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Inside the Author’s Mind – @WyattMcIntyre

I introduced Wyatt McIntyre’s new book, The Last Dance on my blog in July.

Now, I’d like to introduce the man.

I choose all my guests because they not only interest me as writers, they also fascinate me as people. Wyatt is one of those fascinating young men.

It’s no coincidence that the only question Wyatt could not answer reveals he likely has an old soul, and it makes him wise beyond his years.

Read about the man, and you’ll want to read The Last Dance—trust me.

Please welcome the eternally lovely, Wyatt McIntyre.

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Buy Links: Amazon US  Amazon UK

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Inside Wyatt McIntyre’s Mind

What is your idea of perfect happiness? I suppose, in a sense, perfect happiness, at least to me, is a moment, a second, an instant you can draw out over a lifetime. It’s something that’s there to draw upon, regardless of how distant the memory may seem to be, when life gets hard, a serene moment that just lets you slip back to something peaceful. For me that’s an idea, and an ideal. It’s back on the prairies, on a horse, just feeling the wind brush against my face, the sun softly caressing me and there is nothing there for miles. The world just seems so endless all around you and you feel limitless in the possibilities, and perhaps you’re not even riding anywhere, still you could end up anywhere. It’s sitting there, next to someone you love, watching the stars dance above you, your arm wrapped around them, and feeling this boundless hope that stems from a deep connection with them. Nothing else matters and the world, it just seems to melt around you like a drifting dream. Wherever else you could be, you can’t imagine anywhere else you’d rather be in the quiet simplicity that weaves around you like a warm blanket. Moments like that, they are perfect happiness, because, whenever life gets hard, whenever it gets too tough you draw back to it, and you can’t help but smile as a wistful feeling just overtakes you.

What turns you on creatively? Music, I suppose, more than anything else. When I start a story I pick a playlist right from the get go. Sometimes I will alter or add songs to it, sometimes it will stay the entire story. When I run into a block I’ll sit back and I close my eyes, just listening, letting it move around me, using it as a soundtrack to the thoughts and the ideas that I have, just pushing me forward to create the scenes in my head. Sometimes I just sit with my guitar and I’ll pick at the strings, just sort of thinking, relaxing my mind.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? If you have a dictionary, open it up to a random page, pick a word and chances are I have overused it and abused it at one point or another. “Indeed” has been a long favorite, as has “The simple truth of the matter is…” but then so has my customary expression of frustration, “I put pants on for this? Seriously” and “Bizarre” Honestly it all depends on my mood, though I have been told I abuse the word “Softly”,  “Slight” and “Just” in my writing from time to time.

What quality do you most admire in a man? I’d say, more than anything else, Courage. You know, life is full of changes and challenges, and it can be hard, even a little overwhelming at times. In many ways we let that define us to the point where we are unwilling to take chances anymore. Then, one day, we wake up and we don’t even really recognize ourselves. We’ve just let so much pass and slip by us. What was it that Oliver Wendell Holmes said? “Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.” I admire the men of courage, the ones who, with whatever fear life may bring, act with conviction towards their dreams and truth in who they are, the ones who are capable of looking past the struggle to see the inevitable end. They act in a courage, setting their sights on who they want to be, who they need to be, grabbing hold of it and never letting go, whatever crisis to the spirit it may bring.

What quality do you most admire in a woman? Beyond anything else I would say Grace. The most admirable women carry themselves with a sense of dignity and elegance that shows a beauty in their spirit and their souls. They’re the ones who have a kindness about them that shines even in the moments of their greatest difficulty. They’re the ones who are poised as they stand firm in their resolve to be who they are as they are, even when they don’t necessarily understand. In that they have the ability to be such a blessing, such a miracle, not just in the lives of those around them, but in the way that they carry themselves through their own lives. These are the women who inspire, the ones who transcend, and who show us just how incredible life can be for the simplest and the greatest that it has to offer.

What is your greatest regret? Honestly, I’m not sure I have a greatest regret. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve made mistakes in my life, probably more than I’d care to mention at any given time. Some of them play out in my mind more vividly then others when I feel a little tired. Regrets though? I just generally don’t believe in them. Yes, there are moments I’ve been ashamed of, that I’ve had to seek forgiveness from, some I may never really find forgiveness in. I choose not to live in them. I try not to let them burden me because even the stupidest mistake I’ve made, even the greatest disappointments I may have caused, they taught me a little more about who I was as opposed to who I needed to be, pushing me forward to try and be a better, stronger person in the future so that I would never be defined by those moments. They are cautionary tales, for those who take the time to see it, so that we never willingly fall into those traps again. In that way regrets are nothing more than a bump in the road that you stumble on, some larger than others, some more damaging than others, but all of them unable to keep you down or define you if you are willing to pick yourself up again afterwards.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I’m going to change enough over the course of my life. I have changed enough over the course of it already not to go looking for things I want to change about it. Far, far from perfect, I’m in the process of growing, evolving and changing., Where that takes me, I tend to think, I’ll find out when I get there, knowing that each thing about me, as I am right now, contributes to that path I’m on. Even the things I find hard about myself, the dreams I give myself over to far too easily and the fact that I end up hurting myself too simply by losing myself in them, the idea that I care far too much about things that will never really happen but that I hope will, they’re a part of the journey I’m on of self-discovery and self-realization. To want to change any of it is to want to fundamentally change the direction that it is leading me in. For however long it takes, for however hard it may be, I’m willing to be who I am and who I will be to find the eventual peace that comes with living my life the way it needed to be lived.

What is your greatest fear? Besides Snakes? I would have to probably say mediocrity. I don’t expect to be a great man, but I want to live my life beyond something of the ordinary. As I said earlier I admire courage, and the truth is that I want and expect myself to live my life with it. Still, there are times when I hear this little voice that gnaws at the back of my head. It whispers, telling me that I’m a failure, or that I’m never going to live up to my potential, it’s a voice that perpetually asks me, “What great things have you done?” I’m just afraid that that voice is never going to go away. It scares me that I’m going to leave so many things undone in my life, and there’s going to be a day when I don’t recognize the person I’ve become because he is so far removed from the person that I want to be. I don’t know, it’s just a scary thought sometimes for me.

Which living person do you most admire? My Mother… just no telling her I said that, I like to make her feel guilty and that might ruin my chances…

Honestly though, if there was ever a stronger woman than her I’m not sure who she would be. The amount she’s had to live through, the things she has had to overcome, I honestly don’t necessarily know how she did it at times. Yet, every step of the way, she has been there for me and my brothers, encouraging us even when we’re foolhardy, telling us that there are some things we can’t do. Still there is nothing we shouldn’t go after so long as it’s what we want. It all goes with her mantra for us one she had repeated throughout my life, “The only thing I can teach you is to live a better life than I did.” Maybe, at times, I’m not right, maybe at times I’m dead wrong, and she knows it, she isn’t going to sugarcoat it. I know it as soon as she says “Wyatt-James Taylor McIntyre…”, the lead off to every conversation where I did something that she’s going to proceed to give me some form of a lecture in. Still, when it’s said and done I know that whatever it may be, whatever it is, she is going to be there for me, encouraging me to help push forward in the direction of my dreams, overjoyed in my triumphs, while still letting me make my own mistakes and offering me what I need when I come back to her after making them. Whatever else life may have brought, she never lost hope, not for herself or for us. She really is just an incredible woman.

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Professional orange eater… is that a profession?  Actually, in all seriousness I wouldn’t mind trying acting. I used to love being in community theater and was actually good at it but it was nothing I ever actually pursued beyond that, there was also so many other things I thought I had to be doing, and it sort of fell by the wayside trying to be a grown-up with all my grown-up responsibilities.

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? Not a flipping clue…

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Being a person people can talk to. I mean I’ve done things with my life so far, won a few awards, been in newspapers, met leaders and heads of governments, written two books, but the truth is my greatest achievement is being able to be there for people. Most of my friends know that if they need me it doesn’t matter what else is going on, I will take the time for them. They know that regardless of what it may be I’m going to understand and not judge because I’ve seen enough in my own life and the world around me to understand life is rarely as it seems to be and I am going to be there for them. In the end, I think that’s really the only real achievement that matters in this world, being able to find a compassion and a love inside of you that you are able to share with others, that lets them know that they matter to you and that they can always come to you when they need to, even if it is the only time you really hear from them.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? Beyond anything else hubris. I don’t mind people being proud of their accomplishments, or believing in themselves, but when it goes beyond that to the levels of arrogance it becomes something different entirely and I start to have a problem with it. To me it reflects something deeply missing in their lives. It’s something they aren’t willing to address that makes them want to tear everyone and everything else around them down just for their own sense of self-worth. I never end up admiring them or even looking at what they are so desperate for me to see because I’m blinded too much by them. I just end up pitying them more than anything because something is obviously so flawed with them that they can’t even begin to handle their own life in a way that this doesn’t grip them.

What is your greatest extravagance? Without a doubt or a question in my mind, Comic Books, I mean seriously I may have a problem here and need to seek help.

What is one thing you want to do before you die? Truly and really live…

I’ve never really kept a Bucket List or anything like that. Maybe, as I get older, that could change, I’m not entirely sure. For the moment though I’m a simple man with simple wants and needs, and the only thing I really want for my life is to be happy, to be strong and to live with courage. I want to be able to look at myself 10, 20, 50 years down the road and say, “Maybe I did some things wrong, maybe I did some things right, but I’m genuinely happy with the way I lived my life because I did it the way it needed to be.” I want to be able to say that I lived, I loved, I hoped, I dreamed and I found myself along the way. To me there’s nothing else to want for before you die than the ability to say that.

What is your favorite music (genre/artist/album/song)? Oh, now that’s a toughie, that’s probably one of the hardest questions I think you’ve asked yet. You know, once upon a time I might have been able to answer that question easily. Of course, once upon a time, before that, I would have still answered it easily but it would have been a different answer. I don’t know if I have a favorite genre. I mean to pick out a favorite is to limit yourself when there are so many with good and bad, phenomenal and terrible in it. I can say I listen to a lot of Classical (especially Bach and Pachelbel ), a lot of folk and folk rock (from John Prine to Townes Van Zandt to Bruce Springsteen), I love Mark Knopfler, and have been waiting for an album from a singer I just discovered in the past year or so, Tucker Perry. Fred Eaglesmith has been up there for a while too as has Richard Wagner. A favorite album honestly depends on my mood considerably, though Nebraska by Springsteen is just an amazing album, it is probably right up there on my top favorites of all times.

As for a song, there is no question about that, Sweet Baby James by James Taylor.  My mother wanted to name me James but her cousin was already James, so I ended up with, like the first line of it, a cowboy name, Wyatt-James. When I was still small Mom would sit there and rock me to sleep, running her finger, petting between my eyes, as she would sing that song. Even now, when I get to missing home, when I get to missing her, living so far from it, I put it on, close my eyes and let myself drift away.

What are some of your favorite curse words? I don’t know if I have one.  I mean I swear, but I try not to even as I use the term “Hell” a little more often than I like. I don’t know, to me the name of these words seem to say it all, they’re a bit of a curse to expressing yourself in modern language in and of themselves in my mind but then that’s just me.

What is your motto? Besides the before mentioned “I put pants on for this? Seriously?” I’d probably say “Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit” (“Perhaps someday it will help to have remembered even these things.”) from Virgil’s Aenid. As I said, life can be rough and hard, it can be filled with struggles and challenges. Still, it’s a learning experience, a growing experience, one in which we are always evolving in. Even the harshest moments are lessons we needed to learn even if we don’t see the purpose of them right from the start. In that we need to remember that sometimes we need to keep it all there so that later we can perhaps look back on them and understand what we were meant to know.

It’s been a real pleasure having you here, Wyatt. Along with this interview, I’ve also posted my 5-star review of The Last Dance on Amazon.

Readers, I encourage you to get to know Wyatt and grab his book. He’s an amazing person to have as a friend. 

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Connect with Wyatt

Website

Twitter @wyattmcintyre

Facebook

Goodreads

As an amateur woodworker, Wyatt McIntyre sees crafting a story in the same way he carves. Starting with a blank and rough surface, each word, each sentence and line is meant to express a vision that slowly turns the original material into a finished work of beauty. Along with The Last Dance, his first novel, Wyatt is also the author of the theological work, Coping Through Christianity: Strengthening the Wounded Heart and Broken Spirit through God’s Love.

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A Serendipitous Encounter with @Stella_ExLibris

I was very pleased to connect with Stella, a woman who is a an avid reader, book blogger and bookaholic!

Today, I guest blog on her site and she interviews me with some great questions.

I’m also giving away two copies of my books, and you can choose from either Spring into Summer or Fall into Winter.

Hop over and read: Serendipitous Encounters and a Quick Q & A.

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Connect to Stella, she’s a lovely woman to know.

Ex Libris  @Stella_ExLibris

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Buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.UK

No Kindle? No Worries.

There is a Kindle App for just about any electronic device (Click here to get one). If you own a computer, smart phone, iPad, or iPod touch, then you are able to download my e-books.

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NEW Release by Lucy Felthouse ~ Ditched

The über-talented and multi-published author, Lucy Felthouse has a new release today. Find out more by reading the blurb and terrific excerpt!

Please help me in congratulating Lucy on the launch of her first M/M novel, Ditched. 

 

Get all the BUY LINKS HERE

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Blurb

Private Damien Stone is living in a nightmare. He’s out on exercise on Salisbury Plain with Lance Corporal Michael Scott—who also happens to be a huge pain in the arse. He’s a teacher’s pet who seems to delight in bossing Stone around. But that’s not the real reason Stone appears to dislike him so much. It’s because Stone—who’s bisexual—is seriously attracted to his superior, but he can’t do anything about it, because Scott is straight. Or is he?

Excerpt

“This can’t be fucking right!” said Lance Corporal Michael Scott, checking his map for the umpteenth time.

“I can assure you, Scott, that it fucking is,” responded his colleague, Private Damien Stone. He nudged the other man, pointed to a place on his own map, then raised his arm and indicated a rise in the ground in the near distance.

“See, that’s that long barrow, so we are in the right place.”

Looking at the barrow—one of the many on Salisbury Plain—then down at the map, and finally at his compass, Scott had to agree.

“So where the fuck are they, then?”

Stone had no answer for that one. He looked up into the lightening sky, which in the distance was being slowly tinged with pink, but saw no sign of their pick-up helicopter. Straining to hear even the faintest sound of rotor blades, Stone remained silent. Hearing nothing, he shrugged.

“Dunno. Perhaps we got the time wrong, or something?”

“I hope not, otherwise they’ve gone without us!”

“Nah. We’re early, if anything. The sun’s only just coming up.”

Sighing, Scott stuffed his map and compass into a pocket, and said, “Well, I guess we’d better find somewhere to shelter. I don’t like the look of that.”

The that he was talking about was an ominous-looking black cloud being buffeted in their direction by the wind, which was picking up rapidly.

“With you on that one.”

On an unspoken command, the two of them immediately split up and started to look around for somewhere they could keep out of the wind and imminent rain. It wasn’t long before Scott shouted out, and Stone immediately turned and headed in the direction of his colleague’s voice.

When Stone arrived, Scott had already removed his backpack and dropped it into the ditch he’d found and was striding down the slope to join it. Luckily, there’d been no rain over the past few days so the ground was dry. If the coming rainstorm ended up being heavy, it was entirely possible they’d get wet arses, but for now at least they’d be reasonably comfortable.

Following his colleague’s example, Stone shrugged off his pack. Turning, he saw that Scott was standing with his arms out, ready to catch it. Tossing it, he gave a curt nod of thanks before heading down into the ditch.

Once there, he saw that some scrub covered a couple of sizeable rocks, meaning that they would at least be able to sit down. It would have to rain pretty damn hard for the water level in the ditch to get as high as the top of the rocks, so they’d be all right until the chopper arrived.

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Connect with Lucy

Lucy is a graduate of the University of Derby, where she studied Creative Writing. During her first year, she was dared to write an erotic story – so she did. It went down a storm and she’s never looked back. Lucy has had stories published by Cleis Press, Constable and Robinson, Decadent Publishing, Ellora’s Cave, Evernight Publishing, House of Erotica, Ravenous Romance, Resplendence Publishing, Sweetmeats Press and Xcite Books. She is also the editor of Uniform Behaviour, Seducing the Myth, Smut by the Sea and Smut in the City.

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Read my Interview with @LK_Editorial for @IndieReader

Good friend and author, Loren Kleinman,  reviewed Spring into Summer and interviewed me for Indie Reader. Both have been stellar in helping me promote my latest book.

I’m thrilled to be on Indie Reader again after Loren’s first interview with me earlier this year.

Please read  the review and Five Questions with me.

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Be sure to connect to Loren Kleinman and Indie Reader—they’re fantastic.

Loren Kleinman  @LK_Editorial

Indie Reader @IndieReader

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Buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.UK

No Kindle? No Worries.

There is a Kindle App for just about any electronic device (Click here to get one). If you own a computer, smart phone, iPad, or iPod touch, then you are able to download my e-books.

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Thank You ~ Promoters of Spring into Summer (Part 6)

Refer to Part 5 and all the previous posts to find out where I’ve been as I continue to give credit back to those who help promote, Spring into Summer. 

Here are more great people you must connect with if you want exposure for your project.

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Cassandra Carr

Guest blog: An Erotic Playground in Thailand

David Vinjamuri

Quoted in his Forbes Article “How Amazon Quietly Subverts Bestseller Lists with KDP

Riverina Romantics

Author Interview and a Giveaway

The Cutting Room Floor with Casey Ryan

Audio Interview with Casey Ryan

Book Junkie

Author Interview and Review

Susan Saxx

Author Interview about Social Media

Tessa Stokes

Author Promotion with an excerpt

Angelica Dawson 

Author Interview

Bernays Sauce

Author Interview

Tonya Kinzer

Author Interview and Giveaway

Karen Einsel

Author Interview

Carrie Ann Ryan

Author Interview

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Helping Spread the Word

Les Floyd

Jar O’Marbles

Lorna Suzuki

Steven M. Grant

David T. Lender

Casey Sheridan

Savannah Chase

Maxwell Cynn

Whill of Agora

David C. Cassidy

Justin Bog

Rachel Thompson

LK Editorial

Darcia Helle

William Kendall

Patti Larsen

Rob “Sharky” Pruneda

Marjorie McCatee

Sessha Batto

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Inside the Author’s Mind of @VizProd (Andy Christofferson)

Andy has one of the best Twitter profiles I’ve read. It says:  Author of THE PEACE CORPSE: misadventures of a sex-deprived, foul-mouthed college kid in Africa trying to make his life not completely useless.

Isn’t he adorable? I think so. His goal is to live on every continent for at least one year.  Including Antarctica.  So far, he’s been to North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia, and he’s working on Australia at the moment.

Please welcome the fascinating author and world traveler, Andy Christofferson.

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About the Peace Corpse in Andy’s Own Words

Imagine a white, 22-year-old college kid from Montana volunteering to serve in the Peace Corps with the intention of bringing knowledge and friendship to the developing world. That was me, along with the others who served with me in Tanzania for two years. At least, that was the idea.

I have to admit that I failed to fit the stereotype. The “wide-eyed, self-righteous do-gooder serving the noble cause”. See, I may very well be the only Peace Corps Volunteer in the history of the organization to sincerely, foolishly, and romantically propose marriage to a local girl, only to have her say no. Which is not only funny but cruel, considering that to the majority of Tanzanians, an American kid like me is their golden ticket to a better life.

Of course, that wasn’t all I did. I taught advanced chemistry at an all-girls school, kayaked my way into Zimbabwe, and learned just how little water a human being can survive on. I also spent a good chunk of time having outdoor adventures around East Africa. In my defense, I did accomplish a few useful things. My time in Peace Corps wasn’t a complete waste, so I decided to share my journey.

My goal with this book is to give a very raw, straightforward, analytical – but also humorous – picture of both what a typical Peace Corps experience is like, as well as offer some insight into the current conditions of life in East Africa. For kids who are thinking of joining the Peace Corps, laugh and learn. For other readers? Just laugh, at me or with me. It sure is better than crying about it.

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Inside Andy Christofferson’s Mind

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Spending time with my girlfriend. I know that may sound corny, but after traveling the world searching for true love I’m pretty happy to have finally found it.

What turns you on creatively? Punk music. Also, reading a book or watching a TV show or movie and thinking how I would do things differently if I were the one creating the story.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? “Actually” and “seriously”. I actually use those two words way more than I even realize. Seriously.

What quality do you most admire in a man? Integrity. I admire a man who can stand up for what he believes in, even when it’s not easy or convenient.

What quality do you most admire in a woman? Empathy. I admire women who can provide insight, compassion, and understanding to stubborn men like me.

What is your greatest regret? That I didn’t play football in 7th grade. I’ll never have another chance to play organized football with all the equipment and everything, but aside from that I’ve done pretty much every other thing I’ve wanted to do with my life.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Anxiety. I get way too anxious about things way too easily.

What is your greatest fear? That I’ll wake up one morning and I’ll be 50 and I’ll not have accomplished all the things I want to accomplish. And I can’t find my pants.

[Eden] Ha! I wouldn’t be worried about your pants. If you can’t find your teeth, then you’re in trouble.  

Which living person do you most admire? It’s hard to pick just one. I admire a lot of different people for a lot of different specific things, but I can’t really think of any one person that I admire most as a whole.

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I’d like to start a school based on the latest scientific research on education. I don’t think we’re currently teaching children in the most efficient way possible, and I’d like to do something about that.

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? A duck.

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Getting a PhD in computational biochemistry despite knowing nothing about computation and next to nothing about biochemistry when I started.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? Dishonesty.

What is your greatest extravagance? Ordering pizza because I’m too lazy to cook. I’m a very simple creature.

What is one thing you want to do before you die? Raise a child.

What is your favorite music (genre/artist/album/song)? Punk/Less Than Jake/Hello Rockview/Scott Farcas Takes It on the Chin

What are some of your favorite curse words? Fuck. I also like saying variations of “fuck off” in Italian (vaffanculo), Swahili (kitombwe mbele), and Chinese (qi ne da ba).

What is your motto? “I have a green hat.”

Thanks Andy for your insightful answers!

Readers, please connect to Andy. He a super cool man to chat with.

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Connect with Andy

Blog

Videlicet Productions 

Twitter @Vizprod

Andy Christofferson was born and raised in northwestern Montana, and graduated from Montana State University in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a profound desire to see the world. After spending two years in Tanzania, East Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer and four years in England getting a PhD in chemistry (and chasing the girl of his dreams), he made it his goal in life to live on every continent for at least one year, and write a book about each one. So far he has spent a year (or more) on North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and currently lives in Australia. The Peace Corpse is the first (and as of July 2011, the only) book finished, but he’s hard at work on the others right now. Really.

Andy has three published scientific papers in the field of computational biochemistry, and has started his own fake publishing company, Videlicet Productions.

Filed under: Author Interviews

Read my Interview with @CarrieAnnRyan

I was pleased to provide answers for an interview with author, Carrie Ann Ryan, whom I featured recently.

I’m also giving away a FREE copy of Spring into Summer and Fall into Winter, so hop over and see how you can WIN!

I hope you get a chance to read my interview here

 

Connect to Carrie Ann too – she’s terrific!

Carrie Ann Ryan @CarrieAnnRyan

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Buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.UK

No Kindle? No Worries.

There is a Kindle App for just about any electronic device (Click here to get one). If you own a computer, smart phone, iPad, or iPod touch, then you are able to download my e-books.

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Read my Interview with Author @K_Einsel

Karen Einsel, a lovely author of romance and love stories was featured here in June. She is helping to promote Spring into Summer with an interview of me on her Wednesday’s Wonders segment.

I’m thrilled to be on Karen’s blog again.

Please read her interview of me here.

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Be sure to connect to Karen and learn more about this supportive author.

Karen Einsel @K_Einsel

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Buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.UK

No Kindle? No Worries.

There is a Kindle App for just about any electronic device (Click here to get one). If you own a computer, smart phone, iPad, or iPod touch, then you are able to download my e-books.

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Read my Interview with Author @TonyaKinzer

I was interviewed by friend and author, Tonya Kinzer, whom I featured here recently. Tonya asked some terrific and unusual questions.

I’m also offering a GIVEAWAY of EACH of my two books. Find out how you can win either:

Spring into Summer or Fall into Winter

Hop over to Tonya’s site and read:
Meet Eden Baylee – Erotic Romance Author

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Be sure to connect to Tonya and learn more about her too.

Tonya Kinzer  @TonyaKinzer

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Buy from Amazon.com and Amazon.UK

No Kindle? No Worries.

There is a Kindle App for just about any electronic device (Click here to get one). If you own a computer, smart phone, iPad, or iPod touch, then you are able to download my e-books.

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Inside the Author’s Mind of @JamieBMusings

I featured Jamie on my blog a couple of months ago to talk about her book. This time, we take a closer look at the woman behind the words.

Please welcome back Jamie White and find out what makes her tick.

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Buy Link Amazon US

What Jamie says about her book

Beware the muse with a chip on her shoulder.

Muses are often called uncooperative, grumpy, lazy beings who abandon a writer when they’re needed most. Now, one of them has decided to tell their side of the story. Meet Clarissa, a muse who has spent centuries trying to inspire artists who sometimes are too stubborn to listen to her.

What is your muse trying to say to you? Clarissa might just be able to answer that…

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Inside Jamie White’s Mind

What is your idea of perfect happiness? A day just spending time with people I love.

What turns you on creatively? Music and more music

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Finally and eventually.

What quality do you most admire in a man? Honesty and a sense of humor.

What quality do you most admire in a woman? Being a good friend.

What is your greatest regret? Not writing sooner.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I have a very nervous, worry-wart personality so I would definitely ditch that.

What is your greatest fear? Got an hour? #waytoolongalist

Which living person do you most admire? Any member of the armed forces for being willing to sacrifice so much for people they don’t even know.

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Singing.

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? A dog or cat. They have it so easy!

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Actually getting a book out of me.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? Being two-faced.

What is your greatest extravagance? Music, for sure. I have a bit of a downloading addiction. Thankfully, amazon and my local libraries have a lot of great, free deals.

What is one thing you want to do before you die? Travel more.

What is your favorite music (genre/artist/album/song)? It varies; I like a little bit of everything.

What are some of your favorite curse words? Damn, Hell and Shit.

What is your motto? “Never say never” (Cheesy, I know.)

Thanks Jamie for being so direct! 

Readers, I encourage you to connect to Jamie. She’s a wonderful and supportive person for  your network. 

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Jamie B. Musings is a music addict, book lover, pet servant & NaNoWriMo survivor. When she’s not busy writing posts for CultureShock, she’s taking pictures for her new obsession (That Photo Blog) and spending time with her husband and pets.  The Life and Times of No One in Particular, is her first book.  

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