Finding Purpose Through Service: The Story Behind Mountains to Cross

Q. Dr. Abraham George, what do you want the world to know about Mountains to Cross: Finding Life’s Purpose In Service?  I hope the world will see, through my experience serving disadvantaged and poor people, that we can make a real difference in their lives by serving their needs. Given that half the world lives … Read more

Inside the Mind Behind Dominion: Ascension: A Candid Q&A with the Author

Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book?  I was inspired by watching how quickly technology is reshaping power, identity, and control, and wondering what happens when convenience becomes compliance.  Q. What is “Dominion: Ascension” about, in simple terms?  It’s about a young woman coming of age in a matriarchal future where power has shifted, freedom … Read more

Unveiling Alan Hovhaness: A Composer’s Life, Love, and Legacy Through the Eyes of His Wife

Q. Tell us about Alan Hovhaness: Unveiling One of the Great Composers of the 20th Century from your point of view.  The content of the book was written by my mother Hinako Fujuhara Hovhaness. Originally it was intended as a documentary to give an insight into the life and personality of Alan Hovhaness, the composer (my mother’s husband). However, the writing … Read more

Eighty Years on the Move: An Author Q&A on The Trek Continues

Q. Can you tell us about The Trek Continues from Your point of view? This is a collection of true stories drawn from eighty years of life, love and adventure. Q. Where did you find your inspiration for this second book?  I couldn’t stop writing stories. They just kept piling up, so that became book … Read more

Inside the Wackadoodle World of Zoodletraz

Q. What is Zoodletraz and why are Droodle and Schmoodle locked up? Zoodletraz is a prison on an island surrounded by water and dangerous water creatures.  It is patrolled 24/7 by Chese groodled powered baloonadoodles.  Zoodle has a no pet policy and that is why they are locked up.  Just a teaser. The reason Zoodle … Read more

Beyond the Ordinary: The Real-Life Adventures in The Trek Continues

Q. Can you tell us about The Trek Continues from Your point of view?   This is a collection of true stories drawn from eighty years of life, love and adventure. Q. Where did you find your inspiration for this second book?   I couldn’t stop writing stories. They just kept piling up, so that became book … Read more

Metaphors, Memory, and Mercy: Sue William Silverman Talks Trauma and Transformation

goldfish floatingrep resenting metaphor and memory in writing

Q. You’ve written openly about your childhood trauma and “love” addiction. How do those themes evolve in this book? Previously, I’ve written longer pieces on these subjects with straight-through narrative arcs. Here, in these flash essays, the form is shorter, more imagistic, and, at times, experimental. Additionally, as I’ve evolved as a writer, I see … Read more

Writing Six to Carry the Casket: What I Wish I Knew

Author Bill Hulseman stands beside his memoir, “Six to Carry the Casket and One to Say the Mass,” against a moody, urban backdrop with cardboard boxes, graffiti, and religious imagery—symbolizing the book’s themes of grief, queer identity, Catholic ritual, and personal healing.

Q.What do you wish you knew before you started to write your book?  I didn’t start writing with a book in mind–my only intention was to make space and time to process significant changes in my life. I wasn’t searching for some original or sweeping insight–I just needed to figure out where I came from, … Read more

Kelly O’Hearn on the Soul Behind Arcanum

Kelly O’Hearn seated in front of symbolic tarot artwork, with her books Arcanum: In the Temple Shadows and Arcanum: Whispers in the Forest displayed beside a tarot card labeled "The Lovers."

Tell me about your book from your point of view .  My book series Arcanum is something that’s really personal to me because I channeled it through the lens of my soul using my tarot cards.   What was the most challenging part of writing your book?   For me, the most challenging part of writing a book … Read more

Sara Winokur on Ivory Bones: History, Mystery, and the Secrets of the Lewis Chessmen

Can you tell me about your book, Ivory Bones, from your point of view? Ivory Bones: The Lewis Chessmen Murders is the second in a historical mystery series that features Brynja Pálsdóttir, an Icelandic forensic geneticist. A four-hundred-year-old diary along with skeletal remains are unearthed at a building site. Brynja is shocked to learn the … Read more