 JD DeHart is a writer and teacher. He blogs at dehartreadingandlitresources.blogspot.com. DeHart's first book of poems, The Truth About Snails, is available on Amazon. He is currently at work on another book. Interview with J.D. DeHartWelcome to Roxana’s blog! Q: Tell us a little about yourself and your background? I was born in a small town and have been on a continuing academic career for the past decade. I have a background in theology and Biblical studies, as well as teaching. Right now, I’m working on a PhD in literacy. I enjoy writing poetry, among other genres. Q: Do you think that your school years have had an impact in your writing career? If so, what were you like at school? Definitely! I went through a few stages at school. For a while, I was the quiet kid in the corner. Then I tried the class clown part out for a bit. My breakthrough in school came in the 8th grade. I had a teacher who read some what I wrote and believed in me. She really encouraged me. All of this has shaped me as a writer and as a teacher. Q: Were you good at English or like Einstein you excel now in a field that was a nightmare for you as a student? I excelled at reading on my own. I didn’t always connect with what I had to read at school, or what I had to write about. But I was always a reader, always loved books, and always wrote – even when it was just my own simple comics in notebooks. Q: What are your future ambitions for your writing career? I would like to grow as a blogger, a role I am really embracing. I have some research writing that I would like to pursue. I’ve also got some other stories in me that I want to tell, either in poetry or prose. Q: Which poets have inspired you and how? What was their impact on your work or your literary perspective? James Tate was the first poet I read who really challenged me beyond the wing/sing version of poetry I knew from school. When I read his poem, “An Eland in Retirement,” I got a glimpse of what poetry could be. Poetry could be strange and alarming and not apologize for it. I also enjoy Billy Collins’s poems. Many of them are just about ordinary occurrences, but told in such an interesting way. Q: So, would you mind telling us what you have written so far? Oh, my. I’ve been writing since the 1990s and currently have over 1500 pieces in print or online. I have a collection of poems on Amazon, published by RedDashboard. It’s called The Truth About Snails. I would love to put together another collection soon. I’ve been nominated for Best of the Net once. I continue to write and blog at dehartreadingandlitresources.blogspot.com, where I celebrate what other writers do too. Q: Where can we buy or see them? Check out The Truth About Snails at Amazon, and visit the blog at dehartreadingandlitresources.blogspot.com. My poems are posted around the web, many at The Poet Community and Poems and Poetry Blog, but also in other places. Q: What are you working on at the minute? What’s it about? I am working on a series of poems that are more personal and reflect my growing up. I’m also working on posting interviews and book reviews at the blog. And I’m in the midst of a demanding PhD program and gearing up to teach some writing courses this fall. Busy times. Q: What genre are your books and what draws you to this genre? I am drawn to science fiction sometimes because I like the creativity authors have to use for that genre, but I also enjoy literary fiction and poetry. I like reading poetry because it is concise and really celebrates what’s beautiful about language. Q: What was the name of your last book? Give us an insight into your main character. What does he/she do that is so special? What’s it about? My last book is really the only one around at the moment, the poetry collection. I also have some work in the Biblical Legends series, published by Garden Gnome Publications. Q: Which actor/actress would you like to see playing the lead character from your most recent book? I would cast Christian Bale or Gary Oldman as anyone or anything. I’m pretty sure they could do it. Q: How much research do you do for your books? I’m always reading and actually write research articles from time to time, so lots of research goes into that. However, when I’m writing poetry, the only research I’m doing is reading widely so I can be inspired. I read anything from New Yorker articles to other poets’ work. Q: Have you written any other novels/novellas in collaboration with other writers? Why did you do decide to collaborate and did that affect your sales? I did feature in the Garden Gnome anthologies, as well as some poetry anthologies. The sales were those were really just token payments. I enjoy the challenge of writing to a particular theme in a particular way, so anthology work can be interesting. Q: When did you decide to become a writer and why? What was the principal reason for taking up a pen (metaphorical speaking) and write that first sentence? I decided to become a writer because I couldn’t and wouldn’t stop writing. I was also encouraged by family members, including my wife who is a constant support for my work. I think the voices that speak positivity to us about what we do in life are the ones we have to treasure. Q: Do you write full-time or part-time? Do you have a special time to write or do you write every day, 5 days a week or as and when? Most of my time is focused on teaching for most of the year, but I carve out time to write and read and have breaks now and then where I can really focus and get things done. Q: Where do your ideas come from? Or is it just the spur of the moment, a special feeling you experience or a specific conjuncture that offers you inspiration? I journal about words that interest me. Sometimes I make notes in my phones. From those words or phrases, I build. When I’m ready to work on an article, I usually have a direction and make myself an outline. I consider the outline a set of guideposts instead of set in stone commands, and then I proceed to research and fill in the blanks. Q: How do you think you’ve evolved creatively? I used to try to write like Kurt Vonnegut and David Mamet because those are the people I read. I started reading widely, and I’ve also grown as a research writer – which is a whole other set of skills. Q: Do you work to an outline or plot or do you prefer just see where an idea takes you? I’m an outliner. Otherwise, crazy things happen. They might still happen with the outline, but at least there’s a direction to keep me moving page to page. Q: In your opinion, what is the hardest thing about writing? Pushing past worries about the critics or how your writing might be perceived and just getting words on the page. It took me forever just to do and stop trashing my rough drafts. Q: Now, what about the easiest thing about writing? I’m finding it easier to just hit send when I’m ready to submit. No more fear about that – just knock on the door and see if it will be answered kindly. Q: Do you ever get writer’s Block and if so do you have any tips on how to get through the dreaded writer’s block? There are times I run out of steam. I usually take a break, get away for some time, maybe even write in another genre. I also find authors I like and read their stuff and then I’m usually refreshed again. Q: Do you read much and if so who are your favorite authors? For your own reading, do you prefer eBooks or traditional paper/hard back books? I read voraciously. I just read a great book by Raymond Benson, a new poetry collection by Chelsea Dingman, and I’m currently reading a book by Anne Rice. My favorite author is Ray Bradbury. I prefer to read either on the older Kindle that doesn’t have backlighting or paperback. Q: What book/s are you reading at present? Rhamses the Damned by Anne Rice. I just finished a book called Dangerous Stories for Boys by Christopher Bernard. Q: Do you proofread/edit all your own books or do you get someone to do that for you? My academic writing is definitely given the shuffle through by many hands and eyes. It has to be. But my personal writing is usually just my own editing process. Q: Do you let the book stew – leave it for a month and then come back to it to edit? Sometimes. It depends on how engaged I am in the project. Sometimes I’ve seen the words too much and I have to step away. Q: Who edited your last book and how did you select him/her? I do most of my own editing. Academic publishing is a different animal, and usually editing comes in working with colleagues and then receiving comments in blind review. I do, incidentally, like blind review and wish poetry journals would use it more frequently. Q: Tell us about the covers of your books. How did it/they come about? The cover for The Truth About Snails was commissioned by the publisher. It features a snail, which is predictable, but the little guy is dressed up like a superhero because comic books have inspired my work. Q: Do you think that the cover plays an important part in the buying process? Sometimes. If I know a book is by an author I like, it would be wrapped in a brown paper bag and I would read it. Q: What would you say are the main advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing against being published or the other way around? Self-publishing can be lonely, and the promotion is largely on you. Being published by another person or entity usually takes time, and there are more steps involved legally. The nice thing about being published by another entity is that I see it as a kind of rubber stamp from someone else, or vetting. Q: How do you market your books, if you do the marketing yourself? I use blogger to get the word out, and also tweet. I also rely on sites like this one to share information about me and my writing. Q: Would you or do you use a PR agency? I would explore a PR agency as an option, especially with recommendations from people I trust. Q: Do you have any advice for other authors on how to market their books? I think marketing is a process of putting yourself out there. It’s taken me a while to really do that and feel comfortable about it. So, my advice would be, writing something that is well-done and then don’t be afraid to share about it in any venue you can. Q: What part of your writing time do you devote to marketing your book? This is becoming an increasing amount of time as of late. I would say, however, that up to the past few months my writing time has been just writing. I’m now working on a blog that I enjoy, but it does take time to put together. Q: What do you do to get book reviews? I’m in the process now of searching out readers through the various places I’ve published with over the past few years to write reviews. Q: How successful has your quest for reviews been so far? So far, I’ve had some success with this. There is still more work to do. Q: Do you have a strategy for finding reviewers? I stick with sites that have published me for years and inquire that way. I’m also in the process of finding journals that publish in the genre of the book and making inquiries at some of those publications. Q: What are your thoughts on good/bad reviews? I think you have to be willing to allow people to have their opinions. No one experiences life (much less a book) in the same way. If a reviewer offers something solid that I can use in a critical sense, then I try to appreciate that. Q: Any amusing story about marketing books that happened to you? I’ve had more interesting situations come out of submitting articles for academic publications. There is generally at least one reviewer that is harsher in their feedback than others. Sometimes it doesn’t even seem that the harshest authors do the reading. Q: What are your views on social media for marketing? Which social network worked best for you? Any tips on what to do and what not to do? I enjoy Twitter, which seems to be built for marketing. I also like Blogger. I’m not adept at many of the other platforms. Q: Did you do a press release, Goodreads book launch or anything else to promote your work and did it work? I just recently started exploring a giveaway on Goodreads. Again, this is an area I am growing in and exploring further. Q: Did you get interviewed by local press/radio for your book launch? No such luck – but I would be open to that. Q: Is there any marketing technique you used that had an immediate impact on your sales figures? Well, I’m not exactly raking in the cash here, but I would say that writing a good query when publishing with magazines and journals can help that process along nicely. Q: Did you make any marketing mistakes or is there anything you would avoid in future? No real mistakes, I suppose. I am definitely interested in exploring more with marketing. Q: Why do you think that other well written books just don’t sell? I think that books are a tough market and they sometimes have to hit at just the right moment. There is a lot of competition. Q: What do you think of “trailers” for books? I’m a movie fan, so this makes sense. I also used film in my classroom to engage students with reading. I think a visual can help. Q: Do you have a trailer or do you intend to create one for your own book/s? (* please provide a link to trailer if you have one) Hmmm. An interesting thought. I don’t have one, but maybe that’s something to explore. Q: Do you think that giving books away free works and why? I have found more interest when I advertise free books through Twitter. The challenge is then getting readers to take the next step and write reviews. Q: How do you relax? I read. Sometimes, yes, I even write. I switch genres. Sometimes writing poetry is very relaxing and cathartic for me. Occasionally I see movies. Q: What is your favorite motivational phrase? What is your favorite positive saying? “Without contraries there is no progression.” – William Blake Q: What is your favorite book and why? Probably Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury was poetic, even in his prose. It’s also a book that celebrates what is best about reading and literature. The newer edition features a lovely introduction by Neil Gaiman, as well. Q: What is your favorite quote? See above. Q: Where can you see yourself in 5 years-time? Hopefully continuing to do what I love – write and teach, and exploring more opportunities to do both. Q: What advice would you give to your younger self? Keep at it, submit more. Believe in yourself. Wallow for exactly one minute about any failure or rejection slip, allow yourself that space of a minute, and then move on. Wallow, wallow, move on. Q: Which famous person, living or dead would you like to meet and why? I don’t really have a list in mind here, but I’m sure it would an author. Maybe a room full of them. Q: If you could have been the original author of any book, what would it have been and why? The Day the Crayons Quit. It’s a children’s book, true, but a really interesting concept and a great title. It’s also a quick read, being a children’s book. Q: What advice would you give to aspiring writers? Use Every Writer’s Resource, Poets & Writers, Writer’s Digest, and find your favorite contemporary authors then see where they publish. Q: Where do you see publishing going in the future? I would like to explore more research publication, but then again there are these books I would like to get out of my system and into the hands of a publisher. I can definitely see myself focusing more on book-length projects in the near future. Q: Is there anything else you would like to add that I haven’t included? I think you’ve done an excellent job of covering it. Q: How can readers discover more about you and you work? Blog: dehartreadingandlitresources.blogspot.com Twitter: @jd_dehart Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/JD-DeHart/e/B00ILLY91Q/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4?qid=1502323695&sr=8-4 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7825293.J_D_deHart?from_search=true Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to take part in this interview.
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INTERVIEW WITH DAVID PERLMUTTER David Perlmutter is a freelance writer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is the author of America Toons In: A History of Television Animation (McFarland and Co.), The Singular Adventures Of Jefferson Ball (Chupa Cabra House), The Pups (Booklocker.com), Certain Private Conversations and Other Stories (Aurora Publishing) Orthicon; or, the History of a Bad Idea (Linkville Press, forthcoming), and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Cartoon Series (Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming.) He can be reached on Facebook at David Perlmutter-Writer, Twitter at @DKPLJW1, and Tumblr at The Musings of David Perlmutter (yesdavidperlmutterfan). Welcome to Roxana’s blog! Q: Tell us a little about yourself and your background. I was born in 1980 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and have lived there my entire life. I have Bachelor’s and Masters degrees in History and a Library Technician certification. Q: Do you think that your school years have had an impact in your writing career? If so, what were you like at school? Yes, they did. I had my first exposure to writing in school, and enjoyed doing it. I also encountered many of the writers who first influenced me in school reading, on my own and for assignments. Since I was rather shy and retiring then, as now, I tended to do a lot more reading then most people on average, and I probably still do. Q: Were you good at English or like Einstein you excel now in a field that was a nightmare for you as a student? English was one of my better subjects, along with History. Q: What are your future ambitions for your writing career? To keep writing and publishing books in fiction and non-fiction forms on a regular basis, as long as I can find publishers willing to underwrite me in this endeavors. Q: So, would you mind telling us what you have written so far? Here are the highlights: America Toons In: A History of Television Animation (McFarland and Co., 2014) The Singular Adventures Of Jefferson Ball (Chupa Cabra House, 2014) The Pups (Booklocker.com, originally 2009), Certain Private Conversations and Other Stories (Aurora Publishing, 2013) Honey and Salt (Scarlet Leaf Publishing, 2017) Orthicon; or, the History of a Bad Idea (Linkville Press, forthcoming) The Encyclopedia of American Animated Cartoon Series (Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming) Q: Where can we buy or see them? Amazon, Abebooks and the various publisher’s websites. Q: What genre are your books and what draws you to this genre? In fiction, I write in science fiction, fantasy and horror. I find that these forms are not bound to the same sorts of restrictions in terms of expectations that other genres have. Also, they allow me to write narratives and characters that are close in feel and style to the animated television programs that have been my primary cultural influence. Q: Which actor/actress would you like to see playing the lead character from your most recent book? I could name some names, but, because they are television animation voice actors, you’re not likely to have heard of any of them, so why bother? Q: How much research do you do for your books? A lot! Whatever it is, it has to be as accurate as possible, or else the people and things depicted in it will give you hell. Even for stuff that isn’t “real” in the first place. Q: When did you decide to become a writer and why? What was the principal reason for taking up a pen (metaphorical speaking) and write that first sentence? As soon as I realized that animated cartoons were made by actual people, and were not documentary depictions of real places I wanted to visit more than once every week. Q: Do you write full-time or part-time? Do you have a special time to write or do you write every day, 5 days a week or as and when? Part when I am at work at my library job, full otherwise. No particular time, just when I feel I can fit it in without being interrupted. Q: Where do your ideas come from? Or is it just the spur of the moment, a special feeling you experience or a specific conjuncture that offers you inspiration? Some sort of union between what I watch on television and read, and the desire to fix any and all of the “mistakes” I felt had been made by the writers in doing their work. Q: How do you think you’ve evolved creatively? I have a stronger sense of moral purpose about my work than I used to do, as well as a stronger sense of humor, and a stronger sense that I seem to know about things other people don’t know about at all, since I have to explain some of the more obscure references I put into my work sometimes. Q: Do you work to an outline or plot or do you prefer just see where an idea takes you? For longer works I have an outline; for shorter things, I wing it as much as I can. Q: In your opinion, what is the hardest thing about writing? Not getting paid a regular and dependable weekly salary for doing it. Q: Now, what about the easiest thing about writing? Being the boss of everything and everybody I write about. Q: Do you ever get writer’s Block and if so do you have any tips on how to get through the dreaded writer’s block? Keep exposing yourself to new things culturally. The more you expose yourself to other people’s ideas, the more you’ll figure out how to do those same things yourself. Q: Do you read much and if so who are your favorite authors? For your own reading, do you prefer eBooks or traditional paper/hard back books? I read considerably. I am a paper book person, and will be so forever. Particular favorite authors who have influenced me are many, but a small list would include: Robert Bloch, Jack London, Mark Twain, Philip Jose Farmer, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Sherwood Anderson, Lawrence Block, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, Joe Lansdale and Ring Lardner Sr. Q: What book/s are you reading at present? The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, in the three volume Library of America edition. Q: Do you proofread/edit all your own books or do you get someone to do that for you? I do much of my own proofreading and editing, with some assistance from my mother on non-fiction works. Q: Do you let the book stew – leave it for a month and then come back to it to edit? I let it stew when I first draft it. When it’s finished the way I want it like that, that’s when I type. Q: Who edited your last book and how did you select him/her? It was edited by an editor chosen by the publisher. Q: Tell us about the covers of your books. How did it/they come about? I try to tell the publisher what I want, and they try to find an artist who can make it work. Q: Do you think that the cover plays an important part in the buying process? Not terribly, but it can sway some people, so it can’t be glossed over. Q: What would you say are the main advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing against being published or the other way around? With self-publishing, you have to promote everything yourself, and that’s hard if you are, like me, an introverted, insecure person at heart. With mainstream publishing, they take care of promotion, and you just have to do what they tell you to do, and you let them, because it’s their business and not yours. Q: What are your thoughts on good/bad reviews? Good reviews help you get what you want as a writer. Bad reviews ruin entire careers. Q: Did you get interviewed by local press/radio for your book launch? No. I have been strongly ignored by the media in Winnipeg for most of my writing career so far, although I don’t think I did or said anything that caused that. Q: Why do you think that other well written books just don’t sell? Because the publisher didn’t help the author to promote their work enough in a positive way. Or, if they published it themselves, they didn’t do a good enough job promoting it. Q: How do you relax? Reading. Q: What is your favorite book and why? “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London. The book that truly turned me on to adult reading, and the author whose life and work I have admired the most, and whose commitment to sparse but vivid storytelling and social justice I have attempted to honor in my own work. Q: Where can you see yourself in 5 years-time? Doing what I am doing right now- reading, writing and working. Possibly I might get paid more, better and more often as well. Q: What advice would you give to your younger self? You will get through all of this. Do not be bewildered by any of it- it is all normal and commonplace. Q: Which famous person, living or dead would you like to meet and why? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He seems to me to be the only person in the modern world who completely understood the true meaning of peace and racial brotherhood. We all could have learned a great deal more from him had he not been so tragically taken from us. Q: If you could have been the original author of any book, what would it have been and why? Any of Jack London’s. He wrote anything and everything he felt like doing, and he did it without being pretentious, because he was a man from low origins who nevertheless was more perceptive that most of his more learned contemporaries. Q: What advice would you give to aspiring writers? Keep doing it. You won’t get it the first time you do it, but eventually it’ll come, and you’ll be glad it did. Q: Where do you see publishing going in the future? Wherever it wants. I’ll have to keep up with it regardless. Q: How can readers discover more about you and you work? Blog: yesdavidperlmutterfan (Tumblr) Facebook: David Perlmutter- Writer Twitter: @DKPLJW1 LInkedin: David Perlmutter Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to take part in this interview. NEW BOOK RELEASE  Bravery comes in all forms: fighting bullies and fighting your own demons. Honey and Salt is a superhero novella that will draw you in the just fight of a few super heroines. The story is packed with action and humor. Their quest against evil superheroes and against their own weaknesses is refreshing. You can identify with them and embrace their battles. Rousing fantasy action with amazing young girls ready to fight for justice and for the oppressed. If you enjoy a good action with an unusual plot, then this is the book for you.  INTERVIEW WITH MONA ILLINGWORTH & DANIEL ANDREWS  Both Mona Illingworth and Daniel Andrews underwent a medical doctor training. Nonetheless, they have managed to retain a strong and fulfilling relationship with the nature, connection which began in the country during early childhood. In order to hand over their knowledge, as well as the humankind thousands-years old in-formation about the nature, they created the Bees' Products Series. "Honey - The Nature's Gold Recipes for Health" represents the first volume. The second volume is already in the making. They hope this series will make a difference in people's life. Welcome to Roxana's Blog! Q: Tell us a little about yourself and your background. Mona: Hi! Thank you so much for having Daniel and me for an interview. We do appreciate it. Now, there are so many things to be said about myself. Let me see! First of all, I’m a young woman, full of energy and ideas. I love reading, cooking, travelling, but above all, I love nature in all its wonderful expressions. Together with Daniel, I enjoy taking long walks on fields, through forests, or beaches. These are long walks, for we often stop to admire a tiny insect, the fresh blossom of a flower or to follow the majestic flight of a bird. My professional field is a bit less poetic, for as a medical doctor, I deal daily with various ailments of the people. However, the relief we manage to bring to people many times represent a satisfaction in itself. Daniel: My background is pretty similar to Mona’s: we both spent lots of time at the countryside during our childhood, and we chose the same profession. As Mona has pointed out, we indulge in lengthy strolls, and we like to acknowledge everything around us. We share the same passion for reading, travelling and cooking, and I also enjoy a good old-fashioned fight on my computer. Q: So, would you mind telling us what you have written so far? Mona: We have started with a pretty interesting and fully packed with information book about honey. The name says it all: Honey The Nature’s Gold Recipes for Health. Anyway, putting together so many recipes for such a high number of ailments required a good deal of time and energy. It was sometimes a challenge to synthesize the information, but also a joy to write down so many captivating facts about these tiny insects, capable of such a complex and intricate social organization. Daniel: We are particularly satisfied of having included the precautions and adverse effects in the recipes, so that these can be safely used. That was an absent part in the naturist books I laid hand until now. And we found the inclusion of preparation time and difficulty, as well as the layout of the recipes as a whole quite helpful. Actually, this book is the first from a series regarding bees’ products Q: What are your future ambitions for your writing career? Mona: We are planning to continue the book series about bees. There are so many fascinating things to share about them and their products! Daniel: We are also playing with the idea of including practical and fashionable things in one of our future books, such as a fairly elaborated cosmetic book based on natural ingredients. Later on, there are so many other topics we are keen to tap into. Q: Where can we buy or see them? Mona: Well, you can find our book as a print in kindle format on Amazon. Daniel: And Ingram Spark is also a good place to start. Q: What are you working on at the minute? What’s it about? Mona: As promised in our book, Honey The Nature’s Gold, we have begun the next book in the series. Daniel: It is also about bees’ products, and for the time being we are in the research phase. Q: What genre are your books and what draws you to this genre? Mona: I’m afraid I’m a bit eclectic when it comes to books. I enjoy as much a Balzac’s book, as I savor an Agatha Christie’s book or one of Asimov’s books. I think I’m the inquiring type and I just like to have a finger in every pie. Daniel: I too enjoy lots of genres of books: crimes, science-fiction, fantasy, and classic books just to name a few. Like Mona I prefer to keep an open mind and gather as many information as possible. And to enjoy the things in the process! Q: When did you decide to become a writer and why? What was the principal reason for taking up a pen (metaphorical speaking) and write that first sentence? Mona: Daniel and I had often remarked how much had been lost or simply ignored from the ancient wisdom and connection with nature. Daniel: There are actually so many wonderful things in the nature to be known and used. Mona and I, as medical doctors and keepers of some of this knowledge, we decided to offer parts of these to other people so that hopefully a larger and larger number of people will benefit from it. Q: Tell us about the covers of your books. How did it come about? Mona: From the beginning, we agreed there had to be a bee on the cover, for the bees are, actually, the essential actors when it comes to honey. Daniel: And as we both love lavender, a field with lots of it seemed the best idea. We also find the poppies on the back cover a nice touch. Q: Do you think that the cover plays an important part in the buying process? Mona: Some would say it is fundamental. I like a good cover too, but this has never been the main incentive for buying a book. I’ m more interested in the title of the book. Daniel: I think for many it is quite important a good, catchy cover. Indeed, it is the very first thing one sees, before reading the title. So, accordingly, and also for the sake of our book’s beauty, we spent much time on deciding the right cover. And the right one we found! Q: What are your thoughts on good/bad reviews? Mona: Good reviews are the vital food for any writer. We hope we’ll enjoy lots of them. Now, regarding the bad ones, what can I say? People are very different. What’s pretty good for one is uninteresting for the next one, or even unpalatable for another one. Daniel: I totally agree with Mona. However, I’m pretty confident we’ll receive our fair share of good reviews. Q: Is there anything else you would like to add that I haven’t included? Mona: We truly believe our series, and particularly our first book, Honey The Nature’s Gold Recipes for Health, will cover a missing segment in the natural medicine domain, specifically the bridge between it and the modern medicine. And I hope you’ll enjoy it and benefit from it. Daniel: Well, I have a single thing to add: Enjoy! Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to take part in this interview.
  Honey and Health - they go hand in hand. The book brings in the foreground the multiple benefits of honey. The nature' s gold stands out because of its multiple therapeutic characteristics, in particular the anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial features. These properties play a significant role in preventing aging and averting and treating degenerative, as well as chronic conditions, such as cardio-vascular and pulmonary diseases. By regular consumption, honey also boosts the immune system, so that it helps in preventing and treating infections. Overall, honey consumption reduces fatigue and is one of the most effective energizers in nature. The book represents a guide with numerous recipes for many conditions, also briefly and simply depicted. The authors never tired to warn about the importance of precisely following the recipes, and kept advising that the treatment should be applied under medical supervision. We hope you will appreciate the information presented and will take advantage of the nature's gold benefits shortly.  ROBIN WYATT DUNN - LITERATURE IS THE ATOMIC BOMB Robin Wyatt Dunn lives in a state of desperation engineered by late capitalism, within which his mind is a mere subset of a much larger hallucination wherein men are machines, machines are men, and the world and everything in it are mere dreams whose eddies and currents poets can channel briefly but cannot control. Perhaps it goes without saying that he lives in Los Angeles. LITERATURE IS THE ATOMIC BOMB Literature is the atomic bomb, launched every day, and devastating cities and empires across the earth. It cannot be stopped. Like the bomb, literature-people find they have very little room to negotiate: this power backs us into a corner, and we, frothing at the mouth, can only point to our pen. Still, North Korea and Iran aren't stupid: they know literature (and the atomic bomb) is the only thing that will save them in this dog eat dog world, and since I am fortunate to be a nuclear scientist, I give my knowledge away freely (or sometimes for five bucks) to the world, in the hopes that we will all become more heavily armed with dangerous weapons, and so that, if not my children (I have none), then at least some fortunate brat somewhere will coalesce his mighty and small brain around a deserving comeuppance: even if he be fired and enslaved like me, forced to work for his daily bread by uncaring tyrants, who rob, cheat and humiliate him, even if this unlucky brat has all manners of horrors visited upon him, I will have provided him with the red button, which, like the gadget in Will Smith's eager little Hollywood thumb, can wipe not only individual minds but whole continents clean, denuding them of hypocrisy, lies, and fear. I sell the brave stuff; like whiskey, brewed at a reasonable rate, and like Jack Daniels, "each day we make it we'll make it the best we can." TWO NEW POETRY BOOKS |
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