IndieView with Beverly J Armento, author of Seeing Eye Girl

Many aspects of my early life trying to survive in an abusive and dysfunctional home are difficult to write about, but I believe the many years that have passed have allowed me the perspective to view my life through new eyes. 

Beverly J. Armento – 5 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 Paula Priamos, author of Appraise Her

Some writers have trouble with the middle, but once I get started I become immersed in the story. The characters and snatches of scenes I’ve yet to write appear in my mind distracting me from my everyday life.

Paula Priamos – 19 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 Stefanie Wilson and James Wilson, author of The Backpack Years

Stef: … But we got so much feedback from other people about wanting to hear more about our relationship, that it eventually developed into a story about us.

James: So it actually wasn’t our idea at all. But I think everyone else was on to something, and the book has turned out much better for it.

Stefanie Wilson & James Wilson – 10 June 2022 Continue reading