Interview with author Bill Cameron

The news is all good: I survived the Christmas holiday (specifically, the trip to and from the family gathering) - yay! - and today on the blog I bring you an interview with mystery author Bill Cameron - hip, hip, hooray!

Photo by Jill Cameron

I first met Bill, an award-winning mystery writer, a few years ago when my genre fiction writing class (taught by Chuck Caruso at Marylhurst University) went to his reading of Day One at Powell's Books and he joined us afterwards at a nearby restaurant for a drink and to talk about the writing and publishing biz. After that, I followed him on Twitter, ran into him at Wordstock once or twice, and then stumbled across the reading series he started at Rain or Shine, at which point I became an official fan of Bill Cameron.

On to the interview!

You're, like, one of the nicest people I've ever met. I literally can't even imagine you hurting a fly. You'd probably trap it in your hands and set it free outside. Why do you write noir crime fiction?

A year and a month

Today marks exactly one year and one month since I began freelancing and writing full-time. Since I have no interview to post today, I thought I'd spend some time reflecting over my progress. What have I accomplished in that time? (Obviously will not be an exhaustive list, just the highlights.)

Business Development

• Learned how to use Twitter & now have over 1,100 Twitter followers (plus over 700 followers for my pseudonym)
• Began working with two fabulous business coaches: Jim Newcomer of Balance Breakthrough Coaching; and Jackie Babicky, author of Better, Smarter, Richer: Seven Business Principles for Solopreneurs 
• Narrowed my business focus down to editing and writing coaching
• Am only a few days' consistent traffic away from 1800 hits/month on this blog - WOOT!