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An Interview with Larry Kilham: Author of Free Will Odyssey

Larry KilhamLarry 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.

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Peter Tesla, a prodigious young inventor, develops an electronic device to enhance the user’s free […]

2017-12-18T15:58:19+02:00December 12th, 2017|Categories: Interviews|

Goodreads Offering Free eBook Giveaways

Goodreads GiveawayA year and a half after its first announcement, Goodreads has finally revealed its Kindle giveaway program open to all authors, starting in January 2018. From the Goodreads blog:

Today, we’re announcing our new U.S. giveaways program, with two packages offering new high-impact features to drive increased book discovery and reader reviews. The new program is designed to deliver additional marketing benefits that authors and publishers have been asking for, including more ways to reach the author’s readers, and automatically adding the book to the Want-to-Read lists of anyone entering the giveaway. And for the first time, Kindle Direct

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2017-12-04T12:28:22+02:00December 4th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , |

An Interview with Steve Snyder: Author of Shot Down

Steve SnyderBorn 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.

Soon after retirement, Steve began his quest to learn more about the World War II experiences of his father, pilot Howard Snyder, and his crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth. It became his passion and after 4½ years of dedicated research resulted in his book, Shot Down, which has received over 25 national book awards. One result of his new career as a World […]

2017-12-01T10:46:01+02:00December 1st, 2017|Categories: Interviews|

I Am Not Nothin’: The Serpent Handler’s Daughter by Tommy G. Robertson

I Am Not Nothin': The Serpent Handler's DaughterI Am Not Nothin’: The Serpent Handler’s Daughter by Tommy G. Robertson takes readers back to a time and place where things might seem simpler on the surface, but in reality they are not. Centered in a coal mining “company” town, the cast of characters are dealing with a type of indentured servitude to the owner of the coal and coke company while they are just trying to get by in life.

The novel follows Dorie, Eli, Bud Maynes, Josiah Johnson, and their family, friends, and co-workers through their mundane, yet complicated lives and gives the reader a look into […]

An Interview with Sattar Memon: Author of Soul’s Fury

Sattar MemonSattar 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.

He has published five books which include two books on breast cancer breakthroughs and two short story collections. His first spirituality-based novel – The Ashram – won a top prize in Writer’s Digest’s 2005 International Novel Contest and was acquired for movie rights in 2008. Soul’s Fury is […]

2017-11-16T05:42:39+02:00November 16th, 2017|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Richard Thorn: Author of Shute: The engineer who became a prince of storytellers

Richard ThornRichard 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.

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My latest book is a biography of the engineer turned novelist Nevil Shute. He was a writer whose books were frequently looked down on by literary critics and yet when died in 1960 he was one of the best selling novelists of his […]

2017-11-08T07:38:24+02:00November 8th, 2017|Categories: Interviews|

Pronoun is Shutting Down

PronounIn fairly shocking news, ebook distributor Pronoun is closing shop. From their homepage:

Two years ago Pronoun set out to create a one-of-a-kind publishing tool that truly put authors first. We believed that the power of data could be harnessed for smarter book publishing, leveling the playing field for indie authors.

We are proud of the product we built, but even more so, we’re grateful for the community of authors that made it grow. Your feedback shaped Pronoun’s development, and together we changed the way authors connect with readers.

Unfortunately, Pronoun’s story ends here.

While many challenges in indie publishing

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2017-11-07T11:20:00+02:00November 7th, 2017|Categories: News|

An Interview with Kevin Schoeninger: Author of Clear Quiet Mind

Kevin SchoeningerKevin 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.

Kevin is passionate about sharing mind-body practices to help clients recognize and release limiting thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, discover quiet clarity, and take inspired action to live their life purposes.

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Clear Quiet Mind is a guide to helping you work through challenging thoughts and emotions to find deep inner peace. It’s a four-step […]

2017-11-01T06:22:40+02:00November 1st, 2017|Categories: Interviews|
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