Conversations with Writers

Myne Whitman was born in Enugu, Nigeria. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health Research and is the author of two romantic suspense novels, A Heart to Mend (Authorhouse, 2009) and A Love Rekindled (CreateSpace, 2011), which are both set in Nigeria. In this interview, Myne Whitman talks about her concerns as a writer: When did you start writing? I've been writing for a very long time, well, since I was about 11 or so. Unfortunately, most of those scribbles were lost when we moved cities. I started writing seriously around my third year in university, took a break for work and further studies and, now, writing is my full time career. The decision to send my work out into the world matured in 2009 after I had been writing again for about six months full time. I had joined a writing group, started a blog, and people seemed to like what I had to write about. I researched available options of publishing, and gave traditional publishing a try for a few months. The rej...

Author Kathy-Diane Leveille is a former broadcast journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBS) and is a member of Sisters in Crime ; International Thriller Writers ; Kiss of Death RWA and Crime Writers of Canada . Her short story collection, Roads Unravelling (Sumach Press, 2003) was published to critical acclaim. A selection from its pages, "Learning to Spin", was adapted to radio drama for CBC’s Summer Drama Festival while "Showdown at the Four Corner’s Corral" was revised for the stage and performed by New City Theater in Saint John. Her work has also been published in anthologies that include Water Studies: New Voices in Maritime Fiction (Pottersfield Press, 1998) and New Brunswick Short Stories (Neptune, 2003) as well as in a number of literary journals, among them, Grain ; Room of One's Own ; The Oklahoma Review ; Pottersfield Portfolio and The Cormorant . Let the Shadows Fall Behind You (Kunati, 2009), is her first novel. In ...

Tarik H. Moore has a Bachelor of Science degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland and works as an Information Technology consultant and a real estate investor. The End Justifies the Means (In Third Person Publishing, 2006) is his first novel. In this interview, Tarik Moore talks about his writing. How many books have you written so far? The End Justifies the Means is my first novel, and I’m a self-publish author under my own publishing company, “In Third Person Publishing”. The End Justifies the Means released October 18, 2006. It’s a suspense novel based out of Camden, New Jersey. A city cited by many as one of the most poorer and dangerous cities in America for the past decade or so. It took six weeks to write the original manuscript, but the next twenty-three months were dedicated to editing, graphical design work (i.e. website, book covers, promotional material, etc). You know all the intangible things that go into producing a book. Which aspect o...