Paul G. Vecchiet was born in Trieste, Italy, and came to the United States with his parents at the age of three. He lived most of his life in the Chicago area. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in architecture design.
A former officer of thirteen years with the US Air Force, Paul continued his work in the military as a member of the US Army.
Paul lives with his wife, Janice, and grandson, Lennon, on the southern slope of a mountain in rural West Virginia. He invites our readers to check out his page on Amazon, visit his website @ TheDisclosureParadox.com
Q: How have your books gotten published?
A: At first, I self published two books: The Disclosure Paradox in 2019, then What Doesn't Kill Her, a prequel, in 2021.
A former Benedictine monk searched for ETs and spirituality and found my book. He loved it and approached me. We would chat and he urged me to consider writing about the Shroud of Turin. It turns out he is a prominent researcher on the Shroud and over the course of four months he sent me two or three research papers daily on the subject.
Upon reading his papers I concluded that I could write a story involving the Shroud and ETs and spirituality. I sent him a detailed outline and approved the plot, then I sent him the manuscript and he agreed to write the foreword. When it was time to query for the third book, Salvation, I made contact with a popular ghost writer who loved my story. He sent the query directly to his publisher and after seeing my first two books sent me a contract for all three to be released starting with The Disclosure Paradox.
Q: Wow - what an amazing experience! What would you say is your most interesting writing quirk?
A: I love to write. I enjoy everything, including what many writers abhor, which is the editing work. I have not had a bad comment about the plots, characters, topics. Early on, as a novice, my writing needed help, and through the years I have improved technically.
As an architect, and technical writer, I have a lot of my scenes in famous architectural treasures and I give a lot of detail to other places to make the scene as vivid as possible.
I am considered to be a source of knowledge of rock music history. I retain trivia easily. I can be creative, I can be humorous on occasion, but not to the point of being a nuisance. People appreciate how I use spirituality to temper reactions.
Q: How many books/stories have you written?
A: Three... The main character in the first book is based on me - my origins, my upbringing, my exposure to religion, my beliefs, my spiritual and psychic experiences.
The Disclosure Paradox could be an autobiography where I fictionalize real people and events.
What Doesn't Kill Her is a fictionalized yarn about a character in the first book, revealing her mysterious origins.
Salvation is a sequel to the first book.
Q: Do you have any suggestions to help others become a better writer?
A: First, to prevent block, write what ever comes to your mind without a thought about quality.
Second, keep a notebook with you all the time. Write down things from every day life and make sure you add a human element to it.
Third - to do that, go out and observe people and don't be afraid to talk after you are done observing ...become as human as you possibly can.
Q: What was your favorite book when you were a child?
A: I didn't read much when I was a child. English was the second language when I was young and both my parents could not read English well. I saw reading as a chore. I seem to recall that I was enthralled by the spy shows on TV - Man From Uncle, Mission Impossible, Secret Agent and James Bond, 007.
Q: What can you tell us about your life as a writer?
A: I don't write to fit a genre, my finished work has certain attributes that make it fit under one or more categories loosely. I'm a fan of writers like: Ursula K. LeGuin, Stephen Ambrose, Tony Horwitz, David McCollum, and Octavia Butler.
I have an entire book shelf of architecture books and journals, an entire shelf of Chicago Sports books, shelves of cooking books (my wife's), and a bookcase of mostly historic fiction. I have dozens of ebooks too.
Balancing my full time job with the demands of writing can often be difficult. Add promotion activities and then spending time with the family...
Q: What makes a good story?
A: I recommend starting a story with strong, rich characters with emotion. Combine that with an engaging dynamic plot, and theme that challenges our paradigms - and you've got yourself a good story.
Since I am writing a series, it is important to keep the chronology and logic correct. I use spreadsheets to track milestones in each character's timeline.
Q: What are your current goals and objectives?
A: I wish to retire from my full time job. I want to write at least three more books. I also want to visit the places I describe in my first book which have a relationship with the ET phenomenon. I enjoy live interviews. I am a strong interviewee with a lot of hours of experience.
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