Hi all, You may have noticed that we have not put out any new releases in March. That was because I was off for a few weeks visiting the US, where I got to meet two of my very long-time authors: Robert Beers and Will Greenway and two of my cover artists: Laura Shinn and Josh Shinn and catch up with our editor and print formatter (my daughter) Jenna Cummins. It was great, they are all as wonderful in person as I had expected from our long-time email communications. Below are some photos taken during the trip of my meeting the staff. I don’t yet have the one with me,…
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Hi everyone! It has been a while since I have updated the Writers Exchange blog, I have to admit, I am not too good as a blogger:) But I am hoping to change that. So I thought I’d start by updating you all on a few things coming up in 2014 that I know about currently. I would also like to create a bit more community around Writers Exchange, so if anyone has some suggestions on how they would like to do this, please comment on this post. We have two large series that are getting a complete overhaul at the moment, new covers, fresh edits, restructuring etc. The first…
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I realised this morning that Writers Exchange E-Publishing has been going 14 years this month! I hadn’t even thought about it, but a couple of people congratulated me on LinkedIn, it must be in my profile… I really want to thank Will Greenway and Victoria Heckman for staying with me all these years – you guys were the first two authors I ever signed up! Rounding out the VERY early authors who are still in our ranks we have Lauralee Bliss, Michelle Levigne and Mrs Mouse (Chris Williamson). We do have a lot of others who came on board in the first year, but these were our earliest:) We would…
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Wow, what a few months we have had! As you know from earlier news posts we have been updating all our books to the latest formatting. We have been replacing a lot of covers while doing this, and updating bios to have our authors’ latest books included, PLUS other books in their genres by other WEE authors! Because of all this our new releases have suffered a bit, but the end is in sight! Other than books that need new covers or have minor erratas being done to them, I am down to 29 books to go! I still have to do these around our new releases, so perhaps we’ll…
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This month we have Dr. Herb Marlow as our featured author, he currently has three books available up at WEE, with a fourth book being released in October. Author Interview Can you please tell us a bit about yourself that is not covered in your bio? I have had a myriad of jobs/professions in my lifetime: Driving a truck and a forklift, selling real estate and insurance, being a cattle rancher in Oregon and Texas, writing stories and articles for national magazines, being a professional medical writer for an online magazine, having a twice weekly spot on a local TV station, visiting schools all over the US with a…
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This month we start with massively prolific author, Karen Wiesner. With over 100 books published she is no novice at her craft, in fact she has even written books ABOUT writing. Now let’s learn a bit more about Karen… Interview with Award-winning AuthorYou’ve written over 150 books which include many different series and genres. Can you tell us if you have a favourite series, one that is particularly close to your heart or you personally identify with? I’m too much like a mother with my books and series to choose favorites. They’re all close and personal favorites. I love them, and each one has its own special merits…
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As one of the authors with Writers Exchange I would like to provide you with a brief background of myself, and explain how and why I began writing. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and in 1969 I was drafted into the U.S. Army. After completing basic training and military police school, I spent a year with the 557th MP Company at Long Binh, South Vietnam, in 1970. My time as a combat M.P. provided the basis for my first book, M.P., A Novel of Vietnam, a work of fiction based in part on my personal experiences during my tour of duty. Upon completing my military service,…
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Author Interview with Wallace Brown My name is Wallace Brown and I live and write in Pennsylvania. My first novel, “The Shepherd Sleeps” was published in 2008. It is a thriller set in New Orleans in 1969. I have written all my life but this was my first attempt at a novel. I have a degree in English and have read a lot great literature but for pure escape I like thrillers. The one thing that has always bothered me about the genre is that the heroes are often written as unemotional automatons without the ability to experience fear or pain. I am more interested in real flesh and…
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Greetings. I am a writer of fantasy fiction. All sorts of fantasy, from action adventure to sweet romance to paranormal. I started working on my action series (The Guardians of Glede) about 20 years ago, maybe more. I had one small child at home, another on the way, and dabbled in writing at that time. I attended conferences, went to workshops, joined a critique group, etc. And I started writing. Well, not really started. Let me back up a bit. I actually wrote my first book when I was 11. I was in the 6th grade and we had an assignment to write about an animal. We also had to…
