Category Archives: Interviews

IndieView with Ellie Martin-McKinsey, author of Turtle A

I think it’s a helpful read for anyone who is struggling with either a lack of purpose or a lack of self-knowledge. I wrote it at a point where I was feeling pretty lost, and it helped me rediscover myself, so I hope it does that for others too.

Ellie Martin-Mc-Kinsey – 8 July 2022 Continue reading

BookView with Salman Aziz, author of Bold and Bitter Statements: Volume 2

Always remember, first people will make fun of your works, and when you become something to this world, they will follow your creations. And, you will become the trend!

Salman Aziz – 1 July 2022 Continue reading

IndieView with Shelley Blanton-Stroud, author of Tomboy

I write for a reader like me—someone who loves a story, a plot that moves, but who also loves meat on the bones of her mystery, something to talk about in a book club.

Shelley Blanton-Stroud – 28 June 2022 Continue reading

IndieView with Paul Clayton, author of Escape from the Future and Other Stories

Stories of extremists always catch my eye as potential material; I don’t like extremists. Also, new medical procedures, and the never-ending quest for immortality and what price people are willing to pay for it, and… possible bizarre outcomes. 

Paul Clayton – 24 June 2022 Continue reading

BookView with Robert Steven Goldstein, author of Will’s Surreal Period

A brief twinkle of inspiration was spurred by an article I read—a sculptor who had developed a unique style of work learned that his much-admired artistry was actually the product of a life-threatening brain tumor. The only way for the artist to save his life was to have the tumor removed—but that would have meant sacrificing his art as well.

Robert Steven Goldstein – 21 June 2022 Continue reading

IndieView with Linda Murphy Marshall, author of Ivy Lodge

I realized that I continued to see my childhood, my family members, my home, my very identity through the eyes of my parents and siblings, even though I had left my hometown more than a decade before. Writing the book enabled me to translate my childhood for myself, to reconfigure my identity by re-translating my life.

Linda Murphy Marshall – 17 June 2022 Continue reading

IndieView with Ben Ewell, author of Sunday Afternoons and Other Times Remembered

Its title represents the utter extreme tragedy of the murder of my family experienced on one Sunday afternoon and the complete opposite represented by a peaceful Sunday afternoon when growing up on our small Ohio farm.

Ben Ewell  14 June 2022 Continue reading

BookView with Robert Babirad, author of Love in Budapest

Watching Lillianna leave behind a career that had brought a lot of unhappiness into her life, making the journey to a new country, and then creating a new life for herself, in many ways reminded me of my own love of travel. It was also a reminder of how a shift in direction is sometimes exactly what we all need in order to feel inspired and excited again about our own journeys.

Robert Babirad – 12 June 2022 Continue reading

IndieView with Lee Bukowski, author of A Week of Warm Weather

In counseling, I not only dealt with the effects of being in a toxic marriage, I also had some breakthroughs concerning my biological mother leaving our family when I was young. I merged those themes in the book.

Lee Bukowski – 7 June 2022 Continue reading

IndieView with Honor Raconteur, author of Rise of the Catalyst

Honestly, I don’t know who my demographic is anymore. I thought it was teenagers, but then I realized about half of my readers were adults. Anyone who can appreciate a good story is my demographic, I guess. 

Honor Raconteur – 3 June 2022 Continue reading