• Memory Layne (Author Interview)

         packardislandpublishing.com/product/memory-layne/Any plans to turn it into a series?I have a mystery adventure series with my Emerson Moore character and wanted to write in a different style with a character fighting Alzheimer disease.  More of a heartwarming approach. That’s an amazing cover.  Can you tell us a little about it?I wanted to capture his old truck with the horse trailer and his golden Lab on board the ferry boat that he once captained. It’s a contrast between strength (the huge ferry) and weakness (the rusty truck and trailer). It’s meant to make the reader wonder what’s going on with that old truck? What will readers get out of your book?How good family values overcome the challenges of health issues and evil family interactions. There’s a thread of family love that runs through the novel. What motivated you to become a writer?I’ve wanted to write since I was 8-years-old and wrote skits in high school and college. While working in corporate public relations, I wrote plays and skits for my church, I also wrote articles for a number of boating magazines. My first book Rainbow’s End was released 20 years ago. I’m not working on my 18th novel. How did you come up with the story and ideas in Memory Layne?Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook inspired me as well as family and friends with Alzheimer disease. Their battles to overcome it were filled with sadness and, at times, humor. I tried to incorporate those moments in Memory Layne. Did anything stick out as particularly challenging when writing Memory Layne?The biggest challenge was balancing the poignant moments with the humorous moments. Zeke Layne was the teller of tall tales and a prankster, but he had those moments with memory loss and difficult confrontations with his stepdaughters and their biker boyfriends. What do you like to do when not writing?I enjoy traveling to the Lake Erie islands, Key West and the Caribbean to hang out with my treasure hunting friends. I’m also a researcher and enjoy getting ready for the next book – and interviewing subject matter experts. Where can readers find out more about your work?There’s more information about my books at packardislandpublishing.com/product/memory-layne/ where my books can be purchased with free shipping.Memory Layne was named Best Fiction Novel (under 70,000 words) in June at the Next Generation Indie Awards. Readmore

  • Cat & Jet (Author Interview)

     https://www.amazon.com/gp/B09CT4PVNV/Cat & Jet looks like an exciting story.  Can you tell us a little about it? It’s the tale of a true professional burglar who lands in more trouble than she can handle alone.  So she has to reach out to her true love who just happens to work for Interpol. How many books do you have planned for the series?As long as people enjoy reading Cat and Jet stories I’ll keep writing them.  I love the characters and settings.  Cat has a unique propensity for trouble and Jet can never bring himself to not come to the rescue. How long did it take you to write Cat & Jet? About two months.  Cat and Jet was one of those rare titles that writes itself. What inspired you when writing Cat & Jet? I love crime stories on BBC, I don’t write for BBC 4; giggle; so I made my own. Can you tell us a little about Cat? She’s a middle aged English woman at the peak of her game.  She describes herself as having the body of a movie star and the face of a house wife.  Smart, experienced and able, she has only one weakness, her love for Jet.  How did you come up with the story and ideas in Cat & Jet?  I wanted to explore the idea of a true professional criminal, it had to be a female and older, life has happened to this woman and she has survived.  She can flow through the criminal underworld.  Also I wanted to write about an Interpol agent around the same age.  A great agent with any number of arrests to his credit.  He wants’ to be thought of as cool, suave and capable but for all his brilliance he is only those things to Cat.  The idea of these two making a great time while on opposite sides of the law makes for a great story I think. Did anything stick out as particularly challenging when writing Cat & Jet? Interpol procedures and policies.  I found myself reading the history of Interpol and how it operates so I could have Jet break those regs in a believable way.  Also modern electronic security, it had to make sense how it worked and how Cat foils it. What do you like to do when not writing? I race bikes, climb, hike, take care of my cat.  My little girl and I build models, write together and enjoy painting miniatures. Where can readers find out more about your work? There are two really good places to go first is my website at www.ravencoyne.com or my author central page at https://www.amazon.com/author/ravencoyne Readmore

  • The Hellfire Club (Author Interview)

      https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XY4XVCY/The Hellfire Club looks like an exciting story.  Can you tell us a little about it?THE CHASE IS ON!Logan McAllistar an ex- Army hero is released early from prison on parole and sets out for revenge of the Crime Lords that he believes set him up. His girlfriend a high-class call girl has gone missing he fears she has been killed after a ‘Trick’ went wrong. He wants answers!The Crime lords blame him for a missing drug shipment from the Russian mafia who want their money or a pound of flesh. They also know that he has taken sensitive video tapes from their London ‘HellFire Club’ containing secretly activities of high-profile people worth their weight in gold.Enter Liberty Bell young dynamic, sexy and aggressive investigative reporter from New York who teams up with a lifetime policeman whose career is on the decline. They form an unusual relationship and together want to find McAllistar and secure the tapes for her big story and for DI Eager to bring the Crime Lords down and revive his career.They are not the only ones. The CIA and a US rogue hit team, the corrupt police, MI5, Russian Mafia, and KGB plus the Met Police all want those tapes.The chase is on! Any plans to turn it into a series?ANS: Yes, book 2 The Cleansing List- Hellfire Club part2 was launched on 30th of June this year. It follows on from the first and is set in both the US and UK. Book 3 is planned, and I am writing a movie script (first time I have done this). That’s an amazing cover.  Can you tell us a little about it?ANS: It represents the eventual burning down of the modern-day Hellfire Club created by the UK gangsters in an old Abbey. Two groups of competing gangs have a fire fight at the Abbey known later by the media as THE SHOOT OUT AT THE OK ABBEY. The Abbey is burnt down to cover up what it was as the police attend the shooting.The lady was captured there and is escaping.What inspired you when writing The Hellfire Club?ANS: The people I have met and worked with around the world, both good and bad. I believed that I could use my experiences of and with them and meld together a very interesting story.I think the greed and corruption we all witness day to day whether it be politicians, corporate moguls of just crooks. The constant sexual weaknesses of men in power and the perversion that is all around us, mostly hidden.I was a sixteen-year-old Police Cadet when the infamous Kray twins passed through our county. I listened to the radio of the police cars following and have been interested in the London underworld since. Can you tell us a little about Logan McAllistar?ANS: Logan McAllistar is an ex British Marine, hero of actions in the Northern Irish troubles and regimental boxing champion. A hard but very decent and quiet man of few words. He accepts a job when he leaves the Army as security chief at the Blue Haven adult entertainment club which his then friend jointly owns... Readmore

  • Come See the Light (Author Interview)

      https://www.normanluce-writer.com Come See the Light looks like an exciting young adult, science fiction book.  Can you tell us a little about it?Come See The Light is a story about, among other things, uncertainty, duty, self-discovery, friendship, and hope. It’s based on a short film I made back in 2016. It’s set in a future where all non-biological electricity suddenly vanishes. No lights, computers, cars, or any such forms of technology are possible, resulting in humanity reverting to old-west style living. Our hero is a young girl named Maya (after the mother of Buddha), born well into the aftermath of the event known as The Wave, which demolished all the power. She finds the location of the machine that caused it all and sets out on a journey to find it, along with her loyal and helpful fox companion, Inari. Along the way, she will see how the world has adjusted to the sudden change and will decide if power may be restored or not. She must learn from her experience and make a choice herself.  Any plans to turn it into a series?Indeed, there are. I am working on a prequel story about Inari the fox and her upbringing. What made her the fox we know in the first book, and what contributes to her intelligence and empathy. After that, I plan to work on a direct sequel to the main story. How long did it take you to write Come See the Light?I started writing the book in January 2021 and hammered out the first draft in about six months. I would have taken less time were it not for a bad case of writer’s block towards the ending. Once I finally completed the first draft, I showed it to as many friends and family members as possible for feedback and editing notes. Especially my dad and my “first-cousin,” both of whom are my primary collaborators and have been instrumental in helping me craft the story. From there, as they say, the key to writing is re-writing, and I spent the rest of the year working on editing and making changes to tell the best story possible. After about twenty drafts, I felt it was finally ready and began preparing it for the book's release in July of 2022. That’s an amazing cover.  Can you tell us a little about it?Thank you for the compliment. The cover was crafted by an incredibly talented Ukrainian cover artist named Rebecacovers. I found her on fiverr.com and was impressed with her work. I had a different cover originally crafted by another talented artist, Jonathan Herzog, whom I met through a mutual friend. I liked his original cover, but my editor commented that it didn’t match the intended tone of the story, and by the time I completed the book, I had wholly changed Maya’s character design. So, I went with the present cover but offered Jonathan a chance to feature his artwork in the book's appendix. I have also promised him that if I ever produce a graphic novel adaptation of the story, I will want him to illustrate it for me. Can you tell us a l... Readmore

  • The Diet Fallacy (Author Interview)

      https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7F876QKThe Diet Fallacy looks like a great guide.  What can you tell us about it?The current downward trend in health worldwide, can be directly tied to the dietary guidelines our government released 45 years ago.  The evidence is overwhelming, but most of the medical establishment still preaches what clearly does not work.  They seem to be the last to know.  There was a recent study of the benefits of fasting in the New England Journal of Medicine.  The researchers acknowledged that one of the major hurdles they face is the general lack of knowledge among medical professionals about natural therapies like fasting.  It looks like it is time for us to educate our doctors. Any plans to turn it into a series?That is a definite possibility.  There is so much more to research and share.  This is a new genre for me, and I must find a way to say something of significance without being censored out of existence.  Right now, that is my greatest challenge What inspired you when writing The Diet Fallacy?When I decided to reverse my diabetes, I was certain I could do it through dietary changes.  What surprised me was how fast and easy the transition was.  At age 75, when doctors were telling me that my condition would only get worse with age, I not only reversed diabetes, but I became insulin sensitive in less than 5 months with minimal effort.My experience reinforced my belief that our current for-profit health system doesn’t work, so I started educating myself and very quickly found videos and books by doctors who were trying to educate people about what does work and why.  The most common recommendation was Intermittent Fasting with a Ketogenic diet.  I had done the fasting and a personalized version of the ketogenic diet, so I connected with their information quickly.  I then felt it important to share what I had learned in an easy-to-understand format. What will readers get out of your book?Awareness!  Ultimately knowledge is power, and nothing is more powerful than good health.  In the past 45 years, there has been an alarming global increase in metabolic disease — obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, kidney disease, and cancer to just name a few.  There are no pharmaceutical cures for these diseases — only ways to ease the pain and treat the symptoms.  My research revealed that all these conditions can be treated naturally and effectively without expense or drugs.  How did you come up with the ideas in The Diet Fallacy?Most of the material is a summary of things I learned through YouTube videos and some great books.  There is a wealth of information on YouTube that only requires discernment to weed out the credible from the fantastic.  My sources are all credible doctors wi... Readmore

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