Interviews with indie authors, publishers and book service providers in the self-publishing realm
An Interview with Marjory Kaptanoglu: Author of Dreadmarrow Thief, Silver Winner in the 2018 SPR Book Awards
Marjory Kaptanoglu is an award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Many of her short screenplays have been produced and premiered at international film festivals. She has optioned several feature scripts, and was hired to pen the adaptation of Christopher Bram’s novel, Gossip. She is a two-time Academy Nicholl Fellowships Quarterfinalist, a Top Ten Finalist for the Hearst Screenwriting Grant, and winner of a Writer’s Boot Camp Fellowship.
Marjory indie-published her first novel, Dreadmarrow Thief (YA fantasy), in 2017. It debuted to highly favorable reviews from Kirkus and The Midwest Book Reviews, and won The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Bronze Medal, and […]
Sheldon Charles is a decorated Air Force veteran, whose career has taken him around the globe, and given his writing a unique international flair. He is the author of Three Paperclips & a Grey Scarf, Blood Upon the Sands and From Within the Firebird’s Nest. His last book (From Within the Firebird’s Nest, the third book in the Evan Davis Trilogy) held the Number One Bestseller spot on Amazon for Russian Historical Fiction, and was in the Top Ten for War Fiction, for 2018. Sheldon currently resides in Michigan, where he is a member of Michigan […]
Born in Mola di Bari, Italy, Ottavio moved to America with his family in 1996 and now resides in New York. Ottavio has had a passion for writing from a young age which he developed from his love of reading books. Ottavio published his first novel The Fractured Mind in 2019.
Eyad H. Yehyawi has been bowhunting for nearly thirty years, traveling across the United States, Canada, and Africa. A naturalist long before he was a bowhunter, Eyad’s passion for the outdoors dates as far back as he can remember. While majoring in biology at Quincy University, he worked in conservation and wildlife management before deciding to pursue interests in health care. Many of these stories and photos have appeared in magazines including Bow & Arrow Hunting, Bowhunter, Bowhunt America, and Outdoor Life. Eyad currently lives in Iowa with his wife and children, where he practices optometry.[…]
Maxx Powr is a husband and father. He loves dogs. His dream situation would be a huge rescue farm taking in strays.
Vercie Lark, author of Make It Rain is a recently retired executive vice president and head of DST Systems Financial Services business with revenues of approximately $1 billion, was accountable for providing industry leading products and services to asset management, brokerage, retirement, banking and insurance investment firms throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Jimmie Martinez is the author of a total of four books. He has a BA degree from Louisiana State University in New Orleans, now the University of New Orleans. His interests include traveling, reading and watching classic film noir movies. He is also a passionate Saints and LSU football fan.