(The following Tom French profile by Bob Andelman appeared in Tampa Bay Life in 1991.) Are you a good neighbor? If a loud, agonizing cry from the house next door woke you from a sound sleep tonight, would you call the police or shrug it off? That's the challenge Tom French first put to readers... Continue Reading →
Black Chalk is a college novel that will spin your degree! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Novelist and puzzle editor Christopher J. Yates, author of Black Chalk. Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Christopher J. Yates by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of puzzle fanciers who have no idea what kind of trouble Black Chalk will... Continue Reading →
Author Jill Geisler shares What Great Bosses Know! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of unruly local TV journalists who know it all but only have 30 seconds – and perfect hair and teeth – to explain it to you, the home viewer… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I was a... Continue Reading →
Sweethearts? YA novelist Sara Zarr and Mr. Media reunited! PODCAST INTERVIEW
If you’ve ever thought about writing novels, you might want to think about envying YA novelist Sara Zarr’s career. Her first, best-selling, young adult title, Story of a Girl, was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Awards. Book two, just released this month, is Sweethearts. It has earned glowing reviews and -- even... Continue Reading →
Her Story of a Girl got YA writer Sara Zarr noticed! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Writer Sara Zarr had an experience last night that any author would kill for – sitting in the audience at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in Manhattan, her first novel, Story of a Girl, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award for young people’s literature. For a first-time fiction author, such a nomination... Continue Reading →