{"id":702,"date":"2017-12-07T12:14:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=702"},"modified":"2021-03-24T15:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:49:02","slug":"spotlight-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/spotlight-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Spotlight Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>I&#8217;ve had fun with my Author Spotlight series. I&#8217;ve made some good friends, learned a lot, and have discovered some interesting books.<\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/spotlight-intro\/\">announced the series<\/a> just over four months ago, and have had some fabulous entries since then. If you missed any, here&#8217;s the full list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-1\/\">CC Adams<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Horror and Dark Fiction<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-2\/\">Sonya Jesus<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Romance and Suspense<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-3\/\">Amy Ward<\/a> &#8211; Young Adult Distopian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-4\/\">Christopher Kokoski<\/a> &#8211; Suspense and Reference<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-5\/\">Subhan Mohammad<\/a> &#8211; Horror<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-6\/\">David Tatum<\/a> &#8211; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-7\/\">Michael Schutz<\/a> &#8211; Horror<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-8\/\">J. S. Frankel<\/a> &#8211; Young Adult Science Fiction and Suspense<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-9\/\">Virginia Alison<\/a> &#8211; Erotica<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-10\/\">Andi Lawrencovna<\/a> &#8211; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-11\/\">Vanessa M. Thibeault<\/a> &#8211; Romance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-12\/\">Lea Carter<\/a> &#8211; Young Adult Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-13\/\">Jeremy Davies<\/a> &#8211; Children&#8217;s Books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-14\/\">Simon Williams<\/a> &#8211; Memoir<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-15\/\">Jennifer Geoghan<\/a> &#8211; Romance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-16\/\">Josh Matthews<\/a> &#8211; Dark Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-17\/\">Mystkue<\/a> &#8211; Spirituality<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-18\/\">Annette Bentley Smith<\/a> &#8211; Children&#8217;s Books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-19\/\">Joseph J. Madden<\/a> &#8211; Science Fiction\/Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-20\/\">Janie St. Clair<\/a> &#8211; Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-21\/\">Kimberly Snell<\/a> &#8211; Faith and Fitness<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-22\/\">Pen W.<\/a> &#8211; Multiple Genres<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-23\/\">C L Barber<\/a> &#8211; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-24\/\">Jean Ecrivain<\/a> &#8211; Erotica<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-25\/\">Beth Hudson<\/a> &#8211; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-26\/\">Debbie Manber Kupfer<\/a> &#8211; Multiple Genres<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-27\/\">Susan Schwartz<\/a> &#8211; Horror<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-28\/\">K. J. Taylor<\/a> &#8211; Fantasy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-29\/\">S. L. Perrine<\/a> &#8211; Multiple Genres<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-30\/\">Edd Sowder<\/a> &#8211; VP, Burning Willow Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h2>\n<p>Finishing the series doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m going to stop doing spotlights entirely, they just won&#8217;t be a regular thing. I&#8217;d like to take more time with each spotlight in the future to really personalize them. One thing I don&#8217;t want to change, though, is asking &#8220;different&#8221; questions.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of the authors I profiled mentioned that my questions were new and different. They weren&#8217;t things they&#8217;d been asked before, and I&#8217;m really happy about that. It&#8217;s what I was trying to do. I hope they didn&#8217;t get boring for the readers, either.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m comfortable ending the series, I have to admit, it means the pressure&#8217;s on for coming up with blog content. The spotlights meant I had plenty of content to publish, and now I&#8217;ll have to come up with stuff regularly on my own again. As such, I may not post as often for a while, until I get back into that flow. I hope you don&#8217;t mind.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you enjoyed the spotlights, drop me a comment and let me know. If you&#8217;ve got suggestions, leave those in the comments as well. I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had fun with my Author Spotlight series. I&#8217;ve made some good friends, learned a lot, and have discovered some interesting books. I announced the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/spotlight-wrap-up\/\">Keep Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Author Spotlight Wrap Up<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[183,47],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-blogger","tag-author-spotlight","tag-interview","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Z77k-bk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":189,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/author-spotlight-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":702,"position":0},"title":"Author Spotlight: Sonya Jesus","author":"Rachel","date":"August 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s Author Spotlight time! 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