Featured Interview With Author Louise Dupont

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in rural Manitoba. I am currently living in Winnipeg, I worked for many years at the St. Boniface branch of the Winnipeg Public Library. I am currently retired and am volunteering on a regular basis. I also sing in a choir. I have always had a keen interest in spirituality and healing.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Since I was raised on a farm, I did not have the opportunity to go to a library or bookstore while growing up. However my mother would order me some books from a library. These books were then mailed out to us for a 3 week loan. I remember being very excited to be getting these books.
I started journal writing in my early twenties. After that I occasionally wrote some poetry and short
stories.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I enjoy historical fiction. I loved the books written by Diana Gabaldon. I also have read many spiritual and self-help books. Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer and others have had a huge positive impact in my life.
I like finding pictures in magazines and writing short blurbs about the picture.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My book Hidden Treasures was written after my 21 year old son died by suicide. It is about my healing journey after his death. I felt strongly that I had to write this book. The inspiration for it came from seeing the picture of my son juggling with fire. One day as I was looking at the picture, it came to mind that a book would be written about this. This idea lay dormant for a while. About a year later as I was looking for my son's graduation pictures I happened to find a story written by my son when he was in grade 2. As I read his story I was taken aback by the symbolic messages found in it. In the story – titled, "Lost in the Storm", my son enters a labyrinth and gets lost in a storm. He then meets up with a ghost of light who guides him through the storm. At the end of the story he is happy (big smiling face). Being lost in the storm also symbolized so well what it is like to be depressed – always feeling lost and never being able to find a way out of it The labyrinth is also such a symbol of our life journey – always ending up in a dead end then trying again to find a way out.
I made a conscious effort to make the book as pleasing to the eye as possible by using the children's drawings throughout the book and using healing colors. I was very fortunate to have a book designer who understood what I was trying to convey and who did a wonderful job in presenting the drawings and photographs.
I hope readers will follow me on this healing journey.

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Featured Interview With Author Glenda Pliler

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
At age 77, I am proud to say that I have overcome extensive handicaps in life, some so severe that they required years of therapy. But, anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I've gained a lot of insights into how life works and I consider it a great accomplishment to have published my book, "Diplomat to the Galaxy: Confessions of a UFO Dingbat" which has currently has 4.8 stars on Amazon.

I always had a lot of drive to succeed, in part because I didn't see I had much choice. It was either keep going forward or…what? There was no other option except to keep trying to rise out of the muck.

Neither of my parents graduated from high school, yet I was driven to gain knowledge. I ended up with an undergraduate degree in Western philosophy and a master's in professional writing from Maharishi International University. I almost finished a Ph.D. in psychology but a fall from a horse left me with a fractured spine. It seems like the story of my life–I screw up and then, in getting out of the mess, I have to develop a lot of new muscles in terms of life skills.

Besides overcoming great physical and mental obstacles, I also had a lot of challenges as a writer. I gave up many times.

I was born in a farmhouse in SW Missouri but I now live in my heart's home in a high-rise for seniors overlooking West Palm Beach, Florida. To write, I have to use a hospital bed or a recliner stacked with a bunch of supports. But writing is what gets me out of bed in the mornings. I also write for and have a following on Quora.com.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have been fascinated with the idea of writing since I was maybe six years old. I remember being fascinated by the name and logo of a publishing house in one of my grandmother's books, and thinking, with longing, about how wonderful it would be to be an author.

However, I assumed that to be an author one had to be someone special, and I was just a country girl, a nobody. The first time I felt serious about being a writer was when I was 11 and I wrote my first short story. In college, I won a writing contest and tended to make top grades in classes that called for essays.

However, I think I probably had/have attention deficit disorder because it is truly difficult for me to crunch ideas down into meaningful, focused writing. Ideas seemed to bleed in every direction without coalescing into wholeness. It is still a handicap but the desire to be a writer, the sense that I had worthwhile things to say, had been so strong that persistence and training finally paid off.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
As someone who finally stopped paying the shipping to haul countless boxes of physical books from one location to another, I own nearly a thousand audiobooks and hundreds of kindle books, I can't say I have a "favorite" author. I have leaned toward non-fiction and have devoured many books related to understanding the mind, enlightenment and spirituality, and the mysteries of the universe, including psychology, both Western and Eastern philosophy, science and quantum physics, history, and human experience. I now find myself drawn to fiction as less work, where I look for anything with depth and unusual perspectives. I can't praise Jodi Taylor as a great writer but her time-travel books and sense of humor kept me interested becasue her ideas had depth, multiple layers of meaning, and interesting insights. I dislike "arty" style literature, love classics, and hunger for original, creative fantasy that doesn't depend on violence. Good writing, interesting ideas, depth of insight, and honesty in the telling, that is what I look for.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My book, "Diplomat to the Galaxy: Confessions of a UFO Dingbat," is a memoir, a true story written in the he-said/she-said creative non-fiction style. It's fun read with more depth than a lot of ufology books. Those who have no interest in UFOs have reported finding my book fascinating and original. As part of my research, I became a MUTUAL UFO NETWORK (MUFON) UFO field investigator so I have credentials, too.

This is a memoir, a true story. What got me, the spiritual-seeking philosopher, to start researching was that something really crazy happened, a guy told me I was an alien. Yes, I laughed too. But I have what I call Rubik's Cube syndrome–the inability to tolerate a mystery. I must figure it out. When I started investigating, I kept finding things that awakened more mystery, all the way to the unexpected ending.

"Diplomat to the Galaxy" is factual without consisting of boring facts. It is a psychological mystery and a spiritual journey that ultimately explains who extraterrestrials are and why they are here but it is much more. By the end of the book, readers discover they have a handle on the historical and current situation while having been entertained and, as one reader said, "pleasantly haunted with the memories" about it.

Those already familiar with the UFO field have said that my story reflects their own experience of overcoming "layers" of disbelief. The complexity of ideas is one reason that it took 22 years to write because I had to make simple sense of mind-expanding unusual concepts while supporting them with scientific facts, all while being entertaining. As someone who has been driven to understand everything (and the theory of everything) and who has had so many extraordinary experiences in life, to pull all this together into a coherent wholeness, that was hard. Really hard. But, I think I did it. 🙂

This is what another UFO investigator wrote about "DIplomat to the Galaxy" in his review: "I have been investigating UFOs since the early '60s and this is the most unique and interesting personal story I have come across in all my readings. Very well-written and engaging. If you are new to the UFO phenomenon, this is the book for you."

Another reader wrote: "I found great wisdom and a lot of laughter in the author's perspective on her ever-unfolding experience with and discovery of ET intelligence."

Tellingly, another wrote: "Very interesting even if this isn't your thing, very well-written and you will be looking for UFO's by the end of it."

"Diplomat to the Galaxy" not only tells an entertaining story about how I was bedazzled into investigating such a dingbat subject but by the end of it, you will have learned how to think intelligently about such things.

What is my advice to other writers? The most important secret to getting a book written and published is, WHERE YOU PUT THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS (i.e., in front of the computer). It's all about writing at least a few sentences every single day, even when it feels like it isn't working, even when it doesn't feel inspired. When you finally see a book emerging out of all those hours, all those days of doing the "grunt" work, having solved the challenges, that is when it starts to be fun. Also, its about. more than just writing. It is also about developing one's own character and understanding of life. Psychotherapy and Transcendental Meditation kept cutting away at my shortcomings to make success possible.

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Featured Interview With Author Alonzo Black

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I'm from Atlanta, Georgia but I'm currently incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I've always had a fascination with books for as long as I could remember. I started writing as a child. It was mainly short stories at the time, but around high school I ventured off into poetry. It wasn't until my incarceration that I decided to sit down and write a book. It started as a way to escape reality, but before long, I discovered I had a real passion for writing and painting pictures with my words.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
One of my absolute favorite authors is Dan Brown. I love how vividly detailed his books are. I'm also a really big fan of Ashley & Jaquavis. Although I write urban fiction, my favorite genre to read would have to be suspense. There's just something about a plot that leaves me hanging until the very end that does it for me. During my creative process, I draw inspiration from several places. My aunt is probably my biggest inspiration, however. Seeing her not only write a book, but publish it on her own just left me wanting to do the same.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book "The High Life" is literally like no other work of urban fiction I've had the pleasure to read. Its a wild rollercoaster ride. Laughs, cries, drama, suspense, romance. Its the entire package. It really gives you that grit that makes an urban classic, while also tapping into your sensitive side and jerking at a million other emotions as well. Its the kind of book that will keep your attention from cover to cover. I recommend it to anyone looking for a real page turner to get lost in.

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Featured Interview With Author Kennedy Lee

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Kennedy Lee is a product of the settings used in her books. I have lived on the coast of Georgia my entire life. A student of history, I enjoy portraying the area's past through interesting and charming fictional characters involved in adventurous noble pursuits. Readers will identify with the emotions and actions of the people of their time even though they lived over two hundred years ago.
Take a trip back in time and enjoy the ride!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
As a six-year-old, I walked to my local library about two miles from home every Saturday morning and checked out as many books as they would let me have. I read them all one after another for a day or so and them carried them back on the way to school on Monday. I think I must have read all of the books in my age group three or four times, so I started reading several grades above my level. I was hooked on books.
In high school, the writing bug hit me. Since that time, I have worked as a newspaper editor and recently decided creative writing was my obsession. My hobby for those in between years has been studying and researching the history of coastal Georgia and now I can put it to use creating compelling characters who lived it.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love writers like Daphne DuMaurier, Edith Wharton and Jane Austen. Historical fiction is my favorite genre. Although each book is centered on a romance, the plots are also centered around the fight for a noble cause. Set in Savannah and St. Marys, Georgia, the plots revolve around what was going on two hundred years ago.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Set in St. Marys, Georgia, in the early 1800s this is the story of Celine Dupre, the daughter of a wealthy French family who was ahead of her time.

She was four different women. There was the Celine who went flounder gigging on Cumberland Island and crabbing in the creeks near St. Marys and loved exploring the marshes at low tide. Then there was the Celine who could float into a room and make every man there forget what he was doing at the time. More serious gentlemen appreciated her intelligence, strength, refinement, and her beauty.

But to really know her, one would have to know the Celine who would drop her anchor to fight the injustice of slavery any time the chance arose. The troubles came when one or more of these women overlapped.

I wrote Celine's story in about two months and loved every minute of it.

I invite readers to visit my facebook page to see the historical sites which are the background for my books. If you enjoy my books, please leave a review on amazon.com. The Amazon book link is https://www.amazon.com/No-Doubt-Kennedy-Lee-ebook/dp/B0BB8PFB9Z/

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