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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Charles L. Mahoney, author of Story of The Ghost

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Charles L. Mahoney, author of Story of The Ghost
(CM9 Digital)

Nicknamed “The Ghost” by an overly ambitious newspaper reporter, a sixteen year old boy learns what it means to sacrifice when he plays the game of eight-man football alone, solo.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Story of The Ghost”?

Charles L. Mahoney: I was a football player at the University of Arizona, and one day I had a person come up to me and call me “The Ghost”. I had never heard that name before nor did I know what the person was talking about. Years later, I wondered what it would be like if the hero of my story was called that name by a reporter, achieving a lot of local fame in the process. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Charles L. Mahoney, author of Story of The Ghost →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Yanatha Desouvre, author of Savor the Moments: Inspired by True Stories

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Yanatha Desouvre, author of Savor the Moments: Inspired by True Stories
(RDJ Publishing)

“In Yanatha Desouvre’s Savor the Moments, “Goodman’s gift, which is also the author’s, is his ability to be uplifting… His hopefulness is undeniably contagious; his empathy is admirable; his interest in the ordinary is extraordinary.” (from the foreword by best-selling author and historian Robert P. Watson, Ph.D.)

In this collection of 11 timeless short stories, we meet Grayson Goodman, a traveling businessman, who encounters people dealing with challenging situations in life that are no different than our own. As we share in his conversations, we travel with Goodman on his warm-hearted and inspiring journey to different establishments throughout the world as he searches to find the answers to the difficult questions we all face.

We face obstacles each and every day, but the question is: How do we allow these challenges to affect our lives? Discover how people cope with the unexpectedly difficult circumstances they face and how Goodman touches their lives with words that ring with simple, honest clarity. Desouvre takes us around the world with engaging short stories that encourage us all to “savor the moments”.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Savor the Moments: Inspired by True Stories”?

Yanatha Desouvre: Joey, two things inspired me. A college professor whom I used to work with at Lynn University name Carrie Simpson inspired me. She asked me about two years ago this October to write a play, and I never wrote a play in my life. However Professor Simpson sparked something in me that I didn’t realize already there: these sets of poems inspired by actual conversations titled “Grand Marnier I, II..etc” that had the elements of a play, a main character, supporting characters and locations. The second thing is that Savor the Moments was inspired from actual conversations. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Yanatha Desouvre, author of Savor the Moments: Inspired by True Stories →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Michelle Campbell-Scott, author of Goodreads for Authors

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Michelle Campbell-Scott, author of Goodreads for Authors
(Coo Farm Press)

Goodreads is a fabulous, free website with over 20 million members – all of them avid readers. The site has lots of features that are available to authors, because they want author involvement in their site. It’s kind of hard to find all the features though! That’s where ‘Goodreads for Authors’ comes in.

I wrote it after searching for ways to promote my own books – I wanted free, non-cheesy or salesy ways of reaching potential readers. It took me so long to find the best ways of using Goodreads as an author that I decided to turn my research into a book, to help other authors find their way around quickly and get back to their writing!

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Goodreads for Authors”?

Michelle Campbell-Scott: From sheer frustration! I spent so long trying to get the hang of Goodreads as an author that I hoped my research would be helpful to other authors. Once you know how, it’s quick and easy to use Goodreads, but the finding out how takes SO long! Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Michelle Campbell-Scott, author of Goodreads for Authors →