Welcome!
August is the start of the Atwater Group's sponsorship of A Book and A Chat. Each week, host Barry Eva interviews authors, three or four times a week, using a general chat over a cup of tea approach where authors, bloggers, and readers can share their latest news and views. If you are interested in being featured on the show, contact Barry.
And don't forget to vote for your favorite goof in the first half of 2013 here. I'm re-thinking what the "winner" gets; instead of a gift card, it might be a discount on the next manuscript! So, pass the link to friends and family to vote for their favorites before voting closes on August 31!
Have a great month!
Faith Williams
The Atwater Group
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Featured Interview with Author MJ Pullen
Let's welcome MJ Pullen, this month's featured author. MJ is the author of The Marriage Pact and the sequel Regrets Only.
Thanks, MJ, for answering a few questions for us today.
1) What were your favorite books growing up?
I think we were the last house in my neighborhood to get cable, which of course happened when I was in grad school. So I can literally say that as a kid I read everything I could get my hands on. When I was really young, I read Nancy Drew, Judy Blume and (I’m blushing to say this) Sweet Valley High. Then while babysitting at a neighbor’s house I discovered a copy of Hitty, Her First Hundred Years and the complete works of L. Frank Baum. I think those really expanded my ideas about what authors could do with perspective, place, and their own take on reality. After that, I started raiding my parents' room for books that were, honestly, completely age inappropriate. I think I read The Godfather at 13, as well as 1984, Atlas Shrugged, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. My mom was a voracious reader; we went to the library at least once a week. From her, I borrowed everything from Agatha Christie to Pat Conroy to various biographies and poetry. It’s funny, considering what I’ve written, but I’ve never really read romances. I’ve always been more interested in the story and the characters than in genre.
2) Now that you have, let’s say—some life experience, what would you tell your younger self?
There’s so much. I wrote READ MORE |
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