tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59268108328700709512024-03-18T08:11:43.191-04:00BookMarketingBuzzBlogA unique blog dedicated to covering the worlds of book publishing and the news media, revealing creative ideas, practical strategies, interesting stories, and provocative opinions. Free speech, literacy, and great books are also discussed. Along the way, discover savvy but entertaining insights on book marketing, public relations, branding, and advertising from a veteran of two decades in the industry of book publishing publicity and marketing.BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4909125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-28100234223116387272024-03-18T08:10:00.002-04:002024-03-18T08:10:48.668-04:00Why Great Authors Are Lousy Book Marketers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsr1wr1yeITYeAsNBfhk7sH6OEUzINCvvLqCSSAyEO-_UOGKmJdApEAbA2pCq9h8BBiEOP7N3Z38cS9-UAey3XpRWLU7wzvNTF28hnvfN49yJk7cwgUpWQtPGl3l71bTCDfDswdHCz0cgaEqwGlOIMTQi8NAKQu1ElFFAQX9OaXkDCcTMFP5_xQTJFNrTo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="612" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsr1wr1yeITYeAsNBfhk7sH6OEUzINCvvLqCSSAyEO-_UOGKmJdApEAbA2pCq9h8BBiEOP7N3Z38cS9-UAey3XpRWLU7wzvNTF28hnvfN49yJk7cwgUpWQtPGl3l71bTCDfDswdHCz0cgaEqwGlOIMTQi8NAKQu1ElFFAQX9OaXkDCcTMFP5_xQTJFNrTo=w477-h180" width="477" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk154004692"></a><a name="_Hlk161346188"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What holds authors
back from not marketing their books, aside from the obvious: lack of knowledge,
skills, resources, connections, or time, or money?</span></span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is you, dear author, and your mental
approach to your book marketing, maybe even your life, needs to be readjusted.</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do any of these statements sound familiar?</span></u></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Believing you're just not good enough. You lack
confidence.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feeling
you don't have the energy it takes. No pep on your step. You need better
nutrition/sleep/exercise.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mistaking
rules — whether set by you or another — for absolute truths. You can find
workarounds and make exceptions for new circumstances.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not really wanting to do the work. Laziness won’t be
rewarded.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not pushing yourself to the highest level. You lack
inspiration or motivation.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You set such </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ambitious
goals that you don’t know where to begin. Don’t burden or overwhelm
yourself, crippling and undermining your dream.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Holding out for optimal conditions to get going or to
expand. You can’t wait for the perfect storm to strike. Acting now often
beats all strategy. </span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Requiring specific tools or resources to get the job
done. Stop stalling or making excuses — go to war with the soldiers you
have available.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Abandoning things as soon as they get difficult. Show
some resilience and nerve. Stick with it.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feeling as if you need permission or someone’s
authorization to move forward. You don’t. </span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You perceive problems or shortcomings that don’t exist
or can be overcome and dealt with. Choose optimism. See possibilities not
dead-ends. </span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Failing to stay informed and up-to-date about
successful and strategic ways to sell your book.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not acting on all of the good advice you were given.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Expecting or demanding results without sacrificing some
of your time.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Believing that you can’t or won’t market your book, but
failing to hire others who could help you.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Having too many ideas and not knowing where to start,
feeling overburdened and unfocused.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Procrastinating, making excuses, and avoiding your
reality.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Prioritizing other activities over your commitment to marketing
your book.</span></span></span> </li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stop being your own worst enemy. Don’t be the
bottleneck to your book marketing success.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><u><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Need
PR Help?</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum,
the founder of this award-winning blog, with 3.6 million page views, can be
reached at </span></span><a href="mailto:brianfeinblum@gmail.com"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">brianfeinblum@gmail.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> He is available to help authors promote
their story, sell their book, and grow their brand. He has over 30 years of
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be your advocate, teacher, and motivator!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About
Brian Feinblum</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be followed on </span></span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two
kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His
writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This award-winning blog has generated over 3.7
million pageviews. With 4,900+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named
one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized
by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was
also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past
three decades, including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s
largest book publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two
independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published,
authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities
such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil
Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy
Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin,
and Henry Winkler. He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America
several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers
Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod
Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan
James Publishing, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His
letters-to-the-editor have been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA
Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i>
(Westchester) and <i>The Washington Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The
Florida homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It was featured in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and
<i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-46056557731303132502024-03-17T16:14:00.003-04:002024-03-17T16:14:35.559-04:00Authors Must Act On To-Do Lists<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtg_BdZVijpav-jR7OeYC6wYh_h9V716yd1__TmXebNC9GPXEoPQBSQxiK4VtCCHyc_O174TFylWHwHNU1akUtIzavO95fzUsYCHMbzkk5pSbImepekbQoVEj6iPQvoXV7zXsH9t1pP30q6_aS22y92SVw3x5KV9uTs5U9SML54t3Qbf_pCEHgOw-QrpSH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="301" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtg_BdZVijpav-jR7OeYC6wYh_h9V716yd1__TmXebNC9GPXEoPQBSQxiK4VtCCHyc_O174TFylWHwHNU1akUtIzavO95fzUsYCHMbzkk5pSbImepekbQoVEj6iPQvoXV7zXsH9t1pP30q6_aS22y92SVw3x5KV9uTs5U9SML54t3Qbf_pCEHgOw-QrpSH=w295-h440" width="295" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With so much organizational
technology, so many bestselling self-help books, and lots of time management
resources at our disposal, we still have a ton of authors who procrastinate,
forget to do things, or truly manage their days poorly. This is unacceptable if
writers are serious about wanting their books to be bought, read, talked about,
and given recognition.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Authors fail to gain readership because they
simply do not market enough. Plain and simple. There is no mystery to this.
Books don’t sell themselves. Authors can’t just hope and pray for discovery,
the way seven people merely wish to get rescued from Gilligan’s Island.</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, regardless of what marketing approach you
take, you need to make a list, check it twice, and make a point of executing
your plan. But if you refuse to set goals, map out a strategy, and construct
daily lists of tasks to be performed, you will wake up tomorrow a day older and
no closer to your dreams.</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not sure where to get some advice about how to
punch through a to-do list, allocate your time efficiently, and be more
productive?</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Try searching these resources:</span></u></b></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Time-Tracking Apps<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Alarms On Phones<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Self-Help Books<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Time Management YouTube Videos<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Social Media Backs<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Informative Blogs<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Instructional Podcasts<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Inspiring Seminars<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Resourceful Webinars<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Motivational Coaches<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Organizational Therapists</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Folks, the solution is too simple to believe.
Make a list. Do those things. Sleep. Wake up and repeat the process. This is a
basic life skill. You are your own boss. You set the agenda. It is in your
hands </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just try</span></u></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Pen and paper<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Your phone’s notes section<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Post-its<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Calendars<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* An accountability buddy<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Anything and everything<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just do it. Now. Tomorrow. Every day. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The thing about to-do lists is they push us.
We never find enough time in the day to finish what is on our list. The more we
accomplish the more likely we will add to our list some new things that we want
to accomplish. That’s ok. Setting some goals leads to setting new or bigger
ones. That is how we get stuff done. </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most of us spend time fearing and ignoring our
list, whether it is written down or in our head. We avoid what we have to do by
tending to secondary things or areas that leave us at a deficit, some escapist,
addictive behavior that puts us further in a hole. We then make excuses, to others
and ourselves as to why we didn’t accomplish anything. Or worse, we stop
shifting blame because we simply stopped thinking about what should be
done. </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161346188;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look, it is up to you. I don’t care if you
don’t enjoy marketing. Either you do it or outsource it -- or do both. But not
doing anything is simply a plan to achieve nothing. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><u><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Need PR Help?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum,
the founder of this award-winning blog, with 3.6 million page views, can be
reached at </span></span><a href="mailto:brianfeinblum@gmail.com"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">brianfeinblum@gmail.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> He is available to help authors promote
their story, sell their book, and grow their brand. He has over 30 years of
experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him
be your advocate, teacher, and motivator!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About
Brian Feinblum</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be followed on </span></span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two
kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His
writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This award-winning blog has generated over 3.6
million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named
one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized
by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was
also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past
three decades, including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s
largest book publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two
independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published,
authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities
such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil
Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy
Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin,
and Henry Winkler. He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America
several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers
Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod
Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan
James Publishing, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His
letters-to-the-editor have been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA
Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i>
(Westchester) and <i>The Washington Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The
Florida homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It was featured in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and
<i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-84617796840496860612024-03-15T16:16:00.001-04:002024-03-15T16:16:44.708-04:00Interview With Author Eva Dietrich<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQIQmBmxXdq9fCd15oWX15vXWgixf8gP71vnj1Jopb_iJTnMVIhvsgexlDvQJcgH07U_xxdHGALtYMygxzAC7U_XP5RJWYS5D1vUCMDlUL9LQuJxnYHWJLjZMcOB680GJciLrDc2H9YiO0GKeCY9G2h_J8SN4XEyyhEWnGf8ZKYwA8S_8KuPENW_8jquM/s445/51Yykzd091L._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQIQmBmxXdq9fCd15oWX15vXWgixf8gP71vnj1Jopb_iJTnMVIhvsgexlDvQJcgH07U_xxdHGALtYMygxzAC7U_XP5RJWYS5D1vUCMDlUL9LQuJxnYHWJLjZMcOB680GJciLrDc2H9YiO0GKeCY9G2h_J8SN4XEyyhEWnGf8ZKYwA8S_8KuPENW_8jquM/s320/51Yykzd091L._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="213" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you
to write this book?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> My love for the written word, its very origins
and the importance of imagination </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What exactly is it about and who is
it written for?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It's a middle-grade fantasy novel, although
it's been well received by many adult readers, so I think in a broader sense
it's for lovers of fantasy, books and libraries. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here's the teaser for
the book: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you were about to
embark on an epic adventure where would you go?<br />
Do you possess similar magical powers as our warlock hero does? Read this
middle-grade fantasy adventure brimming with mythological creatures, wizards,
magicians and stories of ancient Middle East civilizations, to find out.<br />
<br />
Follow a 12-year old mage with powers to invent new words and create new
worlds, on a high-stakes quest to save his father and beloved grandma. They are
captured by a dark, word-feeding creature in the magical realm of Mesopo, a
mystical land where stories are born. In this story of magic realism, time is
at the essence since Mesopo’s word count is slowly diminishing as its citizens
are dying. The hourglass is nearly empty. Will our hero's converted power be sufficient to save his land and his family,
or will they be lost forever? Meet the fantastical world of Mesopo packed with heart-pounding peril,
mysterious atmosphere, intriguing scribes, princes, magicians, storm-birds and
creepy River People... and be sure to discover your own magical powers.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope
readers will get out of reading your book?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I hope the book
will help them discover their own powers, namely their own power of
imagination and their love of reading and writing.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide
on your book’s title and cover design?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Mesopo is short for Mesopotamia,
the place where the written word originated in cuneiform and clay tablets. The
book is loosely based on Mesopotamian mythology. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As for the cover
design, I saw some of Ingrid Kallick's earlier illustrations which I absolutely
loved and asked her if she would be willing to do the cover design and
illustrations.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words
of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Write. Write.
Write. Write every day, even if it's just 15 minutes or half an hour, but
write.</span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
What trends in the book world do you see -- and where do you think the book
publishing industry is heading? </span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Books and reading are
paramount to our personal development and mental wellbeing, so even if sales of
children's books were down last year, children's books will always be a
fundamental building block in the development of a child's mind and soul. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's like the stock market, it has its ups and downs, but it's the long-term
investment that counts.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there
experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when
writing this book?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I
love magical realism, even as a child I loved authors like Michael Ende, and
Gabriel García Marquez is one of my all-time favorite authors. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you
describe your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It has been
described as original and even metaphysical, yet well-grounded in the whimsical
adventures of a boy who loves words. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did
you overcome in the writing of this book?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The biggest challenge is always to
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to-do list aside for a while.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It's a book that
will hopefully encourage the reader to discover their own powers, the impact of
their own words and the freedom their own imagination can convey to them.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
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2011), recognized by La Revue Des Livres Pour Enfants in 2011 as their annual
selection. Eva holds Masters’ Degrees in Children’s Literature from the University
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parts Spanish and German, and currently resides in Madrid with her three kids,
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hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
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1. What inspired you to write this book?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
have a broken child support system. Each state has its own set of rules for
establishing support based on the parents' income. At the end of my story, I
present a resolution that can be used uniformly nationwide to establish
responsibilities to be shared by both parents based on the child's needs,
instead of the current income based orders that vary from state-to-state. These
laws may cause more parents to defy the laws than to comply.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
2. What exactly is it about and who is it written for?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
book is about what I went through dealing with the court, and the mother of my
two youngest children. I was fighting a judgment that was not in line with the
state guidelines, and I refused to pay what was ordered until it was modified
to fit the state's guidelines. While my story is based on what happened to me
in one state, parents in every state have similar stories. The book is written
for all parents, including those that are in same sex relationships. You never
know when that day will come and you have to part ways. I want parents to fight
to establish a uniform support system based on the children's needs. These
needs can be taken care of without any money being exchanged between parents,
thus taking the court out of the picture, unless one parent isn't taking care
of their responsibilities. It also keeps both parents actively in the lives of
their children.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
3. What do you hope readers will get out of reading your book?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
hope they will understand what some parents go through trying to be a part of
their children's lives and the obstacles they may face dealing with a court
that doesn't take into account the children's need of having both parents in
their lives. I also hope that they understand that you have to fight for your
rights when an injustice has occurred. Some say that I left my children without
their father when I went to jail and prison. I agree, but it was because I
wasn't scared of the system. It shouldn't have taken so long to correct the
injustice that had been done. I hope there will be more parents who step up to
change the system.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
4. How did you decide on your book’s title and cover design?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
became "The Child Support Felon" when I refused to pay the illegal
amount ordered by the court for my youngest two children. At first, I wanted my
picture that appeared on a wanted poster for "Deadbeat Dads" on the
cover, but when I couldn't obtain a copy of it, I chose the design of the
children looking hopelessly at their father in a jail cell. I think it shows
how both the children and the parent feel about the situation.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than
run!?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you are not picked up by a traditional publisher, which rarely happens if you
are a first-time author, then self-publish your book. Do your research, locate
a good editor, and plan on how to market your book. Going with a vanity
publisher robs you of your royalties. Beware of the many scams before and after
you publish.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
6. What trends in the book world do you see -- and where do you think the book
publishing industry is heading?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am
amazed at the many scams there are that target new authors.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
7. Were there experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy
when writing this book?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well,
since this book was about my personal life, it was quite easy for me to be able
to share my experience on this subject.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
8. How would you describe your writing style? Which writers or books is your
writing similar to?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
would say my writing style is straight and to the point. I do not use a lot of
big words that you need a dictionary for, which makes for an easy read.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
9. What challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
fact that this was a life experience that brought me much pain, I had to
overcome a lot of hurt that I suffered fighting this case. I also had to
overcome the hurt that family members, including my kids, had to endure also.
While parents fight over money, kids care more about spending time with both
parents, and a lot of times they don't realize how hard one parent may be
working to keep the other from being a part of their lives, or how hard another
is fighting to be in their lives. So it took me years to be able to accept some
of the blame for my actions and mistakes.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
10. If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be
yours?<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
provide an honest insight into the fight between two parents who are both
stubborn and made mistakes. We both let our personal feelings supersede the
needs of our children. This is not a topic that many people care enough about.
I feel when some people see the topic of this book, they automatically pass
over it because they may feel that I am only complaining about how I got
screwed by the system. Let this be a guide on being a better parent if you are
not together. You have to approach each situation with the mindset of what
would we be doing for the children if we were still together. I know that I'm
on the right track because the reviews posted seem to all come from women. That
says a lot.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author</span></u></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: I am just an ordinary
citizen who suffered an injustice because I wanted to be a father to my
children. None of these children asked to come into this world and none came
here by mistake. I looked forward to raising and teaching them about the world
and also providing everything they would need to be successful. Unfortunately,
my relationship with the mothers led us to part ways. That did not mean that we
were relieved of our responsibility to raise the children.For more information,
please see: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.newmansprings.com/release/?book=thechildsupportfelon" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc;">https://www.newmansprings.com/release/?book=thechildsupportfelon</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-60182655301906728622024-03-15T08:35:00.001-04:002024-03-15T08:35:18.351-04:00Interview With Author TG Trouper<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1MS4v_U75rp8lwkXL9XZ-Faon0QGU634JboB_8Hget9d6lYIaAcMm2rLhtual_pJWDg6dpWuwQxCrt9sMcBB78dpYRtOf60thHK2xZqELxPSC6STv0BMc2Axh8bhnJj9rQcrQy53RX2_zfBfif_sSXb2U8JkTNfJVYaZWlKh1CqsyW5bOgVhrGUkGOKS/s445/51bHb1Y2XgL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1MS4v_U75rp8lwkXL9XZ-Faon0QGU634JboB_8Hget9d6lYIaAcMm2rLhtual_pJWDg6dpWuwQxCrt9sMcBB78dpYRtOf60thHK2xZqELxPSC6STv0BMc2Axh8bhnJj9rQcrQy53RX2_zfBfif_sSXb2U8JkTNfJVYaZWlKh1CqsyW5bOgVhrGUkGOKS/s320/51bHb1Y2XgL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. What inspired you
to write this book? </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I wanted to write a war story that featured
females in lead roles but was not just another shoot-em-up with the gender
flipped. There had to be more depth to the story. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is
it about and who is it written for? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The story follows Astrid, an aspiring actress
who gets her big break in a film, but on that day war breaks out. A series of
events that she witnesses makes her give up on her dreams in order to serve her
country. She joins the military and uses her acting skills to carry out
missions behind enemy lines, becoming different characters and hiding
in plain sight.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope
readers will get out of reading your book? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An understanding of the way conflict can lead
people to do things that they never thought they were capable of.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your
book’s title and cover design? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once I had the story, the title was obvious to
me and should lead the reader into the story. The cover design was created by
my publisher, and I have to say that if a picture is worth 1000 words, this is
worth 2500 as it perfectly sums up the first chapter. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of
wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write what your character would say, even if
it is the opposite of what you would say. If your character is a vile
homophobic racist, then you have to use vile homophobic racist language. Do it
right and you should feel uncomfortable. The other thing is to read dialogue
aloud, then you know if it flows or sounds silly. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book
world do you see -- and where do you think the book publishing industry is
heading? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s so much wrong and I could write pages
about it. Celebrity novels! In the UK over 50% of books in shops are ‘written’
(and I use the word in the loosest possible sense) by celebrities. It seems
that you only have to be a D list actor in the background of a daytime soap in
order to get a book published and featured prominently in bookstores – or
worse, go on TV and get free advertising. The other thing is the looming menace
of AI generated novels. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in
your personal life or career that came in handy when writing this
book? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Conversations over the years with ex-military
personnel have been handy. Plus I’ve always been an observer of the absurdities
and contradictions of human behaviour, in particular those things that go
unnoticed by the people doing them. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe
your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fast paced, gritty and frequently dark. I’ve
just signed a contract for a horror novel that gets a bit Dan Brown. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you
overcome in the writing of this book? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Self-doubt! </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. If people can buy or read
one book this week or month, why should it be yours? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is concurrent with the zeitgeist of female
led action stories, though this was not the intention when I wrote it. It also
uncannily reflects on current geopolitics. However, this was also unintentional
as the book was written before the current war in Ukraine. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author:</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> TG Trouper lives with his wife in Essex,
England. They have one son that works in America. TG worked in live music
production for many years, dealing with the technical requirements of some of
the biggest artists in the world, before retiring to look after ailing parents.
He is also guitarist and singer in a couple of club bands. TG took
up writing after reading some disappointing books and thought that he could do
a better job. For more information, please see: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.tgtrouper.ampbk.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #954f72;">www.tgtrouper.ampbk.com</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
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Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
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in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-53770807961194906402024-03-15T06:57:00.000-04:002024-03-15T06:57:03.328-04:00Interview With Author Brian Starr<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTPtQAmxW5pvh-0uMK0u2n7EK20uwl6bd2vH8dkILlX3hWK7tKgPubf2npC5h4tzfGH98MDIPqEeosD1ozOZdJcq-PjJL-pQDn90z1yXwFDHs0OeqL15pQLFacWJWlKSRu5nWqxk4OdX-KRd3WPHoCLAM4OUk3_x1P0PnFEJASA8y_R10S1QeH7Y8VHLq/s445/51YC4aN6TvL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="287" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTPtQAmxW5pvh-0uMK0u2n7EK20uwl6bd2vH8dkILlX3hWK7tKgPubf2npC5h4tzfGH98MDIPqEeosD1ozOZdJcq-PjJL-pQDn90z1yXwFDHs0OeqL15pQLFacWJWlKSRu5nWqxk4OdX-KRd3WPHoCLAM4OUk3_x1P0PnFEJASA8y_R10S1QeH7Y8VHLq/s320/51YC4aN6TvL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="206" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What inspired you
to write this book? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My daughter is the one
who inspired me to brave the journey. I have always dreamed of becoming a
writer, and until now, that's exactly all it has been-<i>a dream. </i>When
my daughter was born, I went to my father to express that I was finally ready
to take writing seriously and chase after that dream, but while holding my
newborn (and in front of my wife, no less), he quickly discouraged me by saying
I'd never be successful at it and I would be foolish to think
anything else. In the kindest words he could find at the time to express
his true feelings on the subject, he basically told me I did not have the
talent. Deep down, I knew I needed the experience to learn and grow, and I knew
I would make mistakes along the way, but it was still a shot to the gut to hear
that from a parent. I guess I expected support, at the very least, and hoped
for it. But that was not what I received. That was twelve years ago, and he
still has nothing nice to say- nothing to say at all, really, not a single
comment. He hasn't even read my book. So, while my daughter remains my
inspiration, my father's negative words and lack of support sure helped to
light a fire. : )</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is
it about and who is it written for? </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Martha May McKenzie and The Magic Cake Big
Mistake was written solely for entertainment. With everything going on in the
world today, I didn't want to focus on anything too serious, so I came up with
a fun page-turning adventure I thought my daughter would enjoy and kept it
lighthearted and fun-though the second book of Martha is delving into a
more serious tone, with more magic and adventure and new characters and new
twists-BIG TWISTS-involving Mr. Fergusson of the Tasty Treat and Lucas and
Trinity's Father. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I wrote this book for my daughter. She is the
inspiration behind everything I do. She was also a part of the writing
process, and she even helped me with some of the illustrations. I love her
creative feedback. When writing for kids, I find that their feedback is
gold. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I lost my best friend at a young age, and I
still think about him to this day. I tell my daughter of our adventures as
young children and all the mischief we would get into and worry we would cause
our parents, but I don't have anything of his to remind me of him, only
memories. As a writer, whether I make it big or not or am able to turn my
writing into a full-time paying job, I want my daughter to have more than just
memories of me. I want her to be able to have something that I created,
something that was all me so that when she is having a bad day or feeling blue
or even wants to remember something good, she can grab one of my books and hold
it close and know that she is and will always be loved dearly. I want her to
always have a piece of me. My next book, (The Missing Children Of Blackwood) is
told by a little girl named DaPhne Planter, and I actually based the character
%100 on her. My daughter even came up with the title of my third book (in the
works now) titled, The Own Meister.</span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope
readers will get out of reading your book?</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Honestly, I simply hope it entertains and
makes whoever is reading feel something while they read-a smile, a chuckle, a
laugh-anything positive will be a win for me. And if a child reads my book and
is inspired to become a writer, storyteller, or illustrator because of it or
finds inspiration of any kind-well, then wow, I knocked it out of the
park! </span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your
book’s title and cover design? </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I went through so many ideas until, for
whatever reason, I thought about someone I went to high school with and how his
name, first, middle, and last, began with all M's, and it sounded fun to do as
a title. So I just had fun with it until it sounded right. As far as the cover
goes, I had an image in my head of how I wanted it to look, and I reached out
to very talented artists on Fiverr (Dee Nugraha @neosalamana), and she brought
it to life. She is amazing! I have used her for all three of my book
covers thus far.</span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of
wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!?</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am nobody to give advice. I am still
learning myself. But if I were to say anything, I would say stay true to
yourself and write what makes you happy (otherwise, it will feel like a job).</span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book
world do you see -- and where do you think the book publishing industry is
heading? </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don't really follow any trends, and I have
even managed to stay off of social media (against everyone's suggestion that I
should absolutely be on social media).</span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in
your personal life or career that came in handy when writing this
book? </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My imagination and sense of fun came in handy
when writing this book. My next book, The Missing Children of Blackwood, is
told in the first person and written for an older age group than Martha May
McKenzie (not much older, but older). And while I enjoyed every minute I put
into creating, writing, and developing the book, it wasn't the same as my
first. My wife thinks it will garner a bigger audience because of its horror
genre and that young kids and older kids alike can read it. But writing
Martha May McKenzie was simply pure fun. It was almost as if I, myself, got to
be a kid again with every word I typed. </span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe
your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to?</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I almost feel like I would be insulting other
writers if I compared myself to them. There are so many talents in the world
that I don't even feel I compare. That being said, I thought it was beyond a
marvelous dream come true that the US Review of Books compared my work to that
of none other than Roald Dahl. What an honor! </span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you
overcome in the writing of this book?</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Honestly, the only challenges I had to face,
and still face, were my own self-doubts (Am I good enough? Will readers like
it? Will critics like it? Will I get a publisher or agent?). I grew up in a
time when having Tourette syndrome was like having leprosy. I myself have
always found it to be my superpower, but to my teachers and others who didn't
understand or didn't want to understand, I was nothing more than a problem or a
weird kid. So, I've never really had anyone in my corner until I met my wife, and
we had our daughter. But even with both of their full support, it is hard to
get a lifetime of negative voices out of your head and see any worth within
yourself. Writing helps.</span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. If people can buy or read
one book this week or month, why should it be yours?</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why not? : ) </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author</span></u></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: Growing up, I had a BIG imagination! I
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people laugh. That often got me into trouble because I couldn't make everyone
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She never laughed once. You can bet I was surprised when I walked into class
one morning to find that my desk had been completely boxed in, using a large
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About Brian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
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copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
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www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-78127019533512506332024-03-14T22:00:00.003-04:002024-03-14T22:00:50.619-04:00Interview With Author Sarah Beth Durst<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_b0zc6uIIfBH0SWR1lqfRyJZtoHU4XezWrzWe8SR4XUGPqppgcKlOcwEHGzSvUAPBX_Y98hw2_Jn55qrCWc3pjZxhd34KP6MNOTRgEZN9kJ-ZGcxmYifm1DBfH6DTpztaiFnRs4tAOiwAQqPxt2km2Yx8yJe-k9IpTmqAC4Q5ouwJrB84-N4cxtfNTMYQ/s445/41580hkGjwL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_b0zc6uIIfBH0SWR1lqfRyJZtoHU4XezWrzWe8SR4XUGPqppgcKlOcwEHGzSvUAPBX_Y98hw2_Jn55qrCWc3pjZxhd34KP6MNOTRgEZN9kJ-ZGcxmYifm1DBfH6DTpztaiFnRs4tAOiwAQqPxt2km2Yx8yJe-k9IpTmqAC4Q5ouwJrB84-N4cxtfNTMYQ/s320/41580hkGjwL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="207" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What inspired you
to write this book? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
book was inspired by lies -- the ever-increasing lies that are seeping into our
lives, infiltrating our minds and hearts, and poisoning our relationships with
our families, our friends, and ourselves. I decided to explore this broad issue
through the up-close lens of a family drama with a speculative edge. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What exactly is it about and who is it written for? </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Lies Among Us </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">is about
sisterhood, grief, and the corrosive nature of lies, as seen through the eyes
of a woman who does not exist. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And it's written for
anyone who reads that sentence and thinks, "I want to know what that
means."</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">After her mother dies, Hannah doesn't know how to exist without her.
Literally. No one can hear her or see her, not even her sister. When Hannah
realizes her sister Leah is taking the same dangerous path that consumed their
own mother -- where lies supplant reality -- she's desperate to get through to
her. But how can she when she may not even be real?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What do you hope
readers will get out of reading your book? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I hope they'll have an unexpected
experience. And I hope that they'll look at the world a little differently when
they're done. That's why I fell in love with books in the first place --
they're these little rectangles with the power to transport you out of your own
life, to sneak into your heart and mind, to bring you on a journey and then
safely back again, slightly changed. I hope this book takes readers on an
unusual journey.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">How did you decide on your book’s title and cover
design? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My
husband and I tossed around about a hundred title ideas with the word
"Lies" in it, but this one... It felt accurate. The book is quite
literally about the lies among us. Hannah can see them: the physical
manifestations of the lies we tell, layered on top of reality. The team at Lake
Union and Tim Green at Faceout Studio deserves all the credit and thanks for
the awesome cover! I love that it includes the wisps of mist that Hannah sees
all around her. And I love that the shadowy face is a different woman than the
one looking out at the reader.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow
writers – other than run!? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Don't run! You'll be fine! I think what I'd most like
to say is: be kind to yourself. And trust yourself. Trust that you have a story
inside you -- a plethora of stories! -- and if you can convince that little
voice of self-doubt that everyone has to shush for long enough for you to get
the words out, then the world will be a richer place for the stories you share. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What trends in the book world do you see -- and where
do you think the book publishing industry is heading?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Every few years, everyone seems to decide
that a new facet of the book publishing industry is doomed. (Right now, it's MG
fiction. A while back, it was horror. Urban fantasy. Dystopian. For a time,
when ebooks first debuted, everyone was talking about how ebooks will kill all
print books.) But I think the fact is that people need stories and will always
need stories. They're as essential to human existence as food, water, and
shelter. Stories are how we understand the world and how we cope with life,
whether we use them as an escape from life or a way to examine life. So, I
don't know where the book publishing industry itself is heading, but I have
complete faith that people will keep reading and writing and trying to connect
with one another through all kinds of books. Wait long enough, keep writing,
and whatever trend will cycle through. After all, bell bottoms came back. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Were there experiences in your personal life or career
that came in handy when writing this book?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The most practical
thing I did when writing this book was to set it where I live. It takes place
on Long Island -- all over the island, really, with scenes in Queens, Garden
City, the Hamptons, Montauk, and on the Long Island Railroad. Given that
reality in this novel is a slippery thing, it was helpful to be able to draw on
my direct experience in all those places. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">How would you describe your writing style? Which
writers or books is your writing similar to? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I think it's important to adjust
your style to the story you want to tell. Every book has its own rhythm, its
own music. While I was writing <i>The Lies Among Us</i>, I was very aware of
the silences -- the white space on the page. I deliberately broke writing rules
right and left. Lots of sentence fragments. Short paragraphs. Sentences that
sit alone on a line. I also used pov to shape the feel of the story. For
Hannah's scenes, I wanted to create an unsettling, off-kilter kind of effect,
so I chose to use first-person present tense. For Leah's scenes, I wanted them
to feel more grounded -- to give them a more reliable-narrator kind of feel --
so I switched to third-person past tense. As far as similar books... One book I
really admire that also explores the life of a character with an unusual kind
of existence is <i>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue </i>by V.E. Schwab. If you
liked Addie LaRue, you might want to try <i>The Lies Among Us</i>. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What challenges did you overcome in the writing of
this book? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
book is a departure for me. I have written over 25 books for adults, teens, and
kids, and the vast majority of my books are fantasy. (In fact, I have a cozy
fantasy coming out in July called <i>The Spellshop</i>, about a rogue librarian
and a talking spider plant!) But this book... While it does employ speculative
elements (Hannah sees things that don't exist, and wolves made of shadows hunt
in the streets), it's very different from anything else I've ever written. And
writing it required a very different process than any I've used before. I
didn't write it with an outline (at least not the first draft) like I usually
do. I didn't approach each scene by asking myself, "What happens
next?" Instead, it was very much driven purely by the interiority of the
characters -- What is Hannah feeling / thinking?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What's the inner journey? I let that guide
the way. I don't think I could have written this book earlier in my career. It
required a leap of faith, as I felt my way through the initial draft, that I
could write in this new style and that I would be able to weave it all together.
I ate a LOT of chocolate while writing this book. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If people can buy
or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours? </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You should read
this book if you're looking for something that's a bit unusual, that will (I
hope!) make you think and make you feel. </span> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
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copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by
www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-57400066479510240842024-03-14T21:50:00.003-04:002024-03-14T21:50:14.421-04:00Interview With Author Dinesh Dhamija<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1WQcHoInpMbsMU4Jbl67bXfarZI1w2eyGDPQb-yQia-4apCsHKQ73xPwJVBZeVjpULarg5AyJx0TXbkSVuxpNFOXDc4Hm2TLM75VmR63JbrQo1iFecGfw2G5i6n-wLadxIxm8OY9QcFRHrylUDl79kwLVbMoG9VnLnD8e5NkuMpd-bIiHZT_jXWpu8J02" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1WQcHoInpMbsMU4Jbl67bXfarZI1w2eyGDPQb-yQia-4apCsHKQ73xPwJVBZeVjpULarg5AyJx0TXbkSVuxpNFOXDc4Hm2TLM75VmR63JbrQo1iFecGfw2G5i6n-wLadxIxm8OY9QcFRHrylUDl79kwLVbMoG9VnLnD8e5NkuMpd-bIiHZT_jXWpu8J02=w209-h314" width="209" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you to write this book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Covid-19's home confinement.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is it about and who
is it written for? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The book is about how I became
an entrepreneur. For budding entrepreneurs. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope readers will get out
of reading your book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">They will learn the
lessons/mistakes I learnt/made during my journey.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and
cover design? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ebookers.com was a travel business, so a plane going around the
globe. The title is "Book It!" That is self-explanatory. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Were there experiences in your personal
life or career that came in handy when writing this book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yes</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. How would you describe your writing style?
Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's unique. I used a
ghostwriter. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. What challenges did you overcome in the
writing of this book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fact-checking, getting the right
pictures, reading and rereading the manuscript. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. If people can buy or read one book this
week or month, why should it be yours? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Entrepreneurs make the most amount of money
than any other profession.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
I am of Indian Origin, and have lived in the UK </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">for 55 years. Educated at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge, of
which I am a Fellow now. I am also an alumnus of Harvard Business School. Founded </span><a href="http://ebookers.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">ebookers.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> which
went public on the Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange. I was a Member of the
European Parliament (MEP) and now I run a green energy business. For more
information, please see: </span><a href="https://www.themarque.com/profile/dinesh-dhamija" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.themarque.com/profile/dinesh-dhamija</span></a></p>
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copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
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Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
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Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-48064772223256088242024-03-12T10:47:00.001-04:002024-03-12T10:47:26.412-04:00Interview with New York Writers Workshop Director Tim Tomlinson<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cNmCKPBtiSuyk7_5BmsWNjKXXV7xt_3Ka8IWcmDralIZnlZuKBpfT0J8vRqZVLPtwNficpDm4d9L__OhdfuGfUnYaYgai0v3Rfrw-kQpPFNtTW7at5l-BJgeNKwPweiBdpu0clUlh5-i__EKF_JfRaELbnYiYAsrjlAqCj-ouZfFNatc-d_n-m5y4QJ0/s137/nyww-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="137" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cNmCKPBtiSuyk7_5BmsWNjKXXV7xt_3Ka8IWcmDralIZnlZuKBpfT0J8vRqZVLPtwNficpDm4d9L__OhdfuGfUnYaYgai0v3Rfrw-kQpPFNtTW7at5l-BJgeNKwPweiBdpu0clUlh5-i__EKF_JfRaELbnYiYAsrjlAqCj-ouZfFNatc-d_n-m5y4QJ0/w268-h137/nyww-logo.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .35in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
does the New York Writers Workshop exist?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our origin story is a complicated tale of resistance and revolt,
but it boils down to: writers should be fairly compensated for their work;
writers should not facilitate the exploitation of other writers; writers should
help writers and those who aspire to write. New York Writers Workshop exists to
advance these central tenets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .35in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
are some of the types of classes or events offered by NYWW?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NYWW offers intro-intermediate-advanced classes in poetry,
fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and other more targeted areas, such
as speechwriting, or translation. Some of the classes are in person, others
online. And we do international work, most recently conferences in Sardinia,
Italy (2020), and Athens, Greece (2022). We’re returning to Athens in June
2024, and we’ll be embarking to Kathmandu in June 2025. Conferences include
workshops, panel discussions, readings, interaction with local writers, and
visits to cultural sites/events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .35in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
trends are you seeing in terms of who is coming to your workshops, what their
needs are, and how well they write?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We get the full gamut. The online courses, in particular, are
international, with participants zooming in from Australia, Singapore, India,
the EU, and all over the US. In our New York-based in-person classes, we get a
full representation of NYC demographics in the courses we offer (for free) at
New York Public Library. Other class populations depend, to some extent, on
location of workshops: on the Lower East Side, we get Lower East Siders, Upper
West Side, Upper West Siders, with, of course, a degree of range and variation.
We get beginners in some, all the way to well-published writers in others. In
all workshops, needs are similar. They include community, audience, feedback,
validation, support, guidance in craft, discipline, and deadlines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .35in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
much of writing is a taught skill versus a natural-born ability combined with a
lived life?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Talent can’t be taught, but it can be recognized, advanced,
cultivated, and validated. That’s where we come in. Craft can be taught, just
as it’s taught in dance or music or the visual arts. Process, commitment,
determination: these, too, can be taught, or modeled. Without them, talent
tends to flounder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .35in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
are some of your success stories?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aaliyah Bilal, a student of mine at a three-week workshop I
offered at the Shanghai Literary Festival, is currently up for a National Book
Award for her debut collection of short stories, <i>Temple Folk</i>. E.R.
Pulgar, a participant in our NYWW in Athens conference, has just published the
chapbook, <i>Sonnets to the Serpent</i>, which originated in the
conference workshops. Ruth Danon’s new collection, <i>Turn Up the Heat</i>,
features poems that emerged out of the NYWW in Sardinia conference. There are
many. Perhaps the most remunerative was Lauren Weisberger’s <i>The Devil
Wears Prada</i>, which began in a workshop run by NYWW co-founder Charles
Salzberg.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .35in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
do you help give writers the confidence and courage they need in order to
write, seek to get published, and actively promote?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We do what I describe two responses above: we recognize and
cultivate talent. We teach craft-based workshops. I know that “craft-based” has
become, and should be, an interrogated term, but I think of it in the same way
that, say, music composition might be taught. Here’s how you make a C chord,
here’s a D7. Here’s what happens when you put a B-flat after a G-sharp. With
respect to writing, that might translate, here are ways to make a scene, here
are guidelines for effective dialogue, here’s what might happen if you withhold
information, here’s what might happen if you rely heavily on
narration—practical considerations, all, and each based on models culled from
already published work. If we’re working with intermediate-to-advanced
students, we’ll offer guidelines for getting work out in the world, which is a
crucial, necessary step for aspiring writers to engage. We promote however we
can: by offering writers slots in our reading series, by announcing
achievements on our social media platforms and on our website, and, when we
can, by helping writers connect with editors and agents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .35in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
did you do prior to becoming the president of NYWW?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For many years, I was an avid player in the fields of the lord.
That included extended stints of bumming and slumming in New Orleans and the
Bahamas, and trying to stay one step ahead of the local sheriff. Then I started
teaching. NYWW grew out of the early years of teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .35in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Any
advice for struggling writers?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Never give up. Find the people who say yes. Read a lot, write
more, and continue to believe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author</span></u></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tim Tomlinson is the author of the chapbook <i>Yolanda: An
Oral History in Verse</i>, the poetry collection, <i>Requiem for the Tree
Fort I Set on Fire</i>, and the short story collection, <i>This Is Not
Happening to You</i>. Recent work appears in Bangalore Literary Review, Live
Encounters, Tin Can Literary Review, and the anthology, <i>Best Asian
Short Stories 2023</i>. A new collection, <i>Listening to Fish:
meditations from the wet world</i>, will appear on Nirala Publications in
early 2024. Tim is the director of New York Writers Workshop, and co-author of
its popular text, <i>The Portable MFA in Creative Writing</i>. He teaches
writing in NYU’s Global Liberal Studies. Visit Tim at <a href="http://timtomlinson.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">timtomlinson.org</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About Brian
Feinblum</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
followed on </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. This is
copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by
www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-39831475088624986632024-03-12T10:08:00.001-04:002024-03-12T10:08:19.798-04:00Interview With Author Kenneth Kidd<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIcGB8vQpAwlnVV1EWaWzOh9b0VVUwq8KKLjRdrUhQ1CytpHCkbaL5C6EGwdTNRSD7f1WL47j01n8eVeAQolnw8NHtmt2RkpHDk7z_ZFmUfmQhNtXpgLWKJglNb26KC2QovJqLkgM1cTGRO_CE3lsQlsjYkH2mkBiXQFiETpaEgpf2ODltgLzljDAx6tF/s445/41vl6nm2DYL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="294" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIcGB8vQpAwlnVV1EWaWzOh9b0VVUwq8KKLjRdrUhQ1CytpHCkbaL5C6EGwdTNRSD7f1WL47j01n8eVeAQolnw8NHtmt2RkpHDk7z_ZFmUfmQhNtXpgLWKJglNb26KC2QovJqLkgM1cTGRO_CE3lsQlsjYkH2mkBiXQFiETpaEgpf2ODltgLzljDAx6tF/s320/41vl6nm2DYL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
inspired you to write this book? I’ve written poetry and always wanted to write
a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the growing threat of
global warming, it occurred to me that I might increase awareness of the
dangers involved by weaving information within a good, fast paced murder conspiracy
novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People will primarily be
entertained with the book, but in the end, they will also be better informed
about a serious threat to our home planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
exactly is it about and who is it written for? It’s written for anyone who
enjoys fiction novels and science fiction novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What makes it a bit unique is that it doesn't
fit into any one category.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a good
murder mystery and conspiracy book while at the same time it is a good science
fiction story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">How
did you decide on your book's title and cover design? I titled the book “The
Survivors” because both the aliens and us (the earthlings) Are fighting for
their survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt the cover design
with the spaceship hovering Over the submarine was intriguing and eye catching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!? Shop
publishers who will give you good professional editing at a fair price and who
will offer the best marketing support and advice and hope but don’t expect to
make any money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is truly a labor
of love. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
trends in the book world do you see – and where do you think the book
publishing industry is heading? I truly do not know and am so not qualified to
answer that question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting noticed
and getting your work in front of the right people is now and will continue to
be the main challenge for all the authors out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It cost money to promote and advertise and
authors get very little for each sale, so the economics don’t add up and I
don’t know what the answer is to rectify that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Were
there experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when
writing this book? Well, other than the fact that I have lived a **long** life,
being 75 years old, not really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was in
law enforcement for a time and took courses in criminal justice so had some experience
there, and a lot Of practice witnessing human behavior by working in customer
service for many years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">How
would you describe your writing style?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which
writers or books is your writing similar to? I try to immediately bring the characters
to life and make them unique and interesting and above all, real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I move things along quickly in the hope of
carrying the readers with me on my journey. I guess maybe Patricia Cornwall or
James Patterson write in a similar way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two
of my favorite books, however, Steppenwolf and Siddhartha, were written by
Hermann Hesse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book? I think just keeping
at it and not giving up. While it is not a long book at 114 pages, there were
many torn up pages and rewrites and I tried to let the story develop within me
as I wrote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not very methodical
and didn’t have it mapped out in advance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was chaos as the story developed, but I really feel that in the end
it all worked out pretty well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours? Because
it is a very interesting and unique story that will keep them entertained and
turning pages while at the same time making them aware of some interesting
facts regarding a real and current threat to our planet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Global Warming!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Need
PR Help?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum, the founder of this award-winning
blog, with 3.6 million page views, can be reached at </span><a href="mailto:brianfeinblum@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">brianfeinblum@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> He is
available to help authors promote their story, sell their book, and grow their
brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of
authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About Brian
Feinblum</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
followed on </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. This is
copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by
www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-78205477233634884272024-03-11T22:57:00.001-04:002024-03-11T22:57:17.685-04:00Interview With Author Renita Norton Graves<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6nklrSmL8TedMYEfNq5ZevZn-8iu7qU9NzkHODyq8ny0H3RjELYkWu0rY7Lh-fbtCljUvHCKv6G59NWajLlA_R0b-SDdQEWGCpa78ttGnOC9gRU5NEY3cfr6ylzXHhCCPT0ZJaDHIf8NJWkEvYnjYOGCYfrKpMwJIFCvJDlK753IgYb_Z3UskPhDUe_v/s425/61liHezk+mL._SY425_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6nklrSmL8TedMYEfNq5ZevZn-8iu7qU9NzkHODyq8ny0H3RjELYkWu0rY7Lh-fbtCljUvHCKv6G59NWajLlA_R0b-SDdQEWGCpa78ttGnOC9gRU5NEY3cfr6ylzXHhCCPT0ZJaDHIf8NJWkEvYnjYOGCYfrKpMwJIFCvJDlK753IgYb_Z3UskPhDUe_v/s320/61liHezk+mL._SY425_.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you to write this book? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have been writing stories since I was 8
years-old, and then in the sixth grade, my teacher let me read my stories aloud
to the class. I often think about the courage that I had to read my stories
aloud and the impact it had on me. But over the years, I lost that boldness. And
now many years later, I have found that ability again. But this time, it was
Covid that spurred me on to write the story of <i>The Guardians</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is it about and who
is it written for? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Piper, the protagonist, comes home one day to learn that her
mother and sisters have been kidnapped. Her mother’s friends believe the
kidnapper will return and so try to protect her by hiding her on an isolated
farm, but Piper goes off on her own to find them. Along her journey, she is
tasked with a troublesome fairy who guides her through the Dark Mountains, a
place already tormented by the dark magic that perhaps the fairy let loose.
Meanwhile, her mother’s friends, who have also set out in search of their
friend and her daughters, meet a number of creatures who are determined to
help, but none know how, leaving the women intuiting what to do. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The story is written for preteens; Piper herself is a preteen. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, if you want a book to read aloud to your
children, this is the one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope readers will get out
of reading your book? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I
love folklore – especially when it allows us to understand why we do the things
we do. And for me, that understanding goes back to the Middle Ages. So much
happened in that era that still influences how we live today, especially about
the holidays – Halloween and Christmas stand out as two holidays whose
histories really strengthened in the Middle Ages. Western hospitals began in
the Middle Ages, and although they were established along the routes of the
crusades, they brought in a more caring system than what we had which was to
leave the dead and dying on the battlefield or to have them taken care of by a
family that could barely afford the medicines that were required. The Beguines
first established in Brugge in the early part of the Middle Ages were secular
institutions that tended to the needs of the people in towns and villages,
often working a second job in order to care for the people, and paid taxes,
unlike the isolated monasteries of the times. The medical school in Salerno,
Italy not only allowed women to attend but also to become doctors. Male doctors
were sought by the financially able as a point of prestige, but the women were
trained physicians as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I hope
readers will get from reading my book is a better understanding of that era,
that women were more active and did much more than what we realize. They kept
the home fires burning while the men were away at war. It was they who were the
keepers of progress – not the men. I hope to dispel the myths about the Middle
Ages as well as stir up some interest in that era. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and
cover design? </span></b><i><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Guardians</span></i><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is a book about community, people helping
others, and I put that in the context of the Middle Ages, a time when the women
rose. We see that in both Piper, an innocent, and in the women who also look
for her mother, the wise women, the experienced women. I hope that shows that
learning is ever-present, regardless of age. Other characters in the book –
like the witches, Nisse, and fairies also provide support. They are <i>The
Guardians</i>, the intuitives that serve and protect. The cover design invokes
a feeling of foreboding that first comes with intuitives though they know they
will. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have
for fellow writers – other than run!? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh my – so many ideas come to mind. But perhaps the idea of
community is uppermost. I know writers work in solitude, but the time comes
when all writers need feedback. Don’t be afraid of feedback. Work in a writers’
group, take your turn to read your work in progress – and it is a work in
progress. Make changes if necessary but always know that it is your work, your
characters, your story. You make the decisions to change your work – or not. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book world do you see --
and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I honestly haven’t given this much thought.
I haven’t been a published writer long enough to have any thoughts about where
the publishing industry is headed. But the trend in the book world – well, now,
that intrigues me. I like variety, so my hope is that books – the kind that you
hold in your hand and turn the pages and just know there’s something magical
about them – prevail. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in your
personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yes. I believe that is true for all
first-time writers. You “write what you know” and it becomes tangled in your
imagination. I am a traveler. I have traveled all over Europe. So, when I
learned that people in the Middle Ages traveled a lot more than what we were
led to believe, I was beside myself. It was an a-ha moment. I remembered all
the cathedrals and castles I had visited, the roads I had traveled, the sites I
had seen, and I could truly see my fellow travelers from the Middle Ages
visiting those same places – the travelers in Canterbury Tales or the commoners
walking down that rocky road to Dublin, looking for work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe your writing style?
Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t know that my writing is similar to
other writers. I would hope not, but at the same time, I find myself wanting to
be like other female writers. I write stories about the unnamed commoners who
make a difference in their world, both of which – unnamed and make a difference
– women do and have done for ages. So, I guess, my style is soft feminism – and
I use the word “soft” because women’s voices have characteristically been
unheard and unsung. We have been nurtured that way. I want to change that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you overcome in the
writing of this book? </span></b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> As
I mentioned before, I wrote the book during the Covid lockdown. We live in
Sicily where the restrictions were greater than in the US. We could not go
anywhere that a piece of paper didn’t acknowledge – and then only one day of
the week. I wrote during that time – and that was a huge challenge as I often
found myself restless. So, I had to keep to a routine. Research helped me
focus, so I became absorbed in what I was reading. And I read everything about
the people in the Middle Ages – their beliefs, their daily lives, their new
inventions, their folktales, their food and how they prepared it (spoiler
alert: they didn’t boil everything), their medicines, etc. And if that wasn’t
challenging enough, I had some unruly fairies who refused to cooperate. Ha! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. If people can buy or read one book this
week or month, why should it be yours? </span></b><i><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Guardians</span></i><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an enjoyable read. Have a difficult day? Read my book. Need
to travel to another era and place? Read my book. Need to know what happened
when dark magic seeped into the region? Read my book. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mythology and folktales. Now I live in the middle of the Mediterranean on
Persephone’s Island, on the mountain where giants once thrived – if Homer is to
be believed. I divide my time between there in Sicily and the mountains of
Colorado.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Need
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you to write this book?</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have always wanted to write a series and have love the science
fiction genre since I was 11 years old and read "Tunnel in the Sky"
by Robert A. Heinlein. Yet what I had been seeing since the media domination of
the great sequel era; Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (1982), Aliens (1986) ... we haven't really
gotten much in the way of science fiction as the technology fantasy genre
started to replace science fiction instead of being it's own genre. Most of
what are now referred to as "Science Fiction Epics" are just well
marketed techno-fantasies in space. Firefly, Dark Matter, Farscape, and so on
are all techno-fantasies because there is no actual science to them just set in
the future or another galaxy. Adanced technology with no explanations or
scientific backing. So, I felt that I should try to address this as well as
several other issues and flaws I had been seeing become prevalent in the genre
as well. From my dislike of all modern female protagonists being oversexed
killing machines to the belief that you can have either science or magic... but
not both... Unless the magic is just a sufficiently advanced technology as to
seem magic to less tech-based cultures.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is it about and who
is it written for?</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The short answer is that it is about the possible penalties for
changing or losing accurate historical accounts of events, cultures and
religions and was written for young women between the ages of 13 and 30...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The long answer has more to do with my dissatisfaction with what
I had being seeing passed off as "Sci-Fi"...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don't get me wrong, I am a HUGE fanboy of Star Wars going all
the way back to being 3 years old in the theatre with my family in 1977 and
watching the "A New Hope", Which my father recorded on a VCR cassette
off HBO and I wore out re-watching throughout my childhood. Krull, Ice Pirates,
Farscape, Firefly, the list goes on and on.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet... All of these are Techno-Fantasies and not Sci-Fi.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Therefore, everything involving "the good guys" is
based entirely in proven or established theories with backing in the scientific
academia and community.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even the books, shows and movies that remained actual Sci-Fi,
even if crossed genre like Resident Evil is both Sci-Fi and Horror. Almost, if
not all the female protagonists are portrayed as oversexed killing machines.
Alice (Resident Evil), Honor Harrington, T-X and T-900 (Terminator), River Tam
(Firefly), Starbuck (Battlestar Galactica) and so on.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, the main character of my book is based on my best friend who
is an Anthropologist with secondary degrees in Ancient Religious Studies and
Archeaology. Book nerd and genuine bibliophile. Tea affectionado, "crazy
cat lady" and genuinely warm, bubbly, and optimistic personality. With a
strong sense of values and duty to her family and loved ones.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am also honestly sick and tired of anytime Earth is involved
it is destroyed, unapproachable, or the most important lace ever. And since I
felt Mars was almost as badly overdone...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I chose Venus...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most scientifically anomalous and backward planet we have
ever discovered.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though it is also possible I chose Venus because I hate
myself... (laughs)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also wanted to address the no magic in science fiction stigma
and made "the bad guy" the focal poit of a 50+ thousand year old
prophecy from an extinct and forgotten culture. He has magic... Period. Making
the book in some ways a magic vs. science battle as well.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All encompassed by the overriding belief I have in the power and
meaning of human connections...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not romantic connections but genuine human connections from
teammates to countrymen and even friendships can change the course of events.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope readers will get out
of reading your book?</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is my deepest hope that they get a sense of deep enjoyment
from reading it as well as being able to connect to the characters and form the
same emotional attachments as have been formed for other characters in the
genre. A feeling that ALL the characters seem full and developed whether they
survive a paragraph on the entire series. As well as giving them a story they
can love that isn't dependent nor even has, a romantic hook. I want them to
laugh and cry with the characters. Have them wanting to go back and reread a
section just because of the emotions they felt rading it. But mostly...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I want them to hate me because they have to wait for book
2...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and
cover design?</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had thought about skipping this question because in all
honesty...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I hate the current cover and feel it in no way represents what
my book actually is.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First and foremost I want to make it clear that Dorrance
Publishing has been amazingly supportive of a new author like myself and that
the cover art is honestly my only complaint. But the sad truth is that however
they came up with it, I had neither the funds nor connections to make a
different one and wasn't even able to get my "Promo-Poster" made
until 3 months after the book was released. Sad truth of the business is that
when publishers are involved, which is a necessity of success, there will be
changes you as the author won't like and/or agree with.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have
for fellow writers – other than run!?</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stick to your story idea but allow it to grow and evolve on it's
own. If a character that was supposed to be secondary seems to be taking over
the book... Let them and you will have a much better ending result. Allow your
story to have a life of it's own but listen to your fans, editor and publisher.
And above all, accept that to succeed you have to let go of a need for complete
control and be willing to work with your publisher so that your story can be
told and they can feel it is marketable.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book world do you see --
and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading? </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sadly, the biggest trend I have seen is the "One Step
Away" retelling of a successful series like Harry Potter and then Percy
Jackson. Nobody seems willing to forge their own literary paths anymore. Just
pander proven storylines by changing names and tweaking aspects so as to be
presentable as "different". As for where the industry is heading. I
believe that it has tapered back when the advent of streaming went worldwide
but the lack of the movie and television industry’s ability to provide new and
original content continues the book industry will make a gradual comeback which
includes capitalizing on the convenience of e-books.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in your
personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Too numerous to count. Whether it's using bad grammar and
misspellings to be able to "write accents". Or having such a wealth
of human interactions that provide me with a wealth of personalities to
populate my worlds with. To using bits of everyone I have ever known to flush
out and make a "cookie cutter character" rounded, individual and
complete. Everything in my life has helped in my writing because it was a step
of growth, experience broadening or gaining of knowledge or understanding
allowing me to grow into the writer and person I am today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe your writing style?
Which writers or books is your writing similar to?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In many ways my writing style is truly and uniquely my own.
Partially because I refuse to let anyone tell me how I can tell my story or
what I have to have in it for it to be "appealing". I frequently use
incomplete or broken sentences solely to control the speed a reader reading my
book, Knowing that the, technically, bad grammar forces them to slow down and
is almost always followed by something relevant or important to the main
storyline or character subplots. Readers will find parts of y book giving the a
Heinlein feeling while other parts seem almost Tolkien in the telling. There
will also be comparable parts too writers such as avid Eddings, Anne McCaffery,
Terry Brooks and David Webber. Every author I fell in love with as a reader's
influence can be found and felt throughout my writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you overcome in the
writing of this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The current edition is actually the second publishing of
"Forgotten Darkness". The first edition was me refusing to give up or
be told no. And that absolutely no one would tell me what I could or couldn't
do in telling it. Ironically, writing it was actually the easiest hurdle. The
long road to completely self-publishing and creating the original cover art
took 4 years and numerous stumbling blocks, denials, failures and searches for
other options to press forward. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. If people can buy or read one book this
week or month, why should it be yours?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It's a change of pace from any other type of reading filled with
characters, thrills, wonders and mysteries that will leave them wanting more
and be something to talk about with friends as we do such great series like
"The Lord of the Rings', "Dune", and "Honor
Harrington".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author:</span></u></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Born at MacDill AFB in 1974, and raised in a
military family. Following tradition served in the US Army as a combat medic.
Spent 30 years helping build the Tri-Cities, WA science fiction and fantasy
community as well as helping start and run RadCon every President's Day weekend
since 1992, in Pasco, WA. Retired and now living in the country along Historic
Rt 66 in Missouri. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-58351650967971934152024-03-11T11:37:00.000-04:002024-03-11T11:37:01.414-04:00Interview With Poet Olivia Deadlock<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozkbkjCsz4pNTZSaKX1i02oekIv11V-2LCxfb5fBAQIMBTkxPDWNHzc-7-RhenXJIPrdijwCHYkwbR76Du3aKKSwCPVII04_lMSmt14-5HeNJOWBIZFXZYIyoDKRFZigFQPNRc9uVWzjmvMsUjO6HXC99Ete7PuWIySBftswZvpUyMIfJuuPtKuJ2SRX1/s445/51typ49da3L._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="293" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozkbkjCsz4pNTZSaKX1i02oekIv11V-2LCxfb5fBAQIMBTkxPDWNHzc-7-RhenXJIPrdijwCHYkwbR76Du3aKKSwCPVII04_lMSmt14-5HeNJOWBIZFXZYIyoDKRFZigFQPNRc9uVWzjmvMsUjO6HXC99Ete7PuWIySBftswZvpUyMIfJuuPtKuJ2SRX1/s320/51typ49da3L._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>1. What
inspired you to write this book?</b> I was sitting in my house one day remembering
all sorts of things i had done in my life when these words came into my head
and I realized it was a poem. i continued to make up poems from things i had
done in my life as well as from my vision of the world and my
imagination. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>2.What
exactly is it about and who is it written for?</b> It is about fun and
happiness, about fear and dread, about love and life, and some about war,
history and religion. It is written for a wide audience as there are a lot of
subjects in it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>3. What do
you hope readers will get out of reading your book?</b> I hope they will get
an insight into my world and enjoy reading short poems. I call my writing word
art because i am painting a picture with words. I want the reader to imagine
the poem in pictures. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>4.How did
you decide on the books title and cover design</b>? I chose the title because
there are some very sad poems in the book, about people being trapped in
dungeons, I call these people nungeons and the children soup dragons. My
son, Yusif Ali, is a graphic designer and he did the art work for the
cover. It depicts me as the tree and the hearts are my seven children. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>5. What advice
or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers other than run?</b> I would
encourage them to create stories around things which happen in their life and
use their imagination to create stories. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>6. Were
there experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when
writing this book?</b> Yes, I spent 20 years living in the desert in Benghazi
Libya and this helped me imagine the sandman poems and the darkest day. I am
very interested in crime and a lot of the poems are about what happens to
people when they get kidnapped. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>7. How would
you describe your writing style, which writers or book is your style similar
to?</b> I would describe it as word art painting pictures in word form and
keeping them short so people can memorize their favorite poems, I think my
style of writing is unique and new and i don't think anyone else has the
same style. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>8.What
challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book?</b> I had to think of
rhyming words that still fitted in with the meaning of the poems. I had to
depict my thoughts through words and make sense of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9.If people can read or buy one book this
week or month, why should it be yours?</b> I think my <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">book is very
entertaining and brings a lot of subject matter into people’s lives that they
can ponder on and think about. I think there are some lovely poems that
people can memorize like we memorize songs. I think it makes a very good
present for birthdays or Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About The
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1. What inspired you to
write this book? </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My inspiration stems from a yearning to be
self-employed, working from home (WFH). I had a catalog of WFH ideas and found
one crafting</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Christmas spider ornaments. What a great idea! I
inquired and received the starter kit. Downside to this was that they wanted me
to purchase ALL the crafting material from them at a 300% markup. I told myself
"The hell with that!" and I went out and got my own material and improved
upon the design. Years later, I am still working as a debt slave, telling
myself I need to change this. My family has always suggested I write but I
could never decide on what to write about? I kicked around some ideas but
wanted something easy to write up and get published. That was when I remembered
my Christmas spider ornament explanation. I did some research on the Christmas
spider and came up with my "The Legend of The Christmas Spider" by
piecing together the story from what I found.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
2. What exactly is it about and who is it written for? T</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">his book is about a family long, long ago who prepared their
house and Christmas tree for Father Christmas and the God Child. An inquisitive
spider family living in the house explored the tree, leaving strands of
webbing. The strands were changed into gold and silver thread/tinsel, making
the tree even more beautiful!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">"The Legend of The Christmas Spider"
is written for young children and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">their parents who love to read to their
children.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
3. What do you hope readers will get out of reading your book? </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I hope readers will get a sense of love and warmth Our Lord
has for us and pass that on to others. Another aspect I want them to get from reading
my book is that there are different traditions at Christmas time all around the
world.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
4. How did you decide on your book’s title and cover design? </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It was a no brainer on coming up with the title! I researched
Christmas spider and found it is a tradition in Eastern Europe,</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">especially Western Ukraine. This story/tradition
goes way back so it made sense to call it a legend and title the book "The
Legend of the Christmas Spider". The cover design was done by my
illustrator, Sophia Borjorquez. I let her creativeness guide her and she came
up with several cover designs for me to choose from. I chose the one with the
title in archaic looking lettering as that added to the "legend" feel
as well as the spider hanging off the C in Christmas. I also liked the pine
branches with ornaments that accents the book being about Christmas.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than
run!? </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My advice is to FINISH what you start! This
book is the first of my many endeavors that I have started and saw it through
to the end! What a great feeling of accomplishment when I sent the last of the illustrations
in, getting the book finalized. We celebrated when I received my 10 copies. I
surged with pride holding those books, started to cry as I held something I
envisioned, wrote and got it published! Another word of advice is to surround
yourself with</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">friends/family/coworkers who are SUPPORTIVE and
ENCOURAGING in the work you are doing. They kept me going and I did not want to
disappoint them. Before I wrote the book, I was in a relationship with a woman
who frowned upon my creativeness and I tried to keep her happy by not crafting
Christmas spiders, writing poems or work on my book ideas. I felt dead inside
and I finally left her. Then I met the lady, in 2021, who found my creativeness
absolutely amazing, a gift from God! She was so positive and encouraging that I
found the inspiration to write. I married that dear sweet lady in March 2023!</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
6. What trends in the book world do you see -- and where do you think the book
publishing industry is heading? </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Seems to me
the trend is to write self-help and autobiographies! But</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">more and more people are turning to the internet
to do blogs and such. It is easier to post on youtube or tik tok or your own
website to get your word out than to put it into a book. I feel the book
publishing industry is on a slow decline. I love to read but I am so busy
earning</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">a living and staying current on world events
that I do not have the time to read like I use to. I feel more and more people
are becoming like me, no time to read. So that equates to books not selling
unless they are E books. Books don't sell, bookstores close, publishers close</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">up shop.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">7. Were there
experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when writing
this book? </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes, I picked up some writing skills while in
college getting a Bachelor's Degree at Colorado State University (CSU), then my
Master's in History at Ft. Hays State University (FHSU). My adviser and teachers
at CSU were constantly onto me about my papers. Try as I</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">might, my papers always seemed to tell a story
instead of staying with historical facts, relating those facts in a manner
consistent with a historical narrative they preferred. Working on my Master's
Degree at FHSU, I got better with my papers holding with a historical narrative</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">but I still had to change a few papers because
the storytelling would creep in.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
8. How would you describe your writing style? Which writers or books is your
writing similar to? I</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> feel my emerging writing style is of a
narrative descriptive nature although I have never thought about this until
now. I have lots of favorite authors and have read many, many books but I really
do not know if I am writing like they do as my book is a children's book and
the books I like are mostly techno-thrillers written by my favorite author
Clive Cussler.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
9. What challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book? </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Procrastination. Always talking about doing something but not
getting around to doing it, throwing obstacles in my way as excuses for not
doing what I know I need to do. But that all changed when positive and
encouraging people came into my life. I got a better attitude, which improved
when I came back to Jesus, was re-born and started a new life. All the positive
energy fired me up and I started putting my book together. Another challenge I
overcame was trying to do it all myself. I have had bad experiences relying on
people helping me. Dealing with excuses for not being there to help like they
said they would. I needed help with this book, finding a publisher and an
illustrator. I turned to my girlfriend at the time and she suggested I ask a
mutual friend as she knows lots of people. So, I asked this friend for her
help. She came through for me with a publisher and an illustrator!</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
10. If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be
yours? </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It should be my book as this is the holiday
season and I have the perfect book for the holiday season! "The Legend of
The Christmas Spider" engages the whole family. The book reads easy,
lettering is large for those who do not want to wear their reading glasses.
There are beautiful illustrations reflecting the wording on each and every
page. I have Christmas spiders at the end of the book for the children to
color. The book also makes a great Christmas gift!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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creative since he was a toddler playing soldier with his army men in the
sandbox. He realized he had a way with words while getting his BA in history at
Colorado State University. He continued to refine his creativity by serving as
an armor officer in the U.S. Army and then writing papers to get his MA in
history at Fort Hays State University. Andrew currently resides in Plano, TX,
where he spends his time growing in the Word of God, dancing with his wife
Clarissa, crafting Christmas spider ornaments and working on his next book. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.christianfaithpublishing.com/books/?book=the-legend-of-the-christmas-spider" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc;">https://www.christianfaithpublishing.com/books/?book=the-legend-of-the-christmas-spider</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
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www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-69999394706021922024-03-11T08:38:00.001-04:002024-03-11T08:38:09.769-04:00Interview With Pamela Blake on the David T. Isaak Book Collection<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGJ2QDFd_zwYVCOrMgvcVnAngZcOPCXvpp29_8aQ2u99oQ2IC9OrZIWALfpWpkhCDTWNSG1WuY3f3Gpn-DsAgF12XwMaWj78ScNYQX_3xHBReYltEGYHC_jKnodC5RGWAPJD1VWJzhyqmwBMoulKMK3dqkM7YTREShKVW_8kcr3zYYS38IQKed7nVjnwN/s624/sd-about.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="624" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGJ2QDFd_zwYVCOrMgvcVnAngZcOPCXvpp29_8aQ2u99oQ2IC9OrZIWALfpWpkhCDTWNSG1WuY3f3Gpn-DsAgF12XwMaWj78ScNYQX_3xHBReYltEGYHC_jKnodC5RGWAPJD1VWJzhyqmwBMoulKMK3dqkM7YTREShKVW_8kcr3zYYS38IQKed7nVjnwN/s320/sd-about.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David T. Isaak
(1954-2021<b>)</b> was an American author of both fiction and nonfiction.
His five books are being published posthumously; three have been released this
past year. His widow, Pamela Isaak, sat for an interview about his books.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What inspired you to write this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David always wanted to
be a writer. In the early 2000’s, we were able to give him the opportunity to
cut back his consulting work and focus on writing. He had many ideas for
novels. Even though he hadn’t been actively writing, he was always mulling over
topics and plots for novels. The first book he worked on became Tomorrowville.
He completed four other books: A Map of the Edge, Things Unseen, Earthly
Vessels, and Smite the Waters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What exactly is it about and who is it written
for?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tomorrowville tells
the story of Toby Simmons. Toby has a silly, self-induced, accident in 2008. He
dies, is frozen, then is unfrozen, repaired, and brought to life in 2088. The
book extrapolates trends of the early 2000’s--social, economic, and environmental—to
a mostly dystopian future. The future Toby finds himself in, while dystopian,
is not apocalyptic. No catastrophe forced the US to its state of politics and
ways of life, but the relentless progression caused by bad decisions and
passive acceptance. The book will appeal to people who like to postulate how
our past and current decisions and ways of life will lead to a future that we
may not want, and who enjoy satirical humor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What do you hope readers will get out of
reading your book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I hope readers will
find David’s work engaging, thought-provoking, and a place to escape to – with
a few laughs thrown in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How did you decide on your book’s title and
cover design?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The titles of the 5
books all reflect something significant about the content and themes. David
chose the book titles. One advantage to being a self-published author is that
there’s no editorial staff asking for changes! For the covers, I engaged a
respected, professional artist, who was recommended to me by one of my writing
coaches, Ramy Vance. The artist is Jeff Brown. He is super-intuitive. We had an
intro session for each book, during which I described the book and he grokked
what was happening and began sketching a candidate design during that session.
He refined the design, did some back-and-forth sessions with me, and completed
the design over a couple of weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What advice or words of wisdom do you have for
fellow writers – other than run!?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ha ha! You can’t run
from the stuff in your head! Get it out there. Admire it in the light of day,
commune with it in the dark of night. Refine it until its hair is combed and
its teeth are brushed– and then let it loose on the world! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What trends in the book world do you see --
and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So much has changed
since my husband, David, wrote his novels in the early 2000’s. Self-publishing
was a nascent industry then – mostly a not-respected elephant graveyard where
bad books went to die. That has changed soooo much. I wish David had lived to
see this change – and to be able to see his books published, and loved, and
doing well. I think the trend towards more and more self-publishing will
continue. It’s still hard to have a million copy best seller without a major
publisher, though. I’m most curious to see if tools and tactics emerge to sell
millions of copies as a self-published author. Having the right marketing is
certainly key.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Were there experiences in your personal life
or career that came in handy when writing this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David was concerned
about social justice and government taking advantage of people--just because
they could. (He spent some time tossed about in the juvenile justice system as
a young teenager.) Also, he had a PhD in geography, focusing on resource systems
and global energy. Both these foundations came together in Tomorrowville. David
projected social trends and environmental trends 80 years into the future and
examined – humorously – what the future might look like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How would you describe your writing style?
Which writers or books is your writing similar to?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Readers have compared
the wit and satire of David’s writing to the works of Carl Hiaasen and
Christopher Moore, the storytelling to Robert Sheckley and Stephen King, the
atmospheric ambiance to David Guterson and Neil Gaiman, and the intelligence
and technical detail to Cory Doctorow and Graham Greene.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What challenges did you overcome in the
writing of this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David had a highly
successful consultancy in global energy. The real challenge was carving out
time to write. We were able to structure our life so that he could take time
off and do what he’d always wanted to do—to write novels. I’m glad we were able
to do that, and forever grateful to have these five novels that are his legacy.
The hardest thing for me, his wife, is that there are only five.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If people can buy or read one book this week
or month, why should it be yours?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Through David’s
writing, readers will be able to explore the complex boundary between the known
and the unknown, and enjoy his humor, his wit, and his beautiful, original
writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author<a name="_Hlk160983535">:</a></span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160983535;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160983535;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David
T. Isaak (1954-2021<b>)</b> was an American author of both fiction and
nonfiction. </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr. Isaak held a BA in Physics and MA and PhD
degrees in resource systems. His professional work spanned the globe, taking
him to over forty countries. He co-authored three technical, nonfiction books
on oil and international politics, and wrote numerous papers, monographs, and
multiclient studies. David passed away in April 2021, leaving behind five
novels, which are as diverse as his life and span a spectrum of genres: <b><i>Tomorrowville</i></b> (dystopian
sci-fi), <b><i>A Map of the Edge</i></b> (coming-of-age, historical
fiction), <b><i>Things Unseen</i></b> (a murder mystery with
metaphysical elements), <b><i>Earthly Vessels</i></b> (magical
realism), and <b><i>Smite the Waters</i></b> (a political thriller,
with a twist). His novels are infused with his trademark humor and insights,
and shine with his love of style. These novels comprise <b><i>The Isaak
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two
kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His
writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This award-winning blog has generated over 3.6
million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named
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independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published,
authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities
such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil
Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy
Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin,
and Henry Winkler. He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2roXk5dN1zQMFAAd0X50NyQWgygPwN88eywLNqJ4ea6Hb7qaAJPdfBFZv8vsDyfYAIS6-nYUUAPck2Y3YTIZM_KvRqFKlkIr4l6bmxvSZlNJ8rShRZTVNXI7G0AyLCeYkrI__ttE9Xaba-SPG29byvHJgGGkDjW9cvL5r_-XEJLEMJbVBbQHVm-fkcSF/s342/51EcIouxUAL._SX342_SY445_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="342" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2roXk5dN1zQMFAAd0X50NyQWgygPwN88eywLNqJ4ea6Hb7qaAJPdfBFZv8vsDyfYAIS6-nYUUAPck2Y3YTIZM_KvRqFKlkIr4l6bmxvSZlNJ8rShRZTVNXI7G0AyLCeYkrI__ttE9Xaba-SPG29byvHJgGGkDjW9cvL5r_-XEJLEMJbVBbQHVm-fkcSF/s320/51EcIouxUAL._SX342_SY445_.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
What inspired you to write this book?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> If it hadn't
been for my granddaughter Emma, I would have probably never taken on this
challenge. When I am with Emma, she always asks me to tell her a story.
It can be about her dad (my son), her grandpa, myself or something totally made
up. When she was 9, I was invited to her 3rd grade class to read a book to
them. We were visiting her in Virginia, so naturally, I read the class a
book about Seattle. While in the classroom, her teacher was asking each
student to share their weekend plans. She off-handedly told them that she
and her family were going to hang out all weekend in their pajama
lamma ding dongs". Immediately I thought "how cute, I wish
I had my grandkids call me "Gramma lamma ding dong". Over the
next few months I couldn't stop thinking of a way to turn this into a
story. When I was visiting Emma a few months later, I asked what she
thought, and the excitement on her face was all I needed to start writing a
story. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">During
the course of writing it, I realized that for me, it was more than just a
story, it was a little legacy that my family could keep and share with future
generations of our family, to know how deeply they are loved. It's the little
things you want to tell someone, but can't always find a way or appropriate
moment, so I put all my love for them down in words. </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
What exactly is it about and who is it written for?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
This book is about a fun-loving, silly and hip grandma who spends the day
with her 3 grandchildren at a park. The day is full of surprises because
she has a secret that only she and her grandkids know about. During their
time together, she is able to reinforce subtle life lessons along the way to
help build good character and compassion. I started out writing this book
for my grandchildren, but as I let friends and family read it, I was encouraged
to get it published. I find that children of all ages are enjoying this
story. </span></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
What do you hope readers will get out of reading your book?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
I would hope readers would find the book entertaining and enjoy the rhyming
aspect of this book. I hope they are able to pick up on the subtle
lessons throughout the story that remind us to always be polite, kind and share
with others. Mostly, I hope it becomes a favorite book for families to
enjoy together. Recently my granddaughter Xander took her copy to school
to share with her class. She keeps asking me to write another one so she
can have me read it to her class. I guess praise of your work doesn't
really get any better than that, at least for me. </span></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
How did you decide on your book's title and cover design?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
I already answered the title part of this in question #1. I simply could not
get the title out of my head. After deciding to write the story, I wanted
to teach my grandchildren a lesson in "Follow Through".
Quitting was never an option. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As
far as the cover, The illustrator and I played around with a few options,
but I really wanted to break from the stereotypical look of
"grandmas" portrayed in most books. My character is
energetic, modern, fun and silly. Not a frumpy granny with gray hair in a
bun. I wanted the reader to see the cover and think "This book looks like
fun"! </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers - other than
run!?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Take your time and do your research.
Keep editing and rewriting until you get the story that makes you
happy. Since this is my first publishing experience, persevere through
the rejections from publishers. If you choose to self-publish, as I did,
read the fine print and be aware of what you are agreeing to.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
What trends in the book world do you see -- and where do you think the book
publishing industry is headed?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Trends that I see in the book world are
specifically audio books and electronic books (e-Books). People have
busy lives and it is easier to keep a book with you on your phone or a tablet.
Although these are convenient ways to read, I favor seeing books published in
the traditional way, especially for children. Tangible books are more
enjoyable when a child can help turn a page, look closely at the pictures,
engage in the reading, or just looking at a book at bedtime, in a car or just
sitting next to you. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Were there experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy
when writing this book?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The experiences shared with my
grandkids definitely came in handy with this book. They know that I always have
a surprise for them in my purse. When we are out to eat, I usually bring
along coloring packs or stickers to help keep them entertained. I am not
a fan of handing a kid a phone, they need to be taught how to behave in public
and how to speak with respect to others. Eating out, for example, is a great
way to teach through your actions. </span></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
How would you describe your writing style?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<b>Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </b>In this
particular book, it's a rhyming style. I have always had fun making up
rhyming songs, and letters to my family, as well as word games. I think
the style is light and playful and conveys the meaning in an enjoyable and
memorable way. Growing up, my favorite books were Dr. Suess. His stories
were fun and easy to read with so many made-up words and characters. I have
been told that my book is like a little Dr. Suess, a Little Mary Poppins and a
little Magic School Bus, all rolled into one. I find that quite flattering.</span></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
What challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
I had so much fun writing this book, that it didn't seem like there were any
challenges at all. However, working with the illustrator was somewhat
challenging mostly because we live in different states and we had to
communicate mostly by e-mail. I was fortunate enough to have met Richard
a few times, so he got my personality and was able to recreate it in his
pictures. The other challenge was being in a hurry to get it published,
so all my grandchildren were young enough to enjoy it. So, consequently, I
learned a great deal regarding the self-publishing avenue.</span></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours?</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
If you are looking for a silly, fun and entertaining book to share with
your kids or grandchildren, you will not be disappointed. My book will
make you laugh, the pictures will keep your attention (look for the puppy) and
it will ignite and inspire your imagination. I get emails, letters and Facebook
comments often from friends and family letting me know how much this book is a
family favorite.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: I was born and
raised in Washington State, where I continue to live with my husband of 41
years. We have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Family is the center
of my world. I have a strong belief in right and wrong, keeping promises and
following through with commitments. These are values I want to pass on to my
children and especially my grandchildren. I love family time together
especially at holidays, or just because. My husband and I love to share
our skills with our grandkids, such as sewing, working on cars, gardening and
cooking or baking. We love making memories that will last a
lifetime. I was close to my grandparents growing up and want to have a
close relationship with our grandkids, especially when they enter
adulthood. Please see for more info: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://grammalammadingdong.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">grammalammadingdong.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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reached at </span></span><a href="mailto:brianfeinblum@gmail.com"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">brianfeinblum@gmail.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> He is available to help authors promote
their story, sell their book, and grow their brand. He has over 30 years of
experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him
be your advocate, teacher, and motivator!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two
kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His
writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This award-winning blog has generated over 3.6
million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named
one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk154004692;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized
by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was
also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past
three decades, including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s
largest book publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two
independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published,
authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities
such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil
Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy
Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin,
and Henry Winkler. He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America
several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers
Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod
Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan
James Publishing, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His
letters-to-the-editor have been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA
Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i>
(Westchester) and <i>The Washington Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The
Florida homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">It was featured in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.1in 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-64958083181250153842024-03-10T13:23:00.001-04:002024-03-10T13:23:13.440-04:00Interview With Faith Author Rebecca Greenfield<p><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8MogsqxJjz9JaRQebcNM0M57E641X4NyRhaif7ty1N9SAxnjTXCQHKTx_-JZsU6AH2FociDQ26HQlh5yQOV5W89dhd6UtTcrk0-uBWnstiM2NnBEeoYc3gVh0oPNMyIWx5o0Y7O9oWPIzy3_8V_3wOrd800z4s4cWjGQ0DItlijwtWbF1S1ciIxI2JUk/s428/41T3EwhwdPL._SX342_SY445_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="342" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8MogsqxJjz9JaRQebcNM0M57E641X4NyRhaif7ty1N9SAxnjTXCQHKTx_-JZsU6AH2FociDQ26HQlh5yQOV5W89dhd6UtTcrk0-uBWnstiM2NnBEeoYc3gVh0oPNMyIWx5o0Y7O9oWPIzy3_8V_3wOrd800z4s4cWjGQ0DItlijwtWbF1S1ciIxI2JUk/s320/41T3EwhwdPL._SX342_SY445_.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">1. What inspired you to write this book? </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; line-height: 21.6px;">I have always loved the study of scripture. The Bible is very deep and layered-- it is stimulating, educating, and heart-moving to both the laymen and scholar. I am passionate about reading it and creating spaces and places where people can experience the living God. One of the ways I do this is by creating retreats and writing books. In 2020, I was building a retreat for a group of woman. The theme of the retreat was renewal and restoration. There is a verse in the book of Joel where God says to His people, "</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;">I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts (Joel 2:25)" which made me want to use the book of Joel as the theme of the retreat. As I was writing the retreat, the content was so rich that I felt it would be good to also create a Bible study so others could dig deep into this three chapter book of the Bible on their own or in a small group.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">2. What exactly is it about and who is it written for? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c82c9; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">The book of Joel in the Bible is actually a very dark book. It talks a lot about the Lord's judgement and what happens when people don't turn in repentance to Him for forgiveness and hope. It's kind of "the end of the world" book. But in that book there is a strong undercurrent of restoration-- restoration that is found by people seeking the Lord with humble, contrite hearts. The Biblical book of Joel has an overarching theme of a God who deeply loves and pursues people, desiring restored relationship, and offering the best life possible through His unending love. The Joel 'Deep Dive' Bible Study focuses on bringing out these themes, seeing the depth of scripture including original language and the connection of Old Testament prophesies to New Testament promises. The Joel 'Deep Dive' Bible Study asks introspective questions that apply to one's present life and inspires daily life application. The Joel 'Deep Dive' Bible study is written for adult men or women looking to deepen their relationship with Jesus, increase in Biblical literacy, and spend time learning more about God. It is interactive, asking questions to journal about, and providing guided prayers. It is written in such a way that it can be read individually or with a small group of learners.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">3. What do you hope readers will get out of reading your book?</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;"> I hope they get an increased love of Bible (and ultimately God) and see how much God speaks through the Bible to their everyday life circumstances. God cares so much about us. How cool is it that the God of the universe wants to tell us things that are personal and individual to our particular life situation through ancient book called the Bible? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and cover design? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;"> I wanted to provide a hint in the title that this Bible study wasn't necessarily easy but more of a didactic challenge that encourages you to dig deep into scripture. For the cover design, I did a small poll with some close people and felt that the picture really captured the "end of the world" themes that are discussed in Joel and also the recurring theme of the dreadful yet glorious "Day of the Lord" or final judgement of mankind.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">Write because you love it. God is the Creator, and we are made in His image, therefore, we humans love to create. Foster that God-given gift--nurture it, enjoy it and don't stress about "American success" or being the best seller. Odds are, you never will be so just enjoy the creative journey and let it bring life to you and others who appreciate the art you are putting forth.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">6. What trends in the book world do you see -- and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">Self-publishing is becoming more lucrative and more popular. This is great that authors don't have to wait for platforms and prestige to be picked up by a Traditional Publisher. Your dreams can be realized without being dependent on others finally seeing the value of your worth. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">7. Were there experiences in your personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">I have masters is Theological Studies. More importantly, My walk with Christ has been a journey that plays into many of the book questions I ask. Following Christ is far from boring or passive. It is very interactive. God is always speaking; it's a matter of whether or not we are listening. This book is designed to help you get more comfortable talking with God and hearing from the source of all love. My books always minister to me first before they minister to others. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">8. How would you describe your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">Raw, authentic, rigorous... sometimes a little "firehose" effect. I like to be honest, candid, and real. No time for walls and facades. I would like to believe my book is similar to Beth Moore (but I know I'm not as good as her) :) However, that style was still what I was aiming to model.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">9. What challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">When this was coming out and since this has been out, the season of life I'm in has been incredibly hard- probably one of the hardest seasons of my life. So I have found myself practicing repentance and seeking God's hope and promise of restoration with my own life circumstances. I have seen His faithfulness. He is good!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">10. If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours? </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;">Because God will meet you when you seek Him. My book kind of "forces your hand" (so to speak) to actually cut out some distractions and spend time with God and hopefully hear Him breathe life into your soul. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: medium; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; line-height: 21.6px;"><span id="m_-907362902645731139isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 18px;"><b><u>About The Author:</u></b> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Ember, amazon_ember, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rebecca Greenfield is the author of RAW Inner Workings of a Reawakened Soul, RAW Reawakened Soul Study Guide, The Prayer Crossing Personal Devotional: A 28-Day Guide to Quality Time with God, The Prayer Crossing Event Workbook, Dusternuffle, and The Joel 'Deep Dive' Bible Study Participant's and Leader's Guides. After earning her bachelors in Nuclear Medicine Technology, she followed God's call into ministry and obtained her masters in Theological Studies. She is blessed to pursue both of her passions, science and theology, by working in nuclear medicine and at Lifeline Christian Mission. One of her deepest desires is to create spaces and places where people can experience the presence of God and be enveloped in His love. Aside from God, nothing brings her more joy than spending time with her wonderful family, and friends.for more info, please see: </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.Rebecca-Greenfield.com&source=gmail&ust=1710177066160000&usg=AOvVaw1ybDRnmNROo4DxBFbIeL2e" href="http://www.rebecca-greenfield.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">www.Rebecca-Greenfield.<wbr></wbr>com</a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2969b0; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21.6px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Need
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About Brian
Feinblum</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
followed on </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. This is
copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by
www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-39705471641319561282024-03-10T13:17:00.000-04:002024-03-10T13:17:02.561-04:00Interview With Author Martyn Stuart Young<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiLp4X_9Ka0AjU1UIysGd_BWkhxKAboaWF7mVNQWSHjJaRZWCQ25y-mt6qp3Kps-CKyEdCIXgOKDSXtT1vR1dBmvqtylHQDCdioYZM3W3hz7zcWbCLXmNiNbHK37Z9ELW1ahgFxQRNud2NU0-87igSxAnFMwey1KMc5crAjzRsqFfDsK0YboUIhpiJVvem" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="497" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiLp4X_9Ka0AjU1UIysGd_BWkhxKAboaWF7mVNQWSHjJaRZWCQ25y-mt6qp3Kps-CKyEdCIXgOKDSXtT1vR1dBmvqtylHQDCdioYZM3W3hz7zcWbCLXmNiNbHK37Z9ELW1ahgFxQRNud2NU0-87igSxAnFMwey1KMc5crAjzRsqFfDsK0YboUIhpiJVvem=w344-h356" width="344" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you
to write this book? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was inspired by
having a member of my family who is Autistic, and to try and help people
understand that autistic people can lead normal and fulfilling lives. </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is
it about and who is it written for? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is about a schoolboy with dreams and ambitions of flying jets
for a career, who grew up in the 1960's before Autism was described in the
medical press, when autistic children were not understood and were thought of
as difficult. It is written for the parents of autistic children to help them
understand that autism does not mean a person cannot achieve, and can be in
fact very intelligent. </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope
readers will get out of reading your book? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Entertainment, and an understanding of the condition, and also a
realization that, even against all odds, with hard work and determination,
people can achieve their dreams. </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your
book’s title and cover design? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
wanted something simple, and the image of a child looking to the sky and an
airplane flying overhead was perfect. Making it monochrome added an air of the
1960's. </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of
wisdom do you have for fellow writers – other than run!? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work hard, follow your dreams, and never, ever
give up! </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book
world do you see -- and where do you think the book publishing industry is
heading? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Difficult question, as
I don't really follow the industry. I think readers are interested in books
about people and their lives, as they can relate to them. The current trend -
in the UK - seems to be one of celebrity and sports start publishing autobiographies,
which follow this trend.</span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in
your personal life or career that came in handy when writing this
book? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes, of growing up in
the world of dealing with autism, and of course my work as a flying instructor
allowed me to write about the pilot training in an accurate and realistic way. </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe
your writing style? Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My style is very realist and simple, but I
can't think of any other writers who influenced my at all. </span><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you
overcome in the writing of this book? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finding the time (I was still working full time) and also
overcoming my domestic situation at that time. I also found that maintaining my
belief in myself and the book difficult at times to maintain.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. If people can buy or read
one book this week or month, why should it be yours? </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hopefully as an entertaining read about
somebody achieving his ambitions despite facing many difficulties in his life.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author</span></u></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: I trained as a registered nurse, going on to
work in Operating rooms for about 15 years. On leaving the health Service, I
spent many years doing locum work, setting up and running my own Locum Agency
for 5 years. I then re-trained as a Commercial Pilot, going on to become a
flying instructor and examiner. I am single (separated) and have a daughter, 2
step children and 6 grandchildren. My main interests are Fine Art photography,
flying, cars, and music and the arts. For more info, please see: <a href="https://martynyoung.ampbk.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://martynyoung.ampbk.com/</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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blog, with 3.6 million page views, can be reached at </span><a href="mailto:brianfeinblum@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">brianfeinblum@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> He is
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About Brian
Feinblum</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
followed on </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. This is
copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by
www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-76149049215440673942024-03-10T12:56:00.004-04:002024-03-10T12:56:29.101-04:00Interview With Author Sylvia Rosa Hawk'sbee On Cinderella Timkins<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO0TLx2vaxJrl_c949iPr6zYkZd9YHWoAdF48ZaYCLQCPplGpp6H9MRMN0QKVhnju8aNmNKMECDg2pLKW2R7lmg6LaMlyxQCeXn7-jcZ9JAfVP5WTTB13ipODUd6dl8CRKc6VytFHkqPAG-5KEwS4sfGBzOjkzxoRtVVNpoxe1FIRoxrb9kcm0iPJVep6b" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO0TLx2vaxJrl_c949iPr6zYkZd9YHWoAdF48ZaYCLQCPplGpp6H9MRMN0QKVhnju8aNmNKMECDg2pLKW2R7lmg6LaMlyxQCeXn7-jcZ9JAfVP5WTTB13ipODUd6dl8CRKc6VytFHkqPAG-5KEwS4sfGBzOjkzxoRtVVNpoxe1FIRoxrb9kcm0iPJVep6b=w217-h386" width="217" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1.What inspired you to write it?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The chance remark of Professor
Tillotson that every generation writes its own Cinderella story. This, many
years later, connected in my mind to a poem by Jon Silkin about a child born
mentally retarded who died in infancy. My Cinderella character, male, would be
transformed mentally too.</span></span><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2.What exactly is it about and who
was it written for?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">It is about the struggle against
adversity (Arthur handicapped, and Sheila without family) and also about
morality. Characters show different degrees of sensitivity to others. It is for
those who have an interest in Literature and care about society.</span></span><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">3.What do you hope readers will get
out of your book?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">I hope enjoyment at the twists of the
plot and getting to know the characters. </span></span><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4. How did you decide on the book
title and cover?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The title wrote itself. A Cinderella
story needed only the name of the heroine and a connection to</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">the hero of this version. The cover
shows a glimpse of the isolation and physical hardship of the</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pilgrimage. </span></span><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">5. What advice or words of wisdom
would you give to fellow writers?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Keep slogging away. Shrug off being
ignored. Perhaps you are one of us poor devils who can’t stop anyway.</span></span><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6. What trends in the book world do
you see - where do you think publishing is heading?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The cult of celebrity. Anyone
well-known for something different will get plenty of publicity for a book,
regardless of talent.</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">7.Were there experiences in your
personal life or career that came in handy writing this book?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Yes, a science background helped with
the explanation of the experiment. In the whole of life</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">observing people makes a large
contribution to writing.</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">8.How would you describe your writing
style. Which writers or books is your writing similar to?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">I want to write as clearly as
possible, economically, and rhythmically. My models are Swift, and</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Thackeray. I admire the wit of Wilde.
The gem, reversing the normal saying to;Work is the curse of the drinking
classes&#39; is sublime.</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">9.What challenges did you overcome in
the writing of this book?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The drive to keep going in spite of
lack of encouragement, also that recently widowed I found life very difficult.
We had been only months in France when Don died suddenly. Actually, at the
wheel of the car that I was a passenger in.</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10. If people can buy or read one
book this week, etc., why should it be yours?</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">They should read it because it’s a
great story, after all it has close links with the iconic fairy-tale. There is
the Cinderella figure, a fairy godmother (Professor Knowle) and the spiteful,
malicious people (ugly sisters and stepmother) like Renkin and Dawkins and the
murderous spies; also, there is Sheila Kent, the Principle Boy with long lovely
legs and, naturally, transformations. </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">About The
Author:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I passed the exam for
grammar school, where I chose a mixture of Arts and Science subjects at
A-level. When told I had to choose, I chose science, specializing in
Microbiology. Later, I regretted being so ignorant of my native language,
and returned to read English at Bedford Collage. After graduating, I
taught English at secondary level and also did a TEFL qualification. I
had some short stories and articles published in various magazines. I
self-published a book for children, The Wood Scrogs. Currently The
Messengers (a time travel story for young adults) and a dystopian novel The
Gap, are on sale.</span></p>
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publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
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College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
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Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What inspired you to write this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 2020, my
Abuela’s health declined, as she started to lose her battle with cancer. Due to
the pandemic, I couldn’t visit Colombia and say goodbye. My worst fear had
happened, and I was left with immense grief.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My Abuela,
and her stories, were central to my life and shaped my vision of the world. For
me, she represented home and although I had left Colombia, it remained in my
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The idea for
a novel started to take shape during that year as I reflected on how my
relationship to my Abuela and her memory would live on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After she
died, I was left with the idea of her as a ghost. Not in the classic sense, but
she remained someone with whom I constantly spoke. I would wonder what she
would do or how she would react to a situation, and sometimes I could sense her
by my side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I wanted
this book to embody that idea, that you always carry your ancestors with you,
and even if you can’t see them, they’re still rooting for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also knew
in my bones I wanted this book to be inspired by the stories of the women in my
family, and I wanted it to be centered around my interests and what I knew.
Like Toni Morrison said, I wanted to write the book I wanted to read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, I
started writing about a family of women, food, cooking, Barranquilla and New
York. This is what I knew.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also
wanted to write about what scared me, and the feeling that my two lives were
growing farther away from each other and the repercussions of this pull.
There’s an immense amount of sacrifice with the decision of choosing one life
instead of the other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Violeta came
to me because I wanted to create a sensitive character grappling with the
realities of leading an artistic life. Additionally, it was vital to me that
this character was a Latina, brown Colombian woman because that was something
that I didn’t grow up seeing in books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What exactly is it about and who is it written for?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is about Vi Sanoguera, a
28-year-old woman who, after the death of her Abuela, travels to Colombia for
the funeral and learns she has inherited the family restaurant, the place her
Abuela told her to run from her whole life. </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Waves Take You Home</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> has
elements of magical realism, and it’s written for people who wonder where to
call home.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope
readers will get out of reading your book?</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I hope readers will learn about Colombia
and fall in love with Vi’s story as she finds her place in the world. I haven’t
read many books set on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia, so I wanted to show the
complexities and rhythms of life in this part of the world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How did you decide on your book’s title and cover
design?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The amazing cover design was done by the
talented </span><a href="https://www.handsomefrank.com/illustrators/raxenne-maniquiz"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Raxenne Maniquiz</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">. She is an incredible
designer from the Philippines. She is known for her colorful flowers, and she
did such an outstanding job from bringing elements from the book like shells
and flowers innate from the Caribbean to life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The title
was a collaboration with my editor, Melissa Valentine. I learned that it is
common in publishing for a manuscript to have many titles before it lands on
the definitive one. There were many iterations before arriving at <i>The Waves
Take You Home</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love this
title so much! It's evocative and full of longing, two elements that are a big
part of the novel. I also love how it talks about the setting of this novel:
the beach and the Caribbean, and it also refers to the journey of
self-discovery that this character experiences, and the importance of home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow
writers – other than run!?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">To know that it is not a straight line.
There are so many ups and downs in this line of work! But just because you’re
down one moment doesn’t mean that you’ll be down forever. For me, what matters
is to keep close to your heart the reasons why you write and why you want to
put books out in the world. If you know your reasons, you’ll be able to keep
going because you’ll know your why.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What trends in the book world do you see -- and where
do you think the book publishing industry is heading?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I do see an effort toward publishing more
diverse books. I am grateful to everyone in the industry (editors, agents,
publicists, organizations, bookstagramers, marketers, etc) that are working
very hard to make this happen and that are behind these efforts. I am hopeful
that we can continue uplifting diverse and marginalized voices even more in
years to come.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Were there experiences in your personal life or
career that came in handy when writing this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is a love letter to my
upbringing. I grew up in the Caribbean, very close to my Abuela, and the way of
life where women are the ones that decide everything and drive family life. I
wanted to highlight that, and present the complex intergenerational bonds that
develop in these types of matriarch families.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How would you describe your writing style? Which
writers or books is your writing similar to?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I love magical realism and Latin American
writers who write in this tradition. If you enjoy Isabel Allende, Chanel
Cleeton, Laura Esquivel, this book will be for you!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What challenges did you overcome in the writing of
this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I think due to the
personal nature of this book, there were a lot of challenges. </span><i style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Waves Take You Home</i><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> was written in
2020, when my Abuela was battling cancer, and because of the pandemic, I
couldn't go to Colombia to say goodbye. It was a time of mourning and grief for
me, and I needed to put it somewhere. I wrote this book inspired by her
stories, the matriarchal family system, and the Caribbean. There was a lot of
self-doubt when I was writing this book. I questioned whether I could do the
story justice or even if I could write a story that was worthy of her. Impostor
syndrome was my biggest enemy that year, but I could also say it was my most
prominent teacher.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was a lesson worth learning: You don't have to feel good to
write. Sometimes, you must also write through the tears and heartbreak. I don’t
know if I would have written <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Waves
Take You Home</i> if it wasn’t for all the things that were happening in my
life— it was very meaningful for me to create something in the middle of a
personal storm.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If people can buy or
read one book this week or month, why should it be yours?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is for everyone who after a
family loss has been forced to reflect on their family history, the cycles in
their family and how to make a life that is authentically theirs while also
honoring their ancestors. If you ever wondered about these themes, you should
read </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Waves Take You Home</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you to write this book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This book is mainly inspired by my own
experience growing in Haiti as a teenager and the Haitian youth who are trying
to escape the country every day due to political instability and poverty. It is
a work of realistic fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
What exactly is it about and who is it written for? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This book is about
survival, patriotism, perseverance and hope, and it is written for people who
frown upon immigration. </span><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This
powerful short story invites readers to reflect on the complexities of
migration, identity, and the pursuit of a better life. Whether you’re
interested in social justice, human stories, or simply a compelling read, <strong><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Promised Land</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> offers a unique perspective worth exploring. </span></strong></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope readers will get out
of reading your book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
hope they will be more compassionate towards young immigrants or immigrants in
general.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and
cover design? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I was young, my
mother (Phena Felix) used to tell me story about how Israel got to the promised
through hardships and tribulations, and I believe that we (Haitians) are God’s
children as well, hence the title of the book. I came up with the idea of designing
the cover that way, because I wanted to captivate the reader’s attention right
away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have
for fellow writers – other than run!? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Keep pushing through and refine your writing skills. Society
needs us more than ever!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book world do you see --
and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I see more authors taking the
‘self-publishing’ route, and that I think that is a good thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in your
personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Definitely! I am the main source of
inspiration of the book, even though it is still fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe your writing style?
Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simple and straight to the point. I love
taking my readers to a different world through vivid and fantastic descriptions
of scenes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you overcome in the
writing of this book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
did not really encounter any challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If people could buy or read one book this week
or month, why should it be yours? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It should be mine, because it is different. It makes you think
deeper, and it is not long at all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author</span></u></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I was born in </span><strong><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: #111111; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Saint
Michel de L’Attalaye</span></strong><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, a small town in Haiti. My love for writing and reading
blossomed from a young age. After immigrating to the United States, I served in
the </span><strong><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: #111111; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Marine Corps</span></strong><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> and pursued
higher education. I am currently studying law at Howard University, and I
continue to explore social issues through my writing. The sequel to this book
(The Promised Land: Fate of the Twins) will be published by next year. Be on
the lookout for it! For more info, please see: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacques-f-felix-182b57164/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jacques
F. Felix | LinkedIn</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">or</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jacquesffelix/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jacques F. Felix
(@jacquesffelix) • Instagram photos and videos</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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blog, with 3.6 million page views, can be reached at </span><a href="mailto:brianfeinblum@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">brianfeinblum@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> He is
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -.1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">About Brian
Feinblum</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
followed on </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. This is
copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by
www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-75267543398126951702024-03-08T16:12:00.003-05:002024-03-08T16:12:37.527-05:00Interview With Author Troy R Legette<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOEtpGCXwH9C3tOBrGX_YYHfmBhwxFIjoKl_haD9_4oNm0bBmPuKFrrKuw2EXFzJr_VSfvU89svLwBUHPQkP6QkHADMw7YfvRBUBCQzGWVpv1nYcmH2uK6UgKEqSFDt2FxVLf_a_IJBmBdAmUOVeFTVgRUbmbO-hp_X4CIsET9wqbMVkMz-bNUbwwyYyoi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="768" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOEtpGCXwH9C3tOBrGX_YYHfmBhwxFIjoKl_haD9_4oNm0bBmPuKFrrKuw2EXFzJr_VSfvU89svLwBUHPQkP6QkHADMw7YfvRBUBCQzGWVpv1nYcmH2uK6UgKEqSFDt2FxVLf_a_IJBmBdAmUOVeFTVgRUbmbO-hp_X4CIsET9wqbMVkMz-bNUbwwyYyoi=w239-h358" width="239" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you to write this book?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> My inspiration for The Objective Scholar
came about while reading poetry courses online. I wanted to improve as a writer
and pursued that course of action until I landed on the depths of
what makes poets great. Learning the rules of
poetry writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is it about and who
is it written for? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The poetry book illustrates the cultural and sociological
aspects of an Afro-American male raised and residing in Black America.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope readers will get out
of reading your book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
hope readers will embrace the information as a positive force
that changes, adds, or improves their life. Land them in a
space of greater freedom and peace of mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and
cover design? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The book title is one
I’ve been mustering up since 2016 with the goal of bridging the gap with the
average person’s daily experiences. The cover design was a conversation with
the graphic artist thinking outside the box on a worldly level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have
for fellow writers – other than run!? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just as the founder of Creative Literature Initiative (CLI) A
non-profit, “read every day and write every day.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book world do you see --
and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The trends that I see in the book world are
people feeling comfortable enough to share with the world their story. I think
the book publishing industry is heading in the direction of growth that will
allow publications of more phenomenal art created from brilliant minds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in your personal life
or career that came in handy when writing this book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes, most of what I write is stimulated from
my everyday experiences and encounters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe your writing style?
Which writers or books is your writing similar to? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I would describe my writing style as one
taking a leap of faith incorporating poetry styles as the vehicle of my
thoughts. I’m sure there are some poets that my writing ability may remind
people of but I have no specific names at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you overcome in the
writing of this book? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The
challenges that I overcame with writing this book
are sharing vulnerability, honesty, opinions, truth, and love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. If people can buy or read one book this
week or month, why should it be yours?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I believe that people should choose my book as their monthly
choice because it has therapeutic value through topics,
comprehension, maturity, enjoyment, and relatability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About The Author</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: A barber trades clippers for pens to write a
book of poetry. Troy R. Legette, a local barber from Tampa who is also an
accountant, rapper, photographer, and small business entrepreneur, shares his
writing talents to provide therapy to uplift and heal. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He self-published, <i>Social Climax</i>, in
2015. And now, <i>The Objective Scholar</i>, a second poetry
book in April 2024. For more info, please see: </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="http://www.troylegette.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #954f72; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.troylegette.com</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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blog, with 3.6 million page views, can be reached at </span><a href="mailto:brianfeinblum@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">brianfeinblum@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> He is
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
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copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by
www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-6720358051431959592024-03-07T22:59:00.002-05:002024-03-07T22:59:20.542-05:00Interview With Author Michelle Creeden<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZHbEm924Xggiy_8MaMOnBLDMy7E0-xZOm2nr4_Io0cOqYWL8RqnV9BzJRszt39lKONZaz8fVd3ZM_JFIgzl3bx94sbSBLJ47-4nMBNjR6jcIJaAUose2DhyphenhyphenouXspk_0G4pv2eMqAzfdjoVGON94NMNX6l4QxI-kjvUJmTBxXcX9JCkHmZ27fyrlJWzxN/s445/boob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="286" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZHbEm924Xggiy_8MaMOnBLDMy7E0-xZOm2nr4_Io0cOqYWL8RqnV9BzJRszt39lKONZaz8fVd3ZM_JFIgzl3bx94sbSBLJ47-4nMBNjR6jcIJaAUose2DhyphenhyphenouXspk_0G4pv2eMqAzfdjoVGON94NMNX6l4QxI-kjvUJmTBxXcX9JCkHmZ27fyrlJWzxN/s320/boob.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you to write this book?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Saying I had a difficult time nursing my
babies would be an understatement. Other moms going through this same challenge
inspired me. I would stay up at night with my babies, trying to soothe and
nurse, and find myself thinking entertaining thoughts. One night, I decided to
write these thoughts down alongside the images that came with it. A few years
later, my comic book inspired book came to life and is available for moms and
dads to read and enjoy. Yes, it's dad friendly too!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is it about and who
is it written for?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The book is about taking difficult breastfeeding situations and
making them funny and amusing. It is written for moms and dads.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope readers will get out
of reading your book?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I hope my book
inspires other moms to stick with breastfeeding. The hard times are worth it. I
want moms to pick up this book and find themselves smiling and laughing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and
cover design?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Each page of the book
has a picture and I wanted the cover design to be one of those pictures. A baby
nursing was perfect. There are hearts on the cover and even the mom's lips are
a heart, expressing love. The title to add humor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have
for fellow writers – other than run!?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Writing a book can take years. Be patient with yourself. Let
ideas change and evolve until it's a book you are proud to put on the market.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book world do you see --
and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Digital content! Call me old school, but I
love actually holding a book. I enjoy flipping pages and using a physical
bookmark. My book is a great coffee table book. Anyone can pick it up and flip
through the pages for light entertainment. That cannot be as easily achieved in
the digital world, in my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in your
personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Talking to other moms about breastfeeding and
hearing their stories that they kept inside because they felt as though they
didn't have an outlet that others could relate to. I want there to be no shame
in one of the most natural mother and child experiences there is. I want other
moms and dads to feel like this book is a friend in their back pocket (or
coffee table).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe your writing style?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Which writers or books is your writing
similar to? Creative writing using real world situations with pictures that are
also both real world and imaginative. My book is similar to comic books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you overcome in the
writing of this book?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> One of my challenges
was how I wanted to organize the book. Since there are 101 moments, I divided
the ideas into chapters to keep similar thoughts together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.<b>If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why
should it be yours</b>? It's a great present for yourself, moms-to-be, new
moms, or even moms past the nursing stages that want to reflect. It's such a
fun, light hearted, easy read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .1in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About the Author:</span></u></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I am a full-time working mom. I majored in
mathematics. By day, I am enveloped in Excel and analytical thinking, and by
night, in creative expression. I have two athletic boys that keep me busy and a
loving, hard-working husband. For more information, please see: </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/101-Boobilicious-Moments-Michelle-Creeden" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.amazon.com/101-Boobilicious-Moments-Michelle-Creeden</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
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including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>BookMarketingBuzzBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087811652548964956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926810832870070951.post-20128090962901495092024-03-07T22:52:00.011-05:002024-03-07T22:52:44.784-05:00Interview with Author Seymour Benson<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZcT3sNTqIavP-p4NkTudyrqtVCCK1xdHSDpn5qoqudtO-4GyZTIfQZysIYy_nLu1u3LfxNnSJZq83UQrUH1Kb4Ug18DYf_19ChMgjfT3OsiF3EIl80CKWRa3-jOWRa_ovGZL7XRx0w_U4QjozkRwTysBxNG-RJK_JxKe53OzB6K1gemvhXCxuTXKZAif6" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="267" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZcT3sNTqIavP-p4NkTudyrqtVCCK1xdHSDpn5qoqudtO-4GyZTIfQZysIYy_nLu1u3LfxNnSJZq83UQrUH1Kb4Ug18DYf_19ChMgjfT3OsiF3EIl80CKWRa3-jOWRa_ovGZL7XRx0w_U4QjozkRwTysBxNG-RJK_JxKe53OzB6K1gemvhXCxuTXKZAif6=w234-h372" width="234" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. What inspired you to write this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About twenty years ago, I was chatting with a
student who was enamored with writing. At the time, she was taking an advanced
writing class at school, and, from the wealth of information she had gleaned
from the class, she challenged me during the course of the conversation that a
writer can't write a book without an outline. Seizing the challenge in both
hands, I went home that night and wrote five chapters of a story that have
subsequently spanned the first two books in the Issachon Series. Over the intervening
years, far too many distractions have waylaid my efforts to finish any of my
writing projects, but every time my work was shipwrecked, someone would come
along and read the unfinished chapters and say, "This is <i>great</i>!
You need to finish this!" I would dutifully comply and return to the
effort. The <i>ongoing</i> inspiration is that I love the characters
and I so vigorously want to see how they are going to resolve their endless
string of growing predicaments. There are chapters that give me goose bumps
every time I read them.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What exactly is it about and who is
it written for?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have always been fascinated by the
unpredictability of magic and the required precision of technology. Throw magic
and technology into the pot with the ultimate struggle of good versus evil and
you have a recipe for a fun and chaotic story. <i>Dark Ascensions</i> is
about Alystra, a woman who was struck by an out-of-control magic spell that
transformed her into the Issachon, a primal being and <i>the</i> enraged
embodiment of evil. We pick up the story 12 years after the transformation
after she has spent more than a decade trying to discover the source of the
spell so she can be free of the evil presence within. In an out-of-the-blue
encounter she meets the first of many unexpected allies who join her on a
journey that continually spins out of control and leads them in unexpected
directions. In sum, swords, spaceships, magic, and wonder. Cool!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I started reading fantasy and science fiction
when I was about 12, having been exposed to the surrealistic space fantasy by
Arthur C. Clarke <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>. Although <i>Dark
Ascensions</i> leans more toward fantasy than science fiction, I would
make the case that any person who likes either genre will be intrigued by <i>Dark
Ascensions.</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. What do you hope readers will get out of
reading your book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enjoyment! Entertainment! <i>Dark
Ascensions</i> is a wild ride with unexpected twists and turns,
interesting characters, and clever wordplay. This is not a heavy and ponderous
book, nor is it overly dark and brooding. And finally, it is decidedly <i>not</i> preachy
or filled with controversial issues. Relax and escape! If I had to pinpoint one
specific goal, I would say that I want my readers to fall in love with the
characters and deeply care about their well being in the face of the danger
before them. It is interesting to me that different readers I have heard from
seem to latch on to different characters. But I am <i>not</i> giving
away any names. M**** S***** is my personal favorite, because she is kinda like
my wife.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. How did you decide on your book’s title and
cover design?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LOL and Ugh. The title is a painful topic.
Darkness is associated to the evil within Alystra, and ascension is both
thematic, and tied to something in the story. The book almost named itself.
More on this in the next question. The cover <i>had</i> to be black.
I wanted Alystra, in some form, against a background of stars to capture the
cosmic playground of the story. Outside of that, I needed Alystra to be showing
some magic. Above all, I know the artist and like his work.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. What advice or words of wisdom do you have
for fellow writers – other than run!?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Never give up. Read constantly. Write every
day. Read Steven King's book on writing - he will give you more useful
tidbits than I can here. Read a lot. If you aren't already 99.98% proficient
with spelling and grammar, get a good book to master it. Read day in and day
out. Read books that challenge your vocabulary. Read the classics. Learn from
the masters, and read them again and again. <i>Their books are classics
because they know how to turn a phrase that brings the magic of books to life</i>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you want to self-publish, get good advice
from someone who has done it. I probably read a hundred web pages on different
sites, and there were a few things that were consistent with all of the
websites I encountered that you need to remember. They are <i>not</i> there
to help you. They are there to make money. And <i>not one web site</i> described
every step an independent author needs to know in order to publish. Piecing the
process together took me months, and I had to go back, figure out what nobody
had mentioned, undo mistakes that nobody had described. It took me more than
two weeks to publish my first book on Amazon and Ingram Spark and the next time
I publish, I will be able to do all of the steps in one relaxing day.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally, and most importantly, before you choose
your title, create your cover art, and commit to copyright and an ISBN, do a
Google search of your title. I <i>didn't</i> do this and have
discovered that Dark Ascension (without the S on the end) is the title of a
famous book <i>series</i>, a dozen other books, and a card set in the
fabulously popular <i>Magic: The Gathering</i> card game. If my
entire career as a writer fails it will be largely because my pretty awesome
book is hidden behind the massive walls of other already famous products. Alas.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. What trends in the book world do you see --
and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The publishing industry is always going to be
monolithic and impenetrable on the big publishing house end and painstaking on
the independent publisher end. However, the fact that an independent author can
publish a book in a day and have copies available on Amazon for people to buy
provides an option that doesn't involve hundreds of rejection letters. What I
hope to see is an ever-growing community of writers, readers, and facilitators
who create networks to make the flow of good books to interested readers a
smooth pathway. Much of social networking is superficial, but the connectivity
it affords can be a boon for the book industry. As an unknown author, I sure
hope it works that way. ;)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. Were there experiences in your
personal life or career that came in handy when writing this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From first grade through graduate school and
then a bunch of decades as a teacher, and now as a writer for my current
employer, I have been exposed to the required rigor of precise writing for
about 50 years of my life. The academic world not only encourages reading in an
environment where books are all around, but the discipline of writing is a
constant. Being surrounded by other teachers, many of whom were famous authors,
provided me with an environment that maintained high writing standards. On the
other hand, I have had about 50 different jobs in my life. This level of
diverse experience does <i>not</i> help to pay the bills or to save
for retirement, but it is a great source of ideas.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. How would you describe your writing style?
Which writers or books is your writing similar to?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I didn't know this until I read his book on
writing, but my writing <i>method</i> is what Steven King follows -
start with an idea, and see where it takes you. Numerous times as I was
writing <i>Dark Ascensions</i>, a character would say something unexpected
and the plot would veer off in a direction that eradicated my original plan.
Many times when this happened, I wrote whole chapters or even whole story arcs
over many chapters that I would later remove as a really cool idea that might
be used later. As I relate this method, I feel obliged to present the following
encouragement and warning: Although relinquishing control of the narrative to
the characters generates really cool plot twists that are natural, and feel
genuine, it makes it much harder to reach your overall plot destination.
Writing this way is a ton of fun, but I ended up needing to turn one book into
two, and it has taken (and will take) a lot of work to get back to the final
ending. And, who knows, maybe one of my characters will change the ending too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People who have read <i>Dark Ascensions</i> have
told me that my writing reminds them of Roger Zelazny. This makes sense since
he is one of my favorite authors. Buy Zelazny's <i>Amber</i> series
and enjoy all ten books. After you buy <i>Dark Ascensions</i>, that is.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. What challenges did you overcome in the
writing of this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most frustrating roadblock to my writing has
been the need to work full time doing other stuff in order to pay the bills.
The way I hurdled this obstacle was to schedule time every weekend, wake up at
4:00 AM countless mornings, or skip family movie time (and a hundred other
sacrifices). This is a challenge that I will continue to face.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Writing for me has been tremendously lonely. The
student I mentioned above, who told me that nobody can write a book without an
outline, was a tremendous source of encouragement for a couple of years, but
then we lost touch. I joined a writing group which was comprised of a bunch of
people who couldn't place an interesting sentence on a piece of paper. They
were fun people with whom I enjoyed some great meals and from whom I learned
little. I yearn for a crew of folks with whom I could enjoy inspiration and
accountability. By mentioning this, I am not looking for pity. I would suggest
two observations. First, writing is a lonely task. Ultimately the author needs
to type or write every word required, with or without encouragement or input
from others. Second, if you <i>can</i> find some people with whom you
can find support, seize the opportunity.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. If people can buy or read one book this week
or month, why should it be yours?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reading <i>Dark
Ascensions</i> will get you through that week or month with a newfound
hope that there is still great literature being written in the 21st century.
The story is fresh and different. The plot is surprising and the characters are
people you would want to invite over for dinner, fencing practice, or to help
fold the laundry. (There is one magical character who is sarcastic and smells
pretty bad, you might want to keep him outside.) Nevertheless, as one reviewer
astutely proffered, "Buy this- you won't regret it." I don't think
that I could have said it better.</span><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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spanning 7th grade to graduate school and topics as diverse as literature,
astronomy, photography, math, and history. He brings this odd cacophony of
masteries together in <i>Dark Ascensions</i> where characters tumble
through a story with unexpected twists as they wage a complicated war of good
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What do authors need to do to succeed? Is it
promotional knowledge, marketing skills, connections, media access, social
media prowess, charisma? Sure.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">How about time and money? Absolutely.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And hopefully a very good book.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Throw in a measure of luck, too.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">But the real answer is a positive, empowered,
opportunistic, confident, and committed mindset. That is the foundation for
everything.</span><br />
<br />
<b><u><span style="background: white;">Those with a mindset that leads to failure
tend to act or feel this way:</span><br />
</u></b><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Procrastinates until it is too late</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Tends to be unnecessarily pessimistic</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Whines and complains without mitigating the
damage</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Envies others and rages with jealousy</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Avoids taking calculated risks</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Sees obstacles as impossible to overcome</span><br />
<br />
<b><u><span style="background: white;">Those with a winning mindset exhibit some
or all of these characteristics:</span><br />
</u></b><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Initiates action</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Shows persistence and discipline</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Sees things optimistically</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Will try again after failing</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Responds to opportunities and creates them as
well</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">* Finds inspiration from setbacks</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Which mindset do you have? The choice is clear.</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Feinblum</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .1in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brian Feinblum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> should be
followed on </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">. This is
copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now
resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue
dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The
Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
award-winning blog has generated over 3.6 million pageviews. With 4,800+ posts
over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by
BookBaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018
as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by
www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades,
including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book
publicity firm, and director of publicity positions at two independent presses,
Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres,
right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark
Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay,
Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan
RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence
College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
been published in <i>The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY
Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News</i> (Westchester) and <i>The Washington
Post</i>. His first published book was <i>The Florida homeowner, Condo, &
Co-Op Association Handbook</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was featured
in<i> The Sun Sentinel </i>and <i>Miami Herald</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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