Interviews

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

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.

Tell us about your book.

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|

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|

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.

Tell us about your book.

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|

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.

Tell us about your book.

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|

An Interview with Kayl Karadjian, Author of Dragonsoul

Fantasy author Kayl was subject to internet outrage because his book made it to #1 in all of Amazon using promotion methods flagged against Amazon Guidelines. Kayl’s book Dragonsoul received many fake one-star reviews from other angry authors calling him a “scammer.”

Kayl agreed to a ‘transparency interview’ with Cate Baum at SPR, with never-before-revealed analytics, and his conclusions on the pitfalls with choosing book promotion services.


So Kayl, why don’t we start with why you decided to write? What were your motivations?

I was, and still am, a huge nerd. I grew up reading fiction, particularly fantasy and sci-fi, […]

2017-10-16T11:27:25+02:00October 16th, 2017|Categories: Interviews|Tags: , |

An Interview with Eirik M. Dahll-Larssøn: Author of Rented Souls

Eirik M. Dahll-LarssønEirik 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.

Why did you want to write a book?

I’ve always loved fiction, and I’ve always loved being creative – I’ve always had more ideas than I know what to do with, […]

2017-10-02T09:29:06+02:00October 2nd, 2017|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Christopher Zoukis: Author of Federal Prison Handbook

Christopher Zoukis, an award-winning incarcerated writer, is the author of the Federal Prison Handbook (Middle Street Publishing, 2017), Prison Education Guide (Prison Legal News Publishing, 2016), and College for Convicts (McFarland & Co., 2014). He regularly contributes to The Huffington Post, New York Daily News, and Prison Legal News. In 2016, the American Bar Association named Chris’ Prison Law Blog a Top 100 Law Blawg for Attorneys.

Tell us about your book.

The Federal Prison Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Surviving the Federal Bureau of Prisons is essential reading for all soon-to-be and current federal prisoners, their family members and […]

2017-07-27T10:00:40+02:00July 27th, 2017|Categories: Interviews|
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