Interviews

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

An Interview with Dakota Kemp, Author of Ironheart: The Primal Deception

Dakota KempI’m Dakota Kemp, a graduate student at Southwestern Oklahoma State University and the author of three books: The Arrival, which is a medieval fantasy, The Shrike Chronicles: Goddess, a science fiction novella, and Ironheart: The Primal Deception.  I enjoy stories in any medium, but I prefer that either magic or spaceships be involved.  Otherwise, I might get cranky.

Tell us something about your book.  The basics: what’s it about?

Ironheart: The Primal Deception is basically a sword-and-sorcery fantasy novel that takes place in a steampunk setting.  The plot follows Jack Booker, an orphan who has turned to […]

2016-05-18T05:49:55+02:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

Confessions of a Repeat Offender: An Interview with “The Ancient Mariner” Phillip Giambri

Phillip GiambriPhillip Giambri’s debut book Confessions of a Repeat Offender: Musings on a Life Gone Right in Spite of Myself is filled with stories that illustrate his divergent perspective of life. Born in South Philadelphia, at eighteen he enlisted in the US Navy and served in the Submarine Force during the Cold War. He wrote anonymously about incidents his shipmates were involved in during long periods at sea for the sub’s daily newsletter, The Silent Service Breakfast News. Giambri left the military at twenty-two and then worked as a banker, actor, announcer, hairstylist, recording engineer, photographer, mail-order minister, and computer […]

2016-04-13T01:42:54+02:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with James Lee Nathan III: Author of Ibrahim Unites

James Lee Nathan IIIJames Lee Nathan III (JLN3), is the self-published author of two novels and nine novellas, spanning many speculative fiction sub-genres. JLN3 is best known for his scifi erotic crime drama series Robert Manis and No Brakes, both of which are bestsellers on the leanpub author platform. His latest works, CRIME-PHYTER, and Ibrahim Unites introduce readers to his Next Level Fiction experience.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

Ibrahim Unites is the final book in the ‘Are there no more Dragon Warriors?’ series, however it is a standalone offering. One does not need to have read […]

2016-04-08T04:20:30+02:00April 1st, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Author Bethany James

The Big Game- Bethany James: pirituality and LoveBethany James is a poet, plus-size model, and emerging indie author. She is a lover of Avant-Garde literature.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

The romantic and pleasurable attributes of life can be explored in this book. The Big Game: Bethany James was written by Bethany Camille James. I take poetic verse and explains a variety of topics like making love for the first time on one’s wedding night. Also the poetry book has a spirituality undertone. Spirituality can be visualized as the sensuality expressed in an emotional or physical connection between a man and […]

2016-03-18T01:26:16+02:00March 18th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Pamela Capone, Author of I Punched Myself in the Eye

Pamela CaponeBy day, a self-professed professional unpaid people watcher and evidence gatherer, and by night, an insomniac dot connector, Pamela Capone lives in Southern California with her husband, John. They have two fabulous adult children together, Joey and Cassie.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about? Is there a particular highlight in this whole process?

My book is a collection of essays–real life, sometimes hard-to-believe-but-are-true stories. I think sometimes we watch for the flashing Vegas marquis sort of thing—or a booming voice from the heavens—but I’ve found epiphanies happen in the most unexpected ways, like the morning […]

2016-03-17T10:23:06+02:00March 17th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Joshua McDowell, Author of Accidental Dad

I’m the author of Accidental Dad: www.accidentaldadbook.com. It’s about struggles unmarried men face when entering fatherhood. Help me change the court system.

 Joshua McDowellTell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

Accidental Dad is about struggles unmarried men face when entering fatherhood. Author talks about how the court system pushes fathers away, and how mothers are always getting custody of there kids, but not fathers.

What drove you to write this particular book?
What drove me to write this book is simple. I fought for six years to get custody of my son. I know how […]

2016-03-09T08:05:23+02:00March 9th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Seth Mullins, Author of What Casts the Shadow?

Seth MullinsSeth Mullins first conceived of his dream to write novels in his early teens, and this one desire has stayed with him throughout all the other myriad twists and turns of life. His inspirations include methods of inner exploration such as dream-work and shamanism and his experiences as a songwriter and performing musician. He studied creative writing at Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico and Lane Community College in Oregon.

Seth has lived in Connecticut, New Mexico, Oregon and (currently) Vermont.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

Brandon Chane, at the onset of the […]

2017-04-14T06:53:33+02:00February 26th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview With Children’s Book Author Lance Olsen

authorpicturelanceolsenLance Olsen is the author of the Sharky Marky and The Big Race(2014), Sharky Marky and the Scavenger Hunt: An Alphabetic Adventure (2015), and Sharky Marky and the Supermarket Sweep (2017).

Early in his career Lance found himself in Hollywood where he would go on to executive produce two feature films: King Cobra (1999) and Pinata Survival Island (2002). After his brief stint in LA, he decided to move back to New Orleans and pursue a career in the arts.  Lance resumed a writing career while at the same time taking classes in video-editing and graphic design.

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2016-02-21T08:28:08+02:00February 21st, 2016|Categories: Interviews|
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