Index
Simon Palmer
Chris Hambleton
Ted Gross
Barbara Scott Emmett
Stephen Hise
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Stephen Hise
Steve, what gave you the idea for Upgrade?
My daughter forced me to do it. I was home-schooling her, and one of the classes was creative writing. One day, we were watching a marathon of the old 'Twilight Zone' television series. That gave me the idea to give her a writing assignment. I wanted her to write a short story that would make a good Twilight Zone episode.
She struggled with this and asked me to do the same. UPGRADE was born of the story idea from this. I had originally intended to write it as a short story, but the story just kept coming, so it turned into a novel.
Did you, at any point, see yourself as Brent?
Brent was having a lot of sex, so – no.
If Upgrade was made into a movie, who would you cast as your three ladies? And no, it can’t be me or Cathy, as we are assigned to the Bond films.
I have never put an ounce of thought into this. I did not visualize particular actors or actresses for the parts. I am sure if they paid me enough, I would be completely comfortable with whomever the casting directors chose.
What is your next project?
My next project is a collaborative endeavour with two other authors. The book is in editing right now, and I can’t give away too many details, but it is of a satirical/comedic nature.
What inspired you to create Indies Unlimited?
I had been promoting other indie authors on my own Facebook author page since I started it. Facebook is nice enough for what it is, but I wanted a more expansive forum. I had met many amazing writers, reviewers, editors, and publishers in various forums (especially in Book Junkies – my favourite haunt). I wanted to be able to showcase the amazing array of talent in the indie community.
What are your favourite book genres?
I read a lot of warning signs, medication labels, and small appliance installation instructions. As books go, I tend to like smart fiction with some essence of credible science. Crichton was brilliant at this.
What is your favourite book? (Naughty mags don’t count).
I’d have to say Cathy Speight’s diary was an eye-opener.
What are your first thoughts when you wake up in the morning?
Usually, I’m wondering what time the guards will be round with breakfast.
Name three things that you would take with you if you had to spend a month on a desert island. (Please bear in mind I would need a week's notice).
I am putting in my notice right now – get packed, Sue. Some sort of insect repellent would probably be nice. I’d also like a tent. I’m really not very handy with building things like thatch huts and making radios out of coconuts.
If you had a time machine, what era would you travel back/forward to?
I think I would have to do something I feel would really make a difference for all humanity, so I would go back in time and stop George Lucas from making episodes I, II, and III of the Star Wars saga.
What is your idea of a good night out? (Don’t forget this isn’t a PG–13 page).
I’m satisfied with small things these days. If the hail of bullets miss me, that’s enough to make me happy.
I had to bail one of my kids out of a nightclub once and pretended to be an off-duty police officer. Have you ever pretended to be someone you’re not?
I pretended to be a nightclub bouncer once and got to frisk this attractive young lady who was pretending to be a police officer, but who was really there to get her son.
Do you have any hobbies that you can admit to in public?
Unauthorized genetic experimentation, working on my laser death ray, just the usual stuff, I guess.
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BARBARA SCOTT EMMETT
1.AUTHOR: BARBARA SCOTT EMMETT
2. BOOK TITLE: DON'T LOOK DOWN
3.AUTHOR BIO: I've been writing for a number of years and have had short stories published in anthologies and magazines. I've also had articles, poems and a novel (The Man with the Horn) published conventionally. I am now embracing the ebook market. DON'T LOOK DOWN, a thriller set in Germany, THE LAND BEYOND GOODBYE, a novel set in Australia, and DROWNING - Four Short Stories, are available as ebooks at Amazon and Smashwords for Kindle and many other ereaders.
4. SHORT SYNOPSIS: When Lauren Keane is kidnapped during a winter break in Nuremberg, she doesn't take it personally. The kidnappers have, after all, mistaken her for her friend Katti. When she finds a dead Albanian cleaning woman in her shower, however, she figures it's time to fight back. Especially as she is now in the frame for the murder.
Along with Wolf, her ex, who's now engaged to the frigid Ingrid, and Gunther, an undercover-or-is-he?-policeman, Lauren sets about trying to find the vanished Katti, nail a bunch of sex-traffickers and discover why the cleaner was brutally murdered.
Not that she delights in putting herself in danger but, if she's ever going to get the chance to buy her presents at the Nuremberg Christmas market, she's going to have to get the mess sorted out somehow.
5. GENRE: THRILLER
6. WHERE AVAILABLE/PRICE: Normally £2 /$2.99
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006FK6VV6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006FK6VV6
Plus all European outlets
Soon to be available at Smashwords
7.WHAT INFLUENCED YOU TO WRITE IN THE BEGINNING ?
I've always written, even when I was a child. I don't know why, it's just something I have to do.
I love words and putting them together and I enjoy creating characters and situations. It's a way of harnessing an over active imagination, I suppose.
8.WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR YOUR BOOK?
DON'T LOOK DOWN is set in Nuremberg, Germany. I have friends there and have been there many times and love Nuremberg. I wanted to write a thriller/crime novel and the idea of setting it there, in winter, came to me after a visit to my friends one snowy February. Nuremberg, and Bavaria generally, were so beautiful in the snow, I had to describe it and I had to build a story around my descriptions. Some of the characters are loosely inspired by friends and acquaintances there, but certainly not based on them. It was a combination of sights, sounds and influences built up over years of visits, plus a great love for the place and the people, that made me want to use Nuremberg as a setting.
I wanted to use the idea of two women who had known each other since they were girls but story evolved as it went along.
9.WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER – THE MOST FUN FOR YOU TO WRITE?
I think the character Clara was the most fun to write. She is, I hope, funny and flawed but loveable. She's not a major character but she is important to the story and though at first I poked a little fun at her, I grew to love her as she developed.
10.WHAT DO YOU THINK SETS YOUR BOOK APART FROM OTHERS?
DON'T LOOK DOWN is not, I think, a conventional thriller. There is only one gory murder and that happens off-stage, so to speak. I wanted to write something that dealt with how an ordinary woman reacted when she was unexpectedly embroiled in events far removed from her normal experience. I wanted to show her both frightened and brave, wimpy and bolshy, defiant and helpless - much as I imagine any ordinary person would be in such circumstances. Lauren is not a Lisbeth Salander type, she's just an average person trying to save herself and her friend.
11.IS ANY OF THE STORY INSPIRED BY YOUR OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES?
As I said above, it was inspired by my love of Nuremberg and my visits there. However, nothing that happens in the book has ever happened to me or to anyone I know!
12.DID YOU PLAN THE STORY OR DID IT EVOLVE AS THE WORK PROGRESSED?
I never plan what I'm writing. I wish I could but it just doesn't work for me. I have to set off into the unknown and find out what the book is about. Every book is a process of discovery. I start off with certain ideas, of course, but I have no real idea where they may lead. I threw most of the first draft of this book away and started again as I realised that it was leading me in a different direction from what I first thought.
13.WHO DO YOU USE AS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR YOUR WRITING?
I am a member of an online writing group and get very helpful feedback there. I was also a member of a real live writing group for many years when I lived in Edinburgh and I received (and am still receiving) invaluable feedback from other members.
14.DO YOU GET NERVOUS WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS READING YOUR BOOK?
Not any longer. I used to years ago - if I asked someone to read a draft I would wait anxiously for their response. If that response was late coming, I would tell myself it was because they must hate the book and couldn't bear to tell me! In reality it was usually because they were busy and weren't as caught up in the process as I was. These days I am interested in people's responses but I don't get emotionally involved in them, good or bad. I think you have to develop, not a thick skin exactly, but an ability to distance yourself from your work. This is something newer writers need to learn - if someone doesn't like your writing it's not because you're a bad person and they hate you, nor is it because they are evil and out to do you down. It's simply someone else's opinion - worth looking at and considering, but not getting upset about.
15.IN WHAT GENRE WOULD YOU BE LEAST COMFORTABLE WRITING?
Well, I don't know much about the Wild West or Science Fiction so books that fell into those categories might be difficult. I'm not a great fan of fantasy or shoot 'em up action novels either - but a lot depends on how they're written. I wouldn't want to completely rule anything out - who knows what ideas might spring into my mind in future?
16.WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND PREFERRED GENRE ?
I like all sorts of books. Literary fiction, general fiction, crime - the genre isn't really important as long as it's a good book. I enjoy reading David Mitchell, Elmore Leonard, James Joyce, Russell Hoban, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Coben, Barbara Vine, Scarlett Thomas, Lee Child, Margaret Atwood, , Jane Austen, Dickens - the list goes on and on.
17.WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR PROSPECTIVE READERS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU OR THIS BOOK?
That I'm always interested in constructive feedback - and if anyone finds any typos do let me know!
18.WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE AIM?
Just to write books that amuse me while I'm working on them and amuse other people when they're reading them. By amuse, I mean entertain, engage, involve. As long as there are a few people out there who get some pleasure from my books, I'm happy.
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Ted Gross
1.AUTHOR: Ted Gross
2. BOOK TITLE: Ancient Tales, Modern Legends
3.AUTHOR BIO:
Ted Gross was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City and in 1978, moved to Israel, and currently resides in Jerusalem. He began his writing career in University as the op-ed editor of the University paper and wrote a series of 8 editorials during that year.
In 2002, Ted as a reserve battlefield medic ended up in Jenin, and the battles that took place there became front-page news all over the world and the book (as of yet unpublished) "Three Weeks In Jenin" is a graphic experience of what was experienced in this village during that time.
"Ancient Tales, Modern Legends" is a collection of short stories which were written over a period of many years. Ted's love of the short story art-form is apparent in this book. His early reading was greatly influenced by I.B. Singer, O'Henry, Cheever and Vonnegut. It has been released on Kindle and in Paperback.
He currently is working on the "The Chronicles of the Children of Heaven" (a fantasy work) which the first Volume "A Tale That Is Told - Part 1" has been released on Kindle and in paperback.
A second collection of short stories is to be released as well, within the next 9 months. Additionally, Ted is working on Children's Book Series - "Grandfather Owl Series" which his daughter is illustrating.
Over the years short stories by Ted have been published in various venues. "A Pot Of Gold" was published by Istoria Books(in their "Lunch Reads 4") with excellent reviews and is available on Amazon Kindle as well.
4. SHORT SYNOPSIS:
Ancient Tales, Modern Legends, a short story collection by Ted William Gross presents the reader with engaging and thought-provoking stories spanning the ages. Covering subjects of love, loss, pain, desire, need, frustration and hope these stories are meant to entertain as well leave an indelible impression upon the reader.
Ted Gross cleverly combines ancient lore in his "Tiny Slivers From A Silver Horn" weaving Unicorns, the story of Adam & Eve and the modern world into a tale of lost wisdom and gained hope. "Love In A Cafe" moves the reader within the soft aura of love until the surprise ending. "Elijah's Coins" leaves us wondering about the great "what if" of life and just how blessed or cursed it would make us to change the future. "Reverieing" is a glimpse of the slow descent of one individual into his own personal hell. "Addiction, Obsession, Love", "Tenuous Webs" & "And So They Danced" look upon love and loss from different perspectives. "A Tapestry Of War" is a real war story and the consequences of war upon the psyche of the soldier. "The Sunflower" portrays how hate can insidiously seep into the heart of man while "The Heretic" will leave you wondering who the real heretic actually is. "Kapparot" will let you delve into the mystical world of Hassidic philosophy while looking upon man's relation to God. "Jacob's Ladder" will introduce you to a world of angels and their mission of silence.
The Following Short Stories Are Contained Within Ancient Tales, Modern Legends
Love In A Café
Elijah's Coins
Reverieing
The Sunflower
Tenuous Webs
The Heretic
Kapparot
A Tapestry Of War
And So They Danced
Jacob's Ladder
Addiction, Obsession, Love
Tiny Slivers From A Silver Horn
This is not a book to dismiss easily. Enjoy it. Grow with it. You will in turn, be haunted by it and the stories will remain with you long after you have closed the pages.
5. GENRE Fiction--->Literature--->Short Stories
6. WHERE AVAILABLE/PRICE:
Amazon:
Kindle -> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P2XF4K $3.99
Paperback -> http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Tales-Modern-Legends-Collection/dp/1469901714/ $14.99
B&N: Paperback -> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ancient-tales-modern-legends-ted-william-gross/1037883313?ean=9781469901718&itm=1&usri=ancient+tales%2c+modern+legends $13.49
7.WHAT INFLUENCED YOU TO WRITE IN THE BEGINNING ?
When I was in University I was op-ed for the University paper. When my second (of 8 articles) came out, which was a few months after the Yom Kippur War I was in class and suddenly I was called out to go to the Dean's office. I thought I had really gotten myself into hot water! When I walked in the secretary was crying. And the dean was standing there trying to calm her down and he too was crying! I was like, okay, time to do a 180 and leave. And he stopped me, and said, "You are the one who wrote this article?" while pointing to the University paper. So I just nodded cause I thought "there goes University, now comes driving a taxi". And then the secretary said to me "God bless you for writing this. And do not ever do anything else but be a writer." I guess that was did it. I knew then I could make people feel and react with words. And they were my words.
8.WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR YOUR BOOK?
"Ancient Tales, Modern Legends" is truly a work of love. I happen to love writing short stories, and these stories are really just part of what I have and were written over a period of many years. Each in its own setting. Whereas I am writing other works now, I still have at least 2 other collections planned and one almost done. I have been published traditionally over the years, short stories, non-fiction stories and pieces as well as children's books.
9.WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER – THE MOST FUN FOR YOU TO WRITE?
Since the book is short stories, I can only say that "Love In A Cafe" was the most fun to write and actually written while I was sitting in a cafe.
10.WHAT DO YOU THINK SETS YOUR BOOK APART FROM OTHERS?
I do not write short stories for quick reads. I write them to make people react. I want my readers to put down the book after they have read a story and day's later to remember it in something they are doing. I present questions and emotions. Perhaps sometimes using a sledgehammer and sometimes just a soft touch on the cheek. Either way I think this collection in most of the stories, one way or another, is not only literature, but is an expression of life, universal questions and the ultimate desire for answers which never seem to arrive.
11.IS ANY OF THE STORY INSPIRED BY YOUR OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES?
Most definitely, I can honestly say that many of the stories were influenced in such a manner. Just what the fiction is though, I will not reveal. In the end this is a book of fiction.
12.DID YOU PLAN THE STORY OR DID IT EVOLVE AS THE WORK PROGRESSED?
A secret. My endings are written way before the story is shaped and formed. I guess I need to do that to know where I am going. If I do not do it, I tend to meander. That does not make for a tight short story.
13.WHO DO YOU USE AS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR YOUR WRITING?
My soul, my heart, and only then my brain.
14.DO YOU GET NERVOUS WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS READING YOUR BOOK?
Not at all.
15.IN WHAT GENRE WOULD YOU BE LEAST COMFORTABLE WRITING?
Horror and Erotica
16.WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND PREFERRED GENRE ?
Cheever, Vonnegut, O'Henry, Issac B. Singer, Poe
17.WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR PROSPECTIVE READERS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU OR THIS BOOK?
I am a private person. I have been through four wars. I have watched all the horror man can do to his fellow man. I have been through hell and been through great joy. My children are my life. And every day I can feel the sun on my face or raindrops on my balding scalp I thank the powers that be for such a beautiful world and pray we leave a better world to our children than our parents left for us.
18.WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE AIM?
In this book to "move" readers. To get them to think, laugh, cry or just wonder about the seeming waywardness of life. To know they are not alone. As an author - to have people actually read and love or hate what I write. Hate to is an expression of emotion. So I guess I want to emotion from my readers in all kinds. One reader wrote an email to me and said "When I read “Reverieing” (one of the short stories) I wanted to take your book and throw it against a window and break the window and watch the book fall 10 stories." I knew when she wrote that, I succeeded. She loved the book by the way. Just saying!
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Simon Palmer
1.AUTHOR: Simon Palmer
2. BOOK TITLE: Losing the Hate
3.AUTHOR BIO: : I have always written, starting off as a poet, before deciding to put pen to paper and tell the world of my secret experiences as an abused child.
I kept my abusers from the world, carrying the full burden on my shoulders. My escape for many years was drink and drugs; falsely believing that they were my salvation.
Once I decided to write my story, the feeling was fantastic, and I honestly felt as though I’d been reborn.
Rather than drift from one place to another, I began to settle, and embarked on a career as a freelance journalist. Since the publication of, Losing the Hate, I have strived in life, and am currently working on my second book, Bingo. A fictional book about a lad who finds growing up on a 70’s London council estate hard, following sexual and physical abuse from his stepfather.
4. SHORT SYNOPSIS: In his book, Losing the Hate, Simon Palmer has combined his mastery of storytelling with a raw hard look at the issues one faces as a result of child sexual abuse. It is an honest attempt to shed light on the darkest of subject matters.
Simon has offered up his experiences in bone chilling detail, giving the reader a first hand account of his journey from innocence to depravity. His downward spiral is both shocking and heart wrenching, but most of all it is honest.
Losing the Hate has been rightfully described as "jaw-dropping." It is brutally raw, and yet, despite the atrocious circumstances, the author manages to mesmerize his readers with a delicate hand and a bountifully open heart.
5. GENRE Personal memoir \ Biography
6. WHERE AVAILABLE/PRICE: Paperback: amazon.com \ amazon.co.uk \ WH Smiths \ Waterstones \ Barnes & Noble priced at £7.99 & $14.99
E-book: amazon.co.uk \ .com at £0.99 & $0.99
7.WHAT INFLUENCED YOU TO WRITE IN THE BEGINNING ? Following a rather dramatic existance, I discovered that I could write, and found it to be extremely cathartic.
8.WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR YOUR BOOK? ? The book is based on my turbulant childhood, and paths which I took as a young adult.
9.WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER – THE MOST FUN FOR YOU TO WRITE? My Parents
10.WHAT DO YOU THINK SETS YOUR BOOK APART FROM OTHERS? ? In a nutshell: my honesty. Not just with what happened to me, but in writing about the many mistakes that I have made.
11.IS ANY OF THE STORY INSPIRED BY YOUR OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES? Oh yes, completely. I think its important to share what I’ve written, in the hope it will help other voiceless victims.
12.DID YOU PLAN THE STORY OR DID IT EVOLVE AS THE WORK PROGRESSED? I basiclly wrote from the images that have remained etched in my mind for nearly three decades.
13.WHO DO YOU USE AS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR YOUR WRITING? Simon Palmer
14.DO YOU GET NERVOUS WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS READING YOUR BOOK? I wouldn’t say I get nervous, but moreover embarressed. I know in my heart of hearts that I shouldn’t allow that to happen, but I really cannot help it.
15.IN WHAT GENRE WOULD YOU BE LEAST COMFORTABLE WRITING? Now my own story has been completed and out in the public domain, I’d like to try most genres. I really don’t see any that would make me uncomfortable.
16.WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND PREFERRED GENRE ? I love most authors, spanning a broad spectrum. Stephen King, Peter james, Aldous Huxley are but a few. Oh, and of course, the great and very brave Dave peltzer.
17.WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR PROSPECTIVE READERS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU OR THIS BOOK? Just that its important to read \ write from the heart, regardless of genre. I would like to state that the book was written with the ultimate goal of helping other victims of child abuse. Hopefully giving them the strength to speak out; avoiding the path that I blindly took.
18.WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE AIM? To help others, be a good person, and to grow old happy and fullfilled.
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Chris Hambleton
1. AUTHOR:
Chris Hambleton
2. BOOK TITLE:
The Siege of Zion, Book 3 of “The Time of
Jacob’s Trouble”
3. AUTHOR BIO:
Chris
Hambleton resides in Denver, Colorado, where he is employed as a software
developer and consultant. He has authored several novels, websites, software
applications, and other programming-related articles.
Chris
is also the creator and administrator of BookBlitzer.com, a website that helps
authors get more exposure for their books through reviews, contests, and other
networking tools. In 2008, he developed the iWriterPro book-writing software to
help authors manage and write books more efficiently.
His
other interests include spending time with his family, reading, hiking,
studying Bible prophecy, Ice Age/ancient civilizations, and archaeology.
4. SHORT SYNOPSIS:
In one day, Supreme Leader David Medine
desecrated the Jewish Temple and set up his image in the Holy of Holies.
In one day, both the government and
military of Israel have been overthrown, and the nation has been placed under
the authority of the World Union – under David Medine.
In one day in 1948, the State of Israel was
born – and in one day, the State of Israel has been destroyed.
And now, rumors of a worldwide financial
system are emerging, along with something referred to only as the ‘Signets’.
The Great Tribulation has begun and the
future of Israel – along with all humanity – hangs in the balance.
5. GENRE
Speculative Fiction
6. WHERE AVAILABLE/PRICE:
$2.99 at Amazon, BN, Smashwords
7. WHAT INFLUENCED YOU TO WRITE IN THE
BEGINNING?
In the very beginning, I had been in search
of an adventure book (or series of books) about what ancient life based upon
the early chapters of Genesis could have been like. Needless to say, I didn’t
find any books on the subject, so I began working on my own. Soon after I began
writing the book, I came up with the idea of writing “The Time of Jacob’s
Trouble” novel, and began working on that one instead. I hope to get back to
the original series sometime next year.
8. WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR YOUR
BOOK?
I first took a passing-interest in Bible
prophecy in 1996, and then in 1998 began to study it much more seriously. In
2006, I began writing "The Time of Jacob's Trouble", which was then
published in 2008. Several years later in 2010, I was fortunate enough to visit
Israel on a study-tour, and I saw for myself the miracle of modern Israel.
When I reviewed my book after visiting
Israel and learning more about the land and its people, I realized there were
numerous inaccuracies that I felt compelled to resolve. Several reviewers also
recommended that the original book be divided into three and expanded to focus
more on the characters than the mere circumstances/settings of the End Times.
9. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER – THE
MOST FUN FOR YOU TO WRITE?
My favorite character in the book is Shai
Rosenberg, who’s one of the 144,000 Jews set apart during the Great
Tribulation. He lost his sister in the Vanishing and it changed his entire
life. My other favorite character in the series is Ari Bernstein, the deposed
Israeli Prime Minister.
10. WHAT DO YOU THINK SETS YOUR BOOK APART
FROM OTHERS?
Most of the books I’ve read concerning the
End Times are usually from the perspective of Americans, such as the Left
Behind series. However, the major focus of the End Times is on that tiny sliver
of land in the Middle East called Israel. I felt my presentation of the End
Times story could be more accurately told from the perspective of the Israelis,
and using an Israeli family could give me a variety of differing perspectives
to help portray the struggles the people will face during the Tribulation period.
11. IS ANY OF THE STORY INSPIRED BY YOUR
OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES?
Given the theme and speculative nature of
the story, not very much. When I rewrote the book after visiting Israel in
2010, I did make a point to use several of the tour-stops into the book that
held special meaning for me, such as the scenes in Galilee, the Old City of
Jerusalem, the top of Mount Precipice, the Dead Sea area, and especially the
Garden Tomb.
12. DID YOU PLAN THE STORY OR DID IT EVOLVE
AS THE WORK PROGRESSED?
Since most of the End Times chronology and
events are outlined in the Bible, I used that as the foundation for the
trilogy, and overlaid that with the story of the Israeli family and the
supporting characters. The first edition of the book was well-thought-out, and
I had a great foundation for rewriting it as a trilogy.
13. WHO DO YOU USE AS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR
YOUR WRITING?
I typically bounce my crazy book ideas off
my wife, family, and friends.
14. DO YOU GET NERVOUS WHEN SOMEONE YOU
KNOW IS READING YOUR BOOK?
A little, but I try not to think about it
too much. I’m not a very articulate person but I have a lot to say, and writing
gives me that outlet/voice that I don’t otherwise have.
15. IN WHAT GENRE WOULD YOU BE LEAST
COMFORTABLE WRITING?
I would probably be the least comfortable
writing in the romance genre, though one of my early books, “Endeavor in Time”
had a heavy romance thread running through it.
16. WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND
PREFERRED GENRE?
My preferred genre is speculative fiction
and some flavors of science fiction. The problem I have with a lot of science
fiction is that there’s often a great deal of atheism, evolution, and humanism
that pervade that genre. My favorite authors are J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis,
and Joel Rosenberg.
17. WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR
PROSPECTIVE READERS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU OR THIS BOOK?
First and foremost, I would like them to
know that I tried my best to follow the Biblical timeline (as I understand it)
and the events/highlights of the End Times as described in the Bible. I
apologize if some of the scenes (especially in “The Siege of Zion”) were gory,
but I felt I could not accurately portray the horrors of the Great Tribulation
without them.
18. WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE AIM?
My ultimate aim (at least for this book
series) is for people to become more aware of the incredible times we’re living
in, and how we’re moving into a time described in extraordinary detail within
the pages of the Bible over two thousand years ago. God is good, and like He promised
to restore Israel after being scattered for thousands of years, you can expect
Him to keep His Word. He has given us a special book to help us through the
challenges of life, and He doesn’t want any of us to be surprised as we move
closer towards the End Times.
