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Denise Turney is a passionate novelist, radio personality, freelance writer and author of the champion books Love Pour Over Me, Portia, Long Walk Up, Spiral, Gregory The Lionhearted, Love Has Many Faces, Gada's Glory and Rosetta's Great Hope. We have conducted an interview with her. Which magazines, newspapers and women's periodicals are your novels & writing works been featured? Feature interviews and freelance writing has gifted my books and creative works coverage in various digital and print media outlets, including Ebony, Madame Noire, US 1, KaNupepa, Obsidian, The Trenton Times, USA Today, Your Church Magazine and Parade Magazine. These and other publications help to keep readers and my writings connected, a reward that I sincerely appreciate. How do you manage your time being an entrepreneur, freelance writer, and a businesswoman and also a civic and community volunteer? Years of hosting and organizing projects and events has sharpened my time...

Kyle S. Parsons has been getting a lot of attention recently after the Rich Kids of Instagram, Daily Mail UK, and Bild (Germany) featured him in various articles. He has been receiving mixed reviews from people either hating him for being more well off and other people thinking its cool and wanting to be like him. Two years ago we conducted an interview with him and now we asked him again about his new book Professionally Provocative . How has your social media channel evolved over the last few years? You know, when I first interviewed with you guys a couple of years ago, I was at the peak of developing my 'Rich Kid if Instagram' image. I was very strict with the types of photos I posted, I spent a lot of time working on my posts and thinking how people would react to them. But slowly over the past year, I started posting more creative - edgy - risqué photos on my Instagram page. So they still fit with my 'rich kid' image, but added some flavor to otherwi...

Zavesti.com is focused on helping creative entrepreneurs succeed. It provides marketing and advertising tools for self-published authors, book bloggers, YouTube video creators, artists and illustrators. We have conducted an interview with Zavesti team member Chivi Frost about her new book The Blogger Trailmap: How to Take Your Blog to the Next Level in Easy Steps . How did you first begin the business? The story of my book, ( The Blogger Trailmap: How to Take Your Blog to the Next Level in Easy Steps ), begins in the days when I worked at a desk job. I yearned to start a home-based business which would bring me independence. In pursuit of this dream, I poured over the blogs, the books and the videos available on the internet. Unfortunately, so much of this information on the internet is from sales people in the garb of bloggers who are promoting affiliate links to earn money. Or tout their own products. You can easily end up wasting months and years of your life. Which is...

Linda K. Schmitmeyer ’s memoir, “ Rambler: A Family Pushes Through the Fog of Mental Illness ,” is an intimate and forthright look at her experience of raising children with a husband who has a severe mental illness. Linda’s professional life has taken her from the classroom to the newsroom to a public relations office. Semi-retired now, she continues to work as a freelance writer and editor and adjunct university professor. The career constant—the thread running through it all—is her love for writing. She fondly recalls the first time she imagined herself a writer. In grade school at the time, she overheard an aunt praising a story she’d written about growing up in a large family. (She has 10 brothers and a sister.) But being a writer wasn’t something little girls living in the Midwest in the 1950s set out to be, so she became a teacher. Eventually she morphed into a writer. When not writing—or thinking about writing—she enjoys traveling and bicycling, with her husband, Steve...

Brandon Stewart is a father, artist, lover of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Indiana Jones. A conscientious observer of the 80's. Brandon also likes to juggle creative projects. He currently paints in acrylic and oil, does pyrography (woodburning), writes stories, draws and writes for comics, and has been a professional tattooer since 2004. He won't sit still. Like millions of people, Brandon has anxiety. He describes anxiousness and panic like this: "In a small case, anxiety can feel like nervousness before a test. In a severe case, it feels like waiting to be executed. In both cases, art has been my salvation." We have conducted an interview with Brandon. In which special circumstances did you first figure out that your art book could be use as a weapon to battle anxiety? On some level, I think I’ve always dealt with anxiety through art, even when I was very young. Emotions are often complex and confusing, so making them into imagery seems to lift the veil,...

Tonight our guest is Ashley Terrell , a fine arts entrepreneur and Amazon best selling author. Owner of Stella Bistro Foods and BSC & Co . We have conducted an interview with her. Why did you want to write a memoir? I wrote my memoir, The Black Sheep Shadow , because people should be understood. We share the same feelings, yet to what degree? The Black Sheep Shadow was a writing piece that's needed for mental, spiritual and emotional growth. Knowing how far you come breeds determination and courage. Determination and courage is diluted because people don't feel it's needed to become a better person [for ourselves]. I don't believe those characteristics are spoken on too much anymore because negativity sells in the media. I have a testimony of the glory of God! Your hardships and perseverance can be someone else's breakthrough. I wanted my memoir, The Black Sheep Shadow, to show my determination to find my purpose and the courage to tell my audience o...

Nadia Bruce-Rawlings uses grains of her often gritty life to infuse her stories with cathartic realism. Her stories “Fire” and “Scars” have both been finalists in Glimmer Train’s writing contests and are included in SCARS , her first anthology from Punk Hostage Press. Nadia grew up travelling the world and living in various countries before settling in Los Angeles. In LA she briefly worked at a vitamin factory and then began a long career in independent film distribution. A single mom for 11 years, she and her new husband have settled into the Nashville area, where she writes by the lake when she can escape their five kids and two dogs. We have conducted an interview with Nadia. How do you feel when your writing talent has been describe as "with dark humor and candor" or even "emotionally raw"? I feel that my writing is fairly candid and definitely emotionally raw. When I write, especially the memoir pieces, I go to a very deep place inside myself. I ...

After meeting the devil herself at a lonely crossroads not far outside of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Jim Jackson got an exclusive interview with the Princess of Darkness and a short-lived staff position as her PR writer. From that gig, he came away with a supernatural ability to tell a tale. Jim’s mission is to show that the stories we all grew up with – the heroes, the monsters, the adventures – are still solid, muscular realities that can shape our lives (for good or for ill). Jim is the author of Stones in My Passway: a Novel in Blues and How to Tell a Really Good Story about Absolutely Anything in 4 Easy Steps. He’s also a public speaking instructor, wine lover and amateur blues musician who can be found on the lonely, sepia-hued plains of Southern Alberta, or traveling the country, notebook, corkscrew and mouth harp in hand, looking for really good stories. Why do you think people are so taken in by a well-told story? Stories are who we are. When I say “I,” I mean ...

Brett Biaggio is a passionate reader and storyteller, he began writing The Pacific Prep Series in 2013 after his best friend passed away. As he struggled to cope with the death of his friend, this story emerged from the grief. We have conducted an interview with Brett. When and how did you become a writer? I started to write as an escape from the pain after my friend, Jessica, passed away unexpectedly on Easter 2013. She just didn't wake up. It broke my heart into a million pieces because it hit me like a ton of bricks how little I had seen her lately. So I began doing things she and I used to do together: listening to music we both enjoyed, going to parks we had hung out at, and geeking out over books. I started to escape into books that she had mentioned she enjoyed: Twilight, Fifty Shades, and The Vampire Diaries. My taste was more Tolkien, but when I began to read these books I could see her there smiling or crying, or whatever emotion was appropriate; my point ...

Today our guest is LazRael Lison, author of " Neighborhood of Dreams ". We have conducted an interview with him. So, LazRael Lison, you’re originally from Little Rock, Arkansas? I’ve never been there. Yep. Winchester and Little Rock . So what was life like growing up in the south? I’m sure it was much different than the life you’re accustom to living now. Totally. But I’m so appreciative of my southern roots because it’s made me the man I am today. We grew up in a two-bedroom mobile home with about nine people living in it. No lie. Wow! When I look back, that was the greatest thing ever happen to me, because I learned to be happy with very little. I never knew we were close to the poverty line. I think when your around people you love and that love you, it somehow overshadows the lack of everything else when you’re a child. However, that’s where the dreams started. Speaking of Dreams. Let us jump right into this book, “Neighborhood of Dreams...

Sarah graduated with a degree in physics in 2010, then went on to study creative writing. She has since published the rom-com drama novel, Holly Blossums , and the crime-drama thriller novel, Black Widow . When she’s not writing, Sarah works in retail and enjoys creative hobbies such as painting. Who is the most interesting character in the book you co-wrote with Will Coggins? Detective Jamison is the most interesting character because he sees the world for what it is - unfair. He’s not afraid to do what’s necessary to balance the scales of justice, even if that means planting evidence. To me, what makes him really interesting is, beneath his tough exterior lays a deep, feeling human being who wants to change. He may seem to lack a moral compass, but his heart is in the right place. We all wish we could take the law into our own hands when we’ve been a victim of crime. Jamison follows through with that wish, but his latest case makes him question whether he’s doing the ri...

T.H. Moore is a Southwest Philadelphia native who relocated to Camden, New Jersey, at the age of ten. He’s an active member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Morgan State University. His career as an information technology consultant and real estate investor has afforded him the opportunity to travel to many countries all over the world as well as the majority of the United States. Blending experience with imagination helped formulate the basis of, and inspired him to write his first novel, The End Justifies the Means. His second novel, The Devil’s Whisper, is uniquely creative fiction that ventures away from the inspiration of his own life experiences. In The Devil’s Whisper, he dives into a darker set of dual protagonists whose sole objective is to survive the circumstances of the world they live in. T.H. Moore is the proud father of one son, Jason, and currently resides in Virginia, where he is working on the next two installments ...

Rajeev Saxena was born and raised in India, completing a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Kanpur in 1994. He moved to the US to continue his education, spending 11 years in the US before returning to India in 2008. He moved back to the US again in 2014. His career in IT for a large international company has blessed him with the ability to visit a multitude of cultures and countries throughout his life. From his early days experiencing life on farms in his grandparents’ rural village, he has been in touch with his roots throughout his life. All those experiences have now come together in the form of his book. We have conducted an interview with him. Who inspired to craft this character 'Dr. Pinto'? An author finds characters from his or her surroundings. If that’s not the case, he is not doing the justice with his writing, few genres are exceptions. I grew up in small towns, then went to a prestigious college IIT for my engineering and since then have been working i...