My guest today, Elise Atchison, is a fabulous award-winning author whose debut novel, Crazy Mountain, was one of my favorite books of 2022. Crazy Mountain has been called “a grand tale of the power of wilderness to heal wounds—scars on the land and the troubled humans...
I’m a bit late in getting the news out there, but the Open Mic has transitioned from a written interview blog to the Open Mic: Writers in Their Own Words YouTube channel and podcast, available on all the major podcast platforms. But the heart and purpose of the...
In publishing industry terms, novelist Timothy Jay Smith writes thrillers. While he’s fine with the moniker, Tim would be the first to tell you that he is far more focused on telling a certain kind of story than with the box the industry wants it to fit into. We spoke...
Regular Open Mic readers know I am a big fan of paranormal thriller author Alexandra Sokoloff. For today’s edition of the Open Mic Creativity and COVID-19 Special Project, I check in with her to see how things are faring for her and her husband – the...
For today’s edition of the Open Mic Creativity and COVID-19 Special Project I check in with author, speaker, editor, writing coach and podcaster (whew!) Jon McGoran. His YA science fiction novels have drawn big praise from the likes of Jonathan Maberry and...
