Interviews

Interviews with indie authors, publishers and book service providers in the self-publishing realm

An Interview with Carlo Armenise: Author of Footsteps in the Dark

Carlo ArmeniseI’ve been writing and creating for most of my life. I’ve done stand-up comedy, written screenplays and television episodes across various genres.

Tell us about your book.

Footsteps in the Dark is a collection of eight supernatural/horror short stories with a Twilight Zone flavor that highlight the eternal struggle between good and evil, brought on by the human condition and the lengths people go to satisfy their desires.

Why did you want to write a book?

I wanted to bring to life ideas that were best shown through the pages of a book.

Why did you choose to self-publish?

Considering […]

2020-03-10T12:34:32+02:00May 10th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

An Interview with R. Lawson: Author of Recall

R. LawsonR. Lawson is a retired vascular surgeon and Professor of Surgery who served as a Captain in the United States Air Force. With over 120 academic works published, he moved into fiction genre writing thrillers with a focus on terrorism, cyber spying and more. However, RECALL is written in a different genre, a fictional historical narrative.

Tell us about your book.

RECALL, a fictional historical narrative, tells the story through the impressions of four young men who played on a championship high school football team in the Fifties and end up in different capacities in Vietnam a decade later. […]

2018-05-08T09:55:27+02:00May 8th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

An Interview with Jan Ewing: Author of Whither, Willie Wicked?

Jan EwingJan Ewing grew up as a good boy in Southern California. That went on for far too long, until one day, with little warning, he sat down and wrote a string of very dirty books that are today considered—beyond all understanding—to have been influential during the upheaval leading to the Stonewall riots. Jan lost track of them until 2005, when he learned that eBay was selling those long-forgotten epics for ridiculous sums, in most cases more than he was paid for writing them. At that point, he decided to become an author.

Jan has been a working musician, a Navy […]

2018-05-04T11:10:48+02:00May 4th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

An Interview with Brit Chism: Author of Mnemosyne’s Daughters

Brit ChismMr. Chism had a whole other career in registered nursing, but now he writes short stories about women protagonists. He holds two bachelors degrees, one in English, and one in registered professional nursing. He lives on the west coast of Florida and loves to cook, garden in pots, and ride his bicycle around the trendy warehouse district looking at murals.

Tell us about your book.

Mnemosyne’s Daughters is a book of short stories about women protagonists. They explore issues like glass ceilings, trafficking, outdated social mores, patriarchy, unfaithful lovers, and assault. Several were inspired by ancient myths. I took the […]

2018-04-18T12:39:58+02:00April 18th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Daniel McFatter: Author of Miguel Traveler #1: The Man from Texas

Daniel McFatterDaniel McFatter has worked in the oilfield industry for over fifteen years and he believes Spanish should be required learning in Texas schools. He lives in Houston with his wife, Johanna, and a gaggle of animals where he is currently writing his next book.

Tell us about your book.

Miguel Traveler
is a post-apocalyptic novel that centers around Miguel Morgan, an oilfield worker from Houston in the year 2012, who suddenly finds himself in a desolate future where civilization has all but vanished. As he tries to unravel the mystery of how he ended up in the future, he must […]

2018-04-13T11:40:27+02:00April 13th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

An Interview with Belinda Kroll: Author of The Last April, Winner of the 2017 SPR Book Awards

Belinda KrollBelinda Kroll is the author of three historical novels. She is also the author of non-fiction and children’s storybooks under the name Binaebi Akah. With a masters in Human Computer Interaction and a minor in English, she helps make websites and software intuitive by day, and puzzles away at her writing by night. She lives with her husband and two dogs in Ohio. Go Bucks!

Tell us about your book.

Spontaneous, fifteen-year-old Gretchen vows to help heal the nation from the recently ended Civil War. On the morning of President Lincoln’s death, Gretchen finds an amnesiac Confederate in her garden […]

2019-04-12T14:16:29+02:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with E.J. Kellett: Author of The Victory Perspective

E.J. KellettE.J. Kellett is a Dystopian Fantasy Author on a mission to challenge perceptions. Kellett’s novel The Victory Perspective is a compelling story that sheds a new light on the traditional creation story. The first installment in the epic tale of creation, The Victory Perspective showcases a mind-bending plot with ominous overtones. A prime example of E.J. Kellett’s dark-tinged storytelling.

Tell us about your book.

The Victory Perspective takes the well-known creation story from the bible and turns it on its head. It is written as the “other side” of the story and explores many confronting themes about religion and humanity.[…]

2018-04-05T08:16:19+02:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

An Interview with Mario Kfoury: Author of Coffee Shop University

Mario KfouryMario Kfoury is a private investor with credentials in martial arts, physical education, real estate, aviation and Technical Analysis. Self-taught in the streets of Beirut, Brussels, London, LA and New York, he synthesizes his views on life through different disciplinary and cultural prisms in favor of a peaceful/secular agnostic Deism. The story he shares appeals for democratic-socialism founded on sensible educational and healthcare systems, rigorous tax regulations; and cautions against the perils of religious beliefs, demography, and the reckless attitude towards the planet and its ecology.

Tell us about your book.

Coffee Shop University is mainly a book about cross-cultural […]

2018-02-06T06:40:51+02:00January 28th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |
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