Interview with Ted Bagley, author of The Demolition of Democracy




 

Inside the Book:



Title: The Demolition of Democracy
Author: Ted Bagley
Publisher: XLibrisUS
Genre: Political Science
Format: Ebook/Paperback/Hardcover

This work is a synopsis of how I, from my research, feel that this current administration and its behavior, policies, and attack on the democratic foundation of the country could be the undoing of the US as we know it today.

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The Interview:

Can you please tell us about the book?
This book was written to educate people on the importance of participating in the voting process. We can no longer sit on the sidelines criticizing when we chose not to participate in the process. Having the wrong person sitting in the White House has long reaching effects on the direction of the country and how we are viewed by the outside world. For the first time in our lifetime we are not looked on favorably as the leader of the world. 

Who or what is the inspiration of the book?
The current failure of this Trump administration and the lack of participation in the downstream election at the state and local level.

What cause are you most passionate about?
Police reform. Primarily because of the number of unarmed black and brown people who are killed needlessly. 

Do you have a ritual when finishing a project?
No, not particularly.

Who has influenced you in your writing career?
Dr. Roosevelt Thomas, Daniel Coyle, Alex Haley and Vicky Stringer. 

What are your long term goals?
Total retirement and travelling once COVID-19 is over




Meet the Author:
The author is writing his fourth novel ,The Demolition of Democracy, to give substance to what he sees as a threat to the stability of our country by the current Trump administration.



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Book Blast: The Waves of Life & Our Mind Game by Say Thu Varadewa






  

Inside the Book:





Title: The Waves of Life & Our Mind Game
Author: Say Thu Varadewa
Publisher: Partridge Singapore
Genre: Self-Help/Self-Management
Format: Paperback/Hardcover

Life itself is very simple; we make life complicated as we going through the phases of life. But we have to constantly remind ourselves that every beginning is the hardest. And we cannot control anything whatever happens in our life. But we can train ourselves to be used to the waves of life as it moves up and down just to keep flowing. And we have to realize that nothing is in control, everything happens for a reason. Being contented in life looks impossible, but, we can train our mind to be grateful for what we have. Staying strong and positive is the key to face rough rides of life because we are unaware what might come next in life. I aimed to help people like me who are looking for who they are as a person. It is simple and yet difficult to figure out if there is no proper way to discover one self. Sometimes, you may have everything in life but you are still feeling that something is missing within you. Well, that is exactly the point in life when we need to find our life purpose through self-discovery process. Life is like a big ocean and the ups and downs moments in life are like the waves in the ocean. If there is no up and down moments in life, we will never know who we are, how strong we are and how capable we are. These life waves help us to discover who we are as a person. Keep your journey unique and worthy because it has its own limit. Before the life limit expires, be who you want to be and do what you want to do in life. Inspire people around you to be better version of themselves and encourage people to be kind towards each other to create a beautiful world for everyone to live in.


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Meet the Author:


Say was born in 1993 in Myanmar(Burmar). Say is currently staying in Singapore. Say is a person who loves to stay positive in all the circumstances and loves to help people without expecting anything in return. Say is a registered nurse in Singapore who graduated from Parkway College (Diploma in Nursing, Singapore) & Griffith University of Queensland(Bachelor of Nursing and Master of health service management, Australia), Nanyang Polytechnic school of health and social sciences ( Advanced Diploma in Nursing). Say likes to reflect herself everyday for self-improvement and she found out a good way to learn from own experiences. For Say,writing is a way of communicating with people through her thinking and a way of showing to individual how to dream high and nothing is impossible if you have a will to change.


Say is giving away a $25 Gift Card!

  
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  • One winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive one $25 Gift Certificate to the e-retailer of your choice
  • This giveaway begins August 17 and ends on August 28.
  • Winners will be contacted via email on August 29.
  • Winner has 48 hours to reply.
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Interview with Mauro Moro, author of Design Process





Title: Design Process
Author: Maura Moro
Publisher: PartridgeSingapore
Genre: Reference/General
Format: Ebook
My design process is not only a handbook full of useful tools and kits. It is also an act of love to design. It is a prayer for design to get back to its glory days when it made sense. It is an appeal to the younger designers! Don’t surrender to the status quo who wants you just as worker ants! Don’t lose your inner voice and your passion for design! Don’t get comfortable in the prevailing conformism! Ask! Seek! Find! Discover new ways, never settle against the pre-cooked solutions, predictable patterns and pre-set goals! Go beyond! Make the impossible!

INTERVIEW:

Do you listen to music while writing? If so, what do you listen to?

Of Course! When possible, I always listen to music while writing. Depending on the subject I am writing, I choose the right background music to help me with my elaborations. My favourite music while writing is the Nocturnes of Chopin - Piano solos. I love these ones, and I am never tired to listen to. Another favourite is Dvorak Symphony n.9 From the New World. I love Janacek Sinfonietta. Another perfect selection is the Overtures of Gioacchino Rossini. So powerful and funny! Otherwise, I like to listen to Beethoven, Grieg, Shostakovich, Gerswhin, Prokoviev, Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov, Aram Khachaturian, Hans Zimmer. 

In the alternative, a non-classical selection of music that inspires me while writing is Radiohead (In Rainbows album), Genesis (only the first 5 albums please!) and of course Pink Floyd (any album!).

 

Do you have any suggestions for upcoming writers?

Well, I am an upcome writer too! But with all my modesty, my only recommendation is to try not to annoy the readers: we live in a totally distracted society. We are not longer able to focus appropriately on what we do, in what we read. Therefore, my advice is to write something catchy, with humour, easy to read, light and with great potential to catch the attention of the readers. 

 

What is it you like to do when you are not reading/writing?

A lot of things: spend time with my sons and wife. Sketching, painting, playing my piano! Watch a good movie, better if in good company! Cook dinner for my family and friends! Have a walk into the green (if possible). Have some friends at home with a good bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon or Malbec.

 

Is there an author/authors that have inspired you?

I am not a very big reader. I wish I have more time for that. But I admire some writers, among Italo Calvino because he was a great observer and his unbelievable capacity of description! Another writer I admire is Jose Saramago for his prolific writing and for his abstraction! I admire them not only for their writing abilities but fundamental because they were free men, free to write what they thoughts and to live their way against the conformism of the status quo.

 

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

You won't believe it, but I wanted to be a cook! My mother is a great cook! At home, we didn't need to get out to restaurants to have a great meal! I was fascinated by her cooking talent, and I wanted to emulate her! I remember to admire the cooking process and of course, I dreamed of becoming a great chef! Maybe it is because of that I always use cooking examples to explain the design!

 

 How do you/would you react to a bad review of your book?

With a smile. Firstly a bad review is still a review! That means somebody actually took the time for reading my text and my ideas pushed him/her to write back to me. And that is already positive! Secondly, I will take it as a challenge! I can only be confident with my ideas if I can defend them against any criticism, by using logic, argumentation and be as intellectually honest as possible. Now: a critic is always positive because it helps to reinforce your idea. A comment or opinion is something different, personal and subjective. Most of the times are not necessary to argue. Therefore we have to be wise enough to distinguish between critic reviews and simple opinions

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Book Feature: 8 Minutes a Day to Make an A! by Pamela L. Johnson







  

Inside the Book:




Title: 8 Minutes a Day to Make an A!
Author: Pamela L. Johnson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Genre: Self-Help/Self-Management
Format: Paperback/Hardcover

Using this System, your child can go from D's and F's to A's and B's within 4-6 weeks and stay there! Your child will also remember to do routines and chores without having to be reminded.

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Meet the Author:
A former educator and owner/operator of learning centers, Pam Johnson was diagnosed ADHD and had most of the same problems in school that her students were having. She had learned over the years how to compensate for her different learning style and lack of organization, and knew what would work for her students .These compensation techniques were incorporated into her Centers. Her students went from D’s and F’s to A’s and B’s within 4-6 weeks. These compensation techniques were incorporated successfully into her Centers using her “Study Quick" System. Mrs. Johnson also started the first ADHD Support Group for Parents in Hixson, Tennessee to help parents learn to help their children quickly learn routines and structure at home without having to constantly remind them. Every parent who used these techniques and was consistent had immediate success!iveaway

Pamela is giving away a $25 Gift Card!

  
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  • This giveaway begins July 20 and ends on August 1.
  • Winners will be contacted via email on August 2.
  • Winner has 48 hours to reply.
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Book Blast: The Demolition of Democracy by Ted Bagley




 

Inside the Book:



Title: The Demolition of Democracy
Author: Ted Bagley
Publisher: XLibrisUS
Genre: Political Science
Format: Ebook/Paperback/Hardcover

This work is a synopsis of how I, from my research, feel that this current administration and its behavior, policies, and attack on the democratic foundation of the country could be the undoing of the US as we know it today

Purchase Here

Meet the Author:
The author is writing his fourth novel ,The Demolition of Democracy, to give substance to what he sees as a threat to the stability of our country by the current Trump administration.

Giveaway

Ted is giving away a $25 Gift Card!

 
Terms & Conditions:
  • By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.
  • One winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive one $25 Gift Certificate to the e-retailer of your choice
  • This giveaway begins April 27 and ends on May 8.
  • Winners will be contacted via email on May 9.
  • Winner has 48 hours to reply.
Good luck everyone!

ENTER TO WIN!

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Book Blast: Design Process by Mauro Moro





Title: Design Process
Author: Maura Moro
Publisher: PartridgeSingapore
Genre: Reference/General
Format: Ebook
My design process is not only a handbook full of useful tools and kits. It is also an act of love to design. It is a prayer for design to get back to its glory days when it made sense. It is an appeal to the younger designers! Don’t surrender to the status quo who wants you just as worker ants! Don’t lose your inner voice and your passion for design! Don’t get comfortable in the prevailing conformism! Ask! Seek! Find! Discover new ways, never settle against the pre-cooked solutions, predictable patterns and pre-set goals! Go beyond! Make the impossible!

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Book Blast: Thunder in the Wind by Curt Orloff



Inside the Book:


Title: Thunder in the Wind
Author: Curt Orloff
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Genre: Fiction/Westerns
Format: Ebook

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Thunder in the Wind is a historical novel concerning the assimilation reservation American Indians underwent at the turn of the twentieth century. The first part of the work describes how the Assiniboine, and one family in particular, deal with the onslaught of a society that not only was technologically superior, but also thought itself so morally superior it treats the tribe as if it was a hopeless dependent. The second part follows the exploits of the main character as he tries to unite the Plains, Great Basin, and Southwestern tribes in revolt, not to defeat the whites, but to scare them so badly they would restore to the Indians the selfhood they had stolen. Miskaw deals with the same trials Tecumseh experienced early in the previous century while uniting the tribes east of the Mississippi and, in dealing with them learns several truths about himself and the human condition. If not for hubris, the outcome of his endeavor may have been dramatically different.


I'm a Yankee who became a damn Yankee when I wouldn't leave the South. When I did leave it, was for overseas where I comfortably acquired the moniker of "yank". I have two bachelor degrees. The one in geology I use to support myself, the one in history just showed I am curious about human nature. This curiosity culminated in Thunder in the Wind after I found out about a Cree named Almighty Voice while I was engaged in geologic fieldwork in Montana. His revolt almost united the tribes. I was an Army 1st Lieutenant, lived for golf as a youth and got to play on the University of Houston golf team, and was an Eagle Boy Scout. I've been writing books for over two decades, getting only to the agent level. At present, one agent is peddling a novel I wrote about the oilfield. I was a well-site geologist for fourteen years and a petroleum engineer, mostly overseas, for seven years.

Curt is giving away a $25 Gift Card!

 
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  • Winners will be contacted via email on February 8.
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Interview with Jonathan James, author of The Day GOD Wore a Hard Hat



 

Inside the Book:



Title: The Day GOD Wore a Hard Hat
Author: Jonathan James
Publisher: iUniverse
Genre: Fiction
Format: Ebook/Paperback

Paul Reynolds is a nineteen-year-old college student when he meets what he believes is the perfect woman. But as one night of passion transforms into just friendship, her sister, Lisa, eventually becomes his first love.

 After Paul and Lisa marry and begin building a life together, all their grand plans are destroyed when she unexpectedly dies. Left grieving and fearing he will lose everything, Paul is saved from financial ruin when he agrees to provide shelter to Rommel, a Latino gang member set to testify in a future murder trial. Paul, who initially thinks Rommel is a useless hoodlum, soon discovers that opposites attract. But as quickly as Paul and Rommel fall in love, their relationship ultimately disintegrates, leaving Paul to seek normalcy within a passionless marriage. As Paul pursues lust elsewhere, his wife becomes pregnant, causing Paul to realize she has given him what he has always wanted: a family. But as tragedy strikes once again, Paul is left with an agonizing decision with the potential to alter the course of his life forever.

 In this contemporary romance, a man desperately searching for love is led on a unique journey where life comes full circle and leads him to discover the importance of always following his heart.

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The Interview:

Could you tell us a little about the book?

 My book is not intended to be a book about a straight man or a gay man but simply an ordinary man.  Paul Reynolds is a man who loves to be in love.  He tends to fall in love with whomever he is with at the time.  I truly feel there is no such thing as straight or gay, I feel we are all driven, weather we want to admit it or not, by sex.  We are taught at a very young age that a man must love a woman only, heck it even tells us this in the Bible so it must be true.  I strongly feel that having sex and making love are totally two different emotions.  If you choose, as I do, to believe in soul mates then you are a lucky person.  I also feel we are all destine to meet our soul mates as long as we keep an open mind as well as an open heart.  I know for a fact this is true because I met my soul mate when I was least expecting it 40 years ago.

Who or what is the inspiration behind the book?

My inspiration, if you will, for writing this book was to tell a simple story of love that will not offend anyone.  It simply is a love story about a man who goes through life searching for that one true love.  He only finds this love when he feels all is lost and life has no longer any meaning for him.  In a way, it may be a little sappy, but does have a happy ending and isn't that what we all want?

What cause are you most passionate about and why?

My heart goes out to children and even adults who are still afraid to be who they really are.  Life is so very short to feel you have to live a lie.  If my book makes one person understand that we are beautiful the way we were created then I consider it a success.

Do you have any rituals you follow when you finish a piece of work?

When I finish writing for the day I always allow time to site back with a glass of wine and read what I wrote that day.  May times I change things but more often than not I don't.

Who has influenced you throughout your career?

My number one fan is my partner of 40 years who has motivated me daily with four words, "Write your damn book".

What are some of your long term goals?

I have started my second book and I am so excited because the words seem to fly onto the pages.  I think after you finish your first work the second will come so much easier.


Meet the Author:
Jonathan James is an average young man who has experienced more than his share of both love and tragedy. His debut novel is loosely based on his own life, loves, and losses. Jonathan lives in Janesville, Wisconsin.


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