Giacomo ‘Jim’ Giammatteo – Walking Wild Boars and Best Friends

You need inspiration? Good, because you’re not going to find an excuse.

Giacomo 'Jim' GiammatteoHello all and welcome to our continuing series of author interviews. Today’s guest, Giacomo “Jim” Giammatteo, holds the record (as of May 2018) for the most books published in a year.

Care to take a guess how many? I’ll tell you now they wouldn’t all fit in a breadbox. Maybe a bread carton and probably a bread truck.

Thirty-seven (37)!

Perhaps one of those books deals with writer’s cramp?
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Gene Poschman – Watching Jonas Watcher’s Watcher Write Noir Thrillers

Treehouses, Rougarous, Noir Thrillers, Paladin, San Franciso, New Orleans, Vudu Romance…Gene Poschman puts it all together

Noir Thriller and Fantasy Author Gene PoschmanGreetings lovers of Noir Thrillers and Author Plunge Devotees one and all. Today we’ll be talking with a man of my own heart, Gene Poschman. Gene is a fan of Have Gun, Will Travel, the classic Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, The Wind in the Willows, Uncle Remus, H. Beam Piper’s Fuzzies and sleeping rabbis (extra points for readers, watchers and listeners who know the reference).

My introduction to reading was the book, Bambi. Not the Disney version. Trust me, there’s a big difference

 
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Donna Huston Murray – Smart and Witty Mysteries

Cozy Philadelphia? Not after reading Donna Huston Murray’s Thrillers!

Smart/Witty Mystery Author Donna Huston MurraryHello and welcome to our second Author Interview Plunge. Today’s guest is mystery author Donna Huston Murray.

Everyone, please stand up and give Donna a big round of applause for taking part in our Author Interview Plunge series.

I got to page 50 and couldn’t remember what I’d done with the gun.

 
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Phillip Strang – Murder is a Tricky Business (British Sleuths and Publishing Analytics)

Do your DCI and DI top the Amazon Sales Charts? – Murder is a Tricky Business with Crime Thriller Author Phillip Strang

Phillip StrangHello all and welcome to the first in our series of author interviews. The first to take The Plunge is crime thriller author Phillip Strang.

Everyone, please stand up and give Phillip a big round of applause for 1) taking part in our exciting adventure and 2) being the first to do so.

Hooray, Phillip!

I started writing at the instigation of my wife and daughter.

 
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How Self-Published Book Author and Marketing Maven Phillip Strang Gets Amazon Reviews

Learn how DCI Isaac Cook and DI Keith Tremayne Thriller Author Phillip Strang got over 300 reviews on Amazon

Phillip StrangPeople following me on social networks know that our first Author Interview Plunge is with crime thriller author Phillip Strang and is scheduled for 12:01pmET Wednesday, 10 Jan 2018. If you’re reading this post after that date/time, you can find his interview at Phillip Strang – Murder is a Tricky Business (British Sleuths and Publishing Analytics) (that link won’t be active until after that date/time).

Phillip and I were talking a few days after the interview and I asked him how he managed to get so many reviews (over 300) on Amazon. He graciously shared his methodology with me and gave me permission to share it with you.

A 15 Step Program
Important: The first step is not recognizing you have a problem, it’s deciding you want to succeed.
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