Hi!
I am Carolyn Howard Johnson, your trusty New Book Review blogger and author of
the multi award-winning HowTo Do It
Frugally Series of books for writers. This blog has heretofore been
exclusive for reviews but I thought I’d do a special series of interviews after
I chatted with Jeanie Loiacono, President of Loiacono Literary
Agency – Where ‘can’t’ is not in our vocabulary! I
thought sharing the interviews would help the many subscribers and visitors to
this New Book Review blog, including authors, reviewers, and, of course, readers
who just might find a new favorite author among the featured books and
authors.
So,
today welcome Mary Nida
Smith.
Mary Nida Smith, author, freelance writer, poet and
photographer has lived in several states, submitting and publishing in local
magazines and newspapers. Magazines: The Ozarks Mountaineer, Ozarks, Arkansas Living, Good Old Days,
Polaris (WWII), Grit, Northwest Living (Field Editor), Storyteller (photographed cover), Salute, Journal of the Ozarks and contributed to the anthologies Echoes of the Ozarks and Women in Nature.
Newspapers: Magic Valley
Farm Lines (South Idaho Press-Clark newspapers), Port Orchard Independent (Washington- weekly column), Ozark Mountain News (Mountain Home,
AR), and Oregon
Journal (Portland - book reviews).
Newsletters: U.S. Submarine of
Veterans of WWII (Arkansas Diamond
Chapter), Salute, Society of Children’s Book Writers &
Illustrators (SCBWI-
Australia), SCBWI-Missouri,
SCBWI-Arkansas, Ozarks Writers League (OWL), and Missouri Writers
Guild.
- What is your genre? Is it
fiction or nonfiction? Nonfiction, but I do write
other genres.
- What made you want to be a
writer? My
first/second grade teacher said she liked my stories. I had lots of sisters and
brothers I use to tell stories to, since we had no books in the
house.
- Of all the authors out there,
who inspired you most? Jesus. Most were songs since
we were a singing family.
- What is your writing style?
Do you outline? Linearly? By scene? Why? I outline in my head and then put it on paper.
That’s what storytellers do.
- Do you write every day? How
much? How long? I don’t write every day. I
put words down every day. Sometimes they find themselves in a story or
book.
- Do you think reading is as
important to writing for an author? Why? Yes, that helps you learn.
- What are some of the things
you would like to share with budding authors? Write, be yourself, don’t
listen to naysayers and never give up.
- Do you have any marketing and
promotional advice, referrals, tips you would like to share? Be the best sales person you
can be; if you’ve ever worked in retail stores you would have had to, or you may
lose your job. Be kind to everyone.
- Do
you think conferences are beneficial? If so, what have you learned? Which ones
do you frequent? Yes! Weekend
retreats, workshops and conferences are great for making contacts, and learning
from each other and speakers. Most of all, for me was to build confidence and to
know I wasn’t dumb or silly to reach for my dream of being a writer.
- Where
can we find you, your books and when is your next event?
Just Google me and my books and blogs all come up. My latest nonfiction is, Heroes Beneath the Waves: Submarine Stories
of the Twentieth Century, which I dedicated to my loving husband,
Melvin, who went on “eternal patrol” November 2015. http://submarinestories.blogspot.com Mary Nida Smith Events
Represented by Loiacono Literary
Agency, Jeanie Loiacono http://www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com/authors/mary-nida-smith
MORE ABOUT THE
SPONSORING AGENT
Jeanie Loiacono, President, Loiacono Literary
Agency
A facilitator of dreams, Jeanie Loiacono represents over eighty authors. Her
forte is mystery, romance, thrillers, historical/military/southern fiction, and
all quality fiction/nonfiction. Her passion is to see her authors
succeed.“There is nothing more rewarding than to hold one of my author’s books and know I helped bring it to fruition. I am so blessed and privileged to be able to work with some of the most talented writers in the world.” Jeanie.L@llallc.net www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com
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1 comment:
Thank you, Carolyn, for posting my book review and information about my agent Jeannie Loiacono. Mary Nida Smith
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