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BERNADETTE BOAS: STAY TRUE TO YOU AND YOUR STORY
Bernadette Boas is the author of Shedding the Corporate Bitch: Shifting Your Bitches to Riches in Life and Business. The book received huge positive feedback in amazon (av. 4.5 stars from 29 reviews). The description starts with: “For twenty-five years she was a corporate bitch, and now has shifted from bitch to rich”. Sounds interesting, this is why I decided to go one to one with Bernadette, who hides a lot more interesting things around her.
– What is your book Shedding the Corporate Bitch: Shifting Your Bitches to Riches in Life and Business about?
– The book is my true story of how despite being a sassy and precocious young girl, from a tight family unit of fourteen, my desire and greed for position, power and prosperity transformed me into a corporate tyrant. It wasn’t until I was handed a pink slip and heard the words ‘you’re fired’ from my mentor of 12 years, did I confront my inner demons and decided to shift from bitch to rich. The book gives a glimpse of the motives and agenda of the many corporate bullies out there… and helps others, especially victims of such tyrants, an understanding of their behavior.
TIMOTHY GAGER: MY SOBRIETY IS THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN MY LIFE
Timothy Gager is the author of eleven books of short fiction and poetry. The latest one – The Thursday Appointments of Bill Sloan (Big Table Publishing) is his first novel. The works of our next featured author were published in more then 300 journals. It’s time for the next portion of Q&A
– What is your last book The Thursday Appointments of Bill Sloan about?
– It’s about redemption of character/characters. It’s extremely dark in its humor but if you are interested in the brief rundown, it’s the story of an unethical psychologist and all the quirky people he treats. It’s funny, serious and tragic.
AXEL HOWERTON: I’M JUST A GUY WHO LIKES TO TELL STORIES
Hot Sinatra by Axel Howerton was finalist for the 2014 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. The author is former journalist and master of short stories. He was also a former amateur boxer and semi-pro kickboxer way back in time. It’s a great chance that Axel will be our next guest in our Q&A section. I’ve made many interviews in my professional life. Some of them are good, some of them are boring and some of them are really interesting and may be rated with Five Stars. The one with Axel, despite the fact that was made just by asking questions via e-mail, is probably the coolest one in the blog!
– What is your book Hot Sinatra about?
– Hot Sinatra is a throwback to the pulp detective stories of the 1930’s and 40’s, to my favorite authors – Hammett, Chandler and the like. It follows a middle-aged, recovering alcoholic, danger-prone ex-cop who has taken over his grandfather’s private investigation business. The grandfather was a prototypical Bogart-style detective, who was well-known and revered in Los Angeles, and our hero has a hard time living up to that legacy. The hero, Mossimo Cole, gets mixed up with a crazy old record producer who has lost a very rare Frank Sinatra record, which he believes was stolen. Soon Mossimo is caught between the Las Vegas mafia, the Yakuza, Mexican drug lords, and a 60 year-old mystery surrounding the record producer’s wife and child. He is helped (and hindered) along the way by his best friend, a foul-mouthed Irish rock star, two hired thugs, the record producer’s beautiful daughter, and a collection of strange characters from the streets of L.A. It has been very well received by critics and readers, as well as being a finalist for the 2013 Crime Writers of Canada award for Best First Novel.
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NATALIE SCOTT: MY MAIN CHARACTER IS MY ALTER AGO
Natalie Scott is another new generation author, who recently published a debut book. Rules for Riders was released in July and already has a lot of positive feedback. It’s a fast paced YA novel with teen characters and very interesting story.
– What is your last book Rules for Riders: Best Friends Deadly Rivals about?
– After a near fatal riding accident, Bebe Barkley is banned from riding and sent off to boarding school. Finn Foxley, her roommate and partner in crime, devise a plan to get themselves kicked out of school, in order to return to the world they love.
Once back on the Equestrian circuit, best friends will become deadly rivals! Enter Billy O’Reilly, Bebe’s handsome trainer, who will enforce 7 Rules that will turn Bebe’s world up upside down forever.
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Check out my interview at Rita Lee Chapman’s web page
I was honored to be a guest at Rita Lee Chapman’s web page and to answer some interesting questions. Here are the Q&A, which may tell you more about me. Follow this link or read it below
– Hi Ognian and welcome to my website. Please introduce yourself and tell us something about your book.
– Hello Rita and thanks for the interview. My name is Ognian Georgiev. I am a sports journalist, working for one of the most popular daily newspapers in my country “Bulgaria Today”. Our capital Sofia is the city that I was born in 33 years ago and I am still living there with my girl Ralitza and our daughter Valeria.
I’ve written only one book “The white prisoner: Galabin Boevski’s secret story”. It was published in December 2013 in Bulgaria. The English language premiere was on 30 May 2014. The novel is about a legendary Olympic weightlifting champion, who is caught at Sao Paulo’s airport with 9 kg of cocaine. He is sentenced in Brazilian jail for 9 years and 4 months. During his stay in the prison he remembers back all his glory moments, all his championships dramas, doping scandals, betrayals and sports political issues.
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ISABELL LAWLESS: MY INSPIRATION CAME FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH A BAD TEMPERED MAN
Isabell Lawless’s debut novel Beast of Vanery will be released on November 23. The story has a potential to become big hit. The plot shows something that many people around the world had to suffer. We’ve got a chance to hear from the author about her new book.
– What is your last book Beast of Venery about?
– Beast of Venery is a semi-autobiographical romantic thriller that follows Danielle fleeing an abusive and domineering ex-boyfriend. With the help and support from her new husband and surrounding family she fights his attempts to contact her and touch her in any way possible to get her back into her life
MICHAEL GOLEMBESKY: THE WORLD IS SOMETIMES A VIOLENT AND UGLY PLACE
Michael Golembesky is a New York Times bestselling author after his first book Level Zero Heroes became a big hit. The novel was published in the beginning of September and very fast became huge hit. I was very honored when Michael accept my invitation for interview. Enjoy!
– What is your last book Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan about?
– It is the first book about Marine Corps Special Operations. In Level Zero Heroes follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban’s grip on the Valley. What started out as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop that had gone terribly wrong. In this one moment, the focus and purpose of the friendly forces at Forward Operating Base Todd, where Team 8222 was assigned, was forever altered as a massive clearing operation was initiated to break the Taliban’s stranglehold on the valley and recover the bodies.
From close-quarters firefights in Afghan villages to capturing key-terrain from the Taliban in the unforgiving Afghan winter, this intense and personal story depicts the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222. Readers will understand the hopelessness of being pinned down under a hail of enemy gunfire and the quake of the earth as a 2000 lb. guided bomb levels a fortified Taliban fighting position.
A powerful and moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of these selected few that fought side-by-side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action-packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War.
MARK PETERSON: A WIDE RANGE OF STUDY MAKE YOUR STORIES MORE INTERESTING
Mark Peterson published in July his new novel Killzone: Book 1 of the Shadowkill trilogy. It was his seventh production in his writer’s bio. Mark loves different genres. Let’s her from him about his new book and many more interesting things that we were able to discuss.
– What is your last book Killzone: Book 1 of the Shadowkill trilogy about?
– Killzone is about two college students, Lucas and Tre, who win an MMOFPS video game competition and find themselves recruited by the United States government to control a team of robotic soldiers called SHADOWs (Strategic Hazardous Android for Defensive Operations and Warfare). It’s an alternative history technothriller set in mid-2006, at the height of the war on terror in Iraq.
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BRANDY ISAACS: I WAS INSPIRED BY A DREAM THAT A FRIEND HAD
Brandy Isaac’s last book That Which is Lost was published in May. Our next author is having another job to live with, but she is still producing excellent peace of writings. Enjoy our next Q&A.
– What is your last book That Which is Lost about?
– I like to call it “a ghost story…with complications.” Talia is haunted by a lot of things–not the least of which is herself.
– How you decide to write the story?
– It was actually inspired by a dream that a friend had. In the dream she was a part of a group of ghost hunters and they resorted to some pretty extreme measures and it grew from there. The end result, That Which Is Lost, didn’t turn out how I expected it too–but I never try force anything I write. I find that when a story is working it starts writing itself–and you have to go with it.
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MIKE JANSEN: WE HAVE A SCI-FI AND FANTASY RENAISSANCE IN THE NETHERLANDS
Mike Jansen is one of the most talented authors in Netherlands. He won many awards and recently published his novel The Failing God: The First Chronicle of Cranborn (Chronicles of Cranborn Book 1). Let’s enjoy the next portion of interesting Q&A.
– What is your last book The Failing God: The First Chronicle of Cranborn (Chronicles of Cranborn Book 1) about?
– The Failing God is the first part in five volume epic dark fantasy series. It deals with the affairs of several characters from various factions in the rich and detailed world of Cranborn, during a time of conflict and change. Driving it all is a number of prophecies, but one could ask which prophecy is telling the truth…
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