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Meet author Bill Kirton and get fascinating insights into his writing.

May 11, 2016 by Tahlia Newland

Meet author Bill Kirton and get fascinating insights into his writing.

Meet fellow Awesome Indies author Bill Kirton. He's just had new covers done for some of his books, and I think they're great. Cathy Helms of Avalon Graphics did it. What's in them is really good too. I haven't read all his books, but enough to know that whatever he writes is guaranteed to be a good read. Click the cover to find out more about The Darkness and click here to see all his books. Now read on for a chat we had recently about his writing and what makes it unique: You’ve written humour and historical fiction but your latest books are murder mysteries, what sent you in that direction? That’s easy to answer. I used to write mainly plays – for stage and radio – then, one day (and I don’t know why), I started a novel. It was the one which became The Sparrow Conundrum – a spoof crime/spy story. I sent it off to agents and one took me on. I sent her my second attempt, the one that became The Darkness. At that stage it was a stand-alone thriller. She sent it to a … [Read more...]

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Writing, philosophy & multitude dimensions: a great interview by a fellow Awesome Indies author.

May 10, 2016 by Tahlia Newland

Writing, philosophy & multitude dimensions: a great interview by a fellow Awesome Indies author.

Pop over to Bill Kirton's blog for the first part of an excellent in depth interview he did of me on, among other things,  how my philosophy and fascination with the line between fantasy and reality shows up in my writing. Click the box below and show Bill some love by visiting his blog. He's a lovely man and tomorrow, you'll see what questions I asked him in return. http://www.billkirton.com/uncategorized/guest-appearance-tahlia-newland-take-one/     … [Read more...]

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An interesting interview on Layered Pages with Indie BRAG’s Stephanie Hopkins

August 5, 2013 by Tahlia Newland

Click the link to find out some secrets about me plus a little about the book that won the Indie BRAG Medallion. http://layeredpages.com/2013/08/04/interview-with-tahlia-newland/ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: Author interview, BRAG Medallion award-winner, Indie BRAG, Layered Pages, Stephanie Hopkins

Interview with AIA YA fantasy author Christina Mercer

July 29, 2013 by Tahlia Newland

Today I have an interview with another of the wonderful authors who have a book listed on the Awesome Indies site. Christina Mercer writes fiction for children and young adults. Her varied interests prompted her to study creative writing, earn her official degree in Accounting, acquire a certificate in Herbal Studies, and learn beekeeping. She took Writer’s Best in Show at the 2012 SCBWI CA North/Central Regional Conference and was a semi-finalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakout Novel Award Contest. She enjoys life in the Sierra foothills with her husband, two sons, four dogs, and about 100,000 honeybees. Honeybees? Mmm, interesting, but not quite as crazy as my wallabies, echidnas and lyrebirds.  Tell me about your book. What is it about and why should I read it? ARROW OF THE MIST is a Middle Grade/Young Adult “Tween” Fantasy where terror strikes the Celtic inspired kingdom of Nemetona when barbed roots breach the land and poison woodsmen, including 15-year-old Lia’s beloved father. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: Author interview, Awesome Indies approved fiction, fantasy books

Things you didn’t know about me; a fun interview by Tim Vicary

June 28, 2013 by Tahlia Newland

Tim Vicary is an awesome writer and a wonderful person. He has lots of books listed on the Awesome Indies site and has been very supportive of everything I'm doing there. He was kind enough to invite me onto his blog and ask me a few revealing questions. So pop over and find out what annoys me most, what invention I most appreciate and why I always sleep with  a torch beside me. http://timvicary.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/interview-with-tahlia-newland/ Feel free to share these strange details of my life with the world. Writers can  no longer afford to be private people!   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Other stuff Tagged With: Author interview, guest post, solar power, Tim Vicary

Blog tour, day 9, interview – A new approach to magical powers

December 10, 2012 by Tahlia Newland

In Kate Policani's  review, she said that Lethal Inheritance had a new approach to magical powers. This  interview on the Cozy  Reading Corner goes into what that magic is exactly in detail. http://www.the-crc.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/book-tour-lethal-inheritance-by-tahlia.html … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: Author interview, Cozy Reading Corner blog, Lethal Inheritance by Tahlia Newland, magic

The answers to questions I never thought to ask.

November 1, 2012 by Tahlia Newland

Kristin from The Cozy Reading Corner posted an interview with me today, and she asked some really good questions about the concepts behind Lethal Inheritance. Pop along and have a look. You even get to see the strangest thing that sits on my desk. It's really cute and spaced out looking. Now you have to go and have a look just to solve the mystery of what is it? I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy it. Here's the link. http://the-crc.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/lethal-inheritance-by-tahlia-newland.html?spref=tw … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: Author interview, concepts behind novels, The mystery of 'what is'

What’s it all about?

August 1, 2012 by Tahlia Newland

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you should have noticed that I've just had a young adult novel published. I've had a lot of publicity for it on other sites, but I actually haven't gone into a lot of detail here, so today I've intervewed myself to give you a good idea of what You Can't Shatter Me is all about. Okay, so what's it about? It’s about Carly, a sixteen year old girl who wants to write her own life and cast herself as a superhero, but when she stands up to a bully, the story gets out of her control. Dylan, a karate-trained nerd who supports her stand, turns out to be a secret admirer, and Justin, the bully, makes Carly his next victim. While romance blossoms, Dylan faces attacking words, an unreliable movie director, a concrete habit that requires smashing, and an unruly Neanderthal. Meanwhile, the bully’s increasing harassment forces Carly to deal with flying hooks, unflushable cowpats, and deadly dragons. An old hippie shows her an inner magic that’s supposed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: Author interview, bullying solutions, dragons, harrassment, magic, meditate, self esteem, You Can't Shatter Me

A Novella with a Heart – interview

July 6, 2012 by Tahlia Newland

For our Celebration of Indie Excellence today, author Juliet Madison is hosting an interview with me about my book. You can read it on her blog  here. Juliet Madison is a writer of humorous and heart-warming women's fiction, embracing life, love, and magical new beginnings. She lives on the south coast of NSW, Australia, (close to me) where she works from home and homeschools her son. Juliet has written several short stories and three full length manuscripts, which you can read about here. She has a blog where she shares author interviews, competitions, and marketing tips for authors, and can also be found on Twitter and Facebook.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: Author interview, heart-warming, humour, Juliet Madison, novella

Interview with Emily Devenport, author of Spirits of Glory.

June 30, 2012 by Tahlia Newland

Today I have an interview with one Emily Devenport, of the wonderful authors who have a book listed on the Awesome Indies site. Pop on over and take a look at my post on her site Have the courage to write what you want. Emily Devenport has been published under three pen names in the U.S., the U.K., Italy, and Israel.  Her novels are Shade, Larissa, Scorpianne, EggHeads, The Kronos Condition, GodHeads, Broken Time (which was nominated for the Philip K. Dick award), Belarus, Enemies, and (exclusively in ebook) The Night Shifters, Spirits Of Glory, and Pale Lady. Tell me about your book. What is it about?           A very scary thing happens to the colonists on the world of Jigsaw: one morning the people in the North wake up and the people in the South are gone.  The cities where they lived stand silent and empty, and the highway that led to them has been shattered, as if someone picked it up and cracked it like a whip.  Everyone is pretty sure the gods of the South are responsible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book talk Tagged With: Author interview, Awesome Indies, Emily Devenport, hints for self publishers, Science fiction, Spirits of Glory

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The High Priestess: Persephone’s Return is the third book in Val Tobin’s Tales from the Unmasqued World Series, and in it she deepens and expands the stories from the previous two book. The book has two central story arcs based around characters we’ve met before. One arc follows Kelsey (a human) who is with Josh […]

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Yesterday I did a photoshoot for my renovated website. Take a look around, particulary at the home page (Click on my name at the top to go there). It’s designed for editing clients with my books secondary because I need to focus on the part of this publishing business that actually earns me more than […]

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