Guest blog

Interview | Book Reviewer, Roxanne Piskel

1. Tell a little about yourself.

My name is Roxanne and I received my B.A. in English from Sierra Nevada College.
I run the blog Unintentionally Brilliant, which is mostly filled with my daily meanderings, but also features book reviews.
In “real life” I work as an administrative assistant for an environmental consulting firm in Reno, NV.

I’m mother to a four-year-old who provides a lot of humorous (and sometimes poignant) entries for the blog.

2. How did you come to reviewing fiction?
I was actually looking for something to post about one day, and I had just finished reading this fantastic book called This is Where We Live.
I decided to review it on my site.
I had so much fun doing so, I decided to make book reviews a semi-regular appearance on the blog.
I started off reviewing books that I picked up from the library, and have recently started querying publishers and authors for review copies.

3. How long have you been reviewing fiction?
I have always been the type of person to recommend books to friends. In this way, I have been a reviewer for a very long time. But in regards to the blog and writing physical reviews, I have only been reviewing fiction since September, so six months.

4. Are you a writer? If so what genre? Have you ever considered writing?

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Paulette Harper Johnson

You write about overcoming mental depression by drawing on Christian religious and spiritual principles in your books That Was Then, This Is Now and Completely Whole.



1. Tell us a little about your life.

I was born and raised in Northern California. I am the youngest of eight children and the first published author. I have two daughters and I have one grand daughter (whom I intend to spoil).

2. What personal experience allowed you insight into understanding mental depression?


And what is one Christian spiritual/religious principle have you drawn on for help?

I went through a very difficult divorce that nearly devastated me.





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Characters of “The House”

One of the questions asked me on this blog tour, by Yasmin Coleman of APOOO, was which actresses and actors might I see playing the roles of the various characters in my novel, The House.

I found this question interesting. I tend not to think of movie or television characters when creating those in my novels and stories. And yet I had great fun doing this exercise.

I’d love to here your thoughts on my choices.

Interested to see whom I picked?

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Anjuelle Floyd as Guest Blogger @ “Project to Published”

Take a peak at my guest blog in the series Project to Published at The Thirteenth Chime/Emma Michaels’ Blogspot .

Emma Michaels is the author of The Thirteenth Chime about a college coed prepared to graduate, enjoy a relaxing summer with her friend, and marry, but whose world is turned upside down when an antique clock mysteriously chimes thirteen times and someone attacks them, sending Stephanie and her mother to the hospital.

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