Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have an MBA in International Marketing and many years of marketing, branding and global communications experiences with companies such as FedEx, AT&T Wireless, McDonald’s and Thomas&Betts. Currently, I am a strategic marketing consultant working with small businesses; an Adjunct Marketing Professor at a Memphis-based university, a writer/curator of 2 college-level marketing textbooks and a marketing technology platform to help the special needs community.
I have written 3 books
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
ST. CHRISTOPHER. It is the second book in the series with the first being IN JUST TEN DAYS. My other book is TAYLOR’S WAY, A FATHER’S VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON. It is about my unique relationship with my autistic son, Taylor, told through the Dad’s “lens”.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t know if my habits are unusual, but most of the time I write late at night when the house is calm and quiet or first thing in the morning.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have always been a huge James Bond fan, so initially it was reading all of those books. Later, it was Robert Ludlum, John Le Carre, Tom Clancy and Jonathan Kellerman, to name a few. They are all so very talented!
What are you working on now?
Having just completed ST. CHRISTOPHER and looking to market it, I am working on 2 college-level textbooks on marketing, one focused on traditional brand issues and the other one on global marketing challenges. I also plan to complete the outline this year for my 4th book, THE FALL OF ICARUS, the 3rd book in the series.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Honestly, as a marketer, I am leveraging every available channel that I can – social media, alumni networks, traditional media – if it is FREE, then it is for ME!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Sure. BE PATIENT and as we have all heard, write about what you know and are passionate about. If you are looking to make a lot of money doing this, you are probably in it for the wrong reasons.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Love what you are doing and everything else will take care of itself.
What are you reading now?
Candidly, I am writing on the 2 college textbooks, consulting, working on a marketing technology platform and teaching marketing, so I am not really reading anything new right now. I am sure that will change soon!
What’s next for you as a writer?
As noted, completing the 2 college textbooks with a number of great contributors and working on my 4th book in earnest as 2020 begins.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Any of John Grisham’s books. I actually have a personal note from him years ago before THE FIRM was in the movie theatres, providing me with nice words of encouragement.
Author Websites and Profiles
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