Click on the title to watch/read/listen to selected interviews with author S.M. Stevens.
Beautiful & Terrible Things Interviews
WROTE (WRitten On The Edge) Podcast (1/26/26) – Fun interview with Baz Collins and Vance Bastian, including a lightning round of get-to-know-the-author questions. Also discussed: the diverse cast of friends in Beautiful and Terrible Things, their social justice activities in immigration, racism, and mental health, and what it’s like to write about living in today’s America
Online for Authors (1/6/26) – Podcast interview with Teri M. Brown, on topics ranging from typos in bestsellers and plotting resources for writers, to writing nonbinary characters.
Life Unscripted with Rosabel (6/18/25) – Podcast interview with Rosabel Zohfeld, covering everything from writing craft to authors Frederick Buechner and C.J. Lyons.
What Are You Reading? What Are You Writing (4/1/25) – Podcast interview with author Karen E. Osborne.
The Hippo (7/18/24) “Among Friends: NH Writer Reads From New Novel” – A combination interview and book review from Manchester’s leading entertainment magazine.
The Reader’s House (7/15/24) “Crafting Fiction from Life’s Challenges” – In which we discuss how my transition from business writing to fiction was inspired by personal health crises, and my commitment to addressing societal issues through strong female protagonists and thought-provoking themes. Beautiful and Terrible Things was selected as a Reader’s House Editor’s Choice.
Literary Titan (7/19/24) “The Beauty and Destructive Power of Friendship” – The inspiration for Beautiful and Terrible Things, moral guidelines for authors, and the paradoxes of the human condition.
Meet the Author (11/6/24) – A casual convo with Rob & Joan of Indie Book Source. Highlights:
- 3:00 — How two health crises launched my fiction-writing career
- 11:00 — Learn about the young artist who created two of my covers
- 12:40 — A cautionary tale about sketchy publishers
- 15:30 — How repurposed content transformed outtakes to award-winner
- 23:30 — Plot and themes of Beautiful and Terrible Things
- 26:30 — Can people become superstitious? Animal omens
- 30:10 — Reading from Beautiful and Terrible Things
- 45:30 — How to get free Bonus Materials related to Beautiful and Terrible Things including an award-winning novella
- 49:30 — Plotter or pantser? And the 3-act structure
- 54:30 — Sneak preview of my next contemporary novel, and a true crime memoir I am co-writing
Quadcast – International Day for Tolerance (11/12/24) – A fun, quirky and lighthearted “interview” about very important diversity and tolerance messages.
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Interviews
A Little Book Problem (1/10/20) “Friday Night Drinks” – Chatting over a real-life cocktail in a virtual bar
WPKZ Radio (4/10/20) – About the “30 Days of Free Books” COVID-19 giveaway program
Chat About Books (10/25/19) – On working at the zoo, Merlin the Wizard and of course books!
Tap Into the Power of U (3/12/20) – In which Stevens explains how she turned back-to-back health crises into a fiction-writing career.
Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester, “Author Spotlight” (10/25/19) – Discover which animals, food and drink have roles in Stevens’s writing process.
Citywide Blackout (12/7/19) – At the Rhode Island Author Expo, covering topics including #MeToo, how fiction can start important conversations, and writing in 5-minute spurts.
Meet The Authors (9/27/19) – In which Stevens answers burning questions including “If you could ask your pet three questions, what would they be?”
Ramona Interviews, WCCA-TV — Dec. 4, 2019: