short stories

Interview with Author – Stephen Kristof

Interview with Author – Stephen Kristof

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Stephen is an author of both fiction and non-fiction books, who has enjoyed an extensive and exciting career. His keen insights into people and situations developed during his 35 years in roles spanning media, education, management, advertising, professional consulting and creative arts. His academic background includes university degrees in Media Communications and Teacher Education, multiple certifications and Graduate studies.

As an author, his vivid imagination comes to life with fascinating stories, richly-developed characters and captivating scenarios. Whether it’s romance, adventure, fantasy, mystery, crime, passion, paranormal or feel-good nostalgia, Stephen loves spinning tales that keep his readers engaged and wanting more!

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Interview with Author – Richard Becker

Interview with Author – Richard Becker

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Richard R. Becker is an award-winning American writer. His debut collection of experimental and speculative fiction began as a project to write one story a week for 50 weeks.

As a journalist, Richard has written hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, with his byline appearing in the Denver Post, Los Angeles Times, and publications for Simon & Schuster and Paramount Communications. He also scripted a documentary produced with PBS and contributed to five books related to marketing, public relations, and management.

He is president of Copywrite, Ink. and, for 20 years, Richard taught as an instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is married and has two children.

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Interview with Author – Elizabeth Delisi

Interview with Author – Elizabeth Delisi

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Elizabeth Delisi wrote her first story at five years old, and has been writing ever since. She started out writing Twilight Zone-type short stories, and moved up to writing novels a few years later. Now she writes paranormal romance, mysteries, and contemporary romance.

Elizabeth has been married to her high school sweetheart for 43 years. They have three adult children and three grandchildren, plus a dog and a bird. They live in New Hampshire, an absolutely lovely state.

Elizabeth enjoys hearing from her readers. You can reach her here:
www.elizabethdelisi.com
http://www.elizabethdelisi.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.delisi
https://twitter.com/delisi
http://tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Delisi_Elizabeth/index.htm

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Interview with Author – Sonia Lozada

Interview with Author – Sonia Lozada

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Sonia Iris Lozada is a poet and performer fascinated with perceptions of time, history, dreams, psychology, and the metaphysical. Her #1 bestselling publications include Inspire Me: Raw (2017), Follow Akashic Dreaming through Time (2019), and Inspire Me: Perception (2019). Her upcoming book is entitled “Inspire Me: In Time of Need” the third in the “Inspire Me series”. Poetry has always been Sonia’s way of explaining the bi-cultural world around her.

As an actor for both stage and screen, she has appeared in films such as Out of the Wild and Expired among others.

Her podcast, “Poetic Resurrection” (Exploring Perceptions) launched in February 2021 with great acceptance and is in season 2 discussing the soul. We discuss the soul of writing, being, and connection.

Her book Follow: Akashic Dreaming Through Time is currently being adapted for film.

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Interview with Author – Laura Ruth Loomis

Interview with Author – Laura Ruth Loomis

Social worker by day, space cadet by night. My main character’s talent for accidentally destroying technology might be slightly autobiographical.

I write both serious and silly, science fiction and contemporary, YA and adult. I’m not indecisive, I’m just Californian.

I have a science fiction comedy novel, “The Cosmic Turkey,” and a collection of linked short stories, “Lost in Translation,” which I plan to expand into a novel. Assorted short stories are linked on my website.

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Interview with Author – T. L. Cooper

Interview with Author – T. L. Cooper

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T. L. Cooper began weaving storytelling and social justice at a very young age when she attempted to save a groundhog’s life by creating an adventurous and full life for him in her stories while sitting on her grandpa’s knees.

Throughout her childhood, she wrote stories casting her classmates and herself as heroes and villains. Sharing her stories taught her words hold power as she watched the reactions of those around her.

She often explored teenage angst, friendship, and the choices she and her peers faced as she maneuvered high school.

By the time she started college at Eastern Kentucky University she’d developed a keen interest in human behavior and motivation, so she studied Corrections and Juvenile Services and Psychology. Her written work continued to explore human interaction and motivation.

After college she worked as a counselor with troubled teenagers, a project coordinator, a registrar assistant, and a temp before becoming a full-time author.

She has traveled extensively throughout the world feeding her passion for meeting new people and discovering both the similarities and the differences in the way people live.

Her work has been published in magazines, anthologies, books, and online. She has authored books of poetry, books of short stories, and a novel. She also writes three blogs, Write with TLC, Reviews with TLC, and Vegan Cooking with TLC.

She has served as Master of Ceremonies of a writer’s conference, taught classes and workshops, and moderated panels. In addition, she has participated in poetry readings and media interviews.

Her work continues to explore both the strength and the vulnerability that are interwoven into relationships large and small.

When she steps away from the keyboard, she enjoys yoga, meditation, hiking, golf, cooking, and interesting conversation.

Currently, she resides with her husband and three cats in Albany, Oregon.

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Interview with Author – Sebastian Schug

Interview with Author – Sebastian Schug

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Sebastian Robert Schug/Nicolas M. Parker (born February 25th, 1998) is an independent American author, illustrator, publisher, and novelist currently residing in suburban Burbank, California. Beginning his illustrative career at the early age of fourteen jumpstarted by author Rene Ghazarian’s The Adventures of Daniel, he has since gone on to become the main author, illustrator, and publisher of numerous works, series, as well as further collaborations with other individuals. Currently, he attends California State University, Northridge, studying Communication Studies, Political Science, as well as Art and Law. He is the founder, of Sebastian Schug Publishing.

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Interview with Author – Jennifer Priester

Interview with Author – Jennifer Priester

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Jennifer is self employed as an author, publisher, artist, and photographer. She enjoys all forms of storytelling and probably spends a little too much time in fictional worlds. Much of her free time is spent reading books, watching tv and movies, and playing video games. She also has many other hobbies and interests as well. Some of her other hobbies include; building jigsaw puzzles, riding her bike, spending time outdoors, listening to music, and daydreaming. Jennifer is a former bowler and horseback rider. She does still go bowling for fun sometimes, but not enough for her to consider it one of her active hobbies. Jennifer loves animals and has had many pets throughout her life. Although none of her pets have been unusual, they have all been very unique. She’s had a rabbit that she taught to play dead, a dog that would do anything for a blanket, a bird that liked to hang upside down from her swing, and a fish that would let her pet it. Several of her pets were adopted from animal shelters, beginning with her second rabbit. Jennifer grew up with, and still has, a highly misunderstood anxiety disorder called selective mutism, which leads people to believe those with it choose when not to talk when that’s not the case. She also has social anxiety disorder, so she is a big supporter of mental health awareness.

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Interview with Author – Bob Stockton

Interview with Author – Bob Stockton

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Trenton, New Jersey native Bob Stockton left high school in 1957 to join the Navy, where he served for 20 years, sailing the seven seas. His duty assignments sent him to serve aboard destroyers, diesel electric submarines, aircraft carriers, auxiliary vessels, reconnaissance attack squadrons and patrol gunboats in Vietnam. Bob, who retired as a chief petty officer, went on to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees. Since retiring from the Navy, Bob has worked as a shipyard welder’s helper, epidemiologist, adjunct graduate instructor, small business owner, pharmaceutical trainer and international radio host.
Exposure to Agent Orange while in Vietnam led to the Veterans Administration declaring Bob fully disabled. He now lives near his three children and four grandchildren in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Interview with Author – Mark Scheel

Interview with Author – Mark Scheel

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Mark Scheel grew up in east-Kansas farm country. Prior to writing full time he served overseas in Vietnam, Thailand, West Germany, and England with the American Red Cross, taught in the English department at Emporia State University, was an information specialist with the Johnson County Library in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and served on the editorial boards of Potpourri Publications and Kansas City Voices magazine. His short stories, poems, articles, and essays have appeared in numerous periodicals, and he was co-author of the book Of Youth and the River: The Mississippi Adventure of Raymond Kurtz, Sr.
His 1997 book, A Backward View: Stories and Poems, received the J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award from the Kansas Authors Club. His blog series formerly appeared on The Grant Journal and Scriggler, and in 2015 sixty of the entries were collected in the book The Pebble: Life, Love, Politics and Geezer Wisdom. His most recent book, And Eve Said Yes: Seven Stories and a Novella, was launched in October, 2019, from Waldorf Publishing, and a collection of his poetry, titled Star Chaser, is forthcoming in the spring, 2020, from Anamcara Press. When not writing, he enjoys listening to talk radio, reading avidly, traveling with his wife, Dee, lending support to the FairTax movement and participating in interfaith activities.

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Interview with Author – Asher Ames

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Former copywriter and creative director Asher Ames went from writing sexy advertising copy to spinning taboo tales of forbidden lust — and ended up one of Amazon’s best-selling self-published erotica authors. Even after releasing more than 50 titles, Asher has yet to satisfy an urge to write about off-limits relationships and temptation close to home. Asher’s latest is _Too Taboo_, a hefty bundle of 10 stories overflowing with hedonistic characters who know no boundaries.

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