Featured Interview With Murray Moffatt

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Murray Moffatt is a former broadcast journalist, senior public relations consultant and musician.
Over the course of 25 years, Murray wrote countless radio news stories and delivered tens of thousands of newscasts.
As a public relations consultant, Murray wrote hundreds of media releases as well as briefing notes and magazine articles on behalf of clients. He delivered media relations training to executives from a wide variety of public and private companies and organizations.
For years, Murray did extensive volunteer work with various organizations. He received a Mayor’s Award of Merit from the City of St.Catharines, Ontario and a provincial award (Ontario) for his work with Brant/Brantford CrimeStoppers.
Now retired, Murray is the author of seven novels including, ‘Play’, ‘Murder Best Unsolved’, ‘Murder Maybe Relative’, ‘Murder Maybe By Evil’, ‘Murder Maybe Cold’, ‘Murder Not Quiet Buried’ and ‘A Murder Solved Twice’.
Born and raised in Ontario, Murray now lives in Alberta.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
By the time I was in Grade 6, I had become a huge fan of thrillers and I remember the librarian at my school telling me that perhaps I should be reading more books for my age categorym but I was drawn to adult fiction. I didn’t start writing for something other than my profession until retired.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love mysteries and thrillers but have always been a fan of horror from the masters of the genre like Stephen King and Peter Straub. I consider James Lee Burke to be one of the best novelists in the world and I’m always inspired by his writing.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My new novel, ‘A Murder Solved Twice’, is the latest in the Shane Daniels Mystery series I’ve been working on for several years. Shane Daniels, the main character in ‘A Murder Solved Twice’ is an investigator for a lawyer and he has a compelling backstory. He’s a former cop who was permanently disabled when he was shot in the left knee and must deal with his memories of his father, a convicted killer also involved in the murder of Shane’s mother. Shane’s partner, Emma Carstairs, who lost her left leg while in the Canadian Forces, counsels other amputees.
In ‘A Murder Solved Twice”, Shane is kidnapped and told he’ll be killed if he doesn’t solve the murder of a young woman for which a man has already been convicted. Gavin Benson was found guilty by a jury of killing the much younger woman he was having an affair with.
Emma searches desperately for Shane, with the help of Ben Chen, Shane’s foul-mouthed, politically incorrect childhood friend, but they’re not even sure why he’s missing. Is it related to the Benson trial or their foster child Lan’s testimony against members of a Vietnamese-Canadian criminal organization?
While Shane tries to survive and find a way to escape, ‘A Murder Solved Twice’ takes the reader back in time to follow the Benson murder trial and defence lawyer Jason Burke’s ill-fated attempt to prove his innocence.

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Featured Interview With Dell S. Henry

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hello Book Reader Magazine,
My name is Dell S. Henry and I am 72 years young. I was raised in East Orange, New Jersey and their were eight
family members, now there are four. I currently live in West Orange, New Jersey, one minute from the famous Thomas A. Edison Museum! I do not have any pets. (I used to have a large German Shepherd many years ago named KONG)

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was four years young I liked to read simple books like The Cat In The Hat By Dr. Seuss, etc. In Jr. High School and High School reading books were a must and I always had my Brother for help! When I went to Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey I wanted to be a Doctor BUT Trigonometry chased me away from those dreams! After my Family and many Friends kept begging me to write a book about my life, I finally gave in to them and started writing.
It took me six years of research to write my first and only book, Titled F.R.U.I.T.S. (Family Research Uncovers Important Time Secrets) and I recently received Ten Winning Book Awards for my efforts! I am now 72 Years old
and I am grateful for every single day. (For those who read my book will understand why I am grateful daily.)

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I honestly do not have any favorite author since I jumped into the writing arena so late in life!
My book is my favorite Autobiography Genre because it is my only book! In my life EVERYONE who is in my book has
INSPIRED ME!

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Please forgive me, but I only have this one book, and if you see the Front Book Cover and the Sub Title you will see the Theme!

Featured Interview With Ambrose Gibbs

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Ambrose Gibbs in Inkster Michigan I was raised in Inkster Michigan I have one iguana

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing poems because I was always writing song.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Stephen king I like scary movies but my favorite genre is poeo

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My book is a book of poems and short stories that reflects on humanity.

Featured Interview With Roger E Pedersen

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS WITH ROGER E. PEDERSEN

As a video/ computer game designer whose life turned upside-down without a job, car, and residence forced into a homeless shelter.
Instead of wasting hours watching TV in the shelter, Roger used his laptop and research to write his first Sci-Fi Dystopian book SuperPower The Ability to Fly, or to Become Invisible ‘The Deal of the Art.’

QUESTION: Roger, could you tell us about your book, The Deal of the Art, which is the first book in the series of SuperPower book series? How does this book come about?

ANSWER: (as violins are playing in the background…LOL) I lost my job, my live-in girlfriend left me, my car caught on fire, I could not pay my expensive rent so I moved into a homeless shelter in NY City. I had a laptop and wanted to do something significant more than watching TV. I had heard that J.K. Rowlings was poor on welfare and wrote Harry Potter. Later, writing my third book I found out in Porto Portugal she was an English teacher, and seeing her documentary as a child, she pretended to be a witch with her redheaded male friend.
I researched and discovered that Comedian, and talk show host, John Hodges wrote in American Life Magazine about the most asked question “If you had one SuperPower would you want to fly or become invisible?”
I researched if anyone had ever written a book about this even when dozens of magazines had, even, the first Shazam film had the handicapped child asked the new foster child that question. In the NY City Democratic Candidates for Mayor Debate, the second to last question was that. So, I decided that in the first book, some people discover that they have the SuperPower to fly or to become invisible. Playing on Donald Trump’s book The Art of the Deal, my book humorously is The Deal of the Art as my SuperPower people steal $3.5 billion of masterpiece artwork from the world’s top art museums in NY City, London, and Paris.
I was one of the top video/computer game designers in the industry so every book has three games in them such as a name the reference to a film, a book or music. For example: In book #3, when the richest 20-year-old in the world is about to marry the world’s top SuperModel and she finds out her agreement with the Professor has turned sour and she and her maid of honor vacate the wedding, his twin brother states, “Your Pretty Woman has become The Runaway Bride. Two Julia Roberts and Richard Gere films.
In the first book, when Paul is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY City and is sitting behind the Beatles drum set, (from Book #1)
“I will be your huckleberry, Ringo.” Paul chuckles, knowing that he is merging the two different adversaries Ringo’s, Johnny Ringo, and Ringo Starr.
Readers get game points here for listing a film and music references.
There are two adversarial groups DODGE the Department of Defense Genetically Engineered Initiative and the Golden Eagle Organization headed by Professor Steele.
Besides, SuperPowered people, all births are done in-vitro, LGBTQ marriage is not only legal but the majority and following death only a cremation is legal.
All my books have the same cover with s different subtitles and are numbered, with the names of my four daughters, friends, and tv/ film characters like Tom Handkerchief.
One day my best friend wined to me that he was not in my book. He is the only NY State Jewish Republican. At that time, Biden was running for President and people questioned could former President Obama legally be his Vice President, to satisfy my best friend Yarjovski, I put in a similar named character in the first book, Bob Yarjo is the first Jewish Republican President the following books his daughter is President Roberta Yarjo and Bob Yarjo is her VP.
In books #1 and #2, I wrote over six songs that the talented female singers sing in concert.
The first book, I have written a screenplay to and the film series may be optioned on StoryRocket.Com.
The five-book series is on Amazon as a paperback and eBook, Google Play as an eBook, and audiobook,
IngramSparks as a paperback and eBook, in catalogs of B&N Walmart and Target.

Question: Then you have the follow-up title in the name of The Next Generation, for readers who have not read it yet, and without giving much information away, could we have a sneak of what we would expect to pick up The Next Generation?

Answer: The second book takes place twenty years after the first book and being a Star Trek fan hence The Next Generation. The twins of Diego Martin and Carmen Marti from Spain in book #1 move to San Fransisco in book #2 and have twins Salvador and Pablo. The Professor has adopted after his brother’s death his twin sons, Apollo and Rocky.
In Book #3, when I mentioned the SuperModel marriage to a billionaire twin, when the Steele twins meet her, they both want to date her.
In round one, they try their best to win her over and when the Professor asks her which twin she wants, she states it is a tie (film Rocky, Apollo ties Rocky) and after further wooing by the twins, she selects Rocky (film Rocky 2, Rocky beats Apollo).
From Book #2 onwards, all SuperPower people can fly or become invisible plus they have another unique SuperPower ability.
Books #2 through #5 are sequential in time and the series has won prestigious awards.

Question: I have always been fascinated by how authors, especially novelists craft long sentences and bring words together in a way that it eventually makes a great novel. This always leaves me thinking about how exactly they got their ideas and inspiration. Now, as far as writing is concerned, how do you get your inspiration and ideas?

Answer: I am blessed because I come up with an idea and months later that is exactly what I need. I also borrow from every source that I put a ‘citation section’ stating free usage law as a secondary protection.
I have written two computer game design books and this five-book series but I do not type even as a programmer I only use my two index fingers. On my cell phone, I have a ‘Speech-to-Text’ app and I chat all day having the app write for me. There are plenty of funny items like when I say ‘which is, and the app writes ‘witches.’
I email my lengthy speech to myself and store everything in Word where I review the grammar and spelling. I listen having Word read each chapter back to me and make fixes where needed.
As a long-time developer, I use Calibre but need to spend hours writing my own HTML code and stylesheet code.
Jokingly, I state I wrote seven 400-page books without typing.
I begin each book with an outline and spend hundreds of hours researching everything. Then, I write the first and last chapter so I know how I begin and where I going. I keep lists of names and for what country, people’s name is from. All the books have lots of humor as I think smiling and laughing makes reading fun.

Question: I am curious to know if you experienced any challenges while writing your book, if there is any, could you share with us what challenge it is, and how you ultimately overcame it? Also, how do you handle criticism as a writer?

Answer: I tell other authors that progress is moving forward so even if you have writer’s block, write a few sentences to advance the story.
A reviewer stated ‘I had the most amazing book but the grammar was edited badly. I complained on Facebook to other editors who stated that even Harry Potter originally had grammar problems but readers bought the book.; Critics are like rears everyone has one, right?

Question: Apart from SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible book series, do you have any other works you have authored, or currently working on?

answer: I imagine the series can go on forever even 100 years from now after I am gone since there is so much as a book series and a film series.
Hollywood realizes that sci-fi, dystopian books make great movies like the Harry Potter series, Twilight, Hunger Games, and Divergent.
Why stop there when I have the SuperPower Series with flying like Harry Potter broomsticks, Twilight’s vampires, and invisibility like the Hobbit and Harry’s cloak?
And besides, I wrote as the author, the first book’s script is ready to start today and producers can get on free to StoryRocket.com and read about the five-book film series.
Tagline: The Thomas Crown Affair art heist on steroids
Logline: What would you do if you had the SuperPower of flight or invisibility? Professor Steele and FA-King get a team with the newly acquired SuperPowers of flight or invisibility to rob the world’s renowned art museums in NY City, London, Spain, and Paris of $3.5 billion in one well-planned night.

Question: Could you tell us what publishing is like for a published author like yourself? Are there any challenges you have encountered ever since you got published?

ANSWER: The challenge is time and strategy of what is the most important item right now.
In 2010, when I wrote the two-game design books, publishers paid me money to write a book and had ten thousand copies stored in a warehouse. Today, it is almost impossible to get a publisher and why should the author share the money from their hard work? Do not get me wrong, as an author and publisher, I work 16/7 on this series but I am homeless right now so I have lots of time.
The industry is now print on demand, you buy SuperPower on Amazon and Amazon prints your copy of SuperPower. SuperPower is also available as an eBook and audiobook.
No warehouse and I as the author can make changes if needed anytime.
I write or chat, edit, and market my series on 500 Facebook groups, Instagram, LinkedIn, X or Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit, answer messages from other authors and marketers on Facebook, create my book covers for eBook and paperback, write, and edit the paperback and eBooks, matching them making sure the eBook matches the paperback, lots of little items that must be done like podcasts like this excellent one.

QUESTION: Is there anything that you will love to share with the viewers about your books that we did not mention in this interview and you would love the viewers to know?

ANSWER: The Google audiobooks are $14.95; eBooks are $9.99 to $13.99 and the paperbacks are $24.95 to $34.95 US in English.

Question: As a published author, what sort of advice do you have for writers who are still struggling with publishing a book?

Answer: Write anything. Do it to accomplish something, do it to see your name in print.
Today’s world is DIY Do It Yourself, learn to DIY.
Have fun with it, and improve the world by thinking, laughter and emotion.
I tell my daughters, this is a book, not an apple, in six months that red apple will not look or taste great. Tolkien’s Hobbit and LOTR films came 28 years after his death so books will survive forever.

QUESTION: Where can readers get a copy of your book?

ANSWER:

SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible: – Books on Google Play

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I lost my job, my live-in girlfriend left me, my car caught on fire, I could not pay my expensive rent so I moved into a homeless shelter in NY City. I had a laptop and wanted to do something significant more than watching TV. I had heard that J.K. Rowlings was poor on welfare and wrote Harry Potter. Later, writing my third book I found out in Porto Portugal she was an English teacher, and seeing her documentary as a child, she pretended to be a witch with her redheaded male friend.
I researched and discovered that Comedian, and talk show host, John Hodges wrote in American Life Magazine about the most asked question “If you had one SuperPower would you want to fly or become invisible?”
I researched if anyone had ever written a book about this even when dozens of magazines had, even, the first Shazam film had the handicapped child asked the new foster child that question. In the NY City Democratic Candidates for Mayor Debate, the second to last question was that. So, I decided that in the first book, some people discover that they have the SuperPower to fly or to become invisible. Playing on Donald Trump’s book The Art of the Deal, my book humorously is The Deal of the Art as my SuperPower people steal $3.5 billion of masterpiece artwork from the world’s top art museums in NY City, London, and Paris.
I was one of the top video/computer game designers in the industry so every book has three games in them such as a name the reference to a film, a book or music. For example: In book #3, when the richest 20-year-old in the world is about to marry the world’s top SuperModel and she finds out her agreement with the Professor has turned sour and she and her maid of honor vacate the wedding, his twin brother states, “Your Pretty Woman has become The Runaway Bride. Two Julia Roberts and Richard Gere films.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Norton JusterThe Phantom Tollbooth

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The SuperPower book series by Roger E. Pedersen revolves around individuals who possess extraordinary abilities.
Let me break it down for you:

SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible: The Deal of the Art (Book #1):
In this thrilling setup, regular people discover that they have the SuperPower to either fly or become invisible.
They team up with Professor Steele and his associate, the FA-King, to pull off the world’s largest one-night $3.5B heist of major art museums in New York City, London, and Paris.
The story unfolds as the next generation realizes they now have received one of the two SuperPowers:
DODGE (The Department of Defense Genetically Engineered) Initiative vs. the Golden Eagle Organization.
The stakes are high as these SuperPower individuals aim to steal from prestigious art museums, and the tension builds as the two organizations clash.

SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible: The Next Generation (Book #2):
Twenty years after Professor Steele’s heist, the twin sons of Diego and Carmen Martin take over the DODGE Initiative.
Elijah Moses Jr. and the Professor’s two nephews lead their respective organizations.
Both groups recruit SuperPower individuals for missions worldwide—some for riches, others for glory, and a few for humanitarian reasons.
Every SuperPower individual has acquired an additional SuperPower besides flying or becoming invisible.
The battle between SuperPower vs. SuperPower unfolds, with twists, turns, ending in a final air battle that depends on everyone’s abilities.

SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible: Golden Eagle Has Yielded (Book #3):
-Delving deep into the clandestine and turbulent world beneath the facade of power, this book explores the aftermath of past events into the ongoing conflict between SuperPower factions.
-The Golden Eagle Organization faces its most critical challenges yet, and the stakes have never been higher.
-The Steele twins, Rocky and Apollo fall madly in love with the gorgeous SuperModel Myrena Gorgona who despises rejection and lies.
-Secrets, alliances, and SuperPower abilities collide in a thrilling conclusion to the series.

Roger E. Pedersen has created a compelling story series with unique characters, combining elements of science fiction, action, and intrigue. If you’re a fan of dystopian settings, SuperPower abilities, and high-stakes heists, this series is worth checking out!

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Featured Interview With Racquel Ambersley

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hello, my name is Racquel Ambersley. I am the only girl among my three siblings. I am proud to be a Jamaican and a devoted Child of God. In my free time, I enjoy spending quality time with my family, watching comedies, and simply relaxing.

For over 12 years, I have worked as an educator in a public high school on a full-time basis. However, I am now exploring part-time teaching, public speaking, real estate, and pursuing any other calling that God has placed in my heart. My ultimate goal is to positively impact lives and encourage everyone I meet to live their life for God and to also positively impact others they come across.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Before 2018, I did not have a great interest in reading books. I would only read occasionally. However, from 2018 to 2019, I found myself drawn to reading. This newfound interest stemmed from my desire to grow in my faith and deepen my understanding of what it truly means to live by faith. So, I started reading more and more books related to spirituality. Two books that had a significant impact on me were “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren and “Rebuilding the Foundation of Faith” by Pastor Dean Brown. The more I read, the more I learned and grew in my faith.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favourite authors are Rick Warren, Pastor Dean Brown, Crystal Daye, Sarah Jakes-Roberts, John Maxwell, and Robert Kiyosaki. I enjoy reading non-fiction books on spirituality as well as business. Pastor Dean Brown’s preaching about faith has greatly motivated me and inspired my writing.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The title of my book is “Changing Seasons: Transitioning from Fear to Faith”. It’s a powerful yet simple book intended to help women who are going through a changing season in their lives but are hesitant to move into their new season due to a lack of confidence and courage to venture into something new. The book provides scriptures, reflections, call-to-actions, and songs that readers can use to help them take incremental faith steps and ultimately become faith walkers, pursuing a new chapter and experience in their lives.

It explores different emotions and mindsets that a person will have to deal with and looks at topics such as building your faith muscles, stick-to-itiveness, dealing with feelings of uncertainty, and thinking differently to live differently.

After reading this book, women will have the confidence and faith to pursue new career paths and gain greater clarity on what God is calling them to do. They will also be better able to walk by faith and not by sight in their daily journey.

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