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Author Interview Jane Simon Ammeson  joins us today to share an insider's view into how writes professionally while being the  author of 16 books .  Among her most recent books are  Lincoln Road Trip: The Back-Roads Guide to America's Favorite President  (a bronze winner in the travel book category for the 2019-20  Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition) .  Her latest true crime is  America’s Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness . Jane lives in a small town of Lake Michigan but she is always willing to travel.  Visit Jane @:  https://janeammeson.com   -&-   https://shelflife.blog   Q: Tell us something about yourself. A: I grew up in a steel mill city on Lake Michigan called East Chicago. It is east of Chicago and is in Indiana. The section of the city I lived in is Indiana Harbor and it’s where all the mills are (because they need access to water for shipping, and everything else you can d...

World of Writing - Author Interview Jeff Rasley is the author of eleven books and numerous articles. He has appeared as an expert guest on over 100 podcasts and radio shows (including our former talk radio show!). He is the founder of the Basa Village Foundation and co-founder of the Jeff and Alicia Rasley Internship Program for the ACLU of Indiana. He currently serves as an officer/director of 6 nonprofits. Jeff is a lawyer and has taught classes at Butler and Marian Universities about philanthropy and community development. Jeff is definitely one of those connections that we have a strong networking connection with. Back when we ran a talk radio program he appeared as a featured guest to talk about the   Basa Village Foundation and his work with the Adventure Geo-treks LTD back in 2012. Later, he appeared on our blog in 2014 for a World of Writing interview. Today, Jeff joins us once again - for an interview about today's world of writing and his experiences with his late...

-- World of Writing - Author Interview --     Joining us today we have a teenage author sharing her experiences, influences, desires for her writing and more. Risha Chaurasia, is an teen author, blogger and literature advocate, who spreads positivity through her writing. . At age 14, she has published 2 novels:  TRUCE and Tales of Twinkling Tweens (published at age 11).  Risha also writes a blog on instagram - Straight From My Pen .  She is a strong advocate for reading among the youth on both national and international platforms as well. Click on the book titles above to find her 2 books, or visit her Amazon Central Page . Alternatively, drop in to her LinkTr.ee page:  https://linktr.ee/RishaChaurasia Q: Risha, what would you consider being your most interesting writing quirk? A: My most interesting writing quirk is the fact that I can write anywhere, at any time. All I need is either a laptop or a pen and paper and I can write almost anywhere in this w...

  World of Writing - Author Interview: Barbara Lally joins us today to share information about a relatively unknown disorder and her experiences as a new author.  At age 10, Barbara began pulling out her eyebrows for seemingly no reason at all.  As much as she wanted to stop, she found that she couldn’t.  She was diagnosed with hair-pulling disorder, trichotillomania.  Trichotillomania is one type of body-focused repetitive behavior, where one has uncontrollable urges to pull out their body hair.  After 19 years with trichotillomania, Barbara decided it was time to let go of her shame and spread awareness of a disorder she struggled to accept. In 2020, Barbara published her book The Trichster Diaries, a collection of short stories and poems detailing her journey to self-acceptance.  Barbara invites you to drop into her website at: B arbaraLally.com Q: Barbara, when you think of how others in your daily circles perceive you, what do you think they ...

Media Appearance  This interview with Dave and I was a lot of fun to do - this time, Dave was answering a lot of the questions and he enjoyed explaining his side of the business, teaching drums, his volunteer project and more. I truly enjoyed reading his responses and I hope you do too :)   Check it out at:  http://www.thecosydragon.com/2021/08/interview-with-lillian-brummet.html ~~   Visit the Brummet's   Main Website Find them elsewhere online  HERE   ~~

Media Appearance This interview was such an interesting experience for me. Jerry Harwood, who manages the Circumlocution blog, and I have been developing a networking relationship this year. It began when I reviewed his book back in June, and a couple months later, Jerry featured this author interview with me on his blog.   I enjoyed the comments  he inserted and extra questions he created for the piece, making it an interesting back-and-forth conversation. ...I hope you enjoy reading it too :)  https://www.circumlocution.net/2021/08/interview-lillian-brummet.html ~~   Visit the Brummet's   Main Website Find them elsewhere online  HERE   ~~

-- World of Writing - Author Interview --  Today we are featuring  Kady Hinojosa who tells us that she has always loved creative writing. However, she took a logic track in college studying Computer Science; specialized in Business Analyst and Quality Assurance.  After retiring, she returned to writing and wove her IT experience into her debut novel, #HuntedLives. She resides in Blanco, Texas, with her husband and two cats. To learn more about her, or reach out to Kady visit:  www.kadyhinojosa.com or www.facebook.com/KadyHinojosaAuthor Q: Who inspired you to pursue a career in writing? A: I loved to write when I was in high school but took a logical path in college and obtained my degree in Computer Science. Most of my career was spent working as a Business Analyst and Quality Assurance expert dealing with websites, mostly financial, but others as well. I loved the work, documenting the requirements of a project down to the minutest detail in a clear and concise mann...

Media Appearance I have to say, it was so cool to participate in this project with Amy Metz for her blog: A Blue Million Books .  We started networking this spring and soon after that Amy sent me some topics to give feedback on for this special feature on her blog. I was so curious what it would look like, how it would read once published and I really enjoyed what Amy put together. Please do check it out... leave a comment here, or on her blog , to share your thoughts. Feel free to share on your social networking sites, if you decide it is something your contacts might enjoy.  https://abluemillionbooks.blogspot.com/2021/07/featured-author-lillian-brummet.html ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Brummet's In the Media  After 25 years in the #writing industry, when I'm pleasantly surprised by unusual and challenging #interview questions the experience becomes so much more enjoyable for me. **Thank you Ashley for putting so much effort into making the interview so special. I like the stock photos she chose... none of those are of us or our family, however the imagery does suit the interview and I'm so glad she chose them. Please do check it out., leave a comment... share on your social networking channels :) It was so much fun, for both Ashley and I, and we both really hope that you all enjoy it too. https://aafouch.blogspot.com/2021/05/news-from-garden-muse-interview-with.html   ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca   ~~

Media Appearance :  I really enjoyed this interview, Nina did a fantastic job of presenting it on her blog. I do realize I had a couple errors (typos) in my responses but I think they are forgivable 🙂  The interview in fact mentions a book (Purple Snowflake Marketing) we are revising and will have the new revision updated on Amazon in a couple of weeks.   Here is the interview, please share it if you enjoy reading it 🙂  https://ninasoden.com/2021/05/07/an-interview-with-the-brummet-media-group/  ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

-- Announcement --  How cool!!!  How kind of Chris Graham of The Story Reading Ape who published a lovely author feature over on his blog!  Thanks Chris for setting this feature up 🙂 !  We sure appreciate it  - Check it out at:     https://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/2021/02/28/a-new-release-and-a-a-message-from-dave-lillian-brummet   ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~