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Author, producer, entrepreneur and radio show host Sheila went from 18 years in the medical field and 5 years teaching clinical laboratory science to becoming the CEO of the top book trailer production company in the United States. It's a right-brain/left-brain synergy that has served her well. Owner of the trademarked term "book trailer", Sheila went on to become a speaker on topics such as content production, marketing, branding, social media and of course book trailers. She has spoke at Book Expo America, Romance Writers of America, RT Booklovers Convention, International Thriller Writer's ThrillerFest, Women's Fiction Festival in Italy, NINC and many other prestigious events. Sheila can be found on IMDB and has won more awards for book trailers than anyone in the industry. She has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal and several television talk shows. You can find out more at her website: https://sheilaenglish.com/ And for more about host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books!

F. PAUL WILSON is the author of fifty-plus books and numerous short stories spanning science fiction, horror, adventure, medical thrillers, and virtually everything between. His novels regularly appear on the New York Times Bestsellers List. He was voted Grand Master by the World Horror Convention and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Horror Writers of America and the Libertarian Futurist Society. He has also received the Stoker Award, the Porgie Award, the Prometheus and Prometheus Hall of Fame Awards, the Pioneer Award from the RT Booklovers Convention, the prestigious Inkpot Award from San Diego ComiCon, and is listed in the 50th anniversary edition of Who's Who in America. Paul can be found on the Web at www.repairmanjack.com. Join the Thorne & Cross newsletter for updates, book deals, specials, exclusives, and upcoming guests on Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE! by visiting Tamara and Alistair at their websites: alistaircross.com and tamarathorne.com This is a copyrighted, trademarked podcast owned solely by the Authors on the Air Global Radio, LLC.

This episode continues from where episode 82 left off with KWL's recent live interviews with attendees from RT Booklovers Convention in Atlanta, Georgia in early May 2017. RT (Romantic Times) Booklovers brings more than 3,500 fans and between 600 to 800 authors together for a celebration of romance novels. Mark Lefebvre, Director of Kobo Writing Life, interviewed authors and industry folks about various topics. In Part 2, we share Mark's chats with:   Meredith Wild A new series of collaborative novels launching in September, starting with Meredith's novel Misadventures of a City Girl and the fun writing experimentation that led to it Advice that Meredith would offer to beginning writers who are just getting started on their writing journey How Meredith allowed herself some “time off from writing” during this particular conference Stephanie Bond Stephanie's latest release in the Body Movers Series, 8 Bodies is Enough The things that Stephanie loves about RT, which is one of her favorite conferences A forthcoming project, Temp Girl, and the temporary tattoos that Stephanie is giving out to fans at the conference Liliana Hart The forthcoming book (due out May 23rd) in a brand new series (Gravediggers) from Pocket Books entitled The Darkest Corner which is a mix between her J. Graves and the MacKenzie Family series (combining thriller and romance) The unique position of being a hugely successful indie author who is also working with a major publisher and making the best out of both worlds How Liliana writes all the time, including sequestering herself in a hotel room or even as a passenger in the car while touring to events like RT   Stephanie Phillips from SBR Media Literary Agency Some of the 20 authors that SBR Media represents, including Debra Presley, Kahlen Aimes, Micalea Smeltzer, as well as authors who are attending RT (M. Willard, Misha Elliott, Elizabeth Hayes) The pitches that Stephanie has been taking from authors interested in working with her agency Stephanie's Romance Focused Review Blog: Stephanie's Book Reports (where authors can submit their books for consideration for reviews)   Mark Coker from Smashwords A sneak peek at the annual RT Smashwords survey that explores the aggregated sales data across all the retail platforms, including: Which price points get the most sales / which price points get the most income What impact does a pre-order have on sales related to different genres A deep dive into series, including the effect of free as series starters As of the time of this posting, the 2017 report hasn't been made live, but here is a link to the 2016 and 2015 report, chock-full of great insights and info for authors   Diane and Dante from ListenUp Audiobooks Diane's role at ListenUp in assisting indie authors in the production of their audiobooks, including the initial discussion, finding the right narrator and getting the book distributed if the author chooses that option Dante's role as audio engineer and technical director, including working directly with the voice talent and the post recording production to ensure top-quality audio product KWL authors can get $100 off per hour by following this link, navigating to “Get Started” and entering the promo code “Kobo” http://www.listenupindie.pub/

Jeff & Will are both under the weather, but power through for this week's episode! Jeff offers some updates from his writing week. The guys discuss other podcasts that have recapped the RT Booklovers Convention and recommend  people check out episodes from Smart Podcast, Trashy Books and Kobo Writing Life Podcast. Katie is congratulated for winning the signed Cheesecake Boys coloring pages. Mary and Shannon are welcomed as new patrons. The Sweet Summer Fun Paperback Giveaway gets underway. Will reviews Served Hot by Annabeth Albert. The guys talk about the cancellation of The Real O'Neals along with other TV shows they are watching--Nate & Jeremiah by Design and Team Ninja Warrior. Jeff also talks about the string of musicals that have been announced for network TV, including Jesus Christ Superstar on NBC as well as A Christmas Story and Rent on Fox. Then Will discusses the movies he watched this week-- Esteros, The Way He Looks and Akron. Complete shownotes for episode 84, and the Rafflecopter for the chance to enter the Sweet Summer Fun Paperback Giveaway, are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

KWL was recently in Atlanta, Georgia attending RT Booklovers Convention. Considered the Book Lover Event of the year, RT (Romantic Times) Booklovers brings more than 3,500 fans and between 600 to 800 authors together for a celebration of romance novels. Mark Lefebvre, Director of Kobo Writing Life, was on site interviewing authors and industry folks about various topics on writing, reading and promotions. The RT Booklovers interviews have been broken into more than one episode. In Part 1, we share Mark's chats with: Helen Hardt Her latest novel, Surrender; her penchant for ending her series books with cliffhangers and the direct relation with her pre-order success; A teaser regarding her forthcoming MISADVENTURES series; some advice for beginning writers Jeff Adams & Will Knauss Jeff's new release Somewhere on Mackinac and its relation to the classic film Somewhere in Time; their publisher Dreamspinner Press and collaborating on a novel; Jeff and Will's Big Gay Fiction Podcast Julia Kent Her most recent novel, Shopping for a CEO's Wife in the bestselling romantic comedy SHOPPING series of novels; the pseudonym that Julia writes romantic suspense and pulse-pounding fiction under: Meli Raine Chloe from Written Word Media Opportunities for writers looking for promotions for their reduced price and free ebook titles; more places where writers can get great tips and advice Dan from Draft2Digital The free universal link tool that D2D has released for authors, making it simpler than ever before to be all inclusive when linking to retail websites where people can buy their books.      

Jeff talks briefly about the reviews for Somewhere on Mackinac. The guys then discuss the master class in plotting they took with Cherry Adair to kick off their week at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Atlanta. The Tammy Middleton Autism Awareness Month auction final total is revealed. Jeff reminds everyone that the Readers & Writers for LGBT Chechens auction is underway through Saturday, May 13. The show's new patrons are thanked: Lindey, Sarah and Andrea. Jeff reviews At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson and The Solder's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian. Jeff & Will talk in detail about their experience at RT17, including the panels they attended, people they talked with and the workshop on podcasting they led. They also reveal the giveaway for an RT17 tote bag filled with books at swag that listeners in the U.S. and Canada can register to win via a Rafflecopter on the shownotes page. Complete shownotes for episode 83, and the Rafflecopter for the chance to win the RT17 tote bag, are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

Will interviews Jeff about Somewhere on Mackinac, which debuts on Wednesday, May 3 from Dreamspinner Press. The guys are at the RT Booklovers Convention in Atlanta this week. They discuss their schedule and would love to meet any listeners that are also attending. For those not attending, Jeff & Will plan to post photos and video to the podcast's Facebook page. Jeff talks about the upcoming Readers & Writers for LGBT Chechens auction that begins on Friday, May 5. Will reviews The Solder's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian. Paul Richmond and Aaron Anderson are welcomed to the podcast. Paul is the associate art director for Dreamspinner Press as well as the author of the Cheesecake Boys Coloring Book. Aaron is one of Dreamspinner's cover artists. During a coloring party, we discuss the new coloring book as well as book covers and more. There's also a Rafflecopter on the shownotes page for a chance to win the images Paul, Aaron and Will colored. Complete shownotes for episode 82, and the Rafflecopter for the chance to win autographed coloring pages, are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

Tune in for tonight, April 13th at 6pm EST, for the RT Round Robin Event! I'll sit down with bestselling, and award-winning authors, Lexi Post, Melanie Jayne, and Julie Moffett, to chat about their writing journey, latest novels, and the upcoming RT Booklovers Convention.  Julie Moffett is a bestselling author and writes in the genres of Mystery, Historical, and Paranormal Romances. She's won numerous awards, including the 2016 Award of Excellence, the 2014 Mystery & Mayhem Award for Best YA/New Adult Mystery, the prestigious 2014 HOLT Award for Best Novel with Romantic Elements, a HOLT Merit Award for Best Novel by a Virginia Author (twice!) to name a few.  Melanie Jayne worked in several jobs before deciding to follow her true passion. Now she's living her dream—as a Romance Writer. Her first book was published in 2015, and features strong, memorable characters that prove that love over the age of thirty-five is possible, and that love and happiness aren't just for the young, but young at heart.  Lexi Post is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of romance inspired by the classics. Lexi writes Paranormal, Sci-fi, Contemporary Cowboy, and Military Romance.   

If you've every wanted to know what the RT Booklovers Convention is about, this is the show for you! The convention publicists, Pat Simmons, Naleighna Kai, and I, will chat Thursday, April 6th at 6pm EST, about what to expect if you attend the biggest literary event of the year!  Pat Simmons is an Award-winning, and National Bestselling Christian Fiction Author. She's celebrating ten years as a published author with more than thirty titles. She is a self-proclaimed genealogy sleuth who is passionate about researching her ancestors and then casting them in starring roles in her novels, in the hope of tracking down any distant relatives who might happen to pick up her books. Naleighna Kai is an Award-winning, and National Bestselling Author of Contemporary fiction, Erotica, and Speculative fiction. She is also the brainchild behind the annual Cavalcade of Authors events which takes place in her hometown of Chicago.  I am a National Bestselling Author of Contemporary, and Sweet Romance fiction. I love traveling, so weaving beautiful destinations into the pages of my novels as lush backdrops, or in the heritage of my characters is not uncommon. You'll find out more about us during the show. So tune in, and bring a friend! We'll take you behind the scenes of the RT Booklovers Convention to give you the ins and outs, the best way to avail yourself of everything there is to offer at the convention, and the scoop on Freebies, Freebies, Freebies!

F. Paul Wilson is the author of fifty-plus books and numerous short stories spanning science fiction, horror, adventure, medical thrillers, and virtually everything between. His novels regularly appear on the New York Times Bestsellers List. He was voted Grand Master by the World Horror Convention and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Horror Writers of America and the Libertarian Futurist Society. He has also received the Stoker Award, the Porgie Award, the Prometheus and Prometheus Hall of Fame Awards, the Pioneer Award from the RT Booklovers Convention, the prestigious Inkpot Award from San Diego ComiCon, and is listed in the 50th anniversary edition of Who's Who in America. Thorne and Cross’ new thriller, MOTHER, is available now. http:Visit Tamara and Alistair at their websites. This is a copyrighted, trademarked podcast owned solely by the Authors on the Air Global Radio

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author F. Paul Wilson to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss his literary journey and this year's RT Booklovers Convention---as well as what he has in store next for readers.

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Kami Garcia to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her literary journey and what it's been like to share it with her fans. The two will also discuss her new book and this year's RT Booklovers Convention.

I'll be hosting a live, on-site show from the RT Booklovers Convention on Thursday, May 14th at 6pm EST! NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Tammara Webber. She writes contemporary, romantic, and coming-of-age fiction for Young Adult and New Adult readers. We'll discuss her latest novel, Sweet (Contours of the Heart Book 3).  Book Blurb: He's the love of her life, but he doesn't know it.  She's his one moment of sacrifice in a lifetime of survival.  He was damaged and wild, but resilient.  She's always been obedient; now she's restless.  Home for the summer between college and med school, Pearl Torres Frank knows two things: Boyce Wynn is the embodiment of everything she should run from, and everything she wants to run to. Rebellious and loud. Unconcerned with society's opinion of him. Passionate. Strong. Dangerous.  And one more trait he hides from everyone but her:  Sweet.

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes talented author Cherry Adair to #ConversationsLIVE to discsus her literary career and what it's been like to have the support of her fans and even fellow authors. The two will also discuss this year's RT BOOKLOVERS CONVENTION.

Tune in on Thursday, April 30th at 6pm EST! My guest will be Award-Winning Author, Mina Khan. I met Mina in person at an RT Booklovers Convention. She's a wonderful in person as she is in print. We'll chat about her novel, A Christmas Wish (A Djinn World Novella). Book Blurb: Rayez, a smoking hot chef and fire djinn in exile, lands himself in deep trouble (at the bottom of a beer bottle) when he tries to help a mysterious beautiful woman. Selene is pursued and desperate. She'll do anything to keep her brother safe--including capture a djinn. While deception brings them together, dangerous enemies make them unlikely allies. Can one gigantic wrong lead to two rights and true love?  A special treat for readers: Some of the recipes Rayez made in the book.

Author Sabrina Jeffries stops by #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her amazing literary journey and what she is looking forward to at this year's RT Booklovers Convention.

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Tamera Alexander to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her amazing literary career and what she is looking forward to with this year's RT Booklovers Convention. 

Today I have an RT BOOKlovers Convention special show for you because I will be chatting with romance author C. H. Admirand who will be talking about her upcoming novels. And she may even give us a sneak peek into some of her future books as well as any of her other novels that she may have in the works right now and any other projects. She will be telling us about her writing experience and what she has in the works writing wise.C.H. was born in Aiken, South Carolina, but her parents moved back to northern New Jersey where she grew up, which if you’ve met her would explain a lot. She’s always had her nose in a book, has traveled the world over, and even tested the time-space continuum, thanks to the awesome power of the written word. One of her writing quirks is that she loves to include bits and pieces of her ancestors and ancestry in all of her books. Her family centers her and keeps her sane, which is why she enjoys adding elements of family, hearth, and home in all of her romances.   With 8 short stories and 15 novels to her credit, this award-winning, multi-published author’s books are available in paperback, hardcover, trade paperback, magazine, e-book, and audio book. You can find out more about her by either going to her Website, Blog, Facebook Author Page or Twitter.

Today I have an RT BOOKlovers Convention special show for you because I will be chatting with romance author C. H. Admirand who will be talking about her upcoming novels. And she may even give us a sneak peek into some of her future books as well as any of her other novels that she may have in the works right now and any other projects. She will be telling us about her writing experience and what she has in the works writing wise.C.H. was born in Aiken, South Carolina, but her parents moved back to northern New Jersey where she grew up, which if you’ve met her would explain a lot. She’s always had her nose in a book, has traveled the world over, and even tested the time-space continuum, thanks to the awesome power of the written word. One of her writing quirks is that she loves to include bits and pieces of her ancestors and ancestry in all of her books. Her family centers her and keeps her sane, which is why she enjoys adding elements of family, hearth, and home in all of her romances.   With 8 short stories and 15 novels to her credit, this award-winning, multi-published author’s books are available in paperback, hardcover, trade paperback, magazine, e-book, and audio book. You can find out more about her by either going to her Website, Blog, Facebook Author Page or Twitter.

Today I have an RT BOOKlovers Convention special show for you because I will be chatting with romance author PJ Schnyder who will be talking about her upcoming novels. And she may even give us a sneak peek into some of her future books as well as any of her other novels that she may have in the works right now and any other projects. She will be telling us about her writing experience and what she has in the works writing wise.Born and raised in the North East, PJ Schnyder spent her childhood pretending to study for the SATs by reading every fantasy and sci-fi novel she could borrow from the local and school libraries. She scored fairly high in the verbal portion. She was introduced to the wonderful world of romance a decade later by her best friend at an anime convention in Seattle. PJ recently received the Golden Leaf award for Bite Me, Book 1 of the London Undead series, and is one of the contributing authors to the Parsec-award winning Tales from the Archives Vol. 2 of The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. In the past, she has also won honors from the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal RWA PRISM awards for her novella, Hunting Kat, Book 1 of the Triton Experiment series. You can find out more about her by either going to her Website, Blog, Facebook Author Page or Twitter.

Today I have an RT BOOKlovers Convention special show for you because I will be chatting with romance author PJ Schnyder who will be talking about her upcoming novels. And she may even give us a sneak peek into some of her future books as well as any of her other novels that she may have in the works right now and any other projects. She will be telling us about her writing experience and what she has in the works writing wise.Born and raised in the North East, PJ Schnyder spent her childhood pretending to study for the SATs by reading every fantasy and sci-fi novel she could borrow from the local and school libraries. She scored fairly high in the verbal portion. She was introduced to the wonderful world of romance a decade later by her best friend at an anime convention in Seattle. PJ recently received the Golden Leaf award for Bite Me, Book 1 of the London Undead series, and is one of the contributing authors to the Parsec-award winning Tales from the Archives Vol. 2 of The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. In the past, she has also won honors from the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal RWA PRISM awards for her novella, Hunting Kat, Book 1 of the Triton Experiment series. You can find out more about her by either going to her Website, Blog, Facebook Author Page or Twitter.

Romantic Times are the undisputed experts at reaching romance book lovers and creating a promotional medium for publishers and authors for the sale of even more romances started in the 70's. Today RT BOOK REVIEWS Magazine reviews every romance published and rates it but it also reviews over 100 books in various other genres. May 1-My 5 sees the 30 RT Booklovers Convention in Kansas City. Five days filled with guests and speakers, book signings, social events, workshops and possibly the odd party. Guest Brenda JAckson and Guy Cote