on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey there,
This month I’m off again touring the blogosphere, this time to promote my nonfiction work, The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing.
On the first day of the tour, Nov. 4th, I was at Donna McDine’s wonderful blog, Write What Inspires You. Donna posted the prologue of the book and we had a very succesful first [...]
Guest Post by Dave Donelson, author of HEART OF DIAMONDS
Posted in Articles, Romantic Suspense, The Writing Craft, The Writing Life, Virtual Book Tour Guests, tagged congo, dave donelson, diamond smuggling, heart of diamonds, romantic thriller, suspense on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As a journalist, I try mightily to verify my facts, source all opinions, and present both sides of every issue. Quite frankly, making sure my magazine feature stories are grounded in fact is as important as stringing together the right words to tell them. I try to use the same discipline when I [...]







