Interviews

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

An Interview with Sheldon Charles: Author of Blood Upon the Sands

Sheldon CharlesSheldon Charles is a decorated Air Force veteran, whose career has taken him around the globe, and given his writing a unique international flair. He is the author of Three Paperclips & a Grey Scarf, Blood Upon the Sands and From Within the Firebird’s Nest. His last book (From Within the Firebird’s Nest, the third book in the Evan Davis Trilogy) held the Number One Bestseller spot on Amazon for Russian Historical Fiction, and was in the Top Ten for War Fiction, for 2018. Sheldon currently resides in Michigan, where he is a member of Michigan […]

2019-05-29T12:45:44+02:00May 29th, 2019|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Ottavio Lepore: Author of The Fractured Mind

Ottavio LeporeBorn in Mola di Bari, Italy, Ottavio moved to America with his family in 1996 and now resides in New York. Ottavio has had a passion for writing from a young age which he developed from his love of reading books. Ottavio published his first novel The Fractured Mind in 2019.

Why did you want to write a book?

I began writing as a child, I fell in love with the construction of stories and different worlds which could be anything I wanted. Once I had my plot in mind i wrote and passed it to some friends who gave […]

2019-05-17T09:41:16+02:00May 17th, 2019|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Eyad H. Yehyawi: Author of Crimson Arrows

Eyad H. YehyawiEyad H. Yehyawi has been bowhunting for nearly thirty years, traveling across the United States, Canada, and Africa. A naturalist long before he was a bowhunter, Eyad’s passion for the outdoors dates as far back as he can remember. While majoring in biology at Quincy University, he worked in conservation and wildlife management before deciding to pursue interests in health care. Many of these stories and photos have appeared in magazines including Bow & Arrow Hunting, Bowhunter, Bowhunt America, and Outdoor Life. Eyad currently lives in Iowa with his wife and children, where he practices optometry.[…]

2019-05-13T13:59:45+02:00May 13th, 2019|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Maxx Powr: Author of The Promise

Maxx PowrMaxx Powr is a husband and father. He loves dogs. His dream situation would be a huge rescue farm taking in strays.

Tell us about your book.

The Promise is a fun sci-fi space opera romp. It has action, humor, adventure, romance and a little sex, but not erotica. The main characters have been DNA enhanced and possess special abilities, useful in fighting the invading alien Klix. They are well trained, but untested. They are brothers, sharing the same DNA and history, trained at the Piecer Academy. A trusting humanity has become complacent, believing in a false truce. When the […]

2019-04-18T10:00:34+02:00April 18th, 2019|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Vercie Lark: Author of Make it Rain

Vercie LarkVercie Lark, author of Make It Rain is a recently retired executive vice president and head of DST Systems Financial Services business with revenues of approximately $1 billion, was accountable for providing industry leading products and services to asset management, brokerage, retirement, banking and insurance investment firms throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

While working for several Fortune 500 firms over the past 35 years Lark also owned or invested in various small businesses including an online clothing business, investing in an early stage technology company, a restaurant, multifamily real estate, and a well-known gasoline and convenience […]

2019-04-18T11:28:41+02:00April 18th, 2019|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Jimmie Martinez: Author of Cajun Chameleon

Jimmie MartinezJimmie Martinez is the author of a total of four books. He has a BA degree from Louisiana State University in New Orleans, now the University of New Orleans. His interests include traveling, reading and watching classic film noir movies. He is also a passionate Saints and LSU football fan.

The former New Orleans Policeman and Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Kenner, Louisiana and co-founder and CEO of a civil engineering firm is now retired. Born and raised in New Orleans, he resides in Kenner and his beach condo in Orange Beach, Alabama with his wife Gale.

Tell […]

2019-04-18T10:03:09+02:00April 18th, 2019|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Cara Cilento: Author of Snapshots: Say Cheese! The World Is Watching

Cara CilentoCara Cilento grew up in a small suburban North Jersey town. Her family of origin did not. Her parents came from urban North Jersey. Cara’s grandparents were immigrants from Italy and first generation transplants from Newark, NJ. They were a close knit family which pushed success: academic and personal. Most of all, they pushed assimilation.

Cara Cilento is a divorced mother of two boys. She has been a speech therapist for twenty-two years in the public schools. She lives in suburban North Jersey on her terms. She defines her own personal success as living her truth and not what is […]

2019-04-30T09:43:32+02:00April 12th, 2019|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with John Jay McKey: Author of Leverage the Field for Success

John Jay McKeyFor 28 years John Jay McKey has been a student of success, building and leading data analysis teams in the banking sector, a Big Four accounting and consulting firm, the Office of Inspector General, and a multinational Fortune 50 company. While commuting from Chicago to Washington DC to work for the OIG, Jay had a personal epiphany that led him on a deep dive into the world of quantum physics. That journey resulted in the writing of Leverage the Field for Success, which explains how one can use what scientists call the universal energy field, the zero-point field, or […]

2019-03-22T10:52:27+02:00March 22nd, 2019|Categories: Interviews|
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