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Featured Interview With Bruce Deitrick Price

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Virginia Beach, went to great schools, and was mainly interested in the arts. But I always had a love of science, 40 years ago I saw an ad in a small magazine for a robot that could supposedly talk to customers at trade shows. I was fascinated by the claims. I got an assignment and took a bus to Newark. I went to a large warehouse and was greeted by a somewhat ominous machine.
Thus began a long relationship with robots. Four years ago I dreamed about a woman walking on the other side of a highway. There was something odd about her. I guessed: is this a robot? I loved the ambiguity. I woke up with a decision that I would write a novel about this woman. Frankie.

This is not about a machine that kills people. It’s about a machine that generates a confusing mix of reactions. Some see an invasive species. Some see a superior being.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I began at 15 and knew at 17 that I would go to New York to be a novelist. I had a lot of miscellaneous talent and creativity, but was never very professional about my profession. I went in one direction, and then another, depending on what caught my attention. I’ve done a lot of experimental writing and painting. This is where you introduce chance and confusion into the creative process, in the hope you can reach a new level of creativity. I’ve also written the carefully plotted and planned novel. Much safer.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I am a Gemini and like a great diversity of art. I create a great diversity of art.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
OK, I’ll brag. Some people who know me found out I wrote a book about a robot and immediately assumed the lowest common denominator. That’s annoying so I will mention that it’s the least common denominator. Simon meets Frankie and immediately falls in love. He thinks that she is spiritually advanced. This is on the jacket copy. I wanted people to think away from clichés. My book is about the eventualities that nobody thought about.

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Featured Interview With T.O. Paine

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I love reading as much as I love writing psychological suspense thrillers. I fell in love with books at an early age, but I was drawn in by the internet and subsequently achieved bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer information systems. I grew up in a very small town, less than 1000 people, in the middle of Idaho, USA, and moved to Colorado during the dot-com days. When I’m not reading, writing, or programming, I’m on the road, running or cycling. I am fortunate to live next to the great Rocky Mountains where I have road cycled hundreds of miles and can fly anywhere in the USA in less than four hours. This is important because it decreases the travel needed to achieve my goal of running a marathon in each of the fifty states. As of 2022, I have eighteen more to go. Wish me luck. Also, as of 2022, I have written three novels, all set for publication this year. My wife, two children, and a Boston Terrier Ogre mix named Fiona tolerate my excessive behavior, and I love them for it.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My love of writing stemmed from an early love of reading. I sat on my father’s lap, pouring over Encyclopedia’s in the seventies. Then, I fell in love with the stories from Reader’s Digest. I thought, if someone else could send stories in about Life in the United States, why couldn’t I? Reader’s Digest never published anything I sent, but I was only seven years old at the time.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Alex Michaelides, Harlan Coben, Taylor Adams, Theresa Driscoll, Riley Sager, C.J. Tudor, and J.D. Barker are just a few of my favorite authors. I read the genre I write, suspense thrillers. I love a great twist and an emotional connection to characters in crisis. Everyone I come into contact with inspires my writing. I listen to people’s stories and ask myself, “What if things took a turn for the worse when . . . ”

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book arrives on June 10th, 2022. The Resentment is an emotionally charged thriller about anger, addiction, and redemption with more twists than a night on the town. Lauren Kaine has everything she ever wanted — a fabulous home, a shiny Lexus, a bright sixteen-year-old son, and a loving husband with a lucrative internet career. But then, a mysterious black car forced him off a bridge. He dies. Now, someone is coming after her son. Lauren’s estranged, alcoholic brother-in-law returns out of nowhere. Her past returns with him.
You’re only as sick as your secrets . . .

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Featured Interview With Jessica James

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised and currently in Gettysburg, Pa., in a pre-Civil War house. I have a stray cat that adopted me and a new rescue dog that was supposed to be a “foster” project but is now part of the family.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have been writing all of my life — mostly as a journalist. It wasn’t until I was in my 40s that considered trying my hand at fiction writing.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My absolute favorite author was Vince Flynn and I now read Kyle Mills who took over the Mitch Rapp series. Kenneth Roberts, who wrote Northwest Passage, was one of the earliest influences in my writing.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is an epic Civil War Trilogy that has won a lot of awards and is often compared to Gone with the Wind. It took me more than 10 years to write it.

Here are some of the comments I received about it:
“My house is a mess, my sink is piled high with dishes and my husband ate watermelon for dinner because I could not put down Shades of Gray. Could. Not. Put. Down. Honestly, this book completely captivated me and left me emotionally drained. I loved it!!!”

“I’ve not been much of a reader and was given Shades of Gray. I’ve read it five times and fall in love every time I read it. Because of you I have developed a love for reading.”

“It is now 1 a.m. cause I couldn’t put down my I-pad with your delicious novel. Thank you for the pleasure you afforded this 81 year old.”

“Wonderful, fabulous book! I seldom reflect back on a book, but this one has haunted me since I finished it at 2 a.m.”

“Could hardly work or sleep until I read the last page.”

“Lost a lot of sleeping reading this one. Too good to put down! Made me laugh. Made me cry. Awesome book!”

“Bravo! One of the best books I have read on the Civil War. Absolutely could not put it down. Please do not stop writing.”

“I can’t remember having such a heavy heart and crying so much since reading Gone with the Wind. Thank you!”

“Loved. Loved. Needs to be made into a movie.”

“I’m not usually one for Civil War era books, but I’ve got to say you really got me on this one. I LOVE it!”
“Oh my, I let the world go on around me and could hardly put it down. Every free moment, every break at work. LOVED IT!!!”

“I was completely lost and spellbound by the realistic story. Without hesitation I must say this now ranks equally with Gone With The Wind.”

“Though a male I liked it, and recommended it to my wife.”

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Featured Interview With Clay Hutto

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I write literary novels, mostly serio-comic in nature. Before becoming a full-time writer, I worked for newspapers and magazines and taught writing courses at various colleges and universities. I have the obligatory MFA in creative writing degree. I grew up mostly in Oklahoma and I’ve also lived in Hawaii, California, Texas, Wyoming, Washington state, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts (a consequence of having a father in the navy and I moved fairly often as an adult). We have two dogs and three cats cohabitating with us. I reside in the Pacific Northwest and I enjoy the frequent drizzle.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started reading before first grade. The first books I remember enjoying were a set of children’s encyclopedias that were color coded by subject (black for science, red for history, blue for literature, etc.) Throughout grade school I was a voracious reader of adventure, sports, history, and popular book series like Encyclopedia Brown and the Hardy Boys. In junior high I started reading literature, starting with Dickens and Twain. In college I continued reading classics, branching out to Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Joyce, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald. Because I loved books, especially fiction, I wanted to emulate my favorite writers so I began writing fiction at an early age. In grade school, a friend and I co-authored the “Buddy Boys” adventure – ten pages of juvenilia. In high school, I wrote a 32-page short story (my girlfriend typed the manuscript) and it was derivative and immature but I learned a lot. In college, I won a campus literary contest. After graduation I started working in journalism and didn’t write any fiction again until I attended a MFA program in my late twenties. That experience was so disappointing that my desire to write fiction faded and I focused on journalism and teaching until fifteen years ago when I dedicated myself to writing fiction.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Dickens was my first favorite author. I read three of his novels (“Great Expectations,” “David Copperfield,” and “Oliver Twist”) while I was recuperating from a broken leg I suffered while playing baseball. I started reading Twain soon after. As I matured, I read more challenging fiction: Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway, Flannery O’Connor, George Eliot, Hardy, Orwell, Tolstoy and many other classic authors. I almost exclusively read literary novels although occasionally I sample a popular writer.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest novel is entitled “The Replacement.” It’s about the comic adventures of an itinerant college instructor and struggling writer. The protagonist, Dale Smith, is married to his second wife and has a precocious step-daughter. Dale often takes temporary teaching positions and in effect replaces another professor who is on sabbatical. The story is set a few months before the year 2000, or the “pseudo-millenium” as Dale puts it because the real millennium doesn’t take place until 2001. The novel satirizes some academic types and also explores certain themes such as the aesthetic differences between memoir and fiction, the nature of racial identity, and how writers can be exploitive of other people when they write their books. “The Replacement” is the ninth novel in a series I’ve unofficially called “A Writer’s Life.” The nine novels dramatizes the protagonist’s professional and domestic life. Each novel can be read as a single, stand-alone work although each novel leads to the next book. The series will end with the tenth novel, which I’m now revising. I tend to be a fast writer. “The Replacement,” 435 pages (6 x 9 format), took three months to write the first draft. It took six months to revise and refine. I started “A Writer’s Life” in 2006 (although I didn’t know at the time it would turn into a series) with the coming-of-age epic, “The Adventures of Audie Dale Smith” So it’s taken 16 years to complete the series. Not bad progress considering there are 10 novels and a three are quite long. The titles of the novels are in chronological order: “The Adventures of Audie Dale Smith;” “Town Hall;” “Wyo;” “Two States of Mind;” “Dale & Vanessa;” “On the Edge;” “A Literary Apprentice in a Rainy Land;” “Two Families;” “The Replacement;” and soon to come “Remembrance and Revelation.”

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Featured Interview With Sophia Lambton

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised (and live) in London. I have a cat called Luca who is King of the Universe.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
1) Probably eight. 2) Around eleven.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Vladimir Nabokov, James Joyce, Stefan Zweig, Marcel Proust. They all inspire me, and so do many films and tv series.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest (and first) book is the first instalment of a saga. I seem to have trouble scribing standalone novels. Anyhow, it’s centred on sororal twins in 1930s (eventually 1940s) London, who couldn’t be more different and mistakenly believe each other to be soulless. It plays with strange, addictive bonds of all stripes.

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Featured Interview With Shannon Matter

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I live in the beautiful, supernatural province of British Columbia, Canada.
Love to travel and spend time in nature. Spiritual woman with a love of exercise and healthy living.
Little bit rebellious, my music and books have some strong messages for humankind. Every human has so much potential and too many humans aren’t reaching for or using all their potential, so I like to assist with bringing that out in people or helping them realize their own inner power by listening to my songs or reading my writings.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
We had a book reading train on the wall in my grade one classroom. The wall was chalkboard size and we could put pushpins into it.
For every book we read and did a small report on, we got to add another train car to our train.
My Mom helped me and every night I read a book and made a report. My train went across the entire wall. Some kids had 10 train cars or so, but most of the kids had only a few train cars.
Looking back I can see how much I loved reading and why I became an author.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Barbara Hand-Clow
Patricia Cori
Graham Hancock
David Wilcock
Taoist writings
Anything non mainstream about Egypt and the Maya
North American and South American Native and Aboriginal Literature

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Streaky the Comet, Book Three is a page turner.
Streaky is a loving, happy comet usually but he gets himself into some trouble in this book so he has to access all his inner bravery and fight with a new friend to save himself, his friend, and some other beings.
Its best to read the whole series.
Book Four will be on Amazon Kindle by late autumn/early winter 2022.

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Featured Interview With Robert Pardi

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born to a typical lower middle class Italian-American family in New York City. Yet, I was also born with the travel bug, partly because my paternal grandmother always advised me to experience life as well as my having grown up with an alcoholic father – therefore, I fantasized about “getting away”. I have lived in Arizona, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Rome, and now live in the same small Italian village my great grandfather immigrated from at the beginning of the 1900’s.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I had always been interested in book for as long as I can remember. To me they represented a way to easily escape a rather difficult childhood. While I did love to write stories when I was a child, it was frowned upon as not something for boys and that passion was pushed deep inside. Yet, I continued to read and was blessed to marry a woman who loved books as much as I did. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer before her 31st birthday I started journaling. After she passed I found that journaling wanting to become something more as I had learned so many valuable lessons such as living in a state of Joy regardless of adversity, surrender, resilience and the value of ordinary moments. That led me, with the help of a good friend to write my first book, Chasing Life, which is dedicated to my amazing wife.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Honestly, there are too many to mention because I find something in every book I read. That said, someone I return to often is Richard Bach. Paulo Coelho’s Alchemist is another book which captivates me every time I read it. I also am a big fan of biographies and true stories such as Touching the Void and Unbroken. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is spectacular. Other authors which I enjoy reading are Robin Sharma, and other Modern-Day fable authors. My guilty pleasure are spy novels such as those by Daniel Silva.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is called a Pimby Tale, which is a Modern-Day Fable about a boy who is taken into the land of imagination to learn life lessons. I believe, as adults, the loss of our childlike enthusiasm is detrimental and this book is about reconnecting to that part of ourselves while being reminded of important life skills and lessons. PIMBY stands for Possibility, Imagination, Magic, Believe, and YOU.

My soon to be released book, mid May 2022, is called Possibility in Action – which is my life’s philosophy. It is a gathering of what I call “musings” which are playful moments of reflection. Pondering concepts similar to those shared in my new book led me to those wonderful Ah-ha moments that helped wake me up to living my life intentionally and authentically. If we strip it down to its essence, Possibility in Action is the code with which a hero’s journey is written. It is understanding that life is to be lived in the here and now. There is no waiting. There is no right moment. There is only action – NOW – and this book is comprised of 52 musings and specific journaling prompts to shift perspective and stimulate greater self-awareness.

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Featured Interview With Nathan Gewondjan

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Nathan is a best-selling author, business owner, and an investor. He was born and raised in California and has been studying and applying principles of entrepreneurship and investing since his early teens. Nathan is passionate about setting the human mind free and allowing people to do what they love. He believes that anything you do can produce massive wealth. His book-Open-Minded Education contains the secret to do just that.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I began to be fascinated with books in my mid to late teens. I began reading Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. The book changed the way I think and therefore, changed my life. Growing up I never enjoyed writing unless it was a script for a movie. It wasn’t until I was a bit over the age of 20 that I started to enjoy and get serious with writing. Not long after, my brother and I published our book: Open-Minded Education.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors to read are Bob Proctor, Dr. Joe Dispenza, Robert Kiyosaki, Napoleon Hill, and Grant Cardone. I LOVE to read self-help, business, personal development, and mindset books. I also enjoy a good financial education book as well. My book, Open-Minded Education is a hybrid of all of these.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is called: Open-Minded Education: How to Do What You Love and Make Millions. The premise of the book is that anyone can become a millionaire.

Here’s what you’ll discover in Open-Minded Education:

-How to discover your passion.
-Abundance vs. lack mindset and how to maintain the mindset needed to achieve your goals.
-The backstory behind the U.S. education system.
-How to get started as an Investor.
-How to inspire others to be self-motivated.
-What Albert Einstein termed to be the “8th wonder of the world” and how to use it to build wealth now and in the future.

In its original form, “education” means to draw out from within. You have a dream and passion inside of you. Learn how to set your mind free and watch the magic happen.

You’ll also learn:
-6 ways to teach and inspire others
-The truth between an employee and an entrepreneur
-What is inflation and how to protect your money (gold, silver, and other real assets)
-How to find a lifelong mentor to help you get to where they are (networking)
-Why gratitude is essential to building true wealth (inner happiness)
-Basics of creating a mastermind
-Simple, easy, and reliable ways to start investing
-How to take responsibility for your education and learning

Open-Minded Education is the secret to taking the lid off your dreams and making them a reality.

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Featured Interview With Elishiva Raman

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. I now reside in a small town on the outskirts of North Carolina. I have a 8 year old leopard gecko.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have enjoyed writing since I was a little girl. I had my first literature published in 6th grade it was a poem.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite author is Stephen King, although I enjoy many genres. Such as but not limited to, fantasy, sci-fi, spiritual transformation stories, thriller, action and adventure and much more. I am inspired to write by my loved ones and support group.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book was inspired by a dream I had years ago about two worlds that were separated by an invisible barrier, our world which is called Seer and the world beneath which is called Lowe each have different unique abilities. The Lowes are unique by their hybrid creatures such as a half lion-shark and the like and the Seers are unique by their magical abilities. After hundreds of years a man finds himself through the portal into The Lowe’s land, he must now learn their ways and figure out how to return to his world. It took me years to finally complete it and release it.

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Featured Interview With Vince Baker

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Vince’s Testimony

Vince Baker was born in Southern California and raised on 17 acres just north of Sacramento. As a child, Vince was raised as a Southern Baptist. Vince was always drawn to the Lord and even said he wanted to be a preacher at a young age.

Vince’s life was somewhat uneventful until one day he encountered God while driving in his car at the age of 17. God manifested Himself to Vince in such a powerful way that his life would never be the same. After this experience, Vince dedicated his life to the Lord and became a Christian. In that same month, Vince received a book from his Christian Grandma called” The Secret of His Power.” This book was about a famous miracle-working evangelist named Smith Wigglesworth. God used his testimony to prepare Vince for ministry. God also used the testimony of Smith to talk to him about things He wanted to do through him in his later years.

Vince decided to go to a Christian High School his senior year. He met a seasoned evangelist at this high school, who took different churches to feed the poor and evangelize. Vince found out he lived near the evangelist and started traveling with him. During this time, Vince became his right-hand man and saw many amazing miracles on the streets through this ministry. This ministry was called to train the church on how to evangelize with power. Vince was able to travel up and down the west coast ministering to the homeless and helpless while equipping the church. Vince has a big heart when it comes to the poor, homeless, and hurting people.

Within a short time, Vince heard from God to go to Bible College. Through confirmation from God and a miracle of his tuition paid for, Vince started to study the Bible more deeply at this Bible College. The training and foundation in the scriptures Vince received were priceless. Vince ended up graduating as the Valedictorian from this Bible College.

After Bible College, Vince started ministering to kids at a Christian school, taught Sunday School, and functioned in the local church. Vince later moved into full-time ministry and was an assistant pastor at a local church for five years during the mid-’90s.

As an assistant pastor, Vince visited a church where the Prophet Kim Clement was ministering. Prophet Kim Clement pulled Vince out of the crowd and prophesied over him. In that prophecy, God spoke to Vince through Kim Clement that he would use him and that he needed to prepare himself.

Vince later worked in the marketplace, where he is the CEO and part-owner of Agora Advantage. God called Vince to the marketplace, but Vince knew that he would be called back into full-time ministry later in life. Agora Advantage has been a fantastic position where Vince grew in many ways. Vince knew that Agora was where he was supposed to be. He was voted in as the CEO of Agora Advantage on the Day of Pentecost as a sign from God.

As Vince started nearing the prophesied time that God would bring him back into full-time ministry, he began seeking the Lord more deeply. During this time, Vince had another unforgettable encounter with God regarding the Ark of the Covenant. God gave Vince a vision of four men carrying the Ark of the Covenant into a church. The Holy Spirit spoke to Vince and said, “Wherever you read Ark of the Covenant in the Old Testament think Holy Spirit. Wherever you read Holy Spirit in the New Testament think Ark of the Covenant. Put the two together and you will know Me.” Vince went and studied these two subjects everyplace he could find them in the Bible and he received tremendous insight into understanding the Holy Spirit.

God also revealed to Vince a prophetic way to study the Bible from this experience. Vince went on to spend years in the Word of God, with the Holy Spirit studying different subjects of the Bible. At the leading of the Holy Spirit, Vince researched every place a word or phrase was found, from the Old and New Testaments. Vince has currently done hundreds of these studies, some of which took months to complete. The revelations that came out of these studies were life-changing. Vince wrote all these teachings and revelations down, which make up a lot of the truths he writes about in his books and messages. When you study a subject everywhere it is found in the Bible you can understand the full counsel of God on the subject. Vince also received many dreams and visitations from God during this time.

Vince has a unique calling where he can preach, teach, prophecy, move in the gifts of the Spirit, bring healing, and perform miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit. Vince is called to help the body of Christ come into their destiny and High Calling.

Currently, Vince resides in Northern California with his wife and their two dogs enjoying the blessings of God.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I wrote my first book in 2016. And then I wrote two books at the same time that I just released. The Prophetic War of Words and Supernatural Security Clearances

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love reading the Bible.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CREATION, there has been a Prophetic War of Words that will continue until the battle of Armageddon. This war is about God’s words against the devil’s words. All of humanity is caught in the middle of this war. In the last days, God has destined His church to relearn ancient secrets revealed to Old Testament prophets, historical men of God, and the closest of Jesus’ disciples in Winning The War Of Words. This book is a Prophetic Warfare Manual for every believer who wants to learn the secrets of gaining the upper hand when fighting the good fight of faith.

DISCOVER ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS:
• When did the war of words start?
• How do you speak to a mountain and make it move?
• What are the 16 Laws of Faith?
• How do you get all of your words to come to pass?
• What is the lost art of rebuking?
• What words did David use to defeat Goliath?
• Why did Jezebel have to send a messenger to Elijah?
• Why does the antichrist speak blasphemies against God?
• How will Jesus defeat the antichrist and false prophet?

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Featured Interview With J.S. Martin

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in southeast Alabama in a little town that most people only know about because they passed through to get to the beach. As a little girl, I always loved Belle from Beauty and the Beast because she liked to read and always wanted more than her small little town had to offer. I’m pleased to say, that much like Belle, I was able to travel and see many other places outside of that little town. Currently, I live in Boston, Massachusetts, with my husband and daughter and our old dog, Bear.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I hated books for a long time. I have dyslexia and could not read until I was in sixth grade. Even then, reading was a chore and I didn’t enjoy it. Then one day something just clicked. The words made sense and I no longer saw them as a jumbled mess of letters and I understood what I was reading. It was like magic! When I finally started enjoying reading books, it wasn’t until high school that I started to imagine what would happen in them if I changed the ending. So, I started writing short stories with friends and even some poetry. I even enjoyed writing papers for school! My English teachers loved me because I always picked something edgy and different. I never took the easy assignments when it came to creative writing.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I honestly love the way Renee Ahdieh writes. Her imagery and prose are just so enthralling. Any of her books I find myself lost in for hours. I have to clear my schedule to read her books because I cannot drag myself away. My favorite genre is probably YA fantasy. It has everything you need to escape the mundane madness of everyday life. Magic, romance, a heroine/hero that conquers evil–what more could you ask for?

No one ever told me growing up that I could accomplish my dreams. When I told anyone I wanted to be a writer, people would roll their eyes or tell me I was childish, so I tucked that dream away and let it die. But when I had my own daughter, I decided I wanted to do something for me and for her. Something that I could show to her one day and say, “hey, don’t listen to those people. Dreams are real.”

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Gilded Lies is my debut novel and the first book of a series.

Years ago, when my husband and I first moved to Boston we drove to Newport, RI to see the mansions. I remember staring up into the huge crystal chandelier and wondering what it would have been like to go to a party in the Breakers in the 1920s. A few more years later I was watching the Peaky Blinders on Netflix and thought, I wonder if there are any 1920s books about magic and gangsters. When I didn’t find any, I wrote one! It took me about 3 months to research the era and then another 3 to write the book. Then I re-wrote the ending–three times! Needless to say, I wanted it to sparkle like how I imagined that chandelier did in the 1920s.

My book follows a young heiress, Lily Winters, that’s family business is failing. Despite her desire to run the business herself, Lily’s father sends her to Boston to find a husband to take over. Lily, being the business smart woman she is, makes her own plans to take the business.

Once in Boston, she encounters Leo O’Hara, the Irish mobster that runs the speakeasy The Black Harp and James Blackwood, the mysterious leader of The Black Dragons. Both gangsters have magical secrets and Lily is determined to figure them out. Things get messy as you imagine. Lily is after all, a lady of society and these two men are far removed from her circles. Ultimately, Lily must decide which world she belongs in and how bright the fire of ambition burns inside her.

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Featured Interview With Mario Taddei

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am lucky enough to be born in Italy, I live and work in Milan and I have always had two cats with me who have always kept me company even at night while I studied and built models.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have been studying Leonardo da Vinci since 1999, many years. And yet, every time I pick up one of his five thousand codes, I always find something new to study and discover. I have written numerous books on Leonardo, with famous publishers who then distributed my books all over the world. The most famous book is about Leonardo’s machines that I made in 2004, I find this book in all bookstores in the world and it makes me very angry. It will seem strange, because usually scholars never deny what they write, but what I wrote in that book I find now obsolete and outdated, the research I did and Leonardo’s machines that I rebuilt in 3D like the automobile, The bridges, the bombards, the flying machine, the helicopter, the boat with poles, the armed wagon etc .. I find them, copied in all the museums of the world. I recognize my studies and my machines because I have always added something and modified Leonardo’s drawings and at times I have discovered things that no scholar had done before. However, all these machines are not exactly Leonardo’s, in fact I later discovered that all these subjects are actually already existing machines that Leonardo copied, studied and tried to improve. I then moved on to study Leonardo da Vinci directly from his writings, thanks to the teachings of Carlo Pedretti, and here I found the great surprise. Leonardo’s real machines and real projects are hidden in thousands of virtually unknown pages. In fact, they are sketchy, unfinished and difficult to interpret drawings. For this reason they have been “abandoned”. In the last hundred years it has been more convenient for museums and for many curators to copy Leonardo’s usual machines without ever delving into the historical truth. My task, my mission and my passion is to rediscover these projects, study them, understand them and also create models from life, as well as on the computer. In recent years I have therefore studied and discovered new Leonardo machines, exhibited all over the world and my work is only at the beginning.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
As a child I read science and science fiction books. When I started painting then I became passionate about art. I bought art books and therefore also by Leonardo da Vinci. I then realized that reading Leonardo’s books referred to thousands of manuscripts, but I could neither buy nor find them in the library. I then discovered that there were luxurious and very expensive editions of Leonardo’s codices. It was a real injustice for a boy not to be able to access Leonardo’s manuscripts just because the publishers had decided to speculate on such important works. I decided that something had to be done, so year after year I designed and built the virtual Atlantic code of 2004. I proposed to Microsoft and jointly to publish it, but it was not easy to reach the right people. In the end, in collaboration with the Ambrosiana and the magazine Focus, I managed to publish my most impressive work: The virtual Atlantic code, giving everyone the opportunity to virtually leaf through Leonardo’s codes!
Now I read more and more ancient books on art and science. I have found that all books in the end always tell about things already said and things already written. Going back to the sources it is possible to discover a lot and it is also surprising to discover the errors of scholars who have limited themselves to copying other texts before them!

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My last book “How to become Leonardo da Vinci
The true secrets unveiled: More than 100 tricks and secrets about Leonardo that will inspire you to become the new Da Vinci!”

Is a journey into Leonardo’s mind to easily understand his secrets and techniques. You will learn the basic principles of becoming a new Da Vinci through a simple and understandable book. How do you learn to think like Leonardo?

We will discover the 100 principles of genius, to become like him, told through his works and drawings full of projects and mysteries, with a simple and direct language for children aged 6 to 99!
Becoming Leonardo is possible and the same Renaissance artistic rules of art, creativity and genius can now also be used with digital tools. Did Leonardo copy? What did you study? What creative techniques did he use? How are these techniques applied today, in the era of the metaverse?
We will learn the Renaissance tricks to create masterpieces, even with digital tools, and we will discover what was the source of Leonardo’s creativity to make the genius within us grow!

“I’ve been studying Leonardo da Vinci for over 30 years. I have made exhibitions all over the world, built hundreds of machines and created multimedia software, books and research to introduce the greatest genius and artist of all time to the general public.
In the lessons and in contact with the public, however, I have always happened to meet people convinced that there is only one of Leonardo, and many others, disheartened, wondered how it was possible that such a “great” and unattainable person existed . Not to mention the people with whom I have often quarreled, convinced that Leonardo can only be born and it is not possible to become like him. How much more wrong and dangerous! Wrong because Leonardo’s history and true knowledge will surprise us, only ignorance creates unreachable myths, dangerous because with an attitude of this type we kill in the birth, in our children and in our students, the desire to become the new Leonardo! I have finally published this book which has a revolutionary and powerful message: everyone can become Leonardo, certainly not easy, but it is possible.
In more than a hundred small chapters, written in a simple and understandable way, I searched and found the basic principles that led Leonardo to be what we know.
It will be surprising to find, for example, that there are ugly drawings, that Leonardo had copied some things, made mistakes and his other machines do not work. In short, there are explanations, techniques, principles and real secrets that can help us along the path of knowledge and art.

Becoming Leonardo is possible and what we have to do is not to clip the wings of our children, potential geniuses, who only need encouragement, guidance and help.In this book I try to give my contribution up to the point of art and technology digital contemporary usable as a tool for modern Da VInci.
If only one of the children (aged 6 to 99) who will read this book understands how to become Leonardo, and will not be afraid to try, I will have contributed to a better future for all of us. “
Mario Taddei

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Featured Interview With Alyssa Mitchell

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. I live in Indiana with my husband and our two children. We have two Labradoodles.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I learned to read at around age four and I loved books then. I read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and learned my first big word, demonstration, at the age of six. I started writing short stories at the age of seven. I started writing poetry at age nine.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Maya Angelou inspired me to write poetry and I love her stories and poems. I enjoy reading Stephen King as an adult. I think Toni Morrison has been a sort of teacher to me in my reading and writing as well. I love to read autobiographies/biographies and African American Literature. I can never pick just one genre.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I Like Blue

Well, this is my first published work. It took me a week to write the book and another week to come up with the graphics. I used graphics from one of my subscriptions, so I did not illustrate the graphics myself. I had to start somewhere, you know. Below is a blurb from Blue Bird about the book.

Learn colors!
“Sure this is a colorful world, but if I had my way it would be? You guessed it, blue!
I know what I like, and it is blue! There are so many great blue things out there, but I wish there were more. I love blue. How about you?”

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Featured Interview With Fil Reid

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I live on a canal boat in the south of England with my husband and our Romanian rescue dog, Bella, and our elderly cat. We’ve been on the boat for ten years now and before that we lived in France where I learnt to speak fluent French pretty quickly.
I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (High Functioning Autism) after two of my now grownup sons were, and that explained a lot to me, especially my life long love of horses and my obsession with all things Arthurian.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I think I loved books from the moment I learned to read. I remember at aged just 7, when we moved from Infants to Junior School, having to do a reading age test that made me very nervous at the time. It was only years later that my mother told me I’d had the highest reading age in the class at 14. Unsurprising really, when you consider I was already reading books like Kipling’s The Jungle Book and My Friend Flicka all by myself.
I began writing at age 5 when my parents gave me a Petite Children’s Typewriter, and with a few breaks for children and working, I’ve written ever since. My third book is about to come out, published by Dragonblade Publishing, and I have some children’s and YA books with my agent at the moment.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I will read anything that is well written. I still love good children’s books even though my own children are all grown up. I used to love reading to them at bedtime and any other time they wanted, and would choose books they might have found a bit more challenging, loving it when they wanted more.
One of my all time favourite authors has to be Nevil Shute. He’s long dead now, but I could read some of his books over and over again and still love them. I belong to the Nevil Shute Norway Society.
I like a well-plotted thriller, a romance with a good storyline that’s not just all about the romance, historical fiction that’s well researched and believable, and wouldn’t say no to horror, scifi, mystery at all. So long as it’s well written.
I think when I first began writing in earnest with the idea of being published, and began my MG novels that I’d like to get published now, my biggest influence was probably Alan Garner and his wonderful children’s stories about Alderley Edge in Cheshire.
As an adult I suppose it might be Philippa Gregory and her well-researched historical novels.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I won Dragonblade’s The WriteStuff competition last year with Guinevere: The Dragon Ring, about a modern young woman who is kidnapped back to the Dark Ages by Merlin to become King Arthur’s Queen Guinevere and help him fulfil his destiny. It takes me about a month to do the first draft (they’re all about 100,00 words and over – the last is 120,000 at the moment) and then a few weeks after that to revise.

Gwen is feisty and strong willed, and finding herself in a society where women are viewed as chattels and not expected to have an opinion on anything comes as a big shock. As do many of the living conditions – a bucket in the corner as a toilet, powdered charcoal to brush her teeth, no stirrups on her horse’s saddle, rabbit skins as nappies (which way out, one wonders – it doesn’t tell you that when you research it!).

My publisher is bringing book three out on May 31st, and in this Gwen has found her place in Dark Age society and educated her somewhat male chauvinist husband in how to treat a woman. She’s also presented him with an heir, which happened in book two. But they’re still finding their feet both as a couple and as a king and queen.

Arthur is a flawed hero, handsome of course, but even though Gwen has come to love him, she’s frequently irritated by his attitude. But she’s also got Merlin as her friend, and he’s not the old greybeard we always imagine him to be. He’s a warrior who looks about Arthur’s own age, but is he? There is a small element of magic about the story, as there has to be in a retelling of Arthurian legend, but there’s also a lot of historical realism, and lots of the characters in the book were ‘real’ people – as far as we know.

I’ve tried to follow as much legend as I can, which led me down many rabbit holes of research, which I loved. I think if you’re writing a retelling of Arthurian legend you do need to include certain elements – Merlin, the sword in the stone, Excalibur, Medraut (Mordred), Tintagel etc. You’ll find them all in my books, although some of them I’ve put a slight twist on. I like to surprise my readers.

You won’t find a Lancelot though, as he’s a later medieval addition, and French! This is strictly British and very much post-Roman with ruins of their towns and cities and villas scattered all over Britain. The armies march up the old Roman roads and take shelter in ruined Way Stations. There are threats from all sides – the Saxons in the south and east, the Irish in the west, and the Picts from north of Hadrian’s Wall. Not to mention strife between rival British kingdoms.

And over all of this hangs the threat of Camlann, Arthur’s final battle in which Gwen fears he’ll fall at the hands of his nephew Medraut. She knows all the legends, and with that knowledge she wonders if she can change history, or if perhaps it’s already set in stone.

I’ve recently finished book six, and am quite sad to say goodbye to Arthur and Gwen.

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Featured Interview With Dr. David D. Schein

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
• Dr. David D. Schein, MBA, JD, Ph.D. is a Professor, Endowed Chair of Management and Marketing and Director of Graduate Programs at the Cameron School of Business at the University of St. Thomas. Dr. Schein is frequently interviewed on employment and business law matters. He speaks for business and industry groups throughout the United States on various current topics. His new book is: Bad Deal for America. He is also the author of The Decline of America: 100 Years of Leadership Failures (2018). He has been quoted in numerous national and local publications, including Forbes and US News and World Reports. In addition to hosting “Saving America” and “Business Law 101” webcasts, he has been interviewed on numerous webcasts and podcasts in the United States and England.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I began writing in high school. In college, I was writing a script for a weekly radio program that I hosted. At the same time, I was providing some newspaper articles on arts and entertainment. Later, I began writing for professional journals and publications. I also produced my own newsletter on employment law topics during the 1990s. Over the last five years, I have focused on books in addition to academic journals.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite authors are Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. For entertainment, I generally listen to mysteries in my car. I do so much reading for research that I have little time to read for pleasure.

Most of my current influences are from the latest business and political news from around the world.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
“Bad Deal for America” genre is political satire. It is based on a deck of cards. Each card represents actual statements by a recent or current member of Congress or the Senate. The opening chapter, “Dealt a Pile of Chips” explains in detail the benefits and salary paid to the Members. The last chapter talks about how some Members have magically either become millionaires or enhanced their fortunes by being in their elected positions. The pitch of the book is for term limits for elected officials.

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Featured Interview With Varvara Krasneva

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
By the end of high school, due to parents’ work, Varvara Krasneva had lived in three different continents, four countries, eight cities, and changed seven schools. Throughout these moves, Varvara has always continued to snowboard even at an indoor hill in the United Arab Emirates. Yet, snowboarding at the local mountains near Vancouver is her favorite place to ride. The Canadian author has done competitive slopestyle snowboarding since she was nine years old, competing at Provincial and National levels in Canada. Varvara is also a graduate of Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Snowboarding and psychology continuously accompany her in her writing.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
The author became fascinated with books in elementary school and started making handmade books at about the same time. The more she read, the more she wrote. The more she wrote, the more she read.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
The author’s enjoys the Ulysses Moore book series by the Italian author Pierdomenico Baccalario. Her favorite genre is adventure fiction. Dr. Seuss inspires Varvara in her writing due to his patience and commitment to writing, as well as his self-determination toward success.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The latest book by Varvara Krasneva is “Teenage Dream”. It is an adventure fiction for young adults set in Vancouver, Canada. The book involves missions with various outdoor activities such as snowboarding and hiking. The protagonist Emily, is an agent of the Preservation Team that supposedly works for the government. After being threatened by ex-agent Kate, who seeks to reveal the true purpose of the Preservation Team, Emily begins to suspect that there are more things hidden than open about the organization and its leader, Chief. While going on missions and fighting her own family problems, her desire to find out the truth pulls her into a conflict that began twenty-seven years ago. All that is left for Emily and her friend, Agent James, is to go on the hunt after Kate and discover the truth that has been kept secret from all of them.

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Featured Interview With Brian Coggins Jr.

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am not only a science fiction and epic fantasy nerd but I love reinventing stories about Greek mythology and history. Writing has always been a pathway to another world for me as my inspiration for character development and intricate mystery plots flourished from my time in film school in Orlando, Florida. I want to create an exclusive fulfilling reading experience that indulges my audiences imagination and dives them into a complex, action adventure universe full of diverse characters.

When I’m not writing, I’m spending time with my friends and family, traveling with my wife, or doing house chores that my wife tells me I never get to.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My fascination for books came with my time in college but I have always been intrigued by Greek mythology ever since high school which helped in my desire to write ‘The Olympus Trinity.’ But what drew me the most was I wanted to create a fresh take on the Greek gods. There is such a distinguished history behind Greek mythology that people know and love and I just wanted to allow myself to create a more realistic and relatable story of characters for audiences to emotionally draw to while still maintaining action packed sequences full of love and humor.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Dan Brown and George RR Martin. I love the way Dan Brown’s “Da Vinci Code” series drops the audience right into the story, hitting the ground running out the gate and the world building that George RR Martin does with his Game of Thrones series.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is ‘The Olympus Trinity.’

How much would you sacrifice to protect your family when everything isn’t enough? This epic fantasy adventure will take you on a journey following the Greek Gods and the original Olympus Trinity.

Zeus, the King of the Gods, fears no man, being, or anything of nature in the universe except one thing . . . the loss of family. Opposed to the cruel ways of his vicious father, Kronos, Zeus has strived endlessly in instilling the traditions his mother Rhea taught to him—Family is Everything. In spite of all his protection over his children, destiny ignores no one.

When a mysterious figure comes to his home, Zeus discreetly turns to his reticent brother Hades, God of the Underworld, for answers. Unfortunately, the rebellious and uncontrollable Ocean God, Poseidon, seeks for the answers his way that collides the troubled lives of the forefathers.

Needing to cast aside their differences, the Olympus Trinity must work together if they are to unravel the threads of a perilous mystery of their past.

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Featured Interview With Craig Copeland

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Raised in Los Angeles, but have lived in eight different states in the U.S. and three overseas. My dog, North was an aussie shepherd. Greatest dog on the planet. Knew over thirty different sign language gestures.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
At nine I was given Othello by my mother. Didn’t completely understand it, but it kind of read like a thriller. From there I was hooked. Wanted to be a writer. Started with poetry, then later moved on to short stories. In my twenties to earn a living I became an advertising copywriter, then later a magazine copywriter. I wrote my first book in my thirties.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I always think this question is like asking what my favorite music is. How much time do we have? I started by reading a lot of fiction and sciFi, which really got my imagination working. Later, books that were written so beautifully like Prince of Tides, White Oleander, I Know Why Caged Birds Sing. Later, when I realized that a lot of my beliefs were really imparted to me, I began to question and challenge everything, so I started to become a researcher and read more factual books on people, moments in history, and how things (really) work. Now, I am all over the place: My Life in France, Julia Child, Hail Mary, Andy Weir, NeuroTribes, Steve Silberman, Bewilderment, Richard Powers…

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Disruptors: The Gateway to Genius Level Thinking is about how we have gone from a society of disruptive intuitive thinkers to become a society of rational thinkers who chase money, fame, and social acceptance. The book is about how we all still have this genius Disruptor inside of us and how to tap into and reacquaint ourselves with our more powerful genius-level thinking. It shows that genius is not IQ and that anyone can regain their most powerful thinking.

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Featured Interview With Dwight David Croy

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Raised in Portland Oregon and all over that state. Now residing in North Carolina due to 28 years of military service in the Army as a Chaplain and this is where the grandchildren are. One dog, Moosie. We are in the practice of adopting survivor dogs. We have had over 12-15 dogs over our 40-year marriage. Love to walk with my dog, read, read, read, and spend time with my grandchildren. Now writing in earnest and rewriting, at some point there will be an explosion of my work for better or worse. It is a process that makes me study my Bible more and is a prayerful replacing of the pride of man with godly thoughts.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Elementary school is when I disobeyed my mom and dad over and over again in reading after the lights went out for bedtime. I read in low light, with a flashlight, and moonlight. Thus, I read with glasses and have had glasses for most of my life since 5th grade. This would be God’s “come-up-in’s” for disobedience. College and my first pastorate is when I started to write. Was raised in the sixties when “creative” writing without the rules was the main way of learning to write.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Early on John Bunyan’s “Pilgrims Progress”; always the Bible; C.S. Lewis; Chesterton; and Dickens are among many favorite authors to read. Historical Fiction and non-fiction are my favorite genres to read. The reason I like the above writers is the fact these volumes are “others” centered. They write to change the world. Perhaps not with one volume, but by causing thinking to change with creative means. That is the way I would like to continue to write.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My first book is about the disenfranchised which is very much a part of the heart of God. As a preachers kid growing up, I saw a lot of great ministry outreach and some not-so-great approaches to the population that is “fatherless.” A grid needs to be in place so that churches can evaluate themselves and their ministry to those people that God does not want us to forget. Not only churches need to evaluate, but also non-profits. I believe this book can help them from Scripture, and God’s thinking without the influence of any outside “cause.”

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