1.
What type of books do you write? Educational guide books for students to have
success in their journey through high school, college and beyond! My “College
Prep Genius” books are an accumulation of information about how students can
ace standardized tests for college entrance and scholarships! “High School Prep
Genius” is like a personal high school counselor/expert that gives the parents
and students a step-by-step guide through each month of each year with
information that most guidance counselors don’t know that will help students
gain an incredible edge. Our Vocabcafé book series are fun and wholesome
novellas that each contain 300 SAT level words in context with the definition
and pronunciation at the bottom of the page to instantly reinforce high level
vocabulary building. They easily help students learn to speak and write on a
professional level!
College
is so expensive and the average student spends 20 years (2 decades) of their
life paying off loans and families are looking for answers. As a one-income
family, twelve years ago, we had no money for college and a friend told me that
there was so much money based on a test score so this intrigued me to start
researching standardized tests since colleges go up on their rankings
nationally based on their test scores, the higher the test scores-the more
money students get! After going through numerous test questions to find what
does and does not work, and looking for the recurring patterns found on the
test, my son became a National Merit Scholar and we threw away seven trash bags
full of college offers! (free tuition, full-rides, free room/board, grad school
money, study-abroad stipends…) Then after my daughter received free
college/scholarships my friends wanted to know what we did and that is when I
wrote the book, “College Prep Genius”
and ultimately created a practical class to go with it to teach students how to
how these type of tests.
In
the last ten years, many of my students have raised their SAT scores 600
points, become National Merit Scholars and even gone to Ivy-Leagues for free!
The reason most students bomb test is because the questions are purposely
misleading and the wrong answers look appealing. The students are only given a
minute per question and most do not finish the test on time. We teach how to
answer every question in 30 seconds or less.
When
students learn the hidden, recurring patterns/profiles on each test, they can
cut their time in half and answer all the questions quickly and correctly. This
is for all students since many valedictorians and top 10% students come to my
class because they bombed the test.
Here
are a few video testimonials:
To
view a couple of speeches I gave a few years ago about free college and acing
the SAT, go to: www.collegeprepgenius.com/freedownload
2. What
is your newest book about? My newest book (not finished yet) is about why
there’s only a 16% chance of your/average student graduating from college and
how a parent can change that course now. It is based on why most schools are
not teaching the right subjects for college success, the reason for the lack of
motivation of today’s students, the 20-40 hours of wasted time each week that
parents spend on “certain” sports (from an early age) that is absolutely
useless for scholarship money, etc. It will give parents a roadmap for success
starting in elementary school and beyond, winning scholarships in grade school,
earning college money from the cradle on.
3.
What inspired you to write it? After
teaching my program in numerous public, private, charter and homeschool
settings, I’ve seen tens of thousands of students who are discouraged because
no one had given them the correct information at the right time-often it is too
late for certain milestones that they could have easily achieved had they known
about them. Parents put a lot of trust in their school counselors and
unfortunately most of them are too overwhelmed with changing schedules and
dealing with discipline problems to help students-spending about 30 minutes per
year, per student and that’s not enough time to lay out a four-year plan for
anyone and many are ignorant on vital information that students need to
succeed! Parents must become proactive and the main source because ultimately
they are the ones paying for college. It is exciting to students, especially
those in poor districts, have hope in attaining college/career dreams when they
have felt/been told they are not smart enough or don’t have the money to get a
degree in a field of their choice. My synopsis is that: any student can go to
college and can go for FREE!
4.
What is the writing process like for
you? As a visionary, my writing can be very scattered because I have over
ten books (not just education/college) that I’m working on so when I get an
idea/inspiration I add to it. Fortunately I am surrounded by analytical
perfectionist that help me coral my thoughts and bring them into a more
uniformed arena and keep me focused on one project at a time.
5. What did you do before you became an
author? I was a homeschooling mother who wanted to raise my children up to
be a disciple in Christ with Godly character, who were independent thinkers,
and an asset to society. They were my first priority and it was worth every bit
of sacrifice to stay home with them to do this because nobody loved them more
than my husband and I.
6.
How does it feel to be a published
author? I really don’t think much about it because I simply found a need
and filled it and then found out that most people were in the same boat (no
money for college) and it seem like a natural thing to share what we found out
with others to help change their lives as well.
7.
Any advice for struggling writers? Yes,
just do it knowing you will make mistakes, and that you will revise many, many
times and you will always feel like there is more to add but you must have a
stopping point. When you have more to say, either revise/update later or write
another book highlighting the new ideas.
8.
Where do you see book publishing
heading? Even in the age of digital publishing/e-book readers, there will
always be that desire to hold a hard copy in one’s hands as you absorb,
highlight, make notes on key points in a book or want to sink into a lawn chair
and escape the world with that all-absorbing novel. We must teach the next
generation to not lose this art as technology takes over our world.
For
more information, please consult: www.collegeprepgenius.com
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Brian Feinblum’s views, opinions, and ideas expressed in this blog are his alone and not that of his employer, Media Connect, the nation’s largest book promoter. You can follow him on Twitter @theprexpert and email him at brianfeinblum@gmail.com. He feels more important when discussed in the third-person. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog © 2014
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