Featured Interview With Isaac Mashman

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
A huge thank you to you guys for allowing me the opportunity to sit down for an interview! My name is Isaac Mashman. I am primarily a businessman, an author, and a huge coffee addict. I was born and raised in Jacksonville Florida and I’m currently living in Little Rock Arkansas. I do plan, however, to move back to my home city and build myself as one of the city’s leading business people in late 2024, early 2025. As for pets? Absolutely. With my fiancé, we have four cats and one dog, definitely huge animal lovers, although they get on our nerves at times.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Growing up, I was always an avid reader. I had bookcases in my room stacked on top of each other filled to the brim with various fiction novels and series. I can’t say I read every single one of them, but I usually spent at least a couple minutes every day reading, which was part of my routine.

As I got older, my reading was limited to what was required in school, but as I progressed, I fell back in love with books especially those that fall underneath the self-help personal development genre. In regards to writing, being an author was something I wanted to do from a very young age. I remember writing my own version of The Lord of The Rings, and I had a character name, a brief storyline, and got 20 pages in on looseleaf paper. I never pursued it, but I knew that one time in my life I would eventually publish a book.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
As I mentioned earlier, I’m a massive fan of self-development and new thought material. I view writing a little bit like a game of telephone that you used to play in school. By the time the message got to the last student, it would be all scrambled and mismanaged. in terms of personal development wouldn’t you want to go as far back to the source material as possible? This is why in the bookshelf behind my desk, I have various books from the 1900s like The Power of Will by Frank Channing Haddock which I can guarantee no one has heard of.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I wrote my first book in November 2021, called Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence and I am currently working on an expanded second edition, which will come out later this year. I will be taking the time to go into more strategies and psychological implications regarding one’s personal brand. I’m super excited because I’m able to take all of the knowledge and things that I learned the first time around to make this launch and release even more effective.

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Featured Interview With McCracken Poston Jr

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My full name is McCracken King Poston Jr. I live in Ringgold, Georgia, where I also work. I am a criminal defense lawyer licensed in Georgia and Tennessee. I will also go to other jurisdictions on a case-by-case basis.
My first book, “Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom” (Citadel, Hardcover, February 2024), is about a murder case in which I was the defense lawyer.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I enjoyed reading as a student, but I didn’t start writing until the obsession set in to write this story. My publisher wants me to write more books, but I am thinking I may have to fictionalize the future ones.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I always enjoyed the stories of H.G. Wells and the poems of Robert Frost. and I like humor as well. But my first love was historical nonfiction.
Pete Earley, Jon Meacham, Jonathan Karl,

Tell us a little about your latest book?
“Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom” (Citadel, Hardcover, February 2024)
From Amazon:
“Was this small-town TV repair man “a harmless eccentric or a bizarre killer” (Atlanta Journal Constitution). For the first time, Alvin Ridley’s own defense attorney reveals the inside story of his case and trial in an extraordinary tale of friendship and an idealistic young attorney’s quest to clear his client’s name—and, in the process, rebuild his own life.

In October 1997, the town of Ringgold in northwest Georgia was shaken by reports of a murder in its midst. A dead woman was found in Alvin Ridley’s house—and even more shockingly, she was the wife no one knew he had.

McCracken Poston had been a state representative before he lost his bid for U.S. Congress and returned to his law career. Alvin Ridley was a local character who once sold and serviced Zenith televisions. Though reclusive and an outsider, the “Zenith Man,” as Poston knew him, hardly seemed capable of murder.

Alvin was a difficult client, storing evidence in a cockroach-infested suitcase, unwilling to reveal key facts to his defender. Gradually, Poston pieced together the full story behind Virginia and Alvin’s curious marriage and her cause of death—which was completely overlooked by law enforcement. Calling on medical experts, testimony from Alvin himself, and a wealth of surprising evidence gleaned from Alvin’s junk-strewn house, Poston presented a groundbreaking defense that allowed Alvin to return to his peculiar lifestyle, a free man.

Years after his trial, Alvin was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a revelation that sheds light on much of his lifelong personal battle—and shows how easily those who don’t fit societal norms can be castigated and misunderstood. Part true crime, part courtroom drama, and full of local color, Zenith Man is also the moving story of an unexpected friendship between two very different men that changed—and perhaps saved—the lives of both.”

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Featured Interview With Bret Kissinger

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in rural Wisconsin. I still live in Wisconsin.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My love of writing originated from movies. I saw Titanic at such an indelible age. In a packed theater, I experienced a room full of strangers laugh together and cry together. I was fascinated with the beautiful blend of fact and fiction, and how they used compelling characters to really bring the event to life. From that moment on, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I started writing in notebooks, and then, on the family computer. I’ve been writing since I was nine years old.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I grew up with Harry Potter, so I owe so much of my love of reading to J. K. Rowling. I remember the excitement of waiting in line on release day, waiting to get my copy of the new Harry Potter book. How I started reading it in the checkout line. I try to read an array of genres. Biographies offer so many potential ideas for future stories. I try to read the popular books, but I pride myself on finding books the mainstream has missed, regardless of their genre.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The Winter Tiger & The War Eagle is a historical fiction set during the Second World War. It’s the story of the two people from opposing sides of the war. Reinhardt is a German fighter pilot. Kira is a Soviet sniper. Both find themselves in Paris, and as their attraction to each other increases, they are forced to choose between duty and decency.

We view the Second World War through this lens of good and evil, and that certainly is true. But there were good men on the evil side, and there were evil men on the side of good. I have an extensive knowledge of the war, but it wasn’t until I read a biography of a female Soviet sniper, that the idea for this story came to me. It offered a chance to show a different point of view to the war.

Readers can find my books online on Amazon and Barnes and Noble!

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Featured Interview With Morgan Solis

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Morgan Solis and I grew up in the Seattle area. I still currently live in the PNW and use it as an influence in my writing.

I have 2 cats and a dog that I’m “too” obsessed with, and I’d have it no other way.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I wrote a Children’s book when I was in Elementary school, and I drew pictures for it and everything haha. Needless to say, I have loved the idea of storytelling since I was very young.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors used to be Mary Downing Han, but I don’t read as much anymore, I write more and play more piano these days. I don’t have much time for reading with work going on as well.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The Backrooms is a Psychological horror book. So while it may not give you cheap thrills, it may give you deep chills.

There are many mixed meanings and metaphors in this book, and I hope for readers to analyze it past its initial plot.

Featured Interview With Maryann Ring Spencer

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My real name is Maryann Zahra and I live on the beautiful islands of Malta. i was born, raised and still live here on these islands, with my husband, son David and our Siberian Husky Suzy and our Barn Owl 🦉

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I loved reading and it was our leisure time too. As kids we didn’t have any technology so flipping through books and reading we discovered an amazing door for knowledge.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Alexander Dumas and George Elliot. I love reading historical fiction genre which is also my genre of writing. I have studied English Literature at school and I believe it’s this subject and the books I have studied at that time that inspired me in my writing.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The book ‘Villa Sans Souci’ is about unleashing the life of Florence Nightingale and Dr. Pisani , a Maltese doctor who worked side by side Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War. How they met, where did they travel, their accomplishments in medical facilities, hospitals, training standards, and women’s career rights in UK, Malta 🇲🇹 and India. Their meeting with Queen Victoria at Balmoral. How did they keep in correspondence after the Crimean War, the three visits of Florence Nightingale in Malta and what went on at Villa Sans Souci in its heyday! (Villa Sans Souci is currently in a derelict state. It was the residence of Dr Pisani and is situated in the south of Malta near the village of Marsascirocco where my novel starts)

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Featured Interview With Monica Broussard

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I moved from North Carolina to Michigan to California. I grew up and lived in Orange County, California from the age of 12 years old. I now live in Huntington Beach. I do not have pets. I have a couple of grand dogs that’s enough for me.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I secretly ordered the Wizard of Oz book set at 7 years old. When they arrived at our house my mother about had a heart attack at the price. I was punished but I got to keep them. I still have the set today. I officially writing in 2008 when I was on lock down because of low immune system from chemo therapy for my Stage three breast cancer.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Nelson Demille, Colleen Hoover, actually anyone who can tell a good story. I like a lot of genres-Fiction, Visionary, Metaphysical, Historical, Psychological Thriller, Contemporary, and Romance. Etc…

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is in editing now. It is the second in the 21 Tattoos series.
“7th Dimension” The sevenfold ministry of the Spirit.
In the 7th Dimension, there is a vast opportunity to explore all
possible universes no matter how they began (even without a Big Bang).
It also includes the concept of a parallel universe.

The seventh dimension is consciousness, where all the six other
dimensions interact to give one experience of everything at a point.
(Hence My Character Dr. Derek Hollinger’s manifestations of the Tattoos)
A 7th-dimensional being might be able to perceive and interact with
all lower dimensions in ways that are currently incomprehensible to
us. (The counseling of the Priest, Father Mike, demonstrates this) It’s
important to note that this is purely speculative and falls within
theoretical physics and science fiction.

Mass, length, time, temperature, electric current, luminous intensity
and amount of substance are the fundamental quantities. Physical
quantities can be expressed in terms of these fundamental quantities.
These seven quantities are the seven dimensions of the physical world.
(The search for how the tattoos physically manifested VS the spiritual
aspect of manifestation)

This book presents these ideas in a material world scenario, alluding
to something more, Including the Spirit of the Lord and the Spirits of
wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, and knowledge.

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