Audiobook narrator Holly Adams sat down with me recently to talk about her process for narrating fantasy and non-fiction books and the preparation that goes into each recording.
Category Archives: Interviews
Tongue Gymnastics with Holly Adams
Audiobook narrator Holly Adams sits down with author Mindy Quigley to share the keys to creating distinct character voices.
Writers Who Kill Interview
If you’ve never checked out the wonderful Writers Who Kill blog, might I suggest that today would be an excellent day to do so? Coincidentally, they have kindly featured an interview about my Lindsay Harding series. 🙂 I’ve posted an excerpt below. An Interview with Mindy Quigley Mindy Quigley writes a mystery series featuring aContinue reading “Writers Who Kill Interview”
Birthing books, birthing babies, and cuddling with all kinds of feedback
Writer, reviewer, and book blogger Judy Nickles featured an interview with me on her blog yesterday. Check out an excerpt here: If you’ve written more than one book, what have you learned between the first one and the new release? I’ve learned to greet critiques from my beta readers with wide open arms. The prospectContinue reading “Birthing books, birthing babies, and cuddling with all kinds of feedback”
Interview with Norman L. Martin, Part Two
In Part Two of the Minty Fresh interview, retired prison, hospital, and mental health care chaplain Norman L. Martin gives the straight truth about handling lies. Read Part One Minty Fresh Mysteries (MFM): In addition to your work with psychiatric patients, you also provided pastoral care to prisoners. Neither of those populations has a great reputationContinue reading “Interview with Norman L. Martin, Part Two”
Clean Indie Reads Interview
I had the pleasure of being interviewed today on the Clean Indie Reads blog, home of “Flinch-Free Fiction.” So what exactly is flinch-free fiction? While flinch-free books aren’t squeaky-clean Disney-Princess pure in every imaginable way, they are “clean” in the following ways: They contain no erotica or sexually explicit scenes. There should be nothing that givesContinue reading “Clean Indie Reads Interview”
Chaplain Norman L. Martin on faith and finding forgiveness
Retired chaplain Norman L. Martin has had an incredibly varied career, having provided pastoral support in prison, hospital, and psychiatric facility settings. He also worked as a college professor, pastor, drug and alcohol counselor, and pastoral counselor in a medical center behavioral unit. He’s been married to his wife Alice for almost fifty years. TheyContinue reading “Chaplain Norman L. Martin on faith and finding forgiveness”
Rev. Laura Arnold talks compassion fatigue and the spiritual value of colostomy bags
In Part Two of our Minty Fresh interview, Rev. Laura Arnold–former hospital chaplain, current pastor of the Decorah United Church of Christ and Director of Online Learning for the Center for Progressive Renewal–talks compassion fatigue and the spiritual value of blessing colostomy bags. Read Part One of the interview. Minty Fresh Mysteries (MFM): Many of the chaplains I worked with had keenContinue reading “Rev. Laura Arnold talks compassion fatigue and the spiritual value of colostomy bags”
Rev. Laura Arnold on chasing chickens and strapping on a crash helmet
Self-proclaimed church nerd Laura Arnold served as a hospital chaplain and as the Associate Minister for Theological Education for the Southeast UCC Conference in Atlanta, GA.  She currently serves as pastor of the Decorah United Church of Christ in Decorah, Iowa and as the Director of Online Learning for the Center for Progressive Renewal. She is active in her local community, seekingContinue reading “Rev. Laura Arnold on chasing chickens and strapping on a crash helmet”
Karen B. Kaplan dares you to read her book
Rabbi Karen B.Kaplan, former healthcare chaplain and author of Encountering The Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died, has kindly agreed to be the next victim, er, interviewee, in my chaplain series. I read her book, and I can certify that it’s minty fresh! In 1992, Karen was ordained as one of the first 200 femaleContinue reading “Karen B. Kaplan dares you to read her book”
Mindy Quigley 