Novelist Spotlight
Novelist Spotlight is a gathering place for people interested in reading and writing great fiction and literature. This is where you will hear from the authors who write the novels and learn of their motivations, writing process, characters, struggles and successes. Novelist Spotlight is hosted by Mike Consol, a lifelong journalist and author of four novels.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 104
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Episode 189: Novelist Spotlight #189: A conversation with Pulitzer Prize finalist Vauhini Vara
In the spotlight is Vauhini Vara — writer, journalist, editor, fiction writer, essayist and playwright. Her debut novel, The Immortal King Rao, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her story collec…
00:50:33 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Episode 188: Novelist Spotlight #188: Book publicists Gretchen Koss and Meg Walker of Tandem Literary
In the spotlight are book publicists and Tandem Literary business partners Gretchen Koss and Meg Walker, who have more than 40 years of combined experienced in the business. They have represented aut…
00:54:00 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Episode 187: Novelist Spotlight #187: The branding/advertising professional who turned fiction writer
In the spotlight is Jim Gregory, who publishes under the byline Dr. James R. Gregory and has 40 years of experience in advertising and branding, and he is an expert on corporate brand management. Aft…
00:58:05 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Episode 186: Novelist Spotlight #186: Novelist and short story writer Janice Deal
In the spotlight is Janice Deal, the author of two novels titled THE BLUE DOOR and THE SOUND OF RABBITS, and two short story collections titled THE DECLINE OF PIGEONS, and a linked collection titled …
01:07:06 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Episode 185: Novelist Spotlight #185: Detective writer Tracy Clark’s five tips for creating characters readers will cherish
In the spotlight is Tracy Clark, a Chicago native and the author of the award-winning Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series, featuring ex-cop turned private investigator Cassandra Raines, and the detect…
00:57:15 |
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Episode 184: Novelist Spotlight #184: ‘Letters to Kafka’ author Christine Estima
In the spotlight is Christine Estima — playwright, novelist, a performer. Her debut novel, “Letters to Kafka” is scheduled for release in September, and was preceded by her debut book, “The Syrian La…
01:03:59 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Episode 183: Novelist Spotlight #183: The amazing power of AI chatbots for authors
In the spotlight is Hank Quense, whose latest book is titled “The Author’s AI Tool Kit: From Concept to Publication.” Quense’s fiction works include the Gundarland series, the Princess Moxie series, …
00:39:54 |
Sat 31 May 2025
Episode 182: Novelist Spotlight #182: A conversation with New York literary agent Melissa Edwards
In the spotlight is Melissa Edwards, literary agent and executive vice president at Stonesong, the New York-based literary agency. She also acts as a contract consultant for authors and agents under …
00:50:07 |
Fri 23 May 2025
Episode 181: Novelist Spotlight #181: Ghostwriting memoirs with Ruby Peru
In the spotlight is Ruby Peru who, studied under Kurt Vonnegut during the 1980s, and David Foster Wallace during the 1990s, and today ghostwrites memoirs, as well as offering developmental editing se…
01:00:33 |
Wed 07 May 2025
Episode 180: Novelist Spotlight #180: ‘Book of Souls’ and ‘Book of Demons’ author Kevin Moore
In the spotlight is Kevin Moore, author of “The Book of Souls,” a mystical ghost story and the first in a series of books featuring protagonist Jack Kelly and his paranormal abilities. The sequel to …
01:05:27 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Episode 179: Novelist Spotlight #179: A conversation with the creator of the Nena Knight series of suspense novels
In the spotlight is Yasmin Angoe, the Anthony-nominated author of the critically acclaimed thriller Her Name Is Knight of the Nena Knight series, which has been optioned for a television series. Her …
01:01:45 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Episode 178: Novelist Spotlight #178: Political thriller novelist Michael Fedor
In the spotlight is award-winning political fiction writer Michael Fedor. He is the author of three published novels: “Tree of Liberty,” “What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose” and “The Senate Deception…
01:00:52 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Episode 177: Novelist Spotlight #177: Detective novelist Libby Cudmore and her five tips for writing series characters
In the spotlight is Libby Cudmore, Shamus and Black Orchid award winner and the author of the acclaimed novel The Big Rewind, as well as a novel titled Negative Girl. Her short stories have appeared …
01:03:39 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Episode 176: Novelist Spotlight #176: Bestseller Abigail Owen and her four tips for writing great beginnings
In the spotlight is Abigail Owen, the #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 books that range from YA epic romantasy to adult modern mythic romantasy to super-spicy adu…
01:07:45 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Episode 175: Novelist Spotlight #175: Time traveler Amy Daughters writes to Facebook friends and books to the reading public
In the spotlight is Amy Daughters, author of the books “Dear Dana” and “You Cannot Mess This Up.” She is also a keynote speaker and a “spreader of the hope.”>> Writing letters>> Facebook connections>…
01:04:04 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Episode 174: Novelist Spotlight #174: Flash- and micro-fiction author Ran Walker on the nature of the craft
In the spotlight is Ran Walker, short fiction proponent and the author of more than 35 books, ranging from novellas, short stories and flash fiction to micro-fiction and poetry. Walker worked in maga…
01:06:22 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
Episode 173: Novelist Spotlight #173: Bestselling historical novelist Alyson Richman
In the spotlight is Alyson Richman, a USA Today and international bestselling author of historical novels, including “The Velvet Hours,” “The Garden of Letters,” and “The Lost Wife,” which is in deve…
01:00:51 |
Sat 04 Jan 2025
Episode 172: Novelist Spotlight #172: National Book Award finalist moves from traditional to self-publishing
In the spotlight is Sandra Scofield, a National Book Award finalist who made the monumental decision to move from traditional publishing to self-publishing with her ninth novel, titled “Little Ships,…
00:50:20 |
Tue 24 Dec 2024
Episode 171: Novelist Spotlight #171: Opera singer faced the music and became a fiction writer instead
In the spotlight, joining us from the City of Brotherly Love, is C.J. Spataro. C.J. (who also goes by the name Carla) is cofounder of the literary magazine Philadelphia Stories and director of the MF…
01:03:29 |
Sat 23 Nov 2024
Episode 170: Novelist Spotlight #170: Remembering the great novelist Paul Auster and his electric imagination
In the spotlight is the late, great novelist Paul Auster and one of his friends and biographers, I.B. Siegumfeldt, who spent three years logging conversations between herself and Paul Auster and comp…
00:53:21 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
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