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Featured Interview With RUPALI SAINI

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m currently residing at Sri Ganganagar and grew up in the same northernmost city of the Indian state- Rajasthan. I don’t have any pet, willingly, but there is one at my home. A Pomeranian, imposed by my brother, her name is Misty and I’m happened to be growing a secret love for her, please don’t tell this to anyone 🙂
I’m a poet, activist, author and wanderer rambling in the world of my imagination. I’m also a random choreographer and often tap my feet with a story in my mind. When not penning the subtleties of human heart, I’m an assistant professor and a passionate teacher. I believe in promoting learning through questioning. So far my two books have been published, the first is on spirituality, a non-fiction, and the second is this newly published, SHOTS: Tell It Slant, a collection of 25 short shorts.
Before these two, my work has been featured in various journals and anthologies.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’m a bookman from my early childhood but not in a typical sense. I’m not the one who is always on a quest for hunting some good books in his specific genre.
Luckily, till today there is no academic break in my life. So, in one way or other, I’m always working on some project and for the best outcomes, I’m required to do a thorough reading, as much as I can.
So, my reading happens out of necessity and my nature of doing the things in the best way possible makes me read intensively, it is then I enjoy the reading.
Whether it were my course books or the books related to my research, I always digested them to their depths and loved them along the way.
I started writing from my college days when it became difficult to sustain some overflowing emotions in my tiny skull.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
It is really a dilemma to name a few. As I have mentioned that I read to understand the things better for the project I’m working upon, and that makes me a sensitive reader, so with this sensibility I’m always able to derive something substantial from any write-up. In addition, I get influenced with every that writing which attracts me intellectually and also goes straight to heart.
I enjoy reading realistic and spiritual content. (Yes! spirituality is not fantasy.)
My own calling, when it pushes me, writing happens.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
That’s a good question 🙂
‘SHOTS: Tell It Slant’ is a collection of 25 short shorts, each story packs an emotional punch that leaves you in contemplation. You don’t read these stories, you feel them. In this book, I have attempted to portray a variety of characters in a few pages, where you experience the characters’ angst, dread, longing and desperation in a very relatable manner. Please give it a shot!
I’m waiting to hear your views about it…

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Featured Interview With Jennifer Fraser

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised on the west coast of Canada doing all manner of sailing, hiking, and marching around in bare feet. While I spent fourteen years in Toronto to complete my MA, PhD, and then lecture, I returned with my family to the west coast of Canada, landing surprisingly on an island. I live in Victoria, British Columbia with my husband, my 21 year old son, a high-maintenance black standard poodle, and our other son works on camera in Vancouver’s film industry.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I had Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis that surfaced when I was ten. I was restricted from playing sports, had swollen wrists and hands, along with an almost immovable, swollen right knee. My mother’s response to this was to hand me things like Pride and Prejudice or Wuthering Heights if I felt sorry for myself or at a loss because I wasn’t allowed to actively play. This is where my passion for story began. I started writing with serious intent while I was working on my dissertation.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have too many favorites to list. I have too many genres to choose. I love stories. I appear to have never grown up and find myself falling into someone’s written word with complete abandon. I live their story so that I laugh out loud if its David Sedaris; I feel a sense of the divine if it’s Gerard Manly Hopkins or the Metaphysical poets; I gnash my teeth at the cruelty and manipulation and relatability of a Shakespeare play; I cry when it’s a tale of injustice and suffering like Uwem Akpan’s “Say You’re One of Them.” I am inspired by story-tellers. I respond to their commitment to use language as a way to provoke critical thinking, challenge mental laziness, open up hearts, fire up ethics, instil courage, reveal spirit, describe our remarkable universe, tell the truth through every genre from fiction to memoir.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health is a deeply personal journey from ignorance about brains to insight about the command-centre of our lives. I was thrown into two abuse crises at two private schools and came to realize that the prevailing way of handling adult abuse is to cover it up. Not one to comply or obey directives that I find corrupt, I chose the path of research. I discovered that on brain scans it is clear that all forms of bullying and abuse harm brains. It is shocking and serious. Then I learned that our brains are incredibly adept at repair. In my latest book, I share the advancements in neuroscience so that those who have been bullied or abused can learn evidence-based practices to recover and increase their health and happiness.

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Featured Interview With Sarah Forester Davis

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised all over. We were a military family and because of that my childhood was spent living in numerous locations all over the world. Currently I live in Northeast Ohio with my own family. My love of travel has rubbed off on them for sure. I’ve been married for almost thirteen years, have four kids, one geriatric dog, and four cats.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Very young! We traveled a lot growing up, and to keep myself busy I would always have a notebook with me to write stories in.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I’m a huge fan of Colleen Hoover, and also really enjoy Simone Elkeles. My favorite genre is definitely young adult and new adult. My characters are actually what inspire me to write. They have a story, and I’ve been given the opportunity to bring their story to life, and that itself is inspirational.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Bodhi and Eva, the main characters of Confession, were stuck in my mind for a really long time. I knew they had an epic story, and they lived in my imagination for years, beating on my head to be let out. Once I found the time to write about them, the story flew out so fast it was as if they were like, FINALLY, let’s do this.

I started writing it in June of 2020 and by March of 2021 it was completely done.

The story takes place in Flagler Beach, Florida, and numerous local spots are mentioned throughout the story.

Readers say all the time, this book plays out like a movie in their head. Bodhi and Eva have quite the loyal fan base!

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Featured Interview With Sabìnah Adewole

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Sabinah Adewole is a member of the Barking Foxes poetry group, the National Poetic library UK, a member of the Society of Authors UK ,the Haiku Society of America and the Christian independent Publishing Agency -CIPA. Some of her poems appear in Stripes magazine in 2021. she won the International Poetry contest in 2020. She featured in the Havering daily mail and in Write on magazine in 2020. She started to write from a park bench in May 2018.
She has Eight published books,five best sellers and four self published. Some of her work can be found on Vocal Media and The Talent Bank. She has won several Poetry awards globally and she is well acknowledged on the Poetry circuit. She also teaches Poetry for beginners on her Sabìnah Poetry Online Classes.

This is her first series in this edition of -Sabìnah’s Poetry – Her Travels (Travel Poetry)
Written during the Pandemic February 2020 – September 2020.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Her Writing

She has been greatly inspired by the gift of poetry and writing. She was gifted the gift of poetry while sitting on a park bench in Gidea park in May 2018. I have continued to write daily and have created over 700 poems some Children books, Faith book and Adults inspiration and Transformation poetry. She has co authored in four Anthologies and three Poetry Anthology this brought her into contact with coaches, publishers and a host of authors. She has Eight published books, five best sellers and six self published. Sabìnah completed her first Half Poetry Marathon in June 2021. She would like to share her Poetry with the world.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Maya Angelou
My favourite genre is Poetry
I find her inspiring especially her poem
Still I will rise has stick with me

Tell us a little about your latest book?
This is her first series in this edition of -Sabìnah’s Poetry – Her Travels (Travel Poetry)
Written during the Pandemic February 2020 – September 2020. Poems inspired by Art and her travels as she demonstrates the simplicity of everyday living. Each poem has a twist and she would like to inspire her readers and audiences with poems that could uplift a nation during a pandemic .

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Featured Interview With Sabìnah Adewole

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Sabinah Adewole is a member of the Barking Foxes poetry group, the National Poetic library UK, a member of the Society of Authors UK ,the Haiku Society of America and the Christian independent Publishing Agency -CIPA. Some of her poems appear in Stripes magazine in 2021. she won the International Poetry contest in 2020. She featured in the Havering daily mail and in Write on magazine in 2020. She started to write from a park bench in May 2018.
She has Eight published books,five best sellers and four self published. Some of her work can be found on Vocal Media and The Talent Bank. She has won several Poetry awards globally and she is well acknowledged on the Poetry circuit. She also teaches Poetry for beginners on her Sabìnah Poetry Online Classes.

This is her first series in this edition of -Sabìnah’s Poetry – Her Travels (Travel Poetry)
Written during the Pandemic February 2020 – September 2020.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Her Writing

She has been greatly inspired by the gift of poetry and writing. She was gifted the gift of poetry while sitting on a park bench in Gidea park in May 2018. I have continued to write daily and have created over 700 poems some Children books, Faith book and Adults inspiration and Transformation poetry. She has co authored in four Anthologies and three Poetry Anthology this brought her into contact with coaches, publishers and a host of authors. She has Eight published books, five best sellers and six self published. Sabìnah completed her first Half Poetry Marathon in June 2021. She would like to share her Poetry with the world.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Maya Angelou
My favourite genre is Poetry
I find her inspiring especially her poem
Still I will rise has stick with me

Tell us a little about your latest book?
This is her first series in this edition of -Sabìnah’s Poetry – Her Travels (Travel Poetry)
Written during the Pandemic February 2020 – September 2020. Poems inspired by Art and her travels as she demonstrates the simplicity of everyday living. Each poem has a twist and she would like to inspire her readers and audiences with poems that could uplift a nation during a pandemic .

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Featured Interview With Chris Courtney Martin

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m originally from Philadelphia, PA. I’ve spent several years in Los Angeles chasing the silver screen leg of my career, but I’m now relaxing in my father’s place in Fayetteville, NC. It’s something of my safe space.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve been reading about as long as I can remember. Certainly, since before kindergarten. But I mark the beginning point of my love affair with words at about eight years old. I did a cute little Horror-Comedy story about Dracula, the Mummy and the Wolfman in a footrace. Self-illustrated and all.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Toni Morrison is my favorite. The gothic tone with which she wrote Beloved colors my tastes in just about every category– books, film/TV, even music.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
THE BOOK OF I.P. (Idle Poems) is a hybrid poetry and essay collection that is ‘ironic in concept, sincere in content’ as it deconstructs prescribed best-practices for getting ideas greenlit as a screenwriter and what it means to possess a producible story. The short book contains 30 poetic odes to my “screenstory wish-list” and 2 personal memoir-style essays based on my real life.

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Featured Interview With Mark Shaiken

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Mark lives with his wife Loren and their dog Emily in Denver, Colorado. He schooled at Haverford College and Washburn University, and practiced commercial bankruptcy law at a large law firm for decades before switching to writing, volunteering, and playing music. He is the author of three post legal career books: (i) a memoir – “And . . Just Like That – essays on a life before, during, and after the law;” (ii) “Fresh Start,” a legal thriller and the first in his 3J series; (iii) and his latest released May 20, 2022, “Automatic Stay” the second in his 3J series. He has begun work on his next legal thriller, “Unfair Discrimination.” Connect with Mark at http://markshaikenauthor.com

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I began reading (and writing) at an early age. It’s been a dream to pursue a fiction writing career after my law career. I subscribe to the theory that one should write what they know, so my legal thrillers star fictional bankruptcy lawyers at a large Kansas City, Missouri law firm. I try to incorporate lots of Kansas City’s rich history, including its civil war, music (jazz), food, and prohibition history and traditions. Also, my books have a tech element.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like thrillers – and in particular police and spy novels. I especially enjoy Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer) and Vince Flynn (Mitch Rapp).

Tell us a little about your latest book?
In Automatic Stay, my star lawyers, Josephina Jillian Jones (3J) and William Pascale are back and file bankruptcy cases for six Kansas City jazz clubs that have somehow managed to survive the Covid pandemic. Now they must battle an unknown enemy who runs an anonymous disinformation campaign on social media to try to put the clubs out of business. Will they be able to stop the campaign in time to save the clubs and keep jazz alive in the city?

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Featured Interview With Avianna Lemonier

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Avianna Lemonier is an American author and poet, currently residing in Tallahassee, FL. With an educational background in psychology, Avianna Lemonier has used the gift of writing to uplift individuals of all backgrounds. Instilled with a strong sense of faith, her work is created to encourage. As an advocate for mental health support, Avianna Lemonier has contributed to and founded a number of projects that are dedicated to improving public awareness of positive mental health care.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was a little girl, my mother gave me a copy of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and I fell in love with it. I credit that book for being the reason why I wanted to become a writer and write stories.

My first “short story” was about a virus that threatens to destroy humanity. In it, the cure for the virus was orange peels (that’s all I could come up with at the time!). I wrote it when I was about seven or eight years old.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
It’s very difficult for me to choose my favorite author because I have been influenced by so many different writers. At the moment, I am reading a lot of books on theology and religion and my faith has been changed and so strengthened by what I have been reading. Last year, I read a lot of books by James Baldwin, Chinua Achebe, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and many other talented black writers and I was so inspired by their work.

I enjoy reading all genres but my favorites are poetry, romance, historical fiction, suspense and sci-fi.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Recently, I wrote my first children’s book, Love Makes The World Go Round, and I am so excited about it. It was illustrated by a very talented artist named Abigail Tan and she did a phenomenal job with really bringing the idea that I had to life. I created Love Makes The World Go Round as a tribute to the people in my life that have loved and supported me.

I wanted to write something that would teach children the importance of really appreciating the relationships in our life that build us up.

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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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