Author Interviews — Real Stories from Real Authors

Our interview section brings you candid conversations with writers from every genre. Whether it’s about their latest release, their writing journey, or what inspires them — these interviews offer insight and connection straight from the source.


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Author Interviews — Real Stories from Real Authors

Our interview section brings you candid conversations with writers from every genre. Whether it’s about their latest release, their writing journey, or what inspires them — these interviews offer insight and connection straight from the source.

Inside the Mind - Wm Howard

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  • What inspired you to start writing?
    I think I've always had a vivid imagination and keeping it all inside was just too overwhelming.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    My latest book is a historical fiction novel set in Colorado in the 1880s during the silver boom, which led to a railroad boom, so to speak. It's about the restlessness of youth. Leaving what is comfortable and confining for something exciting and liberating. What usually happens is that as we feel the force of the "exciting and liberating" world, we begin to long for that which is comfortable and confining. You'll have to read the book to see how that plays out.
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Inside the Mind - Michael Feeley

Michael Feeley
  • What inspired you to start writing?
    I was deciphering a lot of secret knowledge and was experiencing a lot of unusual events, so I contemplated what would be the best way to record and document these things, and decided that was a book.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    Yes, my latest book is called 'The Movement - Illumination Of The World' and the Foreword is a world first, written by one of the most advanced minds the world has ever seen, and I will leave that there as a tease!
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Inside the Mind - STUART G YATES

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  • What inspired you to start writing?
    My nan was a great reader, especially of Agatha Christie. To please her, I wrote a short Whodunit, bashing it out on my brother's Olivetti typewriter. I stitched it together and waited nervously for her to read it. She did and, more importantly, she couldn't guess who the perpetrator of the crime was! This inspired me to write more. As I avidly devoured every Agatha Christie I could get my hands on, I discovered Jack Higgins. This, for me, was a revelation! I wanted to write the same sort of gritty, British thrillers he did. So, I did. This was in the early 70s. In 1979, I submitted my first completed novel and, in 2009, I was fortunate to have a book accepted by a small, Indie press. I've never looked back and now have over 50 books published.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    My latest book is a Western. 'Left for Dead' is the first in a series that follows the blood-soaked career of Hahmood, a stone-cold killer who stops at nothing to get what he wants. Unlike other so-called heroes, Hahmood has no conscience. He is unrelenting and deadly. He will appear in a series of 5 novels, and a further series in which he mellows somewhat and teams up with a highly moral sheriff to serve and protect the local community. I hope you enjoy his journey.
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Santiago Burdon

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  • What inspired you to start writing?
    I'm not sure it was inspiration writing is something I believe you are born with, indigenous so to say. It has proved at times to be a curse as if madness wasn't enough.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    Architect of Havoc is my 9th book published by a small press . It's a collection of short stories with ‘RAZOR SHARP SLICES OF VIVID AND LURID LIVES THAT ARE BRUTAL, TRAGIC, AND PAINFULLY FUNNY.’
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Be - Will Espero

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  • What inspired you to start writing?
    I have enjoyed writing since elementary. I remember writing simple poems that rhymed or something for my mom and dad.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    BE is a collection of my poetry and prose that I have written during my life over many decades. There are haiku, tanka, and my verses and prose about nature, love, heartache, war, Hawaii, and social issues. I am proud to state my poetry book was recognized as runner-up in the New York Book Festival, London Book Festival, and the Great Northwest Book Festival. BE received an Honorable Mention at the Los Angeles Book Festival and the San Francisco Book Festival.
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Inside the Mind - M.R. Gardner

M.R. Gardner
  • What inspired you to start writing?
    My family had moved to Martinsville, Indiana for a brief period of about four years and had a property in the country 5 miles outside of town. I discovered some remarkable and concerning facts about the property dating back prior to the Civil War period. This discovery, coupled with the notorious and well deserved reputation of the town, gave me plenty of material to get started writing The Farm.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    The Farm is about a family (grandparents and two grandchildren) who move to the country near Martinsville, Indiana. They discover a truly terrifying past lurking in the backyard that permeates the property and confines them as it once did to other unfortunate county residents. They discover parallel crimes in the present which they are determined to confront. The present day crimes intertwine with the past and a shocking discovery makes it all personal.
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Inside the Mind - Elena Dorothy Boulos Bowman

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  • What inspired you to start writing?
    Why I Wrote The Sarah’s Landing Series The answer to that question isn’t as easily answered as one would think. I guess it all started when one of my co-workers said I should be writing books. When I asked her why, she said because I have a way with words and that I was supposed to write. “Who said so?” I asked. She just smiled and repeated her statement. “It’s something you should be doing,” she added,” but you are too chicken to even try.” I laughed, shook my head, said she was “nuts” and went back to work. Lunch time was over. However, after a while, say several weeks, her comments did pique my curiosity. I wondered for a crazy moment if I could actually sit down and put words on paper that had a story line to it. But the thought was fleeting and so it passed. It seemed that after that conversation, we crossed paths constantly, more so than we ever did. All she would do is smile and pretend to scribble in the air on an invisible piece of paper, pointing to what she was doing and to me, nodding her head that that is what I should be doing. I just laughingly shook it off and walked on. One very hectic morning, after struggling with my computer, I sat back, lit a cigarette … yes I used to smoke … and began to relax for a few moments before tackling my next objective. As I casually watched the smoke from my cigarette curl and float up towards the corner of my office wall, I started to wonder where it went. Did it pass through the walls and then travel down through the spaces between the finished wall and the frames? Did it go further on down through the basement floor and weave its way to the subterranean earth and into a cave or a world that existed beneath my feet? I didn’t know, but I pondered that journey and began to put the words down on paper. Several weeks later, working on this project off and on, I suddenly discovered that I had written four chapters. Someone told me once that if you manage to get by the first three chapters you were on your way to a book. My husband had been watching me off and on for those weeks and finally asked me what I was doing. I said I was writing a story. He asked why, and I said, because. I asked him to read the four chapters I had already written. What he didn’t know was that his answer would determine whether I completed the book or not. When he had finished reading the chapters I gave him, he looked up and asked, “Where are you going with this?” I said I didn’t know. “Well,” he said, “Even though I may regret saying this,” he paused momentarily as if making up his mind before continuing, then said he thought it was good. With my husband’s encouragement I wrote Sarah’s Landing-I, and went on to write the entire series of four books. Because I stopped smoking, I decided to take that part of the story out and instead of the deep recesses of the earth I went for the far reaches of space. I hope I have intrigued you enough to want to buy a copy of my book, and that you will have as much fun reading it as I did writing it. Thank you
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    People vanishing 10 years before the new millennium, the first space-exploration starship, Earth Star-I, lost in deep space fifty-one months earlier - Is there a connection between these unexplained disappearances and a village along the rocky coast of New England, a place called Sarah's Landing? Joshua Morgan is the Astronaut/Biologist searching for answers and is unaware his quest will take him to the far reaches of space and to an alien planet no one knew existed. Joshua's finds love for two different woman on two different worlds, light years apart. His love for these women results in the birth of two sons - one from the alien planet, one from Earth, and both empowered with mind-linking capabilities.
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Inside the Mind - Brett Butler

Brett Butler
  • What inspired you to start writing?
    Ever since I was a kid growing up in the Hudson Valley, storytelling was how I made sense of the world. I was always drawn to the quiet moments—the hidden dramas playing out behind closed doors, the secrets teenagers carried in their backpacks, the complexity of growing up in a town that looked perfect from the outside but held so much tension underneath. What truly inspired me to start writing seriously was a combination of personal reflection and creative urgency. I had stories inside me—about identity, longing, faith, and defiance—that I didn't see represented in mainstream books. Writing gave me a voice, especially during moments when I felt voiceless. My background in digital cinematography helped me visualize scenes vividly, while my MFA in Creative Writing gave me the tools to shape them with depth and honesty. Catholic School Boys in Trouble grew from a desire to revisit those formative years with both raw truth and artistic beauty. I wanted to write something that felt real—messy, vulnerable, and unforgettable.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    Absolutely! My latest novel is Catholic School Boys in Trouble: The Book of Blair, and it's the most personal installment in the series yet. This book pulls back the curtain on Blair Cohen’s life before he ever stepped foot inside St. Ignatius. It's about a sensitive, artistic boy trying to survive the chaos of adolescence in a small Hudson Valley town—navigating identity, heartbreak, betrayal, and the weight of being different in a world that expects conformity. Blair was always a fan favorite in the series, and I knew he deserved more than just backstory—he deserved a whole book. We follow him through high school at Clarkstown North, where a painful betrayal leads to his transfer to the Catholic school that changes everything. What I love most is how raw, poetic, and painfully relatable his story is. It’s about growing up queer, misunderstood, and defiant. This book stands on its own, but also deepens the emotional stakes of the larger series. For anyone who's ever felt like an outsider or kept their true self hidden, The Book of Blair will speak directly to your soul.
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Inside the Mind - Rusty Blackwood

Rusty Blackwood
  • What inspired you to start writing?
    I've always loved to write, but my employment path took me in a different direction until age 51, when I was able to put my passion for writing into play to see where it could possibly take me. I enjoy letting my imagination run wild, and it has served me well.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    My latest book is Return to Autumn Part 2, which is the concluding novel in my Autumn Trilogy consisting of The Perils of Autumn, Return to Autumn, and Return to Autumn Part 2. The story takes place in the early 70's in Kentucky in a posh, fictional area outside Lexington known as The Meadows, where you find the celebrated Landon Lawns Stables, winner of many equestrian awards including a Triple Crown winner. Young, newly graduated RN Autumn Leeves, is sent to Landon manor to care for the terminally-ill wife of English Horsemaster Cyril Landon. Duff Taylor, world renown jockey who is tops in his field, lives fulltime above the tack room at Landon Lawns and enjoys the many benefits it brings, but he also has a dark secret surrounding an unsolved racing incident from his past that he will go to any length to protect. Autumn arrives to Landon Manor in time to be thrown into the fray, and finds herself caught in the ongoing disruption that ensues.
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Inside the Mind - Ahmad Ardalan

Ahmad Ardalan
  • What inspired you to start writing?
    One night I was having dinner at a Brazilian restaurant and a couple walking down the stairs tripped and fell. I thought to myself if those, if those two would go back in time for a minute, and avoid what happened they would. Time Travel… Since I was a kid back in the eighties I was fascinated by that idea, and at that night I went back home and wrote my first novel The Clout of Gen. Despite it not gaining traction but to me it was the start to it all. An interesting time-travel mystery set in Japan.
  • Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
    A tale of greed, art and an ongoing decades love story. The Art collector of Le Marais is a tale set in Paris, spans through decades, full of Art history and passion.
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