One Minute Conversations

A. Wrighton

Bill Thompson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:47:29 -0400

A. Wrighton‘s epic fantasy “Defiance: Dragonics & Runics Part I” combines her love of history with her love of fantasy-sci fi. Those against the Council’s oppressive reign have long since been cast out to the fringes of society, their numbers and determination dwindling. Now there may be new hope for the Rogue Dragonics….

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Eric Thomas

Bill Thompson — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:01:34 -0400

In Eric Thomas’s novel “DRT” an overnight traffic reporter blames himself for a horrible fatal accident - and is then visited by the ghost of the driver. Or is he?

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Christopher Ryan

Bill Thompson — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:08:17 -0400

As Christopher Ryan‘s hardboiled mystery-thriller “City of Woe” unfolds, how long can two detectives stick to strict police procedure when confronted with increasingly bizarre events that suggest the serial killer they’re after may be a .. demon? “City of Woe” is the first recipient of The Bookcast’s “Book of Exceptional Quality” distincton.

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Scott Bartlett

Bill Thompson — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:26:26 -0400

bScott Bartlett‘s novel “Royal Flush” asks, can a man who throws his dates in a dungeon find a girlfriend? It’s the humorous tale of a man known only as The King. As his Kingdom careens toward catastrophe, he cruises seedy taverns looking for likely maidens. The King’s incompetence and weakness for beautiful women drag him deeper and deeper into trouble. He is even portrayed as a cross-dresser by the Kingdom Crier (the Kingdom’s most popular tabloid).

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Harvey Helms

Bill Thompson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:05:17 -0400

Harvey Helms kept a diary for a number of years,the story of a young gay man who accidentally ends up as one of the very first male beauty advisors selling behind a department store cosmetic counter in the south. Now in his memoir called “blush: the unbelievably absurd diary of a gay beauty junkie,” Harvey introduces us to she-dragons, man drama, lipstick, Tammy Faye Baker, Senator Jesse Helms, plus more than a large dose of gay-man craziness

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David Gelber

Bill Thompson — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:53:35 -0500

Legend has it that the Minotaur was confined to the Labyrinth and slain by Theseus. But as David Gelber tells in his historical fantasy “Minotaur Revisited” the truth is far different.

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Adam Mansbach

Bill Thompson — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:12:32 -0500

It’s a tale of revenge, redemption, and the world’s most beautiful crime. Adam Mansbach‘s novel “Rage is Back” introduces us to Dondi Vance, son of two famous — or infamous — graffiti artists from New York City’s “golden era” of subway bombing.

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Jack Klugman

Bill Thompson — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:01:38 -0500

From 2005 - RIP Jack Klugman, who died this week at age 90. My conversation with him seven years ago stays with me. And a nicer guy you’ll never meet.

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Amre Cortadino

Bill Thompson — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:01:01 -0500

Is “historical fantasy” a contradiction in terms? It may be. but that’s how indie author Amre Cortadino describes her novel “Valley of the Shadows.” Based very broadly on the Old Testament’s Psalm 23, this book is the first in a series.

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Hollye Dexter

Bill Thompson — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:01:14 -0500

Shame is very powerful. Useful in the moment, destructive when it lingers, shame is a burden all of us carry. Unless we learn how to free ourselves of that burden. Now Hollye Dexter and Amy Ferris, along with 25 other women they reached out to share their stories of the burdens of shame they carried.

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Karen Fisher-Alaniz

Bill Thompson — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:01:11 -0500

When she was growing up Karen Fisher-Alaniz had little interest in her father’s experiences in World War II. But one day, many years later, Murray Fisher gave his daughter over 400 pages of letters he had written to his parents during the war.

From that moment on, Karen knew she could not leave questions unanswered any longer.

And what she discovered, about her own father, amazed, astonished, and humbled her in ways she never expected.

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Joni Parker

Bill Thompson — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:07:03 -0500

Teen heroine Alex must locate the pirate spy known as The Horseman, in “Tangled Omens” by Joni Parker. In her new role as a Tracker, the fifteen-year-old Alex is on the trail of The Horseman who is in cahoots with the pirates to steal Elfin gold. And Alex is experiencing new aspects of her own gifts bestowed on her by her Titan ancestors.

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Scott Hutchins

Bill Thompson — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:00:46 -0500

In “A Working Theory of Love,” the debut novel by Scott Hutchins, 30-something Neill Bassett has signed on to help develop an artificial intelligence that is based on his late father’s five-thousand-page journal. Thus Neill’s day is filled “talking” with his father’s journal, in an effort to make a computer sound more human. But can a computer - in his father’s words - help Neill’s romantic life?

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Leslie Brody

Bill Thompson — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:05:48 -0500

When a sudden illness strikes her husband Elliot and then all too swiftly claims his life, newspaper reporter and mother Leslie Brody finds herself a stunned and unprepared widow. But her book “The Last Kiss” does not dwell on Elliot’s death, or her loss. Instead she shows how they resolutely made the most of the time they had left together.

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Kerry Dwyer

Bill Thompson — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:30:51 -0500

British expatriate Kerry Dwyer leads her trusting French husband Bertrand on a walking tour of Ireland. In her memoir “Ramblings in Ireland” Dwyer writes of exploring the west of Ireland as a time for meditation, spiritual reflection and strengthening the bonds of life.

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Kate Kaiser

Bill Thompson — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:00:53 -0500

Youngest-of-eight Kate Kaiser started writing letters to her late mother - then realized who they were really for. Her new memoir is “Letters to My Mother (But Really For My Father)”.

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Oliver Stone

Bill Thompson — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:45:41 -0500

America is an imperial country - Oliver Stone’s new Showtime doc series premieres Monday. In a companion book he explains why we need to acknowledge the huge mistakes the U.S. has made.

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Jim Raposa

Bill Thompson — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:46:08 -0500

How great it would be to hear your own song on the radio! Longtime radio and music marketing professional Jim Raposa shares insights and strategies to help you, the new or established musician, get that airplay.

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Steve Berry

Bill Thompson — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:19:01 -0400

Bet you didn’t know Christopher Columbus may have been Jewish. Steve Berry’s new thriller “The Columbus Affair” starts with that, layers on lots of history, a little creative speculation, and a modern-day story overlaid on it all, to create a hurricane-of-history that will blow apart anything you thought you knew about Christopher Columbus.

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Jen Barton

Bill Thompson — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:01:05 -0400

One mom discovers not only a way to keep a van full of girls entertained for a couple of hours, but a way to write an engaging children’s fantasy novel. Listen to indie author Jen Barton talk about her book “Fiona Thorn and the Carapacem Spell.”

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