Interviews with indie authors, publishers and book service providers in the self-publishing realm
An Interview with Tom Durwood: Author of The Colonials
Tom Durwood is a teacher, writer and editor with an interest in history. Tom most recently taught English Composition and Empire and Literature at Valley Forge Military College, where he won the Teacher of the Year Award five times. Tom has taught Public Speaking and Basic Communications as guest lecturer for the Naval Special Warfare Development Group at the Dam’s Neck Annex of the Naval War College.
Tom is editor of an online scholarly journal, The Journal of Empire Studies (www.empirestudies.org).
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The Colonials is an adventure story about six rich kids from around […]


Larry Kilham is an award-winning author who has traveled extensively overseas for over twenty years. He worked in several large international companies and started and sold two high-tech ventures. He received a B.S. in engineering from the University of Colorado and a M.S. in management from MIT. Larry has written books about creativity and invention, artificial intelligence and digital media, travel overseas, and four novels with an AI theme. He and his wife Betsy live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Born in Pasadena, California, author Steve Snyder graduated from UCLA and lives Seal Beach, California. In 2009, he retired from Vision Service Plan (VSP) after a 36 year career working in sales and sales management.
Sattar Memon, a literary & medical author, is an oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Emeritus at Brown University. As cancer specialist, his experiences with the issues of life love and death inspire him to write mysteries & thrillers intertwining spirituality, religion & faith in connection with healing and abolishing hate crimes.
Richard Thorn is a former Head of Computing and Engineering at the University of West London; Victoria University, Melbourne and the University of Derby, UK. He has published a number of books on measurement science and engineering during his career, but a biography of Nevil Shute was always waiting in the background.
Kevin Schoeninger graduated from Villanova University in 1986 with a Master’s Degree in Philosophy, and is certified as a Qigong Meditation Master Instructor, Holy Fire Reiki Master Teacher, Personal Trainer, and Life Coach. He has been an entrepreneur for over 30 years.
Eirik Moe Dahll-Larssøn lives in Bergen, Norway, with his girlfriend and their imaginary dog, Waffle, and imaginary hairless cat, Palpatine. They also have a real dog now, named Luna. She’s cute and all, but really needs to stop eating cigarette butts off the ground. Eirik also has a degree in Literature from the University of Bergen, and through Patreon and self-publishing, hopes to make a living off his writing.