While planning a blog tour for my YA novel, The Revenant, I was humbled, not only by the number of gracious people willing to help, but at the variety of blogs that are out there. A few in particular stood out for me, about three of them, maintained by a mother and child. I thought this was an amazing way for me to share my love for reading and writing with my own children, and Britbear’s Book Reviews was born.

When sales for The Revenant dipped, I decided to seek out blogs with high patronage on which I might post regularly. Instead, I learned if I wanted the publicity, I had to create the opportunity for myself. To that end, I opened my blog up to blog posts from other authors; I was overwhelmed by the number of responses. Though it’s time consuming, I put together personalized questions to interview all requesting it.

That’s when it came to me: why not shoot for the stars and contact best-selling authors for interviews as well? I sent query emails to the authors of a handful of my favourite books. To my surprise, Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, graciously responded.  I’ve been saving the interview for a special occasion, and I think the first post of 2015 qualifies. Here’s the email “transcript” of my interview with author Karen Joy Fowler, followed by my review of her novel, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.

To read the interview and book review, please go to http://eliseabram.com/britbear/?p=287.

To participate in my Pay-It-Forward project with your own author interview, guest post, cover reveal, book excerpt, etc., please contact me at britbear@eliseabram.com.