Interviews

Hi-Dong Chai, born in Korea and educated in the United States with a Ph.D. in engineering, established himself as an authority in his field with numerous inventions and publications.  He is an inventor/co-inventor of 52 inventions, that were either published in the IBM invention disclosure bulletin or filed for the U.S. patents, and author/coauthor of 40 technical papers.  He also published a book, Electromechanical Motion Devices, Prentice Hall, 1998.  He worked for IBM for 19 years in both engineering and management positions, took an early retirement  in 2007, and went to teach at San Jose State University as a professor […]

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

Our book, “Elliptical: The Music of Meshell Ndegeocello,” explores multi-Grammy nominated artist Meshell Ndegeocello, one of the most fascinating and creative figures in contemporary music. She’s an artist who defies labels and music genres, continually inspiring many with her profound vision. My co-author Jon O’Bergh and I cover the music from her first album “Plantation Lullabies” to her current “Comet, Come To Me.” Our intent was to capture the essence of Meshell’s music from a fan’s point of view by contemplating her musical journey that has been the soundtrack […]

Tell us something about your book, EXIT. The basics: what’s it about?

Imagine you’re lost; trapped in a maze of a place that you do not know.  It’s pitch dark, and you’re fumbling around in the blackness, hoping to find a way out.  Now imagine that in that blackness, either ahead of you, or behind you – someone is hunting you… with murder in mind.

That’s essentially the premise of EXIT.  Couched within a heist-gone-wrong, survivalist thriller, I take the reader into that realm of claustrophobic, fear-fuelled paranoia; following our heroine, Kim Sawyer, a reformed thief trying to […]

Tell us something about your book. What is it about?

The Lord of Salamander is the coming-of-age story of Elijah Pendleton, a boy with no past. For as long as he can remember, he’s lived under the control of his abusive aunts in a small rural town where everything is deeply ordinary, until one day when his short life changes forever.

It’ll be a strange incident involving a cat and mysterious oak tree, that will put Elijah on the path of discovering his true identity, and begin the greatest journey into the heart of the unknown; through a world of […]

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

The story behind The Sundry Worlds of Fiona is that it started out to be a film! I’ve always had a huge interest in movies and theatre and performers—love ’em. As an undergrad at LSU, I took almost every film studies course available. I studied film production briefly at Memphis State. I had been wanting to experiment with animation, so I started out trying to create Fiona as both a novel and a film.

To avoid the tedious and time-consuming manipulations of the characters, I tried to find objects […]

Ricardo Fayet and his business partner Emmanuel Nataf launched Reedsy, a curated network of book services for independent authors, in 2014.

SPR caught up with Ricardo for a chat about Reedsy and the exciting opportunites the site offers for self-publishers.

Can you tell us what Reedsy is, in a nutshell?
Reedsy is a curated network of top publishing professionals. We have created a beautiful place for editors, designers, and soon publicists to have an exhaustive profile and showcase their activity and portfolio. Authors can browse this network to find their perfect publishing professionals according to their genre and personal requirements.[…]