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Bookshop Interview with Author Marina Brown (Episode #107)

2/24/2021

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Marina Brown discusses her latest novel of historical literary fiction, The Orphan of Pitigliano. This novel won the 2020 Published Book of the Year award, as well as a gold medal, in the Royal Palm Literary Awards competition. It is a sweeping story involving a small Italian village, Jews in Italy during WWII, Etruscan grave robbers, a modern-day medical mystery and old-world superstitions, including il malocchio (the Evil Eye). Marina did an amazing amount of research for this novel. She worked with a noted archeologist. She became fluent in Italian in order to conduct interviews, and she learned firsthand how to carry out a grave robbery. In this episode, I’ll chat with Marina about her writing journey, how she enjoys watching her characters come alive on the page, and how she believes creativity is like an aquifer that can feed a number of artistic expressions (of which she is proof, being not only a writer but also a cellist, a professional ballet dance and a painter).

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Bookshop Interview with Author Michelle R. Young (Episode #106)

2/17/2021

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Michelle R. Young discusses her debut novel, Gear Heart. It is the first book in a new sci fi trilogy that marries a retro, futuristic steam-punk vibe with an espionage thriller. Michelle found inspiration for her story from a vivid and colorful dream. She dreamt this dream over and over again for year before she finally began to write the story. As a young person, Michelle dealt with two learning disabilities, dysgraphia and ADHD. She hated writing throughout her school years, until college when she discovered writing for fun. That was a turning point for Michelle. Now, she is hard at work on writing books 2 and 3 of her new Gear Heart trilogy. In this episode, I’ll chat with Michelle about her writing journey, how being an artist specializing in oil painting and watercolor has influenced her writing, and her personal motto: If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.

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Bookshop Interview with Author Michael Wiley (Episode #105)

2/10/2021

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Michael Wiley discusses his newest series starring Private Investigator Sam Kelson. The most recent installment is Lucky Bones, book #2 in the series. Book #3, Head Case, will be available later this spring. The main character, PI Sam Kelson, is not your typical private investigator. Well, he is in that he gets himself embroiled in the mysteries his clients have hired him to solve. However, Michael’s main character suffers from disinhibition, which manifests as impulsivity and often a lack of regard for social conventions. The main character’s inability to keep quiet when the situation requires it is not a helpful trait for a private investigator. It does, however, make for some very interesting storylines.  Michael found inspiration for his main character’s affliction from his children when then were teenagers, specifically their deep embarrassment at almost everything he said and did. In this episode, Michael discusses his writing journey, how he puts his own unique spin on the mystery genre, and how he treats his stories as puzzles that he is constantly taking apart and putting back together.

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Bookshop Interview with Author L.E. Perez (Episode #104)

2/3/2021

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author L.E. Perez discusses her new series, The Reaper Trials. It is a paranormal fantasy series that she is writing with co-author and friend, Mia Ellas. The series expands upon the reaper lore that L.E. created in her standalone novel, Reap the Night. The first book in the series, Reaper Revealed, is available now, with second installment to arrive in spring 2021. These dark, twisty, paranormal fantasy stories feature an amazing and detailed world filled with diverse characters, and it follows the main character’s journey as she tries to survive her training as a reaper at the famed L’Academie L’Mort (the Death Academy). In this episode, L.E. discusses her writing journey, what it’s like to create a series in collaboration with another author, and her not-so-secret identity, among the authors who know her, as a fight whisperer.

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