Sneak preview: During this coronavirus crisis, housebound people are turning to streaming services and social media to stay entertained and sane. It's time to get some books into that mix, don't you think? We'll be announcing something special in a day or two. (As you can guess from the title of this post, it has … Continue reading Sneak Preview – 30 Days of Free Books
In honor of it being Day 3 of the Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Blog Tour, we have three postings to share with you today. (Just kidding. It wasn't planned that way. It just turned out that Review Tales by Jeyran Main split her post into two pieces: my guest post about why I wrote HAHG … Continue reading HAHG Blog Tour: Day 3
Day 2 of the Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Blog Tour takes us to Review Tales by Jeyran Main in Canada, which published an article by yours truly about why I delved into the sticky world of #MeToo with this novel; and to Book Briefs here in the U.S., which published an author interview and is … Continue reading HAHG Blog Tour: Day 2
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by AllAuthor recently, about my new novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, as well as previous books Shannon's Odyssey and the Bit Players series for YA theatre-lovers. AllAuthor is a wonderful site that unites authors and readers. It's main goal is helping readers discover new authors and new books … Continue reading AllAuthor Interview with S.M. Stevens
Next week marks my virgin foray into the wonderful world of blog tours. Blog what? you might ask. A blog tour, I repeat. What is a Blog Tour? A blog tour is essentially a virtual book tour. In the old days, and in the today days for big-name authors backed by big-name publishing houses, authors … Continue reading Blog Tour Preview
If you read this blog regularly, or even occasionally, you know that I've done quite a few interviews about my new novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and about my career as an author. I love doing these interviews, as I'm passionate about the message in HAHG. But I of course often find myself answering similar … Continue reading HAHG on Cheryl Holloway’s Book Blog
Ramona, host of "Ramona Interviews" on WCCA-TV, conducts a lively, fun and thought-provoking interview as I found when taping this segment about my new novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades recently. Here are a few comments made by Ramona in the course of the interview (paraphrased): It was easy to read. I didn't feel depressed when … Continue reading “Ramona Interviews” S.M. Stevens
Book review bloggers are doing for authors what YouTube has done for musicians: Making it possible for aspiring unknowns to make it big and become well-known, often well-loved artists. Gone are the days when record house and publishing house executives wielded all the power. Today, the people have much of that power, as the Internet … Continue reading The Global Community of Book Bloggers
Citywide Blackout, a blog/podcast covering artists of all kinds, interviewed authors at the Rhode Island Author Expo two weeks ago for their podcast. This was one of my favorite interviews to date as Max asked a lot of great questions. We got pretty deep into #MeToo issues and I appreciated the sincerity and honesty in … Continue reading Author Interview on Citywide Blackout
Authors know that no book appeals to everyone, and that not every reader will enjoy our books. So it's extremely gratifying when a reader "gets it" -- not only enjoying and appreciating the story, but understanding 100% what you were trying to say and why you said it and wrote it the way you did. … Continue reading HAHG Review: “A timely book for the #MeToo age”