Interviews with indie authors, publishers and book service providers in the self-publishing realm
An Interview with Mel D. Gill: Author of Point to Counterpoint
Mel Gill, author, poet, researcher, and consultant in governance and organizational development, divides his time between Ottawa ON and Victoria BC. He was married to his now deceased wife, Judith, of nearly fifty years. They had two sons and two grandchildren. He and his son Trent have been avid tournament Bass anglers for twenty-five years.
Mel’s passions include music, studying philosophy, politics, human behavior and development, evolution, psychology, quantum thermodynamics, general interest science and, of course, poetry and fine literature. He and his first love, university sweetheart Daphne McDonald, have reignited their passion for each other, life and shared experiences […]
Chris Molleda is currently employed as a full time peace officer in South Texas. Chris has a BS in Criminal Justice, a MS in Criminology and is currently working on a doctorate in Criminal Justice. He has previously published one book, Legend of the Gatorman, a tale about a crime in Texas during the 1930’s.
In less than three years, the thrilling, suspenseful, and sometimes controversial book titles of Stephen C. Perkins has managed to gain a loyal and rabid audience. For a preview of the prologue, book cover, and product description of the newly released science fiction/fantasy/supernatural/thriller Sky Parlor, go now to 
Patrick Finegan was born during the latter half of the Eisenhower Administration and graduated during the Carter and Reagan Administrations from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago Law School and Graduate School of Business. He worked more than thirty years in law, corporate finance, management consulting and risk management. He has a wife and grown daughter and has lived in the New York metropolitan area his entire professional life – most of it in the same residential cooperative. Cooperative Lives is his first work of fiction.
Howard E. Carson was born in Winnipeg, Canada and followed a path that took him through careers in music, theatre, education and research. For over thirty years he has been a writer, investigative research specialist and book editor living in Toronto. His extensive travels in Europe, the U.S. and Canada provide the perspective and the wonderful backdrops for much of his research and writing.
Martin Lastrapes is a bestselling and award-winning novelist. He is also the host of “The Martin Lastrapes Show Podcast Hour.” He studied at Cal State San Bernardino, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in Composition. It’s his life goal to never be punched in the face.
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. 