Interviews

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

An Interview with Jeff Lee: Author of Karl Myers

Jeff LeeJeff Lee, a retired educator and once avid sailor, currently divides his time between Chester County, Pennsylvania and Lewes on the Delaware Bay, where he now directs his creative energies to his life-long love of writing.

Tell us about your book.

Set in 1955 in Lewes on the Delaware Bay, the novel Karl Myers meets James Ellroy’s characterization of Noir as “the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance … it canonizes the inherent human urge toward self-destruction.”

Former Marine and small-town police chief Karl Myers is one of four principal characters, each of whom hurtles headlong toward […]

2023-07-18T15:48:32+02:00July 18th, 2023|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Dr. Kevin Grold: Author of The Alchemy of Affection

Dr. Kevin GroldDr. Kevin Grold has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. His first book, The Love Report, is based on his research into couples in long-term relationships. He has always had an interest in the topic of love and making it easy for others to understand and integrate love into their life. He has been sought out for advice from Dear Abby more than a few times and he has created many self-help tests used around the world.

For over a decade, he ran the international therapist referral service 1-800-therapist.com and then for the next twenty years, he was the CEO of […]

2023-07-18T15:45:38+02:00July 18th, 2023|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Myka Silber: Author of Soft & Rage – Silver Winner in the 2022 SPR Book Awards

Myka SilberMyka Silber grew up surrounded by the forests, mountains, and ocean of the Pacific Northwest. They now live in Ontario, Canada, with a mercurial cat. Myka holds both a BA and an MA in International Relations. They are an emerging writer of fantasy fiction of all kinds, and you can follow them on Instagram @myka.silber.

Tell us about your book.

Soft & Rage is a collection of sixteen short stories in a diverse range of genres, with a focus on atmosphere. The stories were written at different points in time, with the oldest story having been written in 2007 […]

2023-05-03T13:06:02+02:00May 3rd, 2023|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Bill VanPatten: Author of A Little Rain – Bronze Winner in the 2022 SPR Book Awards

Bill VanPattenBill VanPatten is a former award-winning scholar and teacher who changed careers to write full-time. He has also performed standup comedy and still does so on occasion, especially if the venue serves killer martinis.

Tell us about your book.

A Little Rain explores the complexities, lies, and secrets of a disintegrated family, as they wind up in court over the sixteen-year-old son’s actions. Twists and turns abound as the story unfolds through different points of view.

Why did you want to write a book?

Before I became a writer, I was a successful academic. I’d published eight books, about two-hundred […]

2023-05-03T12:56:43+02:00May 3rd, 2023|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Valentyn Bannikov: Author of Project Manager’s Handbook

Valentyn BannikovValentyn Bannikov is an established Technical Program & Project Management Professional and Scrum Master. He possesses highly valued and widely recognized industry certifications, including PMP, CSM, and ICP-APM. With over ten years of diverse technical and professional experience, Valentyn has worked across multiple industries.

His background includes involvement in both governmental and private construction projects in Latin America and Europe. He has successfully assembled and led teams to carry out extensive client projects within the IT sector, encompassing FinTech, EdTech, ecommerce, and travel domains. Valentyn, who was born and raised in Kharkiv, Ukraine, now resides in the heart of America, […]

2023-04-18T14:41:05+02:00April 18th, 2023|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Tamara Smith: Author of Coming Into Power

Tamara SmithTamara Smith was raised in Virginia, where she resided until moving to British Columbia, Canada in her adult years. Her father was American and her mother is Canadian. Tamara has dual citizenship along with her two sisters. In her eyes, she had the best of both worlds as they lived in the States during the school year and traveled as a family to Canada during the summers. Currently, Tamara is Payroll Manager at a reputable company in BC, Canada.

In 2021 during Covid, Tamara had her second child and was on maternity leave when she had a dream that her […]

2023-04-17T10:55:24+02:00April 16th, 2023|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Dave Tabler: Author of Delaware Before the Railroads

Dave TablerTen-year-old Dave Tabler decided he was going to read the “R” volume from the family’s World Book Encyclopedia set over summer vacation. He never made it from beginning to end. He did, however, become interested in Norman Rockwell, rare-earth elements, and “Run for the Roses.”

Tabler’s father encouraged him to try his hand at taking pictures with the family camera. With visions of Rockwell dancing in his head, Tabler press-ganged his younger brother into wearing a straw hat and sitting next to a stream barefoot with a homemade fishing pole in his hand. The resulting image was terrible.

Dave Tabler […]

2023-03-21T12:53:52+02:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Susan Diane Black Blackmon: Author of Celey

Susan Diane Black BlackmonSusan Diane Black Blackmon is a genealogist turned Historical Fiction writer. After publishing several volumes of family history, her older sister nudged her into writing a story based on some of the family stories she had collected. The result was Emma, the first in the Heritage Series. While Emma was still in the proofing stage, Blackmon began work on Celey, the second in the series. Each of her books is a stand-alone work, so there’s no set reading order.

When she isn’t writing, she works as an Income Tax preparer. In the off-season, she teaches a genealogy […]

2023-03-21T12:51:24+02:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: Interviews|
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