Featured Interview With Anne Social

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Anne Social is actually the pen name of three sisters. We were born and raised in Arizona, but spent a couple of years out in the Midwest, where we picked up writing. We’re back in AZ now, but writing followed us!

We have a border collie and a tortoise shell cat.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
We didn’t really start writing until we were in our teen years. We needed a form of escape that wasn’t constantly buffering dank memes or workaholism. Writing was just that.

After a long day of picking rocks or sniffing moldy antique books to sell on our eBay store, we’d get on our computers and write like nothing was wrong. We were (are) a bit perfectionistic, though. We wouldn’t even look at our keyboards until we’d studied story structure and character development. This was an instant head start in our writing career. The three of us instantly fell in love with each other’s books, a thriller, a sci-fi, and a fantasy.

We’d lay in our bunk beds and talk about writing past midnight. We’d eat lunch, debating and theorizing over our methods. We’d find each other grinning stupidly as we thought up a scene or joke that wouldn’t be revealed until the book was finished.

Together we realized that if we couldn’t write for a living, we’d die. Writing outshone every other hobby and interest we had. It saved our existence and then we existed for it.

Now our goal is to write books that make people want to stay in existence. We write hopeful stories that don’t ignore the dark side of life. Stories that meet the reader where he stands.
Collectively, we’ve written over ten books, but now we’re working on publishing our second and third.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Gary D. Schmidt and S.E. Hinton are some of our absolute favorites. We’ll read any genre, fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers, YA, classics, and even non-fiction. We write for each other, that’s our biggest inspiration. Oh, and the music of Twenty One Pilots.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Hijinks is inspired by a creepy little pizza place in a small town in Missouri. We used to drive past it and speculate why it was never open. Were they hiding a body in there? Is it a pit stop for human traffickers? Were they keeping Bigfoot in a cage in the attic? Our top theory was that it was secretly a drug front. That’s always our top theory.

Anyway, Hijinks centers around the relationship of four teens who end up working together to solve the mystery of a cryptic pizza place. We’re really excited about its release, April 25th!

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Featured Interview With Shareka Swaby

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Rowlandsfield St. Thomas. Small country side community below the John Crow Mountains. I attended happy Grove High School in Portland and would most often walk home in the rain when there was heavy rains to avoid flooding in Golden Grove.

I grew up poor and is now committed to creating wealth in my life. I now live in Kingston and I am a Life Coach and Mentor, Author, Transformational Speaker and Real Estate Agent.

I am mother of children

Branded as the “Mind Reset Strategists,” I started studying the importance of mindset back in 2018. My journey started with searching for answers about my life and attaining success.

Through reading multiple books and doing a lot of introspection, I realized that mindset, perception and self image were the foundation and core of human achievement, contentment, joy and fulfillment.

This eventually led me to Life Coaching. I specializes in Mental Wellness and Spiritual Alignment, I am passionate about a world where people are more present, mindful and less attached.

Additionally, I am mentor to young men and women through her “I Am Initiative” Mentorship program.

My mission is to impact lives worldwide with the message that we all have our own little bit of magic in us and can do anything we desire with self discipline and understanding the fundamental tenets that govern our lives.

One of my main beliefs is that too many people are living without a vision for their future, and it is said “where there’s no vision the people perish.”

My intent is to look beyond the physicality and focus on mental health and starting the healing process.

I have an adopted cat called max

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was always fascinated with books. My mother always had books around for as long as I could remember. And I would read them. I was always writing things here and there but I didn’t really make much of them. I would find something I wrote sometime later, I would read it and wonder if I had written it.

I realize that my writing wasn’t half bad.

In 2020 I wrote my first book. It wasn’t initially a book, it was one sentence of instruction per day, The 30 Day Happiness Challenge to help others feel better about life..

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Favourite genre, personal development. I love a lot of authors but, Florence Scovell Shin, Neville Goddard, Napoleon Hill are among some favourites

Tell us a little about your latest book?
An introduction To Freedom is a journey to joy, to happiness and to knowing of the self. It is meant to help others release so much of the material world and tap into the more spiritual aspect of their being.

It provides a step by step process to do so. It takes work, but anything worth having will come with its challenges.

Once applied, an introduction to freedom, though it seems like some simple steps, will really get you looking at life completely differently.

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Featured Interview With Chadd SJ Ciccarelli

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m Chadd Ciccarelli—author, strategist, and former Amazon exec. I grew up in Pittsburgh, studied philosophy at Carnegie Mellon, and spent over a decade at Amazon helping build global programs and scale high-impact initiatives. Along the way, I’ve lived in Los Angeles, San Francisco, London—and now, I proudly call Sydney home. It’s a city that blends everything I’ve loved about the places I’ve been: creativity, grit, and a pace that keeps you sharp. This is where I write, build, and push the next chapter forwar

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always loved books, but I’d say my real fascination—and the shift toward writing—started when I was accepted into Carnegie Mellon. That’s where I fell hard for philosophy. I became obsessed with ideas, systems, and the kind of critical thinking that forces you to question everything. That environment didn’t just teach me how to read deeper—it taught me how to write with purpose.

Later, at Amazon, writing became the core method of communication. No slide decks—just clear, structured narrative thinking. It was a writing culture built for high stakes, and it sharpened everything I’d learned at CMU. So while the love for books came early, I’d say I truly became a writer in university—and refined it in the pressure cooker that was Amazon.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Some of my favorite authors are the ones who don’t pull punches—Camus, Dostoevsky, Bukowski, and Hunter S. Thompson. I’ve always been drawn to voices that challenge convention and force you to think differently. On the philosophy side, Thomas Kuhn and Clark Glymour had a big impact on how I see systems and structure arguments.

As for genres, I split my time between thought-provoking fiction, sharp non-fiction, and inspiring biographies. I’m into anything that tells the truth, hits with clarity, and sticks with you long after you’ve closed the book. If it challenges perspective or sharpens thinking, I’m in.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book, It’s All Trash ‘til It’s Cash: Applying Amazon’s Blueprint for Builders, is a no-nonsense guide to turning ideas into results. Based on my 12+ years inside Amazon, it breaks down the systems, leadership principles, and writing culture that drive innovation at scale—and shows how anyone, from solopreneurs to startup teams, can apply them. It’s part philosophy, part field manual, and all about execution.

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Featured Interview With tammy ruggles

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I lived a portion of my early life in Cleveland, Ohio, then moved to Kentucky in the third grade. I have enjoyed dogs and cats over the years, but have no pet now.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I loved books as a preschooler, but didn’t write until I was about twelve. I enjoy writing in various genres, from horror to self-help to children’s books. Social work was my chosen profession, so I wrote as a hobby until I was 40, when a progressive blinding disorder known as RP forced me to retire. I tried freelance writing and it was the right path for me. I’ve been writing professionally ever since.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like the trim style of Cormac McCarthy. I have more than one favorite genre to write: Crime drama, horror, YA, children’s books, fanfiction, and poetry. I’m inspired by just about everyone and everything.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
It’s called “Savannah’s Salvation”, and is a Christian Romance short work about a Christian woman seeking companionship after the death of her husband, and finds herself attracted to a man who lied to her about being a Christian on a Christian dating site. One thing leads to another, and it’s a will-they-or-won’t-they kind of scenario. It’s also about how God can heal broken people by bringing the right ones into your life.

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