We spent the
week ending March 23 at Left Coast Crime, a large conference for mystery
authors and readers. Once again, we enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new
ones. We also had a chance to find some new authors whose books we hope to read
soon.
One friend
we spent quite a bit of time with was Barbara M. Hodges. We’ve known her for
several years and have been blessed by her friendship. In addition to being an
author in her own right, she is also one of the most supportive folks I know of
other writers.
She
interviews different authors every month on her radio program, “No Limits,” on
Blog Talk Radio.
We were her
guests in January of 2014. You can listen to the archive of the show here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rrradio/2014/01/21/no-limits-with-barbara-m-hodges (Fellow
author Joseph Haggerty was her guest on the first half of the program. We were
on during the second half.)
We had a
great time with her. Barbara asked intelligent and interesting questions.
We very much
appreciated the chance to talk about our books with someone
Barbara M. Hodges lives in Nipomo, California. She is the
author or co/author of nine published works of fiction. The Blue Flame, The
Emerald Dagger, and The Silver Angel are the first three
books in her young adult fantasy series.
Aftermath
contains three pieces of shorter fantasy fiction written for adults.
Barbara has also co-authored two suspense novels, Ice
and One Last Sin, with Randolph Tower. A Spiral of Echoes,
written with Maggie Pucillo, is a paranormal romance set in Baja, Mexico. Shadow
Worlds, co-authored with Darrell Bain is pure science fiction. Barbara
also has short stories in three other anthologies.
Barbara is a member of San Luis Obispo, California
Nightwriters, Sisters in Crime and Public Service Writers Association. She also
hosts a monthly program, “No Limits,” on Blog Talk Radio, where she talks with
those involved in the field of writing.
All of her books are in print and electronic format and can
be purchased all over the internet and other fine brick and mortar stores.
Welcome, Barbara, and thanks for all you do for other authros.
ReplyDeleteBarbara is a great supporter of authors. :-) And I even have a question. Been thinking of rejoining Sisters in Crime. I left about five years ago when it felt like they were moving the wrong direction with small presses/self pub. Wondered if that had changed at all? Are small/self pubbed authors still banned from the printed Books in Print? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteNot trying to stir anything up. Just curious. :-)
ReplyDeleteA very interesting post. I enjoyed getting to know you better at LCC. Thanks for all your support of writers, Barbara.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right, Lorna! Barbara is a great supporter of authors, and a lovely lady! And wonderful you're saying so on your blog. Enjoyed so much spending time with both of you at LCC. What a great community of authors...
ReplyDeleteMadeline