Marla Press, Author of I'm a Dog, You're a Cat

Today we are interviewing Marla Press about her book, "I'm a Dog You're a Cat: Love Lessons From Our Furry Friends."

Tell us a bit about yourself.
I grew up in Rock Island, Illinois. I had what you'd call a typical, wonderful small town experience. There were enough people to be interesting but small enough to run the streets. You know, like high school girl gangs. We were so not tough.

We always had dogs and cats so I guess it's natural that I understand their personalities. I went to college in Austin, Texas and ended up moving to Houston later and that's where I've been for the past 19 years.
 
Describe your book in a few sentences.
“I'm a Dog, You're a Cat: Love Lessons From Our Furry Friends” is a shorter version of “Mars and Venus” only with dogs and cats. It offers a quick, easy to understand method to access and understand people and their personalities with an added dose of humor.
 
Who do you think would most appreciate this book?
Everyone can benefit from understanding other people's personalities. However, my inclination and observations are that dogs are more likely to care about how people are hard-wired. Ok, as a “dog,” I admit that I'm biased. I think that we care more about what people think of us, thus care about how we act towards them. While “cats” (we truly love you), really kind of have the world by the tail. They act the way they act and everyone needs to just deal with it!

What inspired you to write a book about the personality traits of our feline and canine companions?
I started dating a wonderful man 71/2 years ago. I thought that he liked me but I didn't understand his actions. I would leave town for several days for work and not hear from him. What?! If you like someone you call that person 100 times a day, right? Okay, at least 3!

After consulting a good friend (who we discovered later happened to also be a “cat”), we determined he was a great guy, but he had the personality of a cat. Sometimes aloof, independent, a tad moody; he had most of the traits. It became apparent to me that I in turn was a “dog.” A big, needy, optimistic, overly friendly dog! The new dog/cat "language" helped us understand each other from the beginning. If I'm getting too needy, he'll hiss a bit but I remind him that he can't get mad, that's my DNA. By contrast, when he needs to be left alone for a time, I have to accept that this is his DNA. It works for us and I know it can help others.
 
Have you always been interested in the relationships people have with their dogs and cats?
I guess I have been collecting stories about people all my life. I'm an observer. The dog/cat tie in is something that really just came to me when I started dating my boyfriend (the cat).
 
What was the creative process like for you?
Believe it or it, this was the easy part. When I decided that I wanted to write a book and share the idea, I just started talking to people. Every story in the book is a real life story from someone I talked to. As for the illustrations, I wanted the book to be light, fun and cute.
 
In addition to the text, your book includes beautiful watercolor illustrations. What was the process of working with an illustrator like?
Jim Tweedy is such a talented illustrator/artist. I had bought some of Jim Tweedy’s work before and knew he was the artist I wanted to represent the idea. He understood the concept and I gave him free reign to draw what he saw. It was magical when he sent me a drawing based on a story I provided. I'm told from other authors it's not usually that seamless.
He and I were always on the same page.
 
How do you think reading your book will impact people?
My hope is that it has the same impact on readers as it has had on me in my relationships. It has allowed me to take a very quick inventory when I meet someone, and I can channel my inner cat if the situation demands. If it's a dog I meet, I can be my doggy self. It's really pretty simple and not intended to cause any angst.

Like any personality test (hard core scientific versus light-hearted), most people are a combination of traits. That's what makes people so interesting. However, if the individual is hard wired more one way than the other (cat vs. dog), it then becomes helpful in communicating.
 
What do you have in mind for your next writing project?
I believe that the people that love dog/cat will let me know what would help them the most. I've had people mention using dog/cat as a human resource training module. Also, there have been suggestions of utilizing the dog/cat concepts specifically for children. I've had therapists use the book in family discussions as a way to role-play. The idea has so many legs (8 at least) so I'm open to the next chapter.
 
Is there anything else you'd like potential readers to know about your book?
The next time that they have a party, get together, dinner, shower, etc., play the dog/cat game. It is so much fun to break the ice for those that don't know each other. For those that do, let everyone else vote and see where it goes. It's a blast! Go to the website and take the quiz. There are only 5 questions that will help you determine whether you are more a “cat” or a “dog,” and it will open up conversation for hours.

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Janie De Coster, Author of What My Sister Didn't Know 2

Today we are interviewing Janie De Coster about her contemporary fiction novel "What My Sister Didn't Know 2." 

Tell us a bit about yourself.
I began my writing career in 2006 with my very first novel "Man of My Dreams?" It was my first time out the gate as an author and I will be the first to say that I didn't know what i was doing. All I knew was God told me to write a book so I did. However I am happy to say I enjoyed the journey although the road was rocky at times. Today I have several novels under my belt and plenty more in my head.

Describe the plot of your new book in a few sentences.
The plot of my book is to bring the raw and true feelings out of the characters making them face their mistakes as they seek forgiveness and redemption.

Who do you think would most appreciate this book?
Any one who has been hurt or betrayed by some one they loved.

What inspired you to write a book about characters navigating complex relationships?
I was inspired by today's society. Relationships are different today than our parents or grandparents. Commitments doesn't bond a couple together as it once did. Not to mention the new rules of dating, the open marriages and the freedom of one nights stands that no longer hold the stigma of being easy or loose. People are enjoying the freedom of doing what they want but with that freedom comes consequences and that will never change.

Who was your favorite character to write?
My favorite character was the nemesis Joe Burrels. He was the bad seed who for the most part turned into the good guy towards the end.

Are there any authors who have influenced your writing style?
 Yes there are a few. Kimberla Lawson Roby has been my mentor for years. I like her style of writing. Eric Jerome Dickey has been my inspiration and Carl Weber gives me the humorous side of my novels.

How do you feel about the increasing popularity of ebooks?
Ebooks are great and it seems as if they are taking over the world. But in the midst of it all papers backs will stand the test of time because there will always be people who love the feel of a book in hand and the ability to flip its pages.

What are your goals as a writer for the next ten years?
The next ten years my goals are to grow more in my writing and hopefully produce some best sellers.

Is there any aspect of writing you don't like?
Um...I would have to say being lonely as one writes. You have to separate yourself from friends and family and go off into a quiet world only you understands.

What do you have in mind for your next project?
I was thinking of doing a Teen novel. I will see how it goes.

Is there anything else you'd like potential readers to know about your book?
I want my readers to know that I strive to entertain as well as educate as I spin stories of love, betrayal and redemption.

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Bart Hopkins, Author of Like

Today we are interviewing Bart Hopkins, author of the contemporary fiction novel "Like."

Tell us a bit about yourself.
I’m from a small island off the coast of Texas.  In my teens I surfed every day I could, but I haven’t been on a surfboard in sixteen years.  I read every night.  I prefer movies to television, summer to winter, and soda to alcohol.  I laugh as much as possible every day. I’ve got three awesome kids and my wife is my best friend.  If given a BLT each day for lunch each day until I died, life would be good.  U2, The Beatles, and the Foo Fighters are my favorite bands.  When I’m not writing, I’m an Air Force weather guy, and I’ve been doing that for twenty-one years. 

Who do you think would most appreciate this book?
Anyone who uses social media!  That’s somewhere north of a billion people, and I think most people can relate to something in this novel.

What inspired you to write a book about the power of social media?
The "Like" journey began in January 2013 when, for reasons unremembered, my wife and I had a series of discussions on the ubiquitous presence of social media.  Those talks were the genesis of this novel.  Later on, we were watching the movie "Crash," and that inspired me to alter the layout of the novel … I love it when characters unwittingly are brought together by a common thread.

The book follows four people and their experience with social media. Can you give us a brief profile of each of the people? 
There’s Greg, a married realtor who tweets, Facebooks, and blogs his way to success.  Paul is a young, good-looking businessman, who stumbles on an old crush while Facebooking.  Martin is a professor and cancer survivor who uses the power of social media for good.  And, Rose uses the Internet for the first time, and looks for someone special from her past.

Relationships will blossom and be tested as the lives of these characters, and others, unwittingly collide with one another.

Author Bart Hopkins

Do you think society is aware of the power of social media? Why or why not?
People are so smart, but social media is relatively new, so I think we’re only aware of the proverbial tip of this iceberg.  We’re only just discovering the long-term effects on people, relationships, society, business—everything.  Some extreme situations have raised awareness of bullying, sexual predators, and violence that stems from the most negative of our online habits.  What will we learn in the next ten years?  The next twenty years?

Who was your favorite character to write?
Paul brings the creepy factor.  Martin’s a charming older man and genuinely good.  They’re polar opposites, but I loved getting to know both of them, so it’s a tie between Paul and Martin.

How long have you been writing?
I filled journals as a kid, and wrote some short stories after that, but my first serious efforts were in 2001.  So, about fifteen years.

How do you think you've evolved as a writer since when you first started?
My imagination is stronger than ever, and I’m better at my craft.  I study plot elements, character development, literary devices … the things that were ignored or secondary when I was younger.  I think the rule is that we get better at things with more experience, and I mostly follow the rules.

What are your goals as a writer for the next ten years?
Thirty books.  I want to write at least thirty books and have a ridiculous amount of fun doing it.

Is there any aspect of writing you don't like?
I mostly enjoy everything, but sometimes the revision process can be a little tiresome if I make a change that causes a series of other changes, that might cause other changes, and I’m forced to hunt them all down.

What do you have in mind for your next project?
I’m toying with two stories right now, each in their infancy.  One is a supernatural thriller related to my short story, Recalculating.  The other is post-apocalyptic fiction … I’ve wanted to give that a shot since I read The Stand in the early 1980s.

Is there anything else you'd like potential readers to know about your book?
Give it a shot, and if you don’t like it, I’ll give you one of my other books, free, and shoot me a line and say hey!

A short excerpt from "Like":

     Greg and Candy had been messaging each other back and forth the past couple of days since she first contacted him.  Through some sort of unspoken understanding, neither of them friend-requested the other, or moved beyond the bounds of Facebook.
     I’m married.  What good can come of this? he wondered, with no small measure of guilt.  He wasn’t sure what he was doing, or what this was all about.  Messaging my high school sweetheart?  I must be out of my mind.  This just can’t end well.
     An eclectic mix of thoughts bounced around his mind, some conflicting, some irrational, rebounding from the inner surfaces of his cranium like little rubber balls in a competitive racquetball match.  You could almost hear the thwock! as they ricocheted around in there, the mental tug-of-war that transpired.  Yet somehow he justified all of his actions, though he simultaneously wondered if they were wrong.

     It’s not like I’m cheating on Claire—it’s just a few messages, he thought.
     Then why don’t you tell her? he replied to himself.
     I knew Candy before I ever knew Claire—it was just a high school thing—she wouldn’t understand, he responded, avoiding his own question.
     She wouldn’t understand because it’s wrong!

     The arguments continued without answers or resolution.  He honestly believed that, while the situation would appear strange, he wasn’t cheating, and that his wife just wouldn’t understand if he told her.
     Heck, he didn’t know if he completely understood it himself, but the communication with his ex seemed driven by three different things.
     For one, part of him was just curious.
     Another part of him wanted to show her how well he had done, sans Candice Graves, with his life.  He was a success, and he wanted her to know that.  He couldn’t identify why that mattered to him, but it did.
     The final part, well, it was a mystery he couldn’t explain even to himself.  An enigma.  It was without explanation, or maybe the explanation was one that he dare not voice or even think.
     He rationalized the situation with an imperfect analogy: if my dog ran away years ago, and went to live with another family, I’d want to know the dog was okay, even if I never petted the dog again.
     He shook his head, snapping back to the here and now of his kitchen.

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Author web site: http://www.barthopkins.com

Vladimire Calixte, Author of Naked and Transparent: Six Vital Tools for Knowing Yourself and Attracting Healthy Relationships

Today we are interviewing Vladimire Calixte, LMHC, CRC, author of the self-help/personal development book Naked and Transparent: Six Vital Tools for Knowing Yourself and Attracting Healthy Relationships, coming in December.

Tell us a bit about yourself.
My name is Vladimire Calixte and I am a New York psychotherapist and the owner of Life Rebuilding. I specialize in individual, couple, family and group therapy with a strong concentration in relationships, self-esteem, domestic violence, bullying, trauma recovery, PTSD and addictions. My passion is to help people live powerful lives. As such, I have appeared on Here and Now with Sandra Bookman, CBS radio, Fox News radio, CentricTV.com  (BET Networks), and has been featured on Heart & Soul Magazine, Ebony Magazine, Hot 97 FM’s Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers, The Jennifer Keitt Show, and many others.

Describe the purpose of your new book, Naked and Transparent: Six Vital Tools for Knowing Yourself and Attracting Healthy Relationships, in a few sentences.
Naked and Transparent: Six Vital Tools for Knowing Yourself and Attracting Healthy Relationships is for the person who is suffering in silence from rejection, abandonment, abuse, low self-esteem, hurt, pain and many other areas.  Part workbook and part memoir, Naked is an enjoyable yet informative must-read for women, men, and teens who suffer from low self-esteem, unworthiness, anxiety, shame, guilt, feelings of failure, and toxic relationships.

What inspired you to write about dealing with issues, such as low self-esteem?
I know what it feels like to grow up without a father. My mom did her very best as a single mother; however, my father’s absence was very painful for me for a long time. Living that experience was source of hurt, anger and feelings of diminishment. I know the feeling of “emptiness” and “worthlessness” because I thought at the time, that maybe I was not good enough for my father to stay around. Conversely, when I came to the understanding through self-awareness that he chose not to be around, I was able to journey from pain to inner peace.  The purpose of writing this book is to help readers find purpose in their pain by coming to know themselves at their core. Once you are self-aware, you become relationship conscious. We all bring our fears, vulnerabilities, emotional wounds, and issues from our past relationships to our new relationships. Until these issues are dealt with, they will infect every aspect of a person’s life. We cannot change what we are not aware of. Self-awareness allows us to pose the following question to ourselves: “Who am I attracting and why am I attracting this kind of person?”

When did you know you wanted to become a psychotherapist?
 I always had a very strong passion to help people. I have always felt a connection with people in a variety of different ways. From a very young age, I have felt a connection with people in terms of how they are feeling. People would confide their innermost thoughts with me, as they trusted me. Additionally, they sought advice from me. Finally, I have always been told that I am not judgmental. As such, becoming a therapist was a natural fit, as it enabled me to help people at a greater scale. It is an awesome privilege-one I do not take lightly to help people make better life choices. To help them consider how they can get better over time.

How do you think reading your book will impact people?
In Naked and Transparent: Six Vital Tools for Knowing Yourself and Attracting Healthy Relationships, I reveal essential tools that will not only empower women and men who experienced abuse in their relationships, but will also provide tools for people who want to attract healthy relationships.  My new book will help people break the cycle of emotional and physical abuse because it helps people reclaim their power, embrace their true selves, and make healthier choices in life and love.

What do you have in mind for your next writing project?
I have a children’s picture book coming out in the summer of 2015 called The Power of My Word. 

Is there anything else you'd like potential readers to know about your book?
My greatest accomplishment is helping people make radical shifts in their thinking and behaviors so that they accomplish their goals and live the life of their dreams. Rebuilding is so very important, as I believe that no matter what happens in life, we are all powerful, and can accomplish anything through self-love and the right mindset. I am passionate about teaching people how to succeed in the midst of adversity and challenge them to grow beyond their own expectations or perceived limitations.
“My passion is to help YOU succeed by meeting you where you are and helping to take you where you NEED to be.”  And this is what I hope to accomplish with Naked and Transparent.

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Nefretiti A. Morant, Author of Perspectives

Today we are interviewing Nefretiti A. Morant, author of the romance/drama series Perspectives.

Author Nefretiti A. Morant

Tell us a bit about yourself. 
Let's see.  I'm a mother, a wife, and a big dreamer.  I have this big ole crazy dream of being a best selling author.  Two years ago I decided to chase that with my everything. 

Is there an author that had a major influence on you while you were growing up?
 I loved reading Toni Morrison as a teenager and young adult.  I'm also a big fan of Maya Angelou.

She's the one celebrity I wanted to meet.  At first reading their work didn't make me want to be a writer, I just loved the vivid pictures they painted with their words.  Once I started writing and fell in love with the art of crafting words I know that I wanted my footsteps to be right up their besides theirs in literary history. 

How long have you been writing?
 Consistently for the last two years, but before that since I was a teenager.  It all started with poetry. I love reading poetry, love writing it even more. It's my first literary love.

Describe your series, Perspectives, in a few sentences.  
Perspectives is a story about seven dynamic characters who learn to appreciate life. 
You journey with them as they experience a myriad of  life lessons. 

Who do you think would most appreciate this series?
Anyone who'd love a story with realistic characters that grow through their struggles and pursuit for more of life.

Was there anything specific that inspired you to write this series?
Well the idea just came to me one day after I had started my poetry blog.  I wanted to tell the story of different people who cross paths but don't all necessary know each other.  I wanted to display that although we all have different stories were not really that much different.  Perspectives is a quilt layered with the experiences of very different people who all want the same thing from life;  acceptance, forgiveness and most of all love.  

Did your background with working in NYC’s Department of Social Services have any influence the series?
Yes very much so.  I'd have to say that the weaving together of the different characters was inspired by my experience as a case worker. 

Who was your favorite character to write?
I don't think I have a favorite character.  I love them all as if they were real people. Well maybe Ebony and Kenneth.  I think Perspectives II and V are my favorite.  I had a lot of fun writing Kenneth and Ebony's separate love stories.

How do you think you've evolved as a writer since when you first started?
Well I'm driven and inspired by my accomplishments.  When I started Perspectives I wasn't sure where it would go.  But now that I've completed the series I'm excited and inspired to keep writing.

What was your favorite class in school, and why?
English and history.  As a student I liked English because I loved reading mostly any type of story. 

History mostly because to me learning about different time periods was like giving me the pieces to imagine  a compelling  costume drama.  I would imagine what it would be like to be a normal person living in whatever era I was learning about.  I think the life of everyday people is just intriguing to me.  We make up the fabric of society but so often are left out of the history books.  I think my gift is bring these ordinary stories to life, of coarse with some added twist for entertainment purposes.
   
How do you feel about the increasing popularity of eBooks?
I'm excited about it actually.  Its a great time to be writer. I myself am an avid eBook reader.

What are your goals as a writer for the next ten years?
To continue writing and producing inspiring works of art.

What is the most impactful experience you have had with a fan?
Being told that my work inspired them.  I think that was the most meaningful feedback I've heard even to this day.  At the time I had only written the first part of Perspectives The Saga.  it  encouraged me to expend the characters and produce an in depth story for each of them.

Have your family and friends been supportive of your writing?
They have been, especially my husband and my parents.  It's so encouraging to to have that support.  Especially when its something your so passionate about.

Have you ever had writer's block? If yes, how'd you deal with it? If you have not had writer's block, why do you think you haven't?
No.  I don't and hopefully I'll never encounter that demon.   As long as I can get some quiet and solitude stories just seem to pour out of me.
 
What do you have in mind for your next project?
I'm working on a spin off with some characters from Perspectives who were not the main protagonist.  I'm also working on a historical drama. I'm really excited about both.

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An excerpt from Perspectives:

It’s rainy out, cloudy and overcast. I love days like this. Wish I could stand out in the rain. Face tilted upward, as the purity of heaven sent drops baptize me from the outside in. Walking to my car I replay the events leading me to this junction. I’m pregnant, just got positive results from a home test and the father isn’t my husband.

My name is Ebony Hughes. I’m a personal assistant at JK Harris & Company, one of the top international tax resolution firms in New York City. I have an awesome salary, I drive a BMW and I’m currently working on my CPA. I’m ambitious, I’ve always been. I’ve worked my way from poverty to success. At seventeen years old I was a teenage unwed mother. By twenty
three I was a married college graduate raising a straight A student.  At age twenty six my husband and I brought our first home. Together we worked hard, really hardand reaped the benefits.

Currently my marriage is a shredded fabric frenzy.  A delicately torn destruction strewn across the span of a year. I’m ashamed to say that I’ve had an extra-marital affair with my boss Kenneth. I’m smart enough to know this destructive relationship and resulting pregnancy are my way of hurting my husband Calvin, as much as he’s hurt me. I’ve abandoned all thoughts of reconciliation with him.

In the beginning we had a pure timeless kind of love. The kind all young girls dream of. My son resulted from this naivety. I got pregnant the first time Calvin and I had sex. We used a condom, but it broke. Plenty of times I think back, and think maybe we used the condom incorrectly. Perhaps we didn’t know what we were doing. We were both virgins. Two kids playing with a loaded gun, unaware of the life altering potential and consequences of our actions. We set out to discover new lands and found a whole new beginning. New life, unexpected and awarded to two extremely young people just beginning to live life themselves. Kaliq is a beautiful gift. Everything we loved in each other we loved the minute we glanced down at that little face. I smile to myself. I love my child so. Could never have abandoned him, the way my mother abandoned me.

I was terrified when I found out I was pregnant with Kaliq. Terrified to tell my grandmother who raised me. My birth mother was eighteen the summer I was born. She graduated High School while pregnant. However because I was born in July she was able to go away to college on her full scholarship to Clark in Atlanta Georgia. She completed her undergraduate studies in four years, and continued right after to Law school. She’s a successful Lawyer practicing in Atlanta. She’s practiced Law for about twenty five years, building a comfortable life for herself, and has never glanced back at me; her child. She would call, even visited but for whatever reason I never went to live with her. No one even told me she was my mother till I was 18 with a child of my own. I guess somewhere deep down I resented her once I was old enough to understand that the majority of children live with and are loved by their birth mothers. I believed my grandmother was my birth mother, until one night I overheard them talking on the phone. 

“Karen when are you going slow down your career, and take time to be a mother to your child”?

“She’s gonna put two and two together one day, how will you face her then”?

“She’s your child. I love her but you are missing out on her childhood”

“Ok baby, just think about it. When are you going to visit? You haven’t been home in about 5 years now”.

“OK baby I love you”.

“No I won’t say anything. I will let you tell her when you are ready”.

“Ok, Good night baby. I love you Karen”.

I stood at my bedroom door shocked. A giraffe could have walked down the hall, and I wouldn’t have been as flabbergasted as I was by, what I had just heard. Mama ain’t Mama. Cousin Karen my Momma. I crept back into bed.  I held that secret for almost a decade. It was the first one I remember having. It made me uneasy; knowing something I wasn’t supposed to know. Every time Mama called me, whether it was for dinner or to put up my clothes, I knew she was really calling because she knew that I knew. This information weighed on me. I might as well have been a charm school enrollee, walking around with a stack of books on my head.  Part of me was glad Mama raised me. I loved her and I didn’t really know Karen. Not to mention Mama was the sweetest woman. Everyone loved her. Everyone in our family, everyone in our neighborhood, everyone at our church.  Plenty of times I wondered if something was wrong with me to cause my birth mother to not want me? I spent many nights pondering that question.

Interview with Tranea Prosser, author of Celibacy, What Was I Thinking?

Today we are interviewing Tranea Prosser, author of the humor/motivational book Celibacy, What Was I Thinking?

Describe the plot of your book in a few sentences.
My book takes you on my journey to learn about making better relationship decisions and why I am celibate and how to maintain the lifestyle.

Who (age, gender, etc) do you think would most appreciate this book?
I believe young ladies ages 12 and up and women of all ages.

What inspirations contributed to this book?
From my personal experience, I hope to be able to save some women from making un-wise decisions regarding their relationships with men.

Who was your favorite character to write?
All of the men I never dated.

How long have you been writing?
I started journaling in 2000 and had about five journals to review in deciding what content to add to the book.

What genre do you read most frequently?
Non-fiction romance and biographies.

How do you feel about the increasing popularity of ebooks?
I think it’s great and people are so busy that they want to carry around less bulk and reading on the go will fit into everyone’s lifestyle. 

What is the most impactful experience you have had with a fan?
The youngest fan I had was 10 years old and she was so excited to buy my book. I was thinking about how smart she will be in discovering her self-worth and pray that she mentor’s other young ladies in her age group.

Have your family and friends been supportive of your writing?
Yes, my family has been very supportive and proud of me.

Is there any aspect of writing you don't like (e.g. editing)?
Editing and re-writing. I feel like a part of my voice is being pampered with!

Have you ever had writer's block? If yes, how'd you deal with it?
I deal with writer’s block by not rushing or forcing myself to write anything. I focus on other projects and usually when I get something else started like planning a conference, or a comedy show, then the urge to write for a different topic makes its presence known.

Do you write with a computer, typewriter, or pen and paper? Why do you use this tool?
I use all of them because it depends on where and whom I am speaking with when an idea strikes. I always keep a small notebook in my purse. I keep a pad by the telephone. When I am ready to put all the ideas together, I use my computer.

Is there anything else you'd like potential readers to know about your book?
It is safe for men to read because it is not about male-bashing!

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Author website: www.miztcomedy.com