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The Bookhabit Show talks to Matt Fullerty, author of The Pride and the Sorrow, the winner of the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition. The international competition received nearly 300 unpublished books from authors vying for the $5000 prize. Fullerty is “thrilled” with the recognition and potential that winning the competition represents. He discusses how he got an agent for his book and how excited his agent is for him to have won. The agent thinks the award will help promote Matt’s book to Publishers.

The Pride and the Sorrow is the story of Paul Morphy (1837-1884), born in New Orleans Read the rest of this entry �

Diane Eble interviews Jane Kirkpatrick, author of Mending at the Edge

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Habitat by Sean Monaghan is a young adult Science Fiction thriller. The book moves along at a fast pace, with telepathic aliens destroying the peace on a giant space station. The inspirations for Sean’s writing are varied. He probably reads more than most people, being a librarian and creative writing tutor. The many environments and mediums he works in provide additional stimulation as he explores how art, music and writing can forge together to excite the recipient’s senses and improve his Read the rest of this entry �

Nathaniel Hensley talks with Clare Tanner on The Bookhabit Show and shares how writing has been the central theme in his life, and even had a part to play in the courting of his wife.

Nathaniel has been dabbling in Fiction writing for years, and for the most part it was based in the gloomy and dark genres of horror and crime. As his writing evolved, he began to blend the two genres, considered an unconventional category. When his first daughter was born, he decided he wanted to write something adventurous and a little spooky that he could read to his kids when they got a little older. Inspired by the style of the Harry Potter books, he decided to write the type of book that younger readers, as well as Read the rest of this entry �

Diane Eble interviews Cecil Murphey, coauthor of 90 Minutes in Heaven

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Sharon Kilzer has been writing most of her life. She currently works as an editor for an educational publishing firm, and spends her free time creating new adventures for Riki Storm, vampire hunter. Dark Jewel is Sharon’s first novel in what she hopes will become a vampire series featuring the irrepressible Riki Storm. Read the rest of this entry �

Robert Black, an English-born New Zealander, now gets to indulge his writing passion in China, where he is hoping to realize his dream of writing full time. Robert has a fascinating discussion on The Bookhabit show where he talks about a new understanding he has gained after living in the East for 7 years. It’s a lifestyle that now affords Robert the ability to live his life exactly as he wants, and you can’t ask for more than that. Read the rest of this entry �

AC Gaughen writes in the fantasy genre and considers herself lucky to be able to create her own stories, and lucky to be able to believe wholeheartedly in the fantasy of her life. Her family jokes that she doesn’t pay attention to the real world.

An American, she is heading back to Scotland to pursue her writing career. She says the most spectacular thing about Scotland for her was the difference in attitude. In America she was told that writing should be an “on the side” hobby, whereas in Scotland she was encouraged to purse it as a career, and she feels that the Read the rest of this entry �

Frank Newman has sold over 100,000 copies of his books. That’s not bad in a market as small as New Zealand (pop. 4M). Frank predicts “ebooks are the future of book publishing. It will evolve the same way music has.” Because of this belief he has now put his Children’s books on Bookhabit so they can reach the world!

His investment books and the “Living Off the Smell of an Oily Rag” series have taken him to the best sellers list many times. He is now working on a series for children and has the five completed books available on www.Bookhabit.com. Read the rest of this entry �

Welcome to Books ‘n’ Such! Diane Eble interviews Alex Mandossian, CEO of Heritage House Publishing and the creator of Virtual Book Tour Systems.

This Books ‘n’ Such program focuses on many authors, as Diane Eble interviews Alex Mandossian on the hundreds of authors he’s interviewed as a Virtual Book Tour host. Alex Mandossian is the CEO of Heritage House Publishing and the creator of Virtual Book Tour Systems, a way to sell books that is changing the face of publishing. Alex reveals how Read the rest of this entry �