Interviewed by Joy E. Held

I'm delighted to report that another author interview with me is posted--this time with Joy E. Held as part of her interview series Books By My Friends. Check it out here!

Joy has an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She has published in newspapers, literary magazines, and specialty journals that includeg Yoga Journal, Dancer Magazine, Dance Teacher Now, and Juggler's World. She's also a yoga teacher and a journal facilitator for Journal to the Self/Center for Journal Therapy. Joy resides in West Virginia.

Joy's book Writer Wellness: A Writer’s Path to Health and Creativity (Headline Books, Inc., 2020) provides an award-winning, customizable approach for writers of all genres at any stage of development. The book is designed to help writers cultivate a healthy lifestyle and a satisfying career.

Interviewed by Betty Bolté

One of the lovely things about being a debut novelist (or even a more seasoned novelist) these days is that many other writers offer a helping hand in getting the word out. This can mean tweets or posting on Instagram; it can also mean announcing book launches (that's been my big contribution this year) or blogging short interviews. So far I've had the privilege of being interviewed by novelists Clifford Garstang, Sarahlyn Bruck, Christina Consolino, and now historical fiction writer Betty Bolté, with one by author Joy E. Held coming up next month as well as a podcast segment with Yvonne Battle-Felton.

While there are some questions that almost every interviewer will ask, it's fun to see what new perspectives different interviewers will have and also to think how I can get across the spirit of my book without saying the same thing every time.

That said, here's what Betty asked me and how I answered!

Betty's focus in historical fiction is on American history, typically including romance and a touch of the supernatural; she cites Henry James and Edgar Allan Poe as classic authors she particularly admires.

Podcast with Yvonne Battle-Felton Coming Up!

This afternoon I had the pleasure of recording a podcast episode with writer Yvonne Battle-Felton. Yvonne, the author of Remembered, is an American writer living in the UK whose writing has been published in literary journals and anthologies. Remembered was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (2019) and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize (2020). She also writes for children and has three titles in Penguin Random House’s Ladybird Tales of Superheroes and three in the forthcoming Ladybird Tales of Crowns and Thrones. A Lecturer in Creative Writing and Creative Industries at Sheffield Hallam University, Yvonne is very involved in hosting and chairing events, interviewing authors, giving workshops, and collaborating on interesting projects.

For her Book-Able Space podcast, Yvonne asked me some questions about my writing, and asked me to read three short selections from In Search of the Magic Theater. I'll be posting a link to the podcast once it's live!

It's 1910 and Philadelphia is burning. Spring's son has been beaten by police for a crime he may or may not have committed. In order to lead her dying son home, Spring, with the help of her dead sister, must relive a painful past in order to bring her dying son home. It's a story about motherhood, mothering, family, community, identity, and the trauma of slavery.

Remembered, Yvonne Battle-Felton's debut novel, is available in hardback, ebook, and audio.

An Interview with Christina Consolino

Novelist Christina Consolino has been doing a very interesting series of interviews of fellow authors, and has kindly done one with me about In Search of the Magic Theater. You can read it at https://christinaconsolino.com/2022/06/27/the-fun-of-fiction-an-interview-with-karla-huebner/!