This week on Blondie and the Brit we bring you hybrid author Kerry Schafer. Kerry calls herself the Queen of Misfit Books and writes women's fiction, paranormal, fantasy, and mystery genres. She shares with us her experience using Kickstarter to self-publish one of her books and how another book was acquired by Lake Union Publishing. A highly entertaining interview covering a lot of aspects of the writing and publishing process.

South African author, Ian MacKenzie, joins us this week for a conversation about one of the unsavory aspects of being Indie author -- dealing with unscrupulous publishers. He also discusses his first book, Clouds in the Wind, rich with South African wildlife and history.

This week on Blondie and the Brit we bring you the second half of the interview with social media superstar Rachel Thompson. Finally, we have answers for all of our Google plus questions. Rachel gives us an in-depth insight into what spurs her to write about and support victims of trauma and abuse. We were eager to hear about the books in her publishing path and her journey from Rachel in the OC blogger to Huffington Post contributor. You are not going to want to miss this podcast.

Camille Di Maio takes us on a journey from Real Estate Agent to her dream job as an author published by Amazon's Lake Union. Her debut novel The Memory of Us was inspired by the #Beatles song Eleanor Rigby. Camille shares the incredible story of when Sir Paul McCartney honored The Memory of Us in front of a live audience.

We are really excited to bring to you Joey Pinkney this week. Joey is an award-winning short story author and social media expert. He talks in depth about the process of developing short stories and the extras he adds in including the author's note. Joey also runs an author promotion service called Joey Tweets and provides some great insights into how to get the most out of twitter.