Interviews

2023

First Chapter Plus
Young Adult Books: Not Just for Young Adult Readers — June 2023

2022

Author Dawn Colclasure
Interview with Self-Publisher Melanie Hooyenga — November 2022

SCBWI in the Mitten
Book Birthday Blog with Melanie Hooyenga — October 10, 2022

Author Dawn Colclasure
Author Interview with Melanie Hooyenga — October 2022

Overflowing Bookshelves podcast & Instagram live — February 4, 2022
Acclaimed author Melanie Hooyenga (video interview)
Episode 54: Interview with Melanie Hooyenga (podcast)

2021

For the Love of Books podcast — November 12, 2021
NaNoWriMo + Melanie Hooyenga (video interview)

WGHN 92.1 FM with John Roberts — September 20, 2021
Chasing the Stars Book Launch with Melanie Hooyenga

Happy Moments IGTV with Ali Wenzke — January 21, 2021
Gratitude Journaling & Self-Publishing (video interview)

2020

Write Your Best Book — October 2, 2020
How to Build Your Author Brand (podcast)

You Are Here Writers — September 15, 2020
Writers Block: The Myth, The Legend

Rapid Growth | Lakeshore — August 19, 2020
Local Author’s Latest Novel is a Flashback to Simpler Times: The Summer of 2017

BookLife — August 14, 2020
Where Are They Now? Checking In with the 2019 BookLife Prize in Fiction Winner and Finalists

Kevin Craig — August 11, 2020
Chasing the Sun with Melanie Hooyenga

West Michigan Woman — May 5, 2020
Five Michigan Authors to Escape with During the Quarantine

2019

WGHN 92.1FM with John Roberts — December 3, 2019
The Book of Good (radio interview)

BookLife — November 20, 2019
Meet the 2019 BookLife Prize Finalists in Fiction

2018

Children’s Literary Classics — December 21, 2018
Author Melanie Hooyenga on Her Award-Winning Book

Indie Reader — December 20, 2018
Advice from IR Approved Author Melanie Hooyenga: “Brand Yourself, Not Your Book”

My Bookish Escapades — November 9, 2018
The Edge Rules by Melanie Hooyenga

Oh Hey! Books — November 7, 2018
The Edge Rules by Melanie Hooyenga

Chapter By Chapter — November 6, 2018
The Edge Rules by Melanie Hooyenga

Jean Book Nerd — November 1, 2018
Melanie Hooyenga Author Interview

Maiden of the Pages — October 29, 2018
The Edge Rules by Melanie Hooyenga

Writer, Writer Pants on Fire — August 28, 2018
Melanie Hooyenga on Creative Inspiration

Emily Colin — April 3, 2018

Rockin’ Book Reviews — March 30, 2018

Indie Wish List — March 30, 2018

Books Chatter — March 28, 2018

Blue Plate Special — March 23, 2018
Award Winner YA Author Melanie Hooyenga (podcast)

WAWL 103.5FM — March 9, 2018
The Trail Rules launch day (radio interview)

WGHN 92.1FM — March 9, 2018
The Trail Rules launch day (radio interview)

2017

The GVSU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin — November 10, 2017
West Michigan based author Melanie Hooyenga (radio interview)

To Be Read — April 14, 2017
Blog Tour: The Slope Rules (Review)

Christina Philippou – Writing Round the Block — April 14, 2017
The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga (Review)

The Phantom Paragrapher — April 14, 2017
The Slope Rules – Melanie Hooyenga (Review)

Haddie’s Haven — April 13, 2017
The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga (Review)

Sascha Darlington’s Microcosm Explored — April 13, 2017
The Slope Rules Review, Book Tour, and Giveaway (Review)

Books, Dreams, Life — April 2017
The Slope Rules Blog Tour & Giveaway (Review)

Reading for the Stars and Moon — April 11, 2017
The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga (Review)

The Bookworm Central — April 10, 2017
The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga (Review)

Never Too Many to Read — April 2, 2017
Blog Tour: The Slope Rules… Review, Favorite Quotes, and Giveaway (Review)

Lady Techie’s Book Musings — April 2, 2017
The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga (Review)

Zerina Blossom’s books — March 30, 2017
Book Tour, Interview, Giveaway: The Slope Rules (Interview)

Wishful Endings — March 29, 2017
The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga (Interview)

Pink Polka Dot Books — March 27, 2017
Welcome to the Club: The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyenga (Interview)

Stacey Ritz Books — February 24, 2017
Exclusive Author Interview: Melanie Hooyenga (Interview)

2016

Niche of a Booknerd — August 20, 2016
Book Review: Flicker by Melanie Hooyenga

Millsy Loves Books — August 18, 2016
Blog Tour & Review – Flicker by Melanie Hooyenga

SCHS Best Books Blog — June 13, 2016
Melanie Hooyenga Interview

2015

Creatives Help Board. How May I Direct Your Call? — October 2, 2015
Melanie Hooyenga — Five Things Learned

Sharon Ledwith: I came. I saw. I wrote — June 26, 2015
In the Limelite with YA Author Melanie Hooyenga

Strands of Thought — June 10, 2015
Three Times a Charm with Melanie Hooyenga

Carpinello’s Writing Pages — February 18, 2015
Meet YA Author Melanie Hooyenga

Strand of Thought — January 23, 2015
10 Steps to Editing Your Novel

2014

The Common Writer — August 11, 2014
Melanie Hooyenga: Flicker Series

2013

Colby Marshall — April 6, 2013
Flicker: An A to Z Shenanigan

Jean Book Nerd — March 27, 2013
Author Melanie Hooyenga Interview

Erica Chapman — January 4, 2013
Interview with author, Melanie Hooyenga

2012

Before Happily Ever After — December 10, 2012
Interview with Melanie Hooyenga

Richard Levangie — December 9, 2012
Author Melanie Hooyenga Answers 25 Questions