August Lineup

Episode 304 – Releasing August 9th

In episode 304, we dive deep into the craft of writing and publishing.

We have an in-depth craft talk with USA Today bestselling author Jenifer Ruff about how she navigates the world of Indie Publishing and how she does it so well, with plenty of tips and recommendations for publishing independently and how to make money doing it, plus we feature her novel, “The Groom Went Missing,” a mystery/thriller that is part of the Agent Victoria Heslin series.

We have an in-depth discussion with five debut authors-Neil Carmichael, Amy Peacock, Emily Johnson, Tim Eichenbrenner, and Delphine McCllellan, about four topics important to writing and publishing one’s first book:

• The steps they took and writing practices they adopted to write the first draft
• What they did to take their book from first draft to final draft (the editing process)
• How they chose to publish their book and why they chose that publishing path
• What they wish they had known before the got started about the process of writing and publishing their first book.

We have book recommendations by the hosts and by our community reading collaborators, our Charlotte Lit 2 minute tip, and we feature author Tammy Harlow and her novel, “All the Salt in the Sea,” a book about relationships that takes the reader from an Italian mountain top to Paris to Switzerland and to Saint Augustine, Florida.

Episode 305 – Releasing August 30th 

In episode 305, we have book recommendations, our Charlotte Lit 2 minute tip, and we feature six authors.

With the advice by authors Brian Langhoff and Tracey Buchanan, contributors to the Charlotte Readers Podcast Community blog, we discuss tips for aspiring authors and the best tool in the author toolkit, perseverance.

We feature Stephen Eoannou and his debut novel, “Rook,” a story set in Buffalo, New York, about Al Nussbaum, who to his wife was a loving husband, father, and chess player, but to the world, became the most cunning bank robbing fugitive alive according to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, what one reviewer called a “terrific Technicolor Noir that breathes life into the period.”

We feature Malika Stevely and her historical fiction novel, “Song of Redemption,” a story that emerges when in 1932, devastating secrets are exhumed when the remains of Danielle, a gifted enslaved songstress, are discovered in the wall of a mansion on a Louisiana sugar plantation, what one reviewer calls “a riveting page turner that keeps you on the edge of your seat.”

We feature Patti Meredith and her novel “South of Heaven,” set in Carthage, North Carolina in 1998, which tells the story tells the story of two estranged sisters forced back under the same roof, what what author calls “wise and funny” and another “a celebration of growth and survival…a beautiful read.”

We also feature New York Times bestselling novelist and Charlotte author Megan Miranda, and her latest suspense novel, “The Last to Vanish,” a story about a small town in the mountains of North Carolina where a number of people have gone missing under mysterious circumstances, what another New York Times bestselling novelist calls, “her finest: an eerie edge-of-the-earth location, riveting characters, and thrills that just don’t quit. Loved this novel.”